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Dear list,
There were two John Wiatts listed as property owners in Gloucester County, Va in the 1780s and 1790s.
I am trying to figure out how they fit into the larger Wiatt/Wyatt clan of Gloucester County.
Does anyone have any information or ideas of how they do ?
Looking at the Gloucester County land tax rolls found at
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vaggsv/
(there were some years that there were no records)
There was a John Wiatt who had 360 acres.
In 1782 he was listed as John Wiatt.
In 1787, 1788 and 1789 he was listed as John Wiatt Sr.
In 1790 and 1791 the property was listed as the estate of John Wiatt Sr.
It looks like that in 1792 John Wiatt Sr has dropped off the tax rolls.
So it appears that this John Wiatt died in 1789 or 1790.
I have a hunch that this John is a grandson of Conquest Wyatt (b. 1655) but this is something I can not prove. Does anyone have knowledge of a John Wiatt who died in 1789-90 ?
I also believe that this is the same John Wiatt who resigned from the Petsworth Parish Vestry in Dec 1785. (see page 377 in the Vestry of Petsworth Parish by Chamberlayne [1933]).
As a side note, in 1792 two new property owners appear on the tax rolls.
Thomas Wiatt with 281 acres and James Wiatt Jr (listed as James Wiatt in 1792) with 79 acres.
John Wiatt Sr had 360 acres when he died in 1789-90. In 1792 Thomas has 281 and James has 79 acres.
281 + 79 = 360. Is this just a coincidence ?
Thomas and James are the names of the surviving sons of John Wiatt Jr who died in 1795. Did they inherit the land ?
More on John Wiatt Jr.
There was a second John Wiatt who owned property.
A John Wiatt Jr owned 340 acres in the years of 1787 through 1796. John Wiatt Jr no longer appears on the rolls after 1796.
I feel pretty confident that John Wiatt Jr died intestate in 1795. The Gloucester County platt book shows that the land was divided up between his heirs, Mary, Elizabeth, Thomas and James.
Am I correct that having one John listed as Sr and one John listed as Jr does NOT infer that this was a father and son pair. They are probably related, but how ?
There is a long list of the Descendents of Haute Wyatt that has been available on the internet for many years.
One is named Haute Wyatt Genealogy as an example.
But these John Wiatts do not seem to fit nicely into that tabulation.
For those of you who study the Wyatts of Gloucester County, does anyone have an idea of who either John Wiatts were and how they fit into the larger Wyatt clan of Gloucester County ?
Any info or suggestions welcomed.
Thank you,
W W
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