Hannah (King) Winter (abt. 1644)

Born about 1644 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts [uncertain]

Wife of John Winter — married about 1660 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

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Biography

Hannah King was born about 1644 to Thomas and Mary King.^[1]

Hannah King married John Winter by 1663 and had at least the following children:^[1]

• Sarah c1663
• Hannah 1665

John Winter of Cambridge Farms (Lexington) left a will in 1690 naming the following children:^[2]

• John
• Thomas
• Samuel
• Sarah
• Hannah
• Mary

Disputed Marriages

There were two daughters named Hannah in the blended household of James Cutler, Hannah Cutler, his daughter from his first marriage, and Hannah King, his second wife's daughter from her first marriage. This has led to confusion.

Robert Charles Anderson, in The Great Migration, argues that the language of James Cutler's will leads one to the following conclusions:^[1]

• Hannah King, born c1644, married John Winter
• Hannah Cutler, born 26 jul 1638, married John Coller
• They were born about four years apart.
• Saying "my daughter" in a will covers more than biological connection.

An alternative view holds that:

• Hannah King, born 1638 in Watertown, Massachusetts, was the daughter of Mary, the second wife of James Cutler), by her first husband, Thomas King.
• Hannah Cutler, born July 26, 1638, is the daughter of James Cutler, by his first wife, Anna. Hannah Cutler married John Winter about 1660 in Watertown.
• The two Hannahs were born about 3 months apart.
• The will of James Cutler mentions daughter, Hannah, not stepdaughter or daughter of my wife, Mary. The Stuart Bloom assessment of the will of James Cutler appears to be in error.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume IV, I-L, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society), 2005, p 168-170, available here americanancestors
2. ↑ Bond, Henry. Genealogies of the families and descendants of the early settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, including Waltham and Weston : to which is appended the early history of the town. 1860, p 656, image at Bond

• Bloom, Stuart. Winter Family. Earlville, IL, 2005. Accessed April 25, 2015 at www.earlvillepost.com/stubloom/Fam_Winter.pdf. Accessed April 25, 2015. Archive at https://web.archive.org/web/20170131140013/https://earlvillepost.com/stubloom/Fam_Winter.pdf on 31 January 2017.