rootsweb offers free web hosting! all you need is the software to convert your family file to web format and there are all sorts of ways to do that. one thing you need to watch for is to make sure you privatize your info. i can give you suggestions, if you wish. my website is listed below. herb At 03:44 PM 11/8/2007, you wrote: >So, I've done a lot of research over the years, and I'd like to build it on >a website. Presently it's in the LDS software. > > > >Is there any means to share publicly, and do it free? I'd like to be able to >build as I go rather than just dumping the whole thing up there. It'll give >me a step to document and confirm everything as I go. > > > >Thanks, > > > >Tom Wright > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >WRIGHT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message Herb Arkin 92,000 Descendants and relatives of Richard Wright, Sr. of Rowan County, North Carolina who emigrated to Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri. Web page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~herbarkin

Thank you. I'll check it out. herbert arkin wrote: >there are 8 philbert (& other spellings) in my database below. > >herb > >At 04:23 PM 11/8/2007, you wrote: > > >>I'm interested in your reference to Philburt from Maryland, and wonder >>if you have any information about a Moses Wright from this Philburt >>line? Here is what I know, so far. >> >> > > >Herb Arkin > >92,000 Descendants and relatives of Richard Wright, Sr. of Rowan >County, North Carolina who emigrated to Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, >Kansas and Missouri. Web page: >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~herbarkin > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WRIGHT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

it turns out that that there are a number of philburd (Philbert Wrights) one is the son of richard wright, sr and another set from the line of Philburt from Maryland. Are they related? i think so but that is not enough. herb At 03:23 PM 11/8/2007, you wrote: >I have a question, if the Philbert Wright 1768-1855 who came to Washington >County, Indiana isn't the son of Richard Wright Sr., then who is the >Philburd Wright mentioned in the will of Richard Wright Sr? I have several >books from Washington County, Indiana that states that Philbert was the son >of Richard Wright Sr. > I'm descended from Philbert Wright and Molly Sears, now I'm confused! >Help! Joyce > > > "snip" > This is just a note of caution to my earlier unqualified comment to >Melanie. I am still as skeptical about Philburt as Herb, despite the DNA >evidence that is emerging. Relatively speaking, it is a little meager. >And, in the meantime, I'm just as stumped at how to refer to him in the >discussions of lineage other than as a son. > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >WRIGHT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message Herb & Carol Arkin Orlando, Florida

I have a question, if the Philbert Wright 1768-1855 who came to Washington County, Indiana isn't the son of Richard Wright Sr., then who is the Philburd Wright mentioned in the will of Richard Wright Sr? I have several books from Washington County, Indiana that states that Philbert was the son of Richard Wright Sr. I'm descended from Philbert Wright and Molly Sears, now I'm confused! Help! Joyce "snip" This is just a note of caution to my earlier unqualified comment to Melanie. I am still as skeptical about Philburt as Herb, despite the DNA evidence that is emerging. Relatively speaking, it is a little meager. And, in the meantime, I'm just as stumped at how to refer to him in the discussions of lineage other than as a son.

I'm interested in your reference to Philburt from Maryland, and wonder if you have any information about a Moses Wright from this Philburt line? Here is what I know, so far. Rebecca Wright b. 2 Mar 1827 Ohio (maybe Cincinnati), d. 15 Feb 1914 Achilles Township, Rawlins County, Kansas. Married Isaac Johnston Veatch on 18 Dec 1844 Pickaway County, Ohio. Rebecca's death certificate, from information given by her daughter with whom she lived, said her parents were MOSES WRIGHT, born Maryland, and ELIZABETH HILL, born Maryland. I have a copy of the 1840 federal census showing the page which has two entries of interest: Elizabeth Wright, one male 30-40, one female under 5, two females 10-15, and one female 50-60, and that of Thomas J. Veatch. I know from documented family history that Thomas J. Veatch was the father of Isaac Johnston Veatch, so it makes speculative sense to assume that this Elizabeth Wright is also Rebecca's mother. Both the Veatch household and the Wright household have a male or female category which would include Isaac and Rebecca in 1840. Again, they married in 1844. The families are living in Wayne Township, Pickaway County, Ohio, and that is the county of marriage for Isaac and Rebecca. This much is documented. It is too bad that the listing of household members did not begin until 1850! Rebecca and Isaac were in Union Township of Ross County, Ohio, in 1850 and by 1860 they had moved to Illinois. I have their subsequent censuses until their deaths, and neither Moses nor Elizabeth were ever listed on their censuses. This is the end of my documentation. Would appreciate hearing from anyone who might offer me a direction to search. herbert arkin wrote: >it turns out that that there are a number of philburd (Philbert >Wrights) one is the son of richard wright, sr and another set from >the line of Philburt from Maryland. Are they related? i think so >but that is not enough. > >herb > > >

So, I've done a lot of research over the years, and I'd like to build it on a website. Presently it's in the LDS software. Is there any means to share publicly, and do it free? I'd like to be able to build as I go rather than just dumping the whole thing up there. It'll give me a step to document and confirm everything as I go. Thanks, Tom Wright

Reading these messages have got my curiosity up.. I must dig through my mothers things.. My Wrights that I know are from Oswego County New York.. but I do know that family settled all over the USA.... back oh maybe 25 years ago.. a well off distant Wright cousin died in Indiana and having no immediate next of kin.. the lawyers had to trace her family line for relatives.. which they did to 1600's...I have this results of this professional search... I am going to have to hunt in my mothers things in my shed.. the copy is out there among her items..might possibly help someone .. I have not been working on my Wright side of my family yet..I have lots of photos,etc. (all packed of course in my late mother's things..) and luckly my great grandmother wrote on alot of these old photos..maybe after holidays.. I'll get out there.. and be able to share what I have..

