SIMON WINCH
THE STORY AS I KNOW IT
Simon Winch was born about 1575 probably in Berkshire
England,
possibly Bray. It is not known
who his
parents were.
He married Ellen Logan
about 1604. She was the
daughter of Simon Logan,
Lord
of Strode Hall Manor. These were old
families of Berks
made up of
Yeoman and Gentlemen. The information about the
family is written in The Passmores in American: A
Quaker Family Through Six Generations by Robert Houston
Smith
Simon and Ellen Winch' known children
are:
1. EllenWinch,
born between 1605-1611, she wed Thomas
Passmore and died 1652.
2. Anne Winch, born 1610,
she wed Henry Sowthen
yeoman of Burnham,
Berks Feb. 18, 1631/2 from
London
Marriage Licences 1521-1869 by Joseph L. Chester and
John Ward Dean.
There are a number of references to Simon Winch in The
History and Antiquities of the Hundred of Bray, in the
county of Berkshire. Page 99 notes that Simon
Winch
rented Budds, the ancestral home of the Budd family,
for 31 years at a rent of 40 pounds a year.
It is not
known when
either Simon Winch
or his wife
Ellen died, or where
they are
buried. However, in 1650, Richard Winch was
listed as Gentlemen of Fifeld, Bray
Parish. There were a number of Winch listed in the 1650
Rentals due to the Parish Bray. We do not know
their connection to Simon Winch, yet. They
Include:
Richard Winch Jr. - Manor of Bray
Richard Winch - Gentlemen of Fifield House
William Winch - Manor of Bray
John Winch, Sr. - Manor ob Bray
Richard Winch of Altwood
Richard Winch of Braywicke
John Winch of Braywicke
Thomas Winch of Maidenhead
There was a
"Visitation" made in 1665-6 noted in The Four Visitations of Berkshres,
by Thomas
Benolt.
on page 44, "Fifeld in Bray parish, was Simon Winch gentleman,
Entr.
I'm not sure
what Entr.
means. It may be there plea was entered, or perhaps their
fee was
entered. His age was given to be 30 something. So he
was probably our Simon's
grandson.
A visitation
was a tour
of inspection to establish the right of a person to bear
arms. Simon
was turned down in this
visitation because of a better claim.
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Date created: 12/12/2011
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