John was the grandson of John Winter.

John's wife may have been Katherine Batchelder instead of Ann. 
Samuel Winter of Killingly Connecticut married 02-16-1713/4 in Groton, or on 02-16-1698, to Elizabeth Philbrook born 11-18-1690 Groton, the second child of Ephriam and Elizabeth (Barron) of Groton Connecticut. The first child born 1687 and third child born 1699. 
Ensign John Winter was the son of John Winter (who was son of John) that was bapt.04-01-1638 in Scituate (Plymouth) Massachusetts and married 1660 or 1662 in Cambridge Farms (Lexington) to Hannah Cutler, daughter of James Cutler. From the New England Historic Genealogical Register, vol. 119 p.82 April 1965. Hannah Cutler was already known to have married a John Winter Jr. and have 6 children: John, Thomas, Samuel, Sarah, Hannah and Mary. According to Bond's 1860 History of Watertown, John Winter, a tanner, proprietor 1636-37, died 04-14/21-1662 possibly around age 90 [born ?1572], will dt.03-04-1661/2 pbt.06-16-1662 mentions sons Richard and Thomas late of London, daughter Alice Lachman of London, son John of Watertown the executor and to whom he gave his lands etc. in Watertown. 
The will of John Winter Jr. of Cambridge Farms, age 56, dt.12-12-1690 pbt.05-01-1691 [born 1634] mentions no wife [Hannah Cutler] but mentions sons John (the eldest), Thomas and Samuel and daughters Sarah, Hannah (wife of John Harrington) and Mary. John Winter of Cambridge Farms, son of John Winter Jr. [above] was in Watertown on 06-20-1690, had: Sarah bapt.04-22-1688, Hannah bapt.06-22-1690, John, Thomas, Abigail and Patience bap.09-12-1698. This youngest John, probably born sometime between 1692 and 1700, is probably the ancestor John Winter. 
John Winter, 1636 Watertown proprietor died 1662 Watertown, will dt. 03-04-1661 pbt.06-__-1662 mentions sons Richard and Thomas, late of London, daughter Alice Lockman of London, and son John of Watertown to whom he gave his lands and property. He probably came from Cambridge to Lexington. He had land assigned between the eight mile line and Concord in 1683. 
John Winter lived at Cambridge Farms [Lexington] where he died 01-18-1690, will dt.12-12-1689 makes no mention of his wife who probably die before him but speaks of sons John, Thomas and Samuel and daughters Sarah, Hannah and Mary. Children: Joseph died 12-10-1690 at at Cambridge Farms that being the first death mentioned in the Lexington records, John (see below), Thomas, Samuel, Sarah who died 01-19-1690 one day after her father, Hannah married 11-17-1681 John Harrington, and Mary. John Winter married Abigial  ?, he was a subscriber for the erection of the meeting house in Lexington in 1692, she admitted to the church on 04-09-1699, children: Joseph bapt.04-02-1699, Benjamin bapt. 10-08-1699, Ruth bapt.09-22-1702, Lydia bapt.08-15-1703, James bapt.09-30-1705, Isaac bapt.11-03-1706, and Elizabeth bapt. 01-20-1708. John Winter came from London (Middlesex) England to Watertown.

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1644: Italy - Giovanni Battista Pamphili is elected Pope Innocent X at the Papal conclave of 1644
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