Laura's Waynick Ancestors

My Waynick Ancestors begin with my paternal great-grandmother Kate Loretz WAYNICK, born 24 January 1893 in Madison County, Tennessee.
Kate Loretz WAYNICK-WARLICK was the daughter of Edward Slater WAYNICK, Sr. (born 2 October 1859; died 3 November 1942) and Leonora Smith DONNELL (born 10 Decmeber, 1860; died 16 March, 1908) of Madison County, Tennessee. Kate was one of six children (two boys and four girls), she graduated high school and attended Normal School (now Memphis State University) where she received her teaching certificate. She taught public school in Madison County, TN for five years before marrying her husband Norris "Fay" Warlick in 1917. She was given a "Life Membership in the Women of the Church" and she and her husband were charter members of Johnson Memorial Presbyterian Church - October 20, 1985 was declared "Kate Warlick Sunday" there.

I was able to trace the information on the "early" Waynick's from two books written by Paul Waynick (now deceased):
"A History of the Waynick Family" published in 1952 (from a compilation by Rev. L.P. Rippy), and "Helix: A Saga of the Waynick and Seybold Families" published in 1980 - with the help of these two books I have traced back as far as my 6th Great-grandfather George (Wenig) Waynick who was born in Palatines in Germany and died about 30 August 1763. George came to America and arrived in Pennsylvania on 27 September 1752 on the English ship Nancy in the port of Pennsylvania - this was three years following his brothers Johannes Henricus Wenig (d. 1808 - married Magdelena Unknown and had five daughers) and Bastain Wenig.

George settled in Bucks County, Pennsylvania and married Juliana "Unknown" (born 1731; died 15 June 1763). They were memebers of the Lutheran Church and they had two sons before their untimely deaths: Ludwig, born before 1763 and Daniel Waynick, born before 1763. Nothing is known of the early life of these two orphaned boys, but they later went south and settled in North Carolina about 1790, where they built a log cabin on the Reedy Fork Creek in Guilford County. Daniel Waynick, son of George and Juliana, married Barbara (Elizabeth?) Rhodes and they raised nine children:

1. Jacob Waynick (moved to Indiana)

2. Joshua Waynick born in 1826 in N.C. (moved to Indiana) and married Eleanor Seybold (1829-1909), daughter of Joseph Seybold on 6 January 1852. Their children were:

.....(a) Barbara Jane, (b. 1853, d. 1925) married in 1873 to Elijah Robert "Bob" Sutton (1849-1873), lived in Indiana, and later in Kansas;
.....(b) Daniel Cornelius Waynick (b. 1855, d. 1935), married Arrena Cook in 1879 (she died a few months after their marriage), he married again in 1882 to Margaret Syrena Smith (1866-1955) and they had five children;
.....(c) Malinda Elizabeth "Minnie" Waynick (b. 1858, d. 1930), married Andrew J. Downey in 1882;
.....(d) Sarah Isabelle Waynick (b. 1860, d. 1931) married James Lomax in 1883 and they had five children;
.....(e) Luzena Isadora Waynick (b. 1862, d. 1923), married Thomas Sears in 1910 - had no children;
.....(f) Edna Alice Waynick (b. 1864, d. 1954) married in 1887 to Frank Lindley (1856-1928) and they had two children.

3. Lewis Waynick - married Sarah Waynick (Jesse's daughter) and he died during the Civil War.

4. Unknown son Waynick - died during the Civl War.

5. Philip Waynick - married Annie Strader, and settled on the banks of the Haw River. (They had a daughter named "Lydia")

6. Barbara Waynick - who was remembered by a nephew as being "a beautiful woman with outstanding hair and a pleasant smile"

7. Malinda Waynick -

8. Elizabeth Waynick -

9. David Waynick - married Elizabeth "Unknown" David and his father died during a family feud with his Uncle Ludwig and his family and David's wife Elizabeth took their children (four sons: Ben, Silas, Joe and Allen) and crossed the mountains westward with her children and slaves and settled in McLemoresville, Tennessee, in the spring of 1827 - where she raised their children. (David and Elizabeth Waynick were my 4th great-grandparents; I am a descendant of their son Allen Waynick).

