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WYNNE, ROBERT (d. 1720), cleric and poet Llangywer on 2 May 1720, when Edward Samuel preached the funeral sermon. Two poems by him were printed in Blodeu-Gerdd Cymry, 1759, and others survive in manuscript (Peniarth MS 121 in particular), including an elegy and epitaphs for Huw Morys and John Davies (Siôn Dafydd Lâs). His son, EDWARD WYNNE (1685 - 1745), was also vicar of Gwyddelwern from 1724 till his death. He was ordained deacon by John Evans
YSTUMLLYN, JOHN (d. 1786), gardener and land steward was an enslaved child brought to Britain from the West Indies, an assessment corroborated by the wording of an englyn by Dafydd Siôn Siâms, Penrhyndeudraeth, engraved on John's tombstone. This notes that he was 'born in India' (a possible reference to the West Indies), and baptized and buried in Wales. After John reached Ystumllyn, he was baptized (either at Criccieth church or that of Ynyscynhaearn

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