My Wright ancestors
01. James Wright was born in 1671. The following is quoted from a book on Quaker ministers: "James Wright, an elder of the Hopewell monthly meeting, was one of the first settlers in that part of Virginia. He was a sober, honest man, grave in manners, and solid and weighty in his conversation. He was diligent in the attendance of his religious meetings, exemplary in humble waiting therein, and of sound mind and judgment. He was cautious of giving just offence to any one, and was earnestly concerned for the unity of the brethren, and the peach of the church. He appeared, say his friends, concerned him, for some time before his illness, as one who had finished his day's work, and who was waiting for his change. He was 83 years old when he died." The parents of James have not been confirmed and there are multiple reports on where he was born. James married Mary Bowater, daughter of John Bowater and Mary Maunder on Feb. 26, 1706 in East Nottingham, Chester, PA. Note that a Mary Davis is often listed as the mother of John, but Stewart Baldwin in the American Genealogist has determined that Mary Bowater must be the spouse to James Wright Sr. because of their being witnesses at different weddings of both sides of the family and other Bowater being witnesses at weddings of their children.
02. John C. Wright, son of James and Mary was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania on January 28, 1716. He removed from Nottingham Monthly Meeting to Nonocacy MM in Prince George County, Maryland, where he married Rachel Wells. She was born in Anne Arundel county and was the daughter of Joseph and Margaret Wells. Both John and Rachel became Overseers of the Men's and Women's Meetings of Monocacy in 1745. They transferred to Hopewell. In 1749, with the seven minor children born to them by that time, the Wright's were granted a certificate to Carvers Creek Monthly Meeting in North Carolina. There they became charter members in 1751 of Cane Creek MM in Orange County, NC. They became parents of six more children during their time in NC. According to the Quaker Records from Historic Camden, S. C., by Kirkland and Kennedy, they were present in Camden District by 1760 when John Wright appears as a witness to a deed. The Annals of Newberry mention three more children born to John and Rachel after they removed to South Carolina. Reportedly, Bush River Monthly Meeting in Newberry County to which the Wright's belonged was established in 1770. However Cane Creek MM records Rachel Wright's transfer to Bush River in 1767. Their presence in SC prior to the time of Rachel's transfer suggests there was no meeting to which they might belong prior to 1767. It may also be presumed that the Wright's were instrumental in the formation of a meeting at Bush River. During the migration of southern Quakers to the Ohio Valley in the early 1800's, almost all of John and Rachel Wright's surviving children and grandchildren became a part of that movement. A good number of them, particularly the Hollingsworth and Cook descendants, became Hicksites and Wilburites when they separated from the Orthodox Quakers.
03. Nathan Wright, son of John and Rachel was born on October 7, 1758 in Orange, North Carolina. He married Sarah Jay, daughter of William Jay and Elizabeth. Nathan died after 1805 in Newberry County, South Carolina. Known children of Nathan and Sarah: Right Wright, Mary Wright, William Wright and Charity Wright.
04. Charity Wright, daughter of Nathan and Sarah was born on June 10, 1801 in South Carolina. Proof of her parentage comes from a letter written in 1841 by Right Wright retained by Ronald E. Toops to sisters Mary Brooks and Charity Marshall. Click here for a link to the photocopied and transcribed letters posted by Christy L. Jay. Charity married William Marshall abt. 1817 in South Carolina. Her family moved by covered wagon to Miami County, Ohio by 1825. After William Marshall died in 1837 it is unknown what happened to Charity but she was living in 1841. I descend from their son Thomas Marshall who married Rhoda Furnas.
Surnames that married into my Wright family
BOWATER
JAY
MARSHALL
WELLS
Migration pattern of my Wright family
VA -- PA -- NC -- SC -- OH
Wright Material on the Internet
Wright family Genforum
Thank you for the Quaker lineage and information. You certainly proved my point about Quakers keeping good records! With a Wright line as historic as yours, I certainly hope you have had a male in your line to DNA test and contribute it to the Wright DNA Project. It would be an invaluable contribution!
David, thanks for mentioning the need for more specific information. States, counties and dates will help so much. Naming traditions being as strong as they were, mentioning wives and children might help occasionally as well if relevant. Doug
Thelma, thanks for posting this specific information. It caused me to scrutinize more closely my information and I found out some of it wasn't correct. I just hadn't looked that closely at this era of this line. I study technology and hope that one day they can use the same kind of machine learning used by Watson on Jeopardy to study lines like the Wright's. There's too many of them to try to "sort by hand" so to speak.
On the naming conventions, it really became a tangled web when Quaker traditions caused them to rename descendants after common ancestral names. I've even found third or fourth cousins, migrating together who married women with the same first names with everyone born in the same places and dates! The only way to tell them apart is by their children's birth years.
You are very welcome I am glad it helped..yes they did have the same name and it does get confusing so I will try to keep the dates and places on here as I can.. Have a great day..