It use to be , that when someone was in poverty died.. sometimes another family would help..by purchasing or donating a lot for them..also could be a distant relation or friend.. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Thom" <davidt@uk2.net> To: <WRIGHT@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 11:17 AM Subject: [WRIGHT] WRIGHT Family, N.Y. [JOHN WRIGHT - d.1874] >I would be pleased to hear from anyone who recognises the following > members of the WRIGHT family who were interred in Lot 3812 Section 11 of > GreenWood Cemetery Brooklyn, NY., in the years noted: > > MARGARET F WRIGHT 1858 > > AGNES F WRIGHT 1862 > > WILLIAM WRIGHT 1872 > > JOHN WRIGHT 1874 > > DAVID F WRIGHT 1911 > > LUCY A WRIGHT 1923 > > EMMA BALDWIN WRIGHT 1926 > > WILLIAM H WRIGHT 1951 > > JOHN P WRIGHT 1935 > > ANNA J WRIGHT 1962 > > I am NOT researching the family, nor do I have any ancestral > relationships, but I am interested to learn something of JOHN WRIGHT > (d.1874). He purchased a burial lair (Lot 3812, GreenWood Cemetery, > Brookly) for the interment of my ancestor JAMES THOM when he died in > poverty in New York in 1850. It would be interested to know something of > John Wright's background - he was possibly a man of some standing in the > community (perhaps an apothecary who attended James Thom during his > terminal illness) or he may have been a fellow Scottish stonemason. > > Any further information on JOHN WRIGHT would be gratefully appreciated. > > David Thom (Edinburgh - Scotland.) > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WRIGHT-request@rootsweb.com 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: melaniewsmith Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/6416.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Herb, I have been chatting with Mike Wright and he said I should talk with you. My ggf is William Brantly Wright, his father was Aaron Wright (1817-1900)(born in NC) Aaron's parents were: James Wright and Elizabeth Betsy Jordan. I see none of our family names linked to either his info or yours. I suppose we are a different line altogether! My uncle who is a Wright is going to do the DNA test soon. Have any info to help me. I'm just getting started. 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 did submit the DNA that I had done to 12 markers, but in the closest match, at least four markers differ. Im considering doing it out to 37 markers. Best regards, Kevin Wright On Nov 7, 2007, at 9:54 PM, Linda Magellan wrote: > Hi Kevin, > Thank you for sharing this information. Have you considered joining > the Wright Surname Project? It is a great tool in determining which > other Wrights you might be related to. > > Linda Parker Magellan > Volunteer Coordinator, Wright Surname Project > http://www.wright-dna.org > Member ISOGG > International Society of Genetic Genealogy > http://www.isogg.org > > > > On Nov 7, 2007, at 4:25 PM, Kevin Wright wrote: > >> I'm just joining in the Wright message board. I am descended of >> Charles Wright of Byram Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, a >> Revolutionary War veteran. Even in the DNA research ( Haplogroup >> R1b1c), I don't find other NJ Wrights. My father was the only son of >> an only son. My great-grandfather Benjamin Wright had half brothers >> who resided in Washington, Warren County, NJ. >> >> I would appreciate any leads on the origins and ancestry of Charles >> Wright. >> >> Best regards, >> Kevin Wright >> >> >> >> Charles Wright purchased land upon the Punkhorn Creek in Byram >> Township in 1767. Wrights Pond in Byram Township, Sussex County, New >> Jersey, is named for him. He served in the continental army and also >> in Major Westbrook’s Battalion of the State troops. According to his >> last will and testament, composed September 26, 1801, Charles Wright >> of Byram bequeathed to his beloved wife, Elizabeth, whole use of his >> dwelling house, barn and shop and all his land (except two acres), >> provided she gives his son Ephraim a home and a living with her, and >> his two daughters a home in said house as long as they live single. >> He devised his two daughters, Mary and Elizabeth, one good feather >> bed and complete bed furnishings, and one good cow and $25 in cash. >> To son Samuel, he devised his wagons, one cow and two acres to be >> taken off the southeast corner of his land so as to take the tan vats >> and bark house. To his son Ephraim, he devised at his widow’s >> decease, “my house, barn, shop and all land.” If Ephraim died without >> heirs, then the land was to be sold and the propfits divided amongst >> the other three children: Samuel receiving one-half share and >> Elizabeth and Mary receiving one-half share. He died in 1904. >> >> Charles Wright married Elizabeth and had at least four children: >> >> (2-1) Samuel >> >> (2-2) Mary >> >> (2-3) Elizabeth >> >> (2-4) Ephraim >> >> >> (2-1) Samuel Wright and Phebe Casterline, both of Byram Township, >> Sussex County, were married by Reverend James Richards of Morristown >> on January 17, 1804 (Genealogical Magazine 4:174) Samuel Wright >> married Jane Wight [White], both of Byram, on November 24, 1805. >> Samuel Wright, Senior, of Byram, died June 7, 1850. According to his >> last will and testament, composed April 9, 1850, Samuel Wright, >> Senior, of Byram Township, bequeathed to his daughter Mary, wife of >> Silvenus Goble, all land owned by me northwest of the road leading >> from Wiliam Forgusson’s (Forgast?) to widow Charity McCain’s, >> supposed to be ten or twelve acres and $200 and all household goods >> and furniture which I gave to her when she went