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Joshua Winchester (bef. 1727 - abt. 1757)

Joshua Winchester
Born before in Brookline, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
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Husband of — married 6 Dec 1750 (to about 30 Aug 1757) in Grafton, Worcester, Massachusettsmap
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Died about after about age 30 in Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
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Biography

Joshua Winchester was baptized on May 14, 1727, son of Benjamin Winchester and his second wife Elizabeth (Champney) Chamberlain Winchester. [1]

Joshua married Mary Whipple of Grafton, Massachusetts on December. 6, 1750 [2] [1] Mary was born at Grafton September 21, 1730, daughter of James Whipple Jr. and Sarah Adams. [2] [3]

Joshua died August 30, 1757, Worcester County Probate, has administration upon estate of Joshua Winchester of Grafton 1757. [1] His widow Mary, noting her inability to travel to the courts, asked that her father James Whipple be appointed estate administrator which was granted in September, 1757. The court appointed a committee to complete the estate inventory. Joshua's real estate was valued at L122: 13: 4 and his personal estate at L69: 18: 7. A further accounting of debts due was also submitted. [4]

Prior to the completion of an estate settlement, administrator James Whipple Sr. died and son James took over the administration. After submitting an accounting of debts paid, widow's allowance and various costs, there remained L44: 17: 9. On November 13, 1759, the court ordered that sum was to be paid to the guardians of the children at the time of the widow's decease. [4]

In his will dated December 25, 1758, Benjamin Winchester left L4 a piece to the heirs of his son Joshua, being his daughters - Mary, Sarah and Prudence Winchester. [5]

His widow Mary married second Ephraim Sherman Jr. of Grafton [3] on May 12, 1760. [2]

In the settlement of her father James Whipple estate, Mary Winchester, along with her siblings acknowledged their acceptance of his will as submitted to the courts for proving. As his lands could not be divided without prejudice, the sons inherited lands while Mary Winchester and her sister Sarah Willard were each granted L156: 18: 6 in old tenor as their share, with sister Eunice to be paid by her brothers. [6]

On May 20, 1760, Mary and Ephraim Sherman, as heirs of James Whipple acknowledged receipt of their share of the personal estate and movables from her brother James, estate administrator. [6]

  • On March 30, 1758. Mary Winchester, James Whipple Jr. and Jacob Whipple posted bond in the appointment of Mary Winchester as guardian to her daughter Mary, aged almost seven years [7] her daughter Sarah [8] and her daughter Prudence aged above three years. [9]
  • On July 3, 1758, Mary Winchester submitted to the court a petition to be freed from guardianship of her children - Mary, Sarah and Prudence and requested that her father James Whipple be appointed. [7]
  • In the same month, July, 1758, James Whipple was appointed guardian to Mary Winchester, Sarah Winchester then almost 5 years old, and to Prudence Winchester aged three, daughters of Joshua Winchester, deceased. [7] [8][9]
  • On October 24, 1759, Mary Winchester was again appointed guardian to daughter Mary, aged eight in June past [7], daughter Sarah ged six years as of the previous August. [8] and daughter Prudence. [9] after the death of her father James Whipple, guardian to the children.
  • On May 10, 1763, Jacob Whipple was appointed guardian to Mary Winchester, to Sarah Winchester aged eight, and to Prudence Winchester aged six years, daughters of Joshua Winchester, deceased, Jacob along with both Ephraim Sherman Jr. and Sr. providing surety. [7] [8] [9]

Children

  1. Mary born June 6, 1751; married Phineas Newton [1] of Sutton on September 2, 1771. [2] [10]
  2. Sarah born August 17, 1753 [11]; married Phineas Leland [1] on July 6, 1774, in Shrewbury. [2]
  3. Prudence born March 29, 1755; married Samuel Waters [1] of Sutton on September 23, 1775. [2]

Military

Grafton in the French and Indian War

A list of the training and alarm soldiers in Grafton in 1757 under command of Captain Samuel Warrin; Lieutenant Wait: Joshua Wintchester. [12] [1]

Research notes

Grafton Marriages

WHIPPLE, Mary and Joshua Winchester, Dec. 6, 1750. (p. 305)
WINCHESTER, Joshua and Mary Whipple, Dec. 6, 1750. (p. 310)
WINCHESTER, Wid. Mary and Ephraim Sherman Jr., May 12, 1760. (p. 310)
WIncester, Mary and Phineas Newton of Sutton, Sept. 2, 1771 CR (p. 310)
Winchester, Mrs. Prudence and Samuel Waters of Sutton, Sept. 23, 1775. (p. 320)
Winchester, Sarah and Phineas Leland, July 6, 1774. In Shrewbury. (p. 310)

Grafton Births

WHIPPLE, Mary, d. James Jr.and Sarah, Sept, 21, 1730. (p. 144)
Winchester, Mary d., Joshua and Mary, June 6, 1751. (p. 149)
Winchester, Prudence d Joshua and Mary March 29 1755 [2]

Hardwick Births

Winchester, Sarah, d. of Joshua and Mary, Aug. 17, 1753. (p. 127) [11]

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Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Winchester, Fanny Hotchkiss, Winchester Notes, Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, New Haven, Connecticut. 1912, p. 28-9; 130; 264 https://archive.org/details/winchesternotes00hotcgoog/mode/2up
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Systematic History Fund, Vital Records of Grafton Massachusetts to the Year 1850, F. P. Rice, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1906
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 y Sherman, Thomas Townsend, Sherman Genealogy Including Families of Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk, England: Some Descendants of the Immigrants, Captain John Sherman, Reverend John Sherman, Edmund Sherman and Samuel Sherman, and the Descendents of Honorable Roger Sherman and Honorable Charles R. Sherman, T. A. Wright, New York, 1920, p. 130
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Case 66523:p. 1-16: Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881, Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1635/i/33903/66523-co1/891317066
  5. ↑ Case 66504:1: Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881, Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1635/i/33903/66504-co1/891316882
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Case 63866:1 - 26: Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-188,Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1635/i/33901/63866-co14/56210257
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Case 66525: p. 1-11: Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1635/i/33903/66525-co1/891317092
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Case 66531: p. 1-10: Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1635/i/33903/66531-co1/891317135
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Case 66529: p. 1-10: Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1635/i/33903/66529-co1/891317122
  10. ↑ Leonard, Ermina Newton, Newton genealogy, genealogical, biographical, historical : being a record of the descendants of Richard Newton of Sudbury and Marlborough, Massachusetts 1638, with genealogies of families descended from the immigrants, Rev. Roger Newton of Milford, Connecticut, Thomas Newton of Fairfield, Connecticut, Matthew Newton of Stonington, Connecticut, Newtons of Virginia, Newtons near Boston, Higginson Book Co., Salem, Massachusetts, p. 109
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Baldwin, Thomas, compiler. Vital Records of Hardwick Massachusetts to the Year 1850, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1917
  12. ↑ Pierce, Frederick C., History of Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts: From Its Early Settlement by the Indians in 1647 to the Present Time, 1879, Press of C. Hamilton, 1879, p. 97




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