Mary Elizabeth Gaskill

Mary married Nicholas Edward Worley in 1695 in Virginia Beach, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA. Nicholas was born in 1674 in Charles Parish, York, Virginia, USA; died on 25 Apr 1724 in Charles Parish, York, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John Worley, b. before 1699, d. 1757

On 14 July 1718, at Henrico County, VA,, William Kennon was granted a patent in Henrico for the transportation of ten persons, including John Whorly (Pat 10:392).5

On 2 September 1720, at Henrico County, VA,, John Worley bought from James Aken Jr for 15 lbs 56 acres on north side of Swift Creek adj Capt John Worsham, being part of a grant to James Aken Sr and Richard Lyon and where Worley now lives (DB 1714-18:507).5

In May 1722, Court Order book shows record of a deed from John and Esther Worley to John Farlee, Jr. (Order Book 1719-24). It is my understanding from the introduction to this source that the deeds themselves for this period have not survived (1719-1724)..5

On 24 March 1725, at Henrico County, VA,, Richard Walthall patented 400 acres on the North side of the Appomattox River, beg at Mr. Alexander Marshall, on S side Deep Cr. of Swift Cr, on John Pride's line, for importation of 8 persons including John Worldley. The intro to Cavaliers and Pioneers stated that the headright system was much abused and people's headrights were claimed multiple times. It appears that Walthall was cheating here, since John's headright had already been claimed. The other possibility is that this headright was for John Jr. If that is the case, then both Johns were significantly older than previously suspected, although the ages that would be involved are not outside the range of possibility. Note that Henry Walthall was one of John Worley's neighbors on Swift Creek..6

On 17 August 1725, at Henrico County, VA,, John Worley patented 277 acres on the North side of Swift Creek adj Charles Clay on N side the main road, Martha Blankenship, Henry Walthall, Edward Hill, and John Farlow. Page 325, 30 shill..7

On 7 November 1726, at Henrico County, VA,, John and Esther Worley sold 277 acres to Will Moseley adjoining Charles Clay, Martha Blankenship, Walthall and Hill..2

In 1727, Goochland County was formed from part of Henrico. The land where John Worley had been living fell in the new county..

On 30 July 1730, at Goochland County, VA,, John Worley sued Thomas Lockett for trespass..2

On 4 March 1733, at Goochland County, VA,, Thomas Dickens sued John Worley for debt, case dismissed. Goochland order book 3, page 234. ("Valentine Papers", Thomas Dickens lived at Manakintown).2

On 19 March 1734, at Goochland County, VA,, John Worley is appointed surveyor of the road in place of Joseph Woodson. Then on May 20, 1735 he is replaced by Joseph Baugh..8

Fact 11735 In 1735, John Worley appeared on the titheable list of King William Parish, in the household of John James Florinoir, along with 3 slaves. I believe that makes him an overseer or some other type of servant. King William Parish was created by King William in 1700 with a grant of 10,000 acres to be settled by French Huguenots, who were escaping religious persecution in France. The first titheable list that exists is dated 1710. John Worley appears for the first time on the list of 1735, but that appears to be the only year when the names of the servants/overseers and slaves were listed. In 1736 John James Florinoir was still there but his household, as for other households, just shows a number of tithes, not the names. So we cannot tell in how many years before or after 1735 John was present. The main town in King William Parish was the town of Manakin, which is about 10 miles from Flat Rock (the current community where John Worley's 1749 land on Swift Creek was located). I need to find out how far the parish extended.

I don't know if this John Worley is Senior or Junior. We know that John Jr was an adult and had saved up enough money to buy land (or at least make a down payment on it) in 1741, so it's quite likely that he was already old enough in 1735 to have a job working for a French planter..9

Fact 120 April 1736 On 20 April 1736, at Goochland County, VA,, "Ordered that the titheables of Col Richard Randolph's two quarters, Capt Moseley's quarter, William Clay, Thomas Moor, and John Worley at Jenito Quarter, do work on the road whereof Henry Clay is Surveyor, that John Baugh do clear the road from Ditoways Branch to Watkins Path and that Henry Clay keep the bridge in repair." I include this detail because most of the other names are recognizeable as neighbors or purchasers of the land John Worley has owned or will own, which suggests that he still lived on part of it as a tenant or had bought another parcel of land with a deed that has not survived..10 Fact 11743 In 1743, at Goochland County, VA,, The court ordered that John Worley is to be levy free. This usually happened when a person was infirm or elderly, so I'm assuming they meant John Sr..2

