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| Name |
Nicholas Wyatt |
| Title |
Captain |
| Birth |
~1650 |
Chapline's Choice Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia Colony)  [1, 2, 3] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Will |
14 Apr 1720 |
Prince George County, Virginia Colony [4] |
| Death |
Bef DECEMBER, 1720 |
Prince George County, Virginia Colony [1, 2, 3, 5] |
 Probate |
2 Dec 1720 |
Prince George County, Virginia Colony [5] |
- Prince George County was formed in 1703 in the Virginia Colony from a portion of Charles City County. It was named in honor of Prince George of Denmark, husband of Anne, Queen of Great Britain.
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| Person ID |
I27592 |
The Hennessee Family |
| Last Modified |
18 Feb 2019 |
| Father |
Captain Anthony Wyatt, The Immigrant, b. ~1606, Scotland d. Bef 1685, Chaplin's Choice, Charles City County, Virginia Colony (Age ~ 78 years) |
| Mother |
Mary Chaplin, b. 1623, James River County, Virginia d. Bef 1680, James River County, Virginia (Age 56 years) |
| Marriage |
(~1645) |
(Prince George County, Virginia) [6] |
| Residence (Family) |
Chaplin's Choice Plantation, (Charles City County, Virginia Colony) [7] |
- The area that would become Charles City County was first established as "Charles Cittie" by the Virginia Company in 1619. It was one of the first four "boroughs" of Virginia, and was named in honor of Prince Charles, who would later become King Charles I of England. After Virginia became a royal colony, the borough was changed to "Charles City Shire" in 1634, as one of the five original Shires of Virginia. It was subsequently changed to the present name of Charles City County in 1643.
Charles City County is part of the Greater Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 7,256, making it one of smaller counties in Virginia by population.[1] Its county seat is the town of Charles City.[2]
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| Family ID |
F10029 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Frances Egbrough, b. ~1640, Surry County, Virginia, Colonial America d. Prince George County, Virginia, a British Colony of North America |
| Marriage |
(Surry County, Virginia Colony) [6, 8] |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F9923 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
30 Apr 2023 |
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| Notes |
- Biography
Captain Nicholas Wyatt ( by Nina Reauveau, NSDAC #39614)
Nicholas Wyatt, like so many men in the colony questioned whether Governor Berkeley was acting in the colony’s best interest -- in his best interest. He had his doubts. He listened to the other farmers and to Nathaniel Bacon and even to his brother-in-law, William Rookings, who was Nathaniel Bacon’s right hand man. Most of the complaints were about the frequent attacks by the Doeg tribe and wanting them pushed further west. It was particularly unsafe for the indentured servants and the slaves and when the Doeg killed Thomas Mathew’s son and two servants, they had had enough. Still Governor Berkeley refused to meet their demands and on the evening of September 19th, 1676 they gathered in Jamestown and promptly set the town ablaze.
While historians continue to debate and theorize about the "real" cause for the rebellion, one thing is certain, it was perhaps foretelling of what was to come and most certainly the first rebellion by the colonist on American soil. The town was nearly burned to the ground before the Governor was able to regain control. He ordered some 20 men executed by hanging and seized the property of many other land owners. Nicholas’s brother-in-law, William, died in jail in waiting to be executed; he appointed Nicholas as guardian of his three children.
Nicholas was born in 1647 to Anthony Wyatt and Mary Chapline. His father, Anthony, had only recently arrived from England and Mary, the daughter of Capt. Isaac Chapline, was born and raised in Jamestown. Her father had arrived in 1610 and built Chapline’s Choice which he presented at the first House of Burgess. As newlyweds, Nicholas’ parents, made their home on Chapline’s Choice, later inheriting the property from Isaac Chapline and likewise, Nicholas inherited it from his father. As fate would have it, Nicholas’ father’s house was one of the houses that burned in the rebellion and the original patent for Chapline’s Choice was lost. In 1686 Nicholas patented it anew, describing it as an area of 361 acres and as lying on James River between Parson’s and Bicker’s Creeks.
