Ancestry of
Anna Faris

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Benjamin Winchell

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of Anna Faris — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 208 
  • Father:
  • Nathaniel Winchell 
  • Mother:
  • Abigail Ruggles   
  • Birth Date:
  • 10 Jun 1730 
  • Birth Location:
  • Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut 
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  • Death Date:
  • 1812 
  • Death Location:
  • Scipio, Cayuga, New York 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Lucy Brownson
  • Marriage Date:
  • from 15 May 1752 to 6 Mar 1753 
  • Marriage Location:
  • prob. Kensington, Hartford, Connecticut 
  • Child:

  Amasa Winchell (Ahnentafel No:104 )

  • Notes: 

  • Revolutionary War veteran

    D.A.R. #A128165

• Sources for Benjamin Winchell

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A128165.
  • ² Brownson, Dr. Ernest R., Genealogy of One Branch of the Richard Brownson Family, 1631-1951, Mayville, North Dakota: Typed manuscript (1951), 16.
  • ³ Watson, Marston, Royal Families: Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry, Volume 1, Governor Thomas Dudley and Descendants . . ., 2nd Ed., Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (2004), 259.
  • ⁴ Winchell, Alexander, Genealogy of the Family of Winchell in America: Embracing the Etymology and History of the Name . . ., Ann Arbor: Dr. Chase's Steam Printing House (1869), 39, 51.

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