Winder, John, 1746-1822

Dr. John Winder was born on January 19, 1745, in Somerset County, Maryland, to William Winder and Esther Gillis. He served in the Maryland Legislature in the 3rd Convention in 1774, and in the Lower House in 1779-1780. He first married Betty Jones and together they had two sons. After her death, he married Susanna Harmanson and together they had at least four children. Dr. Winder died on December 1, 1822, and is buried at Yardley Cemetery in Eastville, Northampton County, Virginia.

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[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband Littleton D. Teackle, November 17, 1807]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton D. Teackle, detailing delays in her journey home. She stopped at Dr. Winder's due to a lame horse, and is slowly making her way home. She's heard that a schooner matching the description of one of their boats, the Princess Anne, was seen in the Wicomico river, returning from the West Indies. She says she recently wrote him by Robert Barraud Taylor, who was to post it in the Western Shore mail. She says Grace D. Taylor Eyre just had a boy who is doing well, and that Comfort Winder is also pregnant.