Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry




Living 
      Sex: M
Parents 
         Father: Living
         Mother: Living
Spouses and Children 
1. Living
       Children:
                1. Living
Menchington 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 
    Christening: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children 
       Children:
                1. Anthony Menchington
                2. William Menchinton
Amelia Ann Menchington 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Cir 1822 - Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 6639
    Christening: 
          Death: 28 May 1842 - Exploits Island, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( about age 20) 6639
         Burial: After 28 May 1842 - Exploits Island, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 6639
 Cause of Death: 

Events

•  Alt. Birth: 11 Apr 1833, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Alt. Death: 20 Jun 1892, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Alt. Burial: After 20 Jun 1892, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Parents 
         Father: William Menchinton 4086
         Mother: Grace Dalton 2194
Ann Menchington 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 28 May 1812 4084
    Christening: 
          Death: 30 Jun 1832 - Exploits Island, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 20) 4084
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: William Menchinton 4086
         Mother: Grace Dalton 2194
        Marriage Did Not Marry
Notes
General:
150719:

This week I visited Exploits/Burnt Island in the boat of Barry Porter along with Larry and Paula and Lois Bowden, a direct descendant of Robert Porter who guided the Hesketh Prichard Expedition.

While on the island, I checked out one of a supposed five cemeteries. Though as one migh expect, most of the stones were no longer legible in this old and very exposed cemetery, there was a signboard there indicating the names, date of birth (usually approximate) and date of death, as well as the names of the parents of those buried there.

There were two Menchinton names: Amelia Ann and Jane. And they were stated to be the daughters of William Menchinton and Grace Dalton. But there was complete disaccord between the approximate dates of birth and the specific dates of death of these two when comparing the information I had taken from the Menchinton Family Tree (Reg Menchinton) on MyHeritage and the sign board at the cemetery.

I am inclined to believe the person who took the time and trouble to prepare that sideboard and who undoubtedly consulted either the gravestones or the church records. Therefore I will substitute this information with that which I had taken from the Menchinton MyHeritage tree.

Anthony Menchington 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Cir 1795 - Somerset, England 2194
    Christening: 
          Death: Bef 24 Mar 1866 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 2194
         Burial: 24 Mar 1866 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 2194
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: Menchington
         Mother:
Notes
General:
060312:

Though it is not proved that he was the brother of William, their names ages and origins are too similar for there not to be a close relationship.

From NGB Ang Cath Bur Reg: Anthony MINCHINTON St Johns 71 yrs Mar 24 1866 Per headstone at Forest Road Ang Cemetery, he was a native of Somerset, England.

From St. Thomas Bur. Reg.

Mar 24 1866 Anthony MINCHINTON 72 yrs

Jane Menchington 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 1825 - Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 6639
    Christening: 
          Death: 24 Oct 1859 - Exploits Island, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 34) 6639
         Burial: After 24 Oct 1859 - Exploits Island, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 6639
 Cause of Death: 

Events

•  Alt. Birth: 8 Nov 1828, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Alt. Burial: Oct 1850, Burnt Island, Exploits, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Alt. Death: 26 Oct 1850, Exploits Island, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Parents 
         Father: William Menchinton 4086
         Mother: Grace Dalton 2194
Spouses and Children 
1. *John Gibbons Jr. 4084 
       Marriage: 27 Nov 1849 - Exploits Island, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 4084,4803

Marriage Events

•  Minister/Priest: M.C.M. Jones, 27 Nov 1849, Exploits Island, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Sponsors: John Jones & Robert Sceviour, 27 Nov 1849, Exploits Island, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Notes
General:
150719:

This week I visited Exploits/Burnt Island in the boat of Barry Porter along with Larry and Paula and Lois Bowden, a direct descendant of Robert Porter who guided the Hesketh Prichard Expedition.

While on the island, I checked out one of a supposed five cemeteries. Though as one migh expect, most of the stones were no longer legible in this old and very exposed cemetery, there was a signboard there indicating the names, date of birth (usually approximate) and date of death, as well as the names of the parents of those buried there.

There were two Menchinton names: Amelia Ann and Jane. And they were stated to be the daughters of William Menchinton and Grace Dalton. But there was complete disaccord between the approximate dates of birth and the specific dates of death of these two when comparing the information I had taken from the Menchinton Family Tree (Reg Menchinton) on MyHeritage and the sign board at the cemetery.

