This message and a reply are being forwarded to the Wright, Bedford, Fauquier, and Franklin lists so that if anyone else is interested in the issue, they can comment as well. The first message is from Dan Wright regarding the identification of William Wright who married Mary Grant as the son of John Wright who married Elizabeth Darnell. The second message, which will be sent shortly, is my reply regarding the identification of that William Wright as 1809 (year of death) William Wright of Franklin County, Virginia (place of death) rather than 1805 William Wright of Fauquier County, Virginia. Best wishes, Robert N. Grant 15 Campo Bello Court Menlo Park, CA 94025 RNGrant@prodigy.com << Start of Forwarded message via Prodigy Mail >> From: "Daniel L. Wright" Subject: Re: Wright Family Date: 11/07 Time: 11:44 PM Return-Path: <wrightd1@csinet.net> Received: from mail.csinet.net (ns.csinet.net [206.31.16.2]) by pimaia3w-ext.prodigy.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA49170 for <RNGrant@prodigy.com>; Sat, 7 Nov 1998 23:42:34 -0500 Received: from preferrc (usr6-03.csinet.net [204.189.92.17]) by mail. csinet.net with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2232.9) id W1F0X8JG; Sat, 7 Nov 1998 22:34:50 -0600 Message-ID: <001801be0ad2$395a9440$115cbdcc@preferrc> From: "Daniel L. Wright" <wrightd1@csinet.net> To: " BOB GRANT" <RNGrant@prodigy.com> Subject: Re: Wright Family Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1998 22:42:38 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Dear Bob, John Wright was christened 1708 or 1710 of Prince William Co. & Fauquier Co. VA. His will page 1792 dated June 1785 filed Feb. 27, 1792. John Wright, Gent. purchased from his step dau. Ann and her husband Jonas Williams Jr. a part of her portion of the divide prior to July 1748. Jonas Williams Jr. died in early 1744 leaving 125 acres of land (adjacent to John Wright, Gent. and Simon Morgan) to his son David Williams. On 23 Jul 1748 John Wright, Gent. purchased 60 additional acres (adjacent to the first purchase) from Ann and her 2nd husband Charles Gardner. John Wright, Gent. gave the two above sections of land (total of 185 acres) to his oldest son by deed dated 26 Aug 1751, for "divers good causes but more especially in consideration of the natural love and affection which I do bear unto by dear beloved son William Wright". William Wright and wife Mary Grant (m. prior to 1751) sold the land in two section just as his father had purchased it. They sold the first section of 125 acres (which would have been the land purchased by John prior to 1748) to Thomas Edwards in Aug 1762. signed William Wright, Mary (X) Wright. The second section of 60 acres was sold to John Waddle in Oct 1762 by William & Mary and David Williams and his wife Mary. signed William Wright, Mary (X) Wright, David Williams. The reason David Williams was a party to the sale is most likely that his mother Ann and 2nd husband sold the 60 acres to John Wright, Gent. when the land actually belonged to David as part of the 125 acres given to him by his father Jonas's will. David must have signed thus giving John Waddle a clear title to the land. (Other thoughts on this question?) Dan -----Original Message----- From: BOB GRANT <RNGrant@prodigy.com> To: wrightd1@csinet.net <wrightd1@csinet.net> Date: Saturday, November 07, 1998 6:52 PM Subject: Re: Wright Family >Dear Dan, > >Thanks for the reply and the information. I like the mad dog part. > >The question I have is what is the evidence that his wife was Mary >Grant and that his father was John Wright who married Elizabeth >Darnell. What I'm looking for is evidence that determines that the >William who died in 1805 in Fauquier rather than the William who died >in 1809 in Franklin was the one who married Mary Grant and was the >son of John & Elizabeth. > >We have evidence that 1809 William came from Fauquier and that his >wife was Mary Grant and I would be happy to summarize that for you. >But that evidence should be tested against any that supports another >identification. Any help you can give would be much appreciated. > >Best wishes, > >Bob Grant > ><Prodigy Distribution List> >CC: RNGRANT << End of Forwarded message >> <Prodigy Distribution List> CC: RNGRANT