Brian, Has it ever been proven that John Winn married Elizabeth Minor? Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Winn" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 2:34 PM Subject: [WINN] calling Miles and all Welsh Wynn-Winn experts (again) >I have not seen any responses to my email from a month ago. I do not >recall > seeing this forum 'debate' the accuracy of the 'Wise Footsteps' book, but > I > am inclined to change my line from a less than tenuous connection to the > Welsh Winns through John Wynne to the Wise suggested line. Any thoughts . > . > . anyone? > > Below are my current chart (which I know is wrong) and my earlier email > regarding the Wise Footsteps. > > Thanks > > Brian Winn > > - - - - - > > Direct Descendants of John * Ap Maurice > > 1 John * Ap Maurice 1523 - 1559 > ... +Ellen * Lloyd - Unknown > 2 John * Wynne 1553 - 1625/26 > .......... +Sarah * Sidney Gerard 1560 - 1632 > .... 3 [2] Owen * Wynne 1586 - 1660 > ................ +[1] Grace * Williams 1611 - 1652/53 > ........... 4 [3] John * Winn 1627 - 1694 > ................. +[4] Elizabeth * Minor 1630 - 1726 > ...................... 5 [5] Richard * Winn, Sr. 1670 - 1716 > ............................. +[6] Sarah Unknown 1678 - 1707 > ............................. 6 [7] Richard * Winn, Jr. 1701 - 1748 > ................................... +[8] Phoebe * Wilkes 1705 - 1731 > .................................. 7 [9] John Joseph * Winn, Sr. 1729 - > 1781 > ........................................ +[10] Susannah * Epes Irby 1730 - > 1795 > ................................... 8 [11] John Joseph * Winn, Jr. 1759 - > 1838 > > > > From: "Brian Winn" <> > Subject: calling Miles and all Welsh Wynn-Winn experts > Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 18:35:04 -0800 > > > Has anyone taken a look at this? Someone was nice enough to send me this > section from the book. > > The following account from 'Wise Footsteps' is a very plausible effort to > connect the Winns to Wales. I found a couple of references to Robert Wynne > as the Uncle of the John Wynne of Gwydir. Unfortunately, I did not get any > sources for this section. Does anyone have this? It is listed as being in > the SLC Library > > Brian Winn > > > > " Evan (Jevan) said to be son of Meredydd ap Jevan, born c. 1540; had a > son: > > "Sir Robert Wynne, born c. 1570, was of Conway, Wales, who in the late > 1500's built Plas Mawr mansion in Conway which is now used to house the > Royal Cambrian Academy of Arts and is open for tours. The famous Wynn bed, > built in 1570, is housed at the Castle Hotel and can be requested when > making reservations. A son was: > > "Captain Thomas Wynne, born 1590/92, died 1625; came to Virginia, 1611, > with > his kinsman, Owen Wynne; married probably Dorothy Hines (?Vines) and > received large tracts of land in York and Warwick counties. Two sons were: > Richard Wynne; married Joan____; [and] > > "Captain John Winn, born c. 1632, Virginia; died c. 1694; patented land in > Westmoreland Co., Virginia, 1654; married Elizabeth Minor, daughter of > John > Minor and his wife, Ellinor. Two sons were: > Richard Winn; married Ann Cocke > Minor Winn; married Ann Byrd > > "Richard Winn, born 1672, most likely in Westmoreland Co., Virginia; died > 1748, Virginia; married (1st.) Sarah ____; married (2nd.) Ann Cocke. They > lived in Middlesex Co., Virginia." (citing for Richard the Winn-Jarvis > Book). Wise Footsteps from England and Ireland; Ancestral Study of Wise > and > Allied Families pages 158-60 >

Just came across this in Omitted Chapter's from Hotten's: Barbados 6 Jan 1679 Coll. Christopher Lyne's Regiment of Foot, Column Headings: Masters of Families; The names of the Men; and House Keepers and 'Ffreemen. Rich. Wynn - under the last col. Think he found his way to Va.? -------