Thomas Wynne

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• Married: 1721, , Prince George, Virginia, USA

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Wynne's Falls
For a while, William Wynne and his family lived in what amounted to solitary splendor on the banks of the Dan. In 1738, Wynne, a justice for Brunswick County received a grant for 2000 acres of river land on the south side of the Dan, beginning at a point near the old Indian encampment which straddled Rutledge's (now Pumpkin) Creek. Fifteen years later, in 1753, Wynne finally moved westward, building a home near a shallow ford of the river just above where the Dan cascaded over a series of rocks. In short time, this picturesque spot would be named "Wynne's Falls." A slow but steady trickle of pioneer families eventually followed Wynne to the Valley of the Dan. From New Jersey and Pennsylvania, via the Shenandoah Valley, would come Scotch-Irish and Germans; later, after the Revolution, would come the more impoverished denizens of Tidewater, seeking a jew life removed from the shadow of the aristocracy which held sway politically, economically and socially. By 1767, enough new families had moved into Southside to warrant a bisection of Halifax County. The new county was named Pittsylvania, in honor of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham. By the time of the first national census in 1790, the county could claim 11,000 citizens. At this time, the little settlement at Wynne's Falls served as a meeting place for veterans of the Revolution. There the old soldiers would fish-the river boasted copious schools of sturgeon-and swap stories.
Many of these men, said Dr. George W. Dame (the founding father of the Episcopal Church of the Epiphany) in his "Notes on the Origin of Danville," decided to stay in the "very thinly settled part of the state to begin life again." One such veteran, John Barnett, operated a ferry at the ford and ran a line of bateaux-long, broad flat-bottomed boats steered by pools-for trading purposes.

From wikipedia:
The first white settlement (numerous Native American tribes had lived in the area) occurred downstream from Byrd’s campsite in 1792, at a spot along the river shallow enough to allow fording. It was named “Wynne’s Falls,” after the first settler. The village has a “social” reason for its origin, since it was here that pioneering Revolutionary War veterans met once a year to fish and talk over old times. The establishment by the General Assembly of a tobacco warehouse at Wynne’s Falls in 1793 was the beginning of “The World’s Best Tobacco Market.” Virginia’s largest market for bright leaf tobacco. The village was renamed Danville by act of the Virginia Legislature on November 23, 1793.

1752 Moved to Lunenburg Cty., VA (same year it became Halifax Co., and in 1765, it became Pittsylvania Co.)
This William Wynne was a Quaker by faith.

William Wynne was 16 at the time of his father's death. Like his grandfather, he became something of an explorer...venturing into less explored land in Western parts of Virginia William Wynne was living in Brunswick County, Virginia, from 1721 (when he testified as a Bunswick witness in a Prince George Court) to 1736. (Brunswick was formed from Prince George, and parts of it were later divided to make Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Pittsylvania and Halifax). Because tobacco farming rapidly ruined the soil, William constantly purchase new land to the west. To find such land, William joined other explorers (including William Byrd) in 1733. Many of the landmarks these explorers found were named for them....including Wynne's Falls (which later became the City of Danville). Shortly after his return to Brunswick from the 1733 exploration, he moved his family to the Western part of Brunswick (which would later be Pittsylvania and Halifax Counties). And he bought land all through the area. In 1753, he and a Clement Reed bought 36,000 acres in Lunenburg County. We also find several of his children (John, Elizabeth & Thomas?) in Lunenburg County, apparently on land their father purchased. But in his later years, William was living in Pittsylvania on land near Danville. William was appointed by Governor Dinwiddie to help organize the nearby county of Halifax where he owned considerable property. Before his death, William had transfered most of his land to his children.

Deposition of William Wynne, 1721 - Prince George Co.VA.

Deposition of William Wynne
(Deeds etc. 1713-28, page 484, Prince George co.VA.)

In the suit depending between Richard Cureton and his wife p'ts., and Richard Harrison defend't, William Wynne aged about twenty two years, being sworn & Examined before the Court held for Prince George County the 8th day of August 1721 by order of the said Court on his corporall oath saith that on or about the 6th day of June 1720 Richard Harrison being at the house of the s'd. Richard Cureton where a company were drinking strong Liquor, Cureton's wife haveing a cain in her hand, called the said Harrison Son of a Bitch, and told him that she would split out his Brains if he offered to come into the House whereupon the said Harrison offered to go in, the said Cureton's wife struck the said Harrison twice with the said cain, and then the said Harrison kicked her once or twice, upon which the said Richard Cureton took away the cain from his wife and struck the said Harrison once with it, which said assault and Battery the said Deponent saith he thinks to be the same for w'ch. the said Cureton and his wife have brought suit against the said Richard Harrison to Jamuary Court Last and not other or divers. And further this deponent saith that the above said Evidence is what he has or can say in any suit brought by the said Cureton against the aforesaid Harrison. And further this deponent saith not.-

Test Wm. Hamlin ClCur.

