My name is Beth and I have been researching my Wright Family for a while now. My Wright Family is from Andover Ma. I was wondering if anyone esle had a connection to Andover. I am looking for the following Wrights if anyone is able to help. Walter Wright, 1642-1712 married 3 times interested in first wife Susannah Johnson, 1648-1684, John Wright, 1675-1752, married Mercy Wardwell, John Wright, 1702-? married Hannah Johnson, 1705-?. What I am interested in is John and Hannah, I can find no other information on them or their 10 children. It seems as though they vanished. If anyone is able to help that would be wonderful. Thanks in advance. Have a great evening.
Walter Wright b.1642 Son of John (1616), and Alice (1620) m. Susanna Johnson b.1646, Christened 7, Jan. 1648, d. 26 Feb. 1667. d/o John Johnson(1609) Kern Hill, Kent England m. Susanna ? Father David Johnson, Mother Elizabeth. Children for Walter and Susanna are John, Walter, Christopher, Thomas. Second wife I have as Experience Hilliard, no children. Third wife Elizabeth Peters who had 5 children from a previous marraige had Dorothy Wright as her 6th child b. 23 July 1688 and died 19, Oct. 1773
My WRIGHT ancestor is Roxanna WRIGHT born abt. 1804 in New York. She married Samuel Nicholas COZART 4 Jan 1825 in White County, Illinois. He was from Kentucky. I have no idea where to look for her. I read that there are some books written on the WRIGHT family. Could someone tell me the names of them? Thank you.
Anyone researching WRIGHTS' in Oneonta , Unadilla, Sidney and Guilford,in Chenango and Delaware Counties. Alpheus WRIGHT, may be the proginator of this group seems he was oldest one found on census. Need to chat if you are please.
I am interested in the Vermont Wright's. Which line are you from? I listed my details in a conversation below back in January. Let me know if you need any other details.
Hi folks, sorry I haven't commented since I posted - very busy. I'm a Wright/Olmsted, my grandfather George was born in Swanton Vermont where there are quite a few Wrights. His father (George) was killed in a railway accident and my grandfather and great grandmother Louis had to move to CT. The family immigrated into Vermont during the late 1700's from New Hampshire as far as I can tell, they originally landed in Massachusetts. I'll have to drag out my research and post it. There are still Wrights in Swanton who have descended from farmers, quarrymen, and many are of my great great grandfather Bradley's (b about 1848) line - he had several siblings.
I thought I had no family in Vermont, but I was wrong. It seems the third Adam Wright in my family moved from Plympton into Vermont and started a line there. So his descendents in Vermont will have Mayflower ancestory. I have Dna posted here and I would suggest to any Wright male members to do the same. Family tree dna is the company I use. Then link the results to the Wright DNA Project. We have our family tested here in Ontario,Canada matching with the Wright family of Litchfield, Conecticut. We have a large line in Michigan and California as well. Descendents of Richard Wright of Plymouth, Mass
Brickwall- My paternal grandmother, Louise Esther Robillard nee Wright, born 30 Nov., 1897 at Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. daughter of Joseph A. Wright and Marie Boudreau. She grew up in Neponset, a neighborhood in the Dorcester section of Boston. It is believed that her father, Joseph A., was born on the Isle of Mann and that his mother's name was White. Thank you. For more info please see my blog.
Louise Esther Wrights father Joseph Emigrated to Boston from England in 1890. Joseph and Marie born in Canada in 1866 had the following Children. Mary, Ida, Louise, and John. That is all the info I have. Thank you.
Hello Everyone,
I am Anthony Kenneth (Ransom) Wright. My Father was born in Chicago and I have the records needed for him, however, his Father I have trouble with; Thomas Henry (Ransom) Wright was born 3 Aug. 1891 in Sheffield, served with the Military in England and then emmigrated to the US in 1920, he died in Broward Co., Fl. In 1960.
I have searched with and without the Ransom line and with alternate spellings, to no avail. Please help.
Thanking you in advance, Tony
My name is Rob Coughlin and I came across your site while researching my Wright Line. Hopefully someone may be able to help me. MyG GGGrandfather was William Wright of Tunbridge, Vermont. I have no birth or Death Date. He is listed in the 1790 and 1800 census in Tunbridge. He next shows up in Somerset, Niagara County, New York in the 1830 Census. My GGGrandmother,Amira Wright was Born in Vermont in 1807 or 1811? She was Married in 1831 To My GGGrandfather Samuel Whitney Barlow in Niagara County, New York. From Niagara County, New York they Moved to Walworth County, Wisconsin. Any info about this family would be greatly appreicated.
Hi everyone. My name is Douglas M. Wright (Doug). My Wright line goes back to James Wright b. 1748 who I think is son of Dr. James Wright b. 1725 in old Nansemond Co./Norfolk Co. VA. I am searching for Wrights with lineage back to these counties in the early-mid 1700's or earlier to compare records and yDNA. Examples of related first names are: William, James, Henry, John, Matthias, Miles, Stephen. However, these are just examples. I am not picky on names as far a DNA test is concerned. If you or anyone you know can trace their Wright lineage back to these counties in VA in this time frame, please contact me or have them contact me. If they fit the bill, I am offering a FREE DNA kit to Y37 !
I would advise that any wright family members who are thinkin of or who has tested for dna do so at famlytree dna and then linc your results to the Wright DNA Project. This will give you others who have tested with you matches that you may contact cousins. My Wright family is of Plymouth Mass. and arrived 1629. There are over 100 differant families With the name Wright.I have our dna posted on my page.
