Generation 1

Generation 2

Generation 3

Generation 4

Generation 5

Generation 6

Generation 7a

Generation 7b

Note: The lineage from Generation 1 to Generation 4 is believed but not absolutely proven to be a direct lineage, but they are doubtless of the same family.  Generations 4-5 are proven, by original documents of the period, to be a direct paternal relationship.  Generations 5-7 almost certainly represent a direct lineage given that the man in Generation 7 (7a) sold the very property that was owned and passed down by Generations 4-5.

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Scottish Origins

The Widney name is ancient and was first spelled Udny.  An 1875 historical account describes the parish of Udny in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in part, as follows : "The name has been spelled Widney and Uldney, and it derives its name from the barony and family of Udny of Udny, who have possessed the estate for several generations ..."1/  It is reported elsewhere that the Udny family actually held their barony, which gave rise to the parish and its town, for more than five centuries.  The earliest known mention of the family found by this author is dated 1 October 1498, when William Udny was listed in grants of friars' lands of Kintore.2/  Kintore is approximately twelve miles southwest of the town of Udny.

Widney is the phonetic spelling of Udny and the reason Duncan remarked "It's Widney boy - are ye gaun doun tae Widney the nicht?"3/

1/	http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/ABD/Udny/description.html : “A New History of Aberdeenshire”, Alexander Smith, Ed. (1875)
2/	https://archive.org/details/fastiacademiaema01univuoft/page/95/mode/1up?ref=ol&view=theater : "Fasti Academiae Mariscallanae Aberdonensis" (Selections from the Records of the Marischal College and University) MDXCIII-MDCCCLX, Vol. I, Comp. James Fowler Kellas Johnstone, Edit. Peter John Anderson, M.A., LL.B., Aberdeen (1889), p. 95: fn **
3/	http://www.springthyme.co.uk/1039/ - find "8: Udny" on the page and see the comment by "Jock".

The earliest known ancestor of the Widney / Udny family is Oliver, who lived in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, served in the Scots Brigade in the Netherlands, and subsequently acquired land in Ireland.  His parents have not been discovered, owing to the scarcity of parish records prior to the eighteenth century.  He is Generation 1 in his family's genealogy ... Oliver Udny of Scotland and Ireland.

See also : Widney/Woodney/Udny.

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Conclusion

Lynn of that Ilk	Andrew Lynn and Ann Blair	Lynns of Londonderry, Donegal and Tyrone	Dr. William Lynn
Margaret Lynn Lewis and The Valley Manuscript	Lynn or Linn ?	Bård På Lein of Norway: A Flawed Scenario	Lynn History - Main

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