GOAL

Wise is a common surname
There were two William Wises relevant in genealogical research
One from Accomack County. Wises are found in the Isle of Wight. See Capt. William Wise below.

Second were the Scots from Kincardineshire..
The two families were conflated and the goal of this project is to continue untangling their knot.

SCOTLAND [scotlandpeople.com (Easy to Register and its Free)]

ARBUTHNOTT:
George Wise and Katheren Dollace married in Arbuthnott 14 May 1680
David Wise was Born 7 Aug 1681. His father was George. His mother was not listed.

John Wise born in Arbuthnott 25 Jul 1721. His father was David. His mother is not listed.
Andrew Wise born in Arbuthnott 1 Feb 1727. His father was David. His mother is not listed.

MARYCULTER:
I did not see any Marriage records at Maryculter
William Tait was born in Maryculter 26 Oct 1729. His father was William Tait. His mother was Margaret Colley.
Jean Tait was born in Maryculter 2 Mar 1725. Her father was William Tait. Her mother was Margaret Colley
Margaret Tait was born in Maryculter 13 Jun 1727. Her father was William Tait. Her mother was Margaret Colley.

William Wise was born in Maryculter 5 Feb 1744. His father was John Wise. His Mother was Margaret Tait.

William Wise was born in Maryculter Scotland to John Wise, of Kincardineshire from Abuthnott Scotland and Margaret Wise (Tait) from Maryculter Scotland

The three of them left Scotland and apparently settled in South Carolina. William Wise, of Bulloch County left South Carolina, settled in Bulloch County GA and married Sarah Margaret Wise (Denmark).

• Name: William Wise
• Sex: M
• Birth: 29 Jan 1744 in Bogfon, near Maryculter, to be in Kincardineshire. William's Grandparents were David Wyse and Jean Wyse (Younge) were apparently from Arbuthnott Kincardineshire. Maryculter and Arbuthnott is a little over 20 miles from each other near the northeastern coast by the Northern Sea. This is a reasonable distance for people to bond together especially both being close to the shores of the Northern Sea. [https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=how+far+is+arb...]
• Mother: Margaret Tait: Death: DEAD in Horse Creek, Edgefield Co,, SC [Source to add to profiles]
• Spouse: Sarah Margaret Denmark on ABT 1778 at Beaufort Co./Orangeburgh Dist., SC. [Source?]
• PROBATE:
• Death: 13 May 1816 in Wise Plantation, Old Mill Rd., Bulloch Co., GA
• Burial: Wise Family Cemetery, Statesboro, Bulloch, Georgia [Destroyed].
• Person Id: I8400
• Tree Id: 117599
• William left a Will [1]

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Queensborough Township was first settled in 1735 by Scots-Irish (Ulster Scots) and Welsh from Pennsylvania and Delaware. Between the 1730s and 1750, these settlers had spread outward with increased immigration to the present-day counties of Horry, Williamsburg, Marion, Florence, Kershaw, Clarendon, and Orangeburg
https://carolana.com/

SARAH MARGARET DENMARK M. WILLIAM WISE AND THEY SETTLED IN BULLOCH COUNTY

The Denmarks are an extremely complicated family, and their history is in another project. Relevant here is that Sarah Margaret was born around Craven NC, but apparently followed her father, William Batchelor Denmark, Jr. to Georgia.where he died in Bulloch County.

FAMILY:

1. Henry Wise : Birth: ABT 1782 in Orangeburgh Dist., Barnwell, SC. Death: ABT 1828 in Clarke's Station, Wilkes, GA [Not Proven]
2. Nancy Groover Wise: Birth: ABT 1780 in Barnwell, SC. Death: 1855 She married Solomon Groover who was raised in Effingham County. See John Wise below.
3. Susanna Denmark: Birth: ABT 1784 in Barnwell, SC. Death: DEAD in Washington, AL
4. Preston Wise: Birth: 1785 in Barnwell Co., SC. Death: 1868 in Bryan Co., GA
5. Lavinia Denmark: Birth: 1786 in Orangeburgh/Barnwell, SC or Effingham Co., GA. Death: 1857 in Lowndes Co., GA
6. Rebecca Wilkinson: Birth: 1788 in Barnwell Co., SC. Death: ABT 1855 in Bulloch Co., GA
7. Zilpha Goodman Goodman: Birth: 1792 in Orangeburg Dist., Barnwell, SC. Death: BEF 1850 in Jefferson Co., FL
8. John James Wise: B: Sep 1793 in Ironmonger Creek, Effingham Co., GA. Death: ABT 1835 in Bulloch Co., GA
9. Jane Denmark: Birth: 1795 in Screven Co., GA. Death: ABT 1863 in Bulloch Co., GA

NOTE: Ironmonger Creek: https://www.statesboroherald.com/life/bulloch-history-with-roger-al...

