The Quest for a Lost Race

by Thomas Edward Pickett

Wise and Wiseman (Normandy).

Withers, Normandy, 1180.

Wolf.

Woodward, Woodard. Oudard, Oudart (French).

Worrell. William Werel, Normandy, 1180. H. Werle, English, 1272.

Wyatt. There are Kentucky families connected with the Wyatts of Virginia.

Wycliffe. Seated at Wycliffe, Yorkshire, soon after the Conquest. The Kentucky Wickliffes are of this race. "Cripps" is a well known Norman name, and Beckham is a Scandinavian name, as Burnham, Dalham, Gresham, etc.

Wyon. Ralph Wyon, Normandy, 1180, also Wyand.

Wray, for Ray.