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Subject: Re: [WINANS] Winans family tree
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2006 22:15:41 +0000
Wayne -
I was very interested in your offer to share info you have on the WINANS and MELYN lines. I too am descended from the John Winans who married Susannah Melyn through their son John, his son John, his son Jacob and his daughter Phoebe Winans (who married James Place in eastern PA and is buried in Biles Cemetery, Bradford, PA).
If the information is not electronic, I would of course offer to pay any postage to sunny Florida.
Thanks.
Marguerite Puca
-------------- Original message from Wayne Preston <>: --------------
> Hi All: My Winans line comes from the Netherlands in 1640. The
> original American ancestor, as far as I know was John (Jon) Winans
> (my 7G Grandfather) who married Susanna Melyn who's father was
> Cornelius Meyln from the Parish of St. Walburga, Antwerp. Cornelius's
> father was Andre Melyn of Antwerp. Jon and Susanna married 25 Aug,
> 1664 in New Haven, Conn. Andre was my 9G Grandfather. I will confess
> this is data from my cousin who for nearly 40 years was as near to
> being a professional genealogist as one could get without being one.
> I am most willing to share what I have on the Winans line. Wayne
> Preston in sunny Southern California
>
>
> On Nov 4, 2006, at 10:25 AM, Lawrence Winans wrote:
>
> > Cary,
> >
> > Winans is a name found in Wales, Scotland and the
> > Netherlands, it may not have any connection except
> > coincidence.
> > The Dutch name is derived from various forms of
> > "Winants", "Wynants", or "Wijnants" and may originate
> > in the Dutch term for "warrior".
> > The Celtic name is derived from "Winan" and is
> > likely to originate with the word "white".
> > To track down whether you are a Welsh Winan or a
> > Dutch Wynants will take research.
> > In my case, we've traced our ancestry back to a
> > "John Winans" or "Jan Wynants" who settled in New
> > Jersey (New Netherlands) in the 1640s.
> >
> > Lawrence Winans
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Cary Tucker wrote:
> >
> >> I would also be interested in learning more about
> >> how I might get my hands
> >> on a copy of the "Winans Family Genealogy" book.
> >>
> >> I'm brand new to this list, so let me first ask,
> >> what's "LDS"? Some online
> >> bookseller?
> >>
> >> Secondly, let me introduce myself. My name is Cary
> >> Winans Tucker. I only
> >> got into genealogy a little over a year ago, though
> >> from what I've
> >> determined so far, I do descend from the Winans
> >> family line described by
> >> Alice Wooley in her book. In particular, I was
> >> named after Cary Cameron
> >> Winans (who is my great-great-grandfather or
> >> something like that).
> >>
> >> For a long time, I've been told that Winans was a
> >> Welsh name, though I've
> >> only just recently stumbled on the evidence that
> >> Winans (Weinans) is
> >> actually a Dutch surname. Still, my given name,
> >> Cary, is a very Welsh name
> >> -- or at least a very Welsh spelling of the name
> >> (e.g., the actor Cary
> >> Grant).
> >>
> >> So, my question is, how did a Welsh given name enter
> >> into a family line from
> >> Holland? Maybe someone who knows more about the
> >> Winans genealogy or who has
> >> a copy of the Alice Wooley book could confirm that
> >> one of the women who
> >> married into the Winans family line was from Wales?
> >>
> >> Many thanks!
> >>
> >>
> >> Cary
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 11/3/06,
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> In a message dated 11/3/2006 11:49:19 AM Eastern
> >> Standard Time,
> >>> writes:
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Looking for anybody that might have the book
> >> Winans Family Genealogy by
> >>>> Alice Winans Egy Woolley and is willing to sell
> >> it or copy all of the
> >>> pages for
> >>>> less money than LDS is asking for. Thanks
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> I would also be interested in this.
> >>>
> >>> MaryJean Ackerman/Schupp
> >>> Savannah, GA
> >>>
> >>> .
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