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Biography of Watkin Williams-Wynn 3rd Baronet 1692-1749

Paternal Family Tree: Williams Wynn

On 6th June 1687 [his father] William Williams-Wynn 2nd Baronet (age 22) and [his mother] Jane Thelwall were married.

Around 1692 Watkin Williams-Wynn 3rd Baronet was born to William Williams-Wynn 2nd Baronet (age 27) and Jane Thelwall.

In 1706 [his mother] Jane Thelwall died.

After 1706 [his father] William Williams-Wynn 2nd Baronet (age 41) and Catherine Davies were married.

Before 1733. Michael Dahl (age 73). Portrait of Watkin Williams-Wynn 3rd Baronet (age 40).

In 1740 Thomas Hudson (age 39). Portrait of Watkin Williams-Wynn 3rd Baronet (age 48).

On 20th October 1740 [his father] William Williams-Wynn 2nd Baronet (age 75) died. His son Watkin (age 48) succeeded 3rd Baronet Williams of Gray's Inn.

In March 1748 [his future wife] Ann Vaughan (age 53) died.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

Before July 1748 Watkin Williams-Wynn 3rd Baronet (age 56) and Ann Vaughan were married.

In July 1748 Watkin Williams-Wynn 3rd Baronet (age 56) and Frances Shackerley Lady Williams-Wynn (age 27) were married. She was his god-daughter. The difference in their ages was 29 years.

On 23rd September 1749 [his son] Watkin Williams-Wynn 4th Baronet was born to Watkin Williams-Wynn 3rd Baronet (age 57) and [his wife] Frances Shackerley Lady Williams-Wynn (age 28).

On 26th September 1749 Watkin Williams-Wynn 3rd Baronet (age 57) died. His son [his son] Watkin succeeded 4th Baronet Williams of Gray's Inn. [his future daughter-in-law] Henrietta Somerset Lady Williams-Wynn (age 1) by marriage Lady Williams of Gray's Inn.

On 19th April 1750 [his son] William Watkins William-Wynn was born to Watkin Williams-Wynn 3rd Baronet and [his former wife] Frances Shackerley Lady Williams-Wynn (age 29). He was born posthumously his father having died seven months previously.

1755. Monument [Map] to Watkin Williams-Wynn 3rd Baronet.

His widow [his former wife] Lady Frances (age 34) chose Michael Rysbrack (age 60) to erect her husband's monument in the classical style. The Agreement was made on the 21 March 1750 and cost £485. The long Latin inscription was composed by William King (age 69), principal of St Mary's Hall, Oxford.

The size of the monument created a problem. A Faculty was granted to Lady Frances, in 1753, to add a chapel at the south east end of the church, adjacent to the chancel "… to make erect and build a handsome convenient Isle or building… in order to erect monuments seats and pews therein and making a burying vault underneath the same or otherwise to apply the same to Godly purposes" .The work was carried out in 1755.

Frances Shackerley Lady Williams-Wynn: In 1721 she was born to George Shackerley of Hulme and Anne Bagot. In July 1748 Watkin Williams-Wynn 3rd Baronet and she were married. She was his god-daughter. The difference in their ages was 29 years. In 1803 she died.

William King: On 16th March 1685 he was born to Reverend Peregrine King and Margaret Smyth. On 30th December 1763 he died.

In 1803 [his former wife] Frances Shackerley Lady Williams-Wynn (age 82) died.

Ancestors of Watkin Williams-Wynn 3rd Baronet 1692-1749

Great x 1 Grandfather: Hugh Williams

GrandFather: William Williams 1st Baronet

Great x 1 Grandmother: Emma Dolben

Father: William Williams-Wynn 2nd Baronet

GrandMother: Margaret Kyffin

Watkin Williams-Wynn 3rd Baronet

GrandFather: Edward Thelwall of Plas-y-Ward

Mother: Jane Thelwall

Great x 4 Grandfather: John "Wynn" ap Maredudd

Great x 3 Grandfather: Maurice Wynn

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Wynn 1st Baronet

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Bulkeley of Beaumaris

Great x 3 Grandmother: Sian Bulkeley

Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Griffith

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Wynn

Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert Gerard

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Gerard

Great x 2 Grandmother: Sidney Gerard

GrandMother: Sydney Wynn