William Elwyn

Abt 1540 - 1611  (~ 71 years)

• Name	William Elwyn
  Birth	Abt 1540	of Heigham, Norfolk, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate death	Between 1610 and 1611  [3]
  Death	1611  [4]
  Person ID	I41121	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of XYZ
  Last Modified	5 May 2024

  
  

  Family	Alice,   b. Abt 1542   d. 1603 (Age ~ 61 years)
  Children	+ 1. Thomas Elwyn,   b. Bef 1 May 1566, of Heigham, Norfolk, England d. Bef 2 Dec 1648 (Age < 82 years)
  Family ID	F24059	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 May 2024

  
  

• Notes

  He was the founder of a tannery in Norwich operated by several generations of Elwyns, including his son Thomas. In 2012, Richard L. Bush (citation details below) argued that this William Elwyn was the son of another William Elwyn who lived from about 1510 to before 1570, himself the son of Peter Elwyn of Wood Dalling who died between 16 Jun 1556 and 27 Sep 1557 and Peter's wife Lucy who predeceased him, this Peter being a son of John Elwyn of Wood Dalling and his wife Katherine Bulwer. But in 2016, Clifford L. Stott (citation details below) argued convincingly that Bush's evidence for this paternity was insufficient.

  
  

• Sources

  [S7682] Clifford L. Stott, "The Elwyn Family Revisited." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 169:151, 2016., place only. [S7678] Richard L. Bush, "The English Ancestry of Michael and Sarah (Elwyn) Metcalf of Dedham, Massachusetts." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 166:28, 2012., date only. [S7681] The Elwyns of Norfolk by G. Andrews Moriarty. London: Mitchell Hughes and Clarke, 1926. [S7678] Richard L. Bush, "The English Ancestry of Michael and Sarah (Elwyn) Metcalf of Dedham, Massachusetts." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 166:28, 2012.