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  Watkin Williams-Wynn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Educated at Jesus College, Oxford, Williams succeeded to Wynnstay near Ruabon and the estates of the Wynn baronets of Gwydir on the death of a later Sir John Wynn in 1719, and took the name of Williams-Wynn.
Wynn was increasingly regarded by the exiled Stuarts as a key figure in any potential restoration attempt, and in 1740 he promised assistance if the Pretender returned accompanied by a French army.
After the defeat at Culloden, and in the absence of legal proof of Wynn's involvement, Pelham deemed his notoriety to be sufficient punishment.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Watkin_Williams-Wynn   (620 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Wynn's grandfather was in the revolutionary war and was present at the surrender of Cornwallis.
Wynn was born in Fayette county, Ga., and she and her husband are both members of the Baptist church.
Wynn's beautiful home is elegantly fitted up and furnished, his farm is one of the best improved in the county, and he and his family deservedly stand high in the esteem of all who know them, and are leaders in the society of the county.
ftp.rootsweb.com /pub/usgenweb/ga/coweta/bios/wynnobd.txt   (621 words)

  
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It is possible that he was Owen Wynn, the son of Sir John Wynn of Gwydir, since Owen was in London about 1620 and could have invested in the new Va. project, but he is more likely associated with one of the various other Wynn/Wynne families of the time.
Sir John Wynn (d.1626, aet 73) is famous as the author of The History of the Gwydir Family and one of the most prominent Welshmen of his day.
An Edward Hill, believed to be related to John Hill, died in Elizabeth City Co., Va. in 1624 and is possibly the grandfather of the Capt. Thomas Hill (m.
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~myles29/wynne_mythtakes.htm   (2557 words)

  
 Robert Wynn & sons - specialist equipment & services to facilitate the movement of abnormal indivisible loads ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Robert Wynn, from whom the company takes its name, was only fifteen when he inherited the already successful haulage business his father, Thomas, had founded in 1863, the year of Robert's birth.
Robert Wynn died in the November of that year but he left behind five sons who ran an increasingly strong family business that continued into the 1980's, when successive amalgamations saw the name gradually disappear.
In those sixty years, Robert Wynn and Sons made a reputation for finding new and innovative solutions to the specific problems posed by the transport of difficult and indivisible loads.
www.robertwynnandsons.co.uk /html/history_home.htm   (410 words)

  
 Llandudno Transport Festival Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The Wynn's company had been hauliers from the days of horses, and were looking to increase their fleet at a time when the post-war expansion of the steel industry in South Wales was creating a growing demand for heavy and difficult shipments.
A total of ten were purchased by Wynn's at a cost of £400 each, six for use and a further four for spares.
John Wynn and some of the company's drivers and crewmen during the three days of the Festival.
www.llantransfest.co.uk /wynns_pacific.html   (366 words)

  
 The Pirate Radio Hall of Fame: The rescue of First Lieutenant John C. Wynn
An ambulance was waiting on the quayside and John Wynn was rushed to the hospital at USAF Bentwaters in Suffolk, a very lucky man.
It is thought that the author of the memo is John Dienn, alias DJ Earl Richmond, writing to his colleague Paul Kaye.
John C. Wynn telling the story of how he came to land in the North Sea and thanking those responsible for saving his life.
www.offshoreradio.co.uk /odds19.htm   (747 words)

  
 SIR JOHN WYNN - LoveToKnow Article on SIR JOHN WYNN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
(1553-1627), Welsh antiquary, was the son of Morris Wynn and descended from the princes of Wales.
The baronetcy became extinct in 1719, when Wynnstay, near Ruabon, passed to Sir Watkin Williams, who took the name of Williams-Wynn and founded the family of that name.
Sir John Wynns estate of Gwydir came to the 1st duke of Ancaster in the 17th century by his marriage with the heiress of the Wyrins.
29.1911encyclopedia.org /W/WY/WYNN_SIR_JOHN.htm   (311 words)

