My grandmother, Rachel Charlotte, was the descendent of two Winterton families-- the Pinhorns and the Andrews. As far as I know, the Pinhorn family was in the Trinity and Scilly Cove (Winterton) region of Newfoundland since the late 1600's. According to Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland by E.R. Seary (updated 1998), Pinhorn is a surname of England. It may be a place name. The Old English word for 'pin' is 'pine,' and 'horn' means 'a projecting headland, a horn shaped hill.' Pinhorn is variously spelled Pinhorne. According to family lore, four Pinhorn brothers from Devonshire began trading in the Trinity region in the late 1600's. A few of them settled in Scilly Cove. A Benjamin Pinhorn, a fisherman, is found on the 1757 census.
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