Charles City County, VA - Will: Robert Wynne, 1765 Submitted by Pat Wynn ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ************************************************************************ Robert Wynne of Jordans Parishe of Charles City County in Virginia, Gent. Will 1 July 1765; proved 15 August 1678. To be buried in Jordans Church as near as possible to my son Robert. My estate in England as follows; to my eldest son Thomas Wynne one farm in Whitestaple Parish in Kent near Canterbury, and commonly called Linehett Banckes; if he die, to my son Joshua, and if he die, to my daughter Woodlief. To my son Thomas two houses in Canterbury in St. mildred's Parish in the same form as the said farm. To my youngest son Joshua Wynne one houe and Oatmeale mill lying in Dover Lane without St. George's in Canterburg, 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 provision; to my son Joshua my plantation called Georges withall the Tobacco houses; to my daughter Woodlief one servant of Fower yeares to serve the next shipping after my decease; to my grandchild and godson young George Woodlief one filly foal. All the rest of my Estate in Virginia and England to my wife and executrix, Mary Wynne. Overseers; Thomas Grendon, Merchant, and my son in law Captain Francis Poythres. Witnesses: Tho. Brome, John Burge. Reeve, Sq. (The testator, Captain Robert Wynne, was, in his day, one of the most influential men in Virginia. Beginning his service a representative for Charles City county at the sessions of March, 1657-8, and March, 1659-60, he was during the entire existence of Virginia's "Long Parliament" 1663-1674, Speaker of the House of Burgesses. It would appear from his will that he married a widow Poythress. The Woodliefs are believed to be descendants of Captain John Woodlief, who came to Virginia in 1620 to take charge of the well-known Berkeley plantation, in regard to which the "Smith of Nibley Papers," in the New York Public Library, give so much interesting information. Robert Wynne's sons were living and married early in the 18th century. Thomas Wynne, gent. of Prince George county, was living in 1707, and then aged 50. In November of the same year, he, together with Agnes his wife, made deeds recorded in Surry, to his daughter Mary Melone, and his son Robert Wynne. Major Joshua Wynne and Mary his wife deeded a tract of land in Surry in 1708. In that year he was a justice of Prince George county. These brothers are believed to be ancestors of the Wynnes of southern Virginia.)