At a Court held at Merchants Hope for Prince George County on the second Tuesday in August being the Eighth Day of the said month Anno
Dom: 1721. The next before written Deposition of William Wynne was taken in Court and on the motion of Robert Rogers Attorny of Richard Harrison the same by order of the Court is truly recorded.

Test Wm. Hamlin ClCur.Submitted by Russell L. Lawrence

William Wynne, a younger son of Major Joshua Wynne, was born in Prince George County in 1705. His land fell in Brunswick County when it was formed from Prince George in 1732 and later in Lunenburg when it was formed in 1736 and Colonel of Militia in Lunenburg in 1749.

For 100 years after the settlement of Jamestown new settlers continued to make their homes primarily in Tidewater Virginia, With the beginning of the second century of colonization there had begun a very pronounced westward movement of settlers. One very distinct direction of this movement was through Southside Virginia where was to be found rich, new soil. Tobacco was king and Southside had the kind of land to grow the finest tobacco.

William Wynne, son of Major Joshua Wynne, was a pioneer leader in this movement. The record of his movement from Stony Creek in Prince George County across Brunswick, Lunenburg, Halifax, on to the Dan River in Pittsylvania County is recorded in Deed Books and in the Executive Journal of the Council of Colonial Virginia. As early as 1727 he had acquired tracts of land on Stony Creek and Nottoway River during the same period.

He moved to Danville, Virginia in 1752, along with several others at the instigation of the English Crown to help halt French expansion eastward from the Mississippi Valley. He was a great land owner, close to 90,000 acres. Colonel William Wynne was a surveyor, a vestryman and possessed a large library.

He made his Will on 8 October 1777, and died in 1778. His Will was proved 26 March 1778 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

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William I was a wealthy landowner who bought and sold large areas of property moving west throughout southern Virginia. The falls of the river in Danville bear his name.

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From Va. Historical Genealogies Page 183

Colonel William Wynne, a younger son of Major Joshua Wynne, was born in Prince George County in 1705. (Deposition) His land fell in Brunswick County when it was formed from Prince George in 1732 and later in Lunenburg when it was formed in 1746. He was Justice in Brunswick in 1732, Sheriff of that county in 1736 and Colonel of Militia in Lunenburg in 1749. (Ex. Journals of Council 4 266-368; Bell, Sunlight in S,S. 116) The Tithables in Lunenburg for this family in 1749 were "Colonel William Wynne, William Wynne, Robert Wynne, Thomas Wynne". In 1750 they were Col. William Wynne, William Wynne Jr. Colonel Wynne moved to Pittsylvania where he was member of the first county court. (See V.H.G.-183 for his history there) In his will he mentions sons William, Thomas, Robert, and John. The first three names coincide with those in Lunenburg. In addition he had a son John and several daughters.

Copied from: Wynne of Tazwell County, Virginia p. 27

The philoprogentive quality of the Wynnes and their predilection for repeating Christian names renders it quite difficult to unravel the tangled skein of their descent. Land Patents, however, and indentures extablish the validity of the ensuing pedigree. William Wynne, son of Joshua and Mary (Jones) Wynne, and his wife Frances, removed in 1752 to that portion of Lunenburg Co., Va., which in the same year became Halifax Co. and afterwards Pittsylvania, where he died in 1778. His son, William Jr. presumably accompanied or followed him and ultimately died in Tazewell Co. But his sons Thomas and John remained in Lunenburg near the Brunswick line. John Wynne had received a grant of land in Brunswick on the south side of Tucking Creek adjoining the land of his brother Thomas in 1746, just before the change in county line placed the land in Lunenburg. Fifteen years later Thomas Wynne received almost 3,000 acres more on both sides of Hounds Creek and also on the southern branches of Tucking Creek adjoining the land of Richard Stone. Twice in the following year Thomas sold some of this particular land to John (surname now spelled Winn in both cases and both described as "of Lunenburg County" Lunenburg Deed Bk.7, p.231, 4/8/1762, and p.338, 7/30/1762. In 1765 John Winn (designated as "Senior") conveyed to John Winn Jr. 381acres on the south side of Tucking Creek in Lunenburg adjoining the lands of William and John Stone.

