In a message dated 9/29/2005 11:17:24 AM, [email protected] writes: >Well there was a Jane Wise and a William Wise as well as a John Wire, Peter >Wire and William Wire all in Loudoun Co. marriage records 1760 to 1850. Just for future reference, we had a neighbor who spelled his name Wythes and pronounced it as Wise (long "i"). His ancestors were from Wytheville, Virginia, which is down interstate 81. He told us one of his Wythes ancestors was a governor of Virginia at one time.