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About John Wise of Totnes

  • The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising ..., Volume 1, Pages 1-452 edited by John Lambrick Vivian
  • https://books.google.com/books?id=GmqlIibS95IC&pg=PA791&lpg=PA791&d...
  • Pg.791
    • WISE OF SIDENHAM.
  • John Wise of Mount Wise and Sidenham, 5 Hen. IV. = ; ch: Thomas (m. Margaret Brett) Wise
    • Thomas Wise of Sidenham. = Margaret, da. & h. of Robert Brett of Stottiscombe. ; ch: Thomas (m. Thomasin Fulford) Wise.
      • Thomas Wise of Sidenham. = Thomasin, da. of Sir Baldwin Fulford, vide ped. ante, page 378. ; ch: Oliver, Alicia (m. James Rusell) Wise
        • Alicia, m. James Rusell, A quo the Duke of Bedford.
        • Oliver Wise of Sidenham. = ; ch: Oliver (m. Margaret Tremayne), Jane (m. . . . Devyocke & Richard Tremayne) Wise
          • Jane, mar. 1 . . . Devyocke, 2 Richard Tremayne of Upcot, vide ped. ante, page 730.
          • Oliver Wise of Sidenham. = Margaret, da. of John Tremayne, remar. Sir James Chudleigh of Ashton Kt., vide Chudleigh ped. ante, pate 189, and Tremayne ped., page 730. ; ch: John (m. Mary Chudleigh & Dorothy Leigh & Ann Mathew), Oliver, Margaret (m. Thomas Pyne) Thomasin (m. Hugh Beaumont) Wise
            • Thomasin, mar. Hugh Beaumont, vide ped. ante, page 65.
            • Margaret, mar. to Thomas Pyne of East Down, vide ped. ante, page 632.
            • Oliver Wise
            • John Wise of Sidenham in Devon. = Mary, da. of James Chudleigh of Ashton Esq. first wife, vide Chudleigh ped. ante, page 189, where she is called Margaret. ; ch: James (m. Alice Dyneham), Nicholas, Ann (m. . . . Drewe) Wise.; = Dorothy, da of Thomas Leigh of South Molton, 2 wife. ; ch: Thomas, Pierce Wise. ; = Ann, dau. of Sr. Thomas Mathew of Wales 3 wife. ; ch: Leonard, Elizabeth Wise.
              • Nicholas Wise, 2 son.
              • Ann, wife to . . . Drewe of Cornwall.
              • Thomas Wise.
              • Pierce Wise.
              • Leonard Wise.
              • Elizabeth.
              • James Wise of Sydenham, son and heir. d. 5 Aug. 1534, Inq. p.m. 26 Hen. VIII., No. 18. = Alice, da. of John Dyneham of Wortham in Devon Esq., mar. sett. 16 Dec 1514, remarried Richard Kendall, marr. sett. 3 Jan. 1539, living 1564, vide Kendall ped., Vivian's Visitaions of Cornwall, page 258. ; ch: John (m. Alice Harris), George, Phillip (m. Hugh Person), Margery Wise
                • George Wise, 2 son, living 1564.
                • Phillip, wife to Hugh Person.
                • Margery.
                • John Wise of Sidenham, son and heir, aged 7 years and more at the death of his father, d. 22 jan. 1563-64, Inq. p.m. 7 Eliz., Nos. 4 and 6, recites will dated 22 Jan. 1563-64. = Alice, da. of John Harris of Hayne in Devon, vide ped. ante, page 449. ; ch: Elizabeth, Alice, Dorothy, Mary, Anne, James, Charles, Arkenwald, John (m. Emmet Vavasour), Thomas (m. Mary Buller) Wise
                  • John Wise, 2 son, living 1564. = Emmet, da. of . . . Vavasour. ; ch: A (Pg.792 John (m. Susanna Prestwood) Wise)
                  • Elizabeth, living 1564.
                  • Alice, living 1564.
                  • Dorothy, living 1564.
                  • Mary, living 1564.
                  • Anne, living 1564.
                  • James Wise, 3 son, living 1564.
                  • Charles Wise 4 son, living 1564.
                  • Arkenwald Wise, 5 son, living 1564.
                  • Thomas Wise of Sidenham, son and heir, aged 18 years and 4 months at the death of his father, d. 27 Jan 1592-93, Inq. p.m. 35 Eliz., pt. 1, No 55 recites will dated 14 Jan. 1592-93. = Mary, da. of Richard Buller of Shillingham, vide Buller ped., Vivian's Visitations of Cornwall, page 56. ; ch: William, Sir Thomas (m. Margery Stafford), Arthur, Elizabeth (m. Anthony Dennys) Wise.