to keeping house. To >> daughter Dorcas, wife of Francis D. Laurence, to son William, to son >> Samuel and to son Joseph G., all the residue of my personal and real >> estate. He appointed son Samuel as executor. The will was probated >> June 7, 1850. [Sussex County Will Book D, p. 285] Under provisions of >> the will, Samuel Wright, executor of Samuel Wright, Senior, conveyed >> two lots (the First Lot containing 5.35 acres on the Punkhorn Creek, >> the same conveyed to Samuel Wright, Jr. by deed on June 1, 1850 and >> recorded in Sussex County Deed Book M, page 81, and the Second Lot, >> being the same conveyed to Samuel Wright, Senior, by Andrew Bell on >> November 4, 1808? and recorded in Sussex County Deed Book S, page >> 323) to Andrew Rose of Byram Township for $1,120. These were the >> lands devised to Dorcas Lawrence, William, Samuel and Joseph Wright. >> [Sussex County Deed Book L4, p. 302] >> >> (3-1) Mary, wife of Silvinas Goble >> >> (3-2) Dorcas, wife of Francis Lawrence >> >> (3-3) William. The 1850 Census for Byram Township lists William >> Wright (246), aged 35 years, Farmer; Mahala, aged 32 years; Maria, >> aged 13 years; George, aged 6 years; Arminda, aged 5 years. The will >> of William Wright of Stanhope (died December 12, 1884 ) mentioned >> wife, Mahala and three daughters Maria (wife of Owen W. King), >> Arminda and Eveline E. >> >> (?-?) Cornelius G., born ca 1821; married Margaret, born ca 1829. >> Children: Sarah, born 1850 (listed 5/12 in 1850 Census of Byram >> Township); Eveline, born 1850 (listed 4/12 in 1850 Census of Byram >> Township); died November 15, 1881, will mentions 5.13 acres conveyed >> by William Forgast and Sarah Wright to Cornelius C. Wright on March >> 15, 1861; 16 acres conveyed by the same parties on May 3, 1859; 20 >> acres held as tenant in common with Leo Wright. Children: Lydia E., >> wife of Joseph Harvey; Leo Wright; Laura, wife of Jacob Banghart; >> Mahala, wife of Edward Hawk; Elias Wright; Isabella, wife of George >> Louison (?). >> >> (3-4) Samuel, born 1823 Samuel Wright married (1) Hannah Jane Stiff >> of Byram (both of Stanhope), daughter of Benjamin Stiff and Sarah >> Snider in Newton on July 27, 1850 by Reverend R. Vanhorne. Their >> chirldren: >> >> (4-1) Benjamin Snyder Wright, born October 13, 1850. His mother died >> in childbirth in 1852 and his father remarried. When his father and >> step-mother moved to Washington, New Jersey, about 1856, he was >> raised by his maternal grandfather, Benjamin Stiff. The 1870 Census >> of Byram Township lists (105/26) Benjamin Stiff, 80 years old, >> retired farmer, Sarah, 77 years old; Benjamin Wright, 19 years old, >> farm laborer; and Charles Stiff, carpet weaver. He married Sarah >> Elizabeth Talmadge (born November 28, 1855), daughter of of James L. >> and Caroline (Queren) Talmadge, of Roseville, at Succasuna on October >> 11, 1874. According to May Belle (Wright) Kymer, Benjamin Wright wore >> braces on both legs as a young man and had white hair by the time he >> was 21 years of age. He was the head mason who worked on many Newton >> landmarks, including the Bentley Mansion on Main Street, Hill >> Fountain (corner of High and Liberty Streets). He liked to walk to >> the fountain on Sunday afternoons. Sarah Elizabeth Wright died at >> Newton, New Jersey, of an obstruction of the bowel on July 31, 1924, >> aged 68 years, 8 months and 3 days. On July 31, 1928, The Sussex >> Register reported that “Mrs. Benjamin Wright is seriously ill at her >> home after an operation.” In August 1928, Mrs John Staley of East >> Orange was guest of her father, Benjamin Wright of Mill Street, >> Newton. Benjamin Snyder Wright died of a hemorrhage of the stomach at >> the home of his son Ivan Wright, at 31 Foster Street, Newton, New >> Jersey, on September 10, 1928, aged 77 years, 10 months and 27 days. >> He was survived by three daughters, Mrs. John Staley of East Orange; >> Mrs. James L. Kymer of Newton; and Rosetta Wright; and one son, Ivan >> Wright; also, the following sisters: Mrs. Neil Christine of >> Washington, New Jersey; Mrs. J. K. (Ida) Smith of Newark; Mrs. >> (Carrie) Joseph Smith of Westfield, New Jersey; and one brother, >> William Wright of Washington, New Jersey. He was buried at Andover. >> The children of Benjamin and Sarah Elizabeth Wright were: >> >> (5-1) Emma Louisa Wright, born December 20, 1876. John B. Staley of >> Andover married Emma L. Wright of Newton at Baleville on June 27, >> 1901. >> >> (5-2) Rosetta Queren Wright, born April 11, 1878; died March 1962, >> aged 83 years.. >> >> (5-3) May Bell Wright, born May 6, 1882; married James L. Kymer >> >> (5-4) Virgil Ivan Wright, born March 18, 1893. Ivan V. Wright of >> Newton married Miss Gertrude C. Brink of Branchville on January 20, >> 1923. At beginning of February 1928, Ivan Wright of the firm of >> Straulina & Wright, returned Bridgeport, Connecticut, and New York, >> where he was taking instructions pertaining to oil business. Their >> children: (6-1) John Ivan, born December 4, 1923; (6-2) Elizabeth; >> (6-3) Janet >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WRIGHT- >> request@rootsweb.com >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >> the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WRIGHT- > request@rootsweb.com 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: Herb_Arkin Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/6416.