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| Amy Winter | see FAMILY TREE | |
Born: possibly on 15 May 1715 Killingly, Windham Co., CT
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| Married: 01 Jan 1735/36 Killingly, Windham Co., CT
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| Died: 04 May 1815 Vershire, Orange Co., VT |
FATHER
MOTHER
HUSBAND
CHILDREN
1. Asa Church b. 14 Jun 1738 Killingly, Windham, CT
2. Amy Church b. 23 Sep 1740 Killingly, Windham, CT
3. Isaac Church b. 11 Feb 1741/42 Killingly, Windham, CT
4. Elizabeth Church b. 23 Apr 1744 Killingly, Windham, CT
5. Zerviah Church b. 30 Aug 1747 Killingly, Windham, CT
6. Mary Church b. 30 Mar 1750 Killingly, Windham, CT
7. John Church b. 09 May 1753 Killingly, Windham, CT
Amy Winter
by Susan Brooke
Jan 2023
According to her husband's bible, Amy Winter was born 15 May 1711 in Killingly (1) However, her parents did not marry until 16 Feb 1713, so there may have been an error in the bible entry. She may have been born 15 May 1715 which would make her 21 when she married John Church on 1 Jan 1736 also in Killingly. (2) Her husband lived to be 97 and if Amy was really born in 1711, she died just short of 104 years old. (3)
Extract from "Ancestors of Ezra Bliss Church of Ferrisburgh, Vermont" by Lorraine McElroy Peirce (1964):
John Church, Jr. was born on March 5, 1709 in Killingly, Windham County,
Connecticut, the oldest child of John and Elizabeth (Evans) Church. He was
married on January 1, 1735 in Killingly to Amy Winter, who was baptized November
27, 1715 in Killingly, the daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Philbrick) Winter.
John and Amy were admitted to the Killingly Church on May 2, 1736.
On February 6, 1759 John was appointed by the Pomfret Probate Court as
Administrator of the estate of his stepmother Susanna Church and on the same day
was also appointed guardian of his half-brother Abner.
In 1763/64 John and Amy moved to Mansfield, Connecticut, where they were
admitted to the First Congregational Church there on August 26, 1764. Mansfield
Land Records show that John and his brothers Jonathan and Abner, and two of his
sons, Isaac and Asa, had a number of land dealings among themselves, indicating
that each bought land adjacent to that of one or more of the others, so that
they were living in a rather closely knit community of their own. John was
identified in various of these deeds as being the "cordwinder" which may have
been a misspelling of cordwainer or shoemaker.
In 1772 John and Amy moved to Shutesbury, Massachusetts, to be with their son
Isaac and his family. After the Revolutionary War, both families moved to
Vershire, Vermont, where John died on February 25, 1806 at the age of 97 years
and Amy died on May 4, 1815 at the age of "104 years save 11 days."
Sources
2) Early Connecticut Marriages
John Church & Amey Winter, Jan 1, 1735, Killingly-Putnam
From the Congregational Church at North Killingly, CT.
By Rev. J. Fisk.
John Church & Amey Winter, Jan. 1, 1735.
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