This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MichaelWright12 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/15905.2.1.1.1.3.3.3.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Cass, For help with your VA genealogy research, Bob Grant's access to records is hard to beat. He is an attorney in CA and has published a number of works on different counties in VA as they relate to Wright genealogy. Unfortunately, for you, he is headed out of town on business this week and will probably be unable to respond to you until sometime next week, or the week after. I think you will find his advice and help worth waiting for. He has asked that you go ahead and contact him directly and let him know in your e-mail what your most urgent question is about VA genealogy and he will get back to you as soon as he can and let you know if he can help you. Bob Grant e-mail: [email protected] Good Luck, Mike Wright in Texas, too. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Frances_Muckelroy Surnames: WRIGHT, ALLEN, MEEK Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/16614/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Seeking information on the parents of William C. Wright, b abt 1790 in NC, died 15 June 1839 Cane Hill, Washington Co., Arkansas. He married Nancy Dowell Abbott, b.1807. Researching their son Maurice M., b abt 1831 Greene Co., AR, married Amanda M. Howard abt 1850. Their son Maurice M., b Dec 1866 Greene Co., AR, married Lizzie Allen, b 1872. Their son, Mougee J., b 1906 OK, married Margaret Jane Meek, b Jul 1908, Wood Co., OK. died San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: JRotter2068 Surnames: Wright Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/15905.2.1.1.1.3.3.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I find her birthdate in Curtis Wright's book as 9-30-1719, I imagine you'll get lots of answers. It also shows her name as Eliza (Betsy) Smith Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Frances_Muckelroy Surnames: Wright Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/15905.2.1.1.1.3.3.2.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you for taking the time to explain the Wilbur and Orville family. Though the Wright family I am researching is not connected to any of the lines I've seen discussed, it is very interesting historical information. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jkwright113 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/15905.2.1.1.1.3.3.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Birth dates of Benoni Wright and spouse Elisabeth Smith look suspiciously the same - 26 Feb 1719. Is this a typo? John Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: t42Vietnam_ParkerCoTX Surnames: WRIGHT Classification: cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/16613/mb.ashx Message Board Post: WRIGHT Chester A our thanks and honor to our hero who died in Vietnam - Wall section 49W Honor our Veterans. This is one of many photographs of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Parker Co, TX. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 216,745 photos free at http://teafor2.com If you know more about this person please reply here instead of contacting me because this is not my family. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: cassandrajackowski007 Surnames: wrght Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/15905.2.1.1.1.3.3.3.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: thankyou for the info, but i already knew as much. my family' last name is wright. actually, susan k. and my wrghts were friends before she marred into the milton wright s family. after she moved away , she and her wrights corresponed with my wrights on an ongoing basis. i would like to get in touch wth the fellow who knows about the virginia wrights. ths is the best clue i have had in a long time ! thank you so much, cousin! cass in texas Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Am seeking information on ancestry, place of birth, dates, etc. William Wright b abt 1781 in NY married Berinthia Sniffin or Sniffen in Rye, Westchester County, NY Berintha Sniffin b abt 1784 in NY One of their children was my great-great grandfather: John Wright b abt 1812 in NY His 2nd marriage was to Louisa (aka Leira, Leica, Lovica) WAITE/WAIT Louisa was b abt 1829 in NY By 1850 census, William Wright & wife, with son John Wright and his children are in Vienna, Genesee County, Michigan Thank you Kat

Seeking information on: William Wright b abt 1781 in New York married to Berinthia SNIFFIN or SNIFFEN b abt 1784 in NY they were married in Rye, Westchester County, NY my great-great grandfather was one of their sons. John Wright b abt 1812 in NY One of his marriages was to Louisa (also spelled Leira, Leica, Lovica) WAITE/WAIT Louisa was born abt 1829 in NY (possible Indian connection) William & Berinthia Wright are in the 1850 census in Vienna, Genesee County, Michigan along with son John and grandchildren. By the 1860 census cannot locate them. John Wright is in Mundy Twp in 1860 census along with wife Leica (sp?). Would appreciate any assistance or information. Thank you Kat

