The Winchesters of Maryland

The Kent Island Family

 

James E. Armstrong, III & Vernon L. Skinner, Jr.

 

Introduction

 

About a century ago, two serious attempts were made to define the lineage of the Winchester family of Kent Island, Md.  Fanny Winchester Hotchkiss wrote a book, Winchester Notes, published posthumously in 1912 and Henry Duvall James (b. 1876) drew a comprehensive chart in 1949 based on data collected by another Winchester descendant, Samuel Gover Hopkins (The Hopkins chart).  In the preface to her book, written in 1907, Mrs. Hotchkiss stated her belief that all of the Winchesters of the United States go back to the same original family of (Kent) England, but she acknowledged that she had failed to find any connecting link between the New England and Maryland Winchesters.  She correctly noted the two separate and unrelated families of Maryland Winchesters:  one descended from John Winchester who appeared on Kent Island at least as early as 1644_7 and the other descended from a William Winchester, who arrived in Maryland from London in 1729 and settled in Frederick Co.  The latter Winchester family is very well documented; thus confusion between the two families is easily avoided.

 

The present effort was made to establish, in so far as possible, the lineage of William and John Winchester who appeared in Charlestown, Cecil Co., Maryland around 1750 or shortly thereafter.  Charlestown was established by Provincial fiat in 1742; the individual lots being allotted by ballot beginning in 1743.  Authoritative records of the earliest inhabitants were destroyed, perhaps by the  British, making it necessary to trace indirectly the origin of the Charlestown families.

 

Most researchers agree that the logical place of origin of the Charlestown Winchesters is Old Kent, now Queen Anne's Co.; however, none of the past genealogy compilations have offered credible proof to substantiate the logic.  A brief survey of the New England Winchesters supported Mrs. Hotchkiss' conclusion that the New England and Maryland Winchesters were unrelated families.

 

To understand the basic framework of the Winchesters lineage of Old Kent in order to search for the Charlestown Winchesters, the Hopkins Chart is an excellent starting point.  John Winchester, the progenitor, had two sons, John and Isaac.  In tracing the first four Winchester generations, the Hopkins Chart indicates that there were no Williams or Johns in the "Isaac" line. The "John" line of the Hopkins Chart shows, when extended to the fifth generation, five successive "Johns" but no "William." A candidate "John" is readily found in the 1750 will of John Winchester IV in which 15 pounds sterling is left to an under age son, John V.  No William is mentioned.

 

Finding the elusive "William" was made possible by the completion (beginning in 1991) by Edward Wright of the last eight volumes of Jane Balwin Cotton's Maryland Calendar of Wills.  In 1748 the only William Winchester in Queen Anne's, then living in Kingstown, Queen Anne's Co., witnessed the will of Henry Cully, a Chestertown merchant.  Henry Cully's will thus proves, without the aid of supposition, the existence of a candidate "William" in a perfect time frame to match the Winchester migration to Charlestown, Cecil Co.  The migration to Cecil Co. marked the evident end of the "John" line in Queen Anne's Co.

 

A special thanks to the constant guidance and assistance of Vernon L. Skinner.

 

James E. Armstrong, III

September, 1999

 

Winchester Family

 

Chart 1 represents an updated version of the Hopkins Chart. Chart 2 illustrates the transactions for the 3 major Winchester properties on Kent Island.

 

John Winchester1 (I) immigrated to Kent Island at least as early as January 1647 (and probably 1644 or earlier), as shown by Kent Island court records and by the Hopkins Chart.  Kent Island (Old Kent) was originally claimed by Virginia and colonized by Virginians; the dispute being settled April 4, 1638.  John may have been the John Winchester who landed in Virginia 1636, 1637,