Seems a strong sense of community and duty were to be Nicholas’ legacy from his father and grandfather. Both of them had served in the House of Burgess and when his grandfather developed Chapline’s Choice he included a fort as protection from the Indians for all who lived there. Once the rebellion was squashed, Nicholas picked up from there and joined the Charles City militia. After several successful and impressive skirmishes with the Indians, he earned the title of Captain. He was, also, a successful planter and served the community as commissioner and justice of the peace. He settled down with Frances Egbrough and together they had at least four children; Anthony, Nicholas, who died in infancy, Edward and his only daughter, Susannah.
I am descendant from Nicholas’s daughter Susannah who married Benjamin Ricks. Susannah died early in her marriage producing only one child, also, named Nicholas. I humor myself thinking about my 8th great grandfather and this first rebellion on American soil and when anyone questions my own sense of rebellion, I smile and tell them “I get it honestly” as we say here in Virginia.
Sources
William & Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol X, 1901-1902, Williamsburg, Va p260-264
Adventures of Purse & Person, Vol 3, Families R-Z, 1607-1624/5, 4th Edition, p38
William & Mary College Quarterly, Vol III, 1896, p160
Bacon’s Rebellion, Wikipedia.org
Nicholas Wyatt married Frances Egbrough, sister of Ann Egbrough who married William Rookings.
Nicholas Wyatt and Frances Egbrough had at least the following children:
Anthony Wyatt
Nicholas Wyatt (died in infancy)
Edward Wyatt
Susannah Wyatt, married Benjamin Ricks
Will of Nicholas Wyatt, 1720 - Prince George Co. VA[1]
(Deeds etc. 1713-28, page 428, Prince George Co.VA.)
In the Name of God Amen. I Nicholas Wyatt of the parrish of Merchants Brandon in Prince George County, being aged and weak in Body but of perfect mind and memory, do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament in manner & form as follows. viz't.-
Imprimis. My Soul I commit and bequeath to the Eternal and Mercifull God who gave it to me, and my Body to the Earth to be decently buryed according to the discretion of my Executor hereafter named, and as for my Estate, which it hath pleased God to bestow upon me, after my Debts and funerall charges are paid, I give & bequeath as follows.-
Item. I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth Wyatt, daughter to my Son Anthony Wyatt dec'ed. one Cow with Calfe.-
Item. I give my Grand Daughter Frances Wyatt, one Heifer three years old.-
Item. I give and bequeath to my Grand Son John Wyatt Fifty Shillings.-
Item. I give unto Nicholas Reeks son of my Daughter Susannah Reeks dec'ed. two negro girls called Poll and Batt, to him and his heirs Lawfully begotten and in case he dye without issue, the negro's shall return to the heirs of his Mothers Kindred.-
Item. I give unto Anthony Wyatt and his heirs for ever, one negro Boy called Tony.-
Item. I give unto my negro woman Moll her freedom.-
Item. I give unto my son Edward Wyatt my plantation and Land to him and his heirs for ever, and I also give him all my negro's and personall Estate not otherwise Disposed of by this Will, and I also make and ordain him my full and sole Executor of this my Last Will, and I do revoke all Wills by me formerly made.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this fourteenth day of April 1720.
N. Wyatt Sealed w'th. red wax
Signed Sealed and Declared in presence of-
Robert Cate Jun'r.
Robert (the markeXof) Cate
John Hamersley
At a Court held at Merchants Hope for the County of Prince George on the second Tuesday in December being the thirteenth Day of the said month, Anno Dom: 1720.
The above written Last Will and Testament of Nicholas Wyatt dec'ed. was presented into Court by Edward Wyatt his Executor who made oath thereto and it being proved by the oaths of John Hamersley and Richard Cate witnesses thereto, is by order of the Court truly recorded. And on the motion of the said Edward Wyatt and his giveing Security Certificate is granted him for obtaining a probate in due form.
Test Wm. Hamlin ClCur.