                    • William Wise, .... etc.
  • Pg.792
  • A
  • John Wise, named in the will of his father in law Thomas Prestwood 1652, d. 6 Sept. 1670 M.I. = Susanna, 2 da. of Thomas Prestwood of Totnes, d. 5 July 1684 M.I. ; ch: John (m. Mary Full & Dorothy Brooking) Wise
    • John Wise of Totnes, .... etc. _________________________
  • The visitation of the county of Devon in the year 1620 by Colby, Frederic Thomas, 1827-1899
  • https://archive.org/details/visitationofcoun06colbrich
  • https://archive.org/stream/visitationofcoun06colbrich#page/358/mode...
  • Pg.358
    • WISE. - (Supp.)
  • John Wise of Sidenham Devon mar'd 3, Ann d. of Sir Tho. Mathew of Wales ; ch: Leonard, Elizabeth Wise ; = Mary d. of James Chudleigh of Ashton in Devon Esq., 1 w. ; ch: James (m. Alice Dynham), Nicholas, Anne (m. Drwe of Cornw.) Wise ; = Dorothy d. of Leigh. 2 w. ; ch: Peeirce, Thomas Wise.
    • James Wise of Sidenham = Alice d. of John (m. Alice Harris), George, Phillip (m. Hugh Person), Margery Wise
      • John Wise of Sidenham = Alice d. of John Harris of Haynes in Devon ; ch: Thomas, John, James, Charles, Arkenwald, Elizabeth, Alice, Dorothy, Mary Anne Wise. _________________________
  • Col. John Wise of England and Virginia (1617-1695) ; his ancestors and descendants (1918)
  • https://archive.org/details/coljohnwiseofeng00wise
  • https://archive.org/stream/coljohnwiseofeng00wise#page/22/mode/1up
  • https://archive.org/stream/coljohnwiseofeng00wise#page/n31/mode/1up
    • CHART OF THE FAMILY OF WISE OF DEVONSHIRE ______________________
  • 'Wise01'
  • Families covered: Wise of Mount Wise, Wise of Sydenham (Sidenham), Wise of Totnes
  • BLG1886 reported that "This family, which resided in the West of England before the Norman Conquest, deduces its descent from Oliver Wise, de Greston (on the Tamar), whose 7th direct descendant was Sir William Wise, 40 Henry III" (1255-6). BLG1886 (Wyse of the Manor of St. John), which covers an early branch of the family which moved to Ireland (shown on Wise02), mentions that the family were "originally of Greston, Cornwall (1167), and subsequently of Sydenham, Devon (1320)".
  • John Wise of Sydenham (Sidenham), Devon (a 1403)
    • 1. Thomas Wise
    • m. Margaret Brett, heiress of Stoke Damarell (dau/heir of Robert Brett of Slottiscombe or Stottiscombe)
      • A. John Wise of Sydenham
      • m. Thomasine Fulford (dau of Sir Baldwin Fulford of Great Fulford)
        • i. Oliver Wise of Sydenham
        • BLG1886 jumps from Oliver to his great-grandson John (m. Alicia Harris). Vivian shows that John as this Oliver's great-great-grandson (i.e. adds an additional intervening generation), continuing with ...
          • a. Oliver Wise of Sidenham
          • m. Margaret Tremayne (dau of John Tremayne, m2. Sir James Chudleigh of Ashton)
            • (1) John Wise of Sidenham
            • m1. Mary or Margaret Chudleigh (dau of James Chudleigh of Ashton)
              • (A) James Wise of Sidenham (d 05.08.1534)
              • m. Alice Dyneham (a 1564, dau of John Dyneham of Wortham, m2. Richard Kendall)
                • (i) John Wise of Sidenham (b c1527, d 22.01.1563-4)
                • m. Alice Harris (dau of John Harris of Hayne, sergeant-at-law to Henry VIII)
                  • (a) Thomas Wise of Sidenham (b c09.1545, d 27.01.1592-3)
                  • BLG1886 & Vivian identify Thomas's wife as Mary, dau of Richard Buller of Shillingham, but the Buller records suggest that she was ...