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: i have for some time been trying to establish the relationship between richard wright, sr and philbert wright. while there is much DNA evidence on the richard wright, sr. side, i havent seen any on philburd. go to my website to see a short discussion of the parentage. i believe that they are closely related, but yet to be proven. im sure that richard wright, sr is NOT related to the new england wrights. Herb Arkin 92,000 Descendants and relatives of Richard Wright, Sr. of Rowan County, North Carolina who emigrated to Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri. Web page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~herbarkin 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: C_Burchartz Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/6416.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Oh, this is going to entice me pull out all of my boxes of geneology stuff and renenter it into my computer. Has it been established through DNA testing that Philburd Wright and Richard Wright SR are in fact brothers? I am a descendant of both, as a matter of fact their children married each other. If I remember correctly Sarah Sally Wright is the daughter of Richard Sr while her husband Levi is the son of Philburd. Their son Henry is my gggg grandfather. I know I have debated the relations ship between Richard and Philburd before but no one could tell me definately yes they are brothers. Hmmmmmmmm, the fun of geneology. Cris 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: melaniewsmith Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/6416.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Mike, you are absolutely brilliant. Your knowlege of your ancestry just amazes me. I cannot tell you how much I appreciate the time you have taken to share with me. My uncle just had surgery this past Mon. and then they are planning a trip out of state for only a week. So after that, we will be placing our order for the DNA test kit. Is there one that you would recommend? I have noticed there are several to choose from. Melanie 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 would be pleased to hear from anyone related to the following members of the WRIGHT family who were interred in Lot 3812 Section 11 of GreenWood Cemetery Brooklyn, NY., in the years noted: MARGARET F WRIGHT 1858 AGNES F WRIGHT 1862 WILLIAM WRIGHT 1872 JOHN WRIGHT 1874 DAVID F WRIGHT 1911 LUCY A WRIGHT 1923 EMMA BALDWIN WRIGHT 1926 WILLIAM H WRIGHT 1951 JOHN P WRIGHT 1935 ANNA J WRIGHT 1962 I have to stress that I am NOT researching the family, nor do I have any (direct) ancestral relationships, but I am interested to learn something of JOHN WRIGHT (d.1874). He purchased a lair for the burial of my ancestor JAMES THOM when he died in poverty in New York in 1850. It would be interesting to know if John Wright was a fellow stonemason or an apothecary who attended James Thom during his terminal illness, or if he was perhaps a fellow Scotsman. Any further information on JOHN WRIGHT would be gratefully appreciated. David Thom (Edinburgh - Scotland.)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MichaelCharlesWight Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/6416.1.1.1.1.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Melanie, What a fun question to ask! The short answer is I don't think so, but I really don't know! What I believe is that the Zachary Taylor Wright in the Footprints database was born in Indiana 27 Nov. 1848 according to a family Bible entry. But that is only the tip of the iceberg, and here is a chance to expound on the power of DNA testing to sort out long-standing controversy, which I can't resist. I told you there were some mistakes in the Footprints database I referred you to. The Zachary Taylor Wright part of this database is a great case in point. This entry in the Footprints database probably shouldn't even be there. I base that statement on the, now proven, fact that the entire section of lineage under Richard Wright (1730 - 1784)should be removed from the Footprints lineage chart. According to the DNA evidence that has recently been developed from descendants of Richard's sons, William R. Wright (Zachary's great grandfather), and Philburd Wright (Zachary's great granduncle) this line of Wrights is completely separate from the New England Wrights of Samuel and Thomas. When you compare the descendant DNA profiles for Richard Wright (1784/85) to those of Deacon Samuel Wright descendants, you can clearly see there is not even a remote resemblence. This confirms that Richard Wright of Rowan Co, NC came from a completely different place and Wright stock in England than Samuel and Thomas. Herb Arkin has Richard's (therefore Zachary's) ancestry as being Welch whereas Samuel and Thomas were of East Anglican stock from Co, Essex, England. If you care to investigate this Zachary Taylor Wright further, I would refer you to Herb Arkin, who manages the Richard Wright, Sr database and posted a response to you on this forum a few days ago. He has a completely different take on the lineage of Zachary Taylor Wright than what you see in the Footprints database and the birth date and place I cited above are from his records. (see http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~herbarkin/Wright html/d0073/g0000050.html) Just to recap the controversy, which you may already be aware of... The lineage according to Footprints is: Immigrant father Thomas Wright, Wethersfield, CT (1610 - 1670), James, Daniel, Richard (1730 - 1784), William, Samuel, Morgan, Zachary 12 siblings. The lineage according to the Richard Wright, Sr. database is: Welsh immigrant father Richard Wright, Sr, of Rowan Co. NC (1730-1784), William R., Samuel?, Morgan, Zachary 14 siblings different from those on