Brief Life History of William
When William Winchell was born on 3 August 1770, in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Thomas Winchell Jr., was 43 and his mother, Mary Owen, was 37. He married Huldah Ellsworth in 1795, in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 8 February 1847, in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 76.
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Spouse and Children
1770–1847 Male
1777–1819 Female
Children (5)
1799–1882 Male
1802–1888 Female
1804– Male
1805–1879 Male
1808–1870 Male
Parents and Siblings
1727–1776 Male
1733–1795 Female
Siblings (9)
1753–1805 Male
1755–1828 Female
1758–1759 Female
1760–1820 Male
1762–1815 Male
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World Events (8)
1776
Age 6
1776 · The Declaration to the King
Age 6
1791
Age 21
Name Meaning
English: from Old English wencel ‘child’, perhaps used to distinguish a son from his father with the same personal name or perhaps a nickname for a person with a baby face or childlike manner.
Scottish: habitational name from the lands of Windshiel (formerly Winscheill) in Berwickshire.
Americanized form of Jewish Winschel .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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