This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MsLefty Surnames: Wright Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/16537/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Anybody have any info on him or his family? >From the 1850 census: Location: District #5, Barbour County, VA; occupation: Farmer (who wasn't in those days?) wife Edieth (Edith) b. ca. 1811, VA He had a son named James born around 1846. Barbour County is adjacent to Preston County, so I wonder if Willis' son James conencts to my husband's GGGF James C. born that year. Info on James C. says his father was born in E VA and mother in WV - but at the time of their birth, WV hadn't seceded. Other children: Mary, Sarah, George, Nancy, Emily, Eadith. 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.

Hi all, The latest obituary collections to be added at GenealogyBuff.com are below and have WRIGHT entries. To see the complete list just go to http://www.genealogybuff.com/obituary_collections.htm and scroll to the state and county of your choice. At the top of that page, there is a quick search tool that will let you type in a surname and quickly go through each collection to find instances of that surname. To search from the collection page, just use the search box that has the GenealogyBuff.com watermark and has the county name ON the search button. Here's the list: CALIFORNIA - Santa Cruz County Obituary Collection http://www.genealogybuff.com/ca/santacruz/webbbs_config.pl FLORIDA - St. Johns County Obituary Collection http://www.genealogybuff.com/fl/stjohns/webbbs_config.pl ILLINOIS - Perry County Obituary Collection http://www.genealogybuff.com/il/perry/webbbs_config.pl NEW YORK - Erie County Obituary Collection http://www.genealogybuff.com/ny/erie/webbbs_config.pl NEW YORK - Rensselaer County Obituary Collection http://www.genealogybuff.com/ny/rensselaer/webbbs_config.pl NORTH CAROLINA - Cleveland County Obituary Collection http://www.genealogybuff.com/nc/cleveland/webbbs_config.pl OKLAHOMA - Garfield County Obituary Collection http://www.genealogybuff.com/ok/garfield/webbbs_config.pl PENNSYLVANIA - Fayette County Obituary Collection http://www.genealogybuff.com/pa/fayette/webbbs_config.pl PENNSYLVANIA - Perry County Obituary Collection http://www.genealogybuff.com/pa/perry/webbbs_config.pl SOUTH CAROLINA - Sumter County Obituary Collection http://www.genealogybuff.com/sc/sumter/webbbs_config.pl TENNESSEE - Eastern Tennessee Obituary Collection (updated) http://www.genealogybuff.com/tn/eastern/webbbs_config.pl TENNESSEE - Hamblen County Obituary Collection http://www.genealogybuff.com/tn/hamblen/webbbs_config.pl TEXAS - Bell County Obituary Collection http://www.genealogybuff.com/tx/bell/webbbs_config.pl TEXAS - Ellis County Obituary Collection http://www.genealogybuff.com/tx/ellis/webbbs_config.pl VIRGINIA - Washington County and City of Bristol Obituary Collection http://www.genealogybuff.com/va/washington/webbbs_config.pl WISCONSIN - Pierce County Obituary Collection http://www.genealogybuff.com/wi/pierce/webbbs_config.pl Hope these help your research. If you'd like to see these collections as they are added just go to the Facebook page at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/GenealogyBuffcom/214156610691?ref=mf Happy hunting, Bill

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/16536/mb.ashx Message Board Post: WRIGHT 4 Jeremiah Adam 1978-2005 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 216,204 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: MichaelWright12 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/16531.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: MsLefty, Checking up on my genealogical blogs, huh? I guess I have left quite a trail of commentary on New England Wrights and Wrights of co. Essex, England. I've been at this for over 25 years, the last 15 of it included extensive use of the Internet to ask questions and transmit information I have gathered over those years of work. I am a researcher by instinct, training and passion. When I am not doing analytical biochemistry research for a living, I find other types of research projects to pass the time, like genealogy. Someday I'm gonna finish a book I started on some 15 years ago. The problem with finishing it is that I just keep learning all this incredible new stuff all the time. I am almost ashamed to finish and publish it because, like science subjects such as chemistry, the more you learn, the better you understand just how ignorant you are of the subject. There is just so much you can begin to see you should know, that you can't easily find out without a lot of real hard effort. All research is humbling, even if we are just talking about our ancestors. The Wright DNA project web site is www.wright-dna.org. There are now over 300 participating men in the program representing over 100 completely separate genealogical lineages. It is the best genealogical research resource I can think of to instantly find totally unknown cousins and potential research collaborators. If I were faced with a choice of participating in genetic testing for genealogical purposes with FTDNA or with National Geographic's Genographic testing program, I would have to choose FTDNA. The cost for a 12 marker Y-DNA test at FTDNA is also $99, and FTDNA is able to accurately predict the haploid from those marker values. You may then opt into participation with the National Genographic Program through FTDNA by telling FTDNA to upload your husband's Y-DNA profile to the NG Genographic database. There is no charge for this. It is a free service just like participation in the Surname project you choose is also free. So, by going to FTDNA for your testing, you will, for the same price, get both individual results to use in answering genealogical questions with your husband's Y-DNA profile AND be able to contribute to the very worthwhile National Genographic Project whose data output is a world wide gene mapping project of sweeping anthropological importance, but not much help with genealogical questions. If your questions are anthropological in nature, rather than genealogical, then by all means the Genographic Project is the place to go. But not if your questions are genealogical. In a "bang for your buck" analysis, FTDNA clearly is the value-added winner. Their web site again is www.familytreedna.com. If your husband does just the 12 marker minimum Y-DNA testing for $99, he will know his haploid and his Wright family group, but will not obtain the information about ethnic background that we talked about in our last e-mail. He also will not get that kind of information from the National Geographic project testing. This ethnic background testing program is a relatively new test strategy using data from completely different genes than those used for Y-DNA or mitochodrial DNA testing (which are used by the Genographic Project for its anthropological mapping). This ethnic profiling testing has been going on as basic research, unavailable to the general public, for a number of years now but only in the last half year or so has the data of this type accumulated in