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Sir James Bacon. The Burwell family is one of the ancient families of the counties of Bedford and Northampton, in England. Lewis Burwell served as president of the council of Virginia, and his daughter, Eliza- beth, married William Nelson, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Another line of ancestry is traced through Humphrie Cole. Through his son, William Cole. Through his son, Colonel William Cole, who married Martha Lear, daughter of Colonel John Lear. Through his son, William Cole, who married Mary Roscow, the latter named a daughter of William and Lucy ( P)assett) Roscow, the latter named a daughter of Colonel William and Joanna (liurwell) Bassett, above mentioned. Wil- liam Roscow was a son of William and Mary (Wilson) Roscow, the latter nrmed a daughter of Colonel John Wilson. Through his son. Captain James Cole, who married Mary Wills, and their daughter, Mary Cole, married George P)arclay, mentioned below. The Cole pedigree is quite prominent, and at one period of Virginia history the family from which Mary Cole is descended was in control of the state.

(T) Major Thomas AVinn, great-grand- father of Dr. John F. Winn, was born in Hanover county, Virginia, December 27. 1753. He served as private and corporal during the revolutionary war, enlisting Sep- tember 27, 1777, for a period of three years, becoming a member of the Ninth Virginia Regiment, under command of Colonel Gib- son. He was a resident of Lowfield, Flu- vanna county, Virginia, and held a commis- sion as lieutenant, captain and major of militia under Governors Benjamin Harri- son, Patrick Henry, Beverly Randolph, Henry Lee.

(H) Captain John Winn, grandfather of Dr. John F. Winn, was born April 25, 1789, died September 18, 1844. He served as en- sign in the militia service at Camp Carter during the war of 181 2, and later was com- missioned captain of a comj^any of riflemen by Governor Wilson C. Nicholas. For many years he was a member of the house of dele- gates from Fluvanna county, V'irginia, was sheriff of that county, and presiding justice under the old county court system. In 1824, when General Lafayette visited Virginia. Captain Winn was commander of the escort that went from b'luvanna to meet him. He married Lucy I'arclay Wills, daughter of

Dr. John and Lucy Martin (Barclay) Wills. Dr. John Wills was a descendant of an Eng- lish ancestry, and his wife of a Scotch-Irish ancestry. Mrs. Wills was a daughter of George and Mary (Cole) Barclay, and granddaughter of Patrick Barclay, a Scotch merchant, who married, in 1742, Elizabeth, daughter of Colonel John and Martha (Bur- well) Martin, the former named a merchant of Dublin. Ireland.

(HI) Dr. Philip James Winn, father of Dr. John F. Winn, was born in July, 1820. died June 19. 1887. He was a graduate in medicine from the University of Virginia, and was actively engaged in the practice of his profession at Winnsville, Fluvanna county, Virginia. He possessed a large amount i)f skill and ability, which he dis- played in the performance of his chosen work, and he was noted for faithfulness in duty and love of truth and right. He was a member of the First Cadet Corps of the Virginia Military Institute. He married Sarah Elizabeth Rebecca pjallow, of Cum- berland county. Virginia.

(IV) Dr. John Farmer Winn was born at Winnsville, Fluvanna county, Virginia, Sep- tember 13, 1852. His early education was obtained under private teaching, after which he entered Fluvanna Institute, then con- ducted by James A. Mundy. From the age of thirteen until seventeen he assisted with the work of the farm, meanwhile attending school, and upon the completion of his studies he taught in the public schools, con- tinuing along that line for three years. In 1873 he entered the University of Virginia, taking part of the medical course in connec- tion with the academic course. He was graduated in 1875 with the degree of Doc- tor of Medicine, began the practice of his profession in Fluvanna county, Virginia, and later pursued post-graduate courses in obstetrics in Philadelphia and New York City institutions. In 1893 ^^- ^Vinn located in Richmond, \'irginia. and has continued in ]:)ractice there up to the present time (1914). an acknowledged authority on ob- stetrics. In the same }'ear he was elected lecturer on clinical, and operative obstetrics by the board of trustees of the University College of Medicine, and later he became ol)stetrician at X^irginia Hospital, obste- trician-in-charge of obstetric clinics in the Cni\ersity College of Medicine, and still later professor of obstetrics in the latter