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Daniel
K. Winne
Daniel K. Winne was born in 1731. He was the eldest surviving son of Albany cooper Killian Winne and his wife, Rebecca Fonda Winne.
Daniel
K. Winne married twice. His first wife was Elizabeth
Dox who died following the birth of their only child
in November 1756. In 1763, he married Jannetje Bancker
in the Schenectady Dutch church. That marriage produced
at least three more children including William B.
Winne - a well-known Albany personage.
These
Winnes lived in the third ward where he owned a house
and kept boarders. However, his primary occupation
was that of the tanner. During the 1760s-80s, he
held a number of lots suitable for tan pits located
along Foxes Creek.
Although
he held no municipal offices, Daniel K. Winne took
part in community affairs. In 1766, he may have been
the "Daniel Winne" who stood with his neighbors in opposition to the Stamp Act. The next year, "Daenyul K. Wennee" was identified as a sergaent in Captain John Winne's company of the Albany County militia. A decade later, he supported the Revolutionary movement with monetary contributions, he quartered soldiers, and was paid to repair the barracks and provide firewood. However, his name was not included on the lists of supporters who later were granted land bounty rights. Perhaps he had passed before the allocations were made!
Although
some references to business with him have been found
for the late 1780s, he probably was dead before 1790.
His house in the third ward and two lots on Foxes
Creek were listed on the assessment roll for March
1779.
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Sources: The life of Daniel K. Winne is CAP biography number
2849. This profile is derived chiefly from family
and community-based resources. A number of "Daniel Winnes" were
living in the Albany area during the thrid quarter
of the eighteenth century. Middle initials provide
some clarification but were not used all of the
time!
By Stefan Bielinski, Colonial Albany Social History Project [http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany]
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