the world wide database such that it has reached the critical size where predictions based on the values of these genes appear to be quite accurate in predicting ethnicity back to about 5 or 6 generations for both males and females. To my mind, if your husband wants to know it all; his haploid group, his Wright family group and his ethnic background mix, there is no better value than FTDNA's 37 marker Y-DNA/Family Finder combo service for $289.00. It will take a couple of years of work just to make full use of the data from such! test results. So, your friend is right. The National Geographic testing program is not very individualized and will be of limited help answering the questions you asked about the rumors regarding your husband's ethnicity. FTDNA test results can answer those genealogical questions, and knowing your husband's haplogroup also puts you in a position to use the data from the National Geographic's Genographic Project to trace that deep roots anthropological question their database was designed to address. That is my humble recommendation. It depends on what you want to know and how much you are willing to pay to get the answers as to which way you go in genetic testing, if any way at all. I have found it to be a very powerful research tool. I now know my male line roots clear back to Roman Republic days before the birth of Christ. The illumination provided for the period 1424 back to 223 B.C. was provided strictly by genetic testing results. Genetic testing data also helped solidify some of the shaky documentation between 1424 and today for not just me, but a number of others in our family group. We also have come together with other distant cousins whose most recent common ancestors with us were 70 generations or more ago. That has been almost stupifying in the way it has broadened and deepened our knowledge of the lives of those from whom we have descended back into antiquity when inherited surnames did not exist to guide us. I hope you can get up the funds to do the combo test. I think you will be absolutely amazed at what having the data from those tests will do for your research into your husband's ancestry. 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.

MsLefty, I've read that if you had X number(I think 5) of generations here in America, you most likely had some Native American ancestry. The population was small, fewer choices, the inevitable happened. Try Googling the subject to see what you come up with. Arvina -------------------------------------------------- From: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 9:03 AM To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WRIGHT] Wrights with Native American background > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: MsLefty > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/16531.1.1/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Hi, Mike - > > Thanks so much for your reply. After reading some of your older posts on > ancestry.com, it's obvious that you've done a lot of homework on the > Wrights of the U.S. > > My husband, David Allen Wright (no, he's not the all-star third baseman - > just goes to show how many Dave Wrights there are, and he has a cousin > Mike as well) has talked about getting his DNA tested. You see, not only > is there the family rumour about Indian blood, but Dave's GGF's WWII draft > card describes him as "negro," although all the other records say he's > white. > > I read with interest an old post of yours where you described the Wright > DNA Project with the Y-DNA profile of dozens of Wright lines from all over > the country. Is this project still ongoing? (I ask because some of the > links on that website are dead.) I understand that Dave would need to get > tested by FamilyTreeDNA, and then his profile would be posted on the web > site in the Wright family group he matched most closely. > > Also, A friend who works for the Smithsonian told us about the National > Geographic DNA test kits she gave her birthmother and birthmother's > husband for Christmas last year. The DNA test kit came from National > Geographic as part of their Human Genographic Project. When you > participate in this by sending in your DNA, you contribute to the > knowledge of early human migration patterns. The kits cost $99. She says > the results aren't terribly individualized, you learn what "haplogroup" > you came from. My friend says it would, however, give Dave the info he > wants because it would say whether one or more branches of his "deep" > ancestors stayed in Africa if his GGF was black or migrated to the > Americas if he were an American Indian, whose deep ancestors traveled from > Asia over the Bering land bridge. > > I posted my original query just to see whether it was common for other > Wrights to mix with Native Americans in the hills of Western MD/SW PA/what > is now WV back in their "frontier" days. > > Thanks again for your tips! > > 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: MsLefty Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/16531.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, Mike - Thanks so much for your reply. After reading some of your older posts on ancestry.com, it's obvious that you've done a lot of homework on the Wrights of the U.S. My husband, David Allen Wright (no, he's not the all-star third baseman - just goes to show how many Dave Wrights there are, and he has a cousin Mike as well) has talked about getting his DNA tested. You see, not only is there the family rumour about Indian blood, but Dave's GGF's WWII draft card describes him as "negro," although all the other records say he's white. I read with interest an old post of yours where you described the Wright DNA Project with the Y-DNA profile of dozens of Wright lines from all over the country. Is this project still ongoing? (I ask because some of the links on that website are dead.) I understand that Dave would need to get tested by FamilyTreeDNA, and then his profile would be posted on the web site in the Wright family group he matched most closely. Also, A friend who works for the Smithsonian told us about the National Geographic DNA test kits she gave her birthmother and birthmother's husband for Christmas last year. The DNA test kit came from National Geographic as part of their Human Genographic Project. When you participate in this by sending in your DNA, you contribute to the knowledge of early human migration patterns. The kits cost $99. She says the results aren't terribly individualized, you learn what "haplogroup" you came from. My friend says it would, however, give Dave the info he wants because it would say whether one or more branches of his "deep" ancestors stayed in Africa if his GGF was black or migrated to the Americas if he were an American Indian, whose deep ancestors traveled from Asia over the Bering land bridge. I posted my original query just to see whether it was common for other Wrights to mix with Native Americans in the hills of Western MD/SW PA/what is now WV back in their "frontier" days. Thanks again for your tips! 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.

