Captain
William
Wright
Sr.
Born about in Virginia
Ancestors 
Brother of
Ann (Darnell) Garner [half], Jeremiah Darnall [half], Margaret Ann (Darnell) Morgan [half], John Wright III, Susannah (Wright) Kirby [half], Augustine Wright, William Wright Sr [half], Achilles Wright, Mary (Wright) Highley and Rosamond Wright
Husband of
Mary Whitledge (Grant) Wright
— married
1745 in Fredericksburg, Colony of Virginia
Descendants 
Father of
Susannah (Wright) Vinson, John Anthony Wright, Wingfield Wright, Unknown Wright, James Grant Wright Sr., William Wright Jr. and George W. Wright
Died about
at about age 81
in Franklin County, Virginia, USA
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Biography
He was born about 1728 in Virginia and his parents were Elizabeth (Bronaugh) and John Benjamin Wright, Jr. (John4, John3, Francis2, Richard1),
William Wright married about 1745 in Fredericksburg, Virginia to Mary Whitledge Grant, daughter of Mary (Whiteledge) and William Grant, Jr,
He served in the military during the American Revolutionary War.
He worked as a blacksmith.
Property in 1762 Sold his inherited land.
In 1764 he moved his family to Bedford County, Virginia.
In 1785 part of Bedford County went into the formation of Franklin County, Virginia, USA.
He made his last Will on 10 October 1808.
He died about 1809 in Franklin County, Virginia, USA, [1]
Inheritance
His father John Wright, had helped William and his brother acquire a piece of land and they both sold it at a later time. This led to the following to be included in father John's Will:
- "... William and John – 20 shillings – the reason why I have left my two sons no more is that I gave them both land which they sold ..." [2]
Children
- Susannah (Wright) Vinson, b: c1744; d: c1802
- John Anthony Wright, b: 25 Sep 1746 Fauquier Co, VA; d: 15 Dec 1845 Franklin Co, VA; m: 03 Oct 1780 Mary Wray
- Wingfield Wright, b: c1747; d: c1823; m: Tabitha Wray
- (male) Wright, b: c1748; m: by 1785
- William Wright, Jr., b: c1751 Fauquier Co, VA; d: bef. Feb 1830 Franklin Co, VA; m: Catherine Doran
- Winfield Wright, b: 1753, Fauquier Co, VA; d: c1792
- James Grant Wright, Sr., b: 1756, Pignut Ridge, Fauquier Co, VA; d: 11 Mar 1823 Boones Mill, Franklin Co, VA; m: 09 Oct 1786 Margaret Young
- Elizabeth Wright, b: 1760 Pignut Ridge, Fauquier Co, VA
- Mary Wright, b: c1765
- George W. Wright, Sr., b: c1765 VA; d: 22 Dec 1842 Franklin Co, VA; m: 09 Jun 1792 Mary Abshire
- Rachel Wright, b: 1767 Bedford (now Franklin) Co, VA.
Y-DNA
The Wright DNA project has proven that a William Wright is the father of John Wright (d: 1792).
Within the same family sharing Y-dna with haplogroup R-M269 (subclade of R1b, further delineated as R1B1b2 and even further as subclade BY33760), are descendants of John Wright (d: 1792 Fauquier County, VA) ...
- - William Wright, d: 1809 Franklin Co, VA
- - James Wright, b: 1756 Fauquier Co, VA
- - William Daniel Wright, b: 1862 Mariianna Co, TN.
One DNA participant's lineage is ...
- .1 John Wright, Sr,, res: Fauquier Co, VA
- ..2 John Wright, Jr. (d: 1789), res: Surry County
- ...3 DNA participant's line.
DNA kit#38121 and kit#94975 show the common heritage and descent from John Wright of Fauquier County, Virginia.
The surnames King and Condra are also among the family group members. [3]
Research Notes
Two men with the same name may have been confused together, so contemporary sources are needed to confirm their vital info ...
- b: c1729 in Fauquier County, Virginia ? OR
- b: 01 Nov 1740 in Cople Parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia ?
