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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