There are five Wynkoops listed in the existing 1769 Tax Records for the City of Philadelphia, as well as the Manor of Moreland, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania: Cornelius Wynkoop, [No. 44], Philip Wynkoop, [No. 48], John Wynkoop, [No. 144], Garret Wynkoop, [No. 163], and Benjamin Wynkoop, [No. 175, a grandson of Benjamin Wynkoop, No. 8, and a well-known property investor of the time. At one time he owned thousands of acres in Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky and may have owned property in Delaware as well.]

    Philip and his nephew John were taxed for having Servants, which is here assumed to be a euphemism for slaves. The amount taxed is in English pounds, shillings and pennies.

    Benjamin was a merchant who lived in the city, while the others lived in the Manor of Moreland. Benjamin, too, was a well known slaveholder, the most famous being Absalom Jones, who became a powerful and influential minister in Philadelphia, after he purchased his freedom from his master. It's surprising that he is not taxed here for his "Servants."

    All numbers refer back to Richard Wynkoop's 1904 edition of Wynkoop Genealogy in the United States of America.

    Chris

Proprietary Tax List of Philadelphia
County & City
1769

Index
Page 208:

Winecope

Benjamin 124
Cornelius 92
Garret 93
John 90
Philip 93

Manor of Moreland - Jacob Spencer, Assessor

Dock Ward                Acres   Horses   Cattle   Servants   Tax
Benjamin Winecope - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -     8.0.0
Cornelius Winecope Est - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -    7.16.0
Garret Winecope - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Philip Winecope          300         6             5           1      36.15.4
John Winecope           212         5             5           2      34.0.0

Source:

Proprietary Tax List of Philadelphia County & City, 1769, Westminster, Maryland, Family Line Publications, 1988. [General Note: "Pertaining to the inhabitants of Philadelphia County (including that area which became Montgomery County in 1784), and the city of Philadelphia." "Reprinted from the (published) Pennsylvania Archives, Series 3, Volume xiv"], pp. 90, 92, 93, 124, 208