Fact 122 August 1745 On 22 August 1745, at Goochland County, VA,, At a meeting of the vestry of Southam Parish (Episcopal, which was then the state church) held at Peterville Church, the vestry ordered the building of several chapels, including the following sentence "ordered that a chapel be built at or near the Reading Place at Worleys as soon as conviently may be done." On Feb. 25, 1746 the vestry ordered that the Chapel at Worley's be let to the lowest bidder. On Sept. 16, 1748 three church members were appointed to "view and receive the South Chapel if built according to agreement" and "John Worley (the elder) is appointed Sexton of South Chapel at the rate of 500 lb of tobacco per year. " On December 20, 1749 John Worley was paid the 500 lbs of tobacco for being the sexton of South Chapel, plus 300 lbs for clearing around the South Chapel, 90 lbs for three ?horse blocks, 100 lbs for setting up tenn benches and 20 lbs for pins for the windows. John Worley (spelled Worley, Whirley, Whirly, Wherley) was paid that same 500 lbs of tobacco every year through December 1757, with a few extra's (50 lbs for use of his Bible in 1751 and 100 lbs for making benches in 1754.) On December 15, 1757 the list of debts of the parish included 500 lbs to John Worley for being Sexton and 100 lbs to "Easter Worley for her husband making and setting up 5 racks at South Chapel." On the same date "Esther Wherley is appointed sexton of South Chapel in the room of John Worley, deceased.".11

Fact 121 May 1748 On 21 May 1748, at Goochland County, VA,, As part of the "processioning" for the Southam parish (determining agreed-upopn boundary lines, for the purpose of preventing disputes) the report lists "a line between Thomas Watkins and John Worley, a line between John Worley and Henry Clay, a line between John Worley and William Moseley, a line between John Worley and William Rigon or Sigon, a line between John Moseley and John Worley. This was a year before the date of the deed for the purchase of the only property I know John to have owned at his death. So either he had 2 pieces of property or the deed for some reason was dated later than his actual possession of the land. I wonder if he was paying for the land in installments and the deed was not recorded until the price was fully paid..12

Fact 125 September 1749 On 25 September 1749, at Cumberland County, VA,, John Worley bought from Isaac and Ann Robinson 200 acres on the north side of the Appomattox River, being part of a 400 acre tract patented to Robinson in 1734, on both sides of the main branch of Swift Creek. Witnessed by Anthony Agee, Francis Marshall and William Riggin. On the same day the purchase by Anthony Agee (John's son-in-law) was recorded of 140 acres " on the Buckingham Road" adjoining John Worley..13

Will22 March 1757 John Worley left a will on 22 March 1757 at Cumberland County, VA. Text of the will: I John Worley am disposed to make my Will being in ...Health and Sense and Memory praised be to God for it. In the Name of God Amen. i give my soul to God ... it and my body to be buried at the Descretion of my ...Item I give to my well beloved Wife Esther Worley all my .. after my debts are pay'd and the Plantation whereon I ... during her life and then the said Plantation after her .. give to my grandson Charles Maxey to him and his heirs .. lafully begotten and never to be sold and if the s'd Charles Maxey should dye then to fall to John Gipson son to Thos and Elizabeth Gibson.
Item I give to John Worley Jr younger and my grandson the plantation where his father now lives and so to a new line I make according to my own pleasure for the division but my Will is that my son John Worley shall have the sd Plantation during his life but no liberty to sell it nor to rent it.
Item. I give to my son John Worley Junr one shilling sterling
Item. I give to my son Wm Worley one shiling sterling.
Item. I give to my daughter Mary Maxey one shilling sterling.
Item. I give to Daughter Elizabeth Gibson one shilling sterling.
Item. I give to Daughter Christian Agee one shiling sterling.
Item. I give to Daughter Jude Smith one shilling sterling
and this I alow to be my last Will and testament as Witness my hand this 22 Day of March 1757. John Worley SSCurnell Keen, Nathael Maxey wit

At a court held for Cumberland County the 27 day of March 1758, the last will of John Worley decd was proved by the witnesses hereto and by the court ordered to be recorded. (The writing is very faded. Words I could not read are marked ....).3