Hi Thelma, sounds good on finding a male to take the DNA test. I hope you find one soon. Let me know if you need any help with brick walls. I recommend testing to Y33 for best bang for the buck. Also, get them to buy their kit through the Wright DNA Project. It saves them twenty bucks and the test is through FamilyTreeDNA which I think is the best. Doug
You're welcome, Doug. IMHO, Wright's are one of the most difficult lines to sort out. Not only because there are so many of them, but it sounds like through naming traditions and how much they stayed around each other as well as intermarrying with other common families, they are difficult without good documentation to unscramble.
I have a Wright brickwall and I don't know how much can be done about it. I have very little information. It involves my 4 ggrandfather, William R. Wright. He was b. about 1796 in TN? and is not in the 1850 census, so I presume he died before then in Randolph Co IN. One bio I found says he died when my 3 ggrandfather was little. Wife is also a Wright-Ann b. 8 Aug 1799 in TN, d. 1884 in OR, dau. of John Hominy Wright and Ann Reese. Children of William and Ann: Thomas I. b about 1831, Sarah b. about 1833, Phebe b. about 1835 and James A. b. about 1841 (my 3g grandfather).
Seems like I'm not the only one with a Wright-induced brick wall! My problem is fairly recent...my 2nd great grandfather, John (M?) Wright. He couldn't decide if he was born in Virginia (1860, Civil War draft, 1880) or Ohio (marriage record from KY in 1857, 1870 fed). He was born about 1837, and I've tried mightily to find him in 1850--I cross-referenced him with almost all John Wrights of the age in Ohio and Virginia. I've checked where other VA/OH in the vicinity to see where they were in 1850, thinking maybe they were family. No luck...it seems like he just appeared in Hickman/Ballard Co KY, and then his family followed some of his wife's to Grayson County, TX. Luckily, I have 3 half brothers, so I asked one to do the DNA test. Had the kit sent to him in August and he hasn't done it yet! I paid for the test so I'm a littler perturbed...may have to move on to one of the other ones (I've actually never met any of them!)
Yes, the Wright brickwalls a real fun. Sorting through mix ups and even misinformation is a real challenge as well. Before the US censuses, I am not entirely confident of the information that I have since the opportunity to "cross breed" lines is rather prevalent. Many name sakes in parallel generations with kids the same ages as cousins (even distant ones) but all still born, living and dying in the same places doesn't help. And then marrying back into each other's lines! YIKES!!
Do you have other family members tied in with your John M.? I have more Wright's than any other family name and maybe one of them will cross over somewhere.
I am new to this site. I have hit the wall with Chester S Wright, 1850 census has him listed in Vermont. His wife was Margaret Gregory. The moved to Jackson Co, IA and were on the 1860 census. They had several children. The family story is that they spoke French. Their son Frank is my GGfather. Their youngest son was Walter. When they lived in Vermont Chester was listed on census as a stonecutter.Any help on this would be much appreciated.
The problem that most folks have with the Wright surname is that they don't realize that Wright is and Occupation name and I know of at least 100 unrelated families in North America. My mother Edna Wright is descended from the Plymouth, Massachusetts Wrights.
Hi everyone,I have not been here in awhile.I have not been able to find any Wright relatives to take the DNA.I took the test through family tree DNA and came back T2 right now showing Europe Orcadian,thru my mother and her mother .my grandmother was a smith her mother was Sallie Martha wright
Sorry about the William Wright question, I meant to ask if this is the same Quaker John Wright who was in the Newberry SC area of Quakers? I'm trying to see if the William Wright is his brother or son. This William Wright was also a residence in the Camden, SC area also ? Thanks!
I am looking for anyone researching an Eli Wright born about 1821 VA. Married Elizabeth Kingan in 1846, IN. Moved to MI and served in Civil War where he died 1864. Family lived in Berrien Co, MI.
Looking for information on my Wright line. Catherine Wright married to John Whitaker, her father Esau Wright married to Rachael Kinley, and Isaac Wright married to Rebecca Thompson. Thank you
I am new to this so I'll just dive in. My mother, Shirley Kay Wright, Ronald Alfred Wright, Edwin Mathias Wright, Mathias K Wright, Mathias B Wright, John Wright, Gabriel Wright. There you have 7 generations of direct line ancestors. Gabriel migrated from Scotland as a youth following the battle of Culloden. His family settled in New Jersey. Son John migrated to northeastern Ohio Indian Territory. Moved on to Fayette County. Mathias B was born in Jeffersonville, Ohio, son Mathias K born in Jeffersonville then moved on to Kansas. Son Edwin born in Ohio and moved on to Oregon. Ronald born in Oregon and died in Monterey, California. There you have it, now I am trying to fill in the blanks.
I am new to Genealogy Wise. I have been trying to work on one of my brick walls, my 3x gr-grandmother Martha Wright who married John McCrea in Brooke, VA (now Hancock, WV) in Sept 23, 1846.
