When William Wyatt Jr was born about 1770, in Rowan, North Carolina, British Colonial America, his father, William Wyatt, was 33 and his mother, Margaret Bostick, was 32. He married Susan Wyatt about 1789, in Rowan, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States in 1800. He died after August 1836.
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from the Middle English personal names Wiot or Wiet. These are often pet forms of Wy, from ancient Germanic Wido (see Guy , compare Wyand 1). Wy is the usual Norman French form of the name; the Parisian French form is Guy. Wiot was also used as a diminutive of William . As a surname Wyot(t) became Wyatt during the 16th century.
in Suffolk, this is sometimes a variant of Wyard, from the Middle English personal name Wiard, which is generally from Old English Wīgheard, which is composed of the elements wīg ‘battle’ + heard ‘bold, brave’. Occasionally it may be from Old French Wiard, ancient Germanic Withard (see Viard ).
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