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--