Colonel Robert WYNNE

  General Notes:

NOTES: 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 (whose son John married Christian Pebbles and granddaughter Mary married John Woodlief IV). 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. Left a will dated 1 Jul 1675 Proved in England 1678.

Colonel Wynne died in 1675. His widow, Mary is referred to in a suit in the General Court as his executrix on the 8th of October, 1675.

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  Research Notes:

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Robert married Mary Frances SLOMAN, daughter of John SLOMAN and Katherine EPES, on 11 Dec 1653 in Canterbury, Kent, England. (Mary Frances SLOMAN was born in 1624 in London, England and died on 8 Oct 1675 in Charles City, Charles City County, Virginia.)