WYETH, NICHOLAS, about 1645 bought house and land on the westerly side of Garden Street, near Phillips Place, which remained in possession of his descendants, bearing the name of Wyeth, for more than two centuries. He had then a dau. Sarah, by a former wife, b. in England, who m. John Fiske of Wat. 11 Dec. 1651; there is no evidence that he brought other children with him. He m. Rebecca, wid. of Thomas Andrew, and had Mary, b. 26 Jan. 1649, d. unm. May or June 1698; Nicholas, b. 10 Aug. 1651; Martha, b. 10 July 1653, m. Ives, and d. before 1680; John, b. 15 July 1655; William, b. 1 Jan. 1657.
NICHOLAS the f. was a mason, and resided on the estate first purchased by him, being apparently the same which was occupied fifty years ago by Major Jonas Wyeth, and more recently rented by Dr. John W. Webster. He d. 19 July 1680 a. 85; his w. Rebecca m. Thomas Fox 16 Dec. 1685, and d. 1698, prob. in May.
