This is the second message that I referred to regarding the identity of William Wright, son of John Wright. Best wishes, Bob Grant << Start of Forwarded message via Prodigy Mail >> From: (RNGrant) BOB GRANT Subject: Re: Wright Family Date: 11/08 Time: 10:12 AM Dear Dan, Your evidence and analysis is exactly what we have to confirm that a William Wright was a son of John Wright and married Mary Grant. Roger Morris first put this argument together and for convenience I am copying him on this email and your email. I am also copying John Smallwood who is interested in this issue as well. Some secondary sources appear to have assumed that William Wright joined in the deed because he married a Mary Williams and she had inherited a share in the land; that has led to listings of William's wife as Mary Williams instead of Mary Grant. But I think the analysis by you and Roger make it clear that David Williams was joining in to clear title to what his mother had sold on his behalf. Now the next step, how do you connect 1805 William Wright of Fauquier with the William Wright and Mary (Grant) Wright who sold the land in 1762? The evidence for 1809 William Wright of Franklin County is the following: In Fauquier Deed 1/65 dated 9/24/1759 William Wright and Timothy Stamps were witnesses. In Genealogy of John J. Wright of Virginia, Indiana and Kansas by John Calvin Wright he stated that in the court loose papers in Warrenton there was a summons against William Wright on a complaint for debt dated 1/28/1764 and a copy of the promissory from William Wright dated August 1763 with his signature. The summons was marked on the back "not found, left &c", meaning William Wright had left the county. John Calvin Wright further stated that a genealogist and the court clerk Mr. Carper compared a facsimile of the promissory note signature to the one on the will of 1809 William Wright in Franklin County and concluded they were the same. There are numerous errors of identification in John Calvin Wright's work, but this has the sound of authenticity and we should see if we can duplicate his work by finding the note and will signature. John Calvin Wright went on to identify William Wright as a son of John and Elizabeth without explaining how he reached that conclusion. He also acknowledged that Charles Hoppin in Tyler's Quarterly had identified John and Elizabeth's son as 1805/6 William Wright of Fauquier, but concluded that was a mistake. We have found no evidence of William and Mary (Grant) Wright in Fauquier after the sale of their land in 1762 and the promissory note in 1763. In 1772 at Bedford County W.B. 1/495 William Wright was named executor of the will of John Miller. Franklin County was taken from Bedford in 1785 and the probate was in July 1785 at Bedford County. But this is the first evidence of William Wright in Franklin County. On April 28, 1774, in Bedford County Court Loose Papers Timothy Stamp filed a complaint for debt against William Wright blacksmith based on a judgment previously obtained in Fauquier County and had a summons issued against William Wright. In August 1778 Timothy Stamp obtained another summons against William Wright for payment of the judgment. In 1780 William Wright patented land in what became Franklin County and had numerous land transactions thereafter (I mean lots!) in some of which his wife was identified as Mary. We can trace William through these land transactions and the land tax lists and personal property tax lists until his will is probated in 1809. 1809 William Wright of Franklin County in his will named his sons James and George and grandson Enoch. Other evidence establishes that he had a son William also. 1809 William's son 1823 James Wright of Franklin County named one of his sons James Grant Wright. The combination of connections to Timothy Stamps and to Fauquier County, the timely disappearance from Fauquier and appearance in Franklin, the wife named Mary, and the grandson with the Grant name all seems to point to 1809 William Wright of Franklin County as the son of John & Elizabeth. So would you let me know if there is other evidence, besides Hoppin's statement, that identifies 1805 William of Fauquier as a son of John & Elizabeth? If there is something out there, we would all be most anxious to see it and would appreciate your help in either confirming or denying this identification. Best wishes, Bob Grant <Internet Distribution List> TO: wrightd1@csinet.net CC: jhs1964@gte.net CC: rthomas@intermediatn.net << End of Forwarded message >> <Prodigy Distribution List> CC: RNGRANT