This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Coroinn Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.winn/1652.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Bob this is confusing. Stephen D Winn from the civil war died in Vicksburg Mississippi. Stephen D Winn from PA was a bridge builder in Jersey City 1900 the house was a rental. There is also a Stephen H Winn all three men born same year. Which one are you looking for? Connie Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Bob_MacAvoy Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.winn/1652/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Searching for the burial place of Stephen D. Winn a Civil War veteran who died 12/4/1911. He may have lived in Jersey City, NJ at one time. No death certificate can be found for him in Trenton. Bob http://ourbrothersgonebefore.wetpaint.com Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sdavis9043 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.winn/812.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Im related directly to the Winn family. My family records show that Minor Winn was related to Captain Sir Thomas Winn, who came to Virginia around 1620. There were several Minor Winns descending from the first Minor Winn of Captain John Winn of Westmoreland Co., VA. Minor Winn I lived on Eden Plantation in Prince William Co., VA in 1710. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.
Brian- Are you sure you dont have a copy of this handwritten letter ca 1870? I thought I sent you copies of all the letters from the Draper Mss. Collection that include about 10 letters written by descendants of Minor Winn and his brothers to Lyman C. Draper. Draper was an avid collector of Revolutionary War memorabilia, who after the Civil War realized many of the South's family manuscript collections were rapidly disappearing relating to Revolutionary War Patriots. Sometime in the early 1870s Draper proceeded to contact as many Southerners as possible who had Revolutionary War descendants. As a result of his research several of the descendants of Minor Winn, the brother of Col John Winn and Gen Richard Winn of Winnsboro, NC exchanged letters with Draper. I believe this is the first effort to document this line and to point others genealogists who had an expanded interest to Winn material. The topic of the origin of this line of Winn is discussed but it was not until an article appearing in the VA Mag. Of History & Bio published ca 1890 (I think you sent me a copy of the article though I also had scanned the article some years ago) was there any serious thought given to the line of Minor Winn to establish a pedigree or ancestor for this line. As far as I have been able to determine Winn-Jarvis is the best summary of the various VA Winn lines as the authors were well respected theologians who descended via parallel Winn lines through the line of Richard Winn of Middlesex Co., VA. The attribution of a connection to Minor Winn and Wales was given further treatment and the citation of the Draper Mss. appears with Mrs. A. Evans Winn genealogy in which she attempted to discover the origin of Minor Winn. It is in this genealogy that I find the first reference of Minor Winn emigrating from Wales and her source authority is the one letter with the meager reference from a grandson to the family migrating from Wales. The date of migration is deduced by inference from the writers describing generations by grandfather and great grandfather and one is left to assume average generational life spans to arrive at a speculative date of emigration of the ancestor ca 1680 due to some civil unrest in Wales. It is this comment that leads Connie to speculate that the line of Minor Winn was somehow caught on the wrong side of the politics of the time forcing a migration to America. It was during this period in England and Wales the Jacobite Rebellion was underway. The implication here is that Minor Winn and perhaps other family members emigration to VA has something to do with the Jacobite Rebellion. All of this is pure speculation, but it may be true as the politics of the time in England and Wales do correspond with the general time frame set forth in the Draper Mss. Someone in the Minor Winn line should do a timeline of the various Minor Winn genealogies, as it would point to where the myths begin and who they begin with. I have a fair idea of such a chronology. But I think it would be more credible and productive if someone who is descended in this line who is a respected researcher devoted some time to the current understanding of the genealogy of the Minor Winn line and how it arrived in the state it is in today. I vote for you as you have more than a fair amount of original Minor Winn material. I attach a summary of the Winn papers held in the Draper Mss. Col. with some of the originals to follow under separate cover -Larry On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:43:21 -0800 "Brian Winn" <brian_winn@winnlawgroup.com> wrote: > Robert: I do not think I have a copy of the letter, just some quotes from > it in Dean Winn's materials > > Thanks > > Brian > > -----Original Message----- >From: winn-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:winn-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf > Of ROBERT WYNNE > Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 9:34 AM > To: winn@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [WINN] Prof. W. Wayne Smith > > Brian- So far as I can determine all Welsh Winn references from 1890 on > derive from a letter > written by a grandson of Minor Winn of first of VA then SC in which he > states