Mitchell L. Wise wrote: > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > --------------14C567992FDB1EFF73DD5106 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > --------------14C567992FDB1EFF73DD5106 > Content-Type: message/rfc822 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Disposition: inline > > Received: from out1.ibm.net (out1.ibm.net [165.87.194.252]) > by mail.tusco.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA21955 > for <mitchlwise@tusco.net>; Sat, 14 Nov 1998 00:36:24 -0500 (EST) > From: ejwise@ibm.net > Received: from user1 (slip166-72-234-19.al.us.ibm.net [166.72.234.19]) by out1.ibm.net (8.8.5/8.6.9) with SMTP id FAA69128 for <mitchlwise@tusco.net>; Sat, 14 Nov 1998 05:41:28 GMT > Message-ID: <364D3509.1A0D@ibm.net> > Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 23:45:13 -0800 > X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win95; I; 16bit) > MIME-Version: 1.0 > To: mitchlwise@tusco.net > Subject: Wise genealogy > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Mitch, > > My name is Jeff Wise and I have been doing some research on the Wise > family. My family came to Alabama between 1825 and 1830 from Onslow > County, NC. Research by two other relatives believes that we originally > came from a Col. John Wise. > > There is a book (published about 1918, so it is rare) with a title like > "Col. John Wise of Virginia". I have seen this book but was looking for > some specific information, thus I only scanned it. Now that I have more > details, I intend on going back to the library and looking at it again. > > The connection to you is thus: Col. John Wise emigrated to Virginia in > 1635 from England. The family was involved in the shipping business and > lived in the Accomack County, Va. area. Some later Wises moved to > Maryland for business purposes. Some believe that a group left Maryland > for North Carolina because the shipping lanes included the West Indies. > They eventually ended up in Onslow County. I can not confirm this part. > > But it is very certain that Col. John Wise did come to Virginia and some > Wises did move to nearby Maryland. I suggest you try to find this book > in a library near you. You will probably find it only in "big" > libraries, since there were only 275 copies printed, with 15 reserved > for the author. I believe his name was John Cropper Wise. > > The next time I go to the library, I will try to get the full > author/title/classification so you may try to locate it. Unfortunately, > due to work and family situations, this may be several weeks. I do > expect my situation to improve when my welding class (two night per > week) and my son's soccer season is over. > > Good luck. I hope this helps you. > > If you should find any information on a Johannes Wise (he is mentioned > in the book), I would be eager to hear it. This is my supposed > connection to Col. Wise. > > Jeff Wise > > --------------14C567992FDB1EFF73DD5106-- Jeff...... Johannes Wise, Sr, I have in my notes as son of Col. John Wise I and Hannah Scarborough. Notes I have on Col. John Wise are as followed: 1635 Accomac Immigrant 1652 Hungar's Parish (Church of England Episcopal) Near Bridgetown. Upper parish of Northampton County was divided. Hening Act of Assembly Nov 25, 1652. 1) Ocquahannock Parish, later called Accomac Parish divided by law in 1762. a) Lower parish which included Pingoteague (Pengoteague?) was named St. George Parish built between 1652 & 1660. John Wise (4th?) b) Accomac- Upper parish 2) Hungar's Parish - Northampton Accomac & St. George Parish were then divided "by a line to begin at the mouth of Parker's Creek, thence to run up the said creek to the head of Rooty Branch, and thence by a direct line to be run to the head of the branch called Brummond's New Mill Branch, thence down the said Branch to the mouth of Hunting Creek. Act Of Assembly 1762 The presence of the New England Puritains and the Reformed Churchmen of Manhattan and Holland had greatly liberalized established Episcopacy. p. 269 Ye Kingdom of Accomack; Wise, Jenning C. 1911 The author has frequently heard that the first communion set of St. George's church was presented by the immigrant, John Wise, though there is no record to that effect. p. 273 Johannes Wise, Sr. I have in my notes as born 1644 in Accomac, Virginia. Died in Accomac Virginia. Johannes married twice to Frances Parker and Abigail Parker, sisters (d/o John Parker II and Bridget Sacker); no known issue through Abigail Parker. Johannes Wise and Frances Parker had the following children: George 1680-1763 Tabitha 1682-1758 Johannes born abt 1683 Thomas born abt 1684 Matthew born abt 1685 Ezekiel born abt 1685 Joseph born abt 1686 Drummond born abt 1687 I have found that even the best books written have missed children within a generation so I could not say that all the children are inclusive to any Wise marriage written. Hope this helps, Sue Bouchey