Re: Maurice of Gwydir
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In reply to:
Maurice of Gwydir
11/09/99
I AM A DESCENDENT OF WILLIAM WYNN AND HIS SON GEORGE WYNN SR WHO LEFT VIRGINIA AND SETTLED IN BERTIE COUNTRY, N.C. THEY, OF COURSE, DESCENDED FROM SIR JOHN WYNN AND HIS FATHER MORRIS OF GWYDIR.IT IS INTERESTING TO SEE HOW MANY WAYS OUR FAMILY SPELT THEIR NAME.I ASSUME YOU KNOW THE FAMILY GOES BACK TO RHODRI MAWR, A KING OF WALES IN THE 9TH CENTURY. I HAVE EVEN BEEN IN CONTACT WITH OUR DISTANT COUSIN SIR OWEN WATKIN WILLIAMS-WYNN IN 1972.SALLEY KOESTLER, A DISTANT COUSIN IN TEXAS, HAS A WONDERFUL SITE OF MY SIDE OF THE FAMILY.IT IS [email protected] AM LISTED UNDER THE GEORGE DANIEL WYNN(S) SIDE OF THE FAMILY.THIS WAS A LATER GEORGE WHO DIED IN 1859. I THEN DESCEND FROM HIS SON WILLIAM DANIEL WYNN(S)(E).HIS DAUGHTER, ELIZABETH EMILY WYNN (S) (E) MARRIED CHARLES EDWARD COWAN OF WINDSOR, NORTH CAROLINA.THEIR DAUGHTER, ESSIE EDWARD COWAN MARRIED DUNCAN WINSTON MILLER.AMONG OTHER CHILDREN, THEY HAD MY LATE FATHER, CHARLES EDWARD MILLER, SR. WHO MARRIED BETTY SPURLIN(G).I AM CHARLES EDWARD MILLER, JR. WHO MARRIED NANCY WEBB OF STANLY COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA.I LIVED IN CHESAPEAKE, VIRGINIA.WHEN I LOOKED UP THE DESCENDENTS OF SIR JOHN WYNN, I HAD NO IDEA THAT SO MANY OF OUR FAMILY CAME TO AMERICA.I SEEMS THE BRITISH SIDE HAS DONE MUCH BETTER THAN THOSE IN AMERICA.I HOPE YOU WILL CONTACT ME SOEMTIME.I HAVE SEEN A OLD ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA THAT INCLUDES SIR JOHN WYNN.YOU PROBABLY KNOW THAT THE WYNNS WERE RELATED TO HENRY TUDOR, EARL OF RICHMOND WHO BECAME KING HENRY VII OF ENGLAND.
CHALRES E. MILLER, B.A., M.A.