Family

Esther ? d. circa 1772

Marriagebefore 1719

He married Esther ? before 1719.2

Children 1.William Worley+ b. b 1718, d. 17873 2.John Worley Jr.+ b. b 1720, d. bt 1777 - 17783 3.Mary Worley b. b 17243 4.Elizabeth Worley 3 5.Christian Worley 3 6.Jude Worley 3 Citations

[S264] Gayle King Blankenship, Blankenship Ancestors.
[S263] Worley, Maxey and Agee Data from The Huguenot, No 13 (1945-47) researched by William Worley, message titled "Worley and others: Info from The Huguenot," listserve message from John Ottinger to e-mail address, 3/25/2000.
[S169] John Worley Sr. Will (Written March 22, 1757, proven in court March 27, 1758).
[S327] Powhatan County, VA Southam Episcopal Parish, pages 103-106, Southam Parish Vestry Book, 1745-1836.
[S264] Gayle King Blankenship, Blankenship Ancestors, page 385.
[S32] Nell Marion Nugent, Cavaliers and Pioneers Volume 3, page 303.
[S32] Nell Marion Nugent, Cavaliers and Pioneers Volume 3, page 293.
[S269] Nathaniel Mason Pawlett, Goochland County Road Orders 1728-1744, page 23.
[S266] Virginia Vital Records #1 1600s-1800s, CD-ROM, Item Titled "The Vestry Book of King William Parish, VA, 107-1750."
[S269] Nathaniel Mason Pawlett, Goochland County Road Orders 1728-1744, page 26.
[S327] Powhatan County, VA Southam Episcopal Parish, Southam Parish Vestry Book, 1745-1836.
[S327] Powhatan County, VA Southam Episcopal Parish, page 25-26, Southam Parish Vestry Book, 1745-1836.
[S267] Deed from Isaac Robinson to John Worley, Deed Book 1, page 52.

Esther ?1d. circa 1772 Last Edited2 May 2003 Marriagebefore 1719 Esther ? married John Worley before 1719.2 Deathcirca 1772 Esther ? died circa 1772 at Cumberland County, VA.3 Fact 115 December 1757 On 15 December 1757, at Goochland County, VA,, Esther Wherley was appointed seton of the south chapel in place of her deceased husband. She was paid 500 lbs of tobacco each year for this service through December 1771, sometimes referred to as Easter or Hester. Beginning in 1765 she was paid an additional 200 lbs each year "as a poor person." That was apparently normal; there were a number of others given money, who were listed as "poor people." Beginning at the vestry list of November 1772, William Worley was paid as the sexton of South Chapel. There was no mention of her death, but presumably she was either deceased or too infirm to perform the duties..3 FamilyJohn Worley b. before 1699, d. 1757Children 1.William Worley+ b. b 1718, d. 1787 2.John Worley Jr.+ b. b 1720, d. bt 1777 - 1778 3.Mary Worley b. b 17244 4.Elizabeth Worley 4 5.Christian Worley 4 6.Jude Worley 4 Citations

(Esther's last name is not Blount. There were a couple named John Worley and Esther Blount in Tyrell County, NC who were evidently contemporaries of this John and Esther, but several researchers on WORLEY-L who have researched that family have stated that they are definitely a separate couple. [details can be found at Rootsweb in the WORLEY-L archives] My personal theory is that Esther's last name may have been Christian. There was a family by that name in the area; I think they may have been Huguenots, and of course she named her daughter Christian. Needs further research. In 1777 when John Jr and William Worley took the oath of allegiance in Powhatan Co, VA, their names were on a page with several othe known neighbors (Farley, Moseley, Maxey, Lockett). Also on that same page were Anthony Christian Sr and Anthony Christian Jr.
[S263] Worley, Maxey and Agee Data from The Huguenot, No 13 (1945-47) researched by William Worley, message titled "Worley and others: Info from The Huguenot," listserve message from John Ottinger to e-mail address, 3/25/2000.
[S327] Powhatan County, VA Southam Episcopal Parish, Southam Parish Vestry Book, 1745-1836.
[S169] John Worley Sr. Will (Written March 22, 1757, proven in court March 27, 1758).

