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2. Wynne Family
3. Merion in the Welsh Tract
Welsh Founders of Pennsylvania
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Pedigree XVII
Thomas ap John Wynne, of the parish of Ysceifiog, was born 1589, and aptised 20 December, 1589, at the Parish church of Ysceifiog. (1) He lived at Bron Vadog in his parish, where he died in the year 1638-0. (2) During the years which preceded the civil war in England he suffered severely from taxes and fines imposed so unjustly during that period. The name of his wife is unknown. Thomas ap John Wynne hd issue:
1. Harri; baptd. 6 November, 1619.
2. Edward; baptd. 9 April, 1622
3. John; baptd. 13 April, 1625; removed to Pennsylvania with his brother, Dr. Thomas Wynne, in 1682. Nothing else is known of him, except that he was bred to the law and practised as an attorney in Sussex County (now Delaware).
4. Thomas; baptd. 20 July, 1627; of whom presently.
5. Peter; baptd. 30 January, 1630
{1} Bodfari parish register.
{2} There is a record of a burial of a Thomas ap John Wynne, 7 October, 1633, in Bodfari records, but this was clearly a cousin. It must be remembered that the entries in the Bodfari register relating to Ysceifiog only occur when the latter parish was without a vicar, and that the records of Ysceifiog itself are missing.

Thomas married Wynne, Mrs. Thomas in 1638 in Ysceifiog, Flint, Wales. Mrs. was born about 1589 in Ysceifiog, Flint, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Wynne, Thomas was born in 1627 in Caerwys, Yskeiviog, Flintshire, Wales; was christened on 20 Jul 1627 in Yskeiviof Parish, Bronfadeg, , Flintshire, Wales; died on 17 Jan 1692 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; was buried on 16 Mar 1691 in Arch St Friends, Philadelphia, , Pennsylvania.

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2. Welsh Founders of Pennsylvania
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Pedigree XVII
John ap Rees Wynn, of the parish of Ysceifiog, was born circa 1570. The records of Bodfari begin in 1572, and the living of Ysceifiog appears to have been vcant for several years about this time.
He married at Bodfari Church,29 October, 1588, Grace Morgan. The entry in the Parish Register reads as follows: "(1588) John ap Rees ap John Wynn and Grace ... Morgan were married the XXIXth October." The exact date of his death is unknown, but it was prior to 140. He was prominent in the affairs of his county, and esteemed a wealthy and influential man. The children of John ap Rees Wynne were:

i. Thomas ap John Wynne: baptd. 20 December, 1589; of whom presently.
ii. Mary; baptd. 10 March, 1590
iii. Jane; baptd. 9 June, 1595.

Page. 101 Among the various accounts which have been written of Philadelphia, one states that among the first brick houses built was that of Thomas Wynne. It was located on Front Street, west side, above Chesnut Street, the latter being for a short time called Wynne Street.n Having some business to attend to in the old country, he laid befoe his monthly meeting, 1st of 5th month, the prospeche had of a visit with his wife to England
It is supposed that Thomas Wynneaccompanied Penn to England in the ketch "Endeavour," which sailed from Philadelphia the 12th of 6th month, 1684. On the 23d of 9th month, in London, William Gibson was buried. It was he who had written the postscript to the Doctor's last publication. On this ocasion a meeting was held in White Hart Court Meeting-House. It is stated that more than a thousand persons were at the burial-place,when it was publicly said of the body "That it had been oftne beaten and imprisoned for Christ's sake." At another time, while Thomas Wynne and twenty-three others were on their way to the meeting-house at White-Hart Court they were arrested in Angel Court and sent to prison.
The length of time that Thomas Wynne remained in England is unknown. On his return he settled on an estate he had purchased at Lewes. He again took part in public affairs.
During the year 1688, while holding the position of Associate Justice of Sussex County, he was also a representative from that county in the Assembly at Philadelphia. This body met on the 10th day of 3d month. In the same year on the 6th of 5th month Rachel Lloyd, a daughter of Thomas Lloyd, Deputy-Governor of the Province, was married to Samuel Preston, a meeting being held for that purpose at the house of Frances Cornwall, in Sussex. Among the signers to the marriage certificate
were Thomas Wynne, his wife and children. In the year 1691 Dr. was in Philadelphia. He attended the Monthly Meetings held in the 11th month and 12th month. Soon after he was taken sick and died. He was buried on the 17th of 1st month, 1692. He made his will on the "16th day of first month, 1691-1692." This was probated 2d month, 20th, 1692, at Philadelphia [Book A, p. 200.] In it he is called thomas Wynne, of Philadelphia, in the Province of Pennsylvania, practitioner in Physic." He gives his messuaage and planttion, near the town of Lewes, to his wife, Elizabeth Wynne, during her natural life, after her death to his son Jonathan Wynne. He also gives to the latter the plantation of two hundred acres at Cedar Creek, in the county of Sussex. He gives one-half of his personal estate to his children in America, viz.: Jonathan, Mary, Rebecca, Sidney, and Hannah. His daughter Tabitha was living in England; he gave her fifty shillings as a last mark of love. "She hath already sufficiently partaken of my fatherly care and tenderness of her." The other half of his personal estate he bequeathed to his beloved wife, Elizabeth, who was made executrix.
3. Archaelogia Cambrensis (942.9/B2c, ser 5 vol 8)
4. The Quakers in Wales 942.9/K2r

John married Morgan, Grace on 29 Oct 1588 in Bodfari Church, Ysceifiog, , Wales. Grace was born about 1570 in Ysceifiog, Flint, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1. Ancestry of Dr. Thomas Wynne, speaker of the first assembly of Pennsylvania, etc. : who was born in the parish of Yskeiviog, near Caerwys, in Flintshire, North Wales, inthe year 1627, and who removed to the province of Pennsylvania with William Penn, in the good ship, Welcome, in the year 1682. page 11
P.B. 929.2 no. 892

2. Colonial Families of Philadelphia Volume 1 /974.811 D2

3. Welsh Founders of Pennsylvania
974.8/F2g/page 97
4. Archaelogia Cambrensis (942.9/B2c, ser 5 vol 8)
5. The Quakers in Wales 942.9/K2r

Rees married Wynne, Mrs. Rees about 1569 in , , Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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JOHN WYNNE, twelfth in descent from Ednowain Bendew, in the ownership ofthe lands in the parish of Yskeivog, Flintshire, died there prior to 1582.He married Katharine, daughter and heiress of Ithel ap Jenkin, ap David, apHowell, and had thirteen children the eldest of whom was vicar of Caerways,the ancestral house of worship.

John married Katherine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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