  
 Wyndham thru Wynn
JOHN HENRY CAMPBELL, Esq., son of JOHN CAMPBELL, Esq., of Dunoon, co. Argyle, by CAROLINE FRANCES WYNDHAM, his wife, only daughter of HENRY PENRUDDOCK WYNDHAM, Esq., of The College, assumed the surname of WYNDHAM on succeeding to the estates of his uncle, WADHAM WYNDHAM, Esq.; died without issue in 1843.
NOTE:..Descended from GRIFFITH WYNN, of Berthdu, second son of JOHN WYNN, of Meredith, who was a descendant of WYNN, of Gwydyr.
The direct male line of the family terminated with ROBERT WYNN, Esq., of Berthdu and Bodysgallen, M.P. for the Carnarvon boroughs, at whose decease the estates devolved on MARGARET, daughter and heir of his brother, the Rev. HUGH WYNN, D.D., and wife of Sir ROGER MOSTYN, Baronet, of Mostyn, co. Flint.
freepages.family.rootsweb.com /~heraldry/bga_wyndham_wynn.html   (1294 words)

  
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He is a son of Glen O. Wynn, born in Oglethorpe county in 1817, whose father, John Wynn, was a revolutionary soldier, a native of Virginia.
Wynn and his wife are members of the Baptist church.
Wynn is a member of the masonic fraternity and is widely known and esteemed.
ftp.rootsweb.com /pub/usgenweb/ga/coweta/bios/wynnjos.txt   (413 words)

  
 Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: User Home Pages: TOM WYNN (4th)
John Overton was the son of Convict James Overton and Jane Mitchell was the daughter of convict Edward Mitchell.
Elizabeth Celey convict married John Rogers and William Richardson and her mother was convict Elizabeth Phelps-Vickery
Charlotte Ahern was a daughter of convict John Barwell.
familytreemaker.genealogy.com /users/w/y/n/Tom-J-Wynn   (871 words)

  
 2003 USSVI Joe Negri Award to John "Gumba" Carcioppolo - SubmarineSailor.com
Congratulations to John "Gumba" Carcioppolo on his receipt of the USSVI Joe Negri award for 2003.
John comes equipped with a natural lighthearted nature that instantly puts you at ease.
According to John Wynn, Gumba REALLY loves his bike and is trying to adapt his "critters" to the "Easy Rider" way of life.
www.submarinesailor.com /USSVI/Negri/2003/Gumba.asp   (1024 words)

  
 John Wynn Home
Wynn began hosting workshops and concerts for the community, working closely with touring-artists such as John Knowles, Billy Crockett, and Doug Smith.
It was this combination of performers and mentors that encouraged him to pursue the dream of developing a studio that could serve the many educational and entertainment needs of his new surroundings in McKinney, Texas.
John has produced several recordings including his own collection of original songs titled “Feels Like Home,” which captures themes and emotions from John’s experiences and background.
www.johnwynn.com   (454 words)

  
 Wynn, Surnames, Society, Genealogy and W Directory Categories and Links @ LocalColorArt.com (Local Color Art)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Wynn - Family history of Thomas John Wynn including convict and free-settler ancestry from New South Wales, AUS.
Wynn: Billingham-on-Tees, ENG - Ancestors and descendants of John Wynn born in County Leitrim, IRL.
Wynn Family of North London - History of Wynn, Raven, Stack and Grosch families who lived in North London at the beginning of the 20th century.
society.texastrader.com /Society/Genealogy/Surnames/W/Wynn   (277 words)

  
 John Wynn, M.D. - Swedish MC, Seattle, Washington, WA
John Wynn, M.D. - Swedish MC, Seattle, Washington, WA To search for a specific phrase enclose that phrase in quotes.
John Wynn, M.D., is medical director of the Swedish Cancer Institute Department of PsychoOncology, located on the Swedish Medical Center/First Hill Campus.
Wynn earned his bachelor's degree in philosophy from Yale University and his medical degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine.
www.swedish.org /1827.cfm   (296 words)

  
 Geometry.Net - Authors: Wynn Edmond Keenan
Edmond Keenan Wynn is a member of a very old and famous family of actors whose names at the moment he cannot recall.
At seventeen Wynn married the youngest daughter of the Aga Khan and lived for many years in Cyprus where he wrote a volume of poems entitled "Bring Me A Cold One, Willya Honey?" a song cycle of laments about marzipan and its inability to restructure the subconscious in a positive, life-affirming way.
His divorce from Priscilla Jane was particularly bitter and for years afterward Wynn wandered Europe bemoaning the fate of any man foolish enough to fall in love with the daughter of anyone as fat as the Aga Kahn.
www.geometry.net /detail/authors/wynn_edmond_keenan.html   (1283 words)

