![]() ![]() Andrew Winch, English multiple award winning yacht designer, founder of Andrew Winch Designs in 1986, interior designer of the Boeing 787.Donald Norman Winch FRHistS, FBA (1935-2017), English economist and academic, Professor of the History of Economics at the University of Sussex from 1969 to 2000. ![]() Nathaniel John Winch (1769-1838), English botanist who devoted to the study of plants, especially those of Northumberland, Cumberland, and Durham.Winch settled in San Francisco, California in 1852 Conrad Winch, aged 45 who arrived in Texas in 1845 aboard the ship "Neptune".James Winch, who arrived in America in 1804.Winch Settlers in United States in the 19th Century Katherine Winch, who settled in Boston Massachusetts in 1768.Fanny Parke Winch, who landed in Virginia in 1739.Winch Settlers in United States in the 18th Century John Winch, aged 25, who landed in Virginia in 1684.Tho Winch, who arrived in Virginia in 1666.Elizabeth Winch, who arrived in Virginia in 1659.Winch Settlers in United States in the 17th Century ![]() Early immigration records have shown some of the first Winchs to arrive on North American shores: ![]() Many of those families went on to make important contributions to the young nations in which they settled. Those who did make it, however, were greeted with greater opportunities and freedoms that they could have experienced at home. The voyages were expensive, crowded, and difficult, though, and many arrived in North America sick, starved, and destitute. In England at this time, the uncertainty of the political and religious environment of the time caused many families to board ships for distant British colonies in the hopes of finding land and opportunity, and escaping persecution. ![]()
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