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/5907.33.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Alice - I hope you are still 'out there'. I just saw your postings on the Wrights of NC on RootsWeb. I'm just starting to research the Wright family, resulting from a copy of a land sale by Nelson, Silas, Burges, Miles and Mary Ann (Wright) Varker in 1848. Mary Ann Varker was my GGM. Mary Ann married Thomas Varker (of Cornwall, England) in 1842. I have the marriage information, but was stymied for years because it gave her maiden name as GEDDIS. I had occasion to write for a copy of the above deed and was amazed to see that her maiden name was WRIGHT, daughter of Richard Wright, Jr., by his last wife, Caroline or Kara (I don't know which is correct) AND that she had such an extended family of brothers and sisters. These are the children I found as having been born to wife #2: 1. Clayton WRIGHT b: 14 Jun 1808 in North Carolina 2. Ruth WRIGHT b: 1 Mar 1810 in Emmons Twp., NC 3. Celia WRIGHT b: 28 Oct 1811 in North Carolina 4. Nelson WRIGHT b: 30 Aug 1814 in Rowan Co., NC 5. Silas WRIGHT b: 30 Aug 1814 in Rowan Co., NC 6. Burges WRIGHT b: 10 Apr 1817 in North Carolina 7. Mary Ann WRIGHT b: 23 Oct 1818 in North Carolina 8. Micajah WRIGHT b: Apr 1820 in Rowan Co., NC 9. Miles N. WRIGHT b: 1826 in North Carolina 10. Ailsy WRIGHT I'm hoping that you can shed some light on Mary Ann. I have accumulated a LOT of information regarding her descendants - Varker's are numerous, as are Jones' from Franklin County, NC, where my GF, James Thomas Varker (their first child, b.1843 in Davidson County) finally settled abt 1887/88. I am willing and anxious to share any information you would like to have that would delineate my GGM lineage, so that other Varker family members might be able to locate her as well. Any information that you can provide would be greatly (and very gratefully) appreciated. Regards, Shirley Varker Gragg Fredericksburg, VA 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.