his grandfather > emigrated to America due to some sort of civil unrest in Wales. This > statment has been cited and > re re cited and expanded upon over the years to provide a supposed origin of > Minor Winn. The > actual letter - I believe you may have a copy - is indistinct on this topic > certainly not > authoritative or could be regarded as a proof quality reference. -Larry > > On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:42:48 -0800 > "Brian Winn" <brian_winn@winnlawgroup.com> wrote: >> >> >> In re-reading Dean Winn's "Notes on the Winn Family of Virginia, South >> Carolina" I see a lengthy quote from Prof. W. Wayne Smith, University of >> Idaho regarding the ancient Winns, which is the second or third reference > I >> have seen to his Winn research >> >> Did Prof. Smith publish anything on the Winns? If yes, would someone mind >> sending me a copy or a reference to his publication? >> >> Thanks >> >> Brian Winn >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WINN-request@rootsweb.com with the word >>'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WINN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WINN-request@rootsweb.com with the word >'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Hi Brian, Robert L. Wynne's response to your recent query about Prof. W. Wayne Smith reminded me that I had not responded on this pet subject of mine. As I had repeatedly run across references to Dr. Smith, in Oct 1998 I took advantage of vist to NC to go to the Rowan Co. Public Library which houses a collection of his papers. These turned out to be a collection of the correspondence sent to him over many years about Winn/Wynne families. I could not find that Dr. Smith actually published anything of his own, other than the letters and comments he sent to others, but it is clear from these papers that he became a sort of central clearinghouse for Winn/Wynne speculations. He go into it because his wife was a Winn descendant. Dr. Smith lived in Boise, Idaho, where he taught the University -- I don't have my files at hand since a recent move --- and did not do any field work or research in the East, altho he did rarely hire a researcher. What he tried to do was correlate or make sense out of all the different Winn/Wynne genealogies he collected, most if not all of which got very speculative going back before, say, 1800 when the census began to provide objective data. His conclusions are not to be trusted and shifted over time. In my opinion, his chief sin was having accepted and promulgated info he got from one Mame E. Wood, of Philadelphia, a "genealogist" (for hire)who claimed to have solved the mysteries of the origins of the Wynnes of Va. but who (as she admits in some of her own correspondence housed in Phila.) simply made completely unproved assumptions to link Wynnes and create pedigrees. The primary sin was creating the John Wynne & Elizabeth Minor marriage and set of children which continues to circulate and bedevil Wynne discussions. While the collection in Rowan Co. holds loads of Winn/Wynne "data", separating the wheat from the chaff is probably more work than simply doing basic genealogical research on whatever Winn/Wynne line one is following. Myles Johnson Rockville, Md. ***************************************** ... On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:42:48 -0800 "Brian Winn" <brian_winn@winnlawgroup.com> wrote: > > > In re-reading Dean Winn's "Notes on the Winn Family of Virginia, South > Carolina" I see a lengthy quote from Prof. W. Wayne Smith, University of > Idaho regarding the ancient Winns, which is the second or third reference I > have seen to his Winn research > > Did Prof. Smith publish anything on the Winns? If yes, would someone mind > sending me a copy or a reference to his publication? > > Thanks > > Brian Winn
Myles: thanks for helping me close off a wild goose chase Merry Christmas everyone Brian -----Original Message----- From: winn-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:winn-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Myles Johnson Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 10:27 AM To: winn@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WINN] Prof. W. Wayne Smith Hi Brian, Robert L. Wynne's response to your recent query about Prof. W. Wayne Smith reminded me that I had not responded on this pet subject of mine. As I had repeatedly run across references to Dr. Smith, in Oct 1998 I took advantage of vist to NC to go to the Rowan Co. Public Library which houses a collection of his papers. These turned out to be a collection of the correspondence sent to him over many years about Winn/Wynne families. I could not find that Dr. Smith actually published anything of his own, other than the letters and comments he sent to others, but it is clear from these papers that he became a sort of central clearinghouse for Winn/Wynne speculations. He go into it because his wife was a Winn descendant. Dr. Smith lived in Boise, Idaho, where he taught the University -- I don't have my files at hand since a recent move --- and did not do any field work or research in the East, altho he did rarely hire a researcher. What he tried to do was correlate or make sense out of all the different Winn/Wynne genealogies he collected, most if not all of which got very speculative going back before, say, 1800 when the census began to provide objective data. His conclusions are not to be trusted and shifted over time. In my opinion, his chief sin was having accepted and promulgated info he got from one Mame E. Wood, of Philadelphia, a "genealogist" (for hire)who claimed to have solved the