Family:Joseph Oates and Elizabeth Wyatt (1)

Research notes

• Per Winslow¹, Elizabeth Wyatt was NOT the wife of Joseph Oates, but rather the wife of his father, James Oates. Winslow provides no dates or sources for Elizabeth Wyatt, but states that the birth dates of her children can be found in the Berkeley Parish register. More research needed.

1.   Winslow, Ellen Godde Rawlings. History of Perquimans county as compiled from records found there and elsewhere: abstracts of deed from 1681 through the revolution-petitions, divisions and marriages found in Perquiamans and adjacent counties... (Raleigh: Edwards & Broughton Co., 1931).

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   [Perquimans Precinct Court - Apl, 1700]
   Court at Mr. James Oates house ...
   
   [Perquimans Precinct Court - Oct, 1700]
   ... James Oates was dead October 6, 1703. His will was probated January, 1704, and names son Joseph, and wife, Elizabeth, another, legatee Jonathan Ervins. Elizabeth Oates was a daughter of John Wyatt and wife Rachel Calloway. The ages of their children are given in Berkeley Parish Register as follows:
   - John, born August 7, 1697 [sic];
   - John (first by name), born Feb 4, 1667;
   - Jesse, born August 31, 1669;
   - Mary, born November 16, 1672.
   Joseph Oatesmoved from Perquimans to Beaufort County. ...