Ludwig Waynick, son of George (Wenig) Waynick and Juliana, married a Miss Suits? and had four children:

1. Daniel Waynick, born 30 August 1790.
2. Tobias Waynick, born 8 March, 1799 - married Susannah Stalcup. Their children were George Washington Waynick (b. 1835, d. 1922); Soloman Waynick (b. 1826, d. 1904); Louis Waynick; Marion Waynick; Mary Waynick.
3. Jesse Waynick
4. Polly Waynick

Apparently these two early Waynick brothers (Daniel and Ludwig) must not have gotten along too well, for according the second Waynick book, these brothers had a bitter family feud resulting in the death of Daniel and a son David. After this occurance Daniel's wife took the children and left North Carolina and settled in East Tennessee...

The following WAYNICK information was found in "The Goodspeed History of Tennessee", Obion Co., 1887 and can also be found on the Obion Co. TNGenWeb page created by Jane Powell.

Rev. David T. Waynick, pastor of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, at Troy, was born in Dickson County, Tenn., January 21, 1854; son of David P. Waynick, who was born in Berlin, Germany, in 1812, and immigrated to America when a young man, settling in Dickson County, Tenn., in 1843, and died in that county in 1865. He was married to Miss M. C. Dickson, who was born in Virginia, and was a cousin of Gen. Lee, of Confederate fame. Our subject is the fifth of ten children, and was reared on a farm, attending the common schools. In 1871 he entered Tracy College, at Charlotte, Tenn., leaving that school in 1874. In 1877 he graduated from the theological department of Cumberland University , and in June of that year came to Troy and took charge of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church of that place. The erection of the new church in 1881 is due to his energy and untiring efforts. When he first came to that town there were only about thirteen active members of his church; now there are 142. Rev. Waynick is one of nature's noblemen, and is in every way fitted for his calling. In 1884 he wedded Ella E. Bright, who was born in Troy, November 6, 1860. They have one child, Maggie Estella. Rev. Waynick is a Democrat, and is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Western Sun Lodge, No. 88, of which he is Master. He joined the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, October 9, 1867, at Bethany, Dickson Co., Tenn., and was licensed to preach in March, 1874, by the Charlotte Presbytery. He has recently had the honorary degree of A. M. Conferred upon him from Ozark College, at Greenfield, Mo.

14 Nov 1997 - Ellen Abernathy (ELLENJOE@aol.com) is looking for the father of Elgie Waynick which was in the Nashville or Clarksville TN area. He was born about 1900 and died in 1964. Ellen Abernathy, EllenJoe@aol.com.

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4 August 1997 - Phil Mason is a cousin of mine through our Madison Co. TN Waynick family! He is a descendant of Edward Slater Waynick, Jr. who married Sara Almedia Tomlinson. He is also researching Mason families and also John Tomlinson of Spring Creek who married Sarah Williams. They were the parents of Sara Almedia Tomlinson who married an Edward Slater Waynick, Jr.

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6 July 1997 - Randy Waynick (RWAYNICK@webtv.net) has Waynick roots from Tennessee!

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Sandra Lee GUTHRIE HARRISON SCHMITZ is a Waynick descendant through her great-grandfather, Robert Paul GUTHRIE, born March 17, 1896 died @ March 11th 1904. Parents were Robert Lepezant GUTHRIE, born 1836 in Hall, GA. and Laura WAYNICK (first marriage). Laura would have been born @1875 in TN. and died @1906 in Greenway, AR.

Children of Robert L. & Laura Waynick GUTHRIE:

.....1. Robert Paul GUTHRIE, 03/17/1896
.....2. Maude GUTHRIE, 09/27/1898
.....3. Pearl GUTHRIE, 12/01/1900
.....4. Gracie GUTHRIE, 11/26/1903

If anyone has any info. on her Waynick ancestors please contact Sandra!

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