AUTOSOMAL DNA

Wikitree is a strong advocate for solid sourcing and is my "go to" place to find the best research on my family. They are cautionary about DNA research as many will us it as an excuse for sloppy sourcing. Half a profile is delegated to autosomal DNA connections who click on their family. Anyone can click on a given profile, but only those whose chromosomes match with the ancestor show on the right hand side of the profile. This is an extremely convenient way for those that upload their autosomal DNA results to see how much they share with a given ancestor. This leaves little doubt as to who is or is not a descendant.

The following is a demonstration of how atDNA proves validity in Sarah Margaret's profile labeled DNA Connctions:

Jimmy Price is an autosomal test taker and is displayed on the side bar of this profile. It is likely that he will share 12.50% of her x chromosome with Margaret. Her connection with me is through Jane Wise who's son was Malachi Denmark. Comparing Kit WP7583358 (James L Price) [FTDNA] and Kit UZ9855520 (Amanda Torrey) [MyHeritage] Largest segment = 5 cM; Total Half-Match segments (HIR) 16.2cM (0.452 Pct); 4 shared segments found for this comparison.

   Chromosome 1: 3.4 cM 

   Chromosome 3: 5 cM 

   Chromosome 9: 3.2 

   Chromosome 16: 4.6 

   According to Relationship to Me, Jimmy and Amanda Torrey are 5th Cousins whose MCRA is Sarah Margaret (Denmark) Wise (abt.1757-abt.1821). [3] 

William Batchelor Denmark, Jr. married first Mary Moye and then her sister, Anna. He had children with at least Mary and Anna. William Denmark Jr's Mother was also a Moye. As evidence, there is a genetic connection between this Margaret, both "Jimmy Price" and "Virginia Tamez."

Finally, we can see a relationship between Kenneth Dixon with Margaret's mother, Mourning Mitton Moye in the Relationship to Me. Gedmatching these relationships would not be difficult, but this gives us a fair idea that Sarah Margaret Denmark Wise was William Denmark and Mary Moye's oldest daughter with many siblings.

SOURCE

• STATESBORO HERALD

http://www.statesboroherald.com/news/archive/3557/ Bulloch Genealogy with Roger Allen By ROGER ALLEN Posted: May 4, 2007 6:04 p.m. Updated: May 19, 2007 5 a.m. Note: Local lover of history Roger Allen continues a monthly column looking at the genealogy of a longtime Bulloch County family. 

The Wise family is truly one of the founding families of Bulloch County, but it does not stop there: the family line has extended all the way to Bryan and other surrounding counties as well. Their ancestral heritage can be traced back to a time long ago in Europe when the ancient warrior chieftains Gewiss, Woden, and Wyt held sway.

These kings, in turn, trace their own family lines back to the Trojan and Thrace kingdoms, which controlled large areas of what is now Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece. The current family name has undergone many changes over the passage of time, starting with Wyse or Wyseman for the Scottish lines, and Wise for their English cousins. Most of the Bulloch clan is linked to the patriarch Alexander Wyse of Bogton Farms. He married matriarch Martha Low of Maryculter Parish, located also in Kincardineshire (in the modern day city of Aberdeen, Scotland). Hence began the Wise family. "

Born in 1620, Alexander had a son named George (born in 1648). George married Kathleen Dollace. They, in turn had a son named David. David married Jean Young, and they had a son John who was born on July 25, 1721. John Wise Sr. (as he became known) married Margaret Tait in Arbuthnot in 1740. At least one expert genealogist disagrees with the way the lineage goes from here, choosing instead to believe that John actually comes from the line descending from the English House of Sydenham, and that his son William was born in Clifton, Accomack County of the English Province of Virginia.

Nevertheless, most believe that John Wise Sr. and Margaret Tait did indeed have three sons:
John Jr, born in 1742; William, born in 1744. The first two were born in Old Bladen County in the English Province of North Carolina. Their third son, Jacob, was born in 1753 in the Old Craven County in the English Province of South Carolina. John Jr. had two children: Elizabeth and Lewis. Jacob had one son: Jared William, on the other hand, married twice, first to Sarah Margaret Denmark, and then to Elizabeth Cade, and had a total of nine children. They were: Henry, Elizabeth, Susannah, Preston, Lavinia, Rebecca, John, Zilpha, and Jane, who was also called Jincy. William raised his children at first in the Scottish settlement on the Great Pee Dee River in Old Craven County (now Marion) South Carolina.

He and his family moved twice more. At first they moved to the Beaufort District, also in South Carolina. After a while, William and his family moved for the last time, this time to what he referred to as his Beulah Land in Northeastern Georgia. Once this area was divided up into counties, it fell into the area first known as Effingham County, pieces of which were then divided up further into Scriven (later changed to Screven), Burke, and then into Bulloch Counties. William served very proudly with the forces under the command of General Elijah Clarke of the new American Continental Army fighting the British regulars at the Battles of Kettle Creek, Augusta, and many more.

