Hawte Wyatt (bef. 1594 - 1638)

Born before 4 Jun 1594 in Kent, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Barbara (Milford) Wyatt — married 6 Feb 1619 in London, England

Husband of Elizabeth (Unknown) Wyatt — married before Oct 1626 in Colony of Virginia [uncertain]

Husband of Ann (Cox) Wyatt — married about 1627 in Boxley, Kent, England

Descendants

Died 31 Jul 1638 after age 44 in Boxley, Kent, England [uncertain]

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Biography

Haute Wyatt is a Qualifying Ancestor of the Jamestowne Society

Haute Wyatt was a Jamestown colonist.

Origins

Haute/Hawte Wyatt, Gent., of Boxley Abbey, Kent, was the second son of George Wyatt and Jane Finch.^[1] He was born about 1594^[2] (aged 17 in 1611).^[1] He was baptised at Otham, Kent, on 4 June 1594.^[3][4] He was the brother of Sir Francis Wyatt, Henry Wyatt, George Wyatt, Thomas Wyatt and Eleanor, wife of John Finch.^[1]

Hawte matriculated at Queens College, Oxford, on 25 October 1611^[1] at the age of 17.^[5] His younger brother, Henry, age 15, matriculated on the same day, and both brothers were enrolled at Gray's Inn on 11 June 1611.^[5][6] Henry took his degrees, but the University appears to have no record of Hawte taking a degree,^[5] nor does the Clergy Database give any information about when he took holy orders or any record of his education and qualifications.^[7]

A Virginia Company Court held in London, 16 July 1621, heard a request that: "Sir Francis Wyatt's brother beinge a M[aste]r of Arts and a good divine and very willinge to goe wth him this present Voyadge, might be entertayned and placed as Mynister over his people and have ye same allowance towards the furnishings of himself wth the necessaries as others have hadd, and that his wife might have her transporte freed, wch motion was thought verie reasonable..."^{[citation needed]} (Since the brother in question isn't named, Company members might have thought Henry was being referred to.)

Travel To/From Virginia

Hawte Wyatt immigrated to Virginia on the George with his brother Francis Wyatt, arriving there in October or November of 1621,^[1] perhaps on 18 November 1621.^[8] They landed at the James River with a fleet of nine ships.^[9] Hawte served as minister of Jamestown, Virginia from 1621 to 1625,^[1] during the administration of his brother Francis, who had been appointed Governor of Virginia Colony.^[10]

"Hant Wyatt, Minister" was living in James City on 16 February 1623/4,^[2] but does not appear in the muster of January 1624/5 as he had likely returned to England by that date.^{[citation needed]} He would have been back in England by October 1626, as his son Thomas was baptised at Boxley, Kent that month.

Hawte Wyatt became minister of the chapel at Marston, Kent^[11]in 1630.^[5] His father obtained from the Dean and Chapter of Rochester the vicarage of Boxley^[11] in 1632,^[5] where Hawte served until his death.^[7]

Marriages and Children

Hawte married first to Barbara Milford, daughter of Philip Mitford, on 6 February 1618/9 at Saint Mary Mounthaw, London.^[1][12] They had children:

• George Wyatt,^[1] baptized at St. Helen's, Worcester, 12 December 1619, emigrated by 12 April 1642, resided in York County, Virginia, died before 15 January 1671/2, married Susanna ____ and had one son.^[8]
• Edward Wyatt,^[1] born about 1621, was in Virginia by September 1643, living 8 January 1667/8, married Jane ___ and had one son.^[8]

Rev. Hawte Wyatt married second to Elizabeth (last name at birth unknown).^[1] They had a child:

• Thomas Wyatt,^[1] baptized at Boxley on 15 October 1626, buried there 10 April 1627.^[8][11]

Hawte's wife, Elizabeth, was buried at Boxley, Kent, 31 October 1626.^[1][11]

He married third to Ann Cox, daughter of John Cox, by his wife Ann Lee.^[1] They had children:

• John Wyatt,^[1] said to be 10 in the reports of administration of his father's estate filed by his grandmother Jane (Finch) Wyatt in 1639,^[13] suggesting a birth year of about 1629.
• Anne Wyatt,^[1] baptized in Boxley on 19 February 1631/2.^[11] She was living on 1 January 1648/9: she was named, as daughter of Hawte Wyatt, in the will of that date of her cousin Ellinora Wyatt.^[14][15]

His wife, Anne, was buried at Boxley, Kent on 29 February 1631/2.^[1] Boxley records say that Ann was (translated from Latin): "gentle, and even ... and the pious mother, perhaps a diligent nurse, Wyatt here a married person ... chaste of her confinement was thus carried out the duties of life, on the part of the better, but now it thrives in the heavens."^[11]

Death, Burial and Legacy

Hawte died July 31, 1638^[5][10] at 44 years of age in Maidstone, Kent: "Mr: Haute Wyatt Vicarius hujus p[ar]ochiae: et filius Mri: Georgii Wyatt: sepultus fuit August: 8[th] anno pr[a]edicto 1638" - "Mr. Haute Wyatt, vicar of the parish and son of George Wyatt" was buried on 8 August of the said year 1638."^[16] (Douglas Richardson and some other secondary sources mistakenly have the burial date as 1 August.^[1][2][11])

Administration of the estate of Reverend Hawte Wyatt was granted on 26 October 1638 to his mother, Lady Jane Wyatt,^[1] who had been living with him and caring for his children at the time of his death. He left no will and she appeared in the Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury to petition for administration of the estate of her son. In the reports of administration, filed 29 April 1639, by Lady Jane, rent due to Sir Francis Wyatt of Boxley was listed and also money paid out on behalf of Hawte Wyatt's children namely, "George, aged 19; Edward, aged 17; John, aged 10; and Anne aged 7."

