WYNN/SLOMAN/POYTHRESS/ROLFE KINSHIP???
TONI VERBOISE & ALL:
I AM TRYING TO MAKE THE CONNECTION BTWN COL. ROBERT WYNNE who mar. MARY SLOMAN, and POCAHONTAS's son, THOMAS ROLFE.
My 9 yr old gr'daughter , Bethany, is writing a short report on Pocahontas, and I believe we are related to or des. from ROBERT WYNNE, and would like to be able to give her some WYNNE/ROLFE connections!I know our Wynne line isnt FROM the Rolfe line, but some sort of distant kindship via marriage, right?
I desc. from WILLIAM WYNNE & ELIZABETH ECHOLS, whose son, WM. WYNN b. 1790 Burke Co.GA (who mar. Susan Hinson).
Can anyone help us at all?
If I have it sort of right:
ROBERT WYNNE mar. Mary Sloman. She had also mar. Francis Poythress.oNE OF MARY AND FRANCIS'S dtrs, namely JANE, mar. THOMAS ROLFE (son of Pocahontas & John ROLFE)... does this sound right??
So IF I am desc. from Robert Wynn, then any child Robert Wynn and Mary Sloman had would be half sibs with Mary's dtr, Jane Poythress, does this sound right so far??
So, there is a very roundabout kinship btwn the Wynne line and Rolfe, right?
Any comments ??
Thanks,
TINA
PSBelow is Toni's post from 2001 on similar subject:
I am descended from Colonel Robert Wynne who came to Charles City, VA around 1650. This is my genealogy, starting with me and tracing backwards to Colonel Robert Wynne.
Toni Norris Verbois, born 11/4/50 in Shreveport, LA to Joseph Marvin Norris and Rita Ballard Norris. Rita Ballard Norris, born 1/2/25 in Trees City, LA to John William Ballard and Susan Onora Wynn Ballard. Susan Onora Wynn Ballard, born 12/1/1892 in Mira, LA. to William Woodson Wynn and Susan Emily Jane Carter Wynn. William Woodson Wynn, born 2/18/1858 in VanWert, GA to William Richard Wynn and Martha Hubbard Wynn. William Richard Wynn, born 2/28/1831 in Greenville District, SC to Minor R. Wynne and Mary Elizabeth Frances Estes (we had always been told her name was Eliza). Minor R. Wynne, born 3/19/1808 in Greenville, SC to Mathew Wynne and Susannah Sammons (there are a lot of discrepancies here as to dates of Minor's birth though the above seems correct since it apparently comes from a tombstone in Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery in Polk County, GA, and number of marriages--some say Mathew Wynne had 2 wives, Susannah being the second, others say she was his one and only wife)---though there is a consensus that he fathered 14 children. From Mathew Wynne on the history gets murky. We have a book on Wynne ancestors that states that some researchers think that this Mathew is descended from Colonel Robert Wynne through his son Thomas while others think that this Mathew Wynne is descended from Colonel Robert Wynne through his son Joshua. Here is the information that my cousin received from a genealogical researcher he employed: Minor Wynne's father Mathew, born 5/7/1754 in Albemarle, Surry, VA. His parents Mathew Wynne, born about 1715 in Surry County, VA and wife unknown. His father Sloman Wynne (who seems to have been born AFTER his son in 1728 in Charles City Co., VA). His parents Joshua Wynne, born 7/7/1690 in Charles City Co., VA and Mary Hix. His parents Joshua Wynne, born 1662 in Charles City Co., VA and Mary Jones; and, last but not least, his parents, Colonel Robert Wynne, born 12/28/1622 in Canterbury, England and the widow Poythress (first name given as Mary). Other info I have found is as follows: Mathew Wynne, born 5/7/1754 in Albemarle Parish, Surry, Virginia to Mathew Wynne and Sarah Bolling. Mathew Wynne (senior) born about 1718 in Surry County, VA to Sloman Wynne and Elizabeth Sturvidant. Sloman Wynne born about 1695 in Surry Co., VA to Thomas Wynne and Agnes Stith. Thomas Wynne, born about 1657 to Colonel Robert Wynne and Mary Sloman or Mary Poythress (was she a Sloman before her marriage?). I have found additional information that this Mary Poythress was first married to Thomas Rolfe after Mr. Poythress died and that she had a child by each husband. Does anyone have the correct information which is backed up by documentation? What we have makes no sense as it appears there is one generation too many between Colonel Robert Wynne and the Mathew Wynne who fathered Minor Wynne. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!!!
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