Capt. John WINDER

1635 - 1698  (63 years)

• Name	John WINDER  [1]
  Prefix	Capt.
  Birth	1635	, , Cumberland, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Migrated	1665	Manokin, , Maryland, USA   [1]
  	Located in what became Somerset county in 1666
  Occupation	28 Aug 1665  [3, 4]
  	Justice Of Peace
  Occupation	12 Nov 1665	, , Maryland, USA
  	Commissioner
  	Location in what became Somerset county in 1666.
  Occupation	22 Aug 1666	, Somerset, Maryland, USA
  	Commissioner
  Probate	23 Sep 1698  [3]
  Death	23 Sep 1698	, Somerset, Maryland, USA   [2]
  Property	Sep 1863	Pembertons Goodwill, Somerset, Maryland, USA
  	700 acres
  Occupation	Planter  [3]
  Residence	, Sussex, Delaware, USA   [1]
  _UID	A724AFEDC2ED4A42BB89D638D01361CA025C
  Person ID	I220	WinderWonderland
  Last Modified	7 Mar 2015

  
  

  Family	Bridgett MEADOR,   b. Abt 1644   d. Bef 1698 (Age 53 years)
  Marriage	1663-1664	, , , England   [2, 5]
  Children	1. Susan WINDER,   b. 9 Dec 1664, , , Maryland, USA d. 7 Jul 1674, Wicocomico, Somerset, Maryland, USA (Age 9 years)   2. Major Thomas WINDER,   b. 26 Apr 1666, Manokin, Somerset, Maryland, USA d. Apr 1705, , Northumberland, Virginia, USA (Age 38 years)   3. Elizabeth WINDER,   b. 4 Jan 1668, Manokin, Somerset, Maryland, USA d. Yes, date unknown   4. Meriam WINDER,   b. 27 Mar 1673, , Somerset, Maryland, USA d. Yes, date unknown   5. John Thomas WINDER,   b. 7 Mar 1676, Wicocomico, Somerset, Maryland, USA d. 13 Jul 1716, , Somerset, Maryland, USA (Age 40 years)   6. William WINDER,   b. 20 Oct 1679, Wicocomico, Somerset, Maryland, USA d. 1 Oct 1710, , Northumberland, Virginia, USA (Age 30 years)
  Family ID	F137	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Mar 2006

  
  

• Notes

  Source: The winders of Lorton, in "Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society" Vol.XII.pp.439-57: Vol.XIV ,pp 198-207: VolXv,pp 229-38. Lieutenant Colonel John Winder, believed to have been a descendant of the Winders of Lorton,Cumberland,England,died a resident of Somerset County,Maryland, between May 24,1698, the date of his will, and September 23,1698, when it was proved. He bequeathed to his son John three hundred acres of land,"Keckatan Close on the west side of Kickawaxen,"land "binding on Thomas Winde's plantation," and another seventy-five acre tract ,unnamed: while to his son William he left land called "Pemberton's Good Will." It is asserted that he first settled in the Northern Neck of Virginia, but the earliest authentic records of him are those of his appointments as justice of the peace August 28,1665: again ,for Somerset County at the time of its erection,August ,22,1666, and again in 1669. On February 23,1665-66, he was made commissioner of the Eastern Shore Of Maryland. John Winder was granted ,July 10,1665, two hundred acres of land on the back creek of Manokin River, to which was given the name "Winder"s Purchase". The warrant for this was made in the rights of John Winder,Bridgett Winder,Suzanne Winder,Daniel Heast,Martin Moore,John Okey, Richard Price,John Daw,and Mary Gore. In November,1672, John Winder,of Somerset County,Maryland,proved his rights to two hundred acres of land for transporting to that province four persons:Thomas Relfe* (note below), Thomas Quarteman, William Walter,and Ann Boyden. *Thomas Relfe, of Cockermouth,"who married in 1711-12,Barbara,daughter of William Williams of Johnby Hall. whose sister Lettice married John Winder,Esq., Barrister-at law(eldest son of John Winder,gent.of Lorton, who died 1696.)" John Winder received another patent, March 25,1676, for one thousand one hundred acres of land called "Winder"s Neck," in what is now Sussex County,Delaware John Winder was a Sargeant in an expedition against the Nanticoke Indians in 1678: a lieutenant in 1680,Capitan in 1682, and "Captaine of a Troop of Horse" in 1689. He was also a commissioner of trade in 1683. At his house ,in 1687, was held a meeting for a treaty with the Nanticoke Indians, and November of that year he was one of the signers of the "Declaration of Submission" to William and Mary. John Winder owned a shallop on the Potomac River. In conveyances made in 1697, he is styled as lieutenant colonel. The records of the Maryland Board of Trade, Minutes of the Council, Port of Annapolis, October 20,1697, have this entry: A return of Somersett Co. Justices dated 15th ult: setting forth, that both of the said Justices, viz:Lieut:Coll: Jno. Winder and Mr.Jno Woolford lay in such a weak condition that they could not attend the Court, and that Mr. Thomas Dixon was pressed upon and desired to attend the said Coll: Winder at his house, and in order to get sworn, but failing therein, ye county seems at present to be without justices. 29 Jan 1866 Registered Cattle Mark in Somerset Co, MD [2] (Research): Info was gathered in a combined effort of Christine Grimes Thacker, Joyce Boyett, and Christine Knudson. 1997,98,99.

  
  

• Sources

  [S71] Elizabeth Hogg Ironmonger, John Winder and Descendants of Maryland and Virginia, (Salt Lake City, 1990). [S72] Christine Thacker, Descendants of John Winder posted on Winder website (Reliability: 3). [S60] Robert Winder Johnson, Winders of America, (Lippincott Co, Philadelphia, 1902), Chart V (Reliability: 3). [S60] Robert Winder Johnson, Winders of America, (Lippincott Co, Philadelphia, 1902), Pg. 87 (Reliability: 3). [S151] F. Edward Wright, Maryland Eastern Shore Vital Records 1648-1725, (Family Line Publications, Silver Spring MD, 1982 ,).