I just wanted to reply that on some older census etc.. you were listed as negro when you were actually of native american decent. I ran into a lot of this doing my daughter in laws family history. Most of her family are cherokee. On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 9:03 AM, [email protected] < [email protected]> wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: MsLefty > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/16531.1.1/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Hi, Mike - > > Thanks so much for your reply. After reading some of your older posts on > ancestry.com, it's obvious that you've done a lot of homework on the > Wrights of the U.S. > > My husband, David Allen Wright (no, he's not the all-star third baseman - > just goes to show how many Dave Wrights there are, and he has a cousin Mike > as well) has talked about getting his DNA tested. You see, not only is there > the family rumour about Indian blood, but Dave's GGF's WWII draft card > describes him as "negro," although all the other records say he's white. > > I read with interest an old post of yours where you described the Wright > DNA Project with the Y-DNA profile of dozens of Wright lines from all over > the country. Is this project still ongoing? (I ask because some of the > links on that website are dead.) I understand that Dave would need to get > tested by FamilyTreeDNA, and then his profile would be posted on the web > site in the Wright family group he matched most closely. > > Also, A friend who works for the Smithsonian told us about the National > Geographic DNA test kits she gave her birthmother and birthmother's husband > for Christmas last year. The DNA test kit came from National Geographic as > part of their Human Genographic Project. When you participate in this by > sending in your DNA, you contribute to the knowledge of early human > migration patterns. The kits cost $99. She says the results aren't > terribly individualized, you learn what "haplogroup" you came from. My > friend says it would, however, give Dave the info he wants because it would > say whether one or more branches of his "deep" ancestors stayed in Africa > if his GGF was black or migrated to the Americas if he were an American > Indian, whose deep ancestors traveled from Asia over the Bering land bridge. > > I posted my original query just to see whether it was common for other > Wrights to mix with Native Americans in the hills of Western MD/SW PA/what > is now WV back in their "frontier" days. > > Thanks again for your tips! > > 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: sesirrine Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/15414.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My grandfather, Robert B. Combs (1901-1971) married Ruth E. Wright (b: 1901). Ruth Wright is of the Peter Wright family that originally came to New York in the 1600's. Is this your family? (Her father was Claude Vincent Wright, whose father was Robert Jefferson Wright, whose father was Benjamin Birdsall Wright, whose father was William Wright, etc. They are all from Hempstead, NY. 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.

Looking for anyone researching or with info on: 1846, Eli Wright and Elizabeth Kingon married in Wayne Co, IN 1850 Harrison Twp, Union Co, IN Eli Wright 29 VA Farmer Elizabeth 24 VA James 4 IN John 2 IN David E. 8/12 IN (Jan 1850) 1860 Galien Twp, Berrien Co, MI Eli Wright 39 VA Farmer Elizabeth 34 VA James 13 IN John 11 IN David 10 IN Wm 8 IN Mary Ann 7 MI Eli 4 MI Riley 2 MI Albert 10/12 MI (Oct 1859) Freeman Buck 2 MI Eli died in 1864 during the Civil War and is buried at Little Rock, AR Thanks Paul W

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/16534.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My common ancestor with this Capt. Josiah B. Wright is his grandfather, Judge Josiah Wright of Amherst, MA and Pownal, VT (1752 - 1817). I believe his father was the Judge's son with Suzanna Pratt, Josiah Wright (b. 24 Apr 1791 - after 1852) and his middle name was Boltwood, after his paternal grandmother's maiden name. He was commissioned Captain Dec 1, 1861 of Company A of the 53 Infantry Regiment, Illinois Volunteers and was dismissed from that service, Oct. 19, 1863 and reassigned Comannder of colored troops at Bolivar, TN, as you stated. Pension Record citation: Publication T289, Catalog ID 2588825, Record Group 15, Illinois Infantry Regiment 53, Company A. Josiah B. Wright's great grandfather & g-grandmother, Charles and Ruth (nee Boltwood) Wright were of Amherst, MA and were some of the first English settlers of Pownal, VT along the Hoosick River. Charles and his second oldest son, Capt. Samuel Wright were at the Dorsett Convention in 1776). Charles and Ruth Wright's third son was the Judge Josaih Wright who you identify as Josiah B. Wright's grandfather. Judge Josiah Wright of Pownal was at the Battle of Bennington and other RW skirmishes in the area, but also, as Constable of Pownal, served on the three member committee of the Pownal Commission for the Examination of Tories and Tory Sympathizers during the RW. He attended college in Williamstown, MA and after the war served Pownal and Bennington County in several capacities between 1790 and his death Jan 2, 1817. He did turns as a Vermont state legislator for the Pownal district while serving as Probate Judge and Judge of Common Pleas for the county of Bennington from ! 