noted in the Ship's Passenger Index ^[1] . In 1650, John was granted the tract "Winchester", Kent Co. (now Queen Anne's Co.) for 250 a. ^[2] for transporting "himself, his wife and two children John and Mary Winchester in our province anno 2nd day of August 1650." According to the law of the Province this would have entitled him to 200 a; his second son Isaac must have been born on Kent Island c. 1647 or earlier and the grant must have been amended accordingly to include an extra 50 a. John was also granted in 1658 the tract "Winton", Kent Co. (now Queen Anne's Co.) for 300 a ^[3] and in 1659 the tract "Winchester", Kent Co. (now Queen Anne's Co.) for 250 a. ^[4] The tract "Winchester" 250 a. (1659), was located east of Kent Island across the Kent Narrows at the mouth of and on the south west side of what is now called Winchester Creek. About 1650, John Winchester, of Isle of Kent, styled himself as “cordwainer”. ^[5] In 1653, John Winchester deposed his age as 30. ^[6] In 1655, Margret Winchester deposed her age as 35. ^[7] John was appointed High Sheriff of Kent Island, serving from 1 August 1657 until 23 November 1660. On 15 April 1659, Thomas Wetherill gave to Margret Winchester, wife of John Winchester, one heifer. ^[8] On 21 January 1660 (OS), Mary Baxter deposed regarding the Courthouse and Hinson’s remark that it was his Majestys Dog Hous...and John Winchester replied that “theare wase a great many Doogs in the house... ^[9] John Winchester died on 22 August 1669 ^[10] and on 22 September 1669, Elizabeth Winchester, his then wife and relict of Henry Stoupe, relinquished her rights as administratrix to he son-in-law (i.e., John's second son) Isaac; John Winchester (II the eldest son) attested ^[11] .

 

John Winchester and Margaret (N) were the parents of the following children:

 

      1.      John, b. c. 1641, d. 1678/9. (see below).

      2.      Mary, b. c. 1644, d. prior to 1670, m. Richard Stevens (d. 1675).

      3.      Isaac, b. c. 1647, d. 1695. (see below).

      4.          daughter (unnamed), b. 23rd day 2nd month 1656 ^[12] , probably d. p. 1669.

      5.      Edward, b. 18 March 1657 ^[13] , probably d. p. 1669.

 

John Winchester and Elisabeth (N) were the parents of the following children: none.

 

John Winchester2 (II) (John1) was born c. 1641, as evidenced by a grant in 1662 to John, from his father John (I), of 125 a. of the 250 a. tract "Winchester" on Winchester Creek and the remaining 125 a. to John (II)'s brother_in_law, Richard Stevens, married to John's sister Mary ^[14] .  John (II) and his father were both subscribers to a petition to the Provincial Government in 1662, further evidence that John (II) was born at least as early as 1641. On 5 March 1663, John Winchester, Jr. witnessed a letter citing power of attorney from Mr. Joseph Weeks to Mr. Thomas Smith ^[15] . On 7 September 1665, John married Janne Muntrose ^[16] . On 28 August 1671, John Winchester is cited in an action in Kent Co. against William Hodges ^[17] . On 28 March 1677, John Winchester took the oath as constable of Upper Hundred, Kent Co ^[18] . John died c. 1678/9, leaving an unnamed orphaned child, apparently John (III) ^[19] .

 

His brother Isaac acted as administrator and perhaps as guardian of the orphaned child John (III), the first of three successive orphaned Johns of the "John" line.

 

John Winchester and Janne (N) were the parents of the following children:

 

      1.      John, b. c. 1664, d. c. 1702. (see below).

 

Isaac Winchester2 (I) (John1) was presumably born on Kent Island c. 1647 or earlier, was married three times, contrary to the possibly two marriages shown on the Hopkins Chart. After 25 January 1669 and prior to 6 October 1673, he married Elizabeth Williston ^[20] ; possibly they were married c. 1667/8. On 6 October 1673, Isaac Winchester is cited as a cordwainer. Elizabeth bore his son Isaac (II), born c. 1669/70, and apparently she died shortly after October 1673 ^[21] Isaac would have witnessed the will as James' half-brother on his mother's side.  Elizabeth Coppedge, apparently James' elder sister, was most probably the relict of John Winchester (III). Elisabeth Coppedge died prior to 1721, when the estate of Philip Coppedge was administered by Bridget Coppedge. Isaac Winchester (II) may have become guardian to Elizabeth's children by her prior marriage..

 

By 1683 ^[22] , Isaac (I) was next married to Sarah (N) ^[23] . This marriage occurred earlier than 1683 per Kent Co. deeds and the acquisition in 1681_2 of the tract "Sarah's Portion" 300 a ^[24] . Sarah was the mother of Isaac's daughters Sarah and Rebecca.

 

There is an unexplained legacy to both Isaac Winchester (I) and his son Isaac Winchester (II), then a minor, in the 1 March 1685 (OS) will of Thomas Frobay (possibly Frolich, d. 1686) ^[25] . The will was witnessed by John Winchester (III). Isaac I was named as the residual legatee.  Thomas Frobay could have been a relative of Elizabeth Williston, perhaps her brother.