Based on the census, she was born about 1825 (reported age varies, 1850 she's 22, in 1870, she's listed as 46). According to census data she was born in VA (probably the same area of what is now WV where she married and raised a family). Her mother was born in PA and her father in England.
There seems to have been 3 Wright families in Brooke in 1830 with daughters in the 5-10 yr old age range. And 2 in 1840 census with daughters the right age, however, this is the Panhandle of WV and since people moved back and forth across the border with PA and OH all the time. There are tones of Wrights in southwest PA around this time.
Ok, WRIGHT"S, yes from Maine which was MASS before split. I have proven Jesse Wright Sr and Abbey COOK. 1749 b and 1753 b Mass/
Found on My Heritage that parents may have been Jonathan Wright 1701 -1784, wife Abigail. Pelham, Hillsborough, NH for death born Essex MA she died 1799.
Have some good sources.
His parents may be Joseph Wright and Deborah Stevens.
I having been trying to break through a wall on my great grandfather. His name is Charles Riley Wright and was born circa 1860 in IN or MI. He lived in Poweshiek Co, IA from about 1891 until his death 1 Jan 1902.
His marriage certificate of 4 Jul 1891 states he was born in MI to Eli Wright and Eliza Kimins. I have not been able to find either of these people.
The Iowa census of 1895 and the federal census of 1900 have him born in IN.
I have traced his childs info to no avail. One daughter's marriage record however did have him listed as Riley Wright. There is no information at the county and his obit provided little information.
From his tombstone I did calculate a birthdate of 3 April 1860 although the marriage record and census info vary between 1859 and 1864.
If anyone has Wrights from MI or IN I would be interested to find out if any of this info sounds familiar.
Hello ! Im new here. I have several Wright lines in my family. My Maternal great great Grandmother was Elizabeth Wright, daughter of Clayton Wright & Ann Snider and Granddaughter of Richard Wright Jr and Caroline Kary Kittrell. That line goes back to Philbert Wright and Esther BeCraft.
On my Fathers side I have a Paternal Third Great Grandmother Catherine Wright, daughter of Hubbard Wright and Massa Ford.
My mothers sister married a Wright from a third line of Wrights out of Arkansas. So as you can see that name is very prevalent within my family history. Hoping to connect to others here, especially those who connect to Hubbard Wright line.
William Wright in NY... 1830 1850. ancestor of clanroots@gmail.com
my cousin
Jesse Wright Sr. in Me. Abbey Cook mine is this one. SusiCP@cox.net
Jonathan Wright 1701 Essex Ma m to Abigail
Joseph m Deborah Stevens
Their daughter Deborah Wright had Jonathon Wright.. so did Deborah mar a WRIGHT also.??TITLE: Joseph Wright AncetorsATTACHED TO: Lieut Joseph Wright (1696-1755)
To Susi - There were 2 Joseph Wrights with similar birth and life info. Lt Joseph was from Boston while Joseph was from Chelmsford Middlesex MA according to what I found. Deborah Stevens 1676 - 1733 married this Joseph. Her parents were John Stevens (Stephens) and Elizabeth Hildreth. Lt Joseph married a Joann Sharpe??? Something Like that. Joseph and Deborah were my 7 x Greats. I have a public Wright Tree that has a good deal more info on Ancestry if your interested. My line of Wrights ended up in Franklin County Vt after moving to NH from MA in the mid 1700's.
Also in my research Jonathan Wright Sr- their son married Abigail Wood in 1726 in Dracut MA before that area became NH. He died in Hillsboro County NH in 1784. She died in 1779 in Pelham NH. Hope this helps.
Haven't done DNA (except military - retired USAF)I was lucky, my Anglo side of the family (I'm half Japanese) stayed put in one area - Fairfield County Ct for the Olmsteads since 1654 - they rescued Norwalk Plantation. The Wrights migrated to Franklin County Vt in the late 1700's out of New Hampshire. Mostly Highgate and Swanton. If anybody is researching either line check out Church St Cemetery in Swanton for Wrights - Beginning w Augustus C - son of Sarah Wright and Branchville Cemetery in Ridgefield Ct for all the Olmsteads on Findagrave... Regards! J
The Olmsteads in Branchville are all descended from Richard Olmsted one of the three primary male Olmsteads who arrived on ship Lyon to Mass in 1632.They're all on the founders monument in Hartford Ct but Richard and his sister made the trek to Norwalk Ct in 1654 time frame as part of the group which saved that failing plantation.
Now there is father and son Jonathan Wright My line is via Jesse. Jonathan Wrights brother.
Extremely confused at the momment because this dating implies Jonathan Wright 1701 was the father of Jonathan b 1727. Going to quit for the night to many WRIGHTS. brain tired. Susi
Susi,
try this link on Ancestry, it should take you to my Wright family tree which includes pretty much all these folks. It should answer quite a few of these questions. There are actually 4 Johns /Jonathans / ons in a row going back to Hertfordshire England in the 1500's.
