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Charlsa
I have some good news for you (that is unless you shoot me down). Go to the Gwinn Forum (spelled with a w), message 513 by Delorse Reinsch. She describes the four brothers as emigrating from Wales, and their father was Edward. Using Welsh spellings I identified Howell Gwinn, Evan Gwyn and John Gwyn as the next three ancestors. I sincerely hope all the details mesh.
As you know there have been statements that they came from Orange Co. Wales. Others have contradicted that suggesting they came from Wales through Orange Co. NC. However, there is no Orange Co Wales, and migrating from NC to western VA is heading in the opposite direction against the tide of the Scotch Irish migrating southweasterly down the Shenandoah Valley. I have a theory that they come through Orange Co. VA for the simple reason that the Germanna colony was in or near this county and it is in a direct path from Virginia ports to Shenandoah Valley. Large numbers of Germans were brought there by Gov. Spottswood as indentured slaves. One of these families was Broyles and my ggg-grandfather (Daniel, who was Patrick's grandson) married a Broyles (Polly Ann). The Broyles and Guinn (along with the Seviers) always seemed to travel together from Virginia (Rockingham and Augusta counties) to Greenville, Tennessee. I seem to recall in a Broyles family writeup that the ship, or ships, had stopover(s) in England or Wales after departing Germany. It makes sense that the Guin brothers could have joined these German settlers there and landed at some Virginia port such as Jamestown, Norfolk, etc. eventually making their way across the Blue Ridge. Tracking these German immigrants may shed some light on how the Gwin's got here.
I hope this helps.
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