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Note for: William Johnson, ABT 1630 - 1716 Index

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     FROM:
N.E. History & Gen.Reg. 55-369, Savage's Gen.Dist. of 1st. settlers 2-559
New Haven Genealogical Magazine, by Donald Jacobus, article, "Ancient Families of New Haven," the line of William Johnson, early settler of the New Haven Colony."
Reg. of Dau. of Founders & Patriots" x-165, Americana 32-92

      William Johnson, known also in the early years of the New Haven Colony, as "Wingle" or "Windle," probably was of Dutch ancestry, possibly of the Wendel family. He may have arrived at Manhattan about 1644, and with other Dutch groups removed to Wallingford or Brandford, CT and thence to New Haven.
      He settled in New Haven about 1645. His name first appears as a witness in a court proceeding, on October 8, 1651. He acquired a lot in New Haven at that time, and in 1652 assigned it to his brother John Johnson on Oct. 19, 1666. And sold it to John Winus, a Dutchman. In 1668 he bought 9-10 acres from Samuel Whitehead, the town alloted him 40 acres on the west side of the town, and made him a second grant in 1682. Many deeds of land to and from him are recorded in the New Haven records.
      William Johnson was one of the signers of the original compact for the settlement of Wallingford, CT, and was one of the original proprietors there, in 1670. Although he owned property in Wallingford, he retained his residence in New Haven.
      William Johnson joined the 1st Church of New Haven (Congregational) in 1688. He was a member of the New Haven training band in 1665, sergeant in 1665, constable in 1683, road viewer in 1676, overseer in 1680, and freeman in 1669.

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Note for: Eli Wainwright, 3 MAY 1776 - 1867 Index

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Eli's mother died in giving him birth at Sheffield, Massachusetts, and he was raised by his mother's people. He became a very wealthy dealer in cotton goods, and was founder of the firm of Wainright & Shields. Much of his business was carried on in Liverpool, England

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Note for: Mary Pratt, BET 1775 AND 1804 - BET 1828 AND 1891 Index

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According to the Book published from Charles S. Wainwright's journals, his mother's line is to the Robert R. Livingston family of New York.

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Note for: William Pratt Wainwright, 1819 - BET 1859 AND 1910 Index

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William P. Wainwright (brother) took possession of Charles Shiels Wainwright's personal journals
When Charles died, he was survived only by William and several nieces.

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Note for: Charles Shiels Wainwright, 31 DEC 1826 - 13 SEP 1907 Index

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     From the Wainwright Genealogy, dated 1903

        Born: 12/31/1826 Death: 9/13/1907 in Washington, D.C.

        Recently (10/98) found out that Charles S. Wainwright wrote personal journals about his time in the Civil War. The journals were published in book form in 1962, by Allan Nevins. Printed by Stan Clark Military Books, 915 Fairview Ave., Gettysburg, PA 17325, ph: 717-337-1728 (ISBN: 1-879664-15-1)
        "Colonel (later Brevet Brigadier General) Wainwright of teh 1st Regiment New York Volunteer Light Infantry, Army of the Potomac, kept this diary from the battles of Williamsburg, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville, to Gettysburg, Spotsylvania, Petersburg, and Appomatox."
        "But this is a story, too, of the more ordinary events of war---picking blackberies in a field, listening to the chirp of early bluebirds, struggling through endless mud, enjoying a rare festive occasion like the Thanksgiving Day dinner of champagne, green turtle soup a la tin can and Roast Turkey a la Hard Tack."
        "Wainwright sets down penetrating, and sometimes prejudiced, observations of the commanding generals, McClellan, Hooker, Burnside, Meade, and Grant; and of those who commanded them, Stanton ("I do not like his looks") and President Lincoln ("I was ashamed to think that such a gawk was President of the United States"). His journals, culled here and annotated by Allan Nevins from five handwritten volumes, are an important Civil War find."
        The facts in the military career of Charles Shiels Wainwright are recorded in abundant detail; those pertaining to his life before and after the war are not available in any printed work and have been difficult to ascertain in public archives. By his own statement when he applied for a pension November 28, 1902, he had been born in the city of New York on December 31, 1826. This confirms his assertion at the time of his enlistment, October 12, 1861, that he was then thirty-four years old. His pension application of 1902 shows that he was then living at 1715 G Street, N.W., Washinton, that he had never married, and that since the war he had lived in Dutchess County, in Europe, and "for the past eighteen years" in Washington. He was wholly incapacited by blindness and the effects of malaria.
        He died at the George Washington University Hospital on Sept. 13, 1907, and his body was taken to New York for interment. His death certificate gives his age as eighty-two and his occupation as retired army officer. It records one fact not elsewhere found, that his father and mother had both been born in MA.
        According to the brief obituary in the Washington Post of Sept. 15, for some years after the close of the war "General Wainwright had a large farm and country place on the Hudson, near Albany;" he had been a member of the Metropolitan Club in Washington; and he was survived only by one brother and several nieces. The brother was of course William P. Wainwright, one of the nieces was Miss N.W. Bradley of New York. Charles Wainwright was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution by virture of the fact that he was descended from Surgeon Thomas Tillotson of the Maryland Line. He was also related, on his mother's side, to the Robert R. Livingston family of New York.
       The diary or journal that Charles Shiels Wainwright kept from October 1, 1861, through the Grand Review of May 23-24, 1865, is in five notebooks approximately eight by ten inches, each in hard mottled covers with black leatherette binding and corners. The whole record fills 1,700 pages and contains approximately 530,000 words. Although the ink is badly faded in places, the text is quite legible throughout.
       At some unknown date the diary come into the possession of Colonel William P. Wainwright's son, Dr. Charles H. Wainwright, who was a surgeon in the New York Hospital. His widow, Margaret Gaire Wainwright, inherited it when the doctor died in 1948. From her it passed to a nephew, Mr. Harry Cronin, of the staff of the New York Daily News. Mr. Cronin offers a few reminiscences of his aunt, his uncle, and their home:
       "I remember C.H. showing me the diaries off and on, years ago, but I never thought anything about the, and neither did he. A hardheaded former stockbroker, mentally very keen, he just did not get very excited about family background.....Originally 37 East Twenty-ninth was a five-story brownstone, complete with upstairs maids and downstairs maids. In the 1920's when my aunt and uncle kept traveling around the world, they converted the lower two floors to the commercial use and kept the upper three floors for themselves and their maid. The place was crammed with old family mementos, old swords, General Charles S. Wainwright's flagstaff, and so on.......
       The diaries were purchased in 1961 by the editor of this volume, who later presented them to the Huntinton Library, with some related material. The New York Public Library has a small collection of the papers of Colonel William P. Wainwright.

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Note for: William Wainwright, 1779 - 1863 Index

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William was the son of David Wainright of Great Barington, MA.

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Note for: Timothy Wainwright, 10 SEP 1793 - 12 MAR 1847 Index

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From the Wainwright Genealogy, dated 1903
Timothy was born in Great Barrington, MA, and died at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was a stone mason by trade. He was known to his friends as "Colonel Timmy."

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Note for: William Noyes, 1770 - BET 1805 AND 1861 Index

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info from source: CD #403, Marriages

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Note for: Arthur Wainwright, 1841 - BET 1877 AND 1932 Index

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Arthur Wainwright and Susan Timberlake married in 1872. They had one son and four daughters. They lived in Bedford, Iowa

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Note for: Edgar Wainwright, 1843 - BET 1876 AND 1934 Index

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Edgar Wainwright and Matilda Dean married in 1871 and had 5 children, all born in Grayling, Michigan. One of the children, possibly Frederick lived at Grayling and 2 daughters lived in California

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Note for: Caroline Wainwright, 1814 - 1814 Index

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Died in Infancy

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Note for: Frederick Wainwright, 1816 - 1816 Index

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Died in Infancy

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Note for: George Wainwright, 6 AUG 1820 - 3 AUG 1848 Index

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     From the Wainwright Genealogy, dated 1903
AND from Grace Younglove Hudson, online 11/28/98
        " He was the great grandson of Timothy Younglove. He lived in Great Barrington as a small boy. He spent a few months at the academy in Canaan, NY under Captain Richard H. Ashley, a graduate of West Point. He then sought appointment of cadet from the Berkshire District. He entered the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1840, graduatied 4 years later, was commissioned brevets second Lieutenant Company K.U.S. Infantry and joined his regiment at Tampa Bay Florida, just as the Seminole War was in progress. At the beginning of the disturbances at Mexico, Lt. Wainwright as ordered to Corpus Christi, TX and was attached to the Eighth Infantry, General Worth's brigade. This brigade was 300 strong, and began it's march of 130 miles for Matamoros Mexico, over a desert prairie nearly destitute of woods and water. On the 9th day of March 1846, this march was begun. They engaged in the battle of Palo-Alto on May 8th and in the battle of Resca-de-la-Palma on May 9th.
        In their battles Lt. Wainwright distinguished himself by his bravery, was wounded in the neck and received a complimentary notice in general orders.
        The Eighth Infantry formed a part of the advanced corps of the Army of Occupation, moving August 1846 under General Taylor on Monterey. On the morning of September 22, General Worth's division stormed the Bishops Palace at Monterey. In this attack, while going up the hill waving his sword and cheering on his men, Lt. Wainright was struck by a ball in the right arm, piercing his side, following a rib and passing along the back, and lodged under the shoulder blade. While leaving the field he refused the help of one of his men, and slowly climbed down the hill himself. When near the foot of the hill, General Worth rode up and hastily demanded why and officer had left the field, to which Lt. Wainwright raising the shattered arm with his left arm replied, "This is my answer." General Worth dismounted and examined hi condition, and then directed an officer to assist him to the hospital and remounting, laid his hand on Wainwrights shoulder and exclaimed, "Wainwright, I would give ten thousand dollars for that wound."
        Lt. Wainwright remained at Monterey after it's capitulation until his wounds were healed and was ordered to Saltillo. But for three months he was unable to go with his company. He continued at that place until his division was ordered to General Scott at Vera Cruz. Leaving Saltillo on Jan. 10, 1847, he was able to walk with his company only five days. He was determined to go with it and resorted to all sorts of expedients, wagon, horse, jack mule to do so. Writing to a friend he remarked that come what may, he intended to go with his regiment through the entire war, unless death would interfere.
       He took part in the siege of Vera Cruz, in March and was at Cerro Gords though not in battle, as a regiment was needed to stand reserve and his was chosen, possibly in August.
        General Worth's division carried San Antonio and on the 8th of Sept. stormed Molino-Del-Rey and Casa De-Ata, the western defenses of Chapultepec. In these battles Lt. Wainwright was severely wounded in the leg and was carried to a small village, where he remained until after the troops entered the city of Mexico. When with the other wounded, was transferred there. His wounds, due to neglect caused him to be of very dangerous condition and kept him confined most of the following winter. He returned to Great Barrington, MA. in the spring of 1848, shattered in health. For a time, his health improved and in July he went to Brooklyn, NY where his commission as Lt. reached him, but he failed rapidly and died there at the age of 28. His funeral was in Great Barrington at the Episcopal Church and he was buried in South Egremont."

From the Wainwright Genealogy:
       " Lieutenant George Wainwright, son of Timothy Wainwright, grandson of David of Great Barrington, took part in the battles of Tampa Bay, Corpus Christi, and Palata. He was wounded in the neck, wounded badly at Monterey. General North rode up hastily and demanded why and office was left in the field. Lieutenant George Wainwright raised a shattered arm with his left hand, saying: "This is my answer." General North exclaimed: "Ahe, Wainwright, I would give $10,000 for that wound." George's wounds healed. He was, also, with General Scott at Vera Cruz."

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Note for: Charles Wainwright, 1823 - 1851 Index

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He was a 49er and died in California