                  • m. Mary Buller (dau of Alexander Buller of Lillesdon)
                    • ((1)) William Wise of Sidenham (b c1570, dsp)
                    • ((2)) Sir Thomas Wise of Sidenham, Sheriff of Devon (d before 14.04.1629, MP)
                    • m. Margaret Stafford (dau/heir of Robert Stafford)
                      • ((A)) Thomas Wise of Mount Wise (in Stoke Damarell) & Sidenham, Sheriff of Devon (a 1640, MP)
                      • m. (c10.1629) Mary Chichester (dau of Edward Chichester, 'Earl of Donegal' (sic))
                        • ((i)) Sir Edward Wise of Mount Wise & Sidenham (b 1632, d 1675)
                        • m1. (1651/7) Arabella St. John (dau/coheir of Oliver, Lord St. John)
                          • ((a)) Arabella Wise
                          • m. (28.01.1673-4) Edmund (probably not Edward) Tremayne of Collacombe
                          • ((b))+ other issue (dvpsp) - St. John (d 19.04.1668), Thomas
                        • m2. (25.05.1675) Radigund Eliot (d 1694, dau of John Eliot of Port Eliot/St. Germans)
                        • ((ii)) Margery/Margaret Wise (d 19.06.1671)
                        • m. (07.10.1663) Sir John Molesworth of Pencarrow, Bart
                      • ((C)) Margaret Wise
                      • m. Sir Samuel Rolle
                    • ((3)) Arthur Wise (a 1593)
                    • ((4)) Elizabeth Wise (bur 19.07.1623)
                    • m. (c07.1610) Anthony Dennys of Orleigh
                  • (b) John Wise of Totnes (a 1564) - continued below
                  • m. Emma (Emmet) Vavasour (dau of Richard Vavasour)
                  • (c)+ other issue .... etc.
  • John Wise of Totnes (a 1564) - continued above
  • m. Emma (Emmet) Vavasour (dau of Richard Vavasour)
    • 1. William Wise of Totnes (b 1560, d 1626) this generation omitted by Vivian
      • A. John Wise of Totnes (d 06.09.1670)
      • m. (1631) Susannah Prestwood d 05.07.1684, dau of Thomas Prestwood of Totnes, sister/coheir of T.)
        • i. John Wise of Totnes (bpt 08.02.1634-5, d 26.07.1702)
        • m1. (c10.1670) Mary Full (s 21.11.1677, dau of Lewis Full of Ash)
          • a. Mary Wise (bpt 01.05.1674)
          • m1. (30.12.1697) Arthur Champernowne of Dartington
          • m2. Joseph Sawle of Penrice Castle
          • b. Susanna Wise (d 20.11.1677)
        • m2. (1684) Dorothy Brooking (d 21.03.1692-3, dau of John Brooking of Totnes)
          • c. John Wise of Totnes (dsp 08.07.1743)
          • d. Lewis Wise of Totnes (dsp 18.02.1744-5)
          • e. Samuel Wise of Plymouth (d 28.04.1730)
          • m. (24.02.1716-7) Tryphena Coplestone (bur 30.11.1730, dau of Thomas Coplestone of Bowden)
            • (1) John Wise of Totnes & Wonwell
            • m. Margaret Ayshford (d 1780, dau/heir of John Ayshford of Wonwell Court)
              • (A) John Wise of Totnes Parva & Wonwell Court (b 27.08.1751, d 19.05.1807, recorder of Totnes)
              • m. Elizabeth Froude (b c1767, d 11.02.1845, dau of Robert Froude of Edmaston by Phillis, dau/heir of Richard Hurrell)
                • (i) Ayshford Wise of Totnes Parva (b 20.04.1786, d 05.06.1847, MP) had issue
                • m. (06.1809) Mary Whitby (dau of Rev. Thomas Whitby of Creswell Hall)
                • (ii) Frederick Wise (b 1788-9, d 30.06.1814)
                • (iii) John Robert Wise (b 1791-2, d 15.06.1842, Consul General in Sweden) had issue
                • m. Jane Ellison (dau of Richard Ellison of Sudbrooke)
              • (B) George Furlong Wise of Woolston
              • m. _ Dacres
                • (i) Furlong Wise (Admiral)
                • (ii) Charles Wise of Holt Lodge had issue
                • m. Emma Lang of Moor Park
              • (C) Arthur Wise of Langston had issue
              • (D) Elizabeth Wise
              • m. Rev. B(rowse) Trist
              • (E) Dorothea Wise
              • m. (1792) Mark Millbank of Thorpe Perrow
              • (F) Mary Wise
              • m. Christopher Savery of Shelston
              • (G) Margaret Wise
              • m. Rev. _ Amyatt
              • (H) Jane Wise
              • m. Rev. R. Clarke
              • (I) Sara Wise
              • m. Humphrey Julian
            • (2) Mary Wise
            • m. William Payne
            • (3)+ other issue - Lewis, Samuel (d 01.10.1748), Tryphena (bpt 26.10.1724, bur 14.12.1725)
  • Main source(s): BLG1886 (Wise of Clayton Hall), Visitation (J.L. Vivian (1895), Devon, 1531+1564+1620+additions, Wise of Sidenham)
  • From: Stirnet.com
  • http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/ww/wise01.php ______________________________________