The first American ancestor of our name was a younger son of these ol… — John Sergeant Wise

The first American ancestor of our name was a younger son of these old Devonshire people, and came to the Virginia colony in the reign of Charles the First.

John Sergeant WiseAuthor · American · 1846 – 1913

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