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- In 1655 he first became energetically involved in Quaker activities, which was about the time he married Martha Buttall, of Wrexham, daughter of Randle Buttall (whose will references his son-in-law Thomas Winne). She must have died about 1675, for he married on 20 5m 1676 Elizabeth Maud of Rainhill, Lancashire (east of Liverpool) under the care of Harshaw East Meeting (she was the widow of Joshua Maude and was probably the daughter of John Chorley).
On 1 Dec. 1661 Thomas Wynne was arrested at Wrexham and charged with unlawful assembly – probably a Quaker meeting. Whether it was at this time or some time later he was held for 6 years at Denbigh.
His first book was put out in 1677, The Antiquity of the Quakers, proved out of the Scriptures of Truth – a small part was written in Welsh. In answer to this, an opponent of the Quakers put out his own pamphlet: Work for a Cooper, Being an Answer to a Libel Written by Thomas Wynne, the Cooper, the Ale-Man, the Quack and the Speaking Quaker (1679). [Wynne has been a cooper prior to becoming a surgeon.] Wynne replied with An Anti-Christian Conspiracy DETECTED and Satans Champion DEFEATED. Being a Reply to an envious & Scurrilous Libel, without any Name to it, CALLED WORK FOR A COOPER.
On 14 7m 1681, with John ap John, he purchased 5,000 acres in the Welsh tract, near Philadelphia., (says purchased with his kinsman John Wynne). He was one of the first purchasers of land in Pennsylvania.
He came to America in the ship “Welcome” with William Penn, in 1682, possibly with his wife.,, During the voyage he was busy caring for those stricken by small pox.,
On 9, 11 mo 1682/3 he was one of four who joined in planning the first Philadelphia Meeting House., He was the first physician in Pennsylvania. On 10 Mar 1683, he was elected Speaker of the First House of Assembly for the province of Pennsylvania.,
He returned to England before Dec 1684 -- possibly with Penn on the Endeavor -- because at that time he was arrested in London with 23 others while on their way to the meeting at White-Hart Court.,
He later purchased an estate at Lewis (Lewes), Sussex Co., Del., and in 1688 was Associate Justice of Sussex Co. (, ,). By 1689, he had built a home called Wynnestay in Blockley Twp, Philladelphia Co., Penn (as of Nov 2003, the home was open for private tours).
He and his wife died in Sussex Co., Del. but he is buried in the Arch Street Friends graveyard, Philadelphia. (Note that he is named as an executor in the will of George Riggs dated 6 Aug 1687 and probated in Sussex Co., Del. in Mar 1688.)
He was a son of Peter Wynne, of Leewood, the Tower and Caerwys, Flint Co., England; and (possibly, though perhaps not, see) a descendant of Sir John Wynne, of Gwydir House.
He m. in England (first) Martha Buttall; (second) Mrs. Rowden; (third) Elizabeth Parr, and had issue by first marriage.
One source says: DR. THOMAS WYNNE, of Bron-Vadog, near Caerwys, b. 1630, came to America in the ship “Welcome” with William PENN, in 1682. Was the first physician in Pennsylvania, and Speaker of the First House of Assembly for the province of Pennsylvania. He and his wife died in Sussex Co., Del. Dr. WYNNE was a direct lineal descendant through twenty-one generations from Rhys AP TUDOR, Prince of South Wales. (Pedigree CLVII, “Americans of Royal Descent,” by BROWNING.)
Gary Boyd Roberts has stated that he is deleting the royal ancestry of Thomas Wynne. (See Genealogical Thoughts #43, www.NewEnglandAncestors.org (NEHGS web site), Winter 2000. In a conversation with Mr. Roberts at the NEHGS (29 Mar 2000), he explained that he relied on McCracken to eliminate the royal line. Note that key to maintaining the “Royal descent” is to show that the Dr. Thomas Wynne in Philadelphia is the same Dr. Thomas Wynne born in Caerwys, Wales. Several say there is proof in the form of a birth certificate and a letter from Thomas Wynne -- and that Gary Boyd Roberts refused to even read materials sent to him.
The will of John Thomas (see Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, VOL. 1, pg 24-25, Wills proved at Philadelphia, 1682-1692 No. 41, pg. 24-25 part one) specifically names as one his overseers “Thomas Wynne, late of Bronvadog neer Caerwys in the County of Flint” which shows where Dr. Wynne was from. [1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10]
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