I am inclined to believe the person who took the time and trouble to prepare that sideboard and who undoubtedly consulted either the gravestones or the church records. Therefore I will substitute this information with that which I had taken from the Menchinton MyHeritage tree.

John Menchington 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Cir 1831 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 4084
    Christening: 
          Death: 27 Aug 1862 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( about age 31) 4084
         Burial: After 27 Aug 1862 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 4084
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: William Menchinton 4086
         Mother: Grace Dalton 2194
Spouses and Children 
1. *Mary Ann Winton 4084 
       Marriage: 24 Jun 1861 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 4084
Mary Anne Menchington 
      Sex: F
AKA: Mary Menchenton 6640
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 1831 - Exploits Island, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland 4084
    Christening: 
          Death: 12 Jun 1897 - St. John's, Newfoundland ( at age 66) 4084
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 

Events

•  Alt. Birth: 1830, Exploits, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Residence: Military Rd., 1863, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.  (Occupant) 

•  Will: 6 Jun 1873, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Milt Anstey
Grace Menchinton, of Exploits, Twillingate, and St. John's, widow of William Menchinton, prepared a five-page last will and testament in 1873, witnessed by Reverend Arthur C.F. Wood and William Munden Bearns. She died in 1882 at St. John's.

William and Grace Menchinton had six children: John Menchinton, a married man, who died in 1862; Ann Menchinton, an unmarried woman, who died at the age of 20 years, in 1842; Jane Menchinton, who married John Gibbons Jr., and who died following the birth of her first child in 1850; Mary Menchinton, who married James Jennings Winsor, and who died in 1897; Louisa Menchinton, who married Thomas Avery Winsor, and who died in 1913; and Amelia Ann Menchinton, who married John Power, and who died in 1892.

Chris Morry
Worthy of note, the two daughters who married Winsor men, Mary Anne and Louisa, therefore have an indirect connection to Aquaforte on the Southern Shore. Though these two men (1st cousins of one another) were not from Aquaforte (they came to Newfoundland directly from Devon), they were of the same family of Winsors that settled in Aquaforte. 

•  Residence: Queens Rd., Mar 1890, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Parents 
         Father: William Menchinton 4086
         Mother: Grace Dalton 2194
Spouses and Children 
1. *Capt. James Jennings Winsor 160,5800,5801,5802 
       Marriage: 27 Nov 1851 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 141,1865,6640

Marriage Events

•  Minister/Priest: Charles Blackman. Minister of St. Thomas's Church, 27 Nov 1851, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Witnesses: Peter Winsor, John Menchinton and John Hart ?, 27 Nov 1851, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 
Marriage Notes 




090703: Though husband's name was spelled Winser by Minister it was clearly signed Winsor.

150113:

27-Nov 1851 St Johns James Jennings WINSOR, bach, Aquaforte Mary MENCHENTON, spinster, Exploits. [Mary was the eldest daughter of Mr. Menchington, planter, of Green Bay. Groom was mate of the vessel Herald (brig).] Peter Winsor Jr., John Menchenton STTH James Jenning Winsor was the son of Jacob WINSOR & Anna JENNINGS
Louisa Menchinton 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Mar 1833 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 4084
    Christening: 
          Death: 2 May 1913 - Exploits, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 80) 6641
         Burial: 4 May 1913 - Exploits, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 6641
 Cause of Death: 

Events

•  Occupation: Nurse, Exploits Island, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Alt. Birth: 1835. 

•  Residence: At time of marriage, 25 Dec 1856, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Residence: Lime Kiln Hill, Jan 1885, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Alt. Death: 1904, Exploits Island, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Parents 
         Father: William Menchinton 4086
         Mother: Grace Dalton 2194
Spouses and Children 
1. *Thomas Avery Winsor 141,1218 
       Marriage: 25 Dec 1856 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 141,4087

