Edward Wyatt (abt. 1621 - bef. 1672)

Born about 1621 in Boxley, Kent, England [uncertain]

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Descendants

Died before 10 Oct 1672 before about age 51 in Gloucester County, Colony of Virginia [uncertain]

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Biography

Edward Wyatt was born in 1619 at Boxley, Kent, England, the son of Hawte Wyatt and Barbara (Mitford) Wyatt. ^[1] [Edward Wyatt was born about 1621-22 (age 17 in April 1639), probably in Boxley, Kent, or in the city of Worcester. No record of his baptism has yet been found--Jaye Matthew Drummond] He was the brother of George Wyatt, and half-brother of Thomas Wyatt, John Wyatt and Anna Wyatt. ^{[2] [3]}. ^[4]

Edward Wyatt was two years old when his father brought him to Jamestown, Virginia in 1621. He returned to England with his parents in 1625. Later in 1642, his uncle, Sir Francis Wyatt, at that time Governor of Virginia for the second time, brought Edward Wyatt and his brothers and sisters back to Virginia. ^[5] Edward and his brother, George Wyatt had land grants to plantations where the town of Williamburg, Virginia now stands. ^{[6] [7]} [There is no unequivocal primary source evidence that Edward Wyatt was in Virginia before 20 December 1645, when he was mentioned as the administrator of John Clark, deceased, in York County--JMD] "In 1662, Edward Wyatt patented lands in Gloucester County, and lived there." ^[8] The Wyatt estate in Gloucester county was near the Pianketank River and it was known as Boxley. ^[9][10]

Edward married Jane ?Conquest.^[11] They had the following children:^[12] [Jane Wyatt's last name at birth was probably Conquest, due to her only known child with Edward Wyatt being named Conquest, and the close association of Edward Wyatt with Edmond Conquest in Virginia--JMD]

1. Haute Wyatt
2. Frances Wyatt
3. Edward Wyatt, died young, buried at old Petsworth Episcopal Church Cemetery with his father and mother in Virginia.^[13]
4. Conquest Wyatt

[Neither of the sources cited above, Weis or Coughlin, mentions anything about the children of Edward Wyatt, or even Edward Wyatt. There is no known primary source evidence for the name of any child of Edward Wyatt other than his son and heir, Conquest Wyatt--JMD]

Edward Wyatt was dead by 10 October 1672. ^{[14] [15]}

Research Notes

It appears that y-DNA evidence argues against connection to Haute Wyatt. Foster-86 22:12, 20 April 2019 (UTC)

• I can't say I concur with your assessment on the above posting. It seems a whole lot of gibberish to me and only mentions an Edward twice. It isn't clear who the guy Robert Wyatt is referring too and any assertions of DNA disproving connection needs to actually show some evidence and not just someone's assertion. Often times people get the genealogy wrong which then skews the DNA data. I've seen an instance where someone trusting the DNA results negated rock solid genealogy and it turned out that when everything was taken into consideration on the DNA testing it all hinged on an extremely small sample of two people! DNA has it's place, but, one comment on a message board that wasn't easy to follow isn't much of an argument against Edward being a son of Hawte Wyatt. - Eric

[The forum post linked above in no way claims that DNA evidence excludes Edward Wyatt as a biological son of Haute Wyatt. What it does state is that DNA evidence does not support Major William Wyatt being a son of Haute Wyatt, which is in line with the known primary source evidence--JMD]

Sources

1. ↑ Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families vol IV, page 384ii
2. ↑ Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families vol IV, page 384ii
3. ↑ Weis, Frederick Lewis, and Walter Lee Sheppard. The Magna Charta sureties, 1215: the barons named in the Magna Charta, 1215 and some of their descendants who settled in America. (Baltimore [Maryland]: Genealogical Pub. Co., Unknown edition (1955-1999)).
4. ↑ Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-century Colonists: The Descent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the North American Colonies Before 1701.
5. ↑ William and Mary Quartley Historical Papers, Vol. 120 pg. 84
6. ↑ Wiatt Family, page 36
7. ↑ Williamsburg Foundation History of Williamsburg
8. ↑ Wiatt Family, page 38, 40
9. ↑ Wiatt Family, page 38
10. ↑ "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. ↑ Wiatt Family, page 40
12. ↑ Weis, Frederick Lewis, and Walter Lee Sheppard. The Magna Charta sureties, 1215: the barons named in the Magna Charta, 1215 and some of their descendants who settled in America. (Baltimore [Maryland]: Genealogical Pub. Co., Unknown edition (1955-1999)).
13. ↑ Colonial Churches in the Original Colony of Virginia, Publ. 1908. Transcribed by: Helen Coughlin
14. ↑ Wiatt Family, page 40
15. ↑ Edward Wyatt, RootsWeb

See also:

• Source: WilliamMary The William and Mary Quarterly Vol. 10, No. 4, April 1902 Wyatt Families Page(s): 260-264.; DOI: 10.2307/1915003; Published by: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture; Quote: (4) William Wyatt patented 400 acres in Gloucester county, afterwards King and Queen county, on the southeast side of the Mattaponi River, 20 Dec., 1653. In 1655 (October 29), he was a witness to an acknowledgement made by Pindabake, protector of the young king of Chiscoyack, at Captain John West's house, about some land given Mr. Edward Wyatt on the Pianketank River, in Gloucester county. He was probably a near kinsman of Edward Wyatt. As "Major William Wyatt" he patented 453 acres on the northeast side of Mattaponi River in 1664. There is in the State Library a petition dated 1684 from the inhabitants of St. Stephen's Parish, new Kent, for a new vestry. Among the petitioners was William Wyatt. In 1680 he was one of the justices of New Kent county. He appears to have had some issue (1) William Wyatt, who patented land in New Kent near Major William Wyatt. He married Rachel, daughter of Alexander Smith, of Middlesex county. (2) John. There is a bond dated February 1, 1710, of John Wyatt, Jr., of King and Queen county, son and heir of Anne Wyatt, daughter of Rice Jones, of Middlesex county. (Middlesex County Records.) (3) Richard. In 1683 Richard and John Wyatt patented 650 acres in New Kent county, "formerly granted to Major William Wyatt." Richard Wyatt married Catherine, widow of Edmund Tunstall, of King and Queen county, and they had Thomas Wyatt, of King and Queen, living in 1739 (July 10). (See Virginia Magazine, Vol. IX., p. 311.) Samuel Mathews, a great-grandson of Governor Samuel Mathews, married Catherine Tunstall, step-daughter of Capt. Richard Wyatt, of King and Queen.
• William and Mary Quarterly (Series 1) Vol. 12 pp 34-38, JSTOR Wiatt Family, also free Google Book.
• Virginia Magazine of History and Biography: Vol. 23 pp 429-30; Vol. 26 p 316; Vol. 32 pp 177, 180 (volume 32 only has limited search due to copyright).
• RootsWeb, database online, (accessed 24 July 2015), ID: I18218. Name: Edward Wyatt, by Janet Ariciu, citing the book of "The Wiatt Family of Virginia" by Alexander Loyd Wiatt (1980, copyright Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 80-51401).
• Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, (2011), Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Royal Ancestry series, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), volume IV, page 384ii
• “Adventures in Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624/5”, 4th Edition; Vol. 3; by John Frederic Dorman, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, MD, 20007.