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- From: CARRISSAS@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 11:25 AM
[snip]My father is Charles Allen Wynder, Sr. His father was McAllister Winder. He spelled his name with an "i" but taught my dad and his siblings to begin spelling it with the "y". McAllister Winder's father was James Henry Winder, Sr. who was born in Elizabeth City County Virginia (now known as Hampton, Virginia) in October 1881. His parents were Maria Winder (of Warwick County) and Wilson Barkers. My Aunt is Celestine Wynder Carter. I hope this piece of the puzzle is helpful to others. I have also attached a write up from my Aunt [see text under Celestine Wynder...AW] who has been actively involved in the geneology activities in Virginia.
Ann, the thing that is so interesting to me is that although society seperated people/families by racial classifications we are all connected in some way. Especially in Virginia people are more multiracial than they realize. It is truly a melting pot of the blends of the people who came to the country and were originally here in the country.
William & Mary (College) is doing some research and work in preparation for the 1607-2007, 400 year anniversary of the Jamestown Settlement and it is revealing the level of connectivity amongst the three races at the time Native American, African and European. They are finding that the original Africans who were brought over as servants were from Angola. One ship went to Jamestown while the other ship went to Brazil. (I may have relatives in Brazil) Slavery started in Virginia a few years later. Indians and Europeans were also indentured servants. Some of the first Africans and desendants of people with mixed heritage were never enslaved and worked as indentured servants, bonded servants, oystermen, fishermen, whalers and they owned land and had trades. I looked a little futher into Angola, Africa and found out that Angola has a history of colonization by the Portuguese. The countries language is Portuguese and many of the surnames are spanish and the major religion is Roman Catholic.
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1914 - 1957 (43 years)