Thomas Wright (1740 - bef. 1787)

Born 19 Jun 1740 in Anne Arundel, Maryland

Descendants

Died before 11 May 1787 before age 46 in St Margaret's Parish, Anne Arundel, Maryland

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Biography

Thomas was born in Anne Arundel County, Maryland in 1740 ^[1] to parents Thomas and Katharine Wright ^[2]. He married Edith Mary Hawkins In Amelia, Virginia in 1861 ^[3]. Thomas and Mary had at least three daughters:

1. Dorcas (Wright) Scott (1760-)
2. Elizabeth (Wright) Hammond (1768-1851) ^[2]
3. Mary ^[4].

Revolutionary War Patriot

Thomas Wright performed Patriotic Service in Maryland in the American Revolution.

Thomas Wright is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A131020.

According to the Daughters of the American Revolution ancestor database, Thomas Wright (ancestor #A131020) provided patriotic service during the American Revolution and signed an oath of allegiance & fidelity in 1778.

DAR Patriot record: ^[5]

Thomas made a will dated 15 Dec 1762 ^[6]. In it he mentions his wife Mary Wright, daughters Elizabeth, May, Abigale, Sarah, Dorcas, and Catherine Wright, and sons John and Joseph Wright. His wife Mary Wright and John Board were nominated as executors of the will. He passed away before 11 May 1787 in Anne Arudel County, Maryland ^[5].

Research Notes

Several Ancestry family trees ^[7] list Thomas's wife as Edith Mary Hawkins, daughter of Benjamin F. Hawkins.

• The name Edith Hawkins matches the marriage certificate.
• The name Mary matches the Daughters and Sons of the American Revolution records.
• Thomas's wife is likely Edith (Hawkins) Wright (abt.1744-abt.1800) and should be merged with the record of Mary (Unknown) Wright (abt.1730-abt.1790).
• One unsourced Ancestry family tree lists Thomas's wife as Mary Mize, born in Bayern, Germany with unknown parents. Without sources, this does not appear to be a credible lead.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth record of Thomas Wright. Ancestry.com. Maryland, U.S., Births and Christenings Index, 1662-1911 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1600–1995." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records. [1]
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls. [2]
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1700-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Bentley, Elizabeth Petty, indexer. Virginia Marriage Records: From the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, the William and Mary College Quarterly, and Tyler's Quarterly. Baltimore, MD: Genealogy Publishing Co., Inc., 1984. [3]
4. ↑ Birth record of Mary Wright. Ancestry.com. Maryland, U.S., Births and Christenings Index, 1662-1911 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1600–1995." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records. [4]
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/), "Record of Thomas Wright", Ancestor # A131020.
6. ↑ Genealogies of Virginia Families from the William and Mary College Quarterly. Vol. V. Thompson-Yates (database on-line). [5]
7. ↑ Individual Family Trees. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. [6]