Mary Elizabeth (Hawkins) Wright (1700 - bef. 1767)

Born 1700 in Louisa, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Descendants

Died before 1767 before age 67 in Amherst, Virginia

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Biography

Mary Elizabeth Hawkin's parents are John Hawkins and Elizabeth Moseley. She married Francis Wright. Their known children are:

Benjamin Wright (oldest son)

John Wright

Isaac Wright

Thomas Wright

Moses Wright

Anner Waters, daughter

Elizabeth Morris, daughter

Mary Shelton, daughter

Her death date is established as before 1767, as she was not listed in the will of her husband.

Timeline

• On May 8, 1750, Frances Wright resided at Louisa County, Virginia.
  • Apparently he lived in Louisa Co. Va. when he and his wife, Mary, appear in a deed in Deed Bk 1:404, 405.
  • "Deed found in "Louisa Co. Deed" 1742-1759 shows a conveyance from Francis Wright and Mary, King William Co., Dated May 8, 1750. (Louis Co., King Wm. Co, and Hanover Co., are adjoining counties near Richmond, Virginia.) Francis & Mary, his wife, of St. David's Parrish, King William Co., to John Thomson of St. Paul's Parrish, Hanover Co., Merchant. 100 lbs currency money, 800 acres on Contrary, Nicholas Meriwether's corner, near Mills tract, Ambrose Joshua Smith's corner, Col. Meriwether's line. Francis (F) Wright, Wit: John Waters, Charles Cunningham, Jas. Grantland. Oct. 23, 1750, acknowledged by Francis Wright, Mary, his wife, relinquished right of dower."
  • "Deed of land to John Hawkins of Hanover Co. The land described in in Louisa Co, although does not strictly say so. About a year later there is entry signed by John Hawkins as follows: "8 November 1752--I have received a deed of conveyance from John Sims of Hanover Co. for 200 acres on Turkey Cock Swamp in Louisa Co adjoining lines of Snelson & John Tait and Thomas rice. On surveying land it was found only 175 acres was enclosed. (This John Hawkins was possibly the father of Mary.)"
  • "In the Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol III, it tells of the causes of discontent in Virginia, prior to the Revolution. It mentions Major Thomas Hawkins and his wife Mary. The footnote enumerates the land grants given Major Hawkins, and tells that part of the land had formerly belonged to Thomas Luca, Sr. In an index of wills the will of this Thomas Lucas, Sr., who mentioned his son-in-law, Capt. Thomas Hawkins, and his granddaughter Mary Hawkins. Another article says that John Upton's widow, Margaret married Thomas Luca. Near the end of the article a statement is made that it is probable that she had been married (before Col. Upton) to a man by the name of Underwood, and that her daughter Mary Underwood married Capt. Thomas Hawkins."

• Francis died between December 9, 1766, and September 7, 1767, at Amherst County, Virginia.

Notes

Note: His wife's name, Mary Hawkins, was given by Thomas Harding Ellis's article in the Amherst Enterprise newspaper in 1879. Ellis was a descendant of Francis and Mary Wright. This article is called ELLIS MEMORANDUM originally written by T.H. Ellis in 1849. THE DEEDS OF ALBEMARLE CO. AND AMHERST CO. VIRGINIA compiled by Bailey Fulton Davis is full of deeds relating to Francis and his family and other Wright families of Amherst Co.

"Deeds of Amherst Co., VA, 1761-1807, and Albemarle Co., VA 1748-1763, by Davis. Found that in March 1792 the administrator of the estate of Thomas Lucas had delivered 2 slaves which were the property of Martha Lucas before marriage (name Martha was possible misread). The note mentions 2 bonds of Nicholas Pryor and Isaac Wright. It also mentions that the "org. del." to Jas Shelton. From the Ellis memo it is found that Isaac Wright's sister Mary married Richard Shelton, and they had a daughter who married Josiah Ellis, brother to our Susannah Ellis. This ties our family to the Lucas/Upton/Underwood family. Colonel Moore Fauntleroy is mentioned in the Ellis Memo, and we find that Susannah Harding (who married Charles Ellis) was the daughter of Thomas Harding who came to Virginia with "Captain" Moore Fauntleroy, May 22, 1650. Also mention of Margaret Graham, who would have been a granddaughter of Cap. John Upton."

Mary Elizabeth Hawkins married Francis Wright (1705-1767). She is not listed in his will, therefore her death date is set before 1767.

Mary was born about 1710. She passed away about 1773.

Sources

• https://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dhwright&id=I00895; accessed 6/1/2018
• Grant, Robert N. "Sorting Some of the Wrights of Southern Virginia; Part VII: 1767 Francis Wright of Amherst County, His Wife Mary (Hawkins) Wright, and his Descendants"; Volume 1 or 7: Text. Revised 25 Dec 2008. https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE98987; accessed 6/1/2018
• PART VII:

SORTING SOME OF THE WRIGHTS OF SOUTHERN VIRGINIA 1767 FRANCIS WRIGHT OF AMHERST COUNTY, His Wife MARY (HAWKINS) WRIGHT, AND HIS DESCENDANTS Volume 1 of 7: Text Revised as of December 25, 2008 Robert N. Grant