Footprints. As you can see, the Footprints database attempted to incorporate the backbone of the Richard Wright Sr. lineage into its Thomas Wright descendancy chart. This has been on the Web like this since at least 1998. There was never any solid documentation to support that connection, but it was a putative hypothesis a lot of people have mistaken for fact in recent years. Now, since neither of the parentage claims in the Footprints or Richard Wright databases match the parentage you have cited for your Zachary Taylor Wright, maybe you make a third claim on the same man or we are talking about a completely different man. I don't know. All of these Zachary Taylor Wrights may be one and the same man,....or not. Again, I don't know and Herb Arkin is better equipped with facts and documents on his Zachary Taylor Wright, and NC Wrights in general, than I could ever produce for you. I would talk to him about it, if you haven't already. What is certain in my mind is that the Richard Wright Sr. lineage claimed in the Footprints database to be part of the Thomas Wright lineage from Wehtersfield, CT is dead wrong. That doesn't mean that everything else there under Richard Wright is probably wrong as well, just that the whole lineage under him is not in the right place and that includes the Zachary Taylor Wright to whom you have referred in your e-mail. The only other observation I have is that there were a whole bunch of kids born in the mid-1800s with the given names Zachary Taylor (your surname of choice). They were named after General and President (1849-1850) Zachary Taylor, who was for many frontiersmen and laboring folks the new Andrew Jackson type hero; bold and victorious in battle, hard working, honest and given to honoring the common man. He appealed to both Northerns and Southerners because he was both a staunch Unionist who opposed expansion of slave statehoods while at the same time being a slave holder on his plantations in Louisiana and Mississippi. In his day, many folks thought he was something very special and named their kids after him. That, to me, suggests there could be more than one Zachary Taylor Wright running around in the 1850 timeframe and that we should be a little careful about how we mush them together hooking them up with parents, spouses and children. Hope that helps, and I know I am preaching to the choir about the DNA stuff. I just thought it was a neat example of the power of DNA testing in genealogical research and the fact that you have a Zachary Taylor Wright in your sights means that the other DNA profile you should compare your Uncle's to is that of Richard Wright, which is Group 4 under the monster Wright-DNA results section for the R1b1 haploid group. This haploid group of results dwarfs all the others and might prove very interesting if your Uncle is a member of the group. It will be neat to see which group you do belong to and I sure hope the outcome is a narrowing of your focus in your paper research. Have a great day. 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.

I'm just joining in the Wright message board. I am descended of Charles Wright of Byram Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, a Revolutionary War veteran. Even in the DNA research ( Haplogroup R1b1c), I don't find other NJ Wrights. My father was the only son of an only son. My great-grandfather Benjamin Wright had half brothers who resided in Washington, Warren County, NJ. I would appreciate any leads on the origins and ancestry of Charles Wright. Best regards, Kevin Wright Charles Wright purchased land upon the Punkhorn Creek in Byram Township in 1767. Wrights Pond in Byram Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, is named for him. He served in the continental army and also in Major Westbrook’s Battalion of the State troops. According to his last will and testament, composed September 26, 1801, Charles Wright of Byram bequeathed to his beloved wife, Elizabeth, whole use of his dwelling house, barn and shop and all his land (except two acres), provided she gives his son Ephraim a home and a living with her, and his two daughters a home in said house as long as they live single. He devised his two daughters, Mary and Elizabeth, one good feather bed and complete bed furnishings, and one good cow and $25 in cash. To son Samuel, he devised his wagons, one cow and two acres to be taken off the southeast corner of his land so as to take the tan vats and bark house. To his son Ephraim, he devised at his widow’s decease, “my house, barn, shop and all land.” If Ephraim died without heirs, then the land was to be sold and the propfits divided amongst the other three children: Samuel receiving one-half share and Elizabeth and Mary receiving one-half share. He died in 1904. Charles Wright married Elizabeth and had at least four children: (2-1) Samuel (2-2) Mary (2-3) Elizabeth (2-4) Ephraim (2-1) Samuel Wright and Phebe Casterline, both of Byram Township, Sussex County, were married by Reverend James Richards of Morristown on January 17, 1804 (Genealogical Magazine 4:174) Samuel Wright married Jane Wight [White], both of Byram, on November 24, 1805. Samuel Wright, Senior, of Byram, died June 7, 1850. According to his last will and testament, composed April 9, 1850, Samuel Wright, Senior, of Byram Township, bequeathed to his daughter Mary, wife of Silvenus Goble, all land owned by me northwest of the road leading from Wiliam Forgusson’s (Forgast?) to widow Charity McCain’s, supposed to be ten or twelve acres and $200 and all household goods and furniture which I gave to her when she went to keeping house. To daughter