1790 through the day of his death, which was cause by a fall from his carriage when it hit some ice on his way to Bennington to take up his Judge's duties for that day. He and his father and mother are all buried in the private Lovett Cemetary just south of Pownal, VT, which is now on rail road land. This line of Wrights descended from immigrant father, Deacon Samuel Wright of Springfield and Northampton, MA (1606 - 1665), a descendant of John Wright of Kelvedon Hall, Essex, England (abt 1488 - 1551), who in turn was a descendant of Henry Wright (abt 1424 - aft 1468) of White Notely and Upminster, Essex, England. Mike Wright A descendant "cousin" 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: CD_Christensen Surnames: Wait, Waite, Wayte, Weight, Wright, Right Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/16535/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I just saw a very interesting bit of content that seemed to say that at least some of the Wait (or Waite) family changed their name to Wright. Supposedly this happened with Thomas Waite born (Sept 16, 1716 at Tiverton, R.I.) and his brother John Waite-Wright (born October 6, 1720, Tiverton). Does anyone know where I could find more information regarding this? 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: lastonestanding Surnames: Wright Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/16534/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Past and Present LaSalle county Illinois 1877 page 404 Capt Wright farmer section 31, post office Marseilles,Illinois, born in Bennington county Vermont on Oct 6 1816, married Sophrona Pratt a native of Mass, moved to Niagara county New York, when 25 years old, where his wife died leaving five children, on Jan 4 1850 married Miss Eliza D. daughter of John H Bennett near Buffalo New York, has two children by this marriage, his grandfather Josiah Wright fought as a private soldier in the Revolution at the battle of Bennington Vermont, as a General in the War of 1812, and afterwards was many years Circuit Judge of the Southern District of Vermont, Capt Wright came to this county in 1852, entered the Army in 1861 as Capt of Co A 53rd I.V.I, was in battles of Pittsburg Landing, Hatchee River and seige of Corinth, was detached and put in command of colored camp at Bolivar Tenn under Cen.Bremen, District Commander, resigned in June 1864; had 4 brother and 3 sons in the late war, the latter are all dead, oldest son J.B. was a Major, Ed! M. was Lieut of Battery C in Ottawa,Ill and Charles J a sergeant in 85th Penn was killed in front of Richmond, Capt Wright owns 80 acres, valued at $4,000, Republican,Independent. 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: CalvinDorris29 Surnames: Wright Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/16533/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Looking for descendants who are currently researching the 3 above Wright families. I am a descendant of all three. William Wright and his wife Drucilla Griffin are all over the net in on-line family trees, however the research for the most part is incorrect on their daughter Mary. Lewis Wright and his wife Sarah Wright (she is the daughter of William Wright and Drucilla Griffin). They moved to Morgan Co.,AL Samuel Wright who married Mary Love. They also appear all over the net in family trees, but not one of them is correct. This Samuel Wright is not the one who died in York Co., SC in 1844. This is proven. I descend from their son James Love Wright (the only son that had children) James Love Wright's daughter married Wiley Wright, son of Lewis Wright and Sarah Wright. Please contact me at [email protected] 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.

Family of Richard Wright, Sr. - I've seen the following document several times and each time it reminds me to ask - does anyone know who all the children of Philburd Wright-1750 actually were? Some list include the following, shown in the "Roster of Soldiers and Patriots of the American Revolution; Buried in Indiana, Vol II"; compiled by Mrs. Roscoe C. O'Byrne, in 1966. WRIGHT. PHILBURD of Marion County, IN Born-1750. Maryland. Service-An Associator tor Frederick CO)l Md .; Dec. 27. 1775. Proof-Maryland Historical Mag; Vol. 1 Died: Feb., 1833. Bur. In Maywood Cemetery. Wavne Twp., Marion County, Indiana. Ind. Monument. Married-Betty Elizabeth Reagan. 1754.1830. 12 Children: 1. Sarah. b. 1777. m. John Summy; 2. Mary, b. May 10. 1780. m. 1803. John Beard; 3. Noah, b. Aug. 30. 1784, d. July 11. 1863. m. Susanna Parr; 4. Eli, b. Aug. 17. 1786. m. Elizabeth Nelson; 5. Levi, b. June 12. 1790. d. 1860. m. 1817. Sarah Wright; 6. Joel, b. Feb. 5. 1793. d. 1828. m, Sept. 10. 1812. Sarah Byerly; 7. Jesse, b. 1795. m. Mary Brown; 8. Betsy (Elizabeth), b. Jan. 10. 1797. d. Oct. 15, 1865. m. James Raines. b. 1795; 9. Aaron, b l Aug. 15. 1800. d. Feb. 22. 1877, m. Ruhama Sellers. d. 1844; 10. Joshua, 11. Filbert. Jr., 12. Mattie By Mrs. Curtis W. Hunter. a descendant. 4252 Black Oak Dr .. Indianapolis, Ind 46208 However; according to the following biography by Emsley Wright Johnson Written in 1940, [he was a son of Joel and Sarah (Birely) Wright and grandson of Philburd and Elizabeth (Reagan) Wright.] only 10 children are named. Mattie and Filbert, Jr. are not mentioned. "THE PHILBURD WRIGHT FAMILY - By: Emsley Wright Johnson In his Sketches, Mr. Nowland wrote in 1876: "Among the early settlers of the Territory of Indiana was a large family of Wrights, who emigrated from Randolph County, North Carolina , and settled in Union County in 1813. From Union County a portion of them went to Wayne , and some to Washington County ; later four of the sons came to Marion County."1 Philburd Wright, one of the many persons of this name who came to Indiana, was born in Maryland in 1750. He became a pioneer of Indiana about 1813, taking up his residence in Union County near Brownsville, where he died in 1831, or 1833. It is believed that he served in the Revolutionary War, and later as justice of the peace in Randolph County, North Carolina, for about forty years. He married Elizabeth Reagan and to them were born the following children: 1. Joshua; 2. Caroline (Delilah); 3. Sarah; 4. Mary; 5. Noah; 6. Levi; 7. Joel;, 8. Jesse; 9. Elizabeth; 10. Aaron. 2 NOTES: 1 John H. B. Nowland. Sketches of Prominent Citizens of 1876 (Indianapolis. 1877), 149. 2 This record was furnished by George T. Kepler of Cambridge City. Indiana. who received parts of it from Isaac N. Beard. his father-in-law, parts of it from Mary W. Sinks and parts of it from Melissa K. Justice. An additional son, Eli, is named in Pictorial and Biographical Memoirs of Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana (Chicago, 1893). 243-44." Thanks. Shirley

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: rngrant Surnames: WRIGHT Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/16530.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Ollie, In response to your query, I offer the following: As to #4 on your list, my records list Francis Wright who married Ann Meryton/Merriton as 1655 (year of death) Francis Wright of Yorkshire, England, (place of death) and that he was the: 1) son of 1651 Francis Wright of Bolton-on-Swale, Yorkshire, England, and Grace (Beckwith) Wright, 2) grandson of Francis Wright of Sowerby, Yorkshire, England, and _____ (Markham) Wright, 3) great grandson of William Wright of Plowland, Yorkshire, England, and _____ (Thornton) Wright, 4) great great grandson of Robert Wright of Plowland, Yorkshire, England, and Anne (Grimston) Wright, 5) great great grandson of John Wright of Plowland, Yorkshire, England, and Alice (Ryther) Wright. This is taken from Burke's Commoners and Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire. As to #5 on your list, my records list the John Wright who married Elizabeth (Bronaugh) (Darnall) Wright as 1792 John Wright of Fauquier County, VA. Recent Y-DNA evidence confirms that he was not the son of 1729/30 John Wright of Stafford County, VA, and Dorothy (_____) Wright. The circumstantial evidence currently available indicates that he was possibly the son of John Wright (Westmoreland County, VA, Overseer), but further research is needed to confirm this identification. Culpeper County, VA, was only formed in 1748, so this John Wright would not have been born in that county. It is more likely that he was born in Westmoreland County, VA. He was born before October 2, 1700. As to #14 on your list, my records list George Wright who married Mary B. Spindle as 1850 George Wright of Essex County, VA, and that he was the: 1) son of 1840 Thomas Wright of Essex County, VA, and Mary (Pitts) Wright, 2) grandson of 1798 Benjamin Wright of Essex County, VA, and Alfrica (Stuart) Wright, and 3) great grandson of 1769 George Wright of Essex County, VA, and Elizabeth (_____) Wright. As to #32 on your list, my records list Mary Lucinda Wright who married John Richard Motley as the: 1) daughter of 1855 David Pitts Wright and Mary Emily (Pitts) Wright, 2) granddaughter of 1815 Edward Wright of King and Queen County, VA, and Mary J. (Pitts) Wright, 3) great granddaughter of 1772 William Wright of Essex County, VA, and Martha (possibly Lowry) Wright, and 4) great great granddaughter of 1769 George Wright of Essex County, VA, and Elizabeth (_____) Wright. As to #41 on your list, my records list the Thomas Wright who married Elizabeth McGehee as 1791 Thomas Wright of Cumberland County, VA, and that he was the son of 1769 George Wright of Essex County, VA, and Elizabeth (_____) Wright. Robert N. Grant 15 Campo Bello Court Menlo Park, CA 94025 [email protected] 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: rngrant Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/16529.