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Wye One-Name Study

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Study details

Study: Wye   

Variants: de Wy, Waie, Whie, Wie, Wy

Category:  1 - A study where research using core genealogical datasets and transcriptions is in its early stages.

Contact: Mrs Wendy Pratt


About the study

My 3rd Great Grandmother was Sarah Wye who figures with her grandchildren in the painting by Adam Buck.

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Sarah Wye

I beleive she was descended from the Wyes of Lyppiatt Park in Gloucester. Wye genealogy

Variant names

Wye one name study

Whie  Wie    

Historical occurrences of the name

Wyes are found in 3 main locations, Gloucester, Kent and St Neots area in both Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, with a later branch in Godlming in Surrey. However they are well travelled and for 200 years a branch lived and worked in Oporto Portugal as Port Wine Exporters living on the Rua-dos-Nova-Inglezes

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Rua-dos-Nova-Inglezes

The Wyes also lived in India.

Contact Details

Mrs Wendy Pratt

General Search Results

Occurrences of the surname Wye in the Guild Indexes
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  • Global Marriages  35
  • Inscriptions Index  1
  • Modern Newspaper Index  7
  • Probate Index* 18
  • Datastores  1
  • References to the name Wye in the Guild Journal  1

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