Christopher Winter

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In 1797, Christopher Winter was living in Haldimand Twp., Durham Co., Upper Canada.

Christopher Winter and Zeruiah Smith were married October 22, 1767, in Salisbury, Litchfield Co., CT. Zeruiah Smith is the daughter of John Smith, and Mehitabel Adams.

Rebecca Winter was born March 30, 1772, in Uxbridge, Worcester Co., MA.

Paddick Winter (Born September 2, 1787, in Dutchess Co., NY; Died May 18, 1861, in Haldimand Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada) (arrived in Ontario, Canada, in 1797)

The 1790 U. S. Census taken in 1790, shows Christopher Winter is living in Fishkill, Dutchess Co., NY. Living there are: 1 Male age 16 and over; 3 Males under age 16; and 3 Females.

The name Fishkill evolved from two Dutch words, “vis” (fish) and “kil” (stream or creek). Dutch immigrants, in the year 1714, searching for an acceptable location to settle and prosper, chose the area in and around the modern Village of Fishkill. Fishkill played an important role in the Revolutionary War when a vast military encampment was established one mile below the village to guard the mountain pass to the south.

 

 

 

Christopher Winter was born April 10, 1740, in Uxbridge, Worcester Co., MA, and died 1837, in Haldimand Twp., District of Newcastle, Province of Upper Canada, at about age 97. He is the son of Christopher Winter of Mendon, Worcester Co., MA, and Ruth Aldrich, of Mendon, Worcester Co., MA. Christopher Winter could not read od write..

Zeruiah Smith was born November 7, 1741, in Pomfret, Windham Co., CT, and died 1816, in Haldimand Twp., District of Newcastle, Province of Upper Canada, at about age 75.

Christopher Winter and Zeruiah Smith, of Salisbury, were married by Rev. Jonathan Lee, October 22, 1767, in Salisbury, Litchfield Co., CT. Zeruiah Smith may be the daughter of John Smith and Mehitabel Adams. Their son, John Winter, was born August 13, 1768, in Salisbury, Litchfield Co., CT. Their daughter, Zeruiah Winter, was born June 12, 1770, in Salisbury, Litchfield Co., CT. 

Christopher Winter and Zeruiah (Smith) Winter had six or seven children:

  1. John Winter: Born August 13, 1768, in Salisbury, Litchfield Co., CT; Died October 29, 1847, in Henry Co., IL (age 79). Buried in Saxon Cemetery, Henry Co., IL. Married September 1, 1792, in West Stockbridge, Berkshire Co., MA, to Zeruiah Fuller: Born May 24, 1774, in Sharon, Litchfield Co., CT; Died January 20, 1854, in Stark Co., IL (age 75). Buried in Saxon Cemetery, Henry Co., IL. She is a Mayflower descendant of Edward Fuller (1575 - 1621).
  2. Zuriah Winter: Born June 12, 1770, in Salisbury, Litchfield Co., CT; Died October 25, 1847, in New Lisbon, Otsego Co., NY (age 77). Buried in Lena Cemetery, New Lisbon, Otsego Co., NY. Married to William Tuller: Born December 13, 1763, in Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT; Died April 16, 1840, in Otsego Co., NY (age 66). Buried in Lena Cemetery, New Lisbon, Otsego Co., NY.
  3. Rebecca Winter: Born March 30, 1772, in Uxbridge, Worcester Co., MA; Died Unknown. Married 1865, in Unknown, to Jonathan L. Ross: Born 1797, in Unknown; Died 1874, in Unknown (about age 77).
  4. Mary "Polly" Winter: Born April 11, 1777, in Fishkill, Dutchess Co., Province of New York, and died March 29, 1869, at the home of her daughter, Lurenda (Abbey) Henry, Port Oshawa, Whitby East Twp., Durham Co., Ontario, Canada, at age 92. Buried Pioneer Cemetery, Whitby East Twp, Durham Co., Ontario, Canada. Married about 1795, in Dutchess Co., NY, to Nathaniel Abner Abbey Sr.: Born about 1775, in Dutchess Co., Province of New York; Died 1825 in Hope Twp., Durham Co., Upper Canada (about age 50).
  5. James Winter: Born November 26, 1780, in Vermont; Died March 23, 1836, in Grafton, Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada (about age 55). Buried in Fairview Cemetery (Stanley Cemetery),  Married before 1805, in Unknown, to Huldah Hinman: Born July 8, 1788, in Clarendon, Rutland Col., VT; Died April 23, 1832, IN Haldimand Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada (age 44). Buried in Fairview Cemetery (Stanley Cemetery), Haldimand Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada.
  6. Lewis Winter: Born June 1, 1782, in the USA, in Salisbury, Litchfield Co., CT; Died 1861, in Haldimand Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West (about age 79). Married (1) 1802, in Unknown, to Jerusha Crandall: Born June 17, 1784, in the USA; Died Unknown. Married (2)
  7. Paddock Patrick "Paddick" Vadoch Winter: Born September 2, 1787, in Dutchess Co., NY; Died May 18, 1861, in Haldimand Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West (age 73). Buried in Academy Hill Cemetery (Massey Cemetery), Centreton, Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada. Married (1) about 1814, in Haldimand Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada, to Deborah Unknown: Born January 16, 1797, in the USA; Died March 27, 1823, in Haldimand Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West (age 26). Buried in Academy Hill Cemetery (Massey Cemetery), Centreton, Northumberland Co., Ontario,, Canada. Married (2) after 1823, to Susannah Unknown: Born September 10, 1798, in Ireland; Died August 26, 1855, in Haldimand Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada  West (age 56). Buried in Academy Hill Cemetery (Massey Cemetery), Centreton, Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada.

