THE COMING OF WIMPEYS TO AMERICA

One of our early ancestors was a pioneer Virginia settler.  Records show that a John Wimpey came to Westmoreland County Virginia, in 1654.  A John Wimpey, Jr., is identified as an early settler of Westmoreland County, Virginia.  These historical events are recorded on September 10, 1654.  Although a family pedigree chart has not been developed to show the connection between the Wimpeys of the mid-seventeenth century to those of the current time, there is much evidence to show the Wimpeys of the early period. 

 The Essex County Records, O. B. 1716-1723, p. 166 August 19, 1718, shows John Wimpey, Sr., and his wife, Mary Wimpey, sueing George Pettit for a debt.  In The Essex County Records, W.B.B. p. 229, Mary Wimpey made provision for her two grandchildren, Henry and Elizabeth.  Mary's son John and John's brother David D. Wimpey agreed to be the guardians of her grandchildren in 1754.  Before the American Revolutionary War, the Wimpeys had spent more than a century in various Virginia counties, such as Bedford, York, Essex, Lunenburg, and Westmoreland.  After the American Revolutionary War, David D. Wimpey moved from Bedford County, Virginia, to the Pendleton District, South Carolina, to a Land Grant of 296 acres, given by the Government of South Carolina.