Our Wynne's all sure seem to like to be up to mischief don't they! ha ha Hugs Cuz B ttg-inc@attbi.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Myles Johnson" <mylesj@his.com> To: <WINN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 8:09 PM Subject: [WINN] Oh, Those Wynnes! > Hi All, > Ready for some Wynne scandal? Check out the latest issue of The New Yorker (Aug 18& 25 -- > double issue) --- p. 68, "Love in Venice" by Andrea Di Robilant. The author tells the > story of finding long "lost" corresp of an ancestor, Andrea Memmo, to Giustiniana Wynne in > the late 1700's. Giustiniana was the dau of a Richard Wynne of the family told about in > Fremantle's 'The Wynne Diaries', and the story of her affairs (which included Casanova and > became the talk of Europe) is also in the Diaries. > > The connection to us is that one of the few Wynnes known to come to Va., Thomas Wynne, was > an uncle to the above Richard Wynne. My John Wynne line is seriously looking at this > Thomas as our immigrant Wynne. > > Not sure I want to be considered kin to these folks, tho. > > Myles Johnson > >