Jay thank you so we are distant kin. Going to go check this out. Seems you are farther back than I. Thanks Off tor read it. What I have is on my Ancestry tree Noyes-Jones tree. Susi
Thanks Jay! Augustus C Wright (my 2nd GGF)- son of Sarah Wright (and Sarah) have become my brick walls. Does your data indicate Sarah's origins or marriage history? All I can assume is NH based on A.C.W.'s records.
Augustus took quite a bit of research - He was tough to track down because he was an outlier who just appeared in Highgate in the 1830's or so - It took a while and a lot of comparison to get to a reasonable conclusion - Sarah, his mother was the daughter of Abel Wright and very little exists of her outside of the fact she was born in 1866. There are actually several Sarah Wrights born in 1866 in the Hillsborough Vt region, One can be totally discounted. But two of them were very similar. There was a Sarah in New Ipswitch NH who appears in the 1790 and 1850 census'. She apparently lived in a group home of some kind in both (Quaker or Shaker?) and was the daughter of a local Wright branch. I focused on Abel Wright's family because of 2 things - The existence of a daughter named Sarah in the correct time frame and the family connection with Goffstown NH. Although there is little about Sarah, her father Abel moved to and died in Goffstown and there is a link between Goffstown and my line of Wrights. My Great Grandfather George A. Wright lived in Swanton but died in the county hospital in Goffstown in 1918 after a severe railroad accident - he was a brakeman on the RR (bad job) from complications from amputation. My Grandfather George Bradley (named after his father and gfather) and my Great Grandmother Louisa May Rood Wright moved there to and stayed in the area till moving to Ct where she worked various manufacturing jobs. I think that Sarah Wright may have had Augustus out of wedlock and may have died in the process or from complications and that his uncle Abel Wright (her brother) brought up Augustus as his son and moved to Addison County Vermont with him. Augustus was born in 1788 and if you compare the census data on Abel Jr's household (even though they only named heads of household for the first 4 or 5) you will find that there is a male juvenile exactly matching Augustus' age profile. He came of age and then started showing up in his own in the 1820 census. I also focused on his name since it wasn't very common for the Wright of the period. I found that there had been an Augustus Sherburne in family of Sarah's mother - Margret Sherburne - who may have been the namesake. There have been a few other links to Goffstown as well which indicates that the family maintained contact with that branch of the family since it was extensive and in the recent past at that time. That's my case for my conclusions - however every Wright in Hillsborough NH was related pretty much anyway and traces their roots to early Mass Bay Colony so it's kind of a circular track.. Are you in Vermont?
I compared the household data from the 1790, 1800, and 1810 census' for Wright households in that region of Vermont to reinforce my conclusion on connection between Abel Wright and Augustus.
Incredible research cousin! I'm in Amesbury, MA now, but still know a lot of Wright's/Heald's in Highgate/Swanton. I'd followed a similar path back and came to a similar conclusion. I'd be happy to share a .ged file. Family mythology hinted at Native American ancestry for old Augustus, but I've used DNA tests from both Ancestry & 23&me w/no trace of this (apparently pretty easy to detect). Interesting "factoid": the family seems particularly enamored with preservation of forebears via names. We've still got Wright's named Bradley and Velma now (Velma of Plattsburgh, NY just passed last year), both of which can be solidly traced back to much earlier days. I've a great-uncle named Abel! Great tip! Also, my other major lineage traces back to a founder of MA Bay Colony, see esp. William Field(s). Many families of the era seemed to have followed similar migrations northwards. Can't wait to see what I've got on Sherburne's. Yours is a great tip that I'd previously set aside in notes but discounted. Funny that I ended up just a few minutes from Goffstown.
Amazing way to meet! :D It's funny you mention the family myth about American Indian blood - one of the things my dad told me was there may be some Abenaki Indian in our line somewhere and the Abenaki's had a strong presence in that region of Vt at the time - particularly Swanton. My Great Grandmother Louisa and GFather George ended up in Norwalk Ct (Silvermine). He started as a stockboy at Nash Engineering Company (which is now part of United Technologies) in the early 1900's and retired as a VP in the 60's. He died in 1968 of a huge ulcer... Louisa died in 1954 in Silvermine and we lived in that old house for years until we moved to Ca. I am actually planning to visit Vt to see some of those towns... A bit of family trivial history - one of his best friends was Johnny Gruelle who wrote all of the Raggedy Ann books (he lived in Silvermine as well) and the original Raggedy Ann and Andy in the Deep Deep Woods edition was dedicated "To George B. Wright, Norwalk Connecticut"... :D
Also, when you do the Sherburne research (see my tree) you'll find Augustus is a recurring name in the family - One of them born in 1916 died in 2006 according to SS records... I'm thinking I'm right on the conclusion about how he got his name.
Ok, heads up, what I was told , ?? was if the Indian is more than 6 generations back it does not show up generally when it is 9 and 10 generations. etc. DNA is changing and maybe some day we can afford one that will tell us more.