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MichaelWright12 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/15905.2.1.1.1.3.3.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Deirdre, Also check out the family of Milton Wright's mother, Catherine Reeder. Catherine's father,George Huff Reeder (24 September 1767, VA, d. 13 May 1845, Rush CO., IN), was also born in Loudoun Co. VA, son of Joseph Reeder and Ann Huff, native born Virginians. Ann Hull is believed to have been the grandaughter of Benjamin Hough (Hoff or Huff) b. Dec. 18, 1718 and of whom the earliest records in Loudoun Co., VA occur about 1760. Again, I don't know how any of these surnames connect to a VA Wright family, and have never checked it out myself because VA Wrights are not my area of expertise. There are others, like Bob Grant, who are far more conversant with VA genealogy research resources connected to VA Wrights than I ever will be. They could help you with all of these surnames in VA better than I can. What I have experience tracing and being of assistance with concerns only the Wight Brothers' ancestral line itself. Mike Wright Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MichaelWright12 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/15905.2.1.1.1.3.3.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Deirdre, The direct male line of Orville and Wilbur Wright was strictly New England in origins and has no origins in VA. Following is the immediate descent line of the Wright Brothers according to the research conducted by their own father, Bishop Milton Wright. The Bishop's work has been verified by a number of genealogists over the last 100 years, and we currently are awaiting Y-DNA confirmation of the lineage via a male line descendant of one of the Wright brother's older brothers. His Y-DNA profile will be compared to those of a half dozen proven collateral descendants of Deacon Samuel Wright of Springfield and Northampton, MA. This is their Wright line from the first immigrant to New England: 1-Deacon Samuel Wright (1606 Eng. - 1665 Northampton, MA) sp: Maragret (nee ??) (?? - 1681) 2-James Wright (1639-1723) MA sp: Abigail Jess (1 Mar 1645-24 May 1707) 3-Samuel Wright (16 May 1675-18 Apr 1734) MA sp: Rebecca Sikes (15 Sep 1678-1760) 4-Benoni Wright (26 Feb 1719-3 Jan 1761) MA and VT sp: Elisabeth (Betsy) (Eliza) Smith (26 Feb 1719-1 Mar 1785) 5-Dan Wright Sr (7 Apr 1757-10 Sep 1832) VT sp: Sarah Freeman (27 Mar 1762-1 Apr 1848) 6-Dan Wright Jr (3 Sep 1790-6 Oct 1861) VT and OH sp: Catherine Reeder (17 Mar 1800-24 Sep 1860) 7-Milton Wright, "Bishop" (17 Nov 1828-3 Apr 1917) OH and IN sp: Susan Catherine Koerner (30 Apr 1831-4 Jul 1889) 8-Reuchlin Wright (17 Mar 1861-27 May 1919) OH sp: Lulu Billheimer (11 Apr 1865-7 Jan 1951) 8-Lorin Wright (18 Nov 1862-1 Dec 1939) OH sp: Ivonette "Nettie" Stokes (8 Jan 1865-9 Dec 1940) 8-Wilbur Wright (16 Apr 1867-30 May 1912) OH; died Unmarried 8-Otis Wright (7 Mar 1870-9 Apr 1870) 8-Ida Wright (7 Mar 1870-14 Mar 1870) 8-Orville Wright (19 Aug 1871-30 Jan 1948) OH; died Unmarried 8-Katharine Wright (19 Aug 1874-Mar 1939) OH; died married but no Issue If you are looking for a VA connection in the direct male line of the Wright Brothers, check out the family of Bisp. Milton Wright's wife - Susan Koerner who was born in Hillsboro, Loudoun Co., VA. Her father, John (Johann) Gottlieb Koerner (February 16, 1791 - December 3, 1876 was born in Förthen, Saxony (Germany), to Johann Thomas Koerner and Eva Elisabeth Polion. Her mother, Catherine Freyer (or Fry) Koerner (November 30, 1796 - January 20, 1889) was, however, born near Hillsboro, VA to John Philipp Freyer and Dorothea Boger. The connections to a VA Wright might be through the Freyer or Boger families, or as a consequence of marriage to a VA Wright family by one of Susan's 11 siblings. I have never bothered to check that out. Orville and Wilbur belong to one of only two known Kelvedon Hatch Wright family groups in America. Their group alone is a huge family group and there are many, many collateral lines descending from Dea. Samuel Wright. However, the root family was from MA and not VA. All those collateral lines I know about stayed in New England until about 1750 and then began various migrations north and west, not south. The typical migration pattern seems to have been affected only by the Revolutionary War such that I know of only two patterns. The majority of them went north from MA or CT first to VT or NH and then a generation or two later, West to New York and OH. A minority of them went first to VT and NH and then sided with the British and went to Canada before they, or descendants started coming back to the US after the war, reentering the US through NY or Michigan before going on to WI or OH. So, if there is a connected Wright collateral line in VA their ancestors would have come to VA from MA, CT or VT between 1750 and 1820 or from OH to WV/VA after 1850. I do not personally know of any such migration in the Kelvedon Hatch Wright family of America, but there are a number of collateral lines I have not fully traced, so it is still possible, however improbable it may seem. My best guess is that if you are related, it is through a VA born female marriage connection to the New England Wrights. It would be someone like Susan Koerner, who by the way, was the parent Wilbur and Orville went to when they needed mechanical and mathematical advice. Susan Koerner Wright was a mechanical genius in her own right who had spent most of her childhood helping her father in his carriage building business and had been the top mathematician in her class at Hartsville College (Hartsville, IN). Father Milton Wright, on the other hand, was all thumbs, but the deep thinker in the family. Many of the toys that Wilbur and Orville Wright played with as children had been made from common household things by their mother, and she had more than a little to do with their future success as bicycle repairmen, businessmen and airplane innovators. Good Luck in you quest. Mike Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: cassandrajackowski007 Surnames: wrght Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/15905.2.1.1.1.3.3.