Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry

Harry Winsor

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1875 ¹⁸⁸ Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Peter Winsor ¹⁶⁸ ^,1157 Mother: Harriet Allen Chafe ⁵

Spouses and Children

1. Living

Notes
General:

090914:

There appears to be an error in the name of the spouse of one or both of Peter and Harry Winsor. In the one case Prelcisa Ellilton and in the other Patricia Ellitton. I would not put much stock in either being valid.

Henry Winsor

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Bef 13 Mar 1665/66 - Denbury, Devon, England ⁷⁶⁷ Christening: 13 Mar 1665/66 - Denbury, Devon, England ⁷⁶⁷ Death: Burial: Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: James Winsor Mother: Joan

Henry Winsor

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Bef 21 May 1700 - Denbury, Devon, England ¹⁹⁸⁰ Christening: 21 May 1700 - Denbury, Devon, England ¹⁹⁸⁰ Death: Burial: Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Thomas Winsor ²⁶⁸⁶ Mother: Living

Spouses and Children

1. Living Marriage Notes

291018:

As odd as it may seem, there were clearly two Henry Winsors who married women named Mary Bikford in Denbury, this pair on April 5, 1738 and the other pair sometime around 1710. Despite the wide gap in their marriages and ages, the two Henrys were first cousins near as I can make out.

Henry Winsor

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: After 1816 - Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁸⁸ Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Capt. Jacob Winsor ¹⁶⁸ ^,282 ^,5799 Mother: Anna Jennings ²⁹⁸⁶ ^,5796

Capt. Henry Winsor

Sex: M
AKA: Henry Windsor ⁴⁶⁴⁷, Capt. Henry Winser ¹⁶⁸ ^,8719, Henry Winser ⁴⁶⁴⁷ ^,5802 ^,8720, Harry Winsor ²⁸² ^,1688 ^,5795
Individual Information

Birth Date: 18 Aug 1804 - Denbury, Devon, England ²⁸² ^,3681 ^,3683 Christening: 2 Sep 1804 - Denbury, Devon, England ⁸⁷¹⁹ Death: 8 Dec 1850 - Aquaforte, Newfoundland ( at age 46) ⁸⁷²¹ Burial: 12 Dec 1850 - Aquaforte, Newfoundland ²⁸² ^,2958 ^,2962 ^,3000 ^,3681 Cause of Death: Fever ⁸⁷²²
Events
• Alt. Birth: 9 Mar 1804, Denbury, Devon, England.
• Alt. Birth: 18 Jul 1804, Denbury, Devon, England.
• Alt. Birth: 1805, Denbury, Devon, England.
• Alt. Christening: "Sept. 21st [1805] Henry Son of Peter & Sarah Winser", 21 Sep 1805, Denbury, Devon, England. Note that this information was taken from the Bishop's transcript that badly transcribed the original register and made many baptism dates appear to have occurred in 1805 when in fact they took place in 1804. But in fairness, the baptism actually was recorded in the original register in 1804 and then again in 1805. It is possible that he was baptised twice for some reason.
• Occupation: Boy on the STAR, From Lisbon, Between 21 Mar 1818 and 21 Dec 1818, Dartmouth, Devon, England. Richard Weeks, Master and Dan Jennings, Mate.
• Owner: Co-owner of EMULATOR, 1826-1832, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Owner)
• Occupation: Master of Merchant Vessel, 5 Nov 1827, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Merchant and owner of vessel, Fisherman, Lay Minister, Between 1830 and 1850, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Court: Henry Winsor v John Preston at 6th sitting of Southern Circuit Court, 5 Nov 1830, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Action to recover £7.15.9. Settled.
• Owner: The PELTER, Between 1831 and 1869, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. According to Anna Elton Morris jointly owned by three brothers and two sisters:
Henry, Peter, John, Jane and Caroline Winsor