John married Esther Blount in 1715. Esther was born on 17 Mar 1703 in Edenton, Chowan, North Carolina, USA; died on 22 Mar 1757 in , Cumberland, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Christian married Anthony Matthew Agee in 1738 in , , Virginia, USA. Anthony (son of John Mathieu Isaac Agee and Cecelia Ann Godwin) was born in 1719 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died on 31 May 1798 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: , , , USA
• Residence: 1810, , Franklin, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1820, , Franklin, Virginia, USA

Matthew married Mary Ligon in 1772 in , Franklin, Virginia, USA. Mary was born in 1749 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA; died on 3 Nov 1823 in , Franklin, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Leah married George Thomas Smith on 17 Aug 1772 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA. George was born on 9 May 1741 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA; died on 20 Mar 1834 in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Married: 1776

Isaac married Mary Smith in 1776. Mary (daughter of William Smith and Elizabeth Maier) was born in 1753 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died in 1823 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: , , , USA

Notes:

This was found online. I am adding it in attempt to clarify the Joshua's in our Agee line.

The Agee Register is completely wrong about this line of Agees. I'm a direct dicendant of Joshua Hawks Agee and have spent several years trying to clear this up. Joshua Hawks Agee first moved to Wilkes Co. Ga in 1795 and was give two draws for land by the state. His son, Humphrey E. Agee. Sr was over 21 and single and received one draw of land. Agter a while Joshua moved to lincoln Co. Ga. His wife died there and I supposed is buried there. Then Joshua moved back to wilkes Co. and died. He is buried in the Washington,Wiles Co. Cemetary in apauper's grave with no marker. I spent monthes trring to locate the grave but to no avail. The other joshua Agee that people get confused with the first Joshua Hawks Agee is his greatgrandson. In 1861 he left Wilkes Co. and followed the Wiregrass Trail down to what is now Lowndes and Clinch Co. right on the Ga/Fl. line. The William Washington that was mentioned is the son of the second joshua agee.

Joshua Hawks dtr Nancy Wynn
This is not an attempt to set forth the entire Wynne-Wynn-Winn Genealogy, as there have been many volumes written on the subject, but only to recreate my connection to this lineage. First of all, it is appropriate to note my lineage up to the point where the Winn line enters my direct lineage. It is as follows:

I am the third child and only daughter of Marvin Benjamin Brand and Hazel Alene Standridge, born September 21, 1937 in Farwell, Parmer Co. TX.

Marvin Benjamin Brand, born 2 Feb 1912, in Alvarado, Johnson County, Texas, died 26 May 1995 in Lodi, California, was the fourth child of Nathan Jesse Brand and Ollie Neona Lloyd.

Nathan Jesse Brand, born 20 Nov 1882 in Cherokee County, Georgia, died 29 Aug 1961 in Clovis, New Mexico, was the fifth child born to Robert Mathis Cleveland Brand (RMC) and Melissa Jane Moore.

Robert M. C. Brand (RMC), born 3 March 1843 in Cherokee County, GA, died 25 February 1933 in Grandview, Johnson County, Texas and was the sixth child born to Jonas Brand and his second wife Harriet Winn. This is where the Winn line enters the Brand line.

Harriet Winn had many brothers and sisters, to name only a few: George Washington Winn, William Booker Wynn, Clemmon Quillian Wynn, Mary Melissa Wynn Trewhitt (wife of Judge Trewhitt in Hamilton County, Tennessee), Elmyra Wynn Fincher and about a dozen more I do not have information on.

Harriet Winn was born on 18 November 1810 in Burke County, North Carolina. She died 21 June 1877 in Cherokee County, Georgia and is buried in Shiloh Methodist Cemetery in Walton County, Georgia near the small town of Loganville, Georgia. She gave birth to twelve children, they were 1) Isaiah Brand, 2) Jeremiah D. "Doc" Brand, 3) Joseph N. Brand, 4) Jonas Washington "Wash" Brand, 5) Nancy Amanda Brand, 6) Robert Mathis Cleveland Brand, 7) Nathan Hamilton Brand, 8) John Goodman Brand, 9) Sarah Harriet Brand, 10) Rebecca A. Brand, 11) Margaret Jane Brand, 12) Pricilla Ann Brand.

