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#52Ancestors – No. 52 – Miranda Jane Guynn – More Triple In-Laws

This is the last post in the series of the #52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge where a group of us blog about a different ancestor for each week of the year.  To learn more about the 52 Ancestor Challenge visit Amy Johnson’s site at Amy’s website.

I can’t believe a year has gone by since starting this endeavor. The goal of #52 Ancestors was to create a habit of writing more frequently on our blogs.  There is some interest in continuing the series, but I am not sure if I will participate.  I will continue to blog about my ancestors and those of my clients (with permission).

Miranda Jane Guynn

Miranda Guynn (b. 1827 – d. 1903) is the wife of my fourth great uncle.  She is the daughter Richard Guynn and Eliza Gaines Fisher.  Richard came from Rockingham, Virginia to Cadiz, Kentucky. Eventually the family settled in Muhlenberg County, KY.  I haven’t found the sources yet to verify the right Guynn line.  There are trees that have the Guynn line going back to Wales.

Miranda married into the Pittman family.  Her husband, Buris Eskridge Pittman (b. 1806 – d. 1879)  carries the name of a family friend, Burris Estridge who lived in Orange Co., North Carolina in the late 1700’s.  The name Burris Estridge and it’s variant spelling has been passed down in several lines.

Triple in-laws and cousin in-laws

Miranda and Buris had nine children.  Three of their children married Lovel siblings, children of John Lovel and Mary Ann Ingram. Another daughter, Emma married a Lovel cousin.

I just wish there was a report function in Family Tree Maker that would allow me to crosswalk the intermarriages between families in my tree. I will probably have to build some type of pivot table in Excel.

Five letter last name –  so many ways to spell “Guynn”

In trying to learn more about the Guynn family to see where they came from in Europe, I found quite of number of variants for this surname.  It is amazing to see how one name can create a myriad of other names. The name is said to be derived from Welsh gwyn which means, “white” or “fair hair” or “fair complexion”, or it could be a variant of French name “Guyon.”

Here is a list of some of the variants: Guynn, Guin, Gynn, Gewin, Gynne, Guen, Gynn, Guine, Guevin, Gwin, Guin, Wynn, Gwynn, Guinn, Gwynne, Guwin, Gwinn, Gwynne, Gwinnett, Gwyn, Gwynett, Gwynn, Gwyyns, Wyn, Wynn, Wynne.

My Guynn line was recorded under varying spellings of the name in census and land records.  It is important to write down a list of name variations to help you find your family in records.  So many people assume their name was not changed over time, or do not consider how a recorder would enter a name.

Posts on the Pittman Line

Isaac Pittman
John T. Pittman

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