mysteries of the origins of the Wynnes of Va. but who (as she admits in some of her own correspondence housed in Phila.) simply made completely unproved assumptions to link Wynnes and create pedigrees. The primary sin was creating the John Wynne & Elizabeth Minor marriage and set of children which continues to circulate and bedevil Wynne discussions. While the collection in Rowan Co. holds loads of Winn/Wynne "data", separating the wheat from the chaff is probably more work than simply doing basic genealogical research on whatever Winn/Wynne line one is following. Myles Johnson Rockville, Md. ***************************************** ... On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:42:48 -0800 "Brian Winn" <brian_winn@winnlawgroup.com> wrote: > > > In re-reading Dean Winn's "Notes on the Winn Family of Virginia, South > Carolina" I see a lengthy quote from Prof. W. Wayne Smith, University of > Idaho regarding the ancient Winns, which is the second or third reference I > have seen to his Winn research > > Did Prof. Smith publish anything on the Winns? If yes, would someone mind > sending me a copy or a reference to his publication? > > Thanks > > Brian Winn ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WINN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Robert: I do not think I have a copy of the letter, just some quotes from it in Dean Winn's materials Thanks Brian -----Original Message----- From: winn-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:winn-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of ROBERT WYNNE Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 9:34 AM To: winn@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WINN] Prof. W. Wayne Smith Brian- So far as I can determine all Welsh Winn references from 1890 on derive from a letter written by a grandson of Minor Winn of first of VA then SC in which he states his grandfather emigrated to America due to some sort of civil unrest in Wales. This statment has been cited and re re cited and expanded upon over the years to provide a supposed origin of Minor Winn. The actual letter - I believe you may have a copy - is indistinct on this topic certainly not authoritative or could be regarded as a proof quality reference. -Larry On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:42:48 -0800 "Brian Winn" <brian_winn@winnlawgroup.com> wrote: > > > In re-reading Dean Winn's "Notes on the Winn Family of Virginia, South > Carolina" I see a lengthy quote from Prof. W. Wayne Smith, University of > Idaho regarding the ancient Winns, which is the second or third reference I > have seen to his Winn research > > Did Prof. Smith publish anything on the Winns? If yes, would someone mind > sending me a copy or a reference to his publication? > > Thanks > > Brian Winn > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WINN-request@rootsweb.com with the word >'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WINN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Brian- So far as I can determine all Welsh Winn references from 1890 on derive from a letter written by a grandson of Minor Winn of first of VA then SC in which he states his grandfather emigrated to America due to some sort of civil unrest in Wales. This statment has been cited and re re cited and expanded upon over the years to provide a supposed origin of Minor Winn. The actual letter - I believe you may have a copy - is indistinct on this topic certainly not authoritative or could be regarded as a proof quality reference. -Larry On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:42:48 -0800 "Brian Winn" <brian_winn@winnlawgroup.com> wrote: > > > In re-reading Dean Winn's "Notes on the Winn Family of Virginia, South > Carolina" I see a lengthy quote from Prof. W. Wayne Smith, University of > Idaho regarding the ancient Winns, which is the second or third reference I > have seen to his Winn research > > Did Prof. Smith publish anything on the Winns? If yes, would someone mind > sending me a copy or a reference to his publication? > > Thanks > > Brian Winn > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WINN-request@rootsweb.com with the word >'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Cousins, Our common Winn line has recently been reviewed, reorganized, sourced, and posted on the Internet. Common ancestors and their pages: Minor Winn (ca 1704 - 1778) VA = Margaret O'Connor http://www.ancestor-rescue.com/Winn/WinnMinor2.htm William Winn (ca.1732 - ca 1800) VA-->SC = Rosamond Hampton http://www.ancestor-rescue.com/Winn/WinnWilliam.htm Minor H. Winn (ca.1775 - aft1840) SC -->TN-->IL-->West Fork, AR = Leodocia "Dicey" Matilda Bedford http://www.ancestor-rescue.com/Winn/WinnMinorH.htm James Minor Winn (1810 - 1868) TN-->IL-->West Fork, AR = Nancy Ann Bloyed http://www.ancestor-rescue.com/Winn/WinnJamesMinor.htm You'll find this family history to be quite unique. In addition to a page for each main character/family, the site has many features intended to help internalize all the information applicable. a.. Home: Overview, Navigation, Maintenance, Sources (sitewide) http://www.ancestor-rescue.com/Winn/index.htm b.. Lineage: Lineage Outlined, Minor Confusion http://www.ancestor-rescue.com/Winn/lineage.htm c.. Origins: Ancestor Overview, Family Naming Conventions, Ancient Sources http://www.ancestor-rescue.com/Winn/origins.htm d.. Maps: An overview of their migrations plus details where they lived http://www.ancestor-rescue.com/Winn/Maps We intend to clearly display information with the utmost accuracy feasible--coupled with all the documentation possible. Past attempts to trace this lineage have failed