However, the PELTER was initially (from construction date in 1831 to 1844) owned by two partners, Henry and his father Peter according to the ACSP records:
Registration Number: S831102
Owner's Surname: Winser
Owner's First Name: Henry
Residence: Aquaforte, Nfld.
Occupation: Mariner
Owner No.: 00
Partnership Divisor: 00
Shares: 12
Owner's Name: Winser
Owner's First Name: Peter
Residence: Aquaforte, NFLD
Occupation: Merchant
Owner No.: 02
Partnership Divisor: 01
Shares: 52
Was owner the builder: Yes for Owner 1; No for Owner 2
Official No.: none given
Vessel Name: PELTER
Where Prev. Registered:
Year Prev. Registered:
Place Constructed: Aquaforte, NFLD
Year Constructed: 1831
No. of Decks: 1
No. of Masts: 2
Type of Vessel: Schooner
Length (ft.): 65
Width (ft.): 20
Depth (ft.): 10
Gross Tonnage: 117
Net Tonnage:
Year Registered: 1831
Official Closure Year: 1844
Reason for Closure: 4 [Registered de Novo]
Place of Closure: St Johns NFLD
Actual Closure Date: 1844

AND only after that was the registered ownership changed:

Registration Number: S844043
Owner's Surname: Winsor
Owner's First Name: Peter Jr.
Residence: AQUAFORTE, NFLD.
Occupation: Mariner
Owner No.: 01
Partnership Divisor: 01
Shares: 13
Owner's Surname: Winsor
Owner's First Name: John
Residence: AQUAFORTE, NFLD.
Occupation: Mariner
Owner No.: 02
Partnership Divisor: 01
Shares: 13
Owner's Surname: Winsor
Owner's First Name: Henry
Residence: AQUAFORTE, NFLD.
Occupation: Mariner
Owner No.: 03
Partnership Divisor: 01
Shares: 12
Owner's Surname: Winsor
Owner's First Name: Jane
Residence: AQUAFORTE, NFLD.
Occupation: Other
Owner No.: 04
Partnership Divisor: 01
Shares: 13
Owner's Surname: Winsor
Owner's First Name: Caroline
Residence: AQUAFORTE, NFLD.
Occupation: Other
Owner No.: 04
Partnership Divisor: 01
Shares: 13
Was oner the builder: Unknown for first three; Yes for last 2 co-owners!
Official No.:
Vessel Name: PELTER
Where Prev. Registered: ST. JOHNS, NFLD.
Year Prev. Registered: 1831
Place Constructed: AQUAFORTE, NFLD
Year Constructed: 1831 (Actually it wsa 1825)
No. of Decks: 1
No. of Masts: 2
Type of Vessel: Brig
Length (ft.): 65 (previously 62)
Width (ft.): 20 (previously 19)
Depth (ft.): 10 (not previously given)
Gross Tonnage: 117 (previously 96)
Net Tonnage:
Year Registered: 1844
Official Closure Year: 1816
Reason for Closure: 13 [Broken up]
Place of Closure:
Actual Closure Date:

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• Occupation: Merchant, 5 Jun 1831, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Property: SDC Vol 2 No 439 Fol 9-12 Grant to Henry Winsor 03-05-1831, 3 May 1832, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Winsor
Henry
Aquaforte
6 - 2 - 5 (A-R-P)
1832 03-May
430
SDC-2 9
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• Occupation: Merchant, 28 Nov 1836, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Mariner, co-owner of the AQUAFORTE, 1837-1858, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Owner: Co-owners of the brig AQUAFORTE, 1837-1858, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Owner)
• Occupation: Merchant, 29 Sep 1838, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Court: Bryan, Terence a.t.s of Peter Winser & Henry Winser at 1839 sitting of Southern Circuit Court, Between 28 Oct 1839 and 8 Nov 1839, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Party)
• Residence: Wi[t]ch-Hazel Hill/Hill Top, 1840-1850, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 1840 - Wi[t]ch-Hazel Hill (Henry Winser)
1841 - ditto ditto
1842 - Hill Top (Henry Winser)
1844 - ditto ditto
1845 - ditto (Henry Windsor)
1846 - Wi[t]ch-Hazel Hill (Henry Windsor)
1847 - ditto ditto
1849 - ditto ditto
1852 - missing from this point forward (deceased but not noted as such)
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• Court: Gardner, Thomas a.t.s. Peter Winser and Henry Winser at 1840 sitting of Southern Circuit Court, Between 21 Oct 1840 and 31 Oct 1840, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Party)
• Occupation: Merchant, 30 Dec 1840, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Property: North Side, adjacent to land belonging to Judge William Carter, 24 May 1841, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Winsor
Henry
North Side of Aquaforte Harbour
1 - 0 - 12 (A-R-P)
1841 24-May
301
SDC-2
196
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• Occupation: Master of merchant vessel, 11 Feb 1843, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Merchant/Planter, 7 Oct 1845, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Master of merchant vessel, 10 Sep 1848, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Property: Carter's or Morry's Room (waterside premises, 18 Aug 1849, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Will: 18 Aug 1849, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 29072013 from NGB website, Page Contributed by Judy Benson & Ivy F. Benoit, Page Revised by Ivy F. Benoit (February 28, 2004)

