Shirley, if Williams is your married named, maybe you need to talk your husband into a trip to Wales. Williams is a Welsh name, too. Jo Prytherch ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shirley Williams" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 10:20 PM Subject: RE: [WINN] calling Miles and all Welsh Wynn-Winn experts (again) > > > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [WINN] calling Miles and all Welsh Wynn-Winn experts (again) > > Dear Miles, > > Thank you for the fantastic work you have done on the Winn family. I had > so > much erroneous information from my father's cousin - Welsh Royalty, et > al. - > that I held on to that line too long, but now DNA enters the picture. I > had > my Y-DNA done with the cooperation of my oldest brother, George Winn, who > is > a direct male Winn descendant as far back as I have been able to go - to > the > Thomas Winn who patented land in KY with his two brothers George and Owen. > This is a letter I recently received: > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > HI SHIRLEY - YES IT WAS THROUGH THE YSEARCH THAT I GOT YOUR CONTACT INFO. > I > MUST BE IN THE SAME GROUP AS YOUR BROTHER BUT AM NOT SURE WHICH HE IS IN > THE > LISTING. I AM NEW TO THE DNA PROGRAM AND AM JUST TRYING TO LEARN HOW TO > COMPARE EVERYTHING. WE MIGHT HAVE A CONNECTION CLOSE BY, BUT FOR NOW AM > NOT > SURE. I AM IN THE PROCESS OF UP DATING GEDCOM PEDIGREE FILES SO WILL HAVE > AN > UP DATE IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO TO PUT ON THE YSEARCH SITE. WILL TRY TO > KEEP > IN CLOSE CONTACT TO SEE IF & HOW WE CONNECT - > ~~~~ > HI > SHIRLEY - I GUESS OUR THOMAS ARE NOT THE SAME. AS TO THE IMMIGRANT - MY > LINE > IMMIGRANT IS ROBERT WYNNE b:1622 IN ST DUNSTAN, CANTERBURY, UK. HE CAME TO > THIS > COUNTRY BETWEEN 1652 & 1655. HAVE NOT GOT INTO FINDING THE EXACT DATE YET. > HIS WIFE WAS MARY FRANCIS SLOMAN b: 1635 IN LONDON, MIDDLESEX, UK.SO FAR I > HAVE > FOUND ONLY FOUR CHILDREN : MARY, THOMAS (my line),ROBERT, JOSHUA ALL BORN > IN > CHARLES CITY, VA. I AM LOOKING FOR ROBERT THE MAYORS PARENT TOO. HAVE > SEVERAL > LEADS BUT NOTHING IN CONCRETE YET. AS TO FRANCES ; I HAVE HER NAME THREE > WAYS ; > WATTMER, WATMOUGH, WATTAMER. SHE WAS ALSO BORN IN SALOP LIKE ROBERT, BUT > HAVE > NOTHING YET FURTHER BACK ON HER PARENTS. HOPE THIS HELPS A BIT. I'LL PUT > YOU > ON > MY INFO LIST IF I FIND OUT ANYTHING MORE. > THANKS > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > To top it all off, my brother George Winn's DNA shows almost exclusively > English with only 1 marker listed as Welsh. There goes my trip to the > ancestral lands in Wales! > Shirley Winn Williams > >