Obadiah Winters

1720 -

• Name	Obadiah Winters
  Birth	1720	Unknown
  Gender	Male
  UID	1BF575D682694F53B18C963D217DBB5FB0CC
  Death	Unknown
  Person ID	I1215537406	King-Gurnett Family Tree
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Abigail Scarett,   b. Unknown d. Unknown
  Children	+ 1. Obadiah Winters,   b. 1750   d. Aft 1836, Quebec, Canada (Age > 87 years)
  Family ID	F103	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  There is little known about the early life of Obadiah Winters. He first appears in records in 1750, when he purchased land in Branford, Connecticut from Hannah Scarrett, who is referred to as his mother-in-law. Obadiah was probably married to an unidentified daughter of Richard and Hannah Scarrett in the mid to late 1740's. While living in Branford, Obadiah served in the French and Indian War. He served for a short time in 1757 before deserting and again in 1761. Obadiah and his family apparently stayed in Branford until about 1766. In that year, Obadiah purchased land from Aaron Harrison in Waterbury, Connecticut. While living in Waterbury, Obadiah married a second time to Phebe Gordon. In 1772, Obadiah sold his land in Waterbury to William Rowley, his wife's step-father. Where they went after this is somewhat of a mystery. In the late 1780's, they settled at South Hero, in what is now Grand Isle County, Vermont. It seems that before this, they may have lived off of Otter Creek in what is now Addison County, Vermont. In 1790, he was living at South Hero, Vermont. Many records it seems confuse Obadiah with his son of the same name. It appears though that they probably lived together for most of their lives. In the 1790's, Obadiah (unclear whether him or his son) had plans to move to Canada. Apparently in the year 1797, they sold their land in Vermont and moved to Canada. They settled off of the Ottawa River in the Quebec county of Argenteuil. They settled at either Saint Andrew (Saint Andre) or Grenville. from http://www.ryanwadleigh.com/winters.html