Generation five

Edward Wyatt died on 14 February 1680 in Dorchester. [1] His widow died on 6 February 1705, age 94. [2]

Old widow Wyatt was a midwife, said (with some exaggeration) to have assisted at the births of over 1,100 children. [3]

i. Nathaniel Wyatt (#52) was baptized on 2 (5) 1648. He died by 22 December 1718. He married first Joanna Spurr. He married second the widow Mary Corbin.

In 1690 Edward was one of a company of soldiers was raised in the town for an expedition against Canada. Most of the men never returned. Most of those who were lost died at sea or perished of sickness and accidents. [4]

iii. Waitstill Wyatt was baptized on 2 (1) 1654 in Dorchester. She died on 8 January 1728. She married Captain Thomas Vose, the son of Robert Vose (#108). [5]

1. MVR, Dorchester, vol. 1, “the Ould widow Wiate Bing 94 years of age and on that hade Layd do many woman tha shee was instrmintall for the bringing into the world on thousand on hundred and ode Children Died the 6 of Febe 1705.”

2. MVR, Dorchester, vol. 1, 12, Edward the Son of Nathaniel Wyat was born the 5th (mo:8) 1671.

3.3 Worcester Antiquarian and Historical Society, History of the Town of Dorchester, 281.

4. Worcester Antiquarian and Historical Society, History of the Town of Dorchester, 255–6.

5. Records of the First Church at Dorchester, 159, 2do 1 mo 1654 (to Capt. Vose). Her father, baptism date and death date, Vose, Robert Vose, 17–18.