Sources
? usgwarchives Will of Nicholas Wyatt proved December 13, 1720.
The Wyatt Family The William and Mary Quarterly, Ser. 1, Vol. 10, No. 4 (July 1903), p. 261 to 263.
en d of this biography [2]
- Researcher Jerry W. Scott [http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?cate::wyatt::5397.html] writes,
"Charles City Co Virginia
Land Grant Oct. 15, 1696
Grant to Nicholas Wyatt son and heir of Anthony Wyatt late of the Parish of Jordon's, Charles City, Co. Virginia, Gentleman Deceased;
All that plantation known by the name of Chapline's on south side of the James River in the Parish of Jordons and on Bickers Creek;Containing 361 acres.
The said plantation of Chaplines being due to the said Nicholas Wyatt as eldest son and heir of aforesaid Anthony Wyatt, who died lately and by reason of burning of the house of Mr. Anthony, the patent there of which was granted to Mr. Chaplin was lost and the original for the accident of Fire or otherwise of the Secretary's office, on this day not to be found amongt the records.
Land Bk. Vo. VII, Pg. 531
Richmond Virginia
Nicholas Wyatt, "son & heire of Anthony Wyatt, Gentleman", 361 acres in Charles City County, Virginia. The patent was issued 30 Oct 1686 in Patent Book 7, page 531, mentions Anthony Wyatt "who dyed lately" and that the property was a plantation known as Chaplins, the house of which has burned down. Also says that Nicholas is "eldest son & heire" of Anthony. "Cavaliers and Pioneers; Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants
Will of Nicholas Wyatt, 1720 - Prince George Co. VA (Deeds etc. 1713-28, page 428, Prince George Co.VA.)
In the Name of God Amen. I Nicholas Wyatt of the parrish of Merchants Brandon in Prince George County, being aged and weak in Body but of perfect mind and memory, do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament in manner & form as follows. viz't.- Imprimis. My Soul I commit and bequeath to the Eternal and Mercifull God who gave it to me, and my Body to the Earth to be decently buryed according to the discretion of my Executor hereafter named, and as for my Estate, which it hath pleased God to bestow upon me, after my Debts and funerall charges are paid, I give & bequeath as follows.-
Item. I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth Wyatt, daughter to my Son Anthony Wyatt dec'ed. one Cow with Calfe.-
Item. I give my Grand Daughter Frances Wyatt, one Heifer three years old.- Item. I give and bequeath to my Grand Son John Wyatt Fifty Shillings.-
Item. I give unto Nicholas Reeks son of my Daughter Susannah Reeks dec'ed. two negro girls called Poll and Batt, to him and his heirs Lawfully begotten and in case he dye without issue, the negro's shall return to the heirs of his Mothers Kindred.-
Item. I give unto Anthony Wyatt and his heirs for ever, one negro Boy called Tony.-
Item. I give unto my negro woman Moll her freedom.-
Item. I give unto my son Edward Wyatt my plantation and Land to him and his heirs for ever, and I also give him all my negro's and personall Estate not otherwise Disposed of by this Will, and I also make and ordain him my full and sole Executor of this my Last Will, and I do revoke all Wills by me formerly made.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this fourteenth day of April 1720. N. Wyatt Sealed w'th. red wax Signed Sealed and Declared in presence of- Robert Cate Jun'r. Richard(the markeXof)Cate John Hamersley At a Court held at Merchants Hope for the County of Prince George on the second Tuesday in December being the thirteenth Day of the said month, Anno Dom: 1720.
The above written Last Will and Testament of Nicholas Wyatt dec'ed. was presented into Court by Edward Wyatt his Executor who made oath thereto and it being proved by the oaths of John Hamersley and Richard Cate witnesses thereto, is by order of the Court truly recorded. And on the motion of the said Edward Wyatt and his giveing Security Certificate is granted him for obtaining a probate in due form. Test Wm. Hamlin ClCur.