Harriet Winn’s father was Thomas Marion Wynn also known as Thomas Wynn Jr. By all estimates he was born between 1775 and 1785. Thomas Marion Wynn married Nancy Agee in Wilkes County, Georgia in 1806. The Agee line is the French Connection to the family and well-documented (see "The Agee Register"), also the well known Bonduarant line back to the Huguenots enters the Agee Line. Nancy Agee was the daughter of Joshua Agee and Sarah Ann Bonduarant. Joshua Agee was born 4 Jan 1757 in Buckingham County, Virginia and died December 1837 in Wilkes County, Georgia. Sarah Ann Bonduarant died in 1835 and was the daughter of Peter and Amy Bonduarant. Joshua Agee was the son of Anthony Agee and Christian Worley (see below for more on her line). Anthony Agee was born about 1719 in Manakin, Goochland County, Virginia and died about 1800. Anthony Agee and Christian Worley married 1 May 1751 in Cumberland County, Virginia. Anthony Agee was the son of Mathieu Agee and Ann Gandovin [or Godwin]. Ann was the daughter of Isaac and Ann Gandovin [or Godwin]. Mathieu Agee was the son of Anthony Agee and Judith Chastain. Anthony was born in 1650 in Nantes, LaRochelle, France and Judith was born about 1650 near Nantes, LaRochelle, France. Christian Worley, wife of Anthony Agee was born in 1727 in Manakin, Goochland County, Virginia and died in 1815 in Buckingham County Virginia. She was the daughter of John Worley and Esther Blount. John was born in Virginia, died in Cumberland County, Virginia, the son of Edward and Mary Worley. Esther was born 17 Mar 1703 and died in Virginia, the daughter of John Blount (born 17 Oct 1670 in Virginia) and Elizabeth Davis.

There is no record of Thomas Marion Wynn’s death. In fact, as the family story goes, he owned a gold mine in north Georgia, and one Saturday morning he left home to go to the assay office to sell some of the (or all of the) gold he had, and was never heard from again. The family thought he was killed for the gold, as Cherokee County at the time was almost a wilderness, but the body was never found. There was even some speculation that he took the gold and just "went over the mountain" to start a new family. This seems highly unlikely as he was 70 years of age or better at the time. The story may have some validity because Wyndell Taylor is in possession of a map of Cherokee County, Georgia that was made 12 years after his Great-Great-Great Grandfather George Washington Wynn left Cherokee County, Georgia for Cherokee County, Alabama. On this map, at the location of the 3.5 land lots that George Washington Wynn sold prior to his leaving is listed the "Old Dupree Mine".

Harriet’s Grandfather was Thomas Wynn Sr. from Wilkes County, Georgia, who married Mary Echols. Thomas Wynn St. was the son of Major Joshua Wynne.

Major Joshua Wynne, Harriet’s Great Grandfather, was the youngest son of Colonel Robert Wynne. Joshua was born in Charles City, Virginia in 1660. He was married to Mary Jones, daughter of Captain Peter Jones and wife Margaret (Wood) Jones, daughter of the eminent Major General Abraham Wood, head of Virginia’s fur trade under Royal Governor Sir William Berkley. 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 Englishmen to set foot there. After this, Joshua lived in Prince George County, Virginia. On 29 March 1715 Major Joshua Wynne was shot and killed by Saponey Indians because one of Joshua’s servants had killed one of the Indian’s "great" men. Upon trial of the Indian, they pleaded that the Wynne’s were the aggressors and that they never rest without revenge. The Indians said that they and the Wynne’s were then equal, each having lost a great man. To avoid more bloodshed the Indian was pardoned. Joshua was an Indian interpreter and was said to be a fearless adventurer. He was a Justice in Charles City County, Virginia as well as Sheriff of Prince George County, Virginia.

Colonel Robert Wynne, Joshua’s father, was the ancestor of all the Marion County, Tennessee Wynne’s. Robert Wynne was born on 28 December 1622 in Canterbury, County Kent, England. He migrated to the Virginia Colony in 1655. He was married in 1657 to Mary Frances (Sloman) Poythress by whom he had four children. Colonel Robert Wynne was speaker of the House of Burgesses and served longer than any man in Virginia’s history, from 13 March 1661 to 1675. Robert died on 8 October 1675. His will, dated 1 July 1675 and proved 15 August 1678 at Jordan

S Parish or Charles City (now Prince George County) shows and estate in Canterbury, England of two houses and a farm, in addition to his 600-acre Virginia estate south of the James River.

Peter Wynne, Colonel Robert Wynne’s father, was born on 25 November 1593 in County Kent, England. He was married 8 Dec 1620 to Martha Coppin who was born 1 June 1595 in England. Martha was the granddaughter of John Coppin, born in 1530 and a member of British Parliament 20 May 1581 and his wife Mary Denne. The Denne family is descended from the Vikings who invaded Normandy and who settled part of France then moved north to England, Scotland and Wales. Peter Wynne and Martha Coppin had two children: 1) Col. Robert Wynne, and 2) Sarah Wynne. Peter was freed from apprenticeship in 1626. Peter Wynne died on 30 May 1638 in Canterbury, County Kent, England.

