When Sally Wych was born in 1778, in Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Wych, was 29 and her mother, Betty Pott, was 26. She lived in Pott Shrigley, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom in 1778.
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1 English: locative name from Middle English wich, a variant of wik, the commonest sense of which was ‘dairy farm’; see Wick .
2 English: locative name from Middle English wiche ‘wych elm’, for someone who lived by an elm tree.
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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