Paul, This is really great on your part! I too would be interested in knowing if there is "Morris Gwyn/Guinn born PA abt 1740 probably around the Philadelphia/Lancaster County area. I know he removed to VA and later to KY, along with his sister Mary Gwyn who married Lewis Garrett of Willistown, PA. Lewis was disowned from the Quakers because he married Mary Gwyn who was not a Quaker. I have Morris Gwyn's will from 1803 (Fayette Co., KY) where he left his entire estate to his sister's Mary Gwyn Garrett's children. Thanks for being so kind. Cheryl ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Gwynn" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 12:37 PM Subject: The Book of the Gwinns/Gwynns > Me Again, > > Just for your information, probably the best book I have found on the > Gwynn/Gwinn/Gwin line is the one by Jesse Blaine Gwin. I am not sure when > it was written, but the title is "The History of the > Gwin/Gwinn/Gwinne/Gwynn/Gwyn/Gwynne Family" by Jesse Blaine Gwin. It > covers > many different lines of the earliest families that came to America from > Europe. I found my ancestors there and it might be of value to some of > you. > If you would like, I would be most happy to look up information on an > individual for you that you may be having difficulty with. But give me > some > time, especially if I get a lot of requests. I am going out of town this > weekend, so I will not be back before next Tuesday, but if you want, go > ahead and send your requests and I will do what I can. What I will need, > if > at all possible is a time frame, date of birth or death would be great, > spouse if known, names of parents or siblings or children if known, and > the > area or state where they were supposed to have lived. I will do my best > to > find them if they are in the book. However, just saying can you find > James > Gwin from 1840 will not work. There must be 40 James Gwins in the book. > I > need a bit more information that just the name. > > It is easy to see by reading the book that Gwynns/Gwinns changed the > spelling of their name like most of us change socks. I found out that my > great great great grandfather's real name was Joseph Gwynne, however, that > was also the name of his grandfather, his uncle, and his cousin. So to > make > things easier, they gave him the nickname Josephus. Well, I looked for > years for his ancestors until I ran across two wills on the now defunct (I > think) U.S. Gen Web site that had the will of his grandfather and his > grandmother, both prominently listing Josephus. Long story stort, by > luck, > also found him in the court records in Greene County, Pennsylvania and > what > he had done was left home at the age of 18 and headed west, to Indiana, > where he kept his nickname, dropped the e from his name and thus Josephus > Gwynn, my ggg grandfather, who was actually borne Joseph Gwynne in Greene > County, Pennsylvania. > > I have even found ancestors in my line that spelled the name Gwinn, Gwin, > and one Gwyne. Often, it was not them that did the spelling, as with > census > takers. The one writing it down did not necessarily know hnow to spell > it, > neither did the person giving them the information, and often, it was > spelled the way it sounded. Thus, just because it is spelled differently, > don't be too quick to rule that person out as a possible ancestor. The > best > thing they ever came up with is the Soundex system. That way, even though > you get some unrelated names, you do get all the ones of the various > Gwynn/Gwinn spellings and can more easily wade through that information > rather than just concentrating on spelling, which may or may not be the > one > your ancestors used. Lastly, often they spelled it differently in Europe > than here. I know may Gwynne/Gwinne familes that dropped the e on coming > to > America. Someone told me that although the name is indeed of Welsh > lineage > and ancestry, the e on the end was the "Old English" spelling of the name, > just like in England today, color is spelled "colour". > > Paul > > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > >