Thomas Wyatt (1710 - 1772)

To help separate the Thomas Wyatts of VA during this timeframe who have given us all a run for our money:

<29 Aug 1745: Plat of land devised to Wm Wiat, Edward Wiat, & Thomas Wiat, each 667 acres & John Thurston in right of his wife Ann, the remainder by will of Francis Wyatt, dec'd. <7 Jan 1747: Thomas Wyatt of Essex Co. conveyed 5 slaves. <1747 Thomas Wiatt m. Sukey Edmondson (recorded in Richmond & Essex). <4 April 1749: Thomas Wiat of Essex Co. & wife Sukey, sell/deed to Henry Chiles of Spots Co., 667 acres in Spots Co.. Wits- Jo Brock, Thomas Estes, Nicholas Horn <Thomas Wiatt m. Sukey Edmondson, daughter of John Edmondson, Spots Co. (Also states recorded in Richmond & Essex Counties...and a different year than the previous date showing they were married 1747...why US & Internaional Marriages on Ancestry is sketchy at best.) <Charles Smith of St. Martin's Par, Louisa Co., & Ann his wife, sell/deed to Thomas Wiatt of ST. MARK'S PARISH, SPOTS CO (up to 1734-35, St. Mark's Parish was in Spots Co. At that date Spots Co. was divided by the line between St. George's & St. Mark's Parishes. Spots Co. was limited to St. George's Parish, Orange Co. took over St. Mark's Parish at that time, and St. Mark's later served Culpeper Co. when it formed in 1749). <4 Apr 1758: A Thomas Wiatt was a witness to a deed where Philip Ballard of Orange Co. & wife Ann sell/deed to John Hubbard of Culpeper Co., 434 acres in Spots Co. <1759: A Thomas Wiatt shows on the Rent Rolls as residing in Frederick Co., VA. <1 Apr 1761: A Thomas Wiatt of St. George Par, Spots Co., & ELIZABETH his wife, to Thomas Wiatt of St. George Co., 109 acres in St. George Par, Spots Co., (This Thomas moved from/sold this land prior to 2 Dec 1767 where a deed with the new owner says he purchased this land from Thomas Wiatt, the former owner). <1 Nov 1762: Robt Beadles of St. George, Spots Co, & wife Dilley to Thomas Wiatt of St. George, Spots Co, 114 acres in St. George, Spots Co. <1763: A Thomas Wiatt was a witness to a deed in St. George Parish, Spots Co. <1766: A Thomas Wiatt was witness to a deed in St. George, Spots Co. <27 Nov 1767: A Thomas Wiatt of St. George, Spots Co & wife Sukey sell/deed to Thomas White of Parish & County afrsd, 300 acres in Str. George, Spots Co. <1 June 1767: Daniel Musick & a Thomas Wiatt of Spots Co sell/deed to Benjamin Johnston of County afsd, 100 acres on East North East River in Spots Co. <8 Nov 1770: A Thomas Wiatt of BERKELEY PARISH, SPOTS CO & wife SUSANNAH sell/deed to David Pulliam of same, 114 acres in BERKELEY PARISH, SPOTS CO (This is where it starts to get interesting). <26 Feb 1771: Ann Wiatt, daughter of Thomas Wiatt, m. John Edmondson in Amherst County. Thomas Wiatt bond. 18 Apr 1772: A Thomas Wyatt & wife Sukey of Essex Co., sell/deed 415 acres on East North East River in Spots Co, formerly purchased by sd Wyatt of Charles & Ann Smith, to James Coleman. <29 Oct 1772: A Thomas Wyatt's will produced in LOUDOUN COUNTY, shows wife MARGARET, older sons John, Edward, older daughters Mary Lynn & Sarah Cooper, younger children Thomas, Ruth, Abner, Margaret, Reuben (AS YOU CAN SEE, NO SUKEY/SUSANNAH, EVEN THOUGH A THOMAS WYATT & WIFE SUKEY in ESSEX CO. WERE JUST MENTIONED 6 months prior to this will....it keeps going). <1772: A Thomas Wyatt of Loudoun Co was deceased by Nov 1772, when his will was recorded/proved showing him dec'd. <17 Nov 1778: Thomas Ballard Wyatt & wife Susannah of HANOVER CO, 330 acres in Spots Co to Thomas Chiles of Caroline Co. <1779: A Thomas Wyatt was recorded on the Census as living in King & Queen Co. This Thomas Wyatt died in King & Queen between 13 Mar 1781 where he was recorded in a transaction, and 15 Apr 1781 where he was recorded as dec'd. <2 July 1785: A Thomas Wiatt m. CAtherine Robinson in Christchurch, Middlesex, VA. <5 Jan 1786: Thomas Ballard Wyatt & Francis Wyatt sell to James Parish of Spots Co, 140 acres. <24 Apr 1786: Thomas Ballard Wyatt, Francis Wyatt, & Thomas Chiles sell to Henry Terrell of Spots Co, 150 acres in Spots Co. <According to "The Cabells and Their Kin: A Memorial Volume of History, Biography, and Genealogy" by Alexander Brown (1843-1906): COL. JOHN WYATT, whose elder brother, COL. THOMAS WYATT, came to Amherst some years before the Revolution, was from KING AND QUEEN COUNTY, VA. He was a soldier in the Revolution; after the war he resided on his plantation in Amherst; he removed to Lynchburg soon after its establishment, about 1787. <18 May 1793: A Thomas Wiatt m. Sally Miller in Campbell Co. Bondsmen were Thomas Wiatt & Thomas Higginbotham. <22 Apr 1795: A Thomas Wiatt was a witness to a deed in Campbell County. (See my last message comment below to help piece some of this together). As you can see, there were more than one Thomas Wyatt in the same area during this same time. As you will see from my last message below, the Thomas who m. Susanna Edmondson had sons Thomas, John, and a daughter Ann, who m. John Edmondson and had an only daughter, Susanna Edmondson, "grand-daughter of Susannah Wyatt and niece to Thomas and John Wyatt".

Thomas and Susannah (Edmondson) Wyatt had two sons , John and Thomas Wyatt, and one daughter Ann who married John Edmondson in Amherst in 1771, in which the same marriage document shows Ann as the daughter of Thomas Wyatt. Furthermore, the above attached court proceeding reveals the genealogy of this family in quite detail as the facts of the case emerge. When John Edmondson who m. Ann Wyatt died in 1789, he left only one survivng daughter, a Sussana Edmondson, who has no surviving siblings, parents, or children of her own. This meant her legatees became her "maternal grandmother, Susannah Wyatt (wife of Thomas Wyatt), and he two maternal uncles , John and Thomas Wyatt (sons of Thomas and Sukey Edmondson and brothers to the young Susanna's mother (Ann (Wyatt) Edmondson who married John Edmondson, dec'd.). Records from sources such as: Cabell, Margaret Anthony. Sketches and Recollections of Lynchburg: By the Oldest Inhabitant. Richmond, VA: C.H. Wynne Publisher, 1858.,

and Brown, Alexander D.C.L (Author of "The Genesis of the United States"). The Cabells and Their Kin: A Memorial Volume of History, Biography, and Genealogy. Boston, Mass. & NY, NY: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, The Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1895, show that the children of Thomas and Susannah (Edmondson) W,att, as in John, Thomas, and Ann Wyatt, came to Amherst and then Lynchburg from KING AND QUEEN COUNTY, VA. "COLONEL JOHN WIATT, for many years a valued and beloved citizen of Lynchburg, was a native of the lower country. He was a most gallant gentleman, combining all the courtesy of the old Cavalier of Virginia, with feelings the most ardent, generous and affectionate. When a young man he married WILHELMINA JORDAN, a sister of MRS. WILLIAM CABELL, of Union Hill, and MRS. JOHN CABELL, of Buckingham. COLONEL WIATT served with bravery in the Revolutionary war, and was present at the battle of Guilford Courthouse ; but shortly after the termination of the war, he came to reside on his plantation in the county of Amherst, and a few years later he removed to Lynchburg, where, to the day of his death, he continued a useful and revered resident." (p. 226).

"Edmund Winston, of Amherst, married CAROLINE, the daughter of COLONEL JOHN WIATT" (p. 222).

