WRIGHT is also on my list and you may be right on the nose. Rebecca Burns WRIGHT b. October 1821, m. Griffith E. THOMAS. Rebecca's gr-grandmother was a FOX. We have never known what the BURNS was for...... do you? Mary Ann Donohoe -----Original Message----- From: John and Bronwen Souders <souders_j@mediasoft.net> To: VALOUDOU-L@rootsweb.com <VALOUDOU-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, December 06, 2001 7:02 PM Subject: [VALOUDOU-L] Susan Burn/Byrnes/WRIGHT connection: Deeds 1/3 >For Lois Masters, Susan McIntyre and Sue Beach plus any other interested >parties: > >For all others, hit your deletes now! I have transcribed three of the deeds >from Mahlon Janney's estate after his death in 1812; the third transcription >gives a LOT of Wright informatioon that perhaps will help tie together some >of your Wrights. I'll look up any in our files if you find gaps but I >thought I would send to you three first. I need the deed following the 5K >one still....As I said before, this lot is known presently as 15619 Second >Street. > >The black Wrights COULD have been descendants--but I have nothing to link >them so far--something to keep looking for. Any slave names you come up >with, let me know. I have a Waterford slave file as well as a Loudoun County >slave file, and Sue Beach has a very good one (on file at Balch) she has >compiled of the slaves of the families she is researching--which ones went >to Liberia, which were mentioned in wills, etc--a LOT of research. > >Sorry to be so long with this. If the columns come through crazily, I will >be happy to s-mail; I am a bit leery of sending attachments in this virus-y >time though I am following R. McArtors advice and getting the latest Norton >tomorrow to upgrade what I have... > >Bronwen > >Executors of Mahlon Janney, Dec’d >To Mary Fox >Lot 61 in Janney’s New Addition >June 4, 1814 >$53.00 > >Transcribed from Loudoun County Deed Book 2 S 148-149 by Bronwen C. Souders, >Education Committee, Waterford Foundation, December 2, 2001. Underlining, >capitalization and paragraphing added for clarity. > >This indenture made the fourth day of June in the year of our Lord One >thousand eight hundred and fourteen Between James Moore, Asa Moore and John >Williams, Executors of the last Will and Testament of Mahlon Janney dec’d of >the Town of Waterford in the County of Loudoun and State of Virginia of the >one part and Mary Fox of the same county and State of the other part > >Witnesseth that the same James Moore, Asa Moore and John Williams, for and >in consideration of the sum of Fifty-three dollars, unto them in hand well >and truly paid by the said Mary Fox, at and before the sealing and delivery >hereof the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, they the said James >Moore, Asa Moore and John Williams, hath granted, bargained and sold and by >these presents doth grant bargain and sell, unto the said Mary Fox her heirs >and assigns, a certain Lot of Land, situate in the new addition to the town >of Waterford in the County of Loudoun and sold by public sale by the said >James Moore, Asa Moore and John Williams, Described in the Platt of said New >Addition by Lott Number Sixty one, lying on Second and Janney Streets, >Bounded as follows, Viz: > >Beginning at the intersection of the two Streets, thence with second Street, >S 21 ½ W 4 poles to the Corner of Lott No 62, thence with said Lott No 68 ½ >W 10 poles to the back Alley, thence with the Alley N 21 ½ E. 4 poles to >Janney Street, thence S 68 ½ E 10 poles to the beginning > >Containing One quarter of an acre together also with all and singular the >rights members, privileges, improvements, hereditaments and appurtenances >whatsoever thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining and the >reversions and remainders, Rents, issues and profits thereof also all the >Estate Rights, Title, Use, Possession, Property, Claim and Demand whatsoever >of them the said James Moore, Asa Moore and John Williams, thereto, in Law >Equity or otherwise however of into or out of all and singular the premises > >To have and to hold all and singular the premises hereby granted with the >appurtenances unto the said Mary Fox her heirs and assigns to the only >proper use, benefit and behoof of the said Mary Fox her heirs and assigns >forever > >And the said James Moore, Asa Moore and John Williams, Executors of the said >Mahlon Janney, Dec’d, the said Lott of Land and premises unto the said Mary >Fox her heirs and assigns free from the claims of the heirs of the said >Mahlon Janney deceased and of all and every other Person and persons >claiming by from or under said heirs shall, will and do warrant and forever >defend by these presents. > >In witness whereof the said James Moore, Asa Moore and John Williams, hath >hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first above written. > >Sealed and delivered James Moore SEAL >In presence of Asa Moore SEAL >Joseph Talbott John Williams SEAL >Edward Rinker >Rob’t W. Lyons > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Lois Masters [mailto:ljmasters@yahoo.com] >Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 9:10 AM >To: VALOUDOU-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [VALOUDOU-L] RE: Who was Susan Byrne of Waterford? >Wright/Beall Connection > > >Bronwen - > >Please forgive my delay in replying. Thanks so much >for the information which you sent. > >I am in almost continual contact with Susan McIntyre >and have shared information with Sue Beach...working >on the descendants of Anthony Wright. Although I am a >descendant through Anthony Wright of near Waterford >(whose origins were in Bucks Co., Pa), my lineage is >through other than the line involving Susan Byrne. We >are attempting to document the Wrights in the Loudoun >Co., Virginia area. > >Just out of curiosity, would you suppose that those >black Wrights in the area of Waterford were >descendants of Anthony Wright or his sons through >slaves? Just from my memory, I do recall that Anthony >had at least one slave. And in other branches of the >Wright family, there was at least one instance of a >male Wright owning numerous slaves (per Loudoun Co >Deed Book). > >Thanks for sharing your information > >Lois > > > >- > > >==== VALOUDOU Mailing List ==== >Join the Rootsweb Genealogical Data Cooperative. >Rootsweb members & sponsors are who make this list possible. >http://www.rootsweb.com >