Wyatt Coat of Arms
Richard – son of Captain John Wyatt (1684) and Jane Pamplin made history for burning the family coat of arms.
This excellent site helped me establish his relation within our family tree – check it out when you get a chance: http://jbwyatt.com/history.htm)
The following is from A History of Caroline County, Virginia by Marshall Wingfield: page 490.
(I ordered this book for my library; I have a link to it below.)
“The Wyatt Family
The Wyatt family of Virginia descends from the distinguished English line of Sir Thomas Wyatt, courtier and poet. Just preceding the Revolution, Richard Wyatt, (1720-1803), at his home in Caroline county, becoming incensed at the Mother Country, tore the family Coat of Arms from the wall, and, hacking it from the frame with his sword, threw it on the blazing logs in the fireplace. It was rescued by his daughter, Nancy, who later became the second wife of Colonel Anthony New. When they removed to Kentucky, the treasured painting went with them. In the year 1830, a descendant seeing the old relic in their Kentucky home made a little sketch of the design. Though blackened by fire and smoke, there were still to be plainly seen bands of boar’s heads on the shield similar to the Arms of Sir Thomas Wyatt of England. The painting was later totally destroyed by fire, but the little sketch is still in the family.”
If you cruise the ‘net, you may find a copy of the drawing. I remember seeing it, but forgot to make a copy.
More about Richard Wyatt: He was born May 20, 1720, died at “Plain Dealing” in November, 1803. His first wife was Elizabeth Streshley, who died at the birth of her first child in 1744. Richard then married Amy, daughter of Walter Chiles on November 17, 1752. Walter was a descendant of immigrant Walter Chiles who represented Charles City county in the General Assembly, was Speaker and member of the James City Council.
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Sir Thomas Wyatt the Poet 
You do know this Wyatt family trace back to the french court through Margaret de Bar who was married to Henry V the blonde who is Anne Wyatts grandfather x10? Also her grandfather x 7 was the Holy Roman Emperor Heinrich VII. Lots of Royal connections with this line. Very exciting. I’m researching it for a distant cousin of yours. 🙂
Hi Lisa
No, I haven’t gone down that path, thank you so much for sharing! My focus at present is on the intricacies of the Wyatts and their friends during the Tudor reign. And through Elizabeth Brooke our ancestry (in terms of kings and queens) is astonishing. Through her we are related to SO MANY of the people who were in Henry’s court – including Katherine of Aragon and Henry himself, all descendants of John of Gaunt. Seems like there is a royalty on just about every branch you take.
My Wyatt lineage is through my grandfather’s mother. When I tracked my grandfather’s father’s side – “Bolen” – darned if it didn’t circle back and connect with some ancient Wyatt ancestors via Saint Margaret of Scotland. It’s all SO addicting.
Plus that Viking heritage at the root of it all. (My beloved grandmother was Finnish. The connection between the Vikings and the Finnish/Sami magi would be fun to explore.)
Micki
I descend from William Wyatt who was Richard’s brother. Who married Elizabeth Eggleston and they were a virginia plantation owners who were friends with the Lees’. Who also share Wyatt blood from Margaret Wyatt marrying Sir Anthony Lee.
It seems we are related through my paternal grandmother, Zona Gatewood Canterbury. She compiled a book called “A history of the Wyatt, New and Gatewood lineage” in 1949. Described here: “Rev. Haute Wyatt (1594-1638) immigrated from England to Jamestown, Virginia at the same time his brother, Sir Francis Wyatt, served as the colonial governor. Both Rev. Haute and Sir Francis later returned to England. Capt. John Wyatt (1684-1750), direct descendant of Rev. Haute in the fourth generation, immigrated from England to Caroline County, Virginia, and married Jane Pamplin in 171. Descen- dants and relatives lived in Virginia, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas and elsewhere. Includes family history and much genealogical data (including some nobility) in England, Scotland and elsewhere to 487 A.D. (and earlier for some Biblical lineage).”
William, I met Zona in Muskogee? when I was young. My Aunt, Emma Gatewood Samuel, took me there. Emma, who died about 1956, also researched the Wyatt line for years. She was a great friend of Zona and was fond of your father? Monte, the army general. I inherited a nice photo portrait of him in her things. I have an original copy of Zona’s book . My Gatewood line is Carr/Walter/William A./Robert/Andrew. I live in San Antonio now. It would be nice to hear from you. I’m trying to get primary sourcing of Richard
W.’s marriage to Amy Chiles and his rel to dau Nancy New. 1829 Bible not good enough.
Jack Gatewood.
Hello, Jack, I just saw your reply to my 2013 post. Thank you for responding, it was nice to hear from you. Coincidentally, my cousin Charles lives in San Antonio. Apparently we Canterbury’s have lots of relatives in TX. BTW, dad was Air Force, not Army. (Of course there was no separate air force when he joined the military.) I visited Muskogee some years ago and took pictures of family graves. I also have some of Zona’s handwritten notes on ancestors.