Peter Wynne’s father was Robert Wynne, born 1558 in Salop (now known as Shrewbury) England. He was a woolendraper. As a young man he was apprenticed to John Rose and was released from his indenture in 1590. By 1599 he was shown as Mayor of Canterbury, England. He and his wife Francis died of the Plague within 2 days of each other. Robert died 6 Oct 1609, and is buried at St. George’s Parish in Canterbury. Peter Wynne’s mother was Frances Wattmer, born in 1594 and died 8 Oct 1609 in Canterbury, County Kent, England. Francis was the daughter of William Wattmer (born 1535) and Johanna Hatch. William Wattmer was the son of William Watmoughe (1510-?) and Margaretta Sparkes. Francis’ father William Wattmer took the Wynne children to a house outside the city and procured a nurse for them. It was William who raised the children. Robert Wynne and Francis Wattmer had the following children:

1) Thomas Wynne, born 1580 in Canterbury, was freed from apprenticeship in 1612. He married his 1st wife Mary Wickham 20 Jul 1613 at Ospringe, England, and had one child. He married his 2nd wife Ann (?) Nichols, widow on 26 Oct 1629.

2) Peter Wynne, born 25 Nov 1593 in Canterbury, England, died 30 May 1638 and is buried at St. George’s Parish, Canterbury, England. Their children were Robert and Sarah Wynne.

3) Daughter, married Paul May.

4) Anne Wynne, married Roger Pey. They had at least two children.

Attached to the end of this short Wynne-Wynn-Winn Genealogy is a copy of a hand written letter sent to me by my fourth Cousin Wyndell Taylor of Powder Springs, Georgia, on January 17, 1998. It was written by a Mr. Edward C. Fox on October 24, 1915. Mr. Fox was president of the United Secret Association of Detectives, incorporated under the state Laws of Ohio, with an office at that time at 128 Clarence Building, 612 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Fox was investigating heirs to "Estates and Property" of the Wynn family in the United States. This letter, though difficult to read, is reproduced below:

Sir John Wynne. Baronet of Gwgdir [Glyndwr], born in 1553; died March 1, 1627. He succeeded to his father’s Estate in Wales in 1580; and in 1611 he was created a Baronet, in 1586 he was made a member of Parliament. And in 1606 he was made a Knight. He founded a Hospital, , a school.

This ancient family can trace their pedigree in a straight male line through Roderick [Rhodri], Lord of Anglesay, son of Owain Gwgnedd [Gynedd], Prince of North Wales to Onaswd ( ?) King of North Wales, eldest son of Roderick [Rhodri Mawr], the great King of Wales. The latter succeeded to the principality of power and the Kingdom of Gwnedd, and South Wales. He was killed in 876.

Our own great good Christian King Llwelyn [Llywelyn], the great King of Wales was slain December 11, 1282 near Bueth South Wales. His cousin King Edward I succeeded to the throne after Edward’s soldiers had killed Llwelyn [Llywelyn] in battle. Hence we see the foundation of the great English Nation was founded by our own people.

If the throne had not have been confiscated by the other side of the house, I dare say that today the Wynne People would stand at the throne of England in the form of a King or Queen.

I might say that even our present King George the V is distantly related, but the family branches off before reaching the House of Wynnes of Gwgdir[Glyndwr]. So they would not be in our family heirs to share in any of the Wynn Estates.

Yours very truely

Edward C. Fox

Note: The wife of Edward C. Fox was a Wynne…hence his interest in the vast fortune left up for grabs in Wales. Reportedly worth $500,000,000 in 1915!

Some additional information is necessary to understand the source of this Wynn history. As mentioned above, my Great-Great Grandmother was Harriet Winn, and her brother was George Washington Winn. This same George Washington Winn that enlisted in the Confederate Army with RMC. George Washington Winn Married Nancy Jane Kirk, whose brothers George W. Kirk and William A. Kirk also appear on the muster roll of Company B, 34th Regiment Gerogia Volunteer Infantry. Zacharaiah David Brand, RMC’s half brother who also fought in the 34th Georgia Regiment signed the pension application on Nancy Jane Kirk’s behalf, as did John McRae another future relative.