They found the Indian in my Aunts dna but not mine so carries plausiblitiy.
thelma jo rich
My Wright ancestors
01. James Wright was born in 1671. The following is quoted from a book on Quaker ministers: "James Wright, an elder of the Hopewell monthly meeting, was one of the first settlers in that part of Virginia. He was a sober, honest man, grave in manners, and solid and weighty in his conversation. He was diligent in the attendance of his religious meetings, exemplary in humble waiting therein, and of sound mind and judgment. He was cautious of giving just offence to any one, and was earnestly concerned for the unity of the brethren, and the peach of the church. He appeared, say his friends, concerned him, for some time before his illness, as one who had finished his day's work, and who was waiting for his change. He was 83 years old when he died." The parents of James have not been confirmed and there are multiple reports on where he was born. James married Mary Bowater, daughter of John Bowater and Mary Maunder on Feb. 26, 1706 in East Nottingham, Chester, PA. Note that a Mary Davis is often listed as the mother of John, but Stewart Baldwin in the American Genealogist has determined that Mary Bowater must be the spouse to James Wright Sr. because of their being witnesses at different weddings of both sides of the family and other Bowater being witnesses at weddings of their children.
02. John C. Wright, son of James and Mary was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania on January 28, 1716. He removed from Nottingham Monthly Meeting to Nonocacy MM in Prince George County, Maryland, where he married Rachel Wells. She was born in Anne Arundel county and was the daughter of Joseph and Margaret Wells. Both John and Rachel became Overseers of the Men's and Women's Meetings of Monocacy in 1745. They transferred to Hopewell. In 1749, with the seven minor children born to them by that time, the Wright's were granted a certificate to Carvers Creek Monthly Meeting in North Carolina. There they became charter members in 1751 of Cane Creek MM in Orange County, NC. They became parents of six more children during their time in NC. According to the Quaker Records from Historic Camden, S. C., by Kirkland and Kennedy, they were present in Camden District by 1760 when John Wright appears as a witness to a deed. The Annals of Newberry mention three more children born to John and Rachel after they removed to South Carolina. Reportedly, Bush River Monthly Meeting in Newberry County to which the Wright's belonged was established in 1770. However Cane Creek MM records Rachel Wright's transfer to Bush River in 1767. Their presence in SC prior to the time of Rachel's transfer suggests there was no meeting to which they might belong prior to 1767. It may also be presumed that the Wright's were instrumental in the formation of a meeting at Bush River. During the migration of southern Quakers to the Ohio Valley in the early 1800's, almost all of John and Rachel Wright's surviving children and grandchildren became a part of that movement. A good number of them, particularly the Hollingsworth and Cook descendants, became Hicksites and Wilburites when they separated from the Orthodox Quakers.
03. Nathan Wright, son of John and Rachel was born on October 7, 1758 in Orange, North Carolina. He married Sarah Jay, daughter of William Jay and Elizabeth. Nathan died after 1805 in Newberry County, South Carolina. Known children of Nathan and Sarah: Right Wright, Mary Wright, William Wright and Charity Wright.
04. Charity Wright, daughter of Nathan and Sarah was born on June 10, 1801 in South Carolina. Proof of her parentage comes from a letter written in 1841 by Right Wright retained by Ronald E. Toops to sisters Mary Brooks and Charity Marshall. Click here for a link to the photocopied and transcribed letters posted by Christy L. Jay. Charity married William Marshall abt. 1817 in South Carolina. Her family moved by covered wagon to Miami County, Ohio by 1825. After William Marshall died in 1837 it is unknown what happened to Charity but she was living in 1841. I descend from their son Thomas Marshall who married Rhoda Furnas.
Surnames that married into my Wright family
BOWATER
JAY
MARSHALL
WELLS
Migration pattern of my Wright family
VA -- PA -- NC -- SC -- OH
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Oct 14, 2011
thelma jo rich
Yes you are correct I will try and be sure and add dates aas I can Thanks
Oct 14, 2011
Douglas M Wright
Hi Thelma,
Thank you for the Quaker lineage and information. You certainly proved my point about Quakers keeping good records! With a Wright line as historic as yours, I certainly hope you have had a male in your line to DNA test and contribute it to the Wright DNA Project. It would be an invaluable contribution!
David, thanks for mentioning the need for more specific information. States, counties and dates will help so much. Naming traditions being as strong as they were, mentioning wives and children might help occasionally as well if relevant. Doug
Oct 15, 2011
Betty Vaughn
My kids, thru their father descend from Asa Elijah Wright, thru his son Johnson Vitringer Wright.
Oct 15, 2011
David Clark
Thelma, thanks for posting this specific information. It caused me to scrutinize more closely my information and I found out some of it wasn't correct. I just hadn't looked that closely at this era of this line. I study technology and hope that one day they can use the same kind of machine learning used by Watson on Jeopardy to study lines like the Wright's. There's too many of them to try to "sort by hand" so to speak.
