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Joshua Wynne (b. March 20, 1660/61, d. Bef. March 30, 1715)
Notes for Joshua Wynne:
Joshua served as justice in the Charles City County court, sheriff of Prince George County 1705 -1712, and commanded various militia units in the Virginia Colonies.He made several trips to England trading tobacco, responsible for treaties with Indians from New York to Virginia, and mentioned numerous times as a close family friend of the Byrds of Westover (Colonel William Byrd II's diaries).Joshua was assassinated by American Indians.
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June 4, 1694, Joshua was sworn in as County Sub-Sheriff, and was reappoined on June 3, 1695.Joshua was a member of the House of Burgesses for Charles City County, Virginia from 1702 - 1704'
Joshua and his brother, Thomas were Indian interpreters for the Nottaway, Meherrin, Nansemond, Pamunkey and Chickahominy Indian tribes and were asked to go north with these tribes to help nogotiate a treaty with the Senacas.He devoted many years to keeping peace among the Indians and represented them by presenting their grievances to the Council of Virginia; ( remember, the Wynne children and the Poythress children were 1/2 brothers and sisters as they shared the same mother) Joshua was shot and killed by Saponey Indians because a servant of Major Wynne's had killed one of their great men.(information came from David and Barbara Kolle Website).
My interest in American Indians was further deepen when I learned that there was more than one Indian connection in my family tree.1st: my ggg grandfather, John Williams, Jr. 2nd wife was part Delaware-Cherokee Indian, whose traditional name translated meaning "Red Oak".This explains why some of the Williams' claimed to be of mixed Indian blood and why some descendants may be listed on the Cherokee tribal rolls. But for the other half of the Williams clan we are descended from John Williams' first wife, Susannah Dixon (d/o of Lt. Col. Henry Dixon and Martha Frances Wynne). (see also page on Henry Dixon.). It is the Wynne family that had a well documented history involved with Indian tribes. Susannah Dixon Williams' mother was Martha Frances Wynne was the granddaughter ofMaj. Joshua Wynne ( b. abt. 1663, d. abt. 1715). He was an Indian interpreter in Colonial Virginia.
Maj.Joshua Wynne lived among the Indians in the Virginia Colony. In 1703, the Nottoway, Nansemonds, and Meherrin tribes requested that Joshua and his brother Thomas Wynne be appointed Indian Interpreters for the tribe. When a Chief of these tribes was taken prisoner by the Senecas, the Wynne brothers were begged to accompany the Indians on this long and dangerous journey, as without them "nothing could be accomplished".This journey was undertaken and their chief was retrieved, temporarily averting a tribal war.
Joshua Wynne married Mary Jones, the daughter of Maj. Peter Jones (Commander of the fort built at the falls near present day city of Petersburg, Va) and Margaret Cruse. Margaret Cruse was the step-daughter of Maj. Gen. Abraham Wood (commander of Ft. Henry and leader of first English expedition into the Mississippi valley) Gen. Wood was the officialnegiotiated the British fur trade the Cherokee nation. Wood also testified against Nathaniel Bacon (leader of "Bacon's rebellion") who led a rebel army that massacred friendly Indians in colonial 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." [*the Saponey or Saponi were of the Siouan linguistic stock, related to the nearby Tutelo tribe. They were unrelated to the Iroquoian speaking tribes Nottoway,Meherrin and the Algonquian speaking Powhatan Confederacy tribes (Pamunkey,Nansemond) that the Wynne brothers enjoyed friendly relations with.
Joshua Wynne's parents were Colonel Robert Wynne and a former widow, Mary Frances Poythress (maiden name believed to be Sloman). 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 (present 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.
The Wynne family name, often spelled "Winn", continued to be carried down as a first name in the Williams family for generations. The Wynne name also is one of the most common surnames among Native Americans living in eastern Virginia, although the genealogical relationship it is not known.
http://www.angelfire.com/nc/HenryDixon/index.html
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
from:http://neona.thefamilyowen.com/wynn_family_history.htm
More About Joshua Wynne:
Date born 2: 1663, Charles City, VA, USA.3468
Date born 3: 1663, Charles City, VA, USA.3468
Died 2: 1715, Dinwiddie, VA, USA.3468
Died 3: 1715, Didwiddie, VA, USA.3468
More About Joshua Wynne and Mary Jones:
Marriage: July 06, 1685, Charles City County, VA.
Children of Joshua Wynne and Mary Jones are:
- +Peter Wynne, b. 1688, Prince George County, VA, d. March 30, 1715, Dinwiddie County, VA.
- Joshua II Wynne, b. 1690, Charles City County, VA, d. Abt. 1738, Henrico County, VA.
- +Mary Wynne, b. Abt. 1692, d. 1725, Henrico Co, VA, Colonial America3469.
- +Robert Wynne, b. Abt. 1693, Charles City County, VA, d. Bef. June 21, 1727, Surry County, VA.
- Margaret Wynne, b. 1693, Prince George County, VA, d. 1723, Prince George County, VA.
- Francis Wynne, b. Abt. 1696, d. 1774, Pittsylvania County, VA.
- +Sloman Wynne, b., Charles City, VA, USA3470, 3471.
- +William Wynne, b. 1705, Prince George County, VA, d. October 08, 1777, Pittsylvania County, VA.