John Wynn Bt MP (abt. 1553 - 1627)

Born about 1553 in Gwydir House, Caernarfonshire, Wales

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Died 1 Mar 1627 at about age 74 in Llanrwst, Denbighshire, Wales

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Biography

Sir John Wynn, 1st Baronet (1553 – 1 March 1627), was a Welsh baronet, Member of Parliament and antiquary.^[1]

John was born in 1553 at Gwydir Castle, Caernarvonshire, Wales. He was a son of Morys (Morris) Wynn ap John, who he succeeded in 1580, inheriting Gwydir Castle in Carnarvonshire.^[2]

He married Sydney, the daughter of William Gerard, and had 10 sons and 2 daughters. His successor was his second and eldest surviving son Richard.

Wynn made his will 28 Feb. and died 1 Mar. 1627, although according to John Wynn, the author of The History of the Gwydir Family ... John probably died on March 3, 1626.^[3]. He was buried in Llanrwst church. His eldest son having predeceased him, the will was proved, on 5 Dec., by his second son Richard. The estate afterwards passed to a third son who resumed the parliamentary predominance of Gwydir in Caernarvonshire, but with the death of this man’s son in 1674 the direct male line came to an end.^[4]

Uncertainty About Progeny in Virginia

Although Sir John Wynn had twelve children, ten of whom were sons, his the direct male line ended with his grandson Sir John Wynn, who died in 1719 without issue.^[5] None of his children or grandchildren have been shown to have ever lived in Virginia.^[5] Despite various accounts which place some of his sons in Virginia in the early 17th Century, none of these stories have ever been proven.^[5]

Of the several Wynn/Winn/Gwynn men who did immigrate to Virginia, none of them have ever been proved to be connected with the family of Sir John Wynn.^[5]

Other

1624 Letter William Lewis Anwill to Sir John Wynn at Gwydir. The sessions begin on August 2, and the writer is destitute of venison, for this country does not afford any store of fat venison. He, therefore, begs Sir John to spare some out of his well-stocked park.^[6]

Sources

• Wikipedia, accessed 5 June 2015.
• WYNN, John (1554-1627), of Gwydir, Caern. (Sheriff of Caern.)

See also:

• 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Wynn, Sir JohnWinn, John

• “The” House of Commons 1509 - 1558, Volume 1 edited by S.T. Bindoff, page 154

Buried Gwydyr Chapel, Llanrwst, County Carnarvon, Wales.

Event: Record Change. 09 SEP 2001.

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia Sir John Wynn, 1st Baronet
2. ↑ Wilkinson, Marcellus M., Genealogy of Wilkinson and kindred families." (Page 49) Shelby, Mississippi: Shelby Book Store, 1949, Hathi Trust accessed September 29, 2014
3. ↑ Wynn, John, (1878) The History of the Gwydir Family written by Sir John Wynn of Gwydir ...] Cardiff: The University of Wales Press Board, 1927, Archive.org accessed 10 October 2016 (Page 4 footnote) .
4. ↑ PCC 120 Skinner; Cal. Wynn Pprs. pp. 242-3, 431; Pennant, Tours, ed. Rhys, ii. 303; DWB, 1097-8.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} Johnson, Myles, (February 2003) "Wynne Mythtakes & Wynn Winners." accessed 10 October 2016.
6. ↑ Calendar of Wynn (of Gwydir) papers, 1515-1690, in the National library of Wales and elsewhere by National Library of Wales Publication date 1926 Page 199