Then, after a dozen years, John Stone Sr. of Mecklenburg sold to John Winn, his son-in-law, also of Mecklenburg, 141 acres in that county beginning at the mouth of Buffaloe Creek along the Roanoke River. In exchange for which Winn sold to Stone similar land which he had purchased in 1768. In 1765 Peter Wynn of Lunenburg purchased some land in Mecklenburg.

That Peter Wynn was a son of John Wynn (Wynne, Winn) is demonstrated by John's Will:

Item, I give unto my son Peter Winn the lower part of my land according to the new line as before mentioned wiht ninety acres a survey lying on the Opposite Side of the Creek which is now in his Possession to hin and his heirs forever... The will refers to John's wife as Ann known to be the daughter of John Stone of Mecklenburg for the latters will mentioning son-in-law John Winn and his wife Ann. Peter Winn's wife Letty or Lettice was a daughter of Richard and Mary (Yancy) Stone.

William Wynne

For 100 years after the settlement of Jamestown new settlers continued to make their homes primarily in Tidewater Virginia, With the beginning of the second century of colonization there had begun a very pronounced westward movement of settlers. One very distinct direction of this movement was through Southside Virginia where was to be found rich, new soil. Tobacco was king and Southside had the kind of land to grow the finest tobacco.

William Wynne, son of Joshua, was a pioneer leader in this movement. The record of his movement from Stony Creek in Prince George County across Brunswick, Lunenburg, Halifax, on to the Dan River in Pittsylvania County is recorded in Deed Books and in the Executive Journal of the Council of Colonial Virginia. As early as 1727 he had acquired tracts of land on Stony Creek and Nottoway River during the same period, William Wynne, a younger son of Major Joshua Wynne, was born in Prince George County in 1705. (Deposition) His land fell in Brunswick County when it was formed from Prince George in 1732 and later in Lunenburg when it was formed in 1736 and Colonel of Militia in Lunenburg in 1749.

The Tithables in Lunenburg for this family in 1749 were 'Colonel William Wynne, William Wynne, Robert Wynne, Thomas Wynne". In 1750 they were Col. William Wynne, William Wynne Jr, Colonel Wynne moved to Pittsylvania where he was a member of the first county court.

In his will he mentions sons William, Thomas, Robert & John, The first three names coincide with those in Lunenberg. In addition he had a son John and several daughters.1715-William Wynne a witness in a case-pg 86 Vol 20 Va. Historical Magazine-Prince George County Records. (During the siege of Petersburg 1864-65 almost all of the records of Prince George County were destroyed or carried off by soldiers of Grant's army. A few volumes have been recovered, The last was as order book (court proceedings) 1714-1720.

(This entry was an extract from it)8 Aug 1721 Suit. between Richard Cureton & his wife & Richard Harrison. William Wynne aged about 22 years deposition. p9 d84 Prince George Co.

25 Nov 1724 Survey For William Wynne South side of Stony Creek adjoining Wm. Smiths Line pg 816 Prince George Co.

1721-pg 183 Va Historical Genealogies-William Wynne, a younger son of Major Joshua Wynne, born in 1705, for he made a deposition in Prince George in 1727 in which he gave his age as 22, (V.M. 38, p 243) His land fell in Brunswick County when same was formed from Prince George. He was a Justice in Brunswick. Brunswick was so sparsely settled that it was not until 1732, twelve years after its establishment, that a court for the county was organized.

William Wynne's record of his movement from Stony Creek in Prince George County across Brunswick, Lunenburg, Halifax, on to the Dan River in Pittsylvania County is recorded in Deed Books and in the Executive Journal of the Council of Colonial Virginia. As early as 1727 he had acquired tracts of land on Stony Creek and Nottoway River during the same period.

He moved to Danville, Virginia in 1752, along with several others at the instigation of the English Crown to help hault the French expansion eastward from the Mississippi Valley. He was a great land owner, close to 90,000 acres. Colonel William Wynne was a surveyor, a vestryman, and possessed a large library.

He made his Will on 8 Oct 1777 and died in 1778. His will was proved 26 March 1778 in Pittsylvania County. Virginia.

