Wren Kin

Ruth Wren sent me a binder containing all the family group sheets submitted by Wren Family Association members in the early 1990s. I’ve been wondering about the best way to share it with everyone, and have decided to input each group sheet into the database, preferably after I’ve found some vital records to back each [...]

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“In beta” means I’m still working out the kinks. Please take a look and tell me what you think. You’ll have to register for an account, but don’t worry, it’s free and your email won’t be sold to anyone. Bear with me if there are any hiccups in the process, as this is new and [...]

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This article was published in the Wren Kin Newsletter April 1990, Vol. 1, Issue No. 2. and is reprinted here with the permission of author Ruth Wren. According to census records, William R. Wren was born in Virginia between 1770 and 1780. We can place him in South Carolina in 1810 and 1815 for his [...]

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The dates and counties of these marriages have been entered into the W(R)en(n) database: Bennie WREN, Delia TUCKER (1914) Carter WREN, Rilla SHAW (1882) J.C. WREN, Mattie GODFREY (1878) Sources used: Marriage Records Van Zandt County Texas 1909-1931, Compiled by Quana Barber, Ruth Johnson & Maefayr Hooton; and Van Zandt County Texas Marriage Records 1855-1884, [...]

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My goal is to create a Wren/Wrenn/Ren/Renn database and stuff it full of all the vital records, family group sheets, etc. that we can gather. Until that day comes, we’ll work with this temporary index. At present it only contains marriages from a few counties in Kentucky and Tennessee from the following sources: Carroll County, [...]

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Today marks the 284th anniversary of the death of the most famous Wren of all: Sir Christopher Wren: architect, scientist and mathematician. If you grew up with the Wren surname most likely you heard you were related somehow, but whether or not one of Wren’s descendants made it across the Atlantic to the New World [...]

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In 1990, Ruth Wren created the Wren Family Organization and the Wren Kin Newsletter as a method of sharing information with those family researchers focusing on the ancestors and descendants of William Wren of Virginia: Wrens, Wrenns, Rens, and even Renns. With her permission and assistance, this website will continue her work. Wren Family Association [...]

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