Marriage Events

•  Minister/Priest: Thomas Wood, Minister of St. Thomas' Anglican Church, 25 Dec 1856, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Witnesses: John Menchinton, A. Murphy, James Jennings Winsor, 25 Dec 1856, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 
       Children:
                1. Ann Avery Winsor
                2. Grace Dalton Winsor
                3. Elizabeth Winsor
                4. William Menchinton Winsor JP
                5. Mary Menchinton Winsor
                6. Louisa Winsor
                7. James Winsor
                8. Amelia Winsor
                9. Agnes Winsor
William Menchinton 
      Sex: M
AKA: William Menchington 141,597
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Cir 1797 - Somerset, England 597,2194
    Christening: 
          Death: 10 Jun 1866 - St. John's, Newfoundland ( about age 69) 4084,4085
         Burial: 12 Jun 1866 - St. John's, Newfoundland 597,2194,4084,4085
 Cause of Death: 

Events

•  Occupation: Planter, Green Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Residence: Green Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Owner: Builder and Co-owner of 55-ton schooner with brother-in-law, John Foote, 1833, Exploits Island, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Census: Fogo District Census, 1836, Exploits Island, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Owner: Owner of 82-ton schooner, the MARY JANE, 1849-1866, Exploits Island, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. In 1849 he is registered as owner of the "Mary Jane" an 82 ton Schooner captained by a Mr. William Manuel. It was sold to a Mr Robert Grieve in 1866 and lost at sea in 1870. 

•  Appointment: Member of Protestant School Board, 1852, Exploits Island, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Appointment: Outport Road Commissioners, 1858, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.  (Appointee) 

•  Court: St. John's Petty Jury and Grand Jury Lists, 1861, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Uploaded to Newfoundlanders and Genealogy Facebook by Edward Chafe, July 2020. 

•  Alt. Death: Jun 1866, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Occupation: Trader, Military Rd., 1861, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Parents 
         Father: Menchington
         Mother:
Spouses and Children 
1. *Grace Dalton 2194 
       Marriage: 
       Children:
                1. Ann Menchington
                2. Amelia Ann Menchington
                3. Jane Menchington
                4. John Menchington
                5. Mary Anne Menchington
                6. Louisa Menchinton
Notes
General:
290212 from NGB transcript of St. Thomas burial records: June 12 1866 William MINCHENTON 69 yrs

Also found in the Ang. Cath. registry: William MINCHENTON St Johns 69 yrs June 12 1866 From Somerset, married Grace Dalton.

080612 from Reg Menchenton's MyHeritage.com website:

Biography

William came from Somerset England to the St. John's area in the early 1800's he established Sawmills, Fish and Merchant Trading Businesses all along the Coast from St. John's to Exploits. In Twillingate he had Fishing Rooms, Houses and operated a large Mercantile Establishment, and made a great contribution to the local economy and to the development of the fisheries in this Region. He therefore had a requirement to have some Merchant Class Housing, he had a Georgian Style Longhouse built, which he used as a base for his Busness Operation until it was Sold to Edwin Duder Sr. in 1852, which today is the Heritage site known as the "Ashbourne Longhouse". While he was living in the Norte Dame Bay area, he had his house in St. John's looked after by their full time Housekeeper a Mr. George Knowling. The Fogo District Census of 1836 lists William as a Resident of Exploits Burnt Island in Notre Dame Bay. He is listed in the 1833 Census as Builder and co-owner of a 55 ton Schooner with his brother-in-law John Foote at Exploits Island. In 1849 he is registered as owner of the "Mary Jane" an 82 ton Schooner captained by a Mr. William Manuel. It was sold to a Mr Robert Grieve in 1866 and lost at sea in 1870. Was buried on Military Rd. in St. John's on June 12 1866.

010419:
Note that the reference to being buried on Military Rd. is interesting. I have found his grave in the Forest Rd. Cemetery. But it may have been moved there. Graves in the churchyard of the Anglican Cathedral and probably in other parts of town were relocated at some point due to the risks of infection spreading to the local population.

It seems likely that this William Menchinton had brothers named John and Harrison as all three of these names figure in Indentures whereby they loaned money to other fishermen presumably to set themselves up for the fishery for the year. These records are found in various volumes of the Northern District Court records at the ROD between 1835 and 1843 when it would be too early for the John Menchinton to be the son of William of that name.

Based on these records, it would seem that the Menchinton family played a similar role in the economy of the Exploits-Twillingate area that was played by family enterprises like the Winsors of Aquaforte into which family they married.

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