I am trying to document all this in a more formal way, and will eventually send a draft for comment, but with regard to Thos. Prestwood, Vivian is is the source (page 615) of the info that his second wife Frideswide was the widow of Samuel, and History of Parliament must have taken its info from there.
But in his Will Samuel names his 'wellbeloved wife Wilmott Wise' and he probably knew best.
Wikipedia (as of now) thinks Thomas the MP was the son of George, who was actually his brother (and Vivian says Thomas was executor of George's will).
The Will of Wilmott Wise, 'relict of Samuell Wise' is available. She spelled her name Wilmote. The Will was written in 1646 and proved in 1655. It mentions her son Christopher (married to Susan), and daughters Elizabeth Shapley, Fridiswide Trigges, Rebecca Bambridge, Sara Wise, and a brother Thomas Martyn (so she must have been WIlmote Martyn originally). But her Fridiswide was living and still married in 1646.
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