Dictionary of Welsh Biography

WYNN family Maesyneuadd, Llandecwyn This family, like others in western Merioneth, traced its descent from Osbwrn Wyddel, in this instance through Dafydd ap Ieuan ab Einion, constable of Harlech castle, and his wife, Margaret (Puleston). THOMAS, the son of Dafydd and Margaret, married Gwerfyl, daughter of HOWEL AP RHYS, of Bron-y-foel - see Ellis family of Bron-y-foel and Ystumllyn - and had a son, DAFYDD, who married Lowry
WYNNE family Peniarth, , LLEWELYN AP KENRIC, also of Corsygedol, who married NEST (NESTA), daughter and heiress of GRIFFITH AB ADDA, of Dôl Goch and Ynysmaengwyn, Towyn (the tomb of Griffith ab Adda can be seen in Towyn church). From this marriage there descended - to take only the main line - EINION AP GRUFFYDD AP LLEWELYN, IEUAN AB EINION, RHYS AP IEUAN AB EINION (Rhys had a better-known brother, Dafydd ab Ifan ab Einion), and
WYNNE, DAVID (1900 - 1983), composer composer Béla Bartók in 1927 - he studied this work carefully, as he did the Five pieces for orchestra by Arnold Schoenberg. No doubt Bartók was the strongest influence on him, but he developed his own style as a composer, becoming interested in the complex patterns of cynghanedd in poetry, especially in the work of Dafydd ap Gwilym, which he tried to convey in his music. He would work on his
WYNNE, JOHN (1650 - 1714), industrial pioneer Ieuan ap Dafydd ap Cynwrig, who was descended from Edwin ap Gronw of Tegeingl (Powys Fadog, iv 99, v 244, and elsewhere; T. A. Glenn, Griffith of Garn, 77); Copa'rleni was in the possession of Ieuan ap Dafydd ap Cynwrig in 1441, and we find a reference, to his son Cynwrig in 1467. The surname ' Wynne ' was finally adopted in the reign of Elizabeth, and from about the same time the heir was regularly
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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