(Will of Henry Winsor from Newfoundland will books volume 2 page 41 probate year 1851) This is the same will that is recorded in volume 8 pages 102-103 probate year 1906, with the addition of the notes of probate in the margin.

In re Henry Winsor deceased.

In the name of God Amen. I Henry Winsor of Aquefort Newfoundland being of sound mind & perfect health but not knowing the moment that Almighty God may call me from this world and wishing to leave my family in a position of security regarding what property I may have to my lawful disposal I Henry Winsor do make this then to be my last will & testament and although it may not be drawn in prescribed terms yet will be sufficiently clear to be understood. I therefore make and bequeath unto Ann Winsor my wife as sole executrix to all my affairs my house & plantation on White Hazel Hill and also the Brig Aquefort and all things pertaining to that vessel, having paid for her and made arrangements that she is at this moment all my own, Also the Room called Carters or Morrys Room situated in Aquefort liable to certain regulations viz to Henry Winsor, Peter Winsor, Washington Hill Winsor, Cedric Howard Winsor, Charles Augustus Winsor and Alfred Samuel Winsor, my six sons, the above property to be held in trust for them & to be mutually enjoyed by my wife and them, while they conduct themselves as dutiful children to her, and my wife remains in a widowed state, but should it so arrive after my demise that my wife Ann Winsor should again marry, then the control and any other right she may have possessed respecting my lawful property shall pass over into the hands of my children, above named, with this proviso that any of my children Ann Winsor, Sarah Mary Winsor and Maria Victoria Matilda Winsor, while they remain Spinsters shall enjoy co-equal with the others all my property in goods, chattels or otherwise, my wife Anne Winsor being made by these presents my sole executrix to this my last will & testament. Given under my hand this this 18th day of August 1849. Henry Winsor. Witness, James Meagher.

Certified Correct, D.M. Browning Registrar.
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• Owner: Brig AQUEFORT, Bef 1850, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Residence: White Hazel Hill, Bef 1850, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. This was above the Anglican Church according to Tom Goodyear in an interview that he gave to Anna Elton MorrisApril 10 1985. Because of this he was referred to as "Henry on the Hill" to separate him from others of the name.
• Alt. Death: According to obituary in Weekly Herald, Harbour Grace, 8 Dec 1850, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 030816:
On 1 Dec. 1966 Nimshi Crewe transcribed the death record for Tom Goodyear, whose wife was Jessie Windsor, a descendant of the same family. This is what he recorded:
"From the Weekly Herald, Harbour Grace, 25 December, 1850. Died at his residence Aqua Forte, on Sunday last the 8th inst. Henry eldest son of Peter Winser Esq. Member of the General Assembly of Newfoundland. Aged 46 years."
• Occupation: Master of merchant vessel, Bef 9 Dec 1850, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Alt. Death: Event Description: at 30 minutes past 2 O'Clock (source: family bible), 9 Dec 1850, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
030816:
On 1 Dec. 1966 Nimshi Crewe transcribed the death record for Tom Goodyear, whose wife was Jessie Windsor, a descendant of the same family. This is what he recorded:
"From the Weekly Herald, Harbour Grace, 25 December, 1850. Died at his residence Aqua Forte, on Sunday last the 8th inst. Henry eldest son of Peter Winser Esq. Member of the General Assembly of Newfoundland. Aged 46 years."
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• Minister/Priest: 9 Dec 1850, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Alt. Death: 10 Dec 1850, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Minister/Priest: H. H. Hamilton, 12 Dec 1850, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Parents

Father: Capt. Hon. Peter Ford Winsor JP MHA ⁶ ^,168 ^,508 ^,7477 Mother: Sarah E. Payne ¹⁶⁸ ^,1157

