Winney
Chitwood
formerly [surname unknown]
Born about in Colony of Virginia
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Richard Chitwood
— married
1753 in Powhatan, Virginia
Descendants 
Mother of
Mary Ann Chitwood, Elizabeth Chitwood, James Chitwood, Moses Chitwood, Shadrack Chitwood, Daniel Chitwood and Pleasant Chitwood
Died after
after about age 49
in Colony of Virginia [uncertain]
[uncertain]
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Sep 2010
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Disputed Origins
A previous version of this profile claimed, without source, that Winnie was the daughter of Richard Randolph and Pocahontas descendant Jane Bolling.
Winnie's maiden name and her parents are not known. See Research Notes, below, for more information.
Biography
According to an article by Ira Chitwood (excerpted from Descendants of Matthias Chitwood), Winnie's name only appears on a deed from Bedford County, Virginia, in 1773 signed by Richard and Winnie Chitwood. The Deed book abstracts are available at Family History Centers. Richard and wife Winnie are also mentioned in an account of the Chitwoods in the William and Mary Quarterly [1]
Children
Richard Chitwood (and presumably his only known wife, Winnie) had three proven children:
They were probably also the parents of:
For more information about the children of Richard Chtiwood and his brother James Chitwood see Children of Richard Chitwood and James Chitwood of Rutherford County, North Carolina.
Research Notes
The documented children of Jane Bolling and Richard Randolph do not include Winnie; they were:[2]
- Richard,
- Mary,
- Jane,
- Brett,
- Ryland,
- son died in infancy,
- daughter died in infancy,
- John,
- Elizabeth.
In addition, Richard (the father) left a will that names all his children. No Winnie.[3]
Sources
- ↑ “Genealogical Notes and Contributions," in William and Mary Quarterly, vol. 18, no. 4 (1938), pp. 506–516. link (accessed 26 Feb. 2020)
- ↑ Dorman, John F. Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia 1607-1624/5 Order of the First Families of Virginia, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD. 2007. Vol. III, pp. 28-29
- ↑ “The Ancestors and Descendants of John Rolfe with Notices of Some Connected Families. Bolling-Randolph.” in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, vol. 22, no. 4, 1914, pp. 441–446. link. Accessed 26 Feb. 2020.
Thank you, Kathie Forbes, for researching the disputed origins of this profile.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Winney by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Winney:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Winney by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Winney:
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Patti Mills 
:
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Laurie (Grant) Brockman :
23andMe, GEDmatch M925298 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch YV4318854 [compare], Ancestry member Teawany07
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~0.39%
~6.25%
Rebecca (Brown) Whitmore :
23andMe, GEDmatch RS4019875 [compare]
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~0.39%
Ryan Cox :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Dana Carroll :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.39%
Amelia (Keith) Old :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch YQ7941635 [compare]
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~0.39%
Martin Hardison :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A955170 [compare], Ancestry member mahardison13
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~0.39%
Gregory (McBeath) MacBeth :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch YJ1618079 [compare], Ancestry member USMC7312
+
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch YJ1618079 [compare]
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~0.39%
Roderick Patterson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch WN6304307 [compare]
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Living DNA
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- Who were the parents of Winney Randolph? Feb 26, 2020.
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that is where you take a square peg and pound it into a round hole.. whack, whack, whack.... Facts do matter in family history, thank you to the editor of this profile who pointed out the lack of documentation for any relationship to Jane Bolling and Richard Randolph.