John
Bright
Born in Gloucestershire or Kington, Wiltshire, England
Ancestors 
Son of William Bright
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Eleanor (Nicholas) Etheridge
— married
1668 in Norfolk, Independent Cities, Virginia
Descendants 
Died
at about age 48
in Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, British America
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Biography
Birth: 1640 Gloucstersire, England [sic, for Gloucestershire, England]
Arrival 1651 with parents in Virginia
Marriage 1668: Eleanor Etheridge Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia
Death: 1688 Albemarle, Stanly, North Carolina
Father: William Bright 1590 - 1643
Wife: Eleanor Etheridge (born Bright) 1649 - 1719
Son: John Henry Bright 1680 - 1720 [1]
Marriage
- Husband: John Bright
- Wife: Eleanor Bright
- Child: John Bright
- All Relationships Natural
- Child: Henry Bright
- Child: Richard Bright
- Marriage: 16 Jun 1671 Norfolk, Independent Cities, Virginia,
Event
- Arrival 1651 Virginia
Sources
- ↑ MyHeritage
Acknowledgements
- WikiTree profile Bright-587 created by Elizabeth Rankin.
- This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. Bright-1016 was created by Jeri Leonard through the import of Marshall Family Tree.ged on Feb 1, 2014.
- This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. Bright-1092 was created by Mary Helen Dunnam through the import of Foster - Hall - May 2014.ged on May 26, 2014.
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Neal Parker
Cindy (Ramsey) Barnett
Donna (McGill) Perkins
Karen Lowe
Neal Parker
Bright-1092 and Bright-79 appear to represent the same person because: Same name, same wife, similar birth data
posted
by Neal Parker
Paul Etheredge
Bright-79 and Bright-1016 appear to represent the same person because: same spouse
posted
on Bright-1016 (merged)
by Paul Etheredge
Cindy (Ramsey) Barnett
I set Bright-79 and Bright-1092 as an unmerged match. I believe they are the same person but more research should be done to reconcile dates and family members.
posted
on Bright-1092 (merged)
by Cindy (Ramsey) Barnett
Donna (McGill) Perkins
Bright-587 and Bright-79 appear to represent the same person because: same data
posted
by Donna (McGill) Perkins
Karen Lowe
Mother is 107 years old - can we find his parents?
posted
by Karen Lowe
Rejected matches › John Bright (abt.1620-1669)
John is 15 degrees from Maria Mitchell, 23 degrees from Carl Sagan, 21 degrees from Tycho Brahe, 28 degrees from Nicholaus Copernicus, 26 degrees from Eise Eisinga, 20 degrees from Caroline Lucretia Herschel, 26 degrees from Thomas Maclear, 14 degrees from Simon Newcomb, 17 degrees from Isaac Newton, 26 degrees from Pierre Henri Puiseux, 21 degrees from Beatrice Tinsley and 18 degrees from Edith Woodward on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
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