Spouses and Children

1. *Ann Coulman Marriage: 5 Dec 1826 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ³⁶⁸³ ^,3826
Marriage Events
• Alt. Marriage: 5 Dec 1826, Harbour Grace, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Minister/Priest: J. Burt, 5 Dec 1826, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Witnesses: Elizabeth Coulman, Maria Brazil, 5 Dec 1826, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Marriage Notes

Event Description: From Vital Statistics Records seen on NGB transcript

281015:

There seems to have been a discrepancy in regard to where this marriage took place which came about because the transcript of some of the marriages which seem to have taken place in Harbour Grace according to the transcript found on the NGB website actually show that the event occurred at Ferryland. I do not know why the transcript for Harbour Grace includes some marriages from other locations. Perhaps it is an error on the part of the person who did the transcription or the person who placed the records on the website. I will enquire.

This is what actually appears on the website:

Marriage Date Marriage Place Groom'sName / Bride's Name Age Sta Occupation Residence at Time of Marriage By Whom Married Witnesses Remarks

5 Dec 1826 Ferryland WINSOR Henry (NE) Aquefort J. Burt Elizabeth Coulman COULMAN Ann (NE) Ferryland Maria Brazil

Children: 1. Elizabeth Sarah Winsor 2. Capt. Henry Sweetland Winsor 3. Anne Coulman Winser 4. Sarah Mary Ball Winsor 5. Peter Winsor Foster child 6. Maria Victoria Matilda Winsor 7. Capt. Washington Hill Winsor 8. Cedric Howard Winsor 9. Charles Augustus Winsor 10. Rev. Alfred Samuel Hill Winsor 11. Peter Winsor

Notes
General:

There are discrepancies on the date of birth and Christening (could be 1805) and also in place of birth (could be Aquaforte) according to Aunt Jean's online LDS records.

Slight discrepancy on date of death too but the date of Anthony Oliphant comes directly from family bible and is more trustworthy.

Enid O'Brien's email of 21/11/01 provides interesting information: Capt. Henry Winsor raised his first cousin Peter Winsor (son of Matthew Symonds Winsor and Charlotte Taylor) after they drowned at sea in about 1845 when Peter was about 10.

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29072013 from NGB website, Page Contributed by Judy Benson & Ivy F. Benoit, Page Revised by Ivy F. Benoit (February 28, 2004)

(Will of Henry Winsor from Newfoundland will books volume 2 page 41 probate year 1851) This is the same will that is recorded in volume 8 pages 102-103 probate year 1906, with the addition of the notes of probate in the margin.

In re Henry Winsor deceased.

In the name of God Amen. I Henry Winsor of Aquefort Newfoundland being of sound mind & perfect health but not knowing the moment that Almighty God may call me from this world and wishing to leave my family in a position of security regarding what property I may have to my lawful disposal I Henry Winsor do make this then to be my last will & testament and although it may not be drawn in prescribed terms yet will be sufficiently clear to be understood. I therefore make and bequeath unto Ann Winsor my wife as sole executrix to all my affairs my house & plantation on White Hazel Hill and also the Brig Aquefort and all things pertaining to that vessel, having paid for her and made arrangements that she is at this moment all my own, Also the Room called Carters or Morrys Room situated in Aquefort liable to certain regulations viz to Henry Winsor, Peter Winsor, Washington Hill Winsor, Cedric Howard Winsor, Charles Augustus Winsor and Alfred Samuel Winsor, my six sons, the above property to be held in trust for them & to be mutually enjoyed by my wife and them, while they conduct themselves as dutiful children to her, and my wife remains in a widowed state, but should it so arrive after my demise that my wife Ann Winsor should again marry, then the control and any other right she may have possessed respecting my lawful property shall pass over into the hands of my children, above named, with this proviso that any of my children Ann Winsor, Sarah Mary Winsor and Maria Victoria Matilda Winsor, while they remain Spinsters shall enjoy co-equal with the others all my property in goods, chattels or otherwise, my wife Anne Winsor being made by these presents my sole executrix to this my last will & testament. Given under my hand this this 18th day of August 1849. Henry Winsor. Witness, James Meagher.

Certified Correct, D.M. Browning Registrar.