Colonel Wiliam Wynne, also known as William Wynne I, born in 1699. He moved to Danville, Virginia in 1752, along with several others at the instigation of the English Crown to help halt French expansion eastward from the Mississippi Valley. He was a great land owner, close to 90,000 acres. Col. William Wynne was a surveyor, a vestryman and possessed a large library. He was married to Frances Read who was also born in 1699, his will proved 26 March 1778 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
1732: One of the first justices of Brunswick Co.

1749 Lunenburg Co., Census
Wynne, Robt
Wynne, Thos
Wynne, Col. William
Wynne, William

1753; Patented land, Pittsylvania Co. and was among the tithables along with William Wynne, Jr., Thomas Wynne, and Thomas Wynne, Jr.

Last Will of Testament, 8 Oct. 1777; 26 March 1778;To grandson, William Wynne; son of my dau. Mary Wynne; to wife Frances; to sons William Wynne, Jr., Thos., Robert; daughters Margaret Hendricks, Elizabeth Echols, Mary Wynne and Martha Dixon.

William married Frances Reade in 1726 in , Prince George, Virginia, USA. Frances was born in 1707 in , Prince George, Virginia, USA; died in 1778 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1675, , , Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1678, , , Virginia, USA

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General Notes: Joshua served as Justice in the Charles City County court, Sheriff of Prince George County 1705-1712, and commanded various militia units in the Virginia Colonie. He made serveral trips to England trading tobacco, responsible for treaties with Indian from New York to Virginia, and mentioned numerous times as a close family friend of the Byrds of Westover (Colonel William Byrd H's diaries). Joshua was assassinated by American Indians.

June 4, 1694: Joshua was sworn in as County Sub-Sheriff, and was reappointed on June 3, 1695. Joshua was a member of the House of Burgesses for Charles City County, Virginia from 1702-1704.Joshua and his brother, Thomas were Indian interpreters for the Nottaway, Meherrin, Nansmond, Pamukey, and Chickahominy Indian tribes and were asked to go north with these tribes to help nogotiate a treaty with the Senacas. He devoted many years to keeping peace among the Indians and represented them by presenting their grievances to the Council of Virginia; (remember, the Wynne children and the Poythress children were 1/2 brothers and sisters as they shared the same mother). Joshua was shot and killed by Saponey Indians because a servant of Major Wynne's had killed one of their great men.

Major Joshua Wynne lived among the Indians in the Virginia Colony. In 1703, the Nottoway, Nansmonds, and Meherrin tribes requested that Joshua and his brother, Thomas Wynne, be appointed Indian Interpreters for the tribe. When a Chief of these tribes was taken prisoner by the Senecas, the Wynne brothers were begged to accompany the Indians on this long and dangerous journey, as without them "nothing could be accomplished". This journey was undertaken and their Chief was retrieved, temporarily averting a tribal war.

Joshua Wynne married Mary Jones, the daughter of Major Peter Jones, commander of the Fort built at the falls near present day of Petersburg, Virginia, and Margaret Cruse. Margaret Cruse was the step-daughter of Maj. General Abarham Wood, Commander of Ft. Henry and leader of the first English expedition into the Mississippi Valley. General Wood was the official negotiator of the British Fur trade with the Cherokee Nation. Wood also testified against Nathaniel Bacon who was the leader of "Bacon's Rebellion" who led a rebel army that massacred friendly Indians in Colonial Virginia among other devious acts.

"On March 29, 1715 Major Joshua Wynne was shot and killed by Saponey Indians because one of Joshua's servants had killed on the the Indian's 'great' men. Upon trial of the Indian, the Indians pleaded that the Wynnes were then equal, each having lost a great man. To avoid more bloodshed the Indian was pardoned." [The Saponey or Saponi were of the Siouan linguistic stock, related to the nearby Tutelo tribe. They were unreleated to the Iroquoian speaking tribes Nottoway, Meherrin and the Algonquian speaking Powhatan Confederacy Tribes, Pamunkey, Nansemond, that the Wynne brothers enjoyed friendly relations with.

Joshua Wynne's parents were Colonel Robert Wynne and a former widown, Mary Frances Poythress, maiden named believed to be Sloman. Robert Wynne was speaker of the House of Burgesses and served longer than any man in Virginia's history, from Marh 13, 1661-1675. Robert died on Oct 8, 1675. His will dated July 1, 1675, and proved August 15, 1678 at Jordan's Parish or Charles City (present Prince George County) shows an Estate in Canterbury, England of two houses and a farm in addition to his 600 acre Virginia Estate south of the James River.