  
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John Wynn’s McKinney Guitar Studio is pleased to present String Fever and beatlegras in concert on Sunday, September 25, 2005.
John Wynn’s STRING FEVER will be in concert at the Ritz Building (103 East Virginia - NE corner of Kentucky and Virginia) on the Square in McKinney.
John was inducted into the National Thumb Picker’s Hall of Fame in 2001 and 2004.
www.johnwynn.com /concerts-old.htm   (2961 words)

  
 Maximilian Genealogy Master Database 2000 - pafg1813 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
John Wynn ap ROGER [Parents] married Elizabeth LLOYD.
Roger ap JOHN WYNN [Parents] married Helen SALUSBURY.
John Wynn ap ELLIS [Parents] married Margaret ap MADOC VYCHAN.
www.peterwestern.f9.co.uk /maximilia/pafg1813.htm   (81 words)

  
 Wynn thru Wynter
JANE, daughter and heiress of JOHN WYNN, Esq., of Melai and Maenan, m.
Sir JOHN WYNN, of Bodvaen, ancestor of Lord Newborough.
Dorothy WYNN, only daughter and heiress of BROCHIVELL WYNN, Esq., of Garth, m.RICHARD HERBERT MYTTON, Esq., of Pontyscouryd, and conveyed to him the lands of WYNN, of Garth.
freepages.family.rootsweb.com /~heraldry/bga_wynn_wynter.html   (1406 words)

  
 ASMP: ASMP Member Profile: John Wynn
John's always eager to suggest creative visual solutions, he likes working with creative professionals whether on small projects or major productions.
John Wynn has been shooting for advertising and corporate clients since graduating from the Rochester Institute of Technology in 1985.
John Wynn and Wynn Photo Design will take your visual communications to the next level.
www.asmp.org /findaphotographer/profile.php?id=13397&photo_id=5193   (133 words)

  
 Wynn Family of Washington and Tyrrell Counties, NC - Family Chart   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Joseph Benjamin Wynn, 17 Nov 1892, d Mar 1972 Chesapeake, VA + Hattie L. Swanner, b 16 Feb 1895, d Jul 9,1980 Chesapeake, VA (Hattie was d of Henry and Viola Swanner)
NOTE: The father and mother to Mae Wynn, b Feb 1, 1888, came from Jack Wynn.
I have bible info from the bible of William Lou Wynn and Helen Mary Wynn belonging to a Mrs.
www.vergie.com /wynnchart.html   (324 words)

  
 USSVI - Article copy: Submarine museum founder dies
Joseph Serra, D-33, who was among the state legislators to honor Bastura in October with a General Assembly citation for his efforts in protecting a portion of military history.
Bastura had 18 four-drawer cabinets filled with extensive files on every naval submarine from the USS Holland built in 1900 to the USS Texas, which is scheduled to be built in 2005.
Wynn recalled if someone asked Bastura his age, he would never give an accurate age.
www.ussvi.org /mem/bastura9.htm   (721 words)

  
 BBC - North West Wales Outdoors - Places to go - Gardens - Gwydir Castle, Llanrwst
My great-great-uncle was one Robert Lowry Wynn and his sister was Hattie Wynn Roberts and they were supposedly connected to the Wynns of Gwydir, tracing back to Sir John Wynn, 1st baronet.
I am a direct descendant in line from Sir John Wynn who owned the castle until his demise in the late 16th century.
The Wynn family branched off into the Burgess Wynns and the Eden-Winns, (which my papa changed to become more English on living in London.) I would love to know more and have contact with any of my living ancestors and I can be found in the search engines.
www.bbc.co.uk /wales/northwest/outdoors/placestogo/gardens/gwydir.shtml   (972 words)