to capture and document this information in a way that helps correct errors and establish facts. The Internet now makes it possible to share sources like never before. If we can get all that is know of our common ancestors in one place, we all will benefit from the subsequent enlightenment. Bob Saunders has done extensive research centered on Minor H. Winn (1775-1840) and his descendants: http://www.ancestor-rescue.com/Winn/WinnMinorH.htm and has provided a great deal of information that alone, should make a long-term difference. Others have contributed information on this line which has been merged and organized on this site. As resources become available, they will be linked to the site or scans of the critical documents/sources will be embedded where needed therein so that users (themselves) can help sort out the factual, eliminate the incorrect, and capture the remaining facts, controversies, and speculation in their proper context. We have provided readers with much of the pertinent information, formatted for clarity and effective referencing, and minimiIng conflicting information (except where acknowledged and qualified). For example, users can cross-compare sources pertaining to a specific birth of a relative to determine how to use the information. In this way, they can build on what we is known. This is a dynamic site, engineered so it can continue to change regularly with exacting input as others interface with this outline of family history. Please take a little time and compare what the site shows to everything else you have on this line. Dig through those boxes one more time. If you have access to pertinent information we lack, I hope you will share it so it can be put on the site for all to benefit from. This includes pictures/graphics. Use the site for discussions. Help correct and flush out this history for posterity. Reply to either rsmart@ancestor-rescue.com or saundersrj@earthlink.net specifying either the URL (or the page heading--name/dates) and the web page section. And if you have accessed this site in the past, please go back and look again. Much has been corrected and added lately. And let us know how we can better present this information to help youand your decendents. Thank you, Randy C. Smart Webmaster / Historian Winn Family History Site
OK Bob, I've reformatted the site and have most everything on there (there will always be more, I hope). I think it is getting close to releasing. Here is my latest draft for your comment: Randy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cousins, Our common Winn line has recently been reviewed, reorganized, sourced, and posted on the Internet. Common ancestors are: Minor Winn (1704 - 1778) = Margaret O'Connor Northern Virginia William Winn (1732 - 1800) = Rosamond Hampton VA-->South Carolina Minor H. Winn (1775 - 1840) = Matilda Bedford SC -->Tennessee-->West Fork, Arkansas a.. James Minor Winn (1810 - 1868) = Nancy Ann Boyd Tennessee-->West Fork, Arkansas I think you'll find this family history to be unique. In addition to a page for each main character/family, the site has many features intended to help internalize the information. a.. Home: Overview, Navigation, Maintenance, Sources (sitewide) http://www.ancestor-rescue.com/Winn/index.htm b.. Lineage: Lineage Outlined, Minor Confusion http://www.ancestor-rescue.com/Winn/lineage.htm c.. Origins: Ancestor Overview, Family Naming Conventions, Ancient Sources http://www.ancestor-rescue.com/Winn/origins.htm d.. Maps: An overview of their migrations plus details where they lived http://www.ancestor-rescue.com/Winn/Maps We intend to clearly display information with the utmost accuracy feasible--coupled with all the documentation possible. Past attempts to trace this lineage have failed to captured and document this information in way that helps correct errors and establish truths. The Internet now makes it possible to share sources like never before. If we can get all that is know of our common ancestors in one place, we all will benefit from the subsequent enlightenment. Bob Saunders has done extensive research centered on Minor H. Winn (1775-1840): http://www.ancestor-rescue.com/Winn/WinnMinorH.htm and has provided a great deal of information that alone, should make a long-term difference. Others have contributed information on this line which has been merged and organized on this site. As resources become available, they will be linked to the site so scans of the critical documents/sources will be embedded where needed therein so that user (themselves) can help sort out the factual, eliminate the incorrect, and capture the remaining facts, controversies, and speculation in their proper context. We have provided readers with pertinent information formatted in a way that provides clarity, allows for effective referencing, and prevents conflicting information (except where acknowledged and qualified). For example, users can cross-compare sources pertaining to the birth of a relative to determine how to use that information thereby building on what we have started. This is a dynamic site, engineered so it can continue to change regularly with exacting input as others interface with this outline of family history. Please take a little time and compare what the site shows to everything else you have on this line. Dig through those boxes one more time. If you have access to pertinent information we lack, I hope you will share it so it can be put on the site for all to benefit from. This includes pictures/graphics. Help us correct and flush out this history for posterity. Reply to either rsmart@ancestor-rescue.com or saundersrj@earthlink.net specifying either the URL (or the page heading--name/dates) and the web page section. And if you have accessed this site in the past, please go back and look again. Much has been corrected and added lately. And let us know how we can better present this information to help you. Thank you, Randy C. Smart Webmaster / Historian