The Wynne family name, often spelled Winn, continued to be carried down as a first name in the Williams family for generations. The Wynne name is also one of the most common surnames among Native Americans living in Eastern Virginia, although the genealogical relationship is not known.

Joshua was overseer of the Berkley Plantation during Bacon's Rebellion, was a member of the Governor's Council, and a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. After building Fort Henry in 1646, he and three other Virginians, two servants, and a guide explored what someday would become Tennessee and Kentucky, and being the first Englishemn to set foot there. After this, Joshua lived in Prince George County, Virginia.

Notation: Joshua married Mary Jones, daughter of Peter Jones and Margaret Wood, on Jul 6, 1685 in Charles City, Charles City County, Virginia. Mary Jones was born on May 13, 1665, in Charles City, Charles City County, Virginia and died in 1718 in Henrico County, Virginia.

Joshua Wynne was born in Jordan's Parish, Charles City County, Virginia about 1663. He was the son of Col. Robert Wynne and his wife, Mary Frances Sloman, the widow Poythress. Joshua married Mary Jones about 1687 in Virginia. Mary Jones was the daughter of Major Peter Jones and Margaret "Wood" Powell. Margaret Powell's step-father, General Abraham Wood was the head of Virginia's fur trade under Royal Governor Sir William Berkeley and was the official who negotiated the British fur trade with the Cherokee Nation. General Wood also testified against Nathaniel Bacon, leader of Bacon's Rebellion. General Abraham Wood was also Commander of Ft.Henry and the elader of the first English expedition into the Mississippi Valley. Major Peter Jones was Commander of the fort built near present Petersburg.
Joshua lived a varied life and was said to have been a "fearless adventurer". He inherited property in England from his father consisting of a house and oatmeal mill on Dover Lane in St.George's Parish, Canterbury, commonly called the "Lily Pot", as well as two houses adjoining a ropermaker and one Rawlins were former tenants. Joshua's grandfather, Peter Wynne of Canterbury had left these properties to Joshua's father in 1638. Joshua also received the plantation called Georges in Virginia along with the tobacco houses.
Joshua made several trips to England trading tobacco and probably checking on his properties in England.
We first read of Joshua in Henrico County recoreds 1 Feb 1681/82 when Thomas Chamberlayne appointed Joshua as his attorney.
He was a Justice in Charles City 23 Feb 1698 and he was also sheriff of Prince George County, VA after the area became Prince George County 1705-1712. Joshua was also a member of the House of Burgesses 10 Dec 1700-1704, as was his father before him.
In March 1701/02, Joshua signed the Loyalty Oath.
In 1704, Joshua was listed in the Tax Roll with 860 acres.
He commanded various militia units in the Virginia colonies. He was Captain of the militia for Charles City County with over forty men.
Joshua was a close family friend of the Byrds of Westover and with Colonel William Byrd in particular.
As was his brother, Thomas, Joshua was also an Indian interpreter. In 1704, Joshua was enlisted by the governor to accompany the Nottoway, Meherrin, Nansemond, Pamunkey and Chickahominy Indians north in order to ransom the Nottoway king taken prisoner by the Seneca tribe the summer before. The Indians had specifically requested that the governor allow Joseph and his brother, Thomas, to accompany them "without whose consent and approbation they were to conclude nothing".
He was commissioned in 1707, along with Captain John Poythres Sr., Colonel John Hardyman and Captain Francis Mallory to be part of a commission to investigate the Virginia-North Carolina border. They were to examine under oath "such ancient inhabitants of Prince George, Surry, Isle of Wight and Nansemond Counties and discover the truth as to the said bounds between the said colonies." They were also to ask the "ancient and intelligent Indians of the Nottoway, Meherins and Nansemond nations" what they knew about the area. Among the old inhabitants of Prince George County deposing were: Robert Bolling, Gentleman, aged 61, who "hath known the Nottoway River for 37 years or more... and "Major Wynn's quarter is on the sight of the old Nottoway Indian Town." Captain Wynne became Major Wynne by 1708.
Joshua devoted many years to keeping peace with the Indian tribes and represented them by presenting their grievances to the Council of Virginia.
In late August of 1711, a rumor spread throughout the James that there were fifteen French ships entering the river. The militia officers lit their warning bonfires, donned their uniforms, leaped on their horses and dashed to Westover for news. It turned out that the ships were English and everything was quiet again.
Joshua was responsible for treaties with the Indians from New York to Virginia.
Joshua and (the husband of his niece Mary), Robert Malone were paid of a bounty of £200 to kill wolves.
On 29 Mar 1715, Joseph was shot and killed in Dinwiddie County in revenge by Saponi Indians after one of Joshua's servants killed one of their "great" men. The accused Indian claimed that the white men were the aggressors and that they never rest without revenge and that now they were equal, having each lost a great man. In order to avoid more bloodshed, the accused Indian was pardoned.
The Saponi Indians were of the Siouan linguistic group, related to the nearby Tutelo tribe. They were unrelated to the Iroquoian tribes (Nottoway, Meherrin) and Algonquin speaking Powhatan Confederacy tribes with whom the Wynne's had friendly relations.
The earliest known location of the Saponi tribe was an "extensive village site on the banks of the Rivanna in Albemarle County." The Saponi is identical with the Monasukapanough, which appears on John Smith's map as though it were a town of the Monacan, which it may have been. Before 1670, they moved southwest, settling on Otter Creek, when visited by Thomas Batts. Shortly thereafter, they moved to an island in the Roanoke River in present Mecklenburg County, VA in order to escape the Iroquois. For the same reason, they again moved south in 1701 to the Yadkin River in present Salisbury, NC. Soon afterwards they again moved toward the white settlements in Virginia and crossed the Roanoke River before the Tuscarora War of 1711, establishing themselves about 15 miles west of present Windsor in Bertie, NC. A little later, they, along with the Tutelo and a few other tribes, were near Fort Christanna about 10 miles north of the Roanoke River near present Gholsonville in Brunswick County, VA. The name, Sappony Creek in Dinwiddie County, dating to 1733, indicates that they sometimes extended their excursions north of the Nottoway River.
Joshua's will was probated 30 Mar 1715, shortly after his death by his son, Peter. The estate had debts in the amount of £359 and credits of £283. He was in debt to Richard Bland, Col. Edward Hill, Maj. Charles Goodrich and John Hardyman among others. On 30 Mar 1715, a suit was brought against Peter Wynne as administor of the estate of his father.
Joshua Wynne's Signature
Joshua and Mary had children: Peter who married the daughter of Col. Edward Hill and later the widow, Frances Anderson Herbert; Joshua who married Mary Sloman; Robert who married a Hamlin and secondly Sarah Knibb; William who married Frances Read; Francis; Mary who married John Worsham and Margaret who married Edward Goodrich.
His widow, Mary, married William Randolph. She died in 1718 in Henrico Co., VA.