 

Sometime after 1686, perhaps about 1690, Isaac (I) married Katherine Stevenson, relict of Thomas Emerson, Sr. (d. 1686). Isaac (I) died in 1695 leaving a will made in 1692 ^[26] under which his son Isaac was to have care of his two sisters during their minority and to assist his step_mother in care of the estate.

 

Isaac Winchester and Elisabeth (N) were the parents of the following children:

 

      1.      Isaac, b. c. 1669, d. 1712. (see below).

 

Isaac Winchester and Sarah (N) were the parents of the following children:

 

      2.      Sarah, b. c. 1675. (see below).

      3.      Rebecca, b. c. 1677. (see below).

 

Isaac Winchester and Katherine Stevenson were the parents of the following children: none.

 

John Winchester3 (III) (John2, John1), having witnessed the will of Thomas Frobay in 1685, seems to have been born at least as early as 1664 (or 1665?), prior to the reported marriage of John Winchester (II) and his presumed mother Janne Muntrose ^[27] . Deeds of 1689 ^[28] and 1690 ^[29] show that John bought property, 150 a. part of "James' Camp", on the Chester River near the Red Lyon branch from Edward James (1689) and sold property near Love Point on Kent Island to the same Edward James (1690). In 1697, John and his wife Elizabeth ^[30] sold back to Edward James the Red Lyon property of 150 a. that John had bought from him ^[31] . By the time of the fourth generation, the kinship relationships can be expressed as an unsolved riddle:

 

THE WINCHESTER RITUAL

or

THE KINDRED SPIRITS OF WINCHESTER

 

            From the start of the House of Winchester

                        four generations have run,

            John being kin to two Isaacs

                  who to Jacob are father and son

            John being kindred to Jacob

                  when holding him on his knee

            But also a young James Harvey

                  is kin to Winchesters three;

            Young Harvey is kin to Jacob

                  before young Harvey is wed,

            And young Harvey is kin to Isaac

                  before young Harvey is dead;

            Young Harvey marries John's daughter

                  and thus to John becomes kin,

            But John is not Jacob's brother

                        so how does it all fit in?

 

                                                J.E.A. 9/9/99

 

In 1701, John Winchester (III) was witness to a power of attorney given to Isaac Winchester (II) by Jacob Blangy.

 

Assuming that John (III) married Elizabeth, the daughter of Elizabeth Williston by her marriage to (N) Williston and then the wife of Phillip Coppedge after John (III)'s death, John (III) must have died c. 1702 because the son of Phillip and Elizabeth Coppedge was of age by 1725. Contrary to other Winchester genealogy compilations, John (IV) rather than John (III) is apparently the stepfather of Samuel, son of Thomas Rouse, given to the care of "John Winchester" in the will of Susannah

Winchester dated 1723 ^[32] . If living, John (III) would have been about 60 years old, not a likely guardian for a child under 14. Moreover the above strong circumstantial evidence suggests that John (III) died c. 1702_3.

 

John Winchester and Elisabeth (?Williston) were the parents of the following children:

 

      1.      John, b. c. 1690, d. 1750. (see below).

 

Isaac Winchester3 (II) (Isaac2, John1) was born c. 1669, as estimated from his father Isaac (I)'s apparent date of marriage to Elizabeth Williston and from his father's will ^[33] , Isaac (II) being of age in 1692 when the will was made. He was a responsible member of the Kent Island community in 1701 when he received a power of attorney from Jacob Blangy ^[34] and as of the 1701 Kent Island conveyance of land by Isaac and his wife Mary ^[35] . Although there are several references in genealogy compilations to a wife Katherine, these references are in error. Isaac's estate paid money to Katherine Winchester in 1714 ^[36] but this payment was presumably to Katherine Winchester, relict of Isaac (I) and

step_mother of Isaac (II). Isaac II's wife was almost certainly Mary Marsh ^[37] , half-sister of Isaac's good friend and co_executor

of his estate, Thomas Marsh III ^[38] .

 

Isaac Winchester and Mary (?Marsh) were the parents of the following children:

 

      1.      Isaac, b. c. 1699, d. 1723. (see below).

      2.      Jacob, b. c. 1702, d. 1744. (see below).

      3.      Mary, b. c. 1704, m. John Boggs in 1722.

      4.      Thomas, b. c. 1706, d. 1775. (see below).

      5.      Sarah, b. c. 1710, d. 1789, m(1) Morris Sliney (d. 1758), m(2) Thomas Barnes (d. 1783). As is shown by Chart 2, by her marriage with Morris Sliney, Sarah Winchester Sliney became the owner of the original Winchester lands patented by her great-grandfather.

