The school is named after the very family whose descendants signed the town's birth certificate. Long before the first brick was laid, this land belonged to Woburn's founding families. In 1640 — just twenty years after the Mayflower — brothers John and Francis Wyman arrived in the newly settled community of Woburn. The town itself was formally incorporated by the General Court on October 7, 1642, reading simply: "Charlestown Village is called Wooburne." Charlestown Village then had about thirty families living within its boundaries — nearly 150 people. Burlington RetroRcn

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The Wyman brothers were two of the 32 original signers of the "Woburn Orders," a compact that established the legal and civic structure of the new settlement. The land upon which the future Wyman School would stand was part of this original Wyman Grant — among the first parcels formally assigned in the area.  Both came to Woburn when it was founded in 1642, built their houses, and started their tannery business close to Central Square on what is now Wyman Street, then called Wyman's Lane. The land was obtained at an extraordinary bargain: they were able to purchase it at six pence per acre. This was the future (Central Square) Wyman School.  Wymanassociation