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Source: Families of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut -- Humphrey Pinney Family

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Title	Families of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut -- Humphrey Pinney Family

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ancestry.com FAMILIES OF ANCIENT WINDSOR CONNECTICUT, Consisting of VOLUME II, The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut; Including East Windsor, Souh Windsor, Bloomfield, Widsor Locks, and Ellington, 1635-1891, by HENRY R. STILES

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Excerpts about the Pinney family, beginning on image page 610: HUMPHREY PINNEY (Pynney, Pinne), the son of John Pinney, came to America in the Mary and John with Rev. Mr. Warham’s company; 1630, and settled at Dorchester, where he married Mary Hull, who had been a fellow passenger. His immediate ancestors appear to have resided in Broadway, Somersetshire, England which is in Chard Union, in the deanery of Crewkerne, archdeaconry of Taunton, diocese of Bath and Wells, Hundred of Abdick and Bulstone, West Somerset. From the will of Humphrey’s uncle, Edmund Pynney of Broadway, dated 1631, we learn that Edmund was buried in the south aisle of Broadway Church, in a tomb called The Pinney Tomb. Broadway Church is a small, ancient, but beautiful structure, situated in a picturesque churchyard, adorned with yews, located upon a little knowll in an extensive valley, about two miles from the rise of the hill …commanding one of the finest views in Somerset County. Broadway, a long, straggling village of some 400 agricultural inhabitants, an almshouse, etc., is said to have taken its name from a Roman road which lead to Nevocke Forest… Pinney’s Ground…is in Ile Abbots, an adjoining village, boasting of a still more beautiful little church. Edmund Pynney’s will informs us that he had a brother JOHN the elder, and a brother JOHN the younger; a sister ALICE, who married a Way; a sister JOHANNA who married Giles Godwin. John the elder married Johanna ___, and had children (1) ELIZABETH, (2) EDMOND, (3) RICHARD, (4) ROGER, (5) NICHOLAS, (6) WILLIAM, (7) HUMPHREY (the emigrant to Dorchester and Windsor), (8) JOHN OF EXETER, (9) AGNES (prob. M. John House), (10) MARY (prob. M. Thos. Pearce), (11) SARAH (poss. m. John Turberfield), (12) ALICE (poss. m. Wm. Standerwicke). “Mr” Pinney was an original member of the Dorchester Church; removed to and settled at Windsor in 1635; and his residence was on the East side of the main street, about a mile and a quarter north of the present Congregational Church on lot N. and adjoining Gov. Haynes lot, which lay between Dea. Wm. Gaylord’s lot and “Mr.” Pinney’s lot… He died 20 Aug 1683; his widow died 18 Aug 1684. Children (all but eldest born in Windsor): 1. Samuel, b. Dorchester. FAM. 2. 2. Nathaniel, b. Dec., 1641 in W.; bp. 2 Jan., 1641/2. FAM. 3. 3. Mary, b. in June and bp. 16 of same mo., 1644; m. Abraham (s. of Geo. the emigrant) Phelps, 6 July, 1663. 4. Sarah, b. 19 Nov., bp. 3 Dec., 1648, m. William (the emigrant) Phelps, 20 Dec., 1676; was his 2d wife, and rec’d one-third of his ppy. As a settlement before her m. … No issue. 5. John, b. in Oct. and bp. 19 same mo., 1651; d. at W.; no issue. 6. Abigail, b. 26 Nov., 1654; m. John Addams, 6 Dec., 1667; rem. to Simsbury. 7. Isaac, b. 24, bp. 28 Feb., 1663. FAM 4. FAM. 2. SAMUEL (son of Humphrey), m. (1) Joyce (dau. John the emigrant) Bissell, 17 Nov., 1665; rem. to Simsbury 1667-9; left there after the burning of the town by Indians, 1676; was afterwards employed in surveying Ellington, where he settled… Children: 1. Mary, b. 16 June 1667 2. Samuel, b. 20 Nov., 1668. FAM. 5. 3. Josiah, b. 3 Nov., 1681. FAM. 3. NATHANIEL (son of Humphrey), m. Sarah (widow of Samuel) Phelps, and dau. Of Edward Griswold, the emigrant, 21 July 1670. Nathaniel d. 1676. Children: 1. Nathaniel, b. 11 May, 1671, FAM. 6. 2. Sarah, b. 11 Oct., 1673.

