Josiah Winn (1674 - aft. 1734)

Born 15 Mar 1674 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia (Littlefield) Winn — married [date unknown] in Wells, Maine

Descendants

Died after 10 Feb 1734 after age 59 in Wells, York, Maine

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Biography

Born Woburn, MA, Winn, Josiah s. of Joseph, March 15, 1674. see page Births page 277 [Woburn Record of Births_ 1640 to 1873]

married 23 July 1766, 3rd book of town records,marriages,page 205 page 77 Picton Press.

In 1700 a grant of one hundred acres was made to Joseph Taylor, between the Branch and Little rivers, above the path going to Mousam ; ten acres were granted to Josiah Winn, at Maryland, and ten acres of meadow to Joseph Hill, which were formerly granted to his uncle, John Cross. HISTORY OF WELLS AND KENNEBUNK Page 22

Will of Josiah Winn probated 10 Feb 1734 Wells: The Frontier Town of Maine Vol. 1 Page 76

Lieut. Josiah Littlefield and Joseph Winn, two valuable men, were on one of these jaunts to York, on the 22d of April, this year, 1708, when they were suddenly surrounded by a body of Indians. Littlefield was taken prisoner, but Winn, being quick in his motions, succeeded in making his escape. The former was a millman and a very skillful engineer, and his services were now very much needed. The devastation of the freshet required the aid of such men to repair the breaches that had been made. HISTORY OF WELLS AND KENNEBUNK Page 267

After the death of John Littlefield, his children agreed that Josiah should occupy the estate during the lifetime of Patience, his widow, and for a short time afterwards. Josiah in a few years, 1708, was captured by the Indians and carried into captivity, as we stated in another place. During his captivity, his children and all his estate, by order of court, were put under the care of Josiah Winn, who married Lydia, a daughter of his brother. HISTORY OF WELLS AND KENNEBUNK. [page]337

Josiah Winn & or his wife Mary took care of the estate & children of Josiah Littlefield while the latter was in captivity.

The Youth Enrichment Center at Hilton-Winn Farm. 189 Ogunquit Road Cape Neddick, ME 03902 The farm’s site first came under English colonial influence in 1620 through a land patent from King James 1 to the Plymouth Council for New England. It appears that English settler Edward Winn acquired a royal land grant of the property in or about 1640, and by 1710 his grandson Josiah Winn had settled 10 acres of land there. The property—which grew to over 200 acres—was farmed by eight generations of Winns, and then Clifford Hilton (Ada Winn’s son) purchased the farm in the 1940s.

Sources

Birth

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8979-HBHJ?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DC-6TY%3A353350601%2C353784901%2C353785601 : 13 July 2016), Middlesex > Woburn > Births, marriages, deaths 1641-1843 > image 17 of 272; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.

• http://hiltonwinnfarmorg.fatcow.com/blog/about-us/our-history/

Turner - Howe & Related Families by Linda Philips Spearman

https://archive.org/details/woburnrecordsofb0103john

HISTORY OF WELLS AND KENNEBUNK. Author: Bourne, Edward Emerson, 1797-1873; Bourne, Edward Emerson, 1831- Subject: Wells (Me.) -- History; Kennebunk (Me.) -- History Publisher: Portland, B. Thurston & Co.Possible copyright status: NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT

Joshiah was born in 1674. Joshiah Winn ...

See as WINN, Josiah s. of Joseph, March 15, 1674 page 277, Woburn Record of Births, 1640 to 1873.

See as JOSIAH Winn page 272, First Book of Town Records, Wells, Maine 1695 to 1826] page 7 Picton Press.

Author: Johnson, Edward Francis, 1856-1922 Volume: pt. 1-3 Subject: Registers of births, etc. -- Massachusetts Woburn; Woburn (Mass.) -- Registers; Woburn (Mass.) -- Genealogy Publisher: Woburn, Mass. : Andrews, Cutler & Co. Language: English Call number: 2931291 Digitizing sponsor: Boston Public Library Book contributor: Boston Public Library Collection: bostonpubliclibrary; americana