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Did Peter Wynne have another wife prior to his marriage to Frances Anderson? It would help to explain why three children, Frances, Mary and William, were born before Peter married Frances Anderson in 1713 (source: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900).
After Mary died in about 1709, he married . 2nd) Frances Anderson, widow of Thomas Cocke in Prince George Co., VA (W& D Bk 1710-1713 p 77)
His father, Robert Wynne left his will on 1 Jul 1675 and bequeathed Joshua "one house and Oatmeale mill lying in Dover Lane without St. Georg's in Canterbury commonly called the Lilly Pott and two houses adjoining where a Ropemaker and one Rawlings were formerly tenants." Joshua was also bequeathed the plantation called "Georges" with all the tobacco houses in Virginia. (Virginia Magazine of History & Biography Vol 14, p 173) On 1 Feb 1681 Joshua was appointed an attorney for Thomas Chamberlyn. (Henrico Co., Va Record Bk 1) He made a deposition at a trial in Henrico Co. in 1689 stating that he was 27 years old. The trial grew from a dispute over the results of a horse race at "Malvern Hills" plantation of William Cocke. (Henrico Co., Va. Record Bk 5 p 9)1 Joshua was a surveyor and overseer of highways in 1692 for Henrico Co. Va. In 1694 Joshua was sworn in as county sub-sheriff. The county paid him 200 lbs tobacco for killing wolves and 500 lbs tobacco for his services as sub-sheriff (Charles City Co., OB Folder 20 p 499) In 1694 at the age of 31, he was a witness in a court case over an escaped slave.
In Dec. 1694 Peter
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After Mary died in about 1709, he married . 2nd) Frances Anderson, widow of Thomas Cocke in Prince George Co., VA (W& D Bk 1710-1713 p 77) His father, Robert Wynne left his will on 1 Jul 1675 and bequeathed Joshua "one house and Oatmeale mill lying in Dover Lane without St. Georg's in Canterbury commonly called the Lilly Pott and two houses adjoining where a Ropemaker and one Rawlings were formerly tenants." Joshua was also bequeathed the plantation called "Georges" with all the tobacco houses in Virginia. (Virginia Magazine of History & Biography Vol 14, p 173) On 1 Feb 1681 Joshua was appointed an attorney for Thomas Chamberlyn. (Henrico Co., Va Record Bk 1) He made a deposition at a trial in Henrico Co. in 1689 stating that he was 27 years old. The trial grew from a dispute over the results of a horse race at "Malvern Hills" plantation of William Cocke. (Henrico Co., Va. Record Bk 5 p 9)1 Joshua was a surveyor and overseer of highways in 1692 for Henrico Co. Va. In 1694 Joshua was sworn in as county sub-sheriff. The county paid him 200 lbs tobacco for killing wolves and 500 lbs tobacco for his services as sub-sheriff (Charles City Co., OB Folder 20 p 499) In 1694 at the age of 31, he was a witness in a court case over an escaped slave. In Dec. 1694 Peter