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: hi, i will give you all i have this week. i am so !!!! happy. my grandmother also told me that i am related to qween elizabeth and anna boleyn, and noe, i yr. later, thruogh ac.com, it is true!!!! so now i know that ther is truth to what she told me!!!! family knowledge passed down true the centories! cass Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: debender1 Surnames: Marshall, Wright Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/15905.2.1.1.1.3.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My great-grandmother was also a Marshall-Wright from Carroll Co, VA and told us the same story. For it to travel down two family paths, there must be a connection to the Brothers. My grandmother has asked me to look into it. Deirdre Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

My dads older sister, oldest of 12 siblings, told us we, too, were related to the Wright Brothers as well as Frank Lloyd Wright. Her youngest brother, before he died, said, "Sister had a vivid imagination." Good luck in you hunt for the truth. Jim Wright, ps: I am descended from Wrights of Hanover county, Virginia, but path is lost in the ashes of a fire during the Civil War. I can't even blame that on the Yankees! On 9/19/2010 10:08 PM, [email protected] wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: debender1 > Surnames: Marshall, Wright > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/15905.2.1.1.1.3.3/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > My great-grandmother was also a Marshall-Wright from Carroll Co, VA and told us the same story. For it to travel down two family paths, there must be a connection to the Brothers. My grandmother has asked me to look into it. > > Deirdre > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: t42Vietnam_ParkerCoTX Surnames: WRIGHT Classification: cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/16612/mb.ashx Message Board Post: WRIGHT Raymond E honor our hero who died in Vietnam - Wall section 52W Honor our Veterans. This is one of many photographs of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Parker Co, TX. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 216,743 photos free at http://teafor2.com If you know more about this person please reply here instead of contacting me because this is not my family. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: PAULGRIMWOOD Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/16611/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Looking for descendants, or anyone with information about the William Wright Decorating Company of Detroit, active in the late 19th century. I am particularly interested to know if any records of this firm have survived in archives, or with members of the family. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: t42Vietnam_ParkerCoTX Surnames: WRIGHT Classification: cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/16610/mb.ashx Message Board Post: WRIGHT Clayton D honor our hero who died in Vietnam - Wall section 52W Honor our Veterans. This is one of many photographs of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Parker Co, TX. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 216,697 photos free at http://teafor2.com If you know more about this person please reply here instead of contacting me because this is not my family. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: t42Vietnam_ParkerCoTX Surnames: WRIGHT Classification: cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/16609/mb.ashx Message Board Post: WRIGHT Stephen L honor our hero who died in Vietnam - Wall section 52W Honor our Veterans. This is one of many photographs of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Parker Co, TX. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 216,697 photos free at http://teafor2.com If you know more about this person please reply here instead of contacting me because this is not my family. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: t42MountOlivet Surnames: WRIGHT Classification: cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/16608/mb.ashx Message Board Post: WRIGHT Everett B 1927-1995 I photographed this gravestone in the Mount Olivet Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 216,696 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com If you know more about this person please reply here instead of contacting me because this is most likely not my family. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Pangela84 Surnames: Wright Riley Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/7090.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Well as a post-script, I guess your Thomas isn't my great uncle James Thomas Wright but, the Riley and Wrights getting together is interesting. Perhaps your Thomas descends from one of my great great grandfather's brother's lineage somewhere! You never know! Cheers, Angela Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.