Jaymee & Charla, I hope the following is of some help to you and I am sending it to the Rockbridge, Bedford, Prince William, and Wright lists as well. My records list the following for Thompson A. Wright. He was a son of John Wright and E. (_____) Wright of Prince William County, Virginia, was born on March 9, 1809, at Prince William County, married Sarah Norcross on Jan 4, 1838, at Rockbridge County, Virginia, and died on Mar 1, 1854, at Rockbridge County, Virginia. Sarah (Norcross) Wright was a daughter of William Norcross, was born in about 1814 at New Jersey, and died on Mar 6, 1862, at Rockbridge County, Virginia. Thompson and Sarah had the following chidlren: 1. William Norcross Wright, born about 1839 at Rockbridge County, Virginia, and buried at Atoka County, Oklahoma, 2. Mary (Wright) Sandridge, born about 1839 or 1840 at Rockbridge County, Virginia, and married William A. Sandridge, 3. John Wright, born about 1841 or 1842, possibly John N. Wright who married Sarah Elizabeth Riley and died in 1914 at Indiana, 4. Eliza Wright, born in about 1844 or 1845 at Virginia, 5. Charles M. Wright, born in about 1846 or 1847 at Virginia and married Maggie J. Withers in 1871, 6. Thompson A. Wright, born in about 1848 or 1849 at Virginia, 7. Sarah A. Wright, born in about 1851 at Virginia, and 8. Howard Fleming Wright, born on April 3, 1853, at Rockbridge County, Virginia. I would be happy to share what I have collected on this family with other interested researchers. Robert N. Grant 15 Campo Bello Court Menlo Park, CA 94025 Jaymee Jenkins wrote: > Hi Charla > The Norcrosses are a thorn in my side! Actually, I finally feel like I am > on the verge of figuring the mystery out. I'll try to tell you what I know > w/o confusing myself or you... > The Samuel NORCROSS I have in Bedford Co. was from either NY or NJ. On one > census he is listed as being from NY but his children all list him as being > from NJ when they are recorded in census records. Soooooo. . . > I know that in Burlington Co., NJ there was a Samuel NORCROSS b 1/18/1774, d > 9/17/1857. I have seen his wife listed as Sarah and also as Elizabeth > BRITTAIN. His parents were Joahua and Thedosia NORCROSS. > He had the following children: > Elizabeth > William > Mary > Sarah > Nelson > Mary > Rebecca > Ann > Jane > Elinor. > You notice that he did not name any of the kids after himself. > I know that William NORCROSS married Mary JOHNSTON in Burlington Co. and > they moved to Rockbridge Co., VA ca 1830 -1840. They had several children > but none named Samuel as far as I can tell (there is no Samuel in his will). > I found a Nelson NORCROSS in the marriage records of Rockbridge Co. Was he > William's Brother??? He married a Rebecca BANNINGTON d/o Job dec'd on 10 > Mar 1837. Then I found Nelson and Rebecca NORCROSS in the census records of > Alleghany Co., VA in 1850. > My Samuel NORCROSS m. Francis GOFF in Bedford Co., VA. I found their > marriage recorded in Encyclopedia of American Genealogy. They are also in > the 1850 census of Bedford Co., VA. In 1880 Francis is in the census but > not Samuel, so I am assuming that he died. The area of Bedford that Samuel > lived in very close (adjacent) to Rockbridge. Is there a connection to > these NORCROSSES??? > To confound matters further there are 2 John NORCROSSES in th 1840 > Rockbridge Census. > Anybody have any thoughts? > Jaymee Jenkins