Brother- in- Law to Nicholas Wyatt; Wm Rooking/ Rookins married Ann Egbrough sister to Frances Egbrough wife of Nicholas Wyatt"
In 1686 Capt. Nicholas Wyatt patented it anew, describing it as in area 361 acres and lying on James River between Parson's and Bicker's Creeks. He states that by the burning of his father's house and that of the secretary at Jamestown, the original patent to Chaplin's had been lost.
In 1676, Nicholas Wyatt, the son was a supporter of Nathaniel Bacon, and a brother-in-law of Capt. William Rookins, of Surry county (Surry Records.) He married Frances (Rookins?), and in 1680 was one of the justices of the county, with the title of captain.
In 1715 he confirmed to Edward Hill, of Charles City county, certain land known by the name of Burleigh and the Old Town, which had been left to his sons Anthony and Nicholas by the will of George Sparrow, of Martin's Brandon, dated Feb. 16, 1675. This land had been sold by Nicholas Wyatt, Sr., by deed 15 Feb., 1680, for 7,000 pounds of tobacco and 31 ¹ of lawful money, to Edward Hill, Sr., of Charles City county, Esq., dec'd, the money having been paid, pursuant to said Sparrow's will, to his son Anthony Wyatt, the other son, Nicholas, dying in infancy. The deed was witnessed by William Braine, John Wyatt, and Peter Finney.
Capt. Nicholas Wyatt, "aged and weak," made his will in Prince George county, April 14, 1720, and it was recorded December 2, 1720; names Elizabeth Wyatt, daughter of son Anthony Wyatt, deceased, granddaughters Frances Wyatt and Susan Wyatt, grandson John Wyatt, Nicholas Reeks, son of daughter Susannah Reeks, dec'd, legacy to Anthony Wyatt, and son Edward, to whom my plantation and land.
There is a deed from John Sykes and Frances his wife, of Prince George, for sixty acres in the Old Church Fields, at a place called Martin Brandon, being the lower third of the land on which Anthony Wyatt lived, and which he was siezed in right of his wife Elizabeth, and which afterwards descended to John Wyatt (as heir at law to said Elizabeth), and who dying seized thereof the said land descended to his three daughters, of whom Frances Sykes is one, dated February 10, 1722."
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This is Nicholas Wyatt of Prince George, VA. Do not confuse with Nicholas Wyatt of Anne Arundel, MD - they may possibly be related but are not the same person.
Much background here: http://genforum.genealogy.com/wyatt/messages/5397.html
notes
In 1686 Capt. Nicholas Wyatt patented a new this land that Anthony, his father had and increase of 161 acres.
"Wyatt Families" The William and Mary Quarterly, Ser. 1, Vol. 10, No. 4 (July 1903), p. 261:
(5) Anthony Wyatt was a member of the House of Burgesses for Charles City county in 1645, 1653, and 1656. He lived at Chaplin's Choice, near Jordan's Point in that part of Charles City county, now called Prince George. This place in 1619 was the plantation of Capt. Isaac Chaplin, who represented it in the first House of Burgesses.
View his pedigree ... http://www.geni.com/family-tree/index/290169001940003191
end of this commentary [1]
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- [S9102] "Capt. Nicholas Wyatt, of Prince George" biography/profile, http://www.geni.com/people/Capt-Nicholas-Wyatt-of-Prince-Geo.
- [S13599] Nicholas Wyatt (abt. 1649 - bef. 1720), Biography, Ancesotrs & Descendants, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wyatt-3550, ab.
- [S15070] Isaac Chapline (abt. 1584 - 1628), Descendants & Biography, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Chapline-15, This person, plac.
- [S5063] [http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?cate::wyatt::5397.html.
- [S45074] Jerry W. Scott | http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?cate::wyatt::5397.html.
- [S45073] http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?cate::wyatt::5397.html.
- [S7433] http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/g/o/d/Patricia-M-Godfrey/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-1068.html.
- [S13606] "Frances (Egbrough) Wyatt (abt. 1640 - bef. 1720)", Profile, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Egbrough-1, abstracted by Dav.
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