Dorcas, wife of Francis D. Laurence, to son William, to son Samuel and to son Joseph G., all the residue of my personal and real estate. He appointed son Samuel as executor. The will was probated June 7, 1850. [Sussex County Will Book D, p. 285] Under provisions of the will, Samuel Wright, executor of Samuel Wright, Senior, conveyed two lots (the First Lot containing 5.35 acres on the Punkhorn Creek, the same conveyed to Samuel Wright, Jr. by deed on June 1, 1850 and recorded in Sussex County Deed Book M, page 81, and the Second Lot, being the same conveyed to Samuel Wright, Senior, by Andrew Bell on November 4, 1808? and recorded in Sussex County Deed Book S, page 323) to Andrew Rose of Byram Township for $1,120. These were the lands devised to Dorcas Lawrence, William, Samuel and Joseph Wright. [Sussex County Deed Book L4, p. 302] (3-1) Mary, wife of Silvinas Goble (3-2) Dorcas, wife of Francis Lawrence (3-3) William. The 1850 Census for Byram Township lists William Wright (246), aged 35 years, Farmer; Mahala, aged 32 years; Maria, aged 13 years; George, aged 6 years; Arminda, aged 5 years. The will of William Wright of Stanhope (died December 12, 1884 ) mentioned wife, Mahala and three daughters Maria (wife of Owen W. King), Arminda and Eveline E. (?-?) Cornelius G., born ca 1821; married Margaret, born ca 1829. Children: Sarah, born 1850 (listed 5/12 in 1850 Census of Byram Township); Eveline, born 1850 (listed 4/12 in 1850 Census of Byram Township); died November 15, 1881, will mentions 5.13 acres conveyed by William Forgast and Sarah Wright to Cornelius C. Wright on March 15, 1861; 16 acres conveyed by the same parties on May 3, 1859; 20 acres held as tenant in common with Leo Wright. Children: Lydia E., wife of Joseph Harvey; Leo Wright; Laura, wife of Jacob Banghart; Mahala, wife of Edward Hawk; Elias Wright; Isabella, wife of George Louison (?). (3-4) Samuel, born 1823 Samuel Wright married (1) Hannah Jane Stiff of Byram (both of Stanhope), daughter of Benjamin Stiff and Sarah Snider in Newton on July 27, 1850 by Reverend R. Vanhorne. Their chirldren: (4-1) Benjamin Snyder Wright, born October 13, 1850. His mother died in childbirth in 1852 and his father remarried. When his father and step-mother moved to Washington, New Jersey, about 1856, he was raised by his maternal grandfather, Benjamin Stiff. The 1870 Census of Byram Township lists (105/26) Benjamin Stiff, 80 years old, retired farmer, Sarah, 77 years old; Benjamin Wright, 19 years old, farm laborer; and Charles Stiff, carpet weaver. He married Sarah Elizabeth Talmadge (born November 28, 1855), daughter of of James L. and Caroline (Queren) Talmadge, of Roseville, at Succasuna on October 11, 1874. According to May Belle (Wright) Kymer, Benjamin Wright wore braces on both legs as a young man and had white hair by the time he was 21 years of age. He was the head mason who worked on many Newton landmarks, including the Bentley Mansion on Main Street, Hill Fountain (corner of High and Liberty Streets). He liked to walk to the fountain on Sunday afternoons. Sarah Elizabeth Wright died at Newton, New Jersey, of an obstruction of the bowel on July 31, 1924, aged 68 years, 8 months and 3 days. On July 31, 1928, The Sussex Register reported that “Mrs. Benjamin Wright is seriously ill at her home after an operation.” In August 1928, Mrs John Staley of East Orange was guest of her father, Benjamin Wright of Mill Street, Newton. Benjamin Snyder Wright died of a hemorrhage of the stomach at the home of his son Ivan Wright, at 31 Foster Street, Newton, New Jersey, on September 10, 1928, aged 77 years, 10 months and 27 days. He was survived by three daughters, Mrs. John Staley of East Orange; Mrs. James L. Kymer of Newton; and Rosetta Wright; and one son, Ivan Wright; also, the following sisters: Mrs. Neil Christine of Washington, New Jersey; Mrs. J. K. (Ida) Smith of Newark; Mrs. (Carrie) Joseph Smith of Westfield, New Jersey; and one brother, William Wright of Washington, New Jersey. He was buried at Andover. The children of Benjamin and Sarah Elizabeth Wright were: (5-1) Emma Louisa Wright, born December 20, 1876. John B. Staley of Andover married Emma L. Wright of Newton at Baleville on June 27, 1901. (5-2) Rosetta Queren Wright, born April 11, 1878; died March 1962, aged 83 years.. (5-3) May Bell Wright, born May 6, 1882; married James L. Kymer (5-4) Virgil Ivan Wright, born March 18, 1893. Ivan V. Wright of Newton married Miss Gertrude C. Brink of Branchville on January 20, 1923. At beginning of February 1928, Ivan Wright of the firm of Straulina & Wright, returned Bridgeport, Connecticut, and New York, where he was taking instructions pertaining to oil business. Their children: (6-1) John Ivan, born December 4, 1923; (6-2) Elizabeth; (6-3) Janet

Hi Kevin, Thank you for sharing this information. Have you considered joining the Wright Surname Project? It is a great tool in determining which other Wrights you might be related to. Linda Parker Magellan Volunteer Coordinator, Wright Surname Project http://www.wright-dna.org Member ISOGG International Society of Genetic Genealogy http://www.isogg.org On Nov 7, 2007, at 4:25 PM, Kevin Wright wrote: > I'm just joining in the Wright message board. I am descended of > Charles Wright of Byram Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, a > Revolutionary War veteran. Even in the DNA research ( Haplogroup > R1b1c), I don't find other NJ Wrights. My father was the only son of > an only son. My great-grandfather Benjamin Wright had half brothers > who resided in Washington, Warren County, NJ. > > I would appreciate any leads on the origins and