111213:
I am correcting the dates of death and burial today by reversing them so they make sense. This may not be the correct thing to do without researching the actual dates but it makes better sense to do this than leave him being buried before he died!

160615:
Henry Winser [sic] Master Mariner is Granted a plot of land in Aquaforte in the Southern District Court records: SDC Vol 2 No 301 Fol 196-199 - Grant to Henry Winser 24-05-1841. I am speculating that it is this Henry Winser though indeed there are at least four or five other Henry Winsers and Winsors who could have been alive at the time in Aquaforte. A transcript of the Grant is contained in the Media Gallery.

Similarly, in 1841 another Grant of land was issued to Henry Winsor [sic] this time referred to as a Boat Owner: SDC Vol 2 No 439 Fol 9-12 Grant to Henry Winsor 24-05-1841. Were they the one and the same person? We may never know. The other Capt. Henry "Winsor" was this man's son and would have been an infant at the time of the grant so it could not have been he. A transcript of that Grant is contained in the Media Gallery.

030816:
On 1 Dec. 1966 Nimshi Crewe transcribed the death record for Tom Goodyear, whose wife was Jessie Windsor, a descendant of the same family. This is what he recorded:
"From the Weekly Herald, Harbour Grace, 25 December, 1850. Died at his residence Aqua Forte, on Sunday last the 8th inst. Henry eldest son of Peter Winser Esq. Member of the General Assembly of Newfoundland. Aged 46 years."
Medical:

"of a fever contracted in the East. Because of this, he was buried in a field."

Henry Winsor

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1630 - Devonshire, England ⁸⁷²³ Christening: Death: 21 Mar 1702/03 - Denbury, Devon, England ( about age 73) ⁸⁷²⁴ Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt. Birth: 1635, Denbury, Devon, England.

Parents

Father: Thomas Winsor ⁴⁴⁶⁵ ^,4466 Mother: Marryn Endell ⁴⁴⁶³

Spouses and Children

1. *Joan Butchers ²⁶⁷⁹ Marriage: 28 Aug 1651 - Staverton, Devon, England ²⁶⁷⁹ ^,2681
Marriage Events
• Alt. Marriage: Cir 1660, Denbury, Devon, England. Marriage Notes

171018:

Event Description: Henry Windsor marriage to Joan Butchers,

England, Boyd's marriage indexes, 1538-1850 Transcription
Print
First name(s)Hy
Last nameWinsor
Birth year-
Marriage year1651
Spouse's first name(s)Joan
Spouse's last nameButchers
PlaceStaverton
CountyDevon
CountryEngland
SourceBoyd's marriage index, 1538-1850
Record setEngland, Boyd's Marriage Indexes, 1538-1850
CategoryBirth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
SubcategoryParish Marriages
Collections fromEngland, United Kingdom
Society of Genealogists

Transcriptions © Society of Genealogists
Children: 1. Elizabeth Winsor 2. Henry Winser 3. Emanuell Winsor 4. Mary Winsor 5. Thomasin Winsor 6. James Winser 7. Thomas Winsor 8. Richard Winsor

Notes
General:

171018:

A careful examination of images of the original oldest register of St. Mary the Virgin in Denbury on FindMyPast shows that there was no family named Winser or any close approximation to that name before 1600. Therefore, unless they were born in Denbury and baptised elsewhere, I do not believe that this family was originally of Denbury.

Moreover, I believe that his name was actually Henry Winsor (or Winser), as that name does appear in the early register with a wife named Joane as father of children named Henry and Emmanuel etc.

Also, using the names Henry and Joan led to a marriage in 1651 in Staverton, only 4 miles from Denbury. So I believe I have corrected the errors of others in finding the earliest ancestors of this line.

301018:

To add to this note above, in the second register of Denbury, St. Mary the Virgin, which begins in 1739 (Baptisms to 1812, Marriages to 1753, Burials to 1812), the Minister who arrived in the parish in 1798 has noted that the Burial register from 1681-1739 was missing and never was found during his tenure. Apparently it no longer exists, so this explains the absence of burial information on members of the Winsor clan known to have lived and died in Denbury during these years.

