Joshua WYATT was born the 26th of May 1777 in Chowan County, North Carolina to Joshua WYATT and Elizabeth SCRIMPSHIRE - the family moved to Orange County, North Carolina sometime after 1790 - it is here Joshua married Susannah KING the 28th of April 1804. Joshua moved his family to Sumner County around 1821 - settling on land 5 or 6 miles from the Kentucky border. Susannah WYATT died before 1850 and Joshua went to live with his daughter Harriet and her husband Daniel PERDUE - while here Joshua met his second wife Irene MORGAN - fifty years his junior - they married the 26th of May 1853 in Sumner County - Joshua died the 6th of October 1853 in Sumner County. The estate was sued by Joshua's neice Mary WYATT PERDUE in an attempt to recover money entrusted to Joshua from James KING - the father of Mary - for her use after she came "of age".

1  William Wyatt 1656 -1686/87
    +Rebecca Kent 1660 -1728 (d/o Thomas and Ann Kent)
      2 Samuel Wyatt 1685 -
         + Elizabeth Wilson 1691/92 (d/o Edward and Rachel Wilson)
                3 Joshua Wyatt 1715/16 - 1799
                   + Elizabeth Scrimpshire 1750 -1816
                          4 Sarah Wyatt 1769 -
                          4 Mary Wyatt 1772 -1815
                             + Benjamin Simpson
                          4 John Wyatt 1773 -
                          4 Joshua Wyatt 1777 - 1853
                             + Susannah King 1780 - 1850
                                      5 Elizabeth Wyatt
                                      5 James Izzard Wyatt 1801 - 1865
                                         + Celia King 1805 - 1830 (d/o John King )
                                      *2nd Wife of James Izzard Wyatt
                                         + Nancy V. Craig 1796 - 1858
                                      5 John King Wyatt 1805 -
                                         + Elizabeth Murdock
                                      5 Frederick Wyatt
                                      5 Sarah Wyatt 1811 - 1900
                                         + Daniel Barber (s/o Matthew Barber)
                                      5 William Henry Wyatt
                                      5 Harriet Wyatt 1813 - 1889
                                         + Daniel Perdue 1786 - 1857 (s/o Meshack Perdue)
                                      5 Benjamin Wyatt 1814 - 1890
                                         + Sarah Murdock 1818 - 1895
                          *2nd wife of Joshua Wyatt
                              + Irene Morgan
                           4 Frederick Wyatt 1780 -
                              + Catey King
                           4 Elizabeth Wyatt 1790 -1835
                              + James King 1780 - 1835
                                       5 Mary Wyatt 1811 - 1889
                                          + Lee Perdue 1811 - 1889 (s/o Daniel Perdue)
                           *2nd husband of Elizabeth Wyatt
                               + Rueben Benson 1787 - 1860
                                       5 Edward Benson 1817 -
                                       5 Nancy Benson 1819 -
                                       5 Alexander Benson 1820 - 1878
                                          + Margaret Murdock 1820 - 1894
                                       5 Phebe Benson 1825 -
                                          + John K. Wyatt 1824 - (s/o James Izzard Wyatt)
                                       5 Elizabeth Benson 1829 -
                                          + John Atcherson
                3 Jacob Wyatt 1715/16 - 1788
                   + Elizabeth
                          4 James Wyatt 1742 -
                          4 William Wyatt 1744
                          4 Joshua Wyatt 1745 -
                          4 Mary Wyatt 1747 -
                             + Benjamin Albertson
                3 Elizabeth Wyatt 1725
                   + John Swain