On the naming conventions, it really became a tangled web when Quaker traditions caused them to rename descendants after common ancestral names. I've even found third or fourth cousins, migrating together who married women with the same first names with everyone born in the same places and dates! The only way to tell them apart is by their children's birth years.
Oct 15, 2011
thelma jo rich
Hi David
You are very welcome I am glad it helped..yes they did have the same name and it does get confusing so I will try to keep the dates and places on here as I can.. Have a great day..
Oct 15, 2011
thelma jo rich
Hi Doug;
I di hope I can find a Wright relative to take the dna and post it here that would be very interesting..
Oct 15, 2011
David Clark
Oct 15, 2011
Douglas M Wright
Oct 16, 2011
thelma jo rich
Oct 16, 2011
David Clark
Oct 16, 2011
David Clark
Oct 16, 2011
Felicia Korengel
Seems like I'm not the only one with a Wright-induced brick wall! My problem is fairly recent...my 2nd great grandfather, John (M?) Wright. He couldn't decide if he was born in Virginia (1860, Civil War draft, 1880) or Ohio (marriage record from KY in 1857, 1870 fed). He was born about 1837, and I've tried mightily to find him in 1850--I cross-referenced him with almost all John Wrights of the age in Ohio and Virginia. I've checked where other VA/OH in the vicinity to see where they were in 1850, thinking maybe they were family. No luck...it seems like he just appeared in Hickman/Ballard Co KY, and then his family followed some of his wife's to Grayson County, TX. Luckily, I have 3 half brothers, so I asked one to do the DNA test. Had the kit sent to him in August and he hasn't done it yet! I paid for the test so I'm a littler perturbed...may have to move on to one of the other ones (I've actually never met any of them!)
Jan 20, 2012
David Clark
Yes, the Wright brickwalls a real fun. Sorting through mix ups and even misinformation is a real challenge as well. Before the US censuses, I am not entirely confident of the information that I have since the opportunity to "cross breed" lines is rather prevalent. Many name sakes in parallel generations with kids the same ages as cousins (even distant ones) but all still born, living and dying in the same places doesn't help. And then marrying back into each other's lines! YIKES!!
Do you have other family members tied in with your John M.? I have more Wright's than any other family name and maybe one of them will cross over somewhere.
Jan 20, 2012
Connie Frey
I am new to this site. I have hit the wall with Chester S Wright, 1850 census has him listed in Vermont. His wife was Margaret Gregory. The moved to Jackson Co, IA and were on the 1860 census. They had several children. The family story is that they spoke French. Their son Frank is my GGfather. Their youngest son was Walter. When they lived in Vermont Chester was listed on census as a stonecutter.Any help on this would be much appreciated.
May 28, 2012
Gerald S. Hayes U.E.
The problem that most folks have with the Wright surname is that they don't realize that Wright is and Occupation name and I know of at least 100 unrelated families in North America. My mother Edna Wright is descended from the Plymouth, Massachusetts Wrights.
Feb 15, 2013
thelma jo rich
Feb 17, 2013
thelma jo rich
Feb 17, 2013
Barb
Hi, I like to know do you have info on John Wright son William Wright? Did he migrate to the Camden SC area? Thanks!
Mar 20, 2013
Barb
Sorry about the William Wright question, I meant to ask if this is the same Quaker John Wright who was in the Newberry SC area of Quakers? I'm trying to see if the William Wright is his brother or son. This William Wright was also a residence in the Camden, SC area also ? Thanks!
Mar 20, 2013
Paul Wright
I am looking for anyone researching an Eli Wright born about 1821 VA. Married Elizabeth Kingan in 1846, IN. Moved to MI and served in Civil War where he died 1864. Family lived in Berrien Co, MI.
Any info appreciated.
Paul Wright (pwrigh99@yahoo.com)
Jul 5, 2013
Sharon Johnson
Looking for information on my Wright line. Catherine Wright married to John Whitaker, her father Esau Wright married to Rachael Kinley, and Isaac Wright married to Rebecca Thompson. Thank you
Aug 28, 2013
Jan Gorman
I am new to this so I'll just dive in. My mother, Shirley Kay Wright, Ronald Alfred Wright, Edwin Mathias Wright, Mathias K Wright, Mathias B Wright, John Wright, Gabriel Wright. There you have 7 generations of direct line ancestors. Gabriel migrated from Scotland as a youth following the battle of Culloden. His family settled in New Jersey. Son John migrated to northeastern Ohio Indian Territory. Moved on to Fayette County. Mathias B was born in Jeffersonville, Ohio, son Mathias K born in Jeffersonville then moved on to Kansas. Son Edwin born in Ohio and moved on to Oregon. Ronald born in Oregon and died in Monterey, California. There you have it, now I am trying to fill in the blanks.
Oct 14, 2013
Carol A Meyers
Hello,
I am new to Genealogy Wise. I have been trying to work on one of my brick walls, my 3x gr-grandmother Martha Wright who married John McCrea in Brooke, VA (now Hancock, WV) in Sept 23, 1846.
Based on the census, she was born about 1825 (reported age varies, 1850 she's 22, in 1870, she's listed as 46). According to census data she was born in VA (probably the same area of what is now WV where she married and raised a family). Her mother was born in PA and her father in England.
There seems to have been 3 Wright families in Brooke in 1830 with daughters in the 5-10 yr old age range. And 2 in 1840 census with daughters the right age, however, this is the Panhandle of WV and since people moved back and forth across the border with PA and OH all the time. There are tones of Wrights in southwest PA around this time.
Any help or insight would be much appreciated.
Mar 7, 2014
Susi (Susan C Jones) Pentico
Ok, WRIGHT"S, yes from Maine which was MASS before split. I have proven Jesse Wright Sr and Abbey COOK. 1749 b and 1753 b Mass/
Found on My Heritage that parents may have been Jonathan Wright 1701 -1784, wife Abigail. Pelham, Hillsborough, NH for death born Essex MA she died 1799.
Have some good sources.
His parents may be Joseph Wright and Deborah Stevens.
Mar 18, 2016
Paul Wright
I having been trying to break through a wall on my great grandfather. His name is Charles Riley Wright and was born circa 1860 in IN or MI. He lived in Poweshiek Co, IA from about 1891 until his death 1 Jan 1902.
His marriage certificate of 4 Jul 1891 states he was born in MI to Eli Wright and Eliza Kimins. I have not been able to find either of these people.
The Iowa census of 1895 and the federal census of 1900 have him born in IN.
I have traced his childs info to no avail. One daughter's marriage record however did have him listed as Riley Wright. There is no information at the county and his obit provided little information.
From his tombstone I did calculate a birthdate of 3 April 1860 although the marriage record and census info vary between 1859 and 1864.
If anyone has Wrights from MI or IN I would be interested to find out if any of this info sounds familiar.
Thanks!
Mar 20, 2016
Gwen Tinker
Hello ! Im new here. I have several Wright lines in my family. My Maternal great great Grandmother was Elizabeth Wright, daughter of Clayton Wright & Ann Snider and Granddaughter of Richard Wright Jr and Caroline Kary Kittrell. That line goes back to Philbert Wright and Esther BeCraft.
On my Fathers side I have a Paternal Third Great Grandmother Catherine Wright, daughter of Hubbard Wright and Massa Ford.
My mothers sister married a Wright from a third line of Wrights out of Arkansas. So as you can see that name is very prevalent within my family history. Hoping to connect to others here, especially those who connect to Hubbard Wright line.
Nov 11, 2016
Susi (Susan C Jones) Pentico
William Wright in NY... 1830 1850. ancestor of clanroots@gmail.com
my cousin
Jesse Wright Sr. in Me. Abbey Cook mine is this one. SusiCP@cox.net
Jonathan Wright 1701 Essex Ma m to Abigail
Joseph m Deborah Stevens
Their daughter Deborah Wright had Jonathon Wright.. so did Deborah mar a WRIGHT also.??TITLE: Joseph Wright AncetorsATTACHED TO: Lieut Joseph Wright (1696-1755)
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Feb 1, 2017
Jay H. Wright
To Susi - There were 2 Joseph Wrights with similar birth and life info. Lt Joseph was from Boston while Joseph was from Chelmsford Middlesex MA according to what I found. Deborah Stevens 1676 - 1733 married this Joseph. Her parents were John Stevens (Stephens) and Elizabeth Hildreth. Lt Joseph married a Joann Sharpe??? Something Like that. Joseph and Deborah were my 7 x Greats. I have a public Wright Tree that has a good deal more info on Ancestry if your interested. My line of Wrights ended up in Franklin County Vt after moving to NH from MA in the mid 1700's.
Feb 4, 2017
Jay H. Wright
Also in my research Jonathan Wright Sr- their son married Abigail Wood in 1726 in Dracut MA before that area became NH. He died in Hillsboro County NH in 1784. She died in 1779 in Pelham NH. Hope this helps.
Jay Olmstead Wright
Feb 4, 2017
Paul Wright
Has anyone done DNA so that we can compare?
Thanks,
Feb 6, 2017
Jay H. Wright
Feb 6, 2017
Jay H. Wright
Feb 6, 2017
Susi (Susan C Jones) Pentico
Wow, now I am temporarily confused. I have Hannah Wright (Young) b 1781 died 1863 married Abraham Dorrison YOUNG Sr 1784-1857.
Hannah Wright b 1781 's father was Jesse Wright and Abbey Cook Wright.
Jesse Wright b 1748- 1834 father was Jonathan Wright 1701-1784
his wife Abigail (Abbey) 1705-1779 Wright? Wright. She born Chelmsord,Middlesex Mass around 1795.