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Dear Ollie, In response to your query I offer the following: As to #10 on your list, my records list the Benjamin E. Wright who married Sarah Rebecca Spindle as 1876 (year of death) Benjamin Erasmus Wright of Essex County, VA, (place of death) and that he was the: 1) son of 1850 George Wright of Essex County, VA, and his first wife Susan F. (Jones) Wright, 2) grandson of 1840 Thomas Wright of Essex County, VA, and Mary (Pitts) Wright, 3) great grandson of 1798 Benjamin Wright of Essex County, VA, and Alfrica (Stuart) Wright, and 4) great great grandson of 1769 George Wright of Essex County, VA, and Elizabeth (_____) Wright. As to #17 on your list, my records list Charles S. Wright who married Linda Gresham as 1842 Charles Henry Stuart Wright of Essex County, VA, and that he was the: 1) son of 1840 Thomas Wright of Essex County, VA, and Mary (Pitts) Wright, 2) grandson of 1798 Benjamin Wright of Essex County, VA, and Alfrica (Stuart) Wright, and 3) great grandson of 1769 George Wright of Essex County, VA, and Elizabeth (_____) Wright. Best wishes, Robert N. Grant 15 Campo Bello Court Menlo Park, CA 94025 [email protected] 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: rduaneking Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/16532/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have good news for researchers of the Wright family. Your family's antique photograph album has been located! I am Robert D. King and in my travels, I see family photos lost in antique stores and for sale on ebay. I think that is sad knowing that there are family tree researchers and descendants that would treasure those photos. So I have decided to try and do something about it by returning as many as I can to their rightful families. So I buy photos with names and dates or places on them and list them on my webpage, so descendants of these lost souls can find them and bring them home. The thousands of photographs are mostly from the 1800's and include Tintypes, Daguerreotypes, Cabinet Cards, Carte-de-visites, Personal Picture Postcards, Photo Albums and Yearbooks. Recently, I was able to acquire the following album: Chester County, Pennsylvania & Wilmington, Delaware Families Photo Album This is a Civil War era photo album that measures 7 x 5.5 x 2 inches. It is a black leather album with a raised golden rose and white faux pearl pegs. One section of pages have pulled away from the back but the important thing is that the portraits are in excellent shape. There are 24 cdvs, 10 tintypes plus a negative of a man & a horse. Almost all of the photos are from Pottstown, Coatesville, West Chester or Philadelphia, Pennsylvania or else Wilmington, Delaware The names in the album are: Thomas Naylor ----- Wilmington, Delaware Helen Mc Elheney --- a tintype of two women --- Anna Jane Wright ------- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Esther Moore ----- Wilmington, Delaware Thomas Naylor Jr. ----- Wilmington, Delaware Jas. P. Wright ----- Wilmington, Delaware Erline Wright ----- Wilmington, Delaware Jose (Josephine?) ------ Wilmington, Delaware Sallie Pollero --- Coatesville, Pennsylvania A photo of Dr. Reney --- who brought me into this world 15 Dec. 1884 Daniel L. Britten ------- Pottstown, Pennsylvania NOTE: Find A Grave has Birth: Dec. 15, 1884, Death: May 29, 1959 Saint Petersburg, Florida Buried in Chester County, Pennsylvania Daniel Britten was a veteran of both World War I and II. If you or anyone you know might want to purchase this heirloom and bring it back into the family, please contact me at: [email protected] Please feel free to check out your other family names: http://fourkings.freeyellow.com/Page3.html Thanks, Robert D. King The Family Photos On-Line Project is certified by and featured on Cindy's Lists, Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter, Worldwide Genealogy Topsites, Baltimore photographers/residents, Connect With Surnames Genealogy Directory, Michigan's Orphan Artifacts and many genealogical newspapers. Satisfaction is guaranteed. 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/16531.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Dear MsLefty, FTDNA has a test that will give you a scientifically irrefutable answer of YES or NO to that question for $289. I am not sure that anyone else can answer your question by any documented genealogical means. I personally know next to nothing about WV and MD Wright family groups, but it seems to me that records for those areas are spotty at best prior to your James C. whose ancestors were more likely to have mixed with the Natives at a time when the likelihood of the event never getting recorded anywhere skyrockets. The FTDNA web site at www.familytreedna.com can provide you with the means of ordering the test kit for the "Family Finder" test. Or if your husband already has tested with FTDNA for Y-DNA, they may be able to use his existing stored sample, if it has been untouched for other tests. What you would get from the "Family Finder" test (which works for women as well as men) is a percentage breakdown of your husband's major ethnic group make-up. Native American is one of the major ethnic groups that a percentage is given for. If he turns out to have a substantial percentage number in the Native American ethnic category, say, 5% - 10% or thereabouts, then the chances are pretty good one of his more remote ancestors was mixed up with Native Americans....not necessarily the Wrights themselves, but perhaps in his mother's line. If his mother and father are still living and both have the test done on their own samples, their "Family Finder" test profiles would help confirm which line, paternal or maternal, the Native American contribution came from. I know times are tough and $289 is a lot of money to answer such a seemingly simple question, let alone 3x $289, but I think it is the quickest and surest way of knowing whether you are wasting your time looking into this family "rumor". If your husband's