I think you will find EBEN in the Oyster Co long island New York marriage records. If I remember right 1700's. Bud in Mo. North Carolinian Wrights. This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jjahn Surnames: Wright Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/16425.3.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Which means George is NOT the missing child. I looked over the on-line marriages and could not find a "Wright" whose father was Eben(which apparently is short for Ebenezer) But the marriages prior to the 1850's did not list parents. June