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

Hi: Would you look up MORDECAI GWIN c. 1720 - 1784...Died in N. C. Thanks, Harris Austin, Tx. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Gwynn" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 11:37 AM 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 > >

I would love to know where these people ended up..John and Mary Gwin were in 1850 census in MaCoupin Co Ill with 3 kids, Hulda, william and alexander...In 1860 they were in Bourbon co ks with 3 more kids Arrenia, Octava and orvil...then, I can't find them anywhere else...John in 1850 census was said to have been born 1824 tn and mary 1824 Mo...then in 1860 census john was born Al and Mary born Oh...I believe Marys maiden name may have been Boswell....Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Thanks a bunch ann Givens ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul Gwynn To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 11:37 AM 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