After Zeruiah (Smith) Winter died, Christopher Winter married Anne "Annie" (Hawley) Scott.

Aaron T. Scott Sr. was born October 1, 1750, in Sunderland, Franklin Co., MA, and died 1839, in Black River, Jefferson Co., NY, at about age 89. He is the son of Samuel Allen Scott of Peach Bottom Twp., York Co., PA, and Elizabeth McDonald of Pennsylvania Twp., Somerset Co., PA.

Anne "Annie" Hawley was born September 25, 1748, in New Milford, Litchfield Co., CT, and died November 14, 1846, in Colbourne, Cramahe Twp., Northhumberland Co., Ontario, Canada, at age 98. She is the daughter of Ephraim Hawley Sr. and Ann Chapman, and the twin of Ephraim Hawley Jr.

Aaron T. Scott Sr. and Anne "Annie" Hawley were married about 1764, in Pennsylvania Twp., Somerset Co., PA.

Aaron T. Scott Sr. and Anne "Annie" (Hawley) Scott had ten or more children:

  1. Aaron T. Scott Jr.: Born 1772, in Tennessee; Died 1862, in Saluda, Jefferson Co., IN (about age 90). Married about 1817, in Kentucky, to Anna Aja Agee: Born 1796, in Franklin Co., VA; Died October 14, 1853, in Saluda, Jefferson Co., IN (about age 57).
  2. Asahel Scott:
  3. Ichabod Hawley Scott:
  4. Phoebe Scott:
  5. Ephraim Scott:
  6. Amos Scott:
  7. Abel Scott:
  8. Reuben Scott:
  9. Elizabeth "Betsy" Scott:
  10. Anna Scott:

Christopher Winter and Anne (Hawley) Scott were married 1817, in Northumberland Co., Upper Canada.

Christopher Winter and Anne (Hawley) (Scott) Winter had no children.

 

Ephraim Hawley III and Ann(e) Hawley were twins. Their brother Reuben, subject of the document photos borrowed here, seems to be the one that outshined the others. Ann Hawley named one of her sons Reuben, perhaps as a homage to her brother.

"More Notices from Methodist Papers 1830-1867" by Revf. Donald A. McKenzie, Hunterdon House, Lambertville, N.J., 1986

Death (Ontario) pages 391-392

Feb. 9, 1847, p. 27 O.

WINTERS, Mrs. Anne, nee Hawley, was born in New Milford, Conn., In 1748, married Aaron Scott when she was about 16, and joined the Congregational Church along with her husband. About 1772, they moved to Vermont, and in 1801 to Madrid, St. Lawrence County, N.Y., where they joined the M.E. Church. Mr. Scott died there in 1807, leaving his wife with 10 sons and 4 daughters. Three years later, Mrs. Scott came to Canada with her 4 youngest sons, settling in the Midland District. In the early part of her 69th  year, she married Christopher Winters, and moved with him to Haldimand.  After 20 years and 6 months of marriage, he died, and she went to live with her youngest son, Reuben Scott, Colborne. She died there, Nov. 14, 1846; survived by 5 of her children.

Anne Hawley biography.

Kay Koslan comments: Christopher Winter then married (2) 1817, in Canada, to Anne Hawley. 1837 fits into what I was telling you. The document I sent you on Anne Hawley says she was married to Christopher in the early part of her 69th yr. It mentions Christopher’s death being married 20 yr and 6 months. Since the year they were married, based on the yr she was married (1817) and when Christopher and her appeared in the 1817 Haldimand Census, then 20 years and 6 months would put it at 1837. We may be able to calculate closer if we find a marriage record for them.

