I told Davie that if he ever found out that he was related to my Wrights, that I might even tell him the last words of "John the Martyr Nisbet" as he went to the gallows. Davie hasn't proved that he is related, but is curious. If no one is related, this will not be of much interest. I will just give a short sketch leading to my ancestor, "John the Martyr" Nisbet. MURDOCH NISBET was born about 1470 in Scotland. He had a very great religious influence. In 1490, he joined the Lollards, which in later years was the stronghold of the "Covenanters". He was considered a very learned scholar in that time of persecution for his complete translation of the New Testament from Wyclif's version into the Gaelic (or Scots) which he completed in 1510. That translation is a unique biblical monument to these Scottish Lollards. It is now in the British Museum in London. Murdoch's great grandson, John Nisbet, of Hardhill, Parish of Loudon, was born in 1627, was a British soldier, covenanter and Martyr. We are told that he was in "The Thirty Year War". His son James in 1719 wrote the "Private Life of the Persecuted, or Memoirs of James Nisbet" which was published in 1727. In this book he tells that at the conclusion of his military service abroad, John returned to Scotland and married Margaret Law. They had several children with three surviving, Hugh, James and Alexander. I am descended from James (son of John the Martyr Nisbet) and his wife Agnes who lived in Edinburg Castle while he was Military Governor. While living there, he wrote the above mentioned book. John Nisbet, born in 1705, son of James of Edinburg Castle married Sarah Brevard. Their first son, Alexander, was born in 1731 during their voyage to the New World. Alexander married Agness Ramsey. They lived in Craven County, South Carolina. Their daughter Margaret Nisbet was born in Lancaster Co., SC in 1756 and was one of the first settlers of Tipton County, Tennessee. Her family was an important part of the Salem ARP Church in Tipton Co. Margaret Nisbet married James Moore and after his death married Hugh Johnson McCain. Margaret Moore, daughter of Margaret Nisbet and James Moore, married James Wright. Their children were: Isabella Wright, Richard Wright (came to Drew Co., AR), James Moore Wright, Margaret Leannah Wright, John Wright, Martha Jane Elizabeth Wright (my great great grandmother m. Isaac McFadden Miller and came to Drew Co., AR) and Mary Ann Wright. Mattie Lou Miller, daughter of Isaac McFadden Miller and Martha Jane Elizabeth Wright married Henry Monroe Owens (my mother's parents) This is also the line of James William Willis and Albert Wayne Groce among others. Mary Olivia Miller, sister of my grandmother, married John Alvis Thomasson. James and Wayne are her descendants. The statement about the death and last words of John the Martyr is long and if there is interest, I will post later. Carolyn jhaisty@tcac.com