 

Sarah Winchester3 (Isaac2, John1) was b. c. 1675. Under the will of her father Isaac (I) ^[39] , Sarah received "Sarah's Portion" and a Tuckahoe property called "Warner's and Faris' Discovery"; Sarah was under age in 1692 when the will was made. Sarah married Thomas Marsh III; since in 1706, Thomas Marsh (III) paid tax on "Sarah's Portion" and "Warner's Discovery" in right of his wife ^[40] . Both tracts of land passed to Mary Marsh and her husband William Dudley, and then to their sons Marsh and Abner Dudley ^[41] .

 

Sarah Winchester and her husband Thomas Marsh were the parents of the following children:

 

      1.      Mary Marsh, m. William Dudley.

 

Rebecca Winchester3 (Isaac2, John1) may have first married Warner Sudall (d. 1696 of Talbot Co. ^[42] ) as suggested by a conveyance by Warner Sudall (who attested Isaac (I)'s will) and his wife Rebecca in 1693 to John Emerson ^[43] . If this marriage occurred and if Rebecca was the youngest daughter of Isaac (I), Rebecca would have been born by about 1677 and her sister Sarah by about 1675. Elizabeth, Isaac (II)'s mother, must have died c. 1673/4. Clearly, Rebecca married Richard Mason, as indicated by a deed of 1724 ^[44] , a conveyance by Richard Mason and his wife Rebecca of 100 a. of "Winchester's Folly" (surveyed for Isaac Winchester in 1689 ^[45] ) to James Harvey Sr. of Talbot Co., and the indication in the Rent Rolls that one of their heirs, William Winchester Mason, was in possession of the property as of 1750. Rebecca Mason would have been about 47 at the time of the conveyance to James Harvey, Sr.

 

Rebecca Winchester and Warner Sudall were the parents of the following children: none.

 

Rebecca Winchester and Richard Mason were the parents of the following children:

 

      1.      William Winchester Mason.

 

John Winchester4 (IV) (John3, John2, John1), apparent son of John (III) and Elizabeth, was born c. 1690 and orphaned by his father's death c. 1702/3. John (IV) was cited as next-of-kin to Isaac (II) in the inventory of Isaac's estate in 1712 ^[46] ; therefore John (IV) was born no later than 1691. John (IV) would have been even more closely related to Isaac (II) through intermarriage had John (III) married Isaac (I)'s step_sister, making John (IV) a half_first cousin to Jacob (I), Isaac (II)'s son, as well as second cousin to Jacob had no intermarriage occurred.

 

John Winchester (IV) married three times: first to Susannah, relict of Thomas Rouse in 1718/19 ^[47] ; second to Sarah Meconikin, daughter of William and Elizabeth Meconikin; and finally to Hannah (?Small), whose name appears in the probate records in connection with the Osborn family. Hannah Winchester attested the will of Samuel Osborn in October 1743 ^[48] . Immediately after John (IV)'s death in 1750, Hannah married a young Amos Osborn, who was not of age until about 1744/5.

 

Susannah Winchester died in 1724 after a childless marriage to John (IV) making John available for remarriage in 1725. John (IV) apparently married Sarah Meconikin by c. 1725 based on the approximated age of the Winchester children, all of whom were the children of John and Sarah. Sarah Winchester was named next-of-kin along with her sister Elizabeth Meconikin in the inventory of William Meconikin in 1730 ^[49] . The naming of the children of John (IV) is a perfect circumstantial fit to identify Sarah Meconikin as their mother:  William for Sarah's father William Meconikin; Elizabeth for Sarah's mother and sister as well as John's mother; Susannah for John's deceased wife; and John for his father.

 

John (IV) probably married Hannah c. 1740/3. The fact that William was not mentioned in John's will is not surprising. William, born c. 1726, was of age in 1748 ^[50] and had undoubtedly left home before 1749 when John (IV)'s will was made ^[51] . John (IV) had no land; he left only personality to his children living with him. Elizabeth received furniture; Susannah (wife of James Harvey) received 2 sheep; and son John, not yet of age, received 15 pounds sterling.