Was she a Wright prior to marriage? Ancestral file 16F7-1C6
She had 30 Mar 1737 Jonathan Dracut Middlesex Mass
Abel 1 July 1739 same place
Joseph 28 Aug 1742 same
Timothy 2 Aug 1744 Pelham Hillsboro NH
Jesse 19 Nov 1749 Pelham " "
Joel 19 Nov 1749 same
Rachel 9 May 1752 same
Deborah 7 April 1755 same
Joel marriage spouse Mary Peacock Wright Tewksbury Midldlesex Mass
death 10 Nov 1779 Pelham Hillsboro NH
My records in MyHeritage.com
Feb 6, 2017
Susi (Susan C Jones) Pentico
Now there is father and son Jonathan Wright My line is via Jesse. Jonathan Wrights brother.
Extremely confused at the momment because this dating implies Jonathan Wright 1701 was the father of Jonathan b 1727. Going to quit for the night to many WRIGHTS. brain tired. Susi
Feb 6, 2017
Jay H. Wright
try this link on Ancestry, it should take you to my Wright family tree which includes pretty much all these folks. It should answer quite a few of these questions. There are actually 4 Johns /Jonathans / ons in a row going back to Hertfordshire England in the 1500's.
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/107022453/family
Good Luck!
J
Feb 7, 2017
Susi (Susan C Jones) Pentico
Jay thank you so we are distant kin. Going to go check this out. Seems you are farther back than I. Thanks Off tor read it. What I have is on my Ancestry tree Noyes-Jones tree. Susi
Feb 7, 2017
Susi (Susan C Jones) Pentico
Jay H Wright, I have Rood also.more to come S
Feb 7, 2017
Jay H. Wright
lots of Roods in Church St Cemetery in Swanton. Use Finda Grave.
Feb 7, 2017
Susi (Susan C Jones) Pentico
I saw other surnames in your file. Will talk more about them later. Thanks much.
Susi
Feb 7, 2017
Christopher Wright
Thanks Jay! Augustus C Wright (my 2nd GGF)- son of Sarah Wright (and Sarah) have become my brick walls. Does your data indicate Sarah's origins or marriage history? All I can assume is NH based on A.C.W.'s records.
Feb 7, 2017
Jay H. Wright
Feb 7, 2017
Jay H. Wright
Regards
J
Feb 7, 2017
Christopher Wright
Incredible research cousin! I'm in Amesbury, MA now, but still know a lot of Wright's/Heald's in Highgate/Swanton. I'd followed a similar path back and came to a similar conclusion. I'd be happy to share a .ged file. Family mythology hinted at Native American ancestry for old Augustus, but I've used DNA tests from both Ancestry & 23&me w/no trace of this (apparently pretty easy to detect). Interesting "factoid": the family seems particularly enamored with preservation of forebears via names. We've still got Wright's named Bradley and Velma now (Velma of Plattsburgh, NY just passed last year), both of which can be solidly traced back to much earlier days. I've a great-uncle named Abel! Great tip! Also, my other major lineage traces back to a founder of MA Bay Colony, see esp. William Field(s). Many families of the era seemed to have followed similar migrations northwards. Can't wait to see what I've got on Sherburne's. Yours is a great tip that I'd previously set aside in notes but discounted. Funny that I ended up just a few minutes from Goffstown.
Feb 7, 2017
Paul Wright
Feb 7, 2017
Jay H. Wright
haven't done that yet but I think I'll run a DNA on myself. I'll publish when I get the results.
Regards
J
Feb 7, 2017
Jay H. Wright
Amazing way to meet! :D It's funny you mention the family myth about American Indian blood - one of the things my dad told me was there may be some Abenaki Indian in our line somewhere and the Abenaki's had a strong presence in that region of Vt at the time - particularly Swanton. My Great Grandmother Louisa and GFather George ended up in Norwalk Ct (Silvermine). He started as a stockboy at Nash Engineering Company (which is now part of United Technologies) in the early 1900's and retired as a VP in the 60's. He died in 1968 of a huge ulcer... Louisa died in 1954 in Silvermine and we lived in that old house for years until we moved to Ca. I am actually planning to visit Vt to see some of those towns... A bit of family trivial history - one of his best friends was Johnny Gruelle who wrote all of the Raggedy Ann books (he lived in Silvermine as well) and the original Raggedy Ann and Andy in the Deep Deep Woods edition was dedicated "To George B. Wright, Norwalk Connecticut"... :D
Feb 7, 2017
Jay H. Wright
Regards.
J
Feb 7, 2017
Jay H. Wright
Feb 7, 2017
Susi (Susan C Jones) Pentico
Ok, heads up, what I was told , ?? was if the Indian is more than 6 generations back it does not show up generally when it is 9 and 10 generations. etc. DNA is changing and maybe some day we can afford one that will tell us more.
They found the Indian in my Aunts dna but not mine so carries plausiblitiy.
Feb 7, 2017