I am interested in the 3 Simeon Wrights who lived in Rutland Vermont. I am searching for the parents of a Benjamin or Reuben Wright born 1778 Orwell Rutland Vermont. He died 1838 in St. Lawrence County NY. Would like to have data on the three from Rutland VT. bhodgkin@oregonvos.net On Feb 09, 2008, at 11:11 AM, gc-gateway@rootsweb.com wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: oldmedico > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/15221.1.1.1/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Richard Wright is incorrect: > > 1. The petition was not filed by Simeon Wright, it was filed by > his widow. > > 2. He was stricken from the List of the Loyalists, by the British > Government of Canada. He was stricken because there was absolutely > no evidence that he ever served in any Loyalist unit. The ONLY > "evidence" of this was the petition filed by his widow. > > 3. The Simeon Wright granted provisions by the British between July > 1 and August 31, 1786 was a Simeon Wright from Conneticut. This > Simeon remained in Canada. > > Captain Simeon Wright was buried in Rutland, Vermont (his burial is > documented in "Vermont Revolutionary Rolls". Since his widow was > the one that filed the petition, and it is dated February 16, 1786, > it is impossible for Captain Simeon Wright to have received > provisions between July 1 and August 31 of 1786. > > There would have been no reason for a woman to file a petition on > behalf of her husband, unless he were dead. In Sarah Wright's > case, three of her daughters and one son had gone to Canada, so > after her husband died, she followed. She tried, and failed, to > get LAND, by claiming losses of personal property in Vermont. ANY > person that could prove such losses because of Loyalist activity > was automatically given a land grant in Canada. > > That claim was rejected. If, as Richard claims it was not filed > too late, then it would have been rejected on its merits. That > alone would prove that Captain Simeon Wright was not a Loyalist. > > It is very interesting that her son Wait Wright, who could prove > that he had served for 6 months in a British Unit, was able to sell > his property in Rutland, while living in Quebec. If he could sell > his property from Canada, why couldn't Mrs. Wright have sold hers? > > It is very easy to confuse one person for another. There were at > least 11 different Simeon Wright's alive during the Revolutionary > War, three of whom lived in Vermont (I have data on all 11 of them). > > 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 WRIGHT- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >