Peter WINSOR ^111,1991

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Occupation: Ship's Rigger And Carpenter: St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ¹¹¹

2. Religion: Protestant. ¹¹¹

3. Alt. Birth, 1835, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ¹¹¹

4. Court: Action by Constable Samuel Cose against Anne Winsor, Peter Winsor Jr. and Elizabeth Morry, 22 Jun 1849 to 23 Jun 1849, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁴⁴⁶ This action was precipitated by Constable Samuel Cose in Aquaforte, acting on orders from Constable Richard Sullivan in Ferryland pursuant to a warrant, attempting to arrest a boy (not named) who had run away from his apprenticeship on the Schooner HIRAM in England. He was evidently hiding out in Aquaforte with the collusion of many of the local residents.
From the ferry across Aquaforte Harbour, Cose spied the boy on the other side entering Croft's house and took the boy in charge while he was eating breakfast. As he attempted to conduct his charge by ferry to take him to Ferryland he was stopped by Henry Winsor and his son (not named) who told him he was doing wrong to take the boy in custody. He explained he was only doing his duty and that Richard Sullivan had a warrant for the boy's arrest.
Cose again proceeded to land on the other side from the ferry and took the boy into his own house. When he set out again 10 minutes later, he was by the Store across from "Mr. Winsor's" gate when the boy stopped and would go no further. He said he would throw himself in the harbour to drown because if he returned to the HIRAM, they would throw him overboard before he was half passage.
They started out again and when they were between Condon's and Whelan's houses "Mrs. Henry Winsor" (Anne Coulman, my 3^rd great grandmother) came running up to them and put her arms around Cose and told the boy to run, which he did. Cose then pushed "Mrs. Winsor" to the ground and attempted to chase the boy but her son Peter Winsor Jr. intervened (NB: He was only 14 at the time). Cose pushed him away and was about to begin his pursuit again when Elizabeth Morry (wife of John Henry Morry and daughter of Anne Coulman and Henry Winsor) successfully prevented him from doing so and the boy escaped.
Cose went to see Peter Winsor, Esq. to complain of what had happened but he took no action. This would be another Peter Winsor, actually Peter Ford Winsor, who was an MHA and perhaps not coincidentally had been charged with assaulting Catherine Cose in 1835.

Samuel Cose informed Robert Carter, who was the J. P. in Ferryland at the time and took this deposition that, in the tussle with "Mrs. Henry Winsor", she tore his shirt and damaged his clothing.
Three summonses were issued the following day pursuant to this deposition: to Anne Winsor, wife of Henry Winsor of Aquaforte, Master Mariner; to Peter Winsor "the younger" of Aquaforte (this would be the son of Henry Winsor and Anne Winsor above; and to Elizabeth Morry, wife of John Morry of Ferryland, Trader.
The outcome of the case is not known.

201119:

I have just re-examined the notes by Anna Elton Morris of an interview she had with Tom Goodyear in 1985 in which they discussed Aquaforte and the Winsor/Windsor family in particular. On page 4 of that interview Tom retells a story he heard from Alice [Carey] Brehm:

"Alice recalls her great grandmother, Ann Coulman, telling how she hid a boy deserter from the navy until his ship sailed and then released him. He had been severely and ill-treated on the ship. His name was Quirk. Alice Brehm said Ann Coulman did not like her because she was a Tomboy."

This account clearly relates to the same incident that wound up with Ann and Peter Winsor and Elizabeht Morry being summoned to appear before the Magistrate to answer charges of interfering with the duties of Constable Samuel Cose in arresting a deserter from a vessel but the details are somewhat different and confused, as is always the case with oral history.

I had previously assumed that Anna had heard this story from Dad Morry, who also told of the event but with differing details.

This event was shared from Ann COULMAN who also shared it with Elizabeth Sarah WINSOR (Party).

5. Emigration: And then back to St. John's, Newfoundland, Between 1870 and 1880, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States of America. ¹¹¹

6. Residence: Brazil Square, 1898, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ¹¹¹

Peter married Catherine Mary FLYNN on 19 Nov 1861 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.¹¹¹ (Catherine Mary FLYNN was born circa 1846 ¹¹¹ and died circa 1883 ¹¹¹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. Minister/Priest: Rev. John Vereker, 19 Nov 1861, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ¹¹¹