For anyone interested in family history this book is a must read. Compiled by amateur historian David Wynne, who was inspired to research his own family history, this book begins with a brief history of the Welsh royal lineage in the period of the 1500s and 1600s, and then recounts in stunning detail the Wynne family descendants of Thomas and Sarah Wynn (born in the 1750s). The author details the lives of many families, including the Barwell and Shearman families, who were closely connected to the Wynne family. This book also gives the reader the context of the environments they lived in, with accounts of the political backdrop that influenced their lives. David Wynne has painstakingly researched all the facts for this book over the last eighteen years, and has included an incredible amount of detail about the lives of his ancestors. This book covers in some detail, the Wynne family and their involvement with shoe industry in Stafford during the 19th century and also discusses the great industrial firm Platt Brothers Ltd, cotton machinery makers in Oldham, Lancashire, with information on some of the directors and founders of this great firm, including Wynne family members. The book travels the globe, from the UK to British North Borneo, and to America, Australia and New Zealand. Many members of the Wynne family had a love of travel and a desire to move to, and settle in, distant lands. The lives of Wynne family members are recorded in detail right up to 2021. Family dramas and scandals are unearthed, such as the affair and high profile divorce of Eleanor Margaret Wynne in front of a grand jury, and the subsequent international media coverage that ensued. The book also includes accounts of famous family members, such as Frances Hodgson Burnett, granddaughter of Mary Wynne and author of many books including Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Secret Garden. The book is illustrated with an incredible array of images spanning the centuries, both from historical records, and from personal Wynne family photo collections.

Eli Wynn was born in 1812. He married Mary Ann Weldon in 1836 in Hamilton County, Indiana. They had seven children.

The Wynn family of Wales between the early 1500s and the late 1800s. Some of the family intermarried with English people.

Robert Wynne (chr. 1622) emigrated from Canterbury, England to America and settled in Virginia. His descendants lived in Virginia, Georgia, South Carolina, Florida, and elsewhere. Also traces the ancestry of 30 other families, typically back as far as the emigrant ancestor.

Thomas Wynne (d.1692), a Welsh Quaker, married twice and emigrated from Wales (via England) to Philadelphia in 1682. Descendants and relatives lived in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and elsewhere. Includes many ancestors in Wales, Ireland and Europe.