James Wyatt Sr (abt. 1684 - 1741)

Born about 1684 in Petsworth Parish, Gloucester, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Grace (Newton) Wyatt — married 1696 in Gloucester Co VA

Descendants

Died 23 Jan 1741 at about age 57 in Prince William, Virginia Colony

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Biography

Son of Conquest and Sally Wyatt, James was born in 1674. He passed away in 1741.

Possible Family

Estate 1741/2, mentioning minor children Ann and William, now apparently grown. This may be our William. The ages are a little close, if William and Ann were in school in 1734, while our William's daughters, the wives of Thomas Leachman and Benjamin Willoughby were married by 1765. It is possible. Fauquier Co was formed from Prince William Co. Moved to Prince William Co, apparently from Gloucester Co, ca 1728. [Where is the evidence this was the same man? KP] Had eight or more children. There appears to be no solid evidence of their names.

Children:

1. Anne WYATT
2. Sarah WYATT
3. Daniel WYATT b: 1703 in Stafford Co VA
4. William WYATT b: 1705 in Stafford Co VA
5. David WYATT b: 1706
6. James WYATT b: 1710 in Gloucester Co VA
7. John WYATT b: 1712 in Gloucester Co VA
8. Francis WYATT b: 1715
9. Elizabeth WYATT b: 1718
10. Conquest WYATT b: 1720 in Westmoreland Co VA

Research Notes

From Genforum: I too have been trying to determine whether there is a connection from the Wyatts/Wiatts of Prince William Co. to the Haute Wyatt line. In fact some years ago I tried to hire a professional genealogist (which I was not myself at the time tho I am now) to check that question for me, and he rather snottily declined, while at the same time asserting that the Wyatts of Prince William were not related to the Haute line. But he did not show anything to substantitate that claim. So it still remains a mystery to me, but my evidence indicates that he was likely wrong.

Here is what I have on the family of Prince William Co VA., in a nutshell:

James Wiatt, d. in Prince William Co VA sometime prior to March 1741/2 when his estate was finally settled by the paying of accts for the raising of his children, William and Anne. (My impressoin from the very brief record is that James had died some years before and the person who had raised his orphans had just then been paid for their schooling; they at that time (1741) having reached adult age. The record mentioned the son William's schooling in Stafford or Gloucester County; and from records concerning the Haute line, it is shown that James of Haute's line had land in Prince William Co. So I am convinced the record of settling of accts for schooling children William and Anne related to the James of Haute's line, whose children are not satisfactorily discussed in any of the materials I have studied related to that line.

Further: The son William (of James Wiatt, d. 1741) was m. and having children by 1745, since later records of Fauquier Co. (taken from Prince William Co on his own death in 1761-65 show that he had at least two daus., Mary and Susannah, who had m. Thomas Leachman and Benjamin Willoughby, respectively. (Means they would have had to have been born by at least ca 1745 to be m. by 1761. I have in my notes 'possible other children: sons James and William?' So I am thinking that your James Wiatt/Wyatt who was b. in Prince William Co. ca 1748 must have been a son of this William Wyatt, who was himself son of James Wiatt who d. some time prior to 1741. (And, as I believe, was of the Haute line.)

Unfortunately, as I mentioned I have yet to find anything further to prove the Haute connection other than the fact that one of Haute's descendants named James had land in Prince William Co.

Let me know what you think of this if you have any discussion to contribute.

Sincerely,

C. Kwasha

'Note: According to some biographies and profiles, James Wiatt, d. in Prince William Co VA sometime prior to March 1741/2. A date of 17 Jan 1744 listed in a previous profile since merged, has not been verified.

Sources

• 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)).

• https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/86609002/person/302234580460/facts

• The Wiatt Family of Virginia: the descendants of John Wiatt Jr (1732-1805) of Gloucester County, Virginia, by Alexander Lloyd Wiatt, 1980 (e-book available to "borrow " online. Register free to log in. https://archive.org/details/wiattfamilyofvir00wiat?msclkid=72e09aa3cf5211ec869190c7ef6c7d69)

• American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI); Godfrey Memorial Library; Middletown, Connecticut; American Genealogical Biographical Index; Volume Number: 205.