Individual Details
JOHN Ginn
(Mar 1638 - 1694)
John Ginn (b 1638, d 1694) was the only surviving son of a Yeoman. Of a Yeoman family that was, in fact, in decline. Yet, in 1661, young John married Mary Gill, a gentlewoman, the daughter of a local Lord of the Manor! This turns out to be a pivotal moment in Ginn history.
"It seems clear that the marriage slightly revived the Ginn fortunes. John Ginn's father had had a one-hearthed cottage, yet John had a three-hearthed farmhouse by 1663. My guess is that that was the Gill's wedding present. They could not have Mary living in a hovel". (Michael Taylor)
While John Gynn married Mary Gill (who's ancestors were Peryent) in 1662; Thomas Gynn of Aston also most likely knew the Peryents as early as 1440 when both families have employed servants with the same last name, Perot, who hailed from Ireland. (See note) He was alive when the Great Plague of London (1664-1666) and the Great Fire of London (1666) took a great many lives in the city.
"It seems clear that the marriage slightly revived the Ginn fortunes. John Ginn's father had had a one-hearthed cottage, yet John had a three-hearthed farmhouse by 1663. My guess is that that was the Gill's wedding present. They could not have Mary living in a hovel". (Michael Taylor)
While John Gynn married Mary Gill (who's ancestors were Peryent) in 1662; Thomas Gynn of Aston also most likely knew the Peryents as early as 1440 when both families have employed servants with the same last name, Perot, who hailed from Ireland. (See note) He was alive when the Great Plague of London (1664-1666) and the Great Fire of London (1666) took a great many lives in the city.
Events
| Birth | Mar 1638 | Anstey, Hertfordshire | |||
| Marriage | 4 Nov 1661 | Anstey, Hertfordshire - Mary Gill | |||
| Death | 1694 |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Gill (1641 - ) |
| Child | THOMAS Ginn (1682 - 1746) |
| Child | John Ginn (1663 - ) |
| Child | William Ginn (1664 - ) |
| Child | Edward Ginn (1665 - ) |
| Child | Charles Ginn (1667 - ) |
| Child | Edward Ginn (1667 - ) |
| Child | Elizabeth Ginn (1679 - ) |
| Father | WILLIAM Ginn (1599 - 1658) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Stringer (1614 - 1673) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Ginn (1635 - ) |
| Sibling | Henry Ginn (1645 - ) |