Joshua married Mary Woodlief Jones. Mary was born on 13 May 1668 in , Charles City, Virginia, USA; died on 12 Aug 1718 in , Henrico, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Arrival: 1670, , , Virginia, USA
• Arrival: 1678, , , Virginia, USA

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Abstract of The Will of Col. Robert Wynne
Robert Wynn of Jordan's Parish of Charles City County, in Virginia. Dated 1 July, 1675.
To be buried in Jordan's Church as near as possible to my son Robert. My estate in England as follows: To my eldest son Thomas Wynne one farm in White Staple Parish in Kent near Canterbury, and commonly called Linebett Banckes; if he dies, to my son Joshua, and if he dies, to my daughter Wodlief. To my son Thomas two houses in Canterbury in St. Mildreds' Parish in the same form as the said farm. To my youngest son Joshua Wynne one house and oatemeale mill lying in Dover Lane without St. Georges in Canterbury, commonly called the Lilly Pott, and two houses adjoining where a ropemaker and one Rawlins were formerly tenants. Touching my estate in Virginia, to my son Thomas all the cattle of his own mark except one cow called Moll which is to be killed for provisions; to my son Joshua my plantation called Georges withal the tobacco houses; to my daughter Wodlief, one servant of fewer years to serve the next shipping after my decease; to my grandchild and godson young George Wodlief one filly foal. All the rest of my estate in Virginia and England to my wife and executrix Mary Wynne. Overseers: Thomas Grendou, Merchant, and my son-in-law (step-son) Capt. Francis Poythress. Witnesses: Tho. Brome, Jno Burge.

