Susannah (Abshire) Wright (1789 - 1846)

Born 11 Feb 1789 in Franklin County Virginia USA

Ancestors

Wife of Enoch Wright — married 3 Oct 1808 in Franklin County Virginia USA

Descendants

Died 29 Sep 1846 at age 57 in New Paris, Elkhart County Indiana, USA

Biography

Wife of Enoch Wright, daughter of tobacco planter family in Franklin County, Virginia...married there Oct 3, 1808; daughter of Abraham Abshire. In 1811-12; removed to Preble County, Ohio; in 1831 they left Ohio and settled in a wilderness area of Elkhart County, Indiana that would, in 1836, become New Paris, Indiana".

15 children - 11 made it to adulthood: 1. Mary(Polly) 2. Fleming 3. Catharine(Katy) 4. Lucinda 5. Belinda 6. Miriam 7. Claiborne 8. Enos A. 9. Isaac 10.Jane 11.Clemens(Clems)

Roehl, Katherine McClure. Enoch Wright and wife, Susan Abshire Lexington, Mich. :: Unknown,, 1971, 31 pgs.

Parents:

• Abraham Abshire (1755 - 1842)
• Susannah Vinson Abshire (1767 - 1845)

Spouse:

• Enoch Wright (1785 - 1878)*

Children:

• Fleming Wright (1810 - 1850)*
• Thomas J Abshire (1814 - 1880)*
• Lucinda Wright Hess (1817 - 1880)*
• Belinda Wright Huff (1818 - 1871)*
• Miriam Wright Eagon (1819 - 1908)*
• Isaac Wright (1822 - 1844)*
• Enos Andrew Wright (1823 - 1874)*
• Claiborne C. Wright (1824 - 1917)*

Siblings: James Abshire (1777 - 1868)* Elizabeth Abshire Mills (1782 - 1854)** Susannah Abshire Wright (1789 - 1846) Jubal Abshire (1804 - 1851)*

Sources

Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940 Name Enoch Wright Spouse's Name Susannah Abshire Event Date 03 Oct 1808 Event Place Franklin County, Virginia Citing this Record "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRQD-BJR : 11 February 2018), Enoch Wright and Susannah Abshire, 03 Oct 1808; citing Franklin County, Virginia, reference p109; FHL microfilm 31,523.

Title: Franklin Co., VA Marriage Bonds Abbrev: Franklin Co., VA Marriage Bonds Text: Know all men by these presents that we Enoch Wright and Phil. Smith are held and firmly bound unto William H. Cabell Esquire Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars to the payment of which well and truly to be made to the said Governor and his successors for the use of the Commonwealth, We bind ourselves and each of us, our and each of our heirs, executors and administrators jointly and severally firmly by these presents sealed with our seals and dated this 3rd day of October 1808. The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas there is a marriage shortly intended to be had and solemnized between the above bound Enoch Wright and Susannah Abshire. Now if there shall be no lawful cause to obstruct the said marriage, then the above obligation to be void else to remain in full force and virtue. Enoch Wright and Philemon Smith. Witness, C. Tate.

United States Census, 1850 Name Enoch Wright Event Type Census Event Year 1850 Event Place Jackson, Elkhart, Indiana, United States Gender Male Age 65 Race White Birth Year (Estimated) 1785 Birthplace Virginia House Number 2005

Enoch Wright M 65 Virginia

C A Wright M 20 Ohio

Jane Trindle F 22 Ohio

Citing this Record "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHVP-71P : 12 April 2016), Enoch Wright, Jackson, Elkhart, Indiana, United States; citing family 2061, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• Find A Grave: Memorial #75527778
• Burial: Sparklin Cemetery - Waterford Mills, Elkhart County Indiana, USA
• Photo: Has a photo of gravestone on gravesite

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=hagerjg&id=I314131

Gentry Family History - http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lindag&id=I5024

• The Washingtons. Volume 9: The Presidential Branch: Six Wright Lines (The Washingtons: A Family History) by Justin Glenn