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Coat of Arms
Sent by Martha Winner, Williamsport, PA
He beareth for Arms: Gules a fesse indented and counter-indented
between three trefoil argents. Interpretation: Translated into non-Heraldic terms: A red (gules) shield charged with a silver band
across the center third of the shield(fedde) having indented and counter indented edges, between three silver (argents) trefoils.
The crest is a trefoil as it is in the arms.
The fesse is one of the nine so-called Honorable Ordinaries, straight sided figures one third the width of the shield,
first symbols used to identify non encased in arour. It is a horizontal band across the center of the shield,
occupying one third of its surface. It is the military girdle of Honour.
Trefois are the emblem of peace, joy and hope.
Red signifies courage and magnanimity: silver sincerity and peace.
The mantling was a large scarf of cloth or leather thrown over the helmet to protect the neck from
the heat of the sun, the armour from rust and to foil the enemy's sword. The outside
must be the color of the shield, and the lining the main metal. A wreath of six strands twisted alternately
of the metal and color holds the crest to the mantling.
"At The Sign of The Crest"
Excerpts from writings conducted by Hazel Kraft Eilers
Hobbies-The Magazine for Collectors, AUG 1971
The above Armorial Bearing is registered in Reitstap�s Armorial General (1934)
as follows:
Vinne (van der) Hollande. Une fasce bretesse contrebretesse accompagne de trois trefles.
Creste-une trefle.
The name was spelled variously Vinne, Winne, and Winner. The DAR Patriotic Index of
1966 lumps the spelling under one heading: Winn, Winne, Winnie, Wynn, Wynne, and
Wynns.
The earliest Winners in America lived in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York Staes
in close proximity to each other, which gives color to the belief that they belong to a
growing number of related families who emigrated to this country prior to the 1700.
The Winners became numerous in the Buck and Lancaster counties.Bucks county is
close to Sussex County, New Jersey where James and Mary Winner lived in the early
days. No doubt the first and second James Winner had other sons from whom many other
Winners descended and must of lived in New Jersey, Bucks County, PA, Philadelphia, PA
and New York State.
The following is a story that Karen Winner doubts very much about the James Winner
of the ship "Wasp". Karen had found a certain Joseph Winner in the Philadelphia Archives,
Administration Documents, that stated he was a second Quartermaster on the privateer, "Young Wasp."
He died in 1815, in Philadelphia, PA, leaving his wife Elizabeth Evans Winner as executor of his will.
About the year 1700 one James Winner of New Jersey was a privateer and commanded
a ship know as the �Wasp.� Tradition says his wife, in her advanced years, burned the log
of the ship which contained all information regarding his voyages, etc. He evidently lived
in the period between 1650 and 1725.
History records a James Winner of Bucks Co., Pa who rendered service in the colonial
period prior to 1745.
In the 1790 Census of New York we find the following Winner � heads of families� ;
Conradt, Francis, and Francis, Jr in Montgomery Co and Peter in Duchess Co.
The Winner�s in Pa in 1790 included:
David
James
John
Joshua
Samuel
The material in this article was submitted by William F. Winner of Williamsport, PA. His
branch of the family came from Holland to New York, and there went to New Jersey and
PA.
Another branch came from England via Holland, and settled in New York and PA. There
are records of Joseph Winner born about 1735, who settled in Bucks Co, PA . He was of
the third generation in America and many descendents reside mainly in that state.
There was a James Winner born between 1760 and 1765, who resided in Sussex Co, NJ
and later moved to Bucks Co, PA and he married his cousin Mary Parker Collins widow
of Randall Collins.
When James took up a government tract of 450 acres of land near Warrensville, he and
his wife bought a certificate of membership dated Jan 7, 1802, from the Friends Monthly
Meeting at Hardwick and Mendahl, NJ to the Muncy , PA Monthly Meeting.
The both were buried in the Pinegrove (now Quaker Hill) Cemetery, Warrensville, PA.
James and Mary Winner had the following Children:
Abraham b. May 5, 1786
Isaac b. July 21, 1787
Rachel b. Nov 14, 1788
Jacob b.Feb 22, 1790
James b. June 6, 1793
Sara b. Aug 19, 1797
Sent by Fred Winner, NC
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