Family:John Winn and Jemima Priest (1)

>Will of John William Winn proved May 22, 1815 in Warrenton, Fauquiercounty Virginia, names wife Jemima.< >Jemima Priest Winn was left a widow with six children by 1815, when sheis mentioned in the will of her husband. I believe she may have lived with her father in Fauquier. Her father, Thomas Priest mentions her in his will dated February 6, 1827, found in will book 15, page 51, at Warrenton Fauquier county Virginia. < >Fauquier County Guardian Bonds: Henry Priest, gen. of Thomas, Mary, Isham, Minor, William and Elizabeth Winn, orphans of John W. Winn, decd. 24 March 1817 for $2000. Signed: William Burns (Signed Byrne), Thomas Priest. Witness: Dan'l Withers< >Fauquier County Virginia Land Deed Book 31, page 206, probated 25October 1830, Thomas Priest made a gift of three of his female slaves to his three granddaughters: Mary Elizabeth Winn Betsey Withers Winn Mary Ann Priest (daughter of Henry Priest)< (Henry Priest was the brother of Jemima) >Jemima Priest Winn is found living in Ralls county Missouri in 1840,where she appears on the census.<

1. ↑ Terry Henderson, Compiler: Terry Henderson. Winn Research of Terry Henderson. (2004).