Charles Handfield Wyatt I
(1836 - 1904)
Plaque to CHW I in Old St. Paul's Church Baltimore - with C H Wyatt IV
CHARLES HANDFIELD WYATT I was born on March 12, 1836, to the Rev. Dr. William Edward Wyatt and his wife Frances Billopp in the Rectory of Old St. Paul’s Church, Baltimore, Md.
His father, William, born in Halifax Nova Scotia in 1789, came to this country the following year with his parents, James Wyatt of Bristol, England and Mary Winslow, daughter of The Rev. Edward Winslow, a priest who had served at St. George’s Chapel, NYC. The Winslow were direct descendants of 1620 Mayflower passenger Mary Chilton and her husband John Winslow, brother of Massachusetts Colony Gov. Edward Winslow.
His mother, Frances was the daughter of Abigale Moore and Thomas Billopp of Newtown, Long Island, NY., a descendant of Rev. John Moore of Newtown and Capt. Christopher Billopp of Staten Island
His father, William, born in Halifax Nova Scotia in 1789, came to this country the following year with his parents, James Wyatt of Bristol, England and Mary Winslow, daughter of The Rev. Edward Winslow, a priest who had served at St. George’s Chapel, NYC. The Winslow were direct descendants of 1620 Mayflower passenger Mary Chilton and her husband John Winslow, brother of Massachusetts Colony Gov. Edward Winslow.
His mother, Frances was the daughter of Abigale Moore and Thomas Billopp of Newtown, Long Island, NY., a descendant of Rev. John Moore of Newtown and Capt. Christopher Billopp of Staten Island
Marriage to Eliza McVickar Kneeland
Eliza McVickar Kneeland
On October 8, 1862 at the Episcopal Church of St. Barnabus, Irvington, NY, Charles Handfield Wyatt I (1836-1904) married Eliza McVickar Kneeland (1840-1869), daughter of the late Frances Pendleton McVickar (1819-1852) and late George Kneeland (1815-1850) both of New York City and Hyde Park, NY. The bride’s grandfather, the Rev. Dr. John McVickar, Jr. (1787 – 1868) and the groom’s father, the Rev. Dr. William Edward Wyatt (1789 – 1864) officiated. Both priests had graduated from Columbia College -McVickar in 1804 and Wyatt in 1809.Wedding witnesses were the Rev. William A. McVickar, uncle of the bride, the Rev. Thomas Wyatt, brother of the Groom and William Constable, cousin of the bride.
Thus two important Episcopal families were united: Bard-McVickar and Winslow-Wyatt.
Thus two important Episcopal families were united: Bard-McVickar and Winslow-Wyatt.
Daniel Bendann, Daguerreotypist, photographer.
Born in Richamon, Virginia, died in Baltimore, 1915; employed in the Whitehurst Gallery, Richmond (1851); moved to Baltimore to work in Whitehurst Gallery (1854); returned to Richmond to open his own studio (1856); removed to Baltimore with younger brother, David, and opened studio at 205 Baltimore (1859-1862); |
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