results come back low for Native American, then the issue is closed, but if it comes back with a significant number for Native American, then the additional cost of testing Mom and Dad or a sibling of both Mom and Dad would be needed to resolve whether the contribution was maternal or paternal in origin. Sorry I don't have anything cheaper to offer. Best of Luck, 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: MsLefty Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/16531/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I'm investigating one of my husband's family legends/rumors. Specifically, do any of the Wright descendants originally from Preston County, WV-Garrett County, MD area, have a Native American heritage? Husband's GF was Richard Earl, GGF was James Arthur, and GGGF was James C. 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: oclarke11 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/16530/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Here are some more Wrights I need info on. 1. Walter Scott Sr. b abt 1858 in Caroline Co Va marr Addie S. Taylor. Need their parents & siblings. Have five children for them. 2. Daniel ( Danny ) b abt 1965 in Caroline marr Limberly Cecil. Need parents & siblings for Daniel & children for him & Kim. She is the dau of James R. Cecil Sr. of Caroline & the late Eugenia ( Jeannie ) Palmore who was b in Hanover Co Va. 3. George b abt 1870 in Caroline marr Sarah Ann ( Nannie ) Anderson dau of Samuel Chatman Anderson & Affiah ( Betty Jane ) Beazley. Need parents & siblings for George. Have six children for him & Sarah. 4. Francis b abt 1600 in Yorkshire England marr Ann Meryton. Need parents & siblings for them. Their son Richard b abt 1630 in Northumberland Co Va marr Anne Mottram. Also need her parents & siblings. Their son Francis b abt 1650 in Westmoreland Co Va marr Ann Washington also need Ann's parents & siblings. Their son John b abt 1670 marr Dorothy. Also need her last name & parents & siblings. Their son Francis b abt 1700 in Stafford Co Va marr Anne Massey. Need her parents & siblings as well. Their dau Elizabeth b abt 1725 marr Taliaferro Stribling I. son of Thomas Stribling I. & Elizabeth Talaiferro. Need children for Talaiferro & Elizabeth. 5. John b abt 1680 in Culpeper Co Va marr Elizabeth Bronaugh dau of Jeremiah Bronaugh & unknown wife. Need parents & siblings for John. Have three children for him & Elizabeth. 6. James Henry b abt 1830 in Caroline marr Elizabeth Loving. Need their parents & siblings . Have three children for them. 7. Emuella ( Ella ) b abt 1840 in Caroline marr James Campbell son of Seth Campbell & Susannah Chiles. Need Ella's parents & siblings. Dau of James & Ella was Minnie Winston b 29 Dec 1871. Minnie marr James Odin Peatross 2 Dec 1897. Need their children. He was the son of Henry Cook Peatross & Frances Ann Campbell. 8. Eugene Henry b abt 1863 in Caroline marr Nola E. Pitts. Need parents & siblings fo them. Have two sons for them. 9. Fannie S. b abt 1880 in Caroline marr V. E. ( need his name ) Loving. Need their parents & siblings. Their dau Elizabeth b abt 1909 marr Russell Webb Carter 15 Jun 1929. Russell was the son of Phillip Henry( Phil ) Carter & Florence Broaddus Loving. Also need children for Russell & Elizabeth. 10. Florence b abt 1900 in Caroline marr Alvin Burruss Hicks. Need their parents & siblings. Have four dau's for them. 11. Frances W. ( Fanny ) b abt 1828 in Caroline marr Benjamin O. Brooks Sr. 15 Jul 1850. Need parents & siblings for them. Have ten children for this couple. 12. J. ( need his first name ) Wesley b abt 1850 in Caroline marr Nancy Garrett. Need their parents & siblings. Have a son & a dau for them. 13. George b abt 1780 in King & Queen Co Va marr Ann. Need last name for Anna & their parents & siblings. Their dau Catherine b abt 1801 marr Robert Wright 8 Mar 1854 in Caroline Co. This was a second marr for Robert & may have been a second marr for Catherine. Robert was the son of John Wright & Mary last name not known. 14. George b abt 1800 in Essex Co Va marr Mary B. Spindle dau of Mordecai Redd Spindle & Sarah Noel. Need parents & siblings for George & children for him & Mary. 15. Ralph Truman b abt 1905 in Caroline marr Anne Myrtle Pitts. Need his parents & siblings. Have two dau's for him & Anne who was the dau of John Boutwell ( Johnny ) Pitts & Mattie Ann Farmer. 15. Grace T. b abt 1880 in Caroline marr James E. Moore. Need their parents & siblings. Have two sons for them. 16. Hannah b abt 1810 in Caroline marr Thomas Haynes. Need their parents & siblings. Their son Lewis b abt 1830 marr Lucy Chenault. Also need paretns & siblings for Lucy. Their dau Lucy Ann b 11 Jun 1847 marr Luther Alexander Carter son of James Lewis Carter & Emmeline Garnett. Have eight children for Luther & Lucy. 17. Harriett M. b abt 1800 in Caroline marr William Kidd. Need their parents & siblings. Their son William Burton b 29 Feb 1836 marr Attawa Miller Broaddus 18 Nov 1858. Need their children. She was the dau of Mordecai Redd Broaddus & Sarah Ann Miller. 18. John b abt 1900 in Boynton Va marr Ollie Reece. Need parents & siblings for them. Their son Harvey was b abt 1920. Have no info on him or other siblings. 