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Thomas WINDER[1, 2]

Male Abt 1745 - 1807  (62 years)

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  • Name Thomas WINDER  [3
    Birth Abt 1745  , , Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Gender Male 
    Loyalty Oath 1778  , Washington, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1778  , Washington, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Census 1790  , Washington, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    federal 
    • 2 males < 16 (1774-1790) Clement, Thomas Jr
      2 males > 16 (bef 1774) James, Thomas Sr
      4 females: wife, mary, Jane, Nance
    Migrated Between 1794 and 1795  , Shenandoah, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6, 7
    Tax List 1800  , Shenandoah, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Name Thomas WINDERS  [5
    _UID A648D80A7E394DE4A069564BA161F6C31DFB 
    Death 1807  , Shenandoah, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 8
    Person ID I430  WinderWonderland
    Last Modified 13 Feb 2014 

    Father James WINDER,   b. Abt 1719, Amwell, Hunterdon, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jul 1789, , Washington, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Sarah Elizabeth SHERWOOD,   b. 1722, All Saints, Prince George's, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1804, , Washington, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage 9 May 1743  All Saints, Prince George's, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11
    • Marriage at All Saints in what would become Frederick county in 1748.

      Twelve surviving children of James Winder and Elizabeth Sherwood Winder are known from James' will and corroborated, in the main, from other contemporary records, such as the record of the chancery suit, and a few others concerning persons who can be identified. [9]
    Family ID F207  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family   
    Marriage Abt 1770 
    Children 
     1. James WINDER,   b. Between 1770 and 1778, , , Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Thomas WINDER,   b. Abt 1777, , , Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     3. Mary WINDER,   b. 1780, , , Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1806, , Shenandoah, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 26 years)
     4. Jane WINDER,   b. Abt 1781, , , Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1860 (Age 78 years)
     5. Nancy WINDER,   b. Abt 1785, , , Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 May 1867, , Putnam, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
     6. Clement WINDERS,   b. Abt 1790, , , Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1860 (Age 70 years)
     7. Tena WINDER,   b. 1791, , , Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     8. John WINDERS,   b. 1793, , Shenandoah, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Aug 1856, New Salem, Fairfield, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
     9. William WINDER,   b. 30 Oct 1799, , Shenandoah, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Aug 1826, Richland, Fairfield, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 26 years)
    Family ID F212  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2006 

  • Notes 
    • According to Robert L. Winder (Sep 2000):«tab»Thomas Winder, birthdate probably about 1745, who moved to Shenandoah County, VA. prior to the initiation of the Chancery suit of March term, 1804. Apparently Thomas remained in Shenandoah County. He is probably the Thomas Winder cited as bondsman for several marriages of female Winders in the Shenandoah County records, probably his daughters. No information is available to identify his wife. The Shenandoah County General Index to Wills lists Thomas Winder, dec'd 1807. His estate was inventoried on 22 February 1810, and the estate sale was held on 24 February 1810. Marriage records of Shenandoah County list the following Winder marriages:
      John Spoon & Mary Winders, Aug 4, 1802, dr.[daughter] of Thos. Sr.
      Christian Limbach & Jane Winder, Nov. 10 1800, bondsman Thos. Winders
      Geo. Levesge & Nancy Winders, Dec. 17 1804, dr. of Thomas
      John Comer & Tena Winders, May 2 1808, dr. of Thomas
      Clement Winder & Magdalene Pixler May 27 1814
      Henry S. Winder & Ann Amelia Ott Apr 20 1826


      From:
      Sent: Thursday, September 17, 1998 10:32 PM
      Hi Ann,
      [snip]
      We do have the line going all the way back to London, England in the early 1700's but for now, I'll start with my 4th great-grandfather, Thomas Winder and his family. Thomas was born in Maryland and moved to Shenandoah Co., Virginia around 1794-5. Through property tax records and personal property tax records for that time period, he was the only Winder listed in Shenandoah Co. Later, several of his sons started showing up on the tax records between 1815 and 1830 and they were Thomas (Jr.), Clement, William and Henry. Thomas was only around for a few years and then left the county, Clement showed up in 1815 and dropped off around 1827. William showed up for a few years in the very early 1820's. Henry showed up on the tax rolls shortly after his marriage in 1826 and was there until the records stopped in 1830. Thomas Sr. died in the latter part of 1807 or first part of 1808. His estate was probated in 1810. He left no Will.

      4th great-grandfather: Thomas Winder, born about 1744 in Maryland
      Wife: Unknown, Marriage date: Unknown
      Children:
      James Winder
      William Winder
      Thomas Winder, married Susannah Evans, October 20, 1800 - Shenandoah Co.
      Mary Winder, married John Spoon, August 4, 1802 - Shenandoah Co.
      Nancy Winder, married George Levesge, December 17, 1804 - Shenandoah Co.
      Tena Winder, married John Comer, May 2, 1808 - Shenandoah Co.
      Jane Winder, married Christian Limback, November 10, 1800 - Shenandoah Co.
      Clement Winder, married Molly Bixler, May 27, 1814 - Shenandoah Co.
      Henry S. Winder, married Ann Amelia Ott, April 20, 1826 - Shenandoah Co.