  
 About Lisa and Steve Wynn
I was born July 7th, 1952 in Laurel, Mississippi to Jean Hall Hill and Ellis Holt Ross.
Our daughter, Jeanise, was born on June 17, 1974, and our son, John, was born on November 28, 1975, both in Norman, Oklahoma.
John went off to college in Georgia, and then moved back home when we moved to Alabama.
members.cox.net /ljwynn/about.htm   (744 words)

  
 northjersey.com - Montclair Times Community
John Wynn, the board’s vice chairman and a member for the past nine years, was selected by the Nominating Committee to be the next chairman.
Wynn, 48, an attorney and lifelong Montclair resident, had informally headed meetings in previous months, and had been the longest serving member of the board besides Nadler.
She said that since joining the board 10 years ago and immediately assuming the chair’s seat, it was time to hand off her duties to Wynn.
www.montclairtimes.com /page.php?page=8955   (450 words)

  
 thePeerage.com - Cecil Parker Perceval and others
He was the son of John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont and Catherine Cecil.
She was the daughter of John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont and Catherine Cecil.
He was the son of Sir Thomas Wynn, 1st Baron Newborough and Catherine Perceval.
www.thepeerage.com /p8497.htm   (314 words)

  
 Gwydir Castle
The turret was added around 1540 and John Wynn's initials can be seen above the main entrance in the courtyard gatehouse along with the date of 1555.
he castle was enlarged into a double courtyard mansion by Sir John Wynn in the 17th century.
Most of this work was demolished in 1816 but the fine porch that Sir John added to the front of the Solar Tower remains.
www.castlewales.com /gwydir.html   (513 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / Local / Mass. / Getting students motivated to move
Lyndsay Verrill said she could have passed the Presidential Physical Fitness Challenge when she was tested last spring at her middle school, but she chose not to exert herself to perform the required sit-ups, pullups, and running.
Hopkins, who has worked at the school for 17 years, said she records heights and weights of every student annually, and she is certain that bodies are getting heavier.
The money will enable the Wynn school to purchase equipment for a wellness center and a challenge course.
www.boston.com /news/local/massachusetts/articles/2003/10/26/getting_students_motivated_to_move   (790 words)

  
 Tom Wynn: Online
Thomas William Wynn (Born: 1935, Cooranbong) married Dorothy Jean Honeysett in Balmain, 1957 (eloping, and not telling Tom's parents for a number of weeks).
For a little while Dad worked part-time at a local bowling club, but he now enjoys recreational fishing, and has a small boat to run about in.
I was born Thomas John Wynn in Rylstone, 1958.
members.optusnet.com.au /~wynne/tom/lifeStory.html   (1474 words)

  
 Thomas Wynn 1750   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Thomas Wynn had fifteen children in a space of thirty years by two wives.
Elizabeth J. Wynn, aged 34 years, both of the Town of Niles, County of Berrien and State of Michigan.
A.W. Martin of Niles, Mich; R.N. Wynn of Eau Claire, Mich; John Wynn of Buchanon, MIch, and W. Wynn.
www.cottrellgenealogy.com /descendents%20of%20Thomas%20Wynn.htm   (2241 words)

  
 WILLIAMS-WYNN - LoveToKnow Article on WILLIAMS-WYNN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
(1592-1749), Welsh politician, was the eldest son and heir of Sir William Williams, Bart, of Llanforda near Oswestry; his mother, Jane Thelwali, was a descendant of the antiquary, Sir John Wynn of Gwydir, Carnarvonshire.
Educated at Jesus College, Oxford, Williams succeeded to Wynnstay near Ruabon and the estates of the Wynns on the death of a later Sir John Wynn in 1719, and took the name of Williams-Wynn.
See Askew Roberts, Wynnstay and the Wynns (Oswestry, 1876).
62.1911encyclopedia.org /W/WI/WILLIAMS_WYNN.htm   (182 words)

  
 Wynn Family Genealogy Forum
Re: Susanna(h) Wynn descended from Matthew Wynn (VA) b.
WYNN / WYNNE / WINN of Mold Flintshire and Durham England - TOM WYNN 1/19/06
John Wynn arrived on 'Loyalty' to VA in 1698 - Vikky Wilburn Anders 10/09/05
genforum.familytreemaker.com /wynn   (770 words)

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