Edward Winn

______ - 1649

Winn, Edward, Woburn 1641, freem. 10 May 1643, by w. Joanna or Jane, wh. d. 8 Mar. 1649, had Increase, b. 5 Dec. 1641, the earliest on rec. of the town; prob. earlier had Joseph; beside ds. Ann and Eliz. yet whether these were all b. in Eng. as seems prob. or only a part of them brot. over by him, can be only conject. for no ment. of him at Charlestown is found bef. Dec. 1640.

For sec. w. he m. 10 Aug. 1649, Sarah Beal, wh. prob. brot. him no ch. and d. 15 Mar. 1680.

He took third w. Ann or Hannah, wid. of Nicholas Wood, wh. bef. was wid. of William Page; and d. 5 Sept. 1682. His will of 6 May of that yr. pro. 6 Oct. foll. names s. Increase, s. Joseph's d. Sarah, three youngest ch. of s. Moses Cleveland, wh. had m. his d. Ann, and youngest three ch. of s. George Polly, wh. had m. his d. Eliz. His wid. made her will, [p.597] 9 Sept. 1685, pro. 1 Nov. 1686; but she does not enlarge our kn. of this fam. INCREASE, Woburn, s. of the preced. first b. aft. incorp.  of the town, m. 13 July 1665, Hannah, d. of Richard Sawtell, had Hannah, b. 11 Apr. 1666; Edward, 15 June 1668; Mary, 1 May 1670; Sarah, 23 Dec. 1672; Abigail, 8 Jan. 1678; Rebecca, 5 Nov. 1679; Jacob, 4 Oct. 1681; Joanna, 24 June 1683; and Increase, 9 Feb. 1685. He was serj. and d. 14 Dec. 1690.  JOSEPH, Woburn, s. prob. of Edward, b. in Eng. had Rebecca, b. 25 May 1665, prob. d. young; Sarah, 9 Nov. 1666; Abigail, 18 June 1670, d. next wk.; Joseph, 15 May 1671; Josiah, 15 Mar. 1674; Timothy, wh. d. 22 Mar. 1678; Rebecca and Hannah, tw. 14 Feb. 1679, of wh. Rebecca d. soon; Ann, 1 Nov. 1684, d. young; and Timothy, again, 27 Feb. 1687. TIMOTHY, Woburn, s. of the preced. had w. Eliz. wh. d. 14 May 1714, and he d. 5 Jan. 1753.

Source:  Cutter, William Richard. Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. New York, NY: Lewis Publishing Company, 1911.

---Submitted by Tina Hursh