William Wise, of Totnes

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William Wise, of Totnes

Birthdate:
Death: 1626 (64-66)
Immediate Family:

Son of John Wise of Totnes and Emmata Wise
Husband of Friswida Wise
Father of John Wise, of Totnes; William Wise; Anna Wise; Elizabeth Wise and Catherine Wise
Brother of Samuel Wise; Christopher Wise and Henry Wise

Managed by: Woodman Mark Lowes Dickinson, OBE
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About William Wise, of Totnes

  • 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)
    • .... 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 ______________________________________