wyatt earp

[ashfordshe]

Did Wyatt Earp's family originate from Wednesbury, England and did Wyatt Earp ever visit England?

[kev100]

Don't know where his family came from, he didn't ever visit England. There is a brief history here.

http://www.sandiegohistory.org/bio/earp/earp.htm

[Octavius]

There is no evidence to suggest either.

The gateway ancestor of the renowned Earp family is said to be a Scotch-Irishman named Thomas Earp Jr., who was born 1656 in Ireland and came to America before 1680. According to Jean Whitten Edwards, compiler of the Earp Family Genealogy, Thomas Earp Jr. probably went to the US as an indentured servant.

Earp is not an Irish surname. A British surname expert lists only one reference for it � spelled Erpe in 1561 � and claims its origins are unknown. However, American sources note that references to Earp can be found under the spelling of Harp. Being aware of the British's propensity to drop their "H's".  Wyatt Earp's great-great-grandfather appears on a 1776 Maryland enumeration as William Harp.21

While Wyatt Earp may appear in many family tree's, you can't be a direct descendant for although he had three wives, he did not have any offspring.