Notes for Jacob WINANS

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Notes for Jacob WINANS

Possibly Jacob Winans [1726 - 1810]
If this Jacob, he was Aaron Clark's brother-in-law. Aaron, son of Abraham Clark, the 'Signer."
Probably served in the Revolutionary War.
See http://cwcfamily.org/egy.htm
for one theory of descendants.
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Possible will of his father, although not proven:
1740 May 25 Winans John of Perth Amboy Middlesex Co will of Sons and daughters mentioned but not named all under age James Hooper High Sheriff of Middlesex Co Real and personal estate Executors wife Anne and brother William Winans Witnesses Samuel
Brant Sam ll Borrowe J Gifford Proved July 3 1740 Lib C p 346
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From http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wanless/viewtmp.html [9/2010, subject to proof]:
8. JOHN4 WINANS (JOHN3, JAN2, JOHN1 WYATT) was born Abt. 1698 in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New Jersey, and died November 5, 1740 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. He married ANN CREIGHTON Bef. 1719 in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New Jersey. She was born Abt.
1697 in Elizabethtown, N.J., and died Aft. November 26, 1726.
Notes for JOHN WINANS:
His will was written 5 May 1740 at Perth Amboy and probated 3 July 1740 at
Burlington, NJ.
Many of his descendents settled in Sussex Co., NJ., a number went to Ohio.
More About JOHN WINANS and ANN CREIGHTON:
Marriage: Bef. 1719, Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New Jersey
Children of JOHN WINANS and ANN CREIGHTON are:
i. JOHN5 WINANS, b. September 20, 1719; d. July 12, 1783, Hardistown, Sussex Co., New Jersey; m. (1) PHEBE POWERS; b. Unknown; d. Unknown; m. (2) JEMIMA BRYANT; d. Unknown.
ii. ISAAC WINANS, b. 1724; d. 1769; m. (1) MARTHA, 1745; b. 1732; d. November 19, 1758, Madison, New Jersey; m. (2) MARY CARTER, 1759; b. Bef. 1746; d. January 1791, Hanover, New Jersey.
Notes for MARTHA:
She was buried in the Presby, Church yard, Madison, NJ.
More About ISAAC WINANS and MARTHA:
Marriage: 1745
More About ISAAC WINANS and MARY CARTER:
Marriage: 1759
14. iii. JACOB WINANS, b. 1726; d. 1810.
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From http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bruggencate/family/family-e-o/p1660.htm [9/2010]:
Samuel Brant is a witness in 1740 to the will of John Winans of Perth Amboy, Middlesex County
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