. Baltimore : its history and its people . st a falconmounted on a white tower. The family settled at Wych in the reign ofEdward the First, eventually spreading to all parts of Great Britain andto Germany. Among the bearers of this name have been numbered many states-men, warriors, admirals, writers, divines, bankers and men of culture. Thefamily has numerous coats-of-arms. The Worcester branch has for acrest three ostrich plumes. The of the German branch of thisold and honored family is as follows : Arms : Argent. In fesse a bar bear-ing five helmets, proper. In chief checquey o
. Baltimore : its history and its people . st a falconmounted on a white tower. The family settled at Wych in the reign ofEdward the First, eventually spreading to all parts of Great Britain andto Germany. Among the bearers of this name have been numbered many states-men, warriors, admirals, writers, divines, bankers and men of culture. Thefamily has numerous coats-of-arms. The Worcester branch has for acrest three ostrich plumes. The of the German branch of thisold and honored family is as follows : Arms : Argent. In fesse a bar bear-ing five helmets, proper. In chief checquey or and azure, in base the or and azure. Crest: Three ostrich plumes, or and azure. Motto:Omnia vincit Veritas. The Winter coat-of-arms occurs in this work. Samuel Winter was 1x)rn October 30, 1800, in Hopewell township,York county, Pennsylvania, one of the nine children of John and Catharine(Meckley) Winter, whose ancestors were natives of Hanover, Winter, a son of George Winter, was a farmer, and one of the promi-. ^CUr^^TyUjt^ 2^- HISTORY OF BALTIMORE 563 nent men in his community, serving as captain of a militia company. Dur-ing the War of 1812 he went to assist in the defense of Baltimore, the boySamuel accompanying him as far as York, Pennsylvania. At the ageof ten years, after acquiring a practical education in the schools adjacentto his home, Samuel Winter was taken by his father to the city of Yorkin order that he might enjoy better educational advantages, his fatherintending him to remain there until the age of twenty, but, being home-sick, the boy persuaded his mother to allow him to return home, and afterseveral unsuccessful attempts to induce him to go back to York, he waspermitted to have his own way, an indulgence which he always he attained the age of seventeen, Samuel Winter worked on thefarm in summer, attending school in winter, and he was then apprenticedto John Dorkus, a carpenter, serving him for three years, after wh
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