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Barnabus
Winterscale
Barnabus Winterscale was born in Ireland about 1729. In 1762, he was a thirty-five-year-old soldier in a regiment of New York Provincial troops. He was described as 5' 8" tall, with red hair, blue eyes, and a fair and freckled complexion. He was identified as a weaver and/or laborer in provincial military records.
He
lived in Albany during the 1760s and 70s. His modest
home in the first ward appeared on city assessment
rolls in 1766 and 1779. He was married to a woman
named Elizabeth. In 1768, his family of three belonged
to St. Peter's Anglican church.
He
may have been the same Baraby Winterscale who served
as an enlisted man in Colonel Marinus Willett's regiment
of levies during the American Revolution!
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Sources: The life of Barnabus/Barney/Barnaley/Barnet
Winterscale is CAP biography number 6926. This profile
is derived chiefly from family and community-based
resources. At this point, we hold only sketchy material
on him and seek defining information on his background
and fate. We understand that this biographical offering
is premature!
By Stefan Bielinski, Colonial Albany Social History Project [http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany]
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