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Hannah Winchell, Family Register, Topsham, Maine, 1822 The v inchell family lived in Topsham and Harpswell, coastal towns of southern Maine, throughout %u2022 e eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Hannah Winchell worked this ambitious and sophistica ed Family Register sampler in 1822, recording her family's births. Later Hannah added information a%u00b7 out her own marriage and subsequent family deaths. This important sampler was exhibited and ublished by the DAR Museum in Washington, DC in 1989 as part of their groundbreaking exhibit, Family Record: Genealogical Watercolors and Needlework. It appears as figure 90 in Gloria Seaman _ len's accompanying book of the same name. Hannah was born on September 30, 1801, the ninth of eleven children born to Samuel and Sarah ally) Fulton Winchell. Samuel was a fifth generation descendant of Robert Winchell who arrived in America in 1635, settling in Hartford, Connecticut. Hannah's great grandfather Samuel Winchell 1- 11 - 1783) was a man of considerable wealth and influence in Harpswell and Topsham, owning part :a vast mill in the area. In 1826, Hannah married Capt. George Gray of Bowdoinham and they %u00b7 ecame the parents of a son, George Gray. Captain Gray died eleven months after their wedding. Thi sampler is notable for its impressive size as well as its extreme delicacy, a winning combination. The linen is very fine which makes it that much more difficult for a needleworker to accomplish her ilne lettering and decorative motifs. The large flowers on delicate vines, looped blue bowknots, grace-:UI willow tree and letter-perfect inscriptions were accomplished in cross-stitch, French knots, satin - 'tch and eyelet stitch. REGlSTtR MY s..,.veJ w;.ckl %u2022arrieJ to l'!iSS sal,y Fukon ~'.' ~ 1\\ 17'~ Qrt~t * J1uri~\\(.S t De~tl.t Robert r Wladcf bon Av\\ + OC~ y (;fa)' ! ~d W\\\he 28 l7n ! %u2022lido .: Wildd tl.e 22 180? ~,~ d.r~.: -.o.W lktenr- Wilchd liof%u2022 I Years'-' i~ the IS' rm i .f Rob%u00a2rt 1 wr.dd ~ nay the '\ f Wlkld bon $eft+ -r fi 1821 Ay;~d 27 year; \\\he \Jol.. ,. willdd ~ 4 r.k ttaa..ah Wlldd loor%u2022 Seft ! lo .t..geJ .\_ %u00b7 .i.;r !he 3o 1801 i l Uc. wndd ~ MaY 4' JkliQ' I Wrtdd bon Av\\i ._ \\k a *>3 + lkWY 'WIIIid ~ i)C.C HI l1at)' l Wlld.el bon $<,;, ..... m '*' .... ~ dieJ ~ t'~~r ~ tl.e 14 180