Matriarch Winnifred Dunn (nee Thompson)  was a descendant of the  Leeward Maroons. Her maternal grandfather was  Maroon  Colonel James Salmon of Accompong Town. One of Winnifred's paternal ancestors was from the Igbo tribe of Nigeria. The Maroons were a mixture of escaped slaves from West Africa(Ghana and Ivory Coast) and Arawak /Taino Indians; they are sometimes referred to as 'Taino Maroons'. Some settled in the hills of Accompong Town located in the Cockpit Country during  Spanish and British occupancy of Jamaica. They were skillful and elusive warriors who defeated the  British army multiple times. They governed themselves, and was designated indigenous; this was acknowledged by the 1738 treaty relating to the Leeward Maroons, and was excluded from the  Jamaican constitution. Their most popular leaders were 'Nanny' of Nanny Town, her brothers Cudjoe and Accompong of Accompong Town.
 Most Leeward Maroons were descended from the Ashanti Tribe(Akan People) of Ghana. 

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Patriarch James Aubrey Dunn's paternal ancestors are from Scottish and Irish colonists. It is said that three brothers  arrived Jamaica during the 1700's and became wealthy land owners, one went to St.Elizabeth, one  St.James and the other St.Ann however they were also heavy drinkers and gamblers. They lost most  of the land including the property that had the Reviere Bauxite company, The Dunn's River falls  property was said to be donated by the Dunn's of St.Ann. Ancestor George Robert Dunn settled in Cedar  Spring, St.Elizabeth where we still have relatives. Cedar Spring produces a large amount of  pimento aka allspice. Patriarch James's maternal ancestors are said ( not proven) to be of native Taino and German; his only recollection of their domicile was Nero Mountain region, now Aberdeen, St. Elizabeth.


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