"Captain William Norvell, Sr. resided for many years in the large mansion-house, at present occupied by John M. Otey, Esq. Previously to the time of his coming to Lynchburg, Captain Norvell resided in the county of Amherst, where he married ANNE, the second daughter of COLONEL JOHN WIATT. Captain Norvell was an excellent, high-minded gentleman, possessing great energy and industry. Accumulating a large fortune, and ably for many years filling the office of President of the Bank of Virginia, he died long before attaining old age, leaving a numerous young family, the care of whom devolved on his widow, Mrs. Anne Norvell. This lady was a very lovely and remarkable woman, inheriting much of the grace and personal beauty of her mother, MRS. MINA WIATT" (p. 230).

"THOMAS WIATT was a gentleman of great worth and excellence, and a younger brother of COLONEL JOHN WIATT. They were descended from an English family of that name, conspicuous in the days when our State was a colony. In the year 1827, MR. WIATT resided in the house owned and occupied by Dr. Robert Early. When a young man, THOMAS WIATT was united in marriage to SARAH MILLER, a daughter of one of Lynchburg's earliest and most estimable settlers. " (p. 242).

From "The Cabells and Their Kin: A Memorial Volume of History, Biography, and Genealogy" by Alexander Brown (1843-1906): "SUSANNA WYATT, his first wife and the mother of his children, was a daughter of COL. JOHN WYATT by his wife WILHELMINA JORDAN, a daughter of COL. SAMUEL JORDAN by his second wife, MRS. JUDITH SCOTT WARE. COL. JOHN WYATT, whose elder brother, COL. THOMAS WYATT, came to Amherst some years before the Revolution, was from KING AND QUEEN COUNTY, VA. He was a soldier in the Revolution; after the war he resided on his plantation in Amherst; he removed to Lynchburg soon after its establishment, about 1787, 'where to the day of his death, he continued a useful and revered resident'. He was mayor of Lynchburg town in 1806. He was appointed, by the Episcopal Convention of 1814, on the committee to aid in 'providing for the raising of a fund to be applied to the support of clergymen in vacant parishes of this State'. His will was dated February 17, 1827, and proved March 5, 1827. His wife survived him some years, and died at the residence of her son-in-law, Capt. William Norvell, in Lynchburg." (p. 259-260).

PAULINA JORDAN (Col. John Cabell's first wife) was a daughter of COL. SAMUEL JORDAN by his second wife, JUDITH SCOTT WARE, widow of PETER WARE, whose will, recorded in March, 1742, at Goochland C. H., mentions his loving wife, JUDITH, and their six children. Her marriage bond with SAMUEL JORDAN is dated February 29, 1745, and THOMAS BALLARD SMITH is the security. She also bore to COL. SAMUEL JORDAN at least three daughters: PAULINA, who married COL. JOHN CABELL; WILHELMINA, who married COL. JOHN WYATT; and CAROLINE MATILDA, who married COL. HUGH ROSE. MRS. JUDITH SCOTT (WARE) JORDAN was an aunt of GEN. CHARLES SCOTT, a soldier in the French and Indian war, and in the Revolution, and afterwards governor of Kentucky." (p. 144). Justice Thomas Wyatt (Wiatt) and his wife Suckey owned a 1,100 acre tract on the lines of Hugh Rose, Patrick Rose, Edward Carter, Joshua Hudson, Gabriel Penn, and Laurence Campbell that he sold to John Wiatt in 1771 (Amherst Deed Book C: 246). He also owned a 108 acre tract on Rutledge's Creek on the lines of James Manees that he sold to John Davis in 1771 (Amherst Deed Book B :199: Book C : 248).

After researching this family for years, I believe this Thomas may be the son of Richard Wyatt and Catherine (Long) Tunstall. There are records that show that Thomas, the son of John Wyatt and Jane Pamplin, was born about 1725 and died unmarried. Thomas, the son of Richard and Catherine Tunstall was born after 1697 and before 1712, and married a Susannah (Sukey). Richard and John were related with the same Y-DNA and lived in the same area of VA. Thomas, the son of My Richard who also relates to the John of this family were brothers. But this Thomas appears to be the son of Richard, and was born about 169y-1707, and was the one was deeded land in Essex and Rappa from from his godparents, Godfrey and Dorothy Stanton for his betterment. Thomas also ended up partaking in land transactions involved in K&G County and Spotsylvania Co.. A deeper look into this individual may reveal he is is fact, without doubt, the son of Richard Wyatt and Catherine (Long) Tunstall Wyatt.