Wyche, Virginia | |
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Unincorporated community | |
  Wyche  Wyche | |
| Coordinates: 36°37′34″N77°47′43″W / 36.62611°N 77.79528°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| County | Brunswick |
| Elevation | 302 ft (92 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Area code | 276 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1500076 [1] |
Wyche is an unincorporated community located in Brunswick County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. [1] [2]
In October 1689, Henry Wyche (the elder) apparently having been born in England, was in a court session in Surry County where the "importation" of 95 acres from "Henry Wyche" to a Robert Owens was recorded. [3]
"The elder Henry also left a will in Surry Co., Virginia, dated 1 August 1712 and proved 18 March 1714. In it he mentions his children Aillinor (Eleanor), William, George, Sarah, Henry and James.". [4] The junior Henry proceeded to acquire land and on June 22, 1722 he received a patent for 370 acres on the north side of the Meherrin River. [5]
By approximately 1735, the Wyche family of Virginia owned approximately 590 acres of land, held as of 1735 by Henry Wyche, [6] stating among other things: "Will of Henry Wyche of Brunswick County.. The land I now live on being in two surveys containing 590 acres to my son Henry Wyche, excepting that my loving wife Frances is to have the use of the plantation during her widowhood.."
The will by Henry Wyche (d. 1737) continues in describing his estate, including "two Negro men Coffee and Pompey", "the wench Bess", "three Negros Tom, Coock and Pheebe", "Three Negros .. Phillis, Jeffery and Jack", "Negro boy Will and girl Hannah", "Negro boy Peter", followed by division of land to minor children, "iron Pott", a "house", and other items and stock. No inventory is presented in the will.
The will by Henry Wyche, dated 4 March 1735 [1736] was presented by "Frances Wych". Henry Wyche died on April 7, 1737.
"From Middle English wich, a variant of wik, the commonest sense of which was ‘dairy farm’, probably an occupational name for someone who worked at a wich, or a habitational name from any of the places so called." [7]
Similar names include Wyche, Wick, Weech, Wice.
Domain: English, specifically Lancashire and Cheshire.
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