William "Colonel" Wynne^[1]

1699 - 1778  (79 years)

• Name	William "Colonel" Wynne
  Birth	1699	Monks Creek, Dinwiddie, Virginia, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Married	1721	, Prince George, Virginia, USA
  Death	26 Nov 1778	, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA   [2]
  Burial	, Tazewell, Virginia, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I24970	Master
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2015

  
  

  Father	Joshua "Major" Wynne,   b. 20 Mar 1663, , Charles City, Virginia, USA d. 30 Mar 1715, , Dinwiddie, Virginia, USA (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Mary Woodlief Jones,   b. 13 May 1668, , Charles City, Virginia, USA d. 12 Aug 1718, , Henrico, Virginia, USA (Age 50 years)
  Family ID	F6498	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frances Reade,   b. 1707, , Prince George, Virginia, USA d. 1778, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	1726	, Prince George, Virginia, USA
  Children	1. Daniel Matthew Wynne,   b. 1725, , Prince George, Virginia, USA d. 4 Feb 1799, , Lunenburg, Virginia, USA (Age 74 years)  [Father: Natural]   2. Thomas Wynne,   b. 1726, , Brunswick, Virginia, USA d. 16 Nov 1780, , Lunenburg, Virginia, USA (Age 54 years)  [Father: Natural]   3. William Wynne,   b. 10 Aug 1729, , Brunswick, Virginia, USA d. 8 Jul 1808, Locust Hill, Tazewell, Virginia, USA (Age 78 years)  [Father: Natural]   4. Margaret Wynne,   b. 1739, , Brunswick, Virginia, USA d. 2 Jan 1797, , Laurens, South Carolina, USA (Age 58 years)  [Father: Natural] + 5. Elizabeth Betsy Wynne,   b. 1741, , Brunswick, Virginia, USA d. 8 Oct 1777, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 36 years)  [Father: Natural]   6. Mary Wynne,   b. 15 Apr 1744, , Brunswick, Virginia, USA d. 17 Jul 1782, , Caswell, North Carolina, USA (Age 38 years)
  Family ID	F6488	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Nov 2015

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1699 - Monks Creek, Dinwiddie, Virginia, USA Married - 1721 - , Prince George, Virginia, USA Marriage - 1726 - , Prince George, Virginia, USA Death - 26 Nov 1778 - , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Burial - - , Tazewell, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  From Rootsweb: 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. (http://fa milytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/y/n/Gary-Wynn-IN/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0014.html) NOTES FOR WILLIAM WYNNE: Copied from: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/y/n/Gary-Wynn-IN/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0014.html 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. Copied from: http://web.utk.edu/~garywynn/Stuff2/Wynneage.html 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.

  
  

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