Dear April, I don't understand why I did not recieve your reply via ancestry---I found your response when doing a google search. My family pronounces the name WADE. It is my understanding that we are Scottish/Irish and the name was Wood. When we came to America, the brogue was so thick that it was understood as wade. I explain to others that it is Wead rhymes with head and dead which is closer that weed--lol. I would love to compare notes. You may contact me via email
elainaustin@msn.com or on facebook Elaine Wead Austin.