19. J. ( need his first name ) Woody b abt 1852 in Caroline. Need parents & siblings for him as well as his wife's name & her parents & siblings. Their son Warren W. b Jan 1878 marr Laura Lee ( Lena ) Beazley 27 Dec 1897. Have a son & a dau for them. Laura was the dau of William Franklin Beazley & Emma Jane Alsop. 20. L. B. ( need his name ) b abt 1860 in Caroline marr Elizabeth. Need her last name & parents & siblings for them. Their son George Vivion Sr. b 1880 marr Hester Jame Trainham 29 Apr 1908. She was the dau of Thomas F. Trainham & Ann E. last name not known. Have two sons for George & Hester. 21. James b abt 1840 in Caroline mrr Mary E. Need Mary's last name & their parents & siblings. Their dau Fannie B. b abt 1863 marr Charles H. Motley 10 Dec 1908. Need chhildren for them. Charles was the son of Thomas H. Motley & Hannah E. her last name not known. 22. Laura Belle b abt 1920 in Caroline marr Raymond Hulet Chenault/Chinault Sr. Need Laura's parents & siblings. Have three children for her & Raymond who was the son of Otha Coleman Chenault & Hauzie Julia Garnett. 23. Letty b abt 1770 in Caroline marr Hickman Mitchell Sr. 22 Dec 1797. Need parents & siblings fo them. Have a son & a dau for them. 24. Lillie Asberry b 11 Jun 1864 in Caroline marr William Henry ( Willie ) Peatross son of Henry Cook Peatross & Frances Ann Campbell Need Lillie's parents & siblings. Have a son & a dau for her & William. 25. John Alexander Sr. b abt 1880 in Caroline marr Ina Virginia Smith. Need their parents & siblings. Have a son & a dau for them. 26. Lucy J. b abt 1830 in Caroline marr Felix Sutton son of John Carter Sutton Jr. & Ann last name not known. Need parents & siblings for Lucy & children for her & Felix. 27. Jesse Hubbard b abt 1885 in Essex Co Va marr Amy Margaret Chappell who was b abt 1896 in Lancashire England & was the dau of Amos Chappell & Mary Eliza Garde of England. Need Jesse's parents & siblings . Dau of Jesse & Amy was Margaret b abt 1910. She marr a Mr. Cain. Need his name & his parents & siblings & children for him & Margaret. 28. Maria ( Mary ) Elizabeth b abt 1760 in Loudoun Co Va marr William Silcot. Need parents & siblings for them. Have a son & a dau for them. 29. Martha Sarah b abt 1886 in Caroline marr Baynham Wharton son of Festus Wharton & Martha Jane Farmer. Need paretns & siblings for Martha Sarah. Have nine children for her & Baynham. 30. Mary b abt 1840 in Caroline marr Thomas Carter. Need their parents & siblings. Their son Charles Walker b 19 May 1866 marr Lula Bowler Lumpkin 18 Jan 1888. Lula was the dau of George W. Lumpkin & Louvenia Longest. Son of Charles & Lula was Charles Scott b 1 May 1891. Charles marr Mary Elizabeth Jones 15 Dec 1910. Mary was the dau of Oscar Jones & Hattie Hawkins. Have a son & a dau for Charles & Mary. 31. Mary E. ( Molly ) b abt 1880 in Caroline marr John F. Houston. Need their parents & siblings. Have a son & a dau for them. 32. Mary L. b abt 1830 in Essex marr John R. Motley. Need their parents & siblings. Also have a son & a dau for them. 33. Mattie D. b abt 1880 in Caroline marr Luther Trice Kay. Need parents & siblings for them. Have ten children for this couple. 34. Parthenia Ambrosia b abt 1820 in Caroline marr John Wilson Hutcheson. Need her parents & siblings. Have eight children for her & John who was the son of Richard Waller Hutcheson Sr. & Mary P. Chiles. 35. Rebecca b 6 Jul 1805 in Barren Co KY marr John Huffman who was b in Culpeper Co Va & was the son of Ambrose Huffman Sr. & Mary Railsback. Need paretns & siblings for Rebecca. Dau of John & Rebecca was Susan b 10 Oct 1825. Have no info on her or other siblings. 36. Robert b abt 1780 in Caroline. Need parents & siblings for him. Also need his wife's name & her parents & siblings. His dau Suburna Hawkins b abt 1800 marr Eldred Green 12 Sep 1827. Eldred was the son of George Green & unknown wife. Dau of Eldred & Suburna was also Suburna Hawkins b abt 1842. She marr Robert H. Andrews 31 Jan 1868. Need their children. Robert was the son of Robert Andrews & Sarah Barbee. 37. Sally b abt 1880 in Caroline marr Joseph Garnett. Need parents & siblings for them. Their dau Lottie b abt 1905 marr Stanley Farmer 27 Jun 1925. Have three children for them. Stanley was the son of Harry Farmer & Julia C. Lumpkin. 38. Samuel b abt 1810 in Caroline marr Mary Brooks. Need their parents & siblings. Have a son & a dau for them. 39. Susan ( Betsy ) b abt 1810 in Caroline mar Willis Pitts 28 Jan 1834. Need their parents & siblings. Have nine children for them. 40. Susanna b abt 1815 in Page Co Va marr Emanuel Aleshire son of Henry H. Aleshire & Polly Roberts. Need parents & siblings for Susanna. Have three children for her & Emanuel. 41. Thomas b abt 1735 in Cumberland Co Va marr Elizabeth McGehee dau of Edward McGehee of Cumberland Co & Elizabeth DeJarnette of Caroline Co. Need parents & siblings for Thomas & children for him & Elizabeth. 42. William Henry b abt 1920 in Caroline marr Elva M. Addair. Need their parents & siblings. Their son Jerry Wayne b abt 1945 marr Linda Dianne Southworth 6 Aug 1965. She is the dau of the late John Wesley Southworth & Lillian Arlene Street. Also need children for Jerry & Linda. I know there are a lot of Wright's listed here & lots of info. Most of the Wirghts are from Caroline Co Va. I probably put several of them in there twice. Any info appreciated. Ollie 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.