Samuel WINDER, Gent.

Bef 1675 - 1689  (14 years)

• Name	Samuel WINDER
  Suffix	Gent.
  Birth	Bef 1675
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1678	East Jersey, , New Jersey, USA   [1]
  	Registrar
  Property	12 May 1681	East Jersey, , New Jersey, USA   [1]
  	One of three who purchased land from the Indians on the Raritan River.
  Occupation	9 Feb 1684  [2]
  	Clerk
  Property	16 Apr 1686	East Jersey, , New Jersey, USA   [3]
  	Purchased 1000 acres of land at Cheesquakes from John Palmer and his wife Sarah (Samuel's parents). In this deed described as "late of New York City, now of Cheesquakes"
  Occupation	29 Oct 1686	East Jersey, , New Jersey, USA   [2]
  	King's Attorney General
  Property	6 Nov 1688	East Jersey, , New Jersey, USA   [4]
  	Leased his property to William Richardson in preparation for his move to Boston. Sir Edmund Andros was at that time governor of East and West Jersey and resided in Boston. Also, John Palmer, Samuel's step-father, was a member of Sir Edmund Andros' council.
  Occupation	East Jersey, , New Jersey, USA   [5]
  	Provincial Councillor
  Death	Jan 1689	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA   [6]
  Will	7 Jan 1689	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA   [4]
  Probate	14 Feb 1689	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA   [4]
  _UID	5FC176B906DE474FB0970A738BDD7359C195
  Person ID	I3124	WinderWonderland
  Last Modified	10 Jan 2014

  
  

  Father	John WINDER   d. 1675, New York, New York, Yorkshire, USA
  Mother	Sarah TULSE,   b. , Southampton, Southampton, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Bef 1675	, Southampton, Southampton, England   [7]
  Family ID	F1314	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret RUDYARD   d. Aft Jan 1689
  Marriage	25 Oct 1684  [3, 8]
  Children	1. Sarah WINDER,   b. Bef 1688   d. Bef 1694 (Age 6 years)
  Family ID	F1316	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Mar 2006

  
  

• Notes

  According to Winders of America: The Duke of York, having levied upon the colonists for the space of three years certain duties on goods brought to this country, which levy had expired by limitation in November 1680, the merchants of the city of New York had then discharged their cargoes without giving any attention to the custom-house officers. The legality of the customs being thus denied, on May 31, 1681, suits were instigated against Colonel Dyer, who was collector of the port, mayor of the city, and a member of the council, accusing him of treason because of his collecting taxes without authority of the law. Samuel Winder, who brought suit, was evidently acting in the interest of his fellow citizens and supported by them. Dyer, who questioned the authority of the court here to try him, was shipped to England for trial, Winder entering into a recognizance of five thousand pounds to prosecute him. As Winder did not appear against him, although in England at or shortly before the time appointed for trying the case, Colonel Dyer was discharged. His opponents gained their point by gettng rid of him. "This spirited measure," says Chalmers, "however irregular it may now appear, had the greatest effect in laying in ruins that system of despotism which had so long affected the people of New York." The resistance offered thus early by the merchants of New York to taxation without representation led to the introduction soon after of a representative form of government into the province. Extracted from DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE COLONIAL HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, VOLUME XXIII, CALENDAR OF NEW JERSEY WILLS, VOLUME I, 1670-1730; Paterson NJ, 1901 ( Libers 1, 2, etc. are of West Jersey Wills. Those as Libers A, B, etc., are of East Jersey Wills) 1688-9 Jan. 7. Winder, Samuel, of Boston, N. E.; will of. NJ Archives, XXI, p. 253. [9]

  
  

• Sources

  [S60] Robert Winder Johnson, Winders of America, (Lippincott Co, Philadelphia, 1902), Pg. 22 (Reliability: 3). [S60] Robert Winder Johnson, Winders of America, (Lippincott Co, Philadelphia, 1902), pg. 26 (Reliability: 3). [S60] Robert Winder Johnson, Winders of America, (Lippincott Co, Philadelphia, 1902), Pg. 23 (Reliability: 3). [S60] Robert Winder Johnson, Winders of America, (Lippincott Co, Philadelphia, 1902), pg. 27 (Reliability: 3). [S60] Robert Winder Johnson, Winders of America, (Lippincott Co, Philadelphia, 1902), Chart 1 (Reliability: 3). [S60] Robert Winder Johnson, Winders of America, (Lippincott Co, Philadelphia, 1902). [S60] Robert Winder Johnson, Winders of America, (Lippincott Co, Philadelphia, 1902), Chart 1 (Reliability: 3). Letters of adm. on estate of her late husband granted her Sept. 29, 1675 [S177] New York Marriages, 1600-1784, (ancestry.com). [S60] Robert Winder Johnson, Winders of America, (Lippincott Co, Philadelphia, 1902), Pg. 25-26 (Reliability: 3).