I wonder if this publication might connect with my Winn's that came from the New Castle on the Tyne in Duram county, England? My Winn line that I know about came to America in 1852 having lived in Northumberland. Bob Morefield ----------------------------------- --- On Sun, 12/13/09, Brian Winn <brian_winn@winnlawgroup.com> wrote: > From: Brian Winn <brian_winn@winnlawgroup.com> > Subject: [WINN] Prof. W. Wayne Smith > To: WINN-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Sunday, December 13, 2009, 11:42 PM > > > In re-reading Dean Winn's "Notes on the Winn Family of > Virginia, South > Carolina" I see a lengthy quote from Prof. W. Wayne Smith, > University of > Idaho regarding the ancient Winns, which is the second or > third reference I > have seen to his Winn research > > Did Prof. Smith publish anything on the Winns? If > yes, would someone mind > sending me a copy or a reference to his publication? > > Thanks > > Brian Winn > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WINN-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message >
In re-reading Dean Winn's "Notes on the Winn Family of Virginia, South Carolina" I see a lengthy quote from Prof. W. Wayne Smith, University of Idaho regarding the ancient Winns, which is the second or third reference I have seen to his Winn research Did Prof. Smith publish anything on the Winns? If yes, would someone mind sending me a copy or a reference to his publication? Thanks Brian Winn
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Article about the Digital Library on American Slavery database of 88,000 slaves and free blacks haven't had a chance to investigate it (and won't for a while) but wanted to pass it on for those who do have time sounds really exciting for genealogists http://www.bookpatrol.net/2009/12/whats-in-name-library-database-reveals.html Babette Reeves
Dear Cuz Babette, Absolutely!! Great Find! Hugs Cuz Becky ttg-inc@tx.rr.com http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ttg13/ "'Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain " ----- Original Message ----- From: "BRIAN AND BABETTE REEVES" <the4breeves@msn.com> To: "Winn List" <winn@rootsweb.com>; <the4breeves@msn.com> Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 8:32 AM Subject: [WINN] potential goldmine > > Article about the Digital Library on American Slavery > database of 88,000 slaves and free blacks > > haven't had a chance to investigate it (and won't for a while) but wanted > to pass it on for those who do have time > sounds really exciting for genealogists > > http://www.bookpatrol.net/2009/12/whats-in-name-library-database-reveals.html > > > Babette Reeves > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WINN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >
Got a love it when the blanks go out. Sorry any help here is appreciated!!! What I got was references saying that Freeman was the son of Thomas Winn and Joyce Ferguson of Brunswick County. (I note here that Lunenburg was formed from Brunswick) What I see is folks saying that this Thomas is the son of Daniel and Sarah. So again here we go. We will work on getting a YDNA test done on one of the males. Freeman is noted with three marriages. One marriage is Freeman the elder or Freeman William married to Caty Moore in 1803. There is a second marriage to Ann Carrington 1844 but this is for Freeman J born 1817 thought to be the son of Freeman W the elder as compiled from census records. A third marriage for Freeman to Lucy Reese 1843 is noted but some have that as Llwellyn Freeman. Also were these references does anyone have them ttranscribed already???? There is an estate record of Freeman Winn in Mecklenburg Co. VA. From the General Index to Wills and Lists of Heirs, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, page 59, the estate of Freeman Winn is listed as recorded in Mecklenburg County VA Will Book 20, pages 623-624, Mecklenburg County VA Will Book 21, page 163, and Mecklenburg County VA Will Book 22, page 49.
What I got back today was
Jamal Silver has been working on his family for a few years. He has the Winn connection that he listed which was forwarded to the list. This is an African American Winn family I am adding some details: William Henry Winn born abt 1842 he married Nancy Allen b about 1850 found on the 1870 census records for Mecklenburg VA his son was George Washington Wynn born 1870. William Henry Winn born abt 1842 is very likely enslaved by William Winn of Mecklenburg VA. Tradition also states that William is his father. This William Winn of Mecklenburg is reported by some to be the son Freeman Winn who is found in Lunenburg at some time. Do any of you have the estate records transcribed for Freeman or William. It would be most helpful to have them. Involved in this lineage is an overgrown cemetery which was in the first William's family and had been deeded to the descendants of the second William. Currently the cemetery is not located physically but found in paper records. Connie Jamal Silver has been working on his family for a few years. He has the Winn connection that he list above. This is an African American Winn family.
Virginia I will look at everything I have and get back to you. The family on the Chevalier coming from Liverpool to Philadelphia is listed as Irish or Ireland for origin???? Connie