 

John (IV) was named kin to Jacob (I) (his second cousin) in Jacob's inventory in 1744 ^[52] in spite of the fact that Jacob's younger brother Thomas (living in Mill Hundred in nearby Talbot Co.) was presumably nearer in kin and should logically have been so designated. In John's inventory of 1750 ^[53] , Isaac (IV), Jacob (I)'s son, was listed as next-of-kin to John, along with James Harvey, Jr., who had married John's daughter Susannah by 1749 when the will was made.

 

John Winchester and Susannah (N) were the parents of the following children: none.

 

John Winchester and Sarah Meconikin were the parents of the following children:

 

      1.      William, b. c. 1726, d. 1785. (see below).

      2.      Elisabeth, b. c. 1728, d. a. 1749.

      3.      Susannah, b. c. 1730, d. p. 1755, m. James Harvey.

      4.      John, b. c. 1733. (see below).

 

John Winchester and Hannah (?Small) were the parents of the following children: none.

 

Isaac Winchester4 (III) (Isaac3, Isaac2, John1), son of Isaac (II), born c. 1696/9, died in 1723 leaving no children ^[54] . At the August 1715 Court, Isaac chose Robert Jones as his guardian ^[55] . Isaac married to Mary Emerson, daughter of Thomas Emerson, Jr., the son of Katherine Stevenson Emerson Winchester, the third wife of Isaac (I). Both Isaac (III) and Mary were legatees under the will of Thomas Emerson in 1720 ^[56] .

 

Isaac Winchester and Mary Emerson were the parents of the following children: none.

 

Jacob Winchester4 (I) (Isaac3, Isaac2, John1) was born c. 1702/4, the son of Isaac (II) and Mary Marsh. At the March 1718 Court, Jacob was bound to Robert Jones ^[57] . He married Mary Griffith, the daughter of Matthew Griffith and Ann (N) ^[58] . Jacob sometimes identified himself as "James Winchester" ^[59] . After Jacob's death in 1744, Mary married: first, William Stavely; second, John Dorsey; and third, (N) Blunt. She left a will as Mary Blunt in

1773 ^[60] , identifying Isaac, Jacob and Thomas Winchester as her sons.

 

In Jacob's inventory ^[61] in 1744, John Winchester (IV) and J. or S. Harvey were named as next-of-kin. James Harvey, Andrew Price and Joseph Sudler attested Jacob's will ^[62] . The original inventory records have been inspected, but it is impossible to determine whether a J. Harvey or S. Harvey is correctly named as next-of-kin along with John Winchester ^[63] . Why Thomas Winchester is not named next-of-kin to Jacob remains an unanswered question.

Jacob Winchester and Mary Griffith were the parents of the following children:

 

      1.      Isaac, b. c. 1726, d. 1775. (see below).

      2.      Sarah, b. c. 1728.

      3.      Jacob, b. c. 1736, d. 1791, m(1) Ruth Elliott, m(2) Mary (N).

      4.      Thomas, b. 1745, d. 1786, m. Margaret DeRochburne.

 

Thomas Winchester4 (I) (Isaac3, Isaac2, John1), the younger brother of Jacob (I), was born c. 1706. He married Tabitha Davis (the relict of Isaac Marling) c. 1736/7 ^[64] , and obtained a substantial amount of property as a result of his marriage. He lived until 1775.

 

Thomas Winchester and Tabitha Davis were the parents of the following children: unidentified.

 

William Winchester5 (I) (John4, John3, John2, John1), the presumed son of John (IV) and Sarah (Meconikin) Winchester, was born c. 1726. Because John (IV) had no land, William probably decided in his late teens to make his own livelihood. He appears in Kingstown, Queen Anne's Co., across the Chester River from Chestertown, Kent Co., working with George and Violet Primrose and as a witness to the will of Henry Cully, a Chestertown merchant ^[65] . Kingstown (much like Charlestown, Cecil Co.) was established as an 18th century developed community on land taken from Poplar Hill, a farm owned by the Primrose family. More than 20 lots were laid out and sold to investors. Henry Cully owned five lots and Thomas Marsh IV. three ^[66] . Kingstown did not flourish; it would have been an easy move across the bay for young William to try his luck in a similar community, Charlestown, in Cecil Co.

 

William Winchester married Elizabeth Notherman of Charlestown, relict of James Hutchinson, and had six children:  Mary, Elizabeth, Sarah, Margaret, William and George ^[67] .

 

William Winchester and Elizabeth Notherman had the following children:

 

      1.      Mary.

      2.      Elizabeth.

      3.      Sarah.

      4.      Margaret.

      5.      William (ancestor of the author James Armstrong).

      6.      George.

 

John Winchester5 (V) (John4, John3, John2, John1), presumed orphaned second son of John (IV), was born c. 1733/4. When John (V)'s father died ^[68] , John (V) was left to the care of John (IV)'s close friend Richard Small, also a close friend of the Osborn family and guardian to Amos Osborn before he became of age in 1744/5 ^[69] ; the youthful age of Amos is a good indication that Hannah Winchester was not John (V)'s mother.

 

Apparently John (V) was lured to Charlestown by his elder brother William around the time that John became of age. John first married Mary Notherman (sister to William's wife Elizabeth) acquiring a Charlestown lot from her father George Notherman's estate which he promptly sold. John does not appear in the Cecil Co. tax lists of 1761. He was surety to Rebecca Bryan, administratrix of John Bryan of Queen Anne’s Co. in 1763 ^[70] and reappeared in Cecil Co. in 1766 as husband of Sarah Notherman, the youngest of the of the Notherman daughters. He promptly sold to his brother William his property acquired through his second marriage and disappeared from Cecil Co. for 19 years. His name appears in the Balance Books for Queen Anne's Co. as surety for Rebecca Bryan (now Jackson) in 1767 ^[71] . According to the Sheriff's

Book of 1778, he was residing in Walsey Hundred (later part of Island District) near to the old tract "Winchester" of 1659. He signed the Oath of Fidelity in Baltimore Co. in 1778, but was acknowledged as an absentee signer in Queen Anne's Co. as well.  He reappears in Cecil Co. in 1785 where he identified himself as "brother" in the inventory of William Winchester ^[72] . He may have been the John Winchester who married Elizabeth Whitaker in Baltimore in 1790 or the John Winchester who appeared in the Caroline Co., Maryland Census of 1790. Perhaps the two John Winchesters are the same person.

 

John Winchester and Mary Notherman were the parents of the following children: unidentified.

 

John Winchester and Sarah Notherman were the parents of the following children: unidentified.

 

Isaac Winchester5 (IV) (Jacob4, Isaac3, Isaac2, John1), son of Jacob, was named next-of-kin to John (IV) ^[73] . James Harvey was also named next-of-kin to John (IV), possibly because of his marriage to John's daughter Susannah. At this time, John (IV)'s presumed son William may have moved to Charleston, Cecil Co. Isaac (IV) was also named as next-of-kin to James Harvey in James Harvey's inventory in 1758 ^[74] . About 1752, Isaac married Mary Tolson, relict of Thomas Elliott ^[75] . The Hopkins chart incorrectly identifies her as Mary Morgan, who was her mother and the wife of

Alexander Tolson.

 

Isaac Winchester and Mary Tolson were the parents of the following children:

 

      1.      Mary.

      2.      Jacob.

Sources

 

1.       Skinner, Vernon L.: Abstracts of MD Inventories, Special Abstract, "The Surname Winchester", from Balance Books Libers 1_7; Inventories and Accounts Libers 1_39C; Administration Accounts Libers 1_48 and Inventories Libers 1_126, covering the period 1674_1775.

 

2.      Maryland State Archives (MSA): Testamentary Proceedings; Debt Books; Probate Records (Colonial Index), 1778 and 1783 Tax Assessments; and other MSA records available on microfilm.

 

3.      Maryland Calendar of Wills (Vol. 1_16) compiled by Jane Baldwin Cotton _ completed by F. Edward Wright ("Baldwin").

 

4.      Chart of the Winchester Family of Kent Island from data collected by Samuel Grover Hopkins; chart made by Henry D. James (1949).

 

5.      Winchester Notes by Fanny Winchester Hotchkiss (1912) based on data compiled by Madison Brown, a Centerville, MD attorney (1902).

 

6.      The Descendants of John Winchester, Kent Island, the Guy Winchester family (c. 1960).

 

7.      Leonard, Beatrice: Land Records of Talbot Co., Vol. 1_5; Land Records of Queen Anne's Co., Vol. 1_6.

 

8.      Wright, F. Edward:  MD Eastern Shore Vital Records 1645_1725.

 

9.      Miscellaneous information, including research notes of Mildred Schoch, received from Mary J. White, Kent Island.

 

Endnotes