David. The Wyatt family has almost peopled the upper peidmont district of SC. This family arrived about 1785 or so with wives, children, and relatives. Most descend from Newton/Mattison/Smith/Wyatt/Nicol families of VA.. The ancestor of Wyatt was Haute who was the Chaplain to his brother, Sir Frances Wyatt, an early Gov. of VA.. Now, the name back in the beginning of time was Hiot. They all appear to descend from an ADAM HIOTT...The reason this Genealogy exists is because one George Wyatt grew bored in the Tower of London where he was thrown and did an extensive genealogy . This information comes from another descendant of this family Leonardo Andreas. He is dead now but his reputation was good.. Hope this helps. It makes sense to me that one part of the family would remain purists and keep the spelling right. Anne ----- Original Message ----- From: David Hiott <hiott@gosiggy.com> To: <SCANDERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 5:16 AM Subject: [SCANDERS] Anderson County Hiott Origins > Posted on: Anderson County, SC Queries > Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/SC/Anderson/1877 > > Surname: Hiott > ------------------------- > > Shannon, > I have been interested in uncovering the origin of the Hiott clan of Anderson > County, SC. There seem to be 2 possibilities: > > --- they may have arisen from my ancestors, the Hiott/Hyott family of Little > Pee Dee River, SC (modern Dillon). These people later spread to Lee Co., > Kershaw Co., etc. as Hyatt. My branch, however, migrated to Colleton Co., > SC and keep the Hiott spelling. > > --- they may have come from the Hiett family that settled in Greenville > Dist., SC, about 200+ years ago, who were descended from "Quaker" John > Hiett of Pennsylvania. For reasons not clear, a majority of the people > began to spell their name "Hiott" in the early 1800s. > > This question is a puzzle that should yield answers, if someone from the > Anderson area would dig into it. I have visited a couple of Hiott reunions > in Piedmont, SC, held annually by descendants of Deal Hiott. The earliest > that this branch of Anderson Hiotts can go back in their records is Marques > Lafayette Hiott, b. 1829, d. 1868. There is a tombstone in the cem. of > Mt. Pisgah Bapt. Church, Anderson Co., with "W.E. Hiott (1827-1877), son > of E.R. Hiott" carved into the stone. Who were these very early Hiotts? > > Please contact me at hiott@gosiggy.com > David Hiott > > > > ==== SCANDERS Mailing List ==== > Anderson County, South Carolina SCGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~scanders/anderson.html > > > ============================== > The easiest way to stay in touch with your family and friends! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST1 > >