Herb, Ignore all question marks in the text of my e-mails.? They are an artifact of the Rootsweb browser not understanding the end-of-line code from my e-mail provider (AOL).?? Mike Wright -----Original Message----- From: herbert arkin <harkin@cfl.rr.com> To: wright@rootsweb.com Sent: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 11:36 am Subject: Re: [WRIGHT] Richard Wright Sr. - New Y-DNA results for a collateral line to Daniel Wright of Wethersfield! is it ok is i put this on my richard wright's parents web page? i dont understand all the question marks on your letter? herb At 07:58 PM 3/22/2008, you wrote: >Hi Richard Wright Researchers, > >I think you all will all be interested to learn that we have now >obtained Y-DNA results for our first proven male line descendant of >Thomas Wright of Wethersfield, CT, the already proven?immigrant >ancestor of Daniel Wright (1674-1764) husband to Eleanor Benton of >Wethersfield, CT.? This?Daniel Wright has?oft-times?been proposed as >the father of Richard?Wright Sr. of Rowan County, NC.? These fresh >Y-DNA results show without a shred of doubt that Richard Wright, >Sr.?of Rowan County, NC is not the same man as Richard Wright,?the >son of Daniel Wright and Eleanor Benton.? These DNA data can be >viewed at the Wright-DNA.org web site.? > >The male descendant of Wethersfield tested?out as belonging to?an >entirely different haploid group (related closely?to Deacon Samuel >Wright of Springfield/Northampton, MA) from the R1b1 haploid >group?results for the?three Richard Wright Sr. descendants for whom >we have Y-DNA data.? This means it is likely that?Richard Wright, >Sr.'s?English ancestors?didn't even come from the same region of >England as the Wrights of Wethersfield (West county Essex) and were >not even of the same European stock.??Richard Wright Sr.'s >parents?could have been Welsh, Scottish or Londoners, but almost >certainly were not from East Anglia, England, though we still?need >Y-DNA results from proven male?descendants of Peter, Anthony or >Nicholas Wright of Long Island (descendants of the Kilverstone >Wrights of Co. Norfolk)?before we can?say categorically?that Richard >Wright was not likely from East Anglia, England.? Where he was from >we still do not know. > >However, these DNA data, in my mind, lay to rest for all time any >notion that Richard Wright Sr. of Rowan Co., NC was born in >Connecticut to Daniel and Eleanor (nee Benton) Wright.? >Unfortunately, it does not help us take any steps toward a better >understanding of who?his parents?were and where?he came from than we >had before.? > >But I am thinking this is a problem that might be solved best by >Y-DNA testing of some willing Wright surname male candidates in >Wales, the North counties, Scotland and Ireland as a way of?getting >a better map of the?Wright?genetic landscape of England.? We would >want men whose families have been pretty much in the same general >part of?England for 10 or more generations or who know their >ancestry well enough to know where their families originated back to >about the 1500's.?? > >A recruiting and DNA testing program focused?on English?men of >Wright surname?would?eventually bust through this brick wall?for >Richard Wright researchers by pin-pointing a region of England from >whence the R1B1 haploid group?is most likely to have come.??Once >that was known, a more thorough search of local/regional records >would become a more doable task that might reveal what you have all >yearned to know for years.? Who was Richard Wright Sr.?!! > >My hope is this news and these new DNA data will begin to turn the >tide in the speculation that this line of NC Wrights were originally >from CT.? Genetics says it isn't possible. > >Respectfully, >Mike Wright > >-----Original Message----- >From: herbert arkin <harkin@cfl.rr.com> >To: dwsbgs@centurytel.net; wright@rootsweb.com >Sent: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 3:05 pm >Subject: Re: [WRIGHT] Herbert ARKIN > > > >go to the link and you will see! > >At 04:00 PM 3/20/2008, you wrote: > >Cite your source for your statement with out sourcing it is only a guess. > >Bud. > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: wright-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:wright-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > >Behalf Of herbert arkin > >Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 12:29 PM > >To: wright@rootsweb.com > >Subject: Re: [WRIGHT] Richard Wright, Sr. and Richard Wright, Jr. > > > >PLEASE CORRECT THIS:: > > > >Daniel Wright and Eleanor Benton are NOT the parents of Richard Wright, Sr. > > > >see: > >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~herbarkin/parents_of_richard_wright > >.htm > > > >thanx > > > > > >At 12:41 PM 3/20/2008, you wrote: > > >Hello All, > > > > > >These I think are my ancestors. So here it goes. > > > > > >This is what I have. I more than know it still needs lots of sourcing. > >Input > > >is good. If I am wrong, or this needs corrections please tell me and the > > >list. > > > > > > > > >Husband Richard Wright > > >Born Abt 1720-1730 Weathersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony > > >Died 3 Sep 1784 , Rowan, North Carolina, United States > > >Buried Joppa Cemetery > > > > > >Father Daniel Wright (1674-1764) Mother Eleanor Benton (1674-1749) > > > > > >Marriage 1748 , Rowan, North Carolina, United States > > >Other Spouse Abigail Wigerly (Abt 1732-1785) 1748 - , Rowan, North > >Carolina, > > >United States > > > > > >Wife Elizabeth Jane Morgan > > >Born Abt 1732 , Rowan, North Carolina, United States > > >Died 1785 , Rowan, North Carolina, United States > > > > > > > > >Children > > > > > >Benjamin Wright > > >Born 1752 , Rowan, North Carolina, United States > > >Died 3 Oct 1837 or 1842 Trader's Point, Marion, Indiana, United States > > >Spouse Barbara Morgan ( -) > > > > > >Peter Wright > > >Born 1754 , Rowan, North Carolina, United States > > >Died Oct 1821 , Harrison, Indiana, United States > > > > > >Richard Wright > > >Born 1757 , Rowan, North Carolina, United States > > >Died 12 May 1833 , Davidson, North Carolina, United States > > >Spouse Nancy Morgan ( -) 1780 - , , North Carolina, United States > > > > > >John Wright > > >Born 5 Dec 1759 , , North Carolina, United States > > >Died 4 Oct 1844 , Washington, Indiana, United States > > >Spouse Nancy Gilstrap ( -) > > > > > >William R Wright > > >Born 25 Mar 1761 , Rowan, Or Guilford, , North Carolina, United States > > >Died Bef Sep 1838 , Washington, Indiana, United States > > >Buried , Washington, Indiana, United States > > >Wright Family Cemetery, Indiania, United States > > >Spouse Martha Betsy Morgan (1768-) 1787 - Guilford, North Carolina, United > > >States > > > > > >Evans C Wright > > >Born Jan 1762 , Rowan, North Carolina, United States > > >Died 10 Feb 1846 Bevier, Macon, Missouri, United States > > >Buried Bevier, Macon, Missouri, United States > > >Banta Cemetery, Missouri, United States > > >Spouse Rebecca Summers (1774-1865) 1793 - , Wayne, Kentucky, United States > > > > > >Amos Wright > > >Born 2 Mar 1764 , Rowan, North Carolina, United States > > >Died 14 Oct 1846 , Washington, Indiana, United States > > >Buried Washington, Washington, Indiana, United States > > >Old Mill Creek Cemetery, Indiana, United States > > >Spouse > > > > > >Philbert Wright > > >Born 29 Mar 1768 , Rowan, North Carolina, United States > > >Died 31 Jul 1855 , Washington, Indiana, United States > > > > > >Research Notes > > >DAR file > > >Research Notes (Wife) > > >possible daughter of James Morgan born 1732 > > >possible second wife Ann Isom > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: wright-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:wright-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > > >Behalf Of Susan J Avery > > >Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 6:39 AM > > >To: wright@rootsweb.com > > >Subject: Re: [WRIGHT] Richard Wright, Sr. and Richard Wright, Jr. > > > > > >These Wrights are actually not mine, although at one time I thought they > > >were - they were definitely here in NC - I wanted to let you know however > > >that the area that is now Davidson Co. and became Davidson Co. in 1823 > > >WAS Rowan Co. NC before that - so they did not move - the county changed > > >and they stayed in the same place. > > > > > >Susan Avery > > > > > >On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:53:20 -0000 "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" > > ><gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> writes: > > > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > > > > > > > Author: gragg021 > > > > Surnames: > > > > Classification: queries > > > > > > > > Message Board URL: > > > > > > > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/8086.2.1.1.2/mb.ashx > > > > > > > > Message Board Post: > > > > > > > > Donna - hello. I get the Wright messages now that I'm on the > > > > mailing list. Do you know of a Richard Wright,Sr. (and Jr.) of > > > > Rowan County, NC? Jr. later moved to Davidson Co., NC > > > > > > > > Through a land sale deed, I recently became aware of my Wright > > > > heritage, being the Great-granddaughter of Mary Ann Wright (Varker) > > > > AND her 23 siblings, Richard, Jr.'s children by his second wife, > > > > Cary Kittrell (believed to be of Davidson Co., although it seems the > > > > Kittrell family is more to the eastern side of NC). > > > > > > > > Richard married 1:Mary (or Jane) Morgan in 1780; d. abt 1798. Had > > > > 12 children (includes 1 set of twins): > > > > Sarah > > > > Amos > > > > Delilah > > > > Jane Caroline > > > > Cory > > > > Gizzeal > > > > Reuben > > > > Isaiah > > > > Elijah > > > > Nancy > > > > Isom > > > > Susannah > > > > > > > > Married 2: Cary (M. 1798). Children are: > > > > Clayton > > > > Ruth (married Jesse Gallimore, Esq.) > > > > Celia (m. Snider) > > > > Nelson > > > > Silas > > > > Burges(s) > > > > Mary Ann (my GGM) > > > > Micajah > > > > Miles > > > > Ailsy > > > > > > > > It is known from an article about Ruth Wright Gallimore that her > > > > mother, Cary, had 12 children; however, I can only account for 10. > > > > > > > > Some information on this Wright family was obtained from "Genealogy > > > > of the Wright Family" by Lillie White, Mar 1943), but I've found > > > > through my own research, that some of the book is in error. > > > > > > > > Any additional information would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > > > Shirley > > > > > > > > Important Note: > > > > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. 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