William died on the family plantation near Belcher, on Mill Creek, on the Old Mill Road in Bulloch County on May 15, 1816. Here, his children started the Wise clan. His oldest son Henry married Elizabeth Groover, and they had an unknown number of children; Elizabeth married Solomon Groover and had five children. Susannah married twice, first to James Denmark and then to Willoughby Williams. Their children are apparently unknown. Preston married twice, first to Margaret Lee and then to Mary Ann Jones. They had a total of nine children. His daughter Lavinia married twice, first to Redden Moye (his last name was changed to Denmark) and then to William McNealy. She had a total of eight children. His son John married Rachel Jones, and they had eight children. Daughter Zilpha married twice, first to Aaron Everett and then to Jesse Goodman. She had a total of 13 children. Daughter Jane married Malachi Moye (his last name was changed to Denmark). They had 11 children. His youngest child, daughter Rebecca, married twice, first to Berry Nobel Jones and then to James H. Wilkinson. She had a total of 12 children. William's children had given him a total of (at least) 66 grandchildren, ensuring that the Wise family would be in Bulloch County to stay.

• DAR:

William Wise, RS-SC Militia was born 29 January 1744 at Bogfon, near Maryculter, Kincardineshire, Scotland. He immigrated to the American Colonies about 1750 with his parents, into Prince Frederick's Parish (location now in Marion County, SC), English Province of SC.

His will was signed on 17 May 1816, so he probably died soon after at his home, the William Wise Plantation, on Old Mill Road, in Bulloch County, GA.

He married Sarah Margaret Denmark about 1778 in Orangeburgh District, English Province of SC (part became Barnwell County, SC).

Information taken from http://bellsouthpwp.net/j/f/jfwise/wise01.htm on April 7, 2003.

William moved from SC to Screven Co. GA in 1794 and bought 100 acres on Mill Creek from Joseph Cone, 9 Jun 1794, on 11 Sep 1795 he bought 350 acres on Ironmonger Creek from Rev. John Martin (the Rev having already moved to Bryan Co. GA.) He later sold this tract of land to John Huffman 14 Dec 1799.

William's son John and his friend Johnathan Robinson were executors to his estate.

William Wise served as a Revolutionary Soldier from SC, and Screven Co. GA. He held rank of Major in Accomack Co. Militia. Had a Plantation in Statesboro, on Old Mill Rd. Bulloch Co. GA.

South Carolina and Georgia.Owned a Plantation on Old Mill Road in Bulloch Co. Georgia.

Marriage: 1799, Barnwell Co. South Carolina [?]

RESEARCH QUESTIONS:

How far is Orangeburg SC from Bulloch County GA?
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=How+far+is+Bul...

How Far is Orangeburg SC from Edgefield SC
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=How+far+is+Edg...

PROVEN FALSE: John Wise: Death: Sep 1780 in English Prison Ship, Charleston, SC is not substantiated'. See Project Torbay, Ship of Prisoners Revolutionary War Date: 18 May 1781 Location: Charleston, South Carolina, United States.

• NOTE: Though a popular story, there is no proof that it's true. There is no Wise, John or other, listed as prisoner on the Torbay. See the ships registry on the project attach to this profile.

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NOT THIS FAMILY: CAPT. WILLIAM WISE OF VIRGINIA B. 1755

FROM: 12-29-2019 https://wc.rootsweb.com/trees/117599/I8400/-/individual

• A Profile from Rootsweb was added to William Wise from Bulloch County without support. I am moving this information to the other William Wise so we can correctly add information belonging to Accomack. Perhaps Margaret Douglas belongs her

Capt. William Wise was more probably the one born 1755 in Virginia
Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Feb 25 2018, 10:21:47 UTC

William Wise, RS-SC Militia
U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
Military Service •
1775
Captain, Continental Army
Reason This Information Is Correct:
Name: William Wise
Military Place: USA
State or Army Served: Continental Troops
Rank: Captain
Military Service •
from 1747 to 1816
Revolutionary War, William Wise, RS SC
We can read about both Capt. William Wise and William Wise the book, The Story of Bulloch County. Capt. Wise is on p. 98, William Wise as one of those that could draw from the Georgia Lottery on p. 25, and William Wise's son, John who we recognize as a patron for "Nancy Jones" on p. 96. John Wise married a Jones.

The Title, Capt. is ALWAYS applied to Capt. William Wise who served for years in the Continental Army [https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?arti...]

Reason This Information Is Correct for Capt. William Wise of Virginia:
(1) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~lcowen/civil_war_ancestors...
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180085344/william-wise
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LWFW-NBG
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/LWFW-NBG
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/collaborate/LWFW-NBG
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/memories/LWFW-NBG
https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/default.cfm...

SOURCES:

[1] Will of William Wise: will book B: Bulloch Co. Georgia was added to Geni projects

https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?arti...
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?arti...