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George Wythe (1726 – 1806) was the son of Thomas Wythe (III) and Margaret Walker Wythe. Thomas' father, Thomas Wythe (II), was married to Anne Sheppard. Thomas the Second's father, Thomas Wythe, Gentleman, came to Virginia around 1680, and acquired the land on Back River which would become the family estate, [[Chesterville]].<ref>W. Edwin Hemphill, "[[George Wythe the Colonial Briton#Page 6|George Wythe the Colonial Briton]]," PhD diss., University of Virginia, 1937, 6-12.</ref> | George Wythe (1726 – 1806) was the son of Thomas Wythe (III) and Margaret Walker Wythe. Thomas' father, Thomas Wythe (II), was married to Anne Sheppard. Thomas the Second's father, Thomas Wythe, Gentleman, came to Virginia around 1680, and acquired the land on Back River which would become the family estate, [[Chesterville]].<ref>W. Edwin Hemphill, "[[George Wythe the Colonial Briton#Page 6|George Wythe the Colonial Briton]]," PhD diss., University of Virginia, 1937, 6-12.</ref> | ||
| − | George Wythe's aunt, Elizabeth Walker, married Stephen Dewey, attorney in Prince George County and, for a time, Wythe's law teacher. Wythe had an older brother, Thomas (IV, died ca. 1755), and older sister, Ann | + | George Wythe's aunt, Elizabeth Walker, married Stephen Dewey, attorney in Prince George County and, for a time, Wythe's law teacher. Wythe had an older brother, Thomas (IV, died ca. 1755), and older sister, Ann. Ann married Charles Sweeney, and their son, Daniel Sweeney, had a son named [[George Wythe Sweeney]], after his great-uncle.<ref>Hemphill, "[[George Wythe the Colonial Briton#Page 40|Colonial Briton]]," 40.</ref> |
==Article text, July 1893== | ==Article text, July 1893== | ||
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Leon G. Tyler, editor of the William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Papers, traces the genealogy of George Wythe through records of wills in Elizabeth City County, Virginia.[1]
George Wythe (1726 – 1806) was the son of Thomas Wythe (III) and Margaret Walker Wythe. Thomas' father, Thomas Wythe (II), was married to Anne Sheppard. Thomas the Second's father, Thomas Wythe, Gentleman, came to Virginia around 1680, and acquired the land on Back River which would become the family estate, Chesterville.[2]
George Wythe's aunt, Elizabeth Walker, married Stephen Dewey, attorney in Prince George County and, for a time, Wythe's law teacher. Wythe had an older brother, Thomas (IV, died ca. 1755), and older sister, Ann. Ann married Charles Sweeney, and their son, Daniel Sweeney, had a son named George Wythe Sweeney, after his great-uncle.[3]
Article text, July 1893
Page 69
Ancestry of George Wythe, LL. D.
BY THE EDITOR.
George Wythe was descended from an honorable line of ancestors who had held for generations high position in the County of Elizabeth City. The following represents his descent from the immigrant, Thomas Wythe, gent.
| Thomas Wythe Gent. = | = Anne ——— = | = Capt. Thomas Har- | ||||||||||
| A leading Magistrate of Eliz- City Co. will pr. 19 Mch, 1693-4 |
wood, J. P. of E. C. Co. | |||||||||||
| 1. (?)2 == John Tomer.[4] | 2. Anne2 who m. William Mallory of E. C. Co., will pr. in E. C. Co., Feb. 11, 1720, son of Capt. Roger Mallory of New Kent or King & Queen; left issue. |
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| 3. Thomas2 = | = Anne, dau. John Shep- = | = Quintilian Gu- | ||||||||||
| (2nd husband) Will pr. 18 Sept., 1694, J. P. of E. C. Co. |
pard, (sister of Baldwin Sheppard, J. P. of E. C., will pr. 7ber, 1697.) |
therick, 1st hus- band; adminis- tration granted in 1690, J. P of E. C. Co | ||||||||||
| Thomas3 who m., in 1719-20, Margaret, dau. of George Walker, who m. a daughter of George Keith, a quaker |
Ann3 | .1 |
William, dead before 1695. |
3rd husband, minister of E. C. Parish. | ||||||||
| of good fortune who wrote | ||||||||||||
| a folio upon mathematical and other subjects. (Story's "Diary;" Call's Reports, IV, p. 11. |
2. | Elizabeth, mar. Nicholas Curle in 1699. |
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| Thomas4 | GEORGE4 b. 1726, d. June 8, 1806 |
Ann,4 m. Charles Mallory. |
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References
- ↑ Leon G. Tyler, "Ancestry of George Wythe, LL. D.," William and Mary College Quarterly 2, no. 1 (July 1893), 69.
- ↑ W. Edwin Hemphill, "George Wythe the Colonial Briton," PhD diss., University of Virginia, 1937, 6-12.
- ↑ Hemphill, "Colonial Briton," 40.
- ↑ Hemphill suggests the Wythe daughter who married John Tomer may have been named "Constance." "Colonial Briton," 8n1.
External links
- Read this article in Google Books.