ancestry of Charles > Wright. > > Best regards, > Kevin Wright > > > > Charles Wright purchased land upon the Punkhorn Creek in Byram > Township in 1767. Wrights Pond in Byram Township, Sussex County, New > Jersey, is named for him. He served in the continental army and also > in Major Westbrook’s Battalion of the State troops. According to his > last will and testament, composed September 26, 1801, Charles Wright > of Byram bequeathed to his beloved wife, Elizabeth, whole use of his > dwelling house, barn and shop and all his land (except two acres), > provided she gives his son Ephraim a home and a living with her, and > his two daughters a home in said house as long as they live single. > He devised his two daughters, Mary and Elizabeth, one good feather > bed and complete bed furnishings, and one good cow and $25 in cash. > To son Samuel, he devised his wagons, one cow and two acres to be > taken off the southeast corner of his land so as to take the tan vats > and bark house. To his son Ephraim, he devised at his widow’s > decease, “my house, barn, shop and all land.” If Ephraim died without > heirs, then the land was to be sold and the propfits divided amongst > the other three children: Samuel receiving one-half share and > Elizabeth and Mary receiving one-half share. He died in 1904. > > Charles Wright married Elizabeth and had at least four children: > > (2-1) Samuel > > (2-2) Mary > > (2-3) Elizabeth > > (2-4) Ephraim > > > (2-1) Samuel Wright and Phebe Casterline, both of Byram Township, > Sussex County, were married by Reverend James Richards of Morristown > on January 17, 1804 (Genealogical Magazine 4:174) Samuel Wright > married Jane Wight [White], both of Byram, on November 24, 1805. > Samuel Wright, Senior, of Byram, died June 7, 1850. According to his > last will and testament, composed April 9, 1850, Samuel Wright, > Senior, of Byram Township, bequeathed to his daughter Mary, wife of > Silvenus Goble, all land owned by me northwest of the road leading > from Wiliam Forgusson’s (Forgast?) to widow Charity McCain’s, > supposed to be ten or twelve acres and $200 and all household goods > and furniture which I gave to her when she went to keeping house. To > daughter Dorcas, wife of Francis D. Laurence, to son William, to son > Samuel and to son Joseph G., all the residue of my personal and real > estate. He appointed son Samuel as executor. The will was probated > June 7, 1850. [Sussex County Will Book D, p. 285] Under provisions of > the will, Samuel Wright, executor of Samuel Wright, Senior, conveyed > two lots (the First Lot containing 5.35 acres on the Punkhorn Creek, > the same conveyed to Samuel Wright, Jr. by deed on June 1, 1850 and > recorded in Sussex County Deed Book M, page 81, and the Second Lot, > being the same conveyed to Samuel Wright, Senior, by Andrew Bell on > November 4, 1808? and recorded in Sussex County Deed Book S, page > 323) to Andrew Rose of Byram Township for $1,120. These were the > lands devised to Dorcas Lawrence, William, Samuel and Joseph Wright. > [Sussex County Deed Book L4, p. 302] > > (3-1) Mary, wife of Silvinas Goble > > (3-2) Dorcas, wife of Francis Lawrence > > (3-3) William. The 1850 Census for Byram Township lists William > Wright (246), aged 35 years, Farmer; Mahala, aged 32 years; Maria, > aged 13 years; George, aged 6 years; Arminda, aged 5 years. The will > of William Wright of Stanhope (died December 12, 1884 ) mentioned > wife, Mahala and three daughters Maria (wife of Owen W. King), > Arminda and Eveline E. > > (?-?) Cornelius G., born ca 1821; married Margaret, born ca 1829. > Children: Sarah, born 1850 (listed 5/12 in 1850 Census of Byram > Township); Eveline, born 1850 (listed 4/12 in 1850 Census of Byram > Township); died November 15, 1881, will mentions 5.13 acres conveyed > by William Forgast and Sarah Wright to Cornelius C. Wright on March > 15, 1861; 16 acres conveyed by the same parties on May 3, 1859; 20 > acres held as tenant in common with Leo Wright. Children: Lydia E., > wife of Joseph Harvey; Leo Wright; Laura, wife of Jacob Banghart; > Mahala, wife of Edward Hawk; Elias Wright; Isabella, wife of George > Louison (?). > > (3-4) Samuel, born 1823 Samuel Wright married (1) Hannah Jane Stiff > of Byram (both of Stanhope), daughter of Benjamin Stiff and Sarah > Snider in Newton on July 27, 1850 by Reverend R. Vanhorne. Their > chirldren: > > (4-1) Benjamin Snyder Wright, born October 13, 1850. His mother died > in childbirth in 1852 and his father remarried. When his father and > step-mother moved to Washington, New Jersey, about 1856, he was > raised by his maternal grandfather, Benjamin Stiff. The 1870 Census > of Byram Township lists (105/26) Benjamin Stiff, 80 years old, > retired farmer, Sarah, 77 years old; Benjamin Wright, 19 years old, > farm laborer; and Charles Stiff, carpet weaver. He married Sarah > Elizabeth Talmadge (born November 28, 1855), daughter of of James L. > and Caroline (Queren) Talmadge, of Roseville, at Succasuna on October > 11, 1874. According to May Belle (Wright) Kymer, Benjamin Wright wore > braces on both legs as a young man and had white hair by the time he > was 21 years of age. He was the head mason who worked on many Newton > landmarks, including the Bentley Mansion on Main Street, Hill > Fountain (corner of High and Liberty Streets). He liked to walk to > the fountain on Sunday afternoons. Sarah Elizabeth Wright died at > Newton, New Jersey, of an obstruction of the bowel on July 31, 1924, > aged 68 years, 8 months and 3 days. On July 31, 1928, The Sussex > Register reported that “Mrs. Benjamin Wright is seriously ill at her > home