Col. Robert Wynne (1622-1675? 8?) and Mary Frances Sloman [Poythress] (ca. 1618-ca. 1675)Robert Wynne was born 1622 and was baptized at St. Dunstans in Canterbury. He arrived in Virginia in 1651, and had a 600-acre plantation south of the James named "Georges." (12 headrights). He was granted to keep two Indians for service. Mary Frances Sloman was the widow of Francis Poythress and the mother of Francis Poythress (whose son John married Christian Peebles and granddaughter Mary married John Woodlief IV) as well as Jane (m. Thomas Rolfe ca. 1644, son of Pocahontas), Thomas, and John Poythress. Note that two men named John Sloman are among the 12 listed for Robert Wynne's headrights. Robert was Speaker of the House of Burgesses during the Long Parliament, 1662-1674 and lived in Jordans Parish, Charles City County and owned much property in England (5 houses, a farm, and a mill). In his will, dated 7/1/1675, Robert Wynne (who died in 1678) left land in England to eldest son and his plantation to Joshua; he left daughter Woodlief a servant of four years and left grandson and godson George Woodlief one filly foal.
Children:
Robert (died before 1675)
Capt. Thomas (1657-1717), Indian interpreter, m. Agnes Stith: Thomas, Lucy, Mary (m. Nathaniel Malone), Robert m. Mary: Lucretia (m. Joseph Tucker), Martha (m. Matthew Parham), Angelica (m. Wm. Raines), Cornelia (m. Jefferson Raines), Martha (m. Benhamin Bell), Anne (m. Thomas Butler) Information from William Lindsey: (1657, Charles City Co.-1718, Prince George or Surry Co., VA), m. 1)---- and 2)Agnes STITH and had issue: Joseph (m. ----LLEWELLYN), and Sloman (m. Elizabeth STITH) by first spouse; Thomas (m. 1]Ann, d/o Robert BOLLING and Ann STITH, 2]Martha, perhaps widow of his brother Joseph), Robert (m. 1]Martha JEFFERSON, 2]Mary PHILIPSON), Mary (m. Nathaniel MALONE), and Lucy (m. John COX), these by Agnes STITH.
Major Joshua (ca. 1663-1715), Indian interpreter m. Mary Jones: daughter married Thomas Goodrich and inherited "Raceland" in Petersburg (horse breeding plantation) built by his grandfather, Peter Jones; Joshua was killed by the Indians in revenge (after his servant killed one of their "great men"): Joshua, Robert, William, Peter (m. _Hill) Information from William Lindsey: m. Mary, d/o Peter JONES, and had issue: Peter (m. 1]d/o Col. Edward HILL, and 2]Frances ANDERSON HERBERT), Joshua, m. Mary SLOMAN, Robert (m. 1]----HAMLIN and 2]Sarah KNIBB), William (m. Frances READ), Francis, Mary (m. John WORSHAM), and Margaret (m. Edward GOODRICH). For more on this family, see Randy Treadway's site.
Mary (m. John Woodlief)
Peter Wynne (ca. 1593, Canterbury-1638 Kent) and Martha Coppin (1595----, married 12/8/1620)Martha Coppin was the daughter of William Coppin (1563-) and Jane [or Sarah Jenkins?]. William was the son of John Coppin ((ca. 1530-20/5/1581) and Mary Denne. Mary Denne was the daughter of William Denne and Agnes Tufton. Their children were Robert and Sarah.
Robert Wynn (1563-1609) and Frances Wattmer (ca. 1590-1609)They married around 1590. Robert was a woolen draper and later Mayor of Canterbury, 1596-99. They both died from the plague and were buried in St. George's Parish, Canterbury Co, Kent. England.Children were :Thomas Wyne (1592-), m1. Mary Wickham, m2. Ann Nichols, Peter (see above), Elizabeth, Anne, Robert, John Frances Wattmer was the daughter of:
William Wattmer (1535-) and Johanna HartchWilliam was the son of William Watmoughe (1510-) and Margaretta Sparkes

Robert married Mary Frances Sloman on 11 Dec 1653 in Canterbury, Kent, England. Mary was born in 1618 in London, London, England; died on 8 Oct 1675 in , Charles City, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Peter married Martha Coppin on 12 Aug 1620 in Canterbury, Kent, England. Martha was born on 1 Jun 1595 in Canterbury, Kent, England; died in 1638 in Canterbury, Kent, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]