Difference between revisions of "Accuracy of Widney Genealogy"
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This page relies on sections from Dr. [[George Wilds Linn]]'s [[The Clan Linn]], published in 1905. It also quotes from Roger Linn's [[The Clan Linn in the Twentieth Century]], published in 1993, but which relied solely on the earlier The Clan Linn for its material on Sarah Widney. The accuracy of Dr. Linn's account is, therefore, critical to our understanding of Sarah. Unfortunately, research by Loretta Lynn ([[User:annlynn9]]) raised doubts about key portions of it. | This page relies on sections from Dr. [[George Wilds Linn]]'s [[The Clan Linn]], published in 1905. It also quotes from Roger Linn's [[The Clan Linn in the Twentieth Century]], published in 1993, but which relied solely on the earlier The Clan Linn for its material on Sarah Widney. The accuracy of Dr. Linn's account is, therefore, critical to our understanding of Sarah. Unfortunately, research by Loretta Lynn ([[User:annlynn9]]) raised doubts about key portions of it. | ||
| − | As Dr. Linn wrote, "The data on which this book rests are to be found in a series of notes made by the author more than forty years ago as they were dictated to him by his grandparents, Hugh Linn [2nd] and his wife, Ann (Widney) Linn, both of them at that time eighty years of age. Additional notes were also made as dictated by his great aunt, Miss Jane Widney, about the same time.” [George Wilds Linn, p. 11]. While the Widneys may have descended from a Colonel Widney who fought at the 1690 Battle of the Boyne, substantial evidence has been discovered which suggests that Dr. Linn and/or his above-mentioned elders merely inferred from that historic event that the Widneys were Dutch. The fact is that the army of William of Orange of Holland was supported at the Boyne by two regiments of Ulster Scots as well as other Scots, English, and French. Furthermore, the Widneys were in Ulster at least 69 years prior to the Boyne. See [http:// | + | As Dr. Linn wrote, "The data on which this book rests are to be found in a series of notes made by the author more than forty years ago as they were dictated to him by his grandparents, Hugh Linn [2nd] and his wife, Ann (Widney) Linn, both of them at that time eighty years of age. Additional notes were also made as dictated by his great aunt, Miss Jane Widney, about the same time.” [George Wilds Linn, p. 11]. While the Widneys may have descended from a Colonel Widney who fought at the 1690 Battle of the Boyne, substantial evidence has been discovered which suggests that Dr. Linn and/or his above-mentioned elders merely inferred from that historic event that the Widneys were Dutch. The fact is that the army of William of Orange of Holland was supported at the Boyne by two regiments of Ulster Scots as well as other Scots, English, and French. Furthermore, the Widneys were in Ulster at least 69 years prior to the Boyne. See [http://www.house-of-lynn.com/udny_widney_scotland_ireland_background.html]. |
Latest revision as of 17:07, 2 August 2015
Accuracy of Widney Ancestry[edit]
This page relies on sections from Dr. George Wilds Linn's The Clan Linn, published in 1905. It also quotes from Roger Linn's The Clan Linn in the Twentieth Century, published in 1993, but which relied solely on the earlier The Clan Linn for its material on Sarah Widney. The accuracy of Dr. Linn's account is, therefore, critical to our understanding of Sarah. Unfortunately, research by Loretta Lynn (User:annlynn9) raised doubts about key portions of it.
As Dr. Linn wrote, "The data on which this book rests are to be found in a series of notes made by the author more than forty years ago as they were dictated to him by his grandparents, Hugh Linn [2nd] and his wife, Ann (Widney) Linn, both of them at that time eighty years of age. Additional notes were also made as dictated by his great aunt, Miss Jane Widney, about the same time.” [George Wilds Linn, p. 11]. While the Widneys may have descended from a Colonel Widney who fought at the 1690 Battle of the Boyne, substantial evidence has been discovered which suggests that Dr. Linn and/or his above-mentioned elders merely inferred from that historic event that the Widneys were Dutch. The fact is that the army of William of Orange of Holland was supported at the Boyne by two regiments of Ulster Scots as well as other Scots, English, and French. Furthermore, the Widneys were in Ulster at least 69 years prior to the Boyne. See [1].