Marcressa Cicero Wynn was the son on George Washington Winn and Nancy Jane Kirk. Marcressa married Sarah Elizabeth Mangum and had a son named Dilmus Jacob Wynn who married Nancy Elizabeth Underwood. Dilmus Jacob Wynn and Nancy Elizabeth Underwood had a daughter named Elsie Pearl Wynn who married Thomas Willard Taylor. The son of Thomas Willard Taylor and Elsie Pearl Wynn is my 4th cousin Wyndell Othella Taylor and the source of this Wynn history.

Road Map

I like to think of genealogy as a road map to the identity of my ancestors, and on all road maps, you will quickly notice many roads entering and exiting the main road, highway or freeway. Genealogically speaking, the main road or freeway would be my direct lineage, and with each prior (or successive) generation, you will encounter a different branch or road leading off in a new direction. I offer the reader a chance now to view this particular genealogy from a new perspective, a side road if you will, as any adventure off the main road tends to be more interesting than traveling the freeway.

Now that the reader is familiar with the direct lineage to my Great Great Grandmother Harriet Winn, and her father Thomas Marion Wynn, and his father Thomas Wynn Sr., and his father Major Joshua Wynne, and his father Colonel Robert Wynne, let’s examine a side branch purely for the fun and adventure of it.

Mary Wynne (1650-1707), daughter of Colonel Robert Wynne and the sister of Major Joshua Wynne, married John Woodliffe III

John Woodliffe III (1650-1772) was Pastor in Prince George County, Virginia in 1689. He was the son of Captain John Woodliffe II

Captain John Woofliffe II (1614-1676) was Burgess of Charles City, Virginia in 1652. He was taken to court in 1658, charged with assault on a Mr. Anthony Wyatt. In 1661, he commanded the county Regiment as a Captain. In 1664, he was again taken to court for getting his servant Ann Berrey "with Child" and was ordered to pay a fine. He went with John Lanier to ask Governor Berkley for permission to attack the Indians. Permission was refused so the two men took Nathaniel Bacon as their leader and went anyway. He died during Bacon’s Rebellion. His father was:

Captain John Woofliffe (1584-1637) was born at Peterly Manor, in Prestwood, England. He attended Oxford University and married Mary Archard on 1 May 1609 at Stevenson, Buckinghamshire, England. He came to the Virginia Colony in 1608 and was a member of the London Company (2nd Charter 1609). Evidently he returned to England, where he signed an agreement on 4 Sep 1619 to settle an 8,000 acre plantation in Virginia to be known as Berkley Hundred. He was to act as Captain and Governor. He sailed on 15 Sep 1619 aboard the "Margaret" (47 Tons) with 38 settlers. Already in Virginia were his wife and two children and 4 servants. His commission as Captain and Governor was revoked on 28 Aug 1620 because of a lack of quick profits and was replaced by George Thorpe. Thus he was not present on Easter 1622 when the Indians attacked and killed all the settlers. His father was:

Drewe Woodliffe (1562-1627) was the sixth child born to Robert Woofliffe and Ann Drury.

Anne Drury was the daughter of Sir Robert Drury and Elizabeth Brudenell. Elizabeth Brudenell was the daughter of Edmund Brudenell, Esq. Besides their daughter, Anne, Sir Robert Drury and Elizabeth had two sons, they were:

1) Sir William Drury, who was Lord Justice governor of Ireland in 1576 and who married Margaret, daughter of Thomas Lord Wentworth, and

2) Sir Drue of Lynsted, Usher of the Privy Chamber to Queen Elizabeth and keeper of Mary, Queen of Scots and who married 1st wife Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Phillip Calthorpe and Amata Boleyn (aunt of Queen Ann Boleyn) and who married 2nd wife Catherine, daughter of William Finch of Lynsted. Sir Robert Drury’s father was:

Sir Robert Drury Sr. (1463-1536) was a Privy Councilor to King Henry VII and Speaker of the House of Commons in 1498. He was born at Hawsted, Suffolk, England and was a Knight. He married Ann Calthrope in 1483.

Ann Calthorpe was the daughter of Sir William Calthorpe and Elizabeth Stapeleton.

Elizabeth Stapleton (1442-1505) was the daughter of Sir Miles Stapleton and Catherine de la Pole.

Catherine de la Pole was the daughter of Sir Thomas de la Pole and Ann Cheney.

Sir Thomas de la Pole was the son of Michael de la Pole (1361-1410) and Lady Katherine Stafford.