after an operation.” In August 1928, Mrs John Staley of East > Orange was guest of her father, Benjamin Wright of Mill Street, > Newton. Benjamin Snyder Wright died of a hemorrhage of the stomach at > the home of his son Ivan Wright, at 31 Foster Street, Newton, New > Jersey, on September 10, 1928, aged 77 years, 10 months and 27 days. > He was survived by three daughters, Mrs. John Staley of East Orange; > Mrs. James L. Kymer of Newton; and Rosetta Wright; and one son, Ivan > Wright; also, the following sisters: Mrs. Neil Christine of > Washington, New Jersey; Mrs. J. K. (Ida) Smith of Newark; Mrs. > (Carrie) Joseph Smith of Westfield, New Jersey; and one brother, > William Wright of Washington, New Jersey. He was buried at Andover. > The children of Benjamin and Sarah Elizabeth Wright were: > > (5-1) Emma Louisa Wright, born December 20, 1876. John B. Staley of > Andover married Emma L. Wright of Newton at Baleville on June 27, > 1901. > > (5-2) Rosetta Queren Wright, born April 11, 1878; died March 1962, > aged 83 years.. > > (5-3) May Bell Wright, born May 6, 1882; married James L. Kymer > > (5-4) Virgil Ivan Wright, born March 18, 1893. Ivan V. Wright of > Newton married Miss Gertrude C. Brink of Branchville on January 20, > 1923. At beginning of February 1928, Ivan Wright of the firm of > Straulina & Wright, returned Bridgeport, Connecticut, and New York, > where he was taking instructions pertaining to oil business. Their > children: (6-1) John Ivan, born December 4, 1923; (6-2) Elizabeth; > (6-3) Janet > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WRIGHT-request@rootsweb.com > 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: t42Roselawn_DenCoTX Surnames: WRIGHT Classification: cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/15174/mb.ashx Message Board Post: WRIGHT Rosemary PIERCE 1930 2001 Always loving always loved - now gone to be an angel I photographed this gravestone in the Roselawn Cemetery, Denton, Denton Co., Texas. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 181,589 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com 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: melaniewsmith Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/6416.1.1.1.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Mike, looking at the "footprints" I found the name (17) Zachary Taylor Wright (-) no dates We have a ZTW born Nov 1848 in Montgomery Co. NC and died Nov 1918. He was the son of Aaron Wright and Eliza Jane Usher. Aaron Wright born Jun 1817, died Mar 1900. Is our Zachary Taylor Wright the same as your Zachary Taylor Wright?? Melanie 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: MichaelCharlesWight Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/6416.1.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: If you and your Uncle are descended from the Deacon Samuel Wright line and therefore related to the Wright Brothers, his DNA profile will fit into the E3b haploid group and be a perfect or near (one or two allels off) match for the 9 or so of us all ready in that group. I am sort of the weird one in the group with a mismatch for DYS 464d at locus 25, but with an extra DYS 464 allele "e" that they didn't have a place to show in the chart. So your uncle's DNA could be off by one or two values, even be a little weird, but still show him to be a match for the Deacon's family line. Finding him to be a match doesn't tell us how he is related, just that he is somehow. Then you still face the the job of finding some way of tracing the lineage backwards to a likely location/person/event that can be used to dig up local records. At least with the DNA you have some general idea the routes this family group took to get to where you find yourself now, as opposed to the routes many other Wright clans may have taken. This hopefully narrows the geographic areas your search can continue toward. The New England Wrights (which were not all homogeneously related, either) are often mixed up and confused with Wrights of Pennsylvania and Virginia origins because all were here at a very early time, and traveled Westward to many of the same general destinations in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois at about the same time. There, these three Northern and middle States Wright groups then mixed with Wright families coming over from the Southern States through Tennessee and Kentucky. The records are generally better during this mixing time, but there were so many Wrights from so many different parts of the country mixing together in the midwest at the same time that you have to be very careful, very persistent and, sometimes, very lucky to unravel the origins of all of them in your community. Those of us who are part of the Deacon Samuel Wright line are often lucky with the records. Despite the fact that descendants of this line cast their nets far and wide, there were a thankful number of them who kept records of it. No better example of that exists than Bishop Milton Wright himself. As a minister he moved his family 12 times from NY to Iowa and many places in between before finally settling in Dayton, OH. Had he not been a dedicated diarist and taken an intense interest in the genealogy of his family and done the research work over a century ago that he did, we would probably still be wondering how his family is connected to the Deacon Samuel Wright of Springfield. Everyone should be so lucky as to belong to a family whose ancestors did so much leg work for us who are inquiring about it today. Good luck with the hunt for your truth. 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.