Ann's Ancestors: Winder Wonderland

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This section is called Winder Wonderland for a reason. The database contains information about Winders and their genealogical relationships, many of which I Wonder about. While looking for the origins of Thomas Winder of Ohio, I have collected a whole database full of information and, undoubtedly, misinformation! Please note that not all of this data is verified! Sources, when available, are noted in the database. Some sources are better than others. Obituaries, wills, and biographies, when available, are under the notes for each individual. If you think I have made a mistake, left something out, or can identify a "stray Winder", please contact me at annsfamilytree@pobox.com.

Better yet, if you are a male Winder, or know of one, please consider joining the Winder Wonderland DNA Project. Through the wonders of science, we hope to jump over some of these brick walls!

Richard Winder has written about the possible origins of the Winder name. To read more, click here. Also see: Naming Systems

I am descended from Thomas Winder (1814-1862) and Eliza Harman. But I have hit a solid brick wall with this Thomas Winder, and have collected information about all the Winders I can find, trying to get over that wall.

Here are some family lines in my database with the same name as mine. Maybe one is mine?:

• Andrew Winder b. Ca. 1826 and wife Martha b. Ca. 1845, both in Norway. By 1870, they settled in Union Township, Mahaska County, Iowa.
• Asbury Winder (ca 1826-?) was b. Ca. 1863 in Ireland. He came first to Indiana, then settled in Pulaski County, Arkansas by 1906.
• Descendants of Benjamin Winder and his wife Hannah are first seen in 1790 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Descendants lived in East New Jersey, then moved on to Maryland and then Columbiana County, Ohio.
• Christopher Figen Stofel Winder (1787-1870) was born in Switzerland in 1787. He migrated in 1816, settling for a short while in Blount Co, TN, where he met and married his wife, Genette McFadden. He settled finally in Nacogdoches, TX.
• Jacob G. Winder immigrated from Russia in the early 1900's, settling for a short time in Oklahoma, then moving on to Weld County, Colorado. The name was originally WINTER, and the family still contains both versions of the name.
• James Winder (ca. 1805-?) was born in England, and was in Pennsylvania by 1833. He migrated to Tennessee by 1843, and was in Henry County, Iowa for the 1850 federal census.
• Descendants of John Winder (?-1675) and Sarah Tulse settled in New York.
• Descendants of John Winder (1635-1698) and Bridget Meador (ca 1644-before 1698). John and Bridget were married in England about 1663 and came to America shortly thereafter. They lived out their lives in Somerset County, MD.
• John Burton Winder (1795-1866) migrated from England to Mercer County, Pennsylvania in the early 1800's, where he met and married Elizabeth Uber.

• John Rex Winder (1821-1910), the Mormon, came to America later than the rest, in 1853, and spent his life in Utah.
• Descendants of Thomas Winder (ca 1680-1734) and Sarah Bull (ca 1685-1731). Thomas and Sarah were married in London, England and migrated to America in 1705. They resided in New Jersey and had land in Bucks County, PA. Many descendants followed, including the Quaker branch of Bucks County and Ohio and a Maryland branch.
• Dr. William Guthrie Winder (1823-1889) migrated from England to New York in 1861, where he met and married Julia Augusta Deforest and raised his family.
• George Potts describes the Winders of Garstang, Yorkshire, England in his website at Potts Family Page
• Stray Winders are the mystery people who appear in a census, a marriage record, someone's family tree, whatever, and who cannot be connected to any of the above Winder lines. I am looking for more information on these folks! Can you help?
• As I do my research, I often find African-American Winders. Since research in this area is so specialized, I have listed them separately.