Winifred (Greene) Gower (1693 - 1727)

Born 19 Dec 1693 in Farnham, Richmond, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Edward Spencer — married 20 Nov 1710 (to 1714) in Virginia

Wife of Stanley Gower — married 1 Jun 1714 (to 1718) in North Farnham Parish, Rappahannock, Virginia

Descendants

Died 20 May 1727 at age 33 in Richmond, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

Winifred Green was born 19 December 1693 in Richmond County, Virginia to Richard Green and his wife Ann Hobbs.

She was first married to Edward Spencer and to this marriage, the birth of one child was recorded in the North Farnham Parish Register. Edward Spencer, a son, was born 20 Nov 1710 and baptized in 1710 per church records. The death date of Winifred's husband Edward Spencer is not known.

She was secondly married to Stanley Gower on June 1, 1714, in Richmond, Virginia. Her widowed mother Anne Green made a deed of gift dated 1 December 1714 to son-in-law Stanley Gower and his wife Winifred Gower, for Winifred's share of her deceased father's estate. ^[1]

Winifred was again widowed in 1718 when Stanley Gower passed away. He named his son-in-law Edward Spencer, the terminology then used for step-son, in his will dated 17 September 1718. Winifred died as a young mother on May 20, 1727, in Richmond City, Virginia.

1714 June Stanley Gower of Westmoreland Co. & Winifred Spencer, Widow

Sources

1. ↑ [1]Anne Greene to Stanley Gower & wife Winifred. Witnesses: John Gower, William Brockenbrough, Richard Bramam. Richmond Co. VA. Deed Book 7. p. 14-15.

• Wills of Richmond County, Virginia, 1699-1800. Stanley Gower will dated 17 Sept 1718, proved 5 Nov 1718. Edward Spencer ; Anne Gower (daughter of (John Gower); Sarah Pavey; William Sidebottom; Henry Braine; brother of John Grimes; brothers daughter Margaret Gower; ex ;John Gower; wits: David Williams, Mary Williams , Henry Braine, Stanley Gower of West Co. mar. Winifred Spencer , wid of Edward Spencer, June 1714. MRC p.80

• Marriages of Richmond County. Spencer Edward and Winifred Green c 1709 ; bride was the daughter of Rich and Ann Hobbs Green , she married 2nd Stanley Gower , 1714 and was dec'd by April 1719;(RC OB 8:93,DB 11:185)

• Virginia Vita; Records. Born Edward , son of Edward and Winifred Spencer Nov. 20,1710

• The Registers of North Farnham Parish
• 1663-1814 (DAR library)

• Richmond Co William and Mary Q vol 13. No 2

• Married Well and Often: Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800
• Virginia Vital Records
• Wills of Richmond County, Virginia, 1699-1800. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2002.Original data: Headley, Robert K., Jr. Wil

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