Henry Winsor

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Bef 13 Jun 1689 - Doccombe, Denbury, Devon, England ¹⁷⁶¹ ^,8725 Christening: 13 Jun 1689 - Denbury, Devon, England ⁴⁵⁹ ^,766 ^,8725 Death: Bef 3 May 1764 - Denbury, Devon, England ⁸⁷²⁶ Burial: 3 May 1764 - Denbury, Devon, England ⁸⁷²⁶ Cause of Death:
Events
• Residence: Doccombe, Denbury, Devon, England.
• Alt. Burial: 1764, Denbury, Devon, England.
• Alt. Death: 3 May 1765, Denbury, Devon, England.
• Alt. Burial: After 3 May 1765, Denbury, Devon, England.

Parents

Father: Henry Winser ¹⁶⁰ Mother: Elizabeth Dier ⁷⁹⁸

Spouses and Children

1. *Mary ⁹⁹⁴ Marriage: Cir 1710 - Denbury, Devon, England ⁵⁰⁸
Marriage Events
• Alt. Marriage: 6 Apr 1738, Denbury, Devon, England. Marriage Notes

161018:

There is no sign of a marriage record for this couple in 1710 as suggested that there should be from the dates of baptism of their children. But there is a curious record of a marriage on April 6 1738 that involves a Henry Winser and Mary Bikford. By then all their children would have been born and it makes no sense they would then marry had they not done so initially. But the record does exist and has to be explained.
Children: 1. Henry Winser 2. Elizabeth Winser 3. John Winser 4. Capt. Jacob Winser 5. Peter Winsor 6. Mary Winsor 7. Anthony Winser

Notes
General:

291018:

For reasons unknown, the register of St. Mary the Virgin, Denbury as found on the FindMyPast images tends to skip around from burials to marriages to baptisms and there are gaps from one collection to the other so that they all need to be examined to fill in the blanks.

The first register of 119 pages is dealing with burials in the 1670s when it suddenly jumps to baptisms in the 1720s and misses the first four of the chidlren in this family. Their records are found in the second register. Peter Winsor is found on page 106 of 119 in this collection.

Henry Winsor

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1820 Christening: Death: Cir Jul 1846 - Quidi Vidi, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( about age 26) ⁸⁷²⁷ Burial: Cause of Death: Drowned in a squall ⁸⁷²⁷

Parents

Father: Matthew Symons Winser ⁸²⁸³ Mother: Charlotte Taylor ⁵ ^,160

Spouses and Children

1. *Ann Cole ⁴⁸¹ Marriage: 16 Nov 1844 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁴⁸¹
Marriage Events
• Minister/Priest: Thomas J. A. Bridge, M.A., 16 Nov 1844, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Witnesses: Matthew Winsor, Jane Cole, 16 Nov 1844, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Notes
General:

160112: I am adding this Henry Winsor to this family on the strength of his marriage record at the Anglican cathedral which gives Matthew Winsor as one of the witnesses and also the surname of his wife is Cole, which is a name of the spouse of Peter Winsor in the next generation as well. So I am sure he is "in the family" but I am not precisely sure how.
Medical:

This may or may not be the same Henry Winsor. There were multiple people of this name over the years around this death announcement.

Capt. Henry Sweetland Winsor

Sex: M
AKA: Henry Windsor ³⁰⁰⁵, Henry Winser ⁸⁷²⁸ ^,8729 ^,8730, Henry Winsor ¹⁶⁸⁸ ^,3006
Individual Information

