The Roy Family Tree
Begins with Hannah Wimbish – Stephen Wimbish
(Both Emancipated slaves of Smith from Virginia)
According to Tasa Wimbish, the first known members of the Wimbish family who eventually settled in Sandy Fork, Texas were Hannah and Stephen Wimbish. Both were slaves in Virginia prior to the Emancapation Proclamation. It is not known which city in Virginia they resided. It is believed that Hannah and Stephen were owned by a slave master named “Smith” and that at one time they were known by the name of Smith also. Tasa is not sure why they eventually changed their name to Wimbish.
Middle Row – right to left: Juanita, Estelle
Back Row – left to right: Ricky, Xavier, Janice, Von, Jerrold
Midddle Row – left to right: Julia, Joseph
Front Row – left to right: Barbara (Mom), Theresa, Jasper (Dad), Estelle, Michael
Bottom Row: Jasper Wimbish Roy (Big Daddy) with his wife Janice Carter (Big Mama)
Family Tree
Hanna Wimbish (1828-1910)- Stephen Wimbish (10 Children)
Paul – Ettie; Stephen – Josephine; Selina – Ephran Taylor; Alice – Steve Jackson; Susan – Jim Robinson; John – Ella; Fannie – Thacker Sell; Annie Roy – Roy;
Elsie – Williams (First name unknown): Sandy Folk, Clem – Virginia
Annie Wimbish Roy (2 Children)
Willie; Ollie; Mary; Jasper Wimbish Roy
Jasper Wimbish Roy (1899)- Janice Carter Roy (2 Chirdren)
Jasper K. Roy; Ernestine Grace Roy Harper
Jasper K. Roy – Barbara Miller (13 Children)
Richard Cortez; Zaline Barbara Roy-Cambell; Xavier K; Von Javid; Jerrold Wimbish; Janice Danielle; Jaunita Kamila; Anthony Eugene; Stella Katrice; Michael Benjamin; Theresa Louise; Joseph Kenneth; Julia Marie
Joseph Roy – Susan Skinner (4 Children)
- Jarell Akeem Skinner-Roy
- Selwyn Nathaniel Skinner-Roy
- Joaquim Alexander Skinner-Roy
- Shannon Joseph Skinner-Roy
Stories & Memories
According to Tasa Wimbish, the first known members of the Wimbish family who eventually settled in Sandy Fork, Texas were Hannah and Stephen Wimbish. Both were slaves in Virginia prior to the Emancapation Proclamation. It is not known which city in Virginia they resided. It is believed that Hannah and Stephen were owned by a slave master named “Smith” and that at one time they were known by the name of Smith also. Tasa is not sure why they eventually changed their name to Wimbish.
Shortly after the Emancapation Proclamation was issued “, ( approximately 1868) setting slaves all over the United States free, Hannah and Stephen left Virginia with several other Black families. They traveled by horse and buggy to Sandy Fork, Texas. Although they traveled much of the way by buggy, they also traveled a great deal by foot. In those times, this was the common way to travel .