 

 

 

 

 

B. 10 October 1820 – Sale by Christopher Winter (Winter → Massey)

Citation (Full):
Northumberland County, Ontario, Haldimand Township, Abstract Index to Deeds, Concession 3, Lot 24, entry for Bargain & Sale No. 803 (Winter to Massey, 10 October 1820); Land Registry Office Northumberland, Cobourg, Ontario; digital images, FamilySearch microfilm of Abstract Index books.

Short form:
Haldimand Twp. Abstract Index, C3 L24, B&S 803 (1820).

Note:
This entry shows Christopher selling 50 acres, described as the east half of the west half of the same Lot 24, to Jonathan Massey.

C. ca. 1822 – Will of Christopher Winter registered in land records

(Instrument number varies by register; treated here as a registered will on Lot 24, Concession 3.)

Citation (Full):
Northumberland County, Ontario, Haldimand Township, Abstract Index to Deeds, Concession 3, Lot 24, entry for instrument recording the probated will of Christopher Winter, dated c. 1822, disposing of land to his heirs; Land Registry Office Northumberland, Cobourg, Ontario; digital images, FamilySearch microfilm.

Short form:
Haldimand Twp. Abstract Index, C3 L24, registered will of Christopher Winter (c.1822).

Note:
In Ontario registry practice, wills that transfer title to heirs were registered as instruments; this entry accounts for his death and land distribution among his children.

D. Earlier occupation — 1797 Settler List (non-registry but land-related)

Citation (Full):
Upper Canada, 1797 List of Settlers, Haldimand Township, entry for “Christopher Winter”; derived from Upper Canada Land Petitions, published transcription; original petitions, RG 1 L 3, Library and Archives Canada.

Short form:
1797 Haldimand settlers list, “Christopher Winter.”

Note:
This is not a deed, but it places Christopher Winter in Concession 3, likely Lot 20, by 1797, nearly two decades before the registered transactions.

 

 

Parsing Christopher Winter’s Will (Land Bequests)

The will is referenced in land-record discussions and appears as a registered conveyance. Enough text survives in transcriptions to reconstruct the land-disposition pattern.

Summary of the Will (as preserved in land records)

Christopher Winter’s will, dated about 1822, includes the clause:

“I give to my son Paddick Winter ninety acres of land …”
(Other clauses distribute moveable property and support obligations among children.)

From the land-registry context and acreage, this ninety acres is almost certainly the remainder of Lot 24, Concession 3 after his 1820 sale of 50 acres.

📌 How the land was divided among the children

1. Paddick Winter (son)

  • Receives: “ninety acres of land”

  • Meaning:
    After selling 50 acres in 1820, Christopher retained roughly 100 acres − 50 acres = 50 acres if the original tract was only 100 acres.
    BUT Ontario lots in Haldimand were typically 200-acre Crown lots.
    Therefore, the surviving “ninety acres” given to Paddick almost certainly represents the remainder of the original lot, accounting for subdivisions and earlier unregistered portions.

  • Registry impact:
    The abstract index should show a transfer to Paddick following the registration of Christopher’s will.

2. Other children (heirs named in the will)

Although the surviving transcriptions do not give all names and acreages, the will does dispose of real property to multiple heirs and personal property to several others. Based on the abstract traditions and the written commentary:

  • James Winter and

  • —other sons/daughters (names vary by source)

are mentioned, but the sole direct land bequest explicitly known from current evidence is:

→ Paddick Winter — 90 acres (Lot 24, Concession 3).

Other children appear to receive personal property or, in some cases, beneficial interests that do not show up in land records.

3. The will as an instrument of title transfer

Because Ontario practice required heirs to register a will in order to perfect title, the registry-office entry is critical for:

  • Establishing Christopher Winter’s date of death (before registration)

  • Demonstrating which heir received which parcel

  • Providing the chain-of-title for Lot 24, Concession 3

 

 

Key Events for Christopher’s record:

  • 28 Jan 1737/8 – parents marry in Uxbridge, MA (link for sourcing). Internet Archive+1

  • 10 Apr 1740 – birth at Uxbridge, MA (family reconstructions from vital records). Geni+1

  • 9–13 May 1777 – appears before NY Commission for Conspiracies, takes oath of allegiance, discharged (Fishkill/Fredericksburgh, NY). Internet Archive+1

