Lieut Edward Winship

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Lieut Edward Winship Veteran

Birth
Northumberland, England
Death
2 Dec 1688 (aged 76)
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.3748205, Longitude: -71.1200219
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~ Lieutenant Edward Winship ~
Birth: 3 March 1612 - Newcastle, Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England
Death: 2 December 1688 -in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Place of Burial: 4 December 1688 - Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

ஓ~Inscription~ஓ

"Here lyes ye body of Lieut.
Edward Winship, who
died December the 2d 1688
& in the 76 year of his age.

Also ye body of Elizabeth
his wife who died the
19 of September 1690.
& in the 58 year of
her age.
The memory of ye just is blessed

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Parents:
Father~
Lyonel Winship ~
Born: 23 September 1587 in Wilton Hall, Northumberland, England
Died: 1637 in Walden, Ovington, Northumberland, England

Mother~
Mary ( Hall) Winship
Birth: 1590-Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England
ed: 1612 in Ovingham, Northumberland, England
Marriage: 1607 - Yorkshire, England
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On October 3, 1634 arrived in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Left England On the 8th or 10th August 1634 or 1635 On The Ship, Defense (or Defence or Defiance) which sailed from Harwich.

May 26, 1647
Ensign In The Cambridge Militia; Lieutenant In 1660

Member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston

Made lieutenant 1660 and Deputy General of the Court in the Massachusetts Bay Colony 1663-1664 and 1681-1686

1638 Edward Winship bought a three-acre estate at the easterly corner of Brattle and Mason Streets and extending through the Cambridge Common.

"Edward Winship, who stands at the head of the Winship family in America, was born in England in 1613. He embarked for America in the good ship, "The Defiance", at Harwich; England, August 10, 1635; arrived in Boston Massachusetts, October 3, 1635 and two days later located in Cambridge, Mass. a suburb of Boston. In 1638 he purchased the land commencing at the corner of Brattle and Madison Streets, extending to the Commons, and he was for many years one of the most active and energetic citizens of Cambridge. He was commissioned ensign of the Cambridge militia company in 1647, and lieutenant in 1660. He was elected deputy general of the court in the years 1663, 1664, 1681,1682,1683, 1684, 1685 and 1686.

He was selectman of Cambridge for fourteen years between 1637 and 1684, and held several other official positions." The Winship Family in America"

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Edward was commissioned ensign of the Cambridge Militia in 1657, and was a lieutenant in 1660. He was elected deputy from Cambridge to the General Court of Massachusetts in 1663, 1664, and from 1681 to 1686. He married (1)Jane Wilkinson, and their children were Joanna and Ephraim Winship. He later married (2)Elizabeth Parke, and their children were Elizabeth, Edward, Samuel, Joseph, Margaret and Marjory Winship.
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~ Lieutenant Edward Winship ~
Birth: 3 March 1612 - Newcastle, Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England
Death: 2 December 1688 -in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Place of Burial: 4 December 1688 - Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

ஓ~Inscription~ஓ

"Here lyes ye body of Lieut.
Edward Winship, who
died December the 2d 1688
& in the 76 year of his age.

Also ye body of Elizabeth
his wife who died the
19 of September 1690.
& in the 58 year of
her age.
The memory of ye just is blessed

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
Parents:
Father~
Lyonel Winship ~
Born: 23 September 1587 in Wilton Hall, Northumberland, England
Died: 1637 in Walden, Ovington, Northumberland, England

Mother~
Mary ( Hall) Winship
Birth: 1590-Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England
ed: 1612 in Ovingham, Northumberland, England
Marriage: 1607 - Yorkshire, England
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On October 3, 1634 arrived in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Left England On the 8th or 10th August 1634 or 1635 On The Ship, Defense (or Defence or Defiance) which sailed from Harwich.

May 26, 1647
Ensign In The Cambridge Militia; Lieutenant In 1660

Member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston

Made lieutenant 1660 and Deputy General of the Court in the Massachusetts Bay Colony 1663-1664 and 1681-1686

1638 Edward Winship bought a three-acre estate at the easterly corner of Brattle and Mason Streets and extending through the Cambridge Common.

"Edward Winship, who stands at the head of the Winship family in America, was born in England in 1613. He embarked for America in the good ship, "The Defiance", at Harwich; England, August 10, 1635; arrived in Boston Massachusetts, October 3, 1635 and two days later located in Cambridge, Mass. a suburb of Boston. In 1638 he purchased the land commencing at the corner of Brattle and Madison Streets, extending to the Commons, and he was for many years one of the most active and energetic citizens of Cambridge. He was commissioned ensign of the Cambridge militia company in 1647, and lieutenant in 1660. He was elected deputy general of the court in the years 1663, 1664, 1681,1682,1683, 1684, 1685 and 1686.

He was selectman of Cambridge for fourteen years between 1637 and 1684, and held several other official positions." The Winship Family in America"

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Edward was commissioned ensign of the Cambridge Militia in 1657, and was a lieutenant in 1660. He was elected deputy from Cambridge to the General Court of Massachusetts in 1663, 1664, and from 1681 to 1686. He married (1)Jane Wilkinson, and their children were Joanna and Ephraim Winship. He later married (2)Elizabeth Parke, and their children were Elizabeth, Edward, Samuel, Joseph, Margaret and Marjory Winship.
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Inscription

"Here lyes ye body of Lieut.
Edward Winship, who
died December the 2d 1688
& in the 76 year of his age."