Sir Owen Wynn, 3rd Baronet

Sir Owen Wynn, 3rd Baronet (1592–1660) was a Welsh baronet. He was the son of Sir John Wynn, 1st Baronet. According to records, Owen Gwinn [sic] was a sea captain that came to Virginia Colony in 1611. He inherited his title after the death of his brother Sir Richard Wynn, 2nd Baronet in the summer of 1649. He married Grace Williams, daughter of Hugh Williams, and niece of John Williams, Archbishop of York. Owen was succeeded at Gwydir by his son Sir Richard Wynn, 4th Baronet in 1660.

References

• Roberts, Glyn (1959), "Wynn family, of Gwydir, Caerns", Dictionary of Welsh Biography, National Library of Wales
  • D.N.B., lxiii; Cal. Wynn (of Gwydir) Papers, passim; Clenennau Letters, i, Introduction
  • Hist. Gwydir Family, passim; W. R. Williams, Parl. Hist. of Wales, passim
  • E. Breeze, Kalendars of Gwynedd, passim; Cymm., xxxviii
  • The Welsh Review, v, 187–191; Trans. Caern. Hist. Soc., 1939, 37–46; J. E. Griffith, Pedigrees, 280–1
  • E. G. Jones, 'The Caernarvonshire Squires, 1558–1625' (unpublished M.A. thesis, University of Wales).

Further reading

• Thomas, Daniel Lleufer (1900), "Wynn, John" , in Lee, Sidney (ed.), Dictionary of National Biography, vol. 63, London: Smith, Elder & Co, p. 258