Lady Katherine Stafford was the daughter of Sir Hugh Stafford and Lady Phillipa Beauchamp.

Sir Hugh Stafford was the son of Sir Ralph de Stafford and Lady Margaret de Audley.

Lady Margaret de Audley was the daughter of Hugh de Audley and Lady Margaret de Clare.

Lady Margaret de Clare was the daughter of Gilbert de Clare (The Red), 9th Earl of Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, and 3rd Earl of Cloucester and his second wife Joan D’Acre (Plantagenet).

Joan D’Acre (Plantagenet) was born 1271 in Nazareth, Galilee, died 1305, was the daughter of King Edward I and Princess Eleanor of Castile. Princess Eleanor accompanied her husband on the 7th Crusade to the Holy Land and was the only child of Ferdinand III of Castile. King Edward I had another child, Edward II, the first "Prince of Wales" and ancestor of Queen Elizabeth II.

King Edward I (Plantagenet) was born 17 Jun 1239 in Westminister. He was crowned on 18 Aug 1274 and was the son of King Henry III and Eleanor Berenger. He reigned for 35 years.

King Henry III (1207-1272) was the son of King John and Isabella, daughter of Aymar Tallifer, Count of Angouleme. He reigned for 56 years.

King John (born 1133) was the son of Matilda (Maud) and Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, son of Fulco V. He reigned as King of England 1154-1189.

Maud (1104-1167) was the daughter of King Henry I and Matilda (also Maud), daughter of Malcolm III, King of Scotland and granddaughter of Henry II, King of Hungary.

King Henry I (born 1068) was the son of King William I (William the Conquerer) and Matildis of Flanders, daughter of Baldwin V and granddaughter of Robert II, King of France.

King William I (William the Conquerer) (born 1020) was the duke of Normandy and King of England 1066-1087. William conquered the Saxons of England at the battle of Hastings on 14 Oct 1066. He reigned for 21 years.

So, you must admit, this little side trip was more interesting than staying on our Genealogical highway. Here are some other facts uncovered about other siblings of Joshua Wynne and their descendents"

The Wynne line branches many, many times, and the branch at Major Joshua Wynne is of historical interest and deserves mention. One of Joshua Wynne’s sons was Thomas Wynne Sr., this was my line as indicated above, however the youngest son of Joshua Wynne was Colonel William 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. Colonel William Wynne was a surveyor, a vestryman and possessed a large library. He was married to Frances Reed who was also born in 1699 and died between 1778 and 1790. Colonel William Wynne made his will on 8 October 1777, and died in 1778. His will was proved 26 March 1778 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

William Wynne Jr., also known as William Wynne II was the son of Colonel William Wynne. William Jr. was born 10 August 1729 and moved to Pittsylvania County, Virginia with his father. He married Mary Cynthia Harmon of North Carolina in 1752 and had eleven children. Mary Cynthia Harmon was born in 1735 and died in July 1776 in Tazewell County, Virginia. He married his second wife Fillis Marrs and had sixteen children by her. He built the William Wynne Fort of Tazewell, Virginia in 1773 because the Mingos (Indians) were raiding out of the Ohio country during the Lord Dunmore’s War and he moved his family there two years later and manned the fort during the Revolutionary War. He died on 8 July 1808.

John Wynne was the second son of William Wynne II and was born on 14 December 1760 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. He married Mary Poly St. John in July 1795 in Campbell County, Virginia and had six known children who lived in Sweedens Cove in Marion County, Virginia. Those children were:

1) Sarah Wynne, born 1796 and married to Robert Beene Jr. They had 12 children.

2) John Berry Wynne, born 1800 and married to Peggy Kennedy. They had 8 children from whom Marion County and Jackson County Wynne’s descend.

3) Thomas Wynne, also born in 1800 (twin to John Berry Wynne) married Nancy Sweeton (Sweeden) and had 12 children, decendants of which are in Mississippi, Arkansas and Louisiana.

4) Matthew Wynne who married Nancy Beene, daughter of Obadiah Beene who had 5 daughters, 3 of which married Ralstons.

5) Obadiah Wynne, born in 1811 and married to Frances Kirk, daughter of Samuel and Lamb Kirk of Alabama, and moved to Wright County, Missouri.

Family/Spouse: Sarah Ann Bondurant. Sarah (daughter of John Peter Bondurant and Sarah Rachel Taylor) was born in 1760 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA; died in 1835 in Washington, Wilkes, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]