Samuel Winsley^[1]

1597 - 1663  (66 years)

• Name	Samuel Winsley  [2]
  Birth	1597	Colchester, Essex, England
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1639	, , Massachusetts, USA   [2, 3]
  Death	2 Jun 1663	Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA   [4, 5]
  Probate	Oct 1663	Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA   [5]
  Person ID	I27191	Master
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2017

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Randall,   b. 1616, Colchester, Essex, England d. 2 Apr 1649, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 33 years)
  Marriage	1629	Colchester, Essex, England
  Children	+ 1. Deborah Winsley,   b. 1630, , , , England d. 20 Apr 1695, Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 65 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F6896	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jan 2017

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1597 - Colchester, Essex, England Marriage - 1629 - Colchester, Essex, England Residence - 1639 - , , Massachusetts, USA Death - 2 Jun 1663 - Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Probate - Oct 1663 - Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  One of the original twelve grantees at the town of Salisbury, Mass. Signed the grant in 1638 and received land in the first division in 1639. He and family are mentioned in Hoyt's 'Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury' and also in the published Vital Records(VRs) for Salisbury under Winsley and Winsly. Married twice.. marriages not recorded, bnut death of he and his wives' are recorded in VRs. The VRs also list the birth of three of his children.Samuel was a contemporary of the Winslows in Plymouth. Although his birthplace is unknown, it is extremely unlikely that he could be a son of any of the Winslows in Plymouth and Marshfield, MA, because of his age and because he is not included in the Winslow data published by the Descendants of the Passengers of the Mayflower. Also, it appears that his youngest children were born in the country of his origin. The Winslows of the Mayflower were always referred to only as Winslows--their history is well recorded and there was not any issue from them named Samuel. This family (Winsly/Winsli/Wensley) seems to have been located only in Salisbury. There are not any of them recorded in the nearby towns of Amesbury, Gloucester, Lynn, Ipswich, or Newburyport for the first hundred years of settlement. The name slowly changed until in the early 1700's it became Winslo/Winslow in southern New Hampshire." 1 SAMUEL1 WINSLEY(*) [WENSLEY or WINSLOW], Mr., of Salisbury, "planter;" m. 1st, Elizabeth (???), who d. June 2, 1649[S]; 2d, 1657,(+) Ann (???) [wid. of Henry Boad, or Boyd, of (*) Savage gives Edward Wensley, or Winslow, of Salis., rep. 1644, per. bro. of Samuel. We have found no other record of such a person. Sam. was rep. for Salis. that year. Wells]; oath free. May, 1639. He was one of the twelve who obtained the grant "to begin a plantation at Merrimack" in 1638; recd. land in the "first division" and in 1640; rep. for S. 1642, '4, '5, and '53; commoner and taxed 1650 and '52; "commissioner" of S. 1652; licensed to sell "strong waters" for S. in 1654; recd. land, signed petitions, etc., 1654-'8; d. June 2, 1663[S]; inv. est. Oct. 8, 1663; son Sam ap. adm. that month. Wid. Ann d. March 21, 1676-7; inv. est. April 10, 1677; Ens. [2 Wm.2] Buswell and Ephraim Winsley ap. adm. Children: 2 I DEBORAH2 b. (???); m. Nov. 14, 1650[S Sm], (1) JOHN1 WERD. + (Weed) 3 II SAMUEL,2 b. bef. 1635; res. S.; taxed 1650 and '52; no chil.; will Aug. 17, 1665; April 9, 1667.(*) 4 III NATHANIEL,2 b. (???); m. Oct. 14, 1661, MARY2 JONES. + 5 IV EPHRAIM,2 b. April 15, 1641[S] [or '42 S. Sm]; m. March 26, 1668, MARY2 GREELEY. + 6 VELISHA,2 b. May 30, 1646[S]; liv. 1665. (+) Marriage settlement, recorded at Salem, dated Oct. 5, 1657. His last will in located Essex Vitals CD Probate records section and more as follows: "SAMUEL WINSLEY was born about 1600-15 in England. He married Elizabeth (surname unknown), and (acc. to Edward Banks) served a military term out of Knoddishall, ESSEX, England before emigrating to America in 1639. He sponsored GEORGE MARTYN, to emigrate there as a servant (later a blacksmith). Further generations of both Winsley and Martyn are well-known in Mass. records. Occupation: Legislator and Farmer, Tavern keeper Representative to the General Assembly, for Salisbury, in the years, 1642, 1645 and 1653 Legislator and Farmer the son of John Wensley was born about 1610, at Colehester, England. He married Elizabeth her maiden name is not known, in about 1630, at Colchester. She was born about 1616, at Colehester, England and died on the second day of June 1649, at Salisbury. Samuel one of the few men who were entitled to be called "Mister", was one of the twelve men of Salisbury, Massachusetts, named to commence a plantation at Merrimack in 1628. He agreed to take the Oath of Freeman or Citizenship on the twenty-second day of May 1639. He was living on the sixth day of July 1638, at Salisbury, Massachusetts. He was a grantee with Bradstreet, Dudley, and others, of Colchester in 1638. He was a surveyor of the arms, on the first day of September 1640. He understanding that all power residing originally in, and being derived from the people, and that all the magistrates and officers of government, are their substitutes and agents, and at all times accountable to them, was elected Representative to the General Assembly, for Salisbury, in the years, 1642, 1645 and 1653. In 1654 he was listed as a seller of strong waters or tavern keeper. Samuel died on the second day of June 1663, at Salisbury. The inventory and administration of his estate was taken by his son Samuel the following October. Bibliography: The Fowler Family by Matther Adams Stickney. Register of the Massachusetts Society of the Colonial Dames of America.

  
  

• Sources

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