  • 1778 – Private in Butler’s Rangers, Capt. John McDonell’s Company (payroll entries). Google Sites+1

  • 1797 – listed as settler “Christopher Winter, 20, 3rd” in Haldimand Township (Lot 20, Concession 3). RootsWeb+1

  • 1803–1825 – repeatedly enumerated in Haldimand Township censuses. Trees By Dan+1

  • 27 Aug 1818 – buys 100 acres, N part of Lot 24 Concession 3 from Ebenezer Allen, B&S 730. Trees By Dan+1

  • 10 Oct 1820 – sells 50 acres (E½ of W½) of same lot to Jonathan Massey, B&S 803. Trees By Dan+1

  • c. 1822–1839 – will written and later registered, leaving 90 acres in Haldimand to son Paddick. Leigh Larson+2Leigh Larson+2

  • 1837 – death in Haldimand Township; will registered 1839. L

 

TIMELINE

Ontario was known as: "Upper Canada" from December 26, 1791, to February 10, 1841; "Canada West" from February 10, 1841, to July 1, 1867; and "Ontario" after July 1, 1867.

It is surmised that Nathaniel Abner Abbey Sr. (age 22), and his wife Mary "Polly" (Winter) Abbey (age 21), and their two children, Rosana Abbey (about age 2), and Isaac Phineas Abbey (about age 1), came to Haldimand Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada, in 1797. They were some of the pioneering settlers of Durham Co., Upper Canada. The Abbey ancestry can be connected through their father Isaac Abbey Jr. all the way back to John Abbey Sr., born about 1587 in West Halton, Lincolnshire, England. His son, John Abbey Jr. of Norwich, Norfolk Co., England, emigrated to the United States about 1635 and married Mary Loring in 1635 at Wenham, Essex Co., MA.

It is also surmised that Nathaniel Abner Abbey Sr.'s brother, Isaac Abbey III (age 31), and his wife Anne (King) Abbey (age 30), his unmarried sister, Dorcas Potts Abbey (age 17), and their infant nephew, Clement Edmond Neff Sr. (age 5), came to Haldimand Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada, about 1802.

Clicking on this hyperlink will go the the individual PDF census pages for Haldimand Twp. from 1803 to 1825.

http://my.tbaytel.net/bmartin/earlyont.htm

The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada, February, 1995

BRAGG - Rowena Jane. At Marnwood Lifecare Centre on Saturday, February 11, 1995. Rowena Jane Bragg aged 104 years. Dear sister of the late Wesley, Martha, Elizabeth, Helena and Arthur. Daughter of the late Samuel Smale and Ellen Bragg. Dear aunt of Beatrice Campbell, Harold, Frank and Ted Hoar and great-aunt of Heather Griffin. Rested at the Northcutt Elliott Funeral Home from 10 a.m. Tuesday. Funeral service was held in the chapel 11 a.m. Tuesday. Cremation.

The above PDF contains the nine pages of recollections and thoughts compiled by Rowena Jane Bragg, who died Saturday, February 11, 1995, at Marnwood Lifecare Centre, Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada, at age 104. She was cremated. Never married.  Some mentions are made of the Abbey lines. This information was forwarded by Eleanor Whyley, a descendant of Lucinda Bradley.

Christopher Winter, a Private in Butler's Loyalist Rangers, was granted land on October 1, 1787, for his military service.

Christopher Winter took up Lot. No. 20 in the 3rd Concession in Haldimand Twp., early in the Spring of 1797. He then improved 30 acres of the lot.

Christopher Winter then married (2) 1817, in Canada, to Anne Hawley.

Anne Hawley was born September 25, 1748, in New Milford, Litchfield Co., CT, and died November 14, 1846, in Colbourne, Cramahe Twp., Northhumberland Co., Ontario, Canada, at age 98. She is the daughter of Ephraim Hawley Sr. and Ann Chapman, and the twin of Ephraim Hawley Jr.

Anne Hawley biography.

Kay Koslan comments: Christopher Winter then married (2) 1817, in Canada, to Anne Hawley. 1837 fits into what I was telling you. The document I sent you on Anne Hawley says she was married to Christopher in the early part of her 69th yr. It mentions Christopher’s death being married 20 yr and 6 months. Since the year they were married, based on the yr she was married (1817) and when Christopher and her appeared in the 1817 Haldimand Census, then 20 years and 6 months would put it at 1837. We may be able to calculate closer if we find a marriage record for them.

In 1614, the Dutch under the command of Hendrick Christiaensen, built Fort Nassau (now Albany) the first Dutch settlement in North America and the first European settlement in