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.)

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 >

'Hello', Thanks ever so much for your interest in my enquiry, (which for some reason hasn't appeared on the archive list - I've probably got the protocol wrong.) The official at GreenWood Cemy., with whom I communicated has also said it was customary for people who had purchased 'grave-lots' to 'lend' a lair to a friend or fellow-country-person who was in straighteneed circumstances. The ancestral relative whom I have mentioned was dis-interred around 18 years later and re-buried in a new grave lot, purchased by his family after regaining some financial probity. It is known that John Wright was NOT a relative, but may have fallen into the category of friend, fellow country-man, or philanthropist. (James Thom was the stone contractor, mason & sculptor employed by Richard Upjohn the architect on the building of Trinity Church in Wall Street, Manhattan. He died seriously ill and in poverty, in Lower Manhattan, leaving his wife and two sons in penury.) Thanks again, David. On Thu, 08 Nov 2007 17:56:20 -0000, Diana <george@emeraldis.com> wrote: > 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 >> > > ------------------------------- > 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