Birth Date: 25 Mar 1829 - Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁸² ^,283 ^,1539 ^,1688 ^,3004 Christening: 5 Jun 1831 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁰⁹ ^,1688 ^,3004 Death: Bef 16 Jan 1916 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁸² ^,2958 ^,3005 Burial: 16 Jan 1916 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁸² ^,2962 ^,3005 Cause of Death:
Events
• Occupation: Master Mariner, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Minister/Priest: James Robertson, Missionary, 5 Jun 1831, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Captain of the PELTER when she brought home 4000 seals in one trip, Cir 1850, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Captain of the sealing vessel PELTER when she came home early with 4000 seals, Cir 1850, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. From Howard Morry's memoirs 1940.
• Court: Indenture or Sale of Chattels - Henry Winser to Ann Winser, Between 16 Nov 1858 and 2 Nov 1864, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Fish Merchant, 1864, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. From "A Study of the Settlement of Ferryland" by Sister Esther Moore at the MHA we learn that there were at least 3 merchants in the fish trade in Ferryland in 1867, including John Carter, John White and Henry Winsor. Though there were several Henry Winsors who may have been alive in this area at this time, this is most likely the one to whom she refers.
• Occupation: Merchant, Between 1864 and 1865, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Court: Member of Grand Jury, Southern Circuit Court, 3 Oct 1864, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Property: Indenture Mary Oxenham [Carter] Morry loaning money on Freshwater property, 3 Oct 1865, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Court: Member of Grand Jury, Southern Circuit Court, 4 Oct 1865, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Court: Member of Grand Jury, Southern Circuit Court, Oct 1866, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Court: Member of Grand Jury, Southern Circuit Court, Oct 1866, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Court: Member of Grand Jury, Southern Circuit Court, 7 Oct 1867, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Can't be certain that the person selected for jury duty was this man as there were others of the same name in the area at that time.
• Court: Member of Grand Jury, Southern Circuit Court, 8 Oct 1868, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Court: Member of Grand Jury, Southern Circuit Court, 5 Oct 1869, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Court: Member of Grand Jury, Southern Circuit Court, 4 Oct 1870, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Alt. Death: 1875, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Planter, Freshwater Farm, 4 May 1875, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Property: Indenture to Philip Hutchins of property called Freshwater Farm, 4 May 1875, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. SDC Vol 5 Fol 190-195 Indenture Henry Winser to Philip Hutchins 04-05-1875
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• Court: Grand Jury for Southern Circuit of Supreme Court, 3 Oct 1876, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Posted on Newfoundlanders and Genealogy Facebook by Edward Chafe on Feb. 19, 2021.
• Court: Member of Grand Jury, Southern Circuit Court, 3 Oct 1877, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Property: Indenture on Share of William Carter Estate and Freshwater Farm, 6 Dec 1878, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. SDC Vol 5 Fol 364-366 Indenture Henry Winser to John Sharp Patrick Kelly Campbell MacPherson 06-12-1878.
• Residence: SDC Vol 5 Fol 364-366 Indenture Henry Winser to John Sharp Patrick Kelly Campbell MacPherson 06-12-1878, 6 Dec 1878, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Planter, Freshwater Property, 14 May 1880, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Property: Release of Mortgage on his share of William Carter estate and his own Freshwater Farm, 14 May 1880, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Minister/Priest: John Hewitt, 16 Jan 1916, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Parents

Father: Capt. Henry Winsor ³⁰⁰⁰ ^,3825 Mother: Ann Coulman

Spouses and Children

1. *Catherine Annie Skinner Carter Marriage: 4 Jan 1855 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁵ ^,1539 ^,2511 ^,3006 ^,3007
Marriage Events
• Minister/Priest: H. H. Hamilton, 4 Jan 1855, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Witnesses: Henry Sweetland Morry, Sarah Weston Morry, Elizabeth Rathbur, 4 Jan 1855, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Marriage Notes

Information from Enid O'Brien 19/07/00

"Petty Hr Rec (CofE) Henry Winsor, son of Henry Winsor and Ann Caulman to Catherine Annie Skinner Carter, dgt of Arthur and Harriet md on4/1/1855. (wit. Henry Sweetland Morry, Sarah Weston Morry and Elizabeth Rathburn)." H.H. Hamilton presided.

Notes
General:

From: GladysSteinke@aol.com Sent: July 7, 2000 7:48 PM To: chris.morry@sympatico.ca Subject: oooops again

Chris

I am talking there about Henry Winsor, son of Henry Winsor and Anne Coulman. (brother to our Elizabeth Sarah Winsor). This Henry married Catherine Annie Skinner or Sweetland Carter. HELEN

By the way - going back to Henry and Catherine - I was also told that Henry Winsor and Catherine Carter had no children. I have no documents, but I do have a notation that Gert Crosbie says he died age 46 ????? Which would make his death 1875. With your date of 1916 would have been 87. My original source was Anna Elton Morris of St. John's, Additional info from Leslie L. Winsor, of the NLGS - Ancestor.

[NLGS records of C of E Ferryland deaths show he died at age 87 on Jan. 16, 1916 - CM]

James Robertson was Minister at Christening

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02/07/01:

Anthony Oliphant's Peter and Jacob Winsor Family Tree corroborates this marriage and the fact that it was childless.