      3rd great-grandfather: Clement Winders, born about 1790-91. (Note: We have searched for years and have not found out when or where he died. The last known record of him was in 1859 in Burlington, Iowa. He was listed in a directory as though he was living there. He disappeared after that.)
      Wife: Molly Bixler, born 1798 in Virginia, died 1864 in Columbus, Ohio,
      daughter of Michael Bixler and Anna Heistant.
      She is buried in Greenlawn Cemetery in Columbus. I have a copy
      of her Interment record which lists Michael and Anna Bickler as her
      parents.
      Children:
      Elizabeth Winders, b. abt 1815, married M. Jacob Strickler
      (Male) Winders, b. abt 1816
      (Male) Winders, b. abt 1819
      John Winders, b. Aug. 23, 1821, d. Oct 30, 1909, married Alvina Watson in
      1843.
      Julia Ann Winders, b. 1823, married Owen Huff - Columbus, Ohio
      Lucinda Winders, b. abt 1825, married Chauncy White - Columbus, Ohio
      Michael Winders, b. 1827, married (1) Mary Frize (2) Eliza Hartrum - Col. OH
      Andrew Jackson Winders, b March 4, 1839, d. Nov. 27, 1904
      (Male) Winders, born between 1835-1840
      Jane (?) Winders, born between 1835-1840 (We are not positive about her
      name.)

      John was my 2nd great-grandfather. He married Alvina Watson in Columbus, Ohio
      in 1843 and in 1855 moved to Burlington, Des Moines Co., Iowa with his younger
      brother, Andrew. They were both brick masons.

      Getting back to Clement ---- I first found him in the 1820 census for Shenandoah Co., Virginia. When he didn't show up in that state in 1830, I started looking in other states until I found him in Fairfield Co., Ohio. Once I knew he was there, I looked at the tax records for Fairfield County and found he started paying a personal property tax about 1828. He was living in Bloom Township at the time and continued living there for several years. He disappeared for several years in the late 1830's but was found in the 1840 census for Columbus, Ohio (Franklin Co.) His son John (my 2nd gr-gf) bought several pieces of property in Columbus and Clement was found living in one of the houses around 1855-58. He dropped off the directory in Columbus and showed up in a directory in Burlington, Iowa where John, Andrew and his oldest daughter, Elizabeth Strickler) were living. The year for the directory was 1858.
      Another bit of information... In 1826, a William Winders died in Fairfield
      Co., Ohio. We believe this may have been Thomas' son William that I found in
      the tax records in the early 1820's in Shenandoah Co. When William's estate
      was probated, several notes were called in. One of them was for Clement
      Winders. He had borrowed $5 from William.

      How did I find out about Clement's children? The answer to that covers many, many years of researching records and trying to piece things together. We used census records, marriage records, land records and directories to put the family together. About six-seven years ago I connected with a descendant of Andrew Jackson Winders who was the younger brother of my John Winders (2nd g- gf). They were able to confirm that Clement was the father through personal records. They even had a picture of Clement!

      What documentation did I find to place Clement in Ohio? Once I found Clement
      in the 1830 census for Ohio and found him living in Fairfield Co., it was
      rather easy from there. I pulled the tax records for the county to determine
      when he arrived and when he left. The next county west is Franklin Co. I
      started going through land records, marriage records, census records, etc. He
      moved around a lot but the family seemed to stay put, mostly in the City of
      Columbus.

      [snip]
      Darlene Dary [3]
    • (Research):1790 census shows 2 males 16 and over (bef 774), 2 males under 16 (bet 1774-1790) and 4 females. It appears his wife died before 1790, leaving him with his four daughters and 3 sons.

  • Sources 
    1. [S85] Karen Ramsey, (FamilyOrigins on Ancestry.com).

    2. [S86] Church of Latter Day Saints, Ancestral File, (Familysearch.com).

    3. [S622] 1790 Federal Census, Washington Co, MD, Pg 120 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S81] Robert L. Winder, Winder Families (untitled), (November 1997, revised Fall 2000).

    5. [S803] Deven Lewis, Darlene Dary, Winders-Shull Family Tree, (\i ancestry.com\i0 . http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/25511252/person/1666236073?pgNum=1 : 2011.), (http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/25511252/person/1666236073?pgNum=1). (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S105] Darlene Winders Dary.

    7. [S106] Personal Property Tax Records -- Shenandoah County, VA 1784-1830 (Reliability: 0).
      Years 1796 & 1797 and 1798: all list 2 white males over 16, no slaves. 1 horse. Years 1800 - 1803: 1 male over 16, 1 horse. Year 1804 1 male over 16, no horse. Year 1805: 1 male over 16, 1 horse. Ye ar 1806: 1 male over 16, no horse. Year 1807: 2 males over 16.

    8. [S104] Amelia C. Gilreath, Shenandoah County Virginia Abstracts of Wills 1772-1850, (1980 ,).

    9. [S81] Robert L. Winder, Winder Families (untitled), (November 1997, revised Fall 2000), Sep 2000 (Reliability: 3).

    10. [S88] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index.

    11. [S302] Broderbund Software, FTM CD#4 Marriage Index: MD, NC, VA 1624-1915.


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