Where/How do you get DNA testing? Could this testing determine whether two people might me half brother and sister. MM in TN On Nov 8, 2007, at 9:42 PM, Linda Magellan wrote: > I always recommend doing the 25 or 37-marker test as these give better > definition. Also, it would probably be advantageous for you to > actually join the Wright Surname Project. Have you been to that web > site? It is located at: http://www.wright-dna.org > > Linda > > > On Nov 8, 2007, at 3:13 AM, Kevin Wright wrote: > >> 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 >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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