WINANS ANNEX
Phoebe (Winans)
Place Pedigree
(Start at generation 2, below.)
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Origin of
the surname “Winans:”
Generation
7
6 John Winans
1. Biographical notes:
Born 1640 at Watertown,
Massachusetts. Died 5 December 1694 at Haarlen, Essex County, New
Jersey.
2. Wife: Susanna Melyn
Born 14 June 1643 at New Amsterdam, New York,
daughter of Cornelius and Jennettie (?) Melyn. Died at
Elizabethtown, New Jersey.
3. Children:
a. John Winans,
Jr.: See generation 5, below.
5 John Winans, Jr.
1. Biographical notes:
Born 3 October 1673.
Died 5 November 1734 in Essex County, New Jersey.
2. Wife: Remember/Frances Baldwin
Born 29 February 1680 at Milford, Connecticut,
daughter of Josiah (b. 1642 at Milford, New Haven Co., CN, d. there 2
Nov 1683) and Merly (Camp) Baldwin (b. 21 Apr 1652 in New Haven County, CN). Died 10 February 1722 at Union, New Jersey.
3. Children:
a. John Winans,
III: See generation 4, below.
4 John Winans, III
1. Biographical notes:
Born 1698/7 at Elizabethtown, Essex County, New
Jersey. Died 1740 at Perth Amboy,
Middlesex County, New Jersey.
2. Wife: Ann Creighton
Born 1697 at Elizabethtown, Essex County, New
Jersey, daughter of James
Creighton (b. 1671). Died there after 26 November 1726.
3. Children:
a. John Winans: Born 20
September 1719 at Elizabethtown, Essex County, New Jersey. Died 7 December 1783 at Hardistown,
Mercer County, New Jersey. Married
Jemima Bryant.
b. Isaac Winans: Born 1724
at Elizabethtown, Essex County, New Jersey.
Died 1769.
c. Jacob Winans:
See generation 3, below.
d. (?) Winans: Born 1727
at Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey.
e. (?) Winans: Born 1729
at Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey.
3 Adjutant Jacob/Jacop
Winans
1. Biographical notes:
Born 26 November 1726/5 at Perth Amboy, Middlesex
County, New Jersey. Died 1810 at Milton,
Trumbull County, Ohio. Per John Addison Biles, Jacob “was a tall man of genteel mien, wore a cocked
hat, a que, a swallow tailed coat, vest, knee pants,
and stockings, and low shoes with silver buckles.”
When the British invaded New York and New Jersey,
burning his residence and mill, Jacob moved his family to a cabin in Monroe
County, Pennsylvania. Moved to Ohio in
1807 and died there at age 84 years, 4 days in 1810. Spent his latter
years living with his children.
2. Wife #1: Rebeccah Phoebe Clark
a. Biographical notes:
Born 1727 at Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, New
Jersey. Died 15 December 1758 in New
Jersey. Daughter of Jotham/Jonathan and Sarah (?) Clark. Married
Jacob in 1748 at Elizabethtown.
b. Children:
(1) Jacob Winans, Jr. #1:
Born 1749 at Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey. Captured early in the Revolutionary War and
died of starvation in a prison ship in New York Harbor.
(2) Clark Winans: Born 15
December 1751 at Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey. Served in the Revolutionary War. Settled at Big Flats near Elmira, New York.
(3) Jotham Winans: Born 1753 at Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, New
Jersey. Served in the Revolutionary
War. Married Mary Mathew.
(4) Phoebe/Phebe Winans: See generation 2, below.
According to John Addison Biles, Phoebe was “a woman of small stature, silken hair,
blue eyes, and a resolute” disposition – with a “constitution of iron.” She had to grow up early. Her mother died while her father was away
with his older sons participating in the Revolutionary War, which left the care
of her younger siblings to herself in a hostile wilderness environment. “She witnessed the destruction resulting from
Indian raids and saw some of the dead they slaughtered. She stood guard many nights to protect her
brood of children and one stormy night a colored scout sent from Depew’s fort
tapped on the window and told her that the Indians were skulking in the foot
hills, and that she must secrete the family in the swamp until day break, and
then hasten to the fort. She quietly
dressed the children in the dark, took along blankets, hid them in the thicket
of the swamp, stood guard and a the first peep of day, hastened to the fort
with them.”
3. Wife #2: Rebeccah Connet/Connett
a. Biographical notes:
Married Jacob Winans on 15
March 1759 at Scotch Plains, Essex County, New Jersey.
b. Children:
(1) Nicholas Winans.
(2) Mathew Winans: Married
Betsy Place, daughter of Peleg and Anna (Bensley) Place (see generation 3, paragraph 3 of the Place Annex.
(3) Abigail Winans:
Married Samuel Seeley.
(4) Daniel Winans: Married
Margaret Depew.
(5) Isaac Winans: Served
in the Revolutionary War. Married
Eleanor Delong.
4. Wife #3: Jemima Rae
a. Children:
(1) James Winans: Married
Hannah Bunnell.
(2) Jemima Winans.
(3) Ann Winans.
5. Wife #4: Mary “Mamie” Gray
a. Children:
(1) Jacob Winans, Jr. #2:
“Little Jacob” Born 1777. Named after his eldest brother, who died in
the Revolutionary War.
6. Wife #5: Hannah Delong: (no children)
2 Phoebe Winans:
Born 15 December 1758 at
Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey.
Died 9 May 1845 at Porterville (Lime Hill), Bradford County,
Pennsylvania (or Strouds, Monroe Co., PA). Married James Place, generation 2 of the Place Annex, about 1781.
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