[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] MEDYN/MEDYNKT

[Christine Dowd]

Hello,

I am new to this list. My great great grandfather was Wilhelm MEDYN 
(sometimes written MEDYNKT). His son, Jan Medyn was an estate manager at 
Ciemianka, not far from Stawiski, Lomza, Poland.  Today there are no 
Medyns in all of Poland, and the family story is that Wilhelm was a 
Protestant German settler (the two generations that I can find in Poland 
are baptized Catholic). Can anyone give me insight into German settlement 
in old woj Lomza? Or on the name MEDYN/MEDYNKT? Is this name of German 
origin?

Thank you.
Christine Dowd