In the church at Boxley there is a memorial erected by Edwin Wyatt (died 1714) in memory of several members of his family.^[17] The inscription includes the following:

"George Wiat left also Hawt Wiat who died vicar of this parish, and hath issue liveing in Virginia."^[8][17]

Research Notes

Son John

Captain John Wyatt, who went to Virginia, has previously been attached as a son of Hawte. There is no reliable evidence for this.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17} Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011). Vol. IV, page 384 WYATT #16.ii, Google Books
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Jamestowne Society: Wyatt, Haute - A9207; born 1594, buried 1 August 1638 County Kent, England; (Muster of 1623/4); (Resident of Jamestowne). accessed 5 December 2020
3. ↑ Image of parish register on FindMyPast (accessed 31 October 2023)
4. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J7GH-88Y), James Harote Wyat, 1594: mis-transcribes first name as James Harote
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5} Foster, Joseph, ed. Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, (Oxford, 1891), Online at BritishHistory.ac, pages 1674-1697.
6. ↑ Joseph Foster. The Register of Admissions to Gray's Inn, 1521-1889, Hansard Publishing Union, 1889, p. 126, Internet Archive
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} The Clergy Database, ID 3288, entry for Haut Wyat
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4} Faris, David C. Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-century Colonists. (Genealogical Publishing Company, 1996), online at Ancestry.com, page 289.
9. ↑ "Notes on American History" in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-). Online database at AmericanAncestors.org, Vol. 30, page 417: Abstracted records of ships arriving in Jamestown 1607-1624.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} "Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents." in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, vol. 3, no. 2, 1895, pages 177–178. Online at JSTOR.
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6} Cave-Browne, John. The History of Boxley Parish. (Maidstone: E. J. Dickinson, 1892), online at Archive.org, pages 133-151 ("The Wiats"), page 168 (Thomas bap./bur.; Eliz. bur.), 170 (d. Anna bap., w. Anna bur.), 171 (Haute bur.), 185.
12. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, (FamilySearch: 10 February 2018), Haut Wyat and Barbara Mitford, 06 Feb 1618; citing Saint Mary Mounthaw, London, London, England, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 374492, 942 B4HA V. 58.
13. ↑ H Hansen. 1656 Will of John Wyat of Boxley, web, accessed 5 November 2023
14. ↑ The National Archives, ref. PROB 11/208/760, will of Ellinora Wyatt of Covent Garden, Middlesex, Discovery Centre catalogue entry
15. ↑ "Virginia Gleanings in England", in 'The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography', Vol. 31, 1923, p. 239, Internet Archive
16. ↑ Image of Boxley parish register at FindMyPast
17. ↑ ^{17.0 17.1} "Virginia Gleanings in England" in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, vol. 31, no. 3, Jul 1923, page 243. Online at JSTOR: note: article names only 2 wives.

• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. 2nd ed., 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011). See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families. 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013). See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry: Vol. V, pages 412-413 WYATT.

See also:

• Jester, Annie Lash, comp. and ed. Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1625 (1964), pages 718-720. Not available online.
• "Sibyl de Ferrers, wife of John de Vipont, of Appleby, Westmorland [died 1241]". message board post on soc.genealogy.medieval from Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, UT, dated 11 Aug 2018: Hawte was a descendant of John de Vipont [died 1241] and his wife, Sibyl de Ferrers.

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was re-reviewed/updated to meet current standards and approved for the Magna Carta Project by Traci Thiessen 4 November 2019.

Haute Wyatt is listed in Magna Carta Ancestry as a Gateway Ancestor (vol. I, pages xxiii-xxix) in a Richardson-documented trail to Magna Carta Surety Baron William Malet that was reviewed/approved by the Magna Carta Project in 2015 and re-reviewed in April 2020. See the Magna Carta Trail below to view the profiles in this trail.

See Base Camp for more information about Magna Carta trails. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".

Magna Carta Trails

Badged Richardson-documented trail to Malet (MCA IV:375-376 WYATT):

Gateway Ancestors:

Hawte Wyatt (badged/100% 5-star)

Francis Wyatt (badged/100% 5-star)

1. George and Francis are the sons of George Wyatt (badged/100% 5-star)

2. George is the son of Thomas Wyatt (badged/100% 5-star)

3. Thomas is the son of Elizabeth Brooke (badged/100% 5-star)

4. Elizabeth is the daughter of Thomas Brooke (badged/100% 5-star)

5. Thomas is the son of John Brooke (badged/100% 5-star)

6. John is the son of Edward Brooke (badged/100% 5-star)

7. Edward is the son of Joan Braybrooke (badged/100% 5-star)

8. Joan is the daughter of Joan Pole (badged/100% 5-star)

9. Joan is the daughter of Joan Cobham (badged/100% 5-star)

10. Joan is the daughter of John Cobham (badged/100% 5-star)

11. John is the daughter of Joan Beauchamp (badged/100% 5-star)

12. Joan is the daughter of John Beauchamp (badged/100% 5-star)

13. John is the son of Cecily Vivonne (badged/100% 5-star)

14. Cecily is the daughter of William (Vivonne) de Forz (badged/100% 5-star)

15. William is the son of Mabel Malet (badged/100% 5-star)

16. Mabel is the daughter of Magna Carta Surety William Malet