- d: 29 August 1806 Franklin County, Virginia, USA ? OR
- d: 1809 Boones Mill, Franklin County, Virginia, USA ? [1]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Find A Grave: Memorial #218987366 for William Wright (1729–1809); buried: Wright Family Cemetery, Naff, Franklin County, Virginia, USA; as burial unknown
- ↑ Fauquier-Wills p211; from Will book#2 p230
- ↑ Wright-Y-DNA R - M269 - Family Group#1: R-P312>DF27>Z195>Z198>S312>Z267>SRY2627>Z202>Z205>Z206>Z208>Z207>CTS4299>BY33760 p1
- Abstracts of Fauquier County Virginia, Wills Inventories and Accounts 1759-1800 on ancestry.com citing Abstracts of Fauquier County Virginia, Wills Inventories and Accounts 1759-1800 compiled by John K. Gott; published in 1999 by Clearfield of Baltimore, MD, USA
- "The Washingtons: A Family History" by Justin Glenn; v9 Presidential Branch: Six Wright Lines
- Family Data Collection - Individual Records compiled by Edmund West; on ancestry.com
Acknowledgements
- Wright-742 was created on 01 Oct 2010 through the import of David Rentschler Family Tree_2010-09-30.ged
- Wright-5430 was created on 26 Mar 2012 by Ronald Johnston through the import of Ronny _ Marilyn_s Family Histo.ged
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~1.56%
Douglas Payne
:
23andMe
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~1.56%
Stephen Cabaniss :
23andMe
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~1.56%
Jack Adams :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A611872 [compare]
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~0.78%
Paul Mast :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Raymond Nichols :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A393554 [compare], Ancestry member grandsonofsam
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~0.39%
Kay (Barnes) Radl :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A885190 [compare], Ancestry member grammakay
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Living DNA, GEDmatch A885190 [compare]
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~0.39%
Eric Mast :
23andMe, GEDmatch ZX3279768 [compare], yourDNAportal ERI9f898b26
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~0.39%
Emily Myers :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Stacy Toy :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch YN5174063 [compare], Ancestry member stacytoy
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.39%
Bob Pahl :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Bobpahl162
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~0.39%
James Lee :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch a794347 [compare]
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~0.39%
Jeanne (Rhoades) Young :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Donna (Eberman) Rand :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member derbyfan
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~0.39%
Raegena Munford :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Linda Walters :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
A. Gutowski :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SL9411748 [compare]
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~0.39%
Linda Goin :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SN3256311 [compare], Ancestry member ewoman
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~0.39%
Jim McGuire :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T168906 [compare]
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~0.39%
Susan Hautala :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #1000252
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John, Wingfield, james, William, George, unknown son
https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=wcyHDQAAQBAJ&pg=GBS.PA1.w.5.0.336_146
edited by Raymond Nichols DD
After reading the notes here, it would help if you could please clarify exactly who is the John Wright who died in 1792. Can you share his wikitree profile number please ?
One problem area I found is that this profile for William Wright currently says he has a son named John Wright (d: 1789) not 1792.
And the profile notes here says that the John Wright, Jr. (d: 1789) was actually a grandson who lived in Surry County, VA.
Thanks for any help in solving this problem :)
U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
View imageView record Record details Name John Wright Birth Date 1709 Death Date 1792 SAR Membership 60940 Role Ancestor Application Date 24 Mar 1942 Father Justice John Wright Mother Dorothy Aubry Spouse Elizabeth Darnell Children John Wright
edited by Raymond Nichols DD
quote> The Wright DNA project has proven that a William Wright is the father of John Wright (d: 1792).
But neither one of the 2 John Wrights you indicate may have died in 1792 have a father named William. So figuring this out will help us make corrections to this line which is showing different fathers for the same individual. Thanks
To clarify which man is a father and which is a son, you would have to look at MTdna from mothers of the 2 men ... that is because everyone get 50% dna from father and 50% dna from mother. That may have been done here ... but nothing is mentioned about those female differences on this profile.
A paternal grandfather, grandson, uncle & a male first cousin will also have the same matching Y-DNA as this father and son, and again to separate the different lines you would need to look at the mother's MTdna.
edited by N Gauthier
pretty sure the John wright who died in 92 was not a son of William and Mary. also reminder that John and Wingfield are listed as probable sons of William but it's believed that there's a very good chance that they are his son's.
pension records indicate that John who married Mary wray and was probably the son of William and Mary died about 1845. https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=wcyHDQAAQBAJ&pg=GBS.PA2.w.1.4.16_173
edited by Raymond Nichols DD
PROFILE QUOTE> The Wright DNA project has proven that a William Wright is the father of John Wright (d: 1792).
Can you tell me how this is proven to be true ?
quote> ... or his son john Jr. may have died in 1792 according to SAR.
The grandfather John Sr. Wright-744 would not have died in 1792 when he would have been over 105 years old ... his profile says, b: 25 Feb 1685; d: 1729
So I think the SAR is mostly like to be right here with John Jr. Wright-743, b: 08 Nov 1712; d: 1792.
JOHN Wright 17471844 WILLIAM JR. Wright 17511830
MAJOR James G 4X Wright 17561823 GEORGE Wright 17631843 MARY POLLY Wright HIGHLEY 1765 RACHEL Wright BUNNING 1767 WINGFIELD WINFIELD Wright
Liberty, Virginia