Excerpts about the Pinney family, beginning on image page 610:

HUMPHREY PINNEY (Pynney, Pinne), the son of John Pinney, came to America in the Mary and John with Rev. Mr. Warham’s company; 1630, and settled at Dorchester, where he married Mary Hull, who had been a fellow passenger. His immediate ancestors appear to have resided in Broadway, Somersetshire, England which is in Chard Union, in the deanery of Crewkerne, archdeaconry of Taunton, diocese of Bath and Wells, Hundred of Abdick and Bulstone, West Somerset. From the will of Humphrey’s uncle, Edmund Pynney of Broadway, dated 1631, we learn that Edmund was buried in the south aisle of Broadway Church, in a tomb called The Pinney Tomb.

Broadway Church is a small, ancient, but beautiful structure, situated in a picturesque churchyard, adorned with yews, located upon a little knowll in an extensive valley, about two miles from the rise of the hill …commanding one of the finest views in Somerset County. Broadway, a long, straggling village of some 400 agricultural inhabitants, an almshouse, etc., is said to have taken its name from a Roman road which lead to Nevocke Forest… Pinney’s Ground…is in Ile Abbots, an adjoining village, boasting of a still more beautiful little church.

Edmund Pynney’s will informs us that he had a brother JOHN the elder, and a brother JOHN the younger; a sister ALICE, who married a Way; a sister JOHANNA who married Giles Godwin.

John the elder married Johanna ___, and had children (1) ELIZABETH, (2) EDMOND, (3) RICHARD, (4) ROGER, (5) NICHOLAS, (6) WILLIAM, (7) HUMPHREY (the emigrant to Dorchester and Windsor), (8) JOHN OF EXETER, (9) AGNES (prob. M. John House), (10) MARY (prob. M. Thos. Pearce), (11) SARAH (poss. m. John Turberfield), (12) ALICE (poss. m. Wm. Standerwicke).

“Mr” Pinney was an original member of the Dorchester Church; removed to and settled at Windsor in 1635; and his residence was on the East side of the main street, about a mile and a quarter north of the present Congregational Church on lot N. and adjoining Gov. Haynes lot, which lay between Dea. Wm. Gaylord’s lot and “Mr.” Pinney’s lot… He died 20 Aug 1683; his widow died 18 Aug 1684. Children (all but eldest born in Windsor):

1. Samuel, b. Dorchester. FAM. 2.
2. Nathaniel, b. Dec., 1641 in W.; bp. 2 Jan., 1641/2. FAM. 3.
3. Mary, b. in June and bp. 16 of same mo., 1644; m. Abraham (s. of Geo. the emigrant) Phelps, 6 July, 1663.
4. Sarah, b. 19 Nov., bp. 3 Dec., 1648, m. William (the emigrant) Phelps, 20 Dec., 1676; was his 2d wife, and rec’d one-third of his ppy. As a settlement before her m. … No issue.
5. John, b. in Oct. and bp. 19 same mo., 1651; d. at W.; no issue.
6. Abigail, b. 26 Nov., 1654; m. John Addams, 6 Dec., 1667; rem. to Simsbury.
7. Isaac, b. 24, bp. 28 Feb., 1663. FAM 4.

FAM. 2. SAMUEL (son of Humphrey), m. (1) Joyce (dau. John the emigrant) Bissell, 17 Nov., 1665; rem. to Simsbury 1667-9; left there after the burning of the town by Indians, 1676; was afterwards employed in surveying Ellington, where he settled…
Children:
1. Mary, b. 16 June 1667
2. Samuel, b. 20 Nov., 1668. FAM. 5.
3. Josiah, b. 3 Nov., 1681.

FAM. 3. NATHANIEL (son of Humphrey), m. Sarah (widow of Samuel) Phelps, and dau. Of Edward Griswold, the emigrant, 21 July 1670. Nathaniel d. 1676.
Children:
1. Nathaniel, b. 11 May, 1671, FAM. 6.
2. Sarah, b. 11 Oct., 1673.

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