I completely agree with Gerald's comment regarding the use of FamilyTreeDNA for testing and posting the results to the Wright DNA project. The free kit I offered in my previous post will is fact be ordered through the project and a condition is that it be posted there. For your easy reference to the project, here is the the site:
Dog My Grandmother was Sally (Sarah) Martha Wright I will post the male members here They go back to The time frame you are talking about I think.They came here from England.
I am descended from James Wright he was born about 1677 I think In England..He and his wife Mary came to America and helped found the Quakers My Grandmother was a wright
Thelma, don't worry about the "dog" misspelling. It happens all the time. Does your James Wright go back into VA? If so, what county? I sure wish it was Nansemond or a nearby county. Regardless, it would be great if you have a male in your line who could take the DNA test and post it to the Wright DNA project if one has not already done so. You have an old and historic line that would contribute a lot. Contrary to popular thought, the Quakers were not just in PA, but VA, NC and other states in the early days as well. They were great record keepers.
Hi Doug,
Yes some of the wright family did live in Va James Wright passed and was buried in Frederic Co Va.in may 1759his Father was born in England in 1631 His mothee was Penelope Leigh born 1628 they seem to be all through Va, Pa , MdThomas Wright James son was born in Chester co PA Died in Loudon co Va.1760
Let's not forget how many Wright's are of the same name, especially a common name like James or William. I have two dozen James Wright's and none of them match the one mentioned by Doug but one of mine does match Thelma's. So I would encourage anyone mentioning ancestors or relatives to indicate some other aspect (such as birth or death date, location, immediate family members) to eliminate ambiguities. Thanks. =_)
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.
Elizabeth Farmer
My name is Beth and I have been researching my Wright Family for a while now. My Wright Family is from Andover Ma. I was wondering if anyone esle had a connection to Andover. I am looking for the following Wrights if anyone is able to help. Walter Wright, 1642-1712 married 3 times interested in first wife Susannah Johnson, 1648-1684, John Wright, 1675-1752, married Mercy Wardwell, John Wright, 1702-? married Hannah Johnson, 1705-?. What I am interested in is John and Hannah, I can find no other information on them or their 10 children. It seems as though they vanished. If anyone is able to help that would be wonderful. Thanks in advance. Have a great evening.
Beth
Jan 22, 2010
Gerald S. Hayes U.E.
Gerald Hayes
Jan 23, 2010
Elizabeth Farmer
Beth
Jan 23, 2010
Kim Eisman
Jan 24, 2010
Susi (Susan C Jones) Pentico
Jan 29, 2010
Susi (Susan C Jones) Pentico
Jan 29, 2010
Jay H. Wright
Jul 29, 2010
David Clark
I am interested in the Vermont Wright's. Which line are you from? I listed my details in a conversation below back in January. Let me know if you need any other details.
Jul 30, 2010
Jay H. Wright
Aug 3, 2010
Jay H. Wright
Aug 3, 2010
Gerald S. Hayes U.E.
Aug 3, 2010
Gerald S. Hayes U.E.
Aug 14, 2010
Michelle Robillard
Nov 3, 2010
Gerald S. Hayes U.E.
Louise Esther Wrights father Joseph Emigrated to Boston from England in 1890. Joseph and Marie born in Canada in 1866 had the following Children. Mary, Ida, Louise, and John. That is all the info I have. Thank you.
Feb 6, 2011
Tony Wright
I am Anthony Kenneth (Ransom) Wright. My Father was born in Chicago and I have the records needed for him, however, his Father I have trouble with; Thomas Henry (Ransom) Wright was born 3 Aug. 1891 in Sheffield, served with the Military in England and then emmigrated to the US in 1920, he died in Broward Co., Fl. In 1960.
I have searched with and without the Ransom line and with alternate spellings, to no avail. Please help.
Thanking you in advance, Tony
Feb 19, 2011
Robin C. Coughlin
Hi everybody;
My name is Rob Coughlin and I came across your site while researching my Wright Line. Hopefully someone may be able to help me. MyG GGGrandfather was William Wright of Tunbridge, Vermont. I have no birth or Death Date. He is listed in the 1790 and 1800 census in Tunbridge. He next shows up in Somerset, Niagara County, New York in the 1830 Census. My GGGrandmother,Amira Wright was Born in Vermont in 1807 or 1811? She was Married in 1831 To My GGGrandfather Samuel Whitney Barlow in Niagara County, New York. From Niagara County, New York they Moved to Walworth County, Wisconsin. Any info about this family would be greatly appreicated.
Mar 25, 2011
Douglas M Wright
Oct 8, 2011
Gerald S. Hayes U.E.
Oct 8, 2011
Douglas M Wright
I completely agree with Gerald's comment regarding the use of FamilyTreeDNA for testing and posting the results to the Wright DNA project. The free kit I offered in my previous post will is fact be ordered through the project and a condition is that it be posted there. For your easy reference to the project, here is the the site:
http://www.wright-dna.org/
Oct 9, 2011
Nancy Fowler
Oct 9, 2011
thelma jo rich
Dog My Grandmother was Sally (Sarah) Martha Wright I will post the male members here They go back to The time frame you are talking about I think.They came here from England.
Oct 9, 2011
thelma jo rich
Oct 9, 2011
thelma jo rich
Oct 9, 2011
Douglas M Wright
Oct 10, 2011
Douglas M Wright
Oct 10, 2011
thelma jo rich
Yes some of the wright family did live in Va James Wright passed and was buried in Frederic Co Va.in may 1759his Father was born in England in 1631 His mothee was Penelope Leigh born 1628 they seem to be all through Va, Pa , MdThomas Wright James son was born in Chester co PA Died in Loudon co Va.1760
Oct 14, 2011
David Clark
Oct 14, 2011
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
Wright Material on the Internet
Wright family Genforum
Search the Wright mailing list archives.
Subscribe to the Wright mailing list.
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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