120710: There is a Henry Winsor listed as a farmer on the McAlpine's Maritime Provinces Directory for 1870-71. However, it seems unlikely this is he since the place and occupation do not jive.

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100515:
In reviewing Dad Morry's memoirs of the war prior to leaving for Edinburgh tomorrow as part of the fliming for Newfoundland at Armageddon, I was trying to figure out who the old man he refers to as "Uncle Harry Winsor", whom he visited on his last night home, might be. I have concluded that this is the only possible person, though indeed he is not Dad Morry's uncle but rather his grand uncle, the brother of his grandmother, Elizabeth Sarah Winsor. Dad Morry indicated that he lived in Freshwater, that portion of Ferryland between the Downs and Aquaforte, in a house occupied at the time of Dad Morry's writing by Jim Meade. I had always assumed he lived and died in Aquaforte proper. He certainly was born there and buried there. But perhaps for a time later in life when he was widowed he lived closer to Ferryland to be closer to the amenities available there.

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240319:

Evidently Henry fell onto hard times between 1858 and 1864 because he was forced to "sell", or more likely borrow against the value of his chattels including farm animals to his mother. See the Media folder. Things don't seem to have improved much before 1875 because he signs an indenture for £25 owing to Philip Hutchings against his house and lands known as Freshwater Farm in Ferryland and that property is already under mortgage for £100 to J. S. Carter. The latter is more likely James Howe Carter, the local Sheriff. In 1878 he is now said to be living in St. John's and has once again fallen afould of his creditors in the amount not stated and a mortgage company has agreed to bail him out, in return for which he mortgages his interest in the William Carter estate then being managed by a William Carter (this is a mistake, it should be Robert Carter) and Peter G. Tessier, plus his property at Freshwater, Ferryland including cattle, dwelling, outhouses, Oil Factory, four fishing rooms. The latter said to be without incumberance, implying he has paid off the former mortgage to "J. S. Cater" and debt to Philip Hutchins. By May 1880 he is also released from this latest mortgage.

It is worth mentioning that on all of these legal documents his name is given as Henry Winser. That could be a mistake by the lawyers. It is possible he was illiterate and did not know how his surname was spelled.

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190422:

Here is what Dad Morry had to say about this last encounter between the two of them:

"Well, to continue my story, after coming out with
my load of venison, my leave being up
next day, I decided that night to go & see my
Great Uncle Harry Winsor, over eighty at the time.
[He was an old sea captain, and brought a load of
seals in here on the Pelter when he was only 20, and
arrived on the first day of April with 4000 seals.]
He lived in a big house over in Freshwater where
Jim Meade now lives. I did not know what
to give him, so I brought him a couple of bottles of
Whiskey & thought he'd have a nip now & then
through the winter (but I did not know him).
Had talked to with him till about 10 P.M., when
I stood up to leave, & he begged me to take a drink
with him, which I did, & of course staid another
while, & then stood up again; so he said a bird
can not fly with one wing, so after that it was
easy for me to stay. Well, he told me several happenings
of his youth, & his adventures prowling around in different
parts of the world, & we took nip for nip, only I
made sure mine were very small as I did not
want to go home to my mother & father with a sign
of liquor on me. At last I got away about 2 a.m.
feeling pretty good, but I had not drank a third as
much as he. He stood up, took the lamp, & walked
to the front door with me & said good bye. It was
a lovely moonlit night in November, & I can still
see the old man standing with the lamp in his hand
watching me down the lane. I kept going till he went
in with the light, then I stole back & peep through
the blind, & there he was walking back and forth
the floor with his head hanging. Then he'd
straighten up & walk with shoulders erect for a
little while only to slump back again.
At length he stopped walking, he stirred up the fire,
put on the kettle, & got his Bible & started reading.
Then, when the kettle was boiled, he eat a hearty
supper, walked back & forth again for a while
in deep thought, then knelt down to say his prayers,
got in to bed & blew out the light, & I left for
home. I was afraid he'd drop the light before he
got in to bed, that is why I staid so long." ⁸⁷²⁹

Living

Sex: F

Parents

Father: Charles Augustus Winsor ³⁷⁵⁴ Mother: Living

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