John Wright (bef. 1700 - bef. 1792)

Born before 2 Oct 1700 in Cople Parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Bronaugh) Wright — married about 1728 in Fauquier County, Virginia

Descendants

Died before 27 Feb 1792 at about age 91 in Liberty, Fauquier, Virginia, United States

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Biography

John Wright may have been born before 2 OCT 1700 Cople Parish, Westmoreland County, Colony of Virginia if the statement connected to his deposition of 2 Oct 1790 was true, that he was over 90 years of age. In the case of Darnall v. Turberville, Prince William County, Virginia, Land Causes 1789-93/358, John Wright gave his deposition in connection with a survey of the lands in dispute.^[1] Some believe he was born in 1712, the year used at his memorial at Find A Grave.^[2]

March 23, 1740, at Prince William County, Virginia, John Wright of Fauquier County purchased 236 acres of land from Jeremiah and Catharine Darnall.^[3]

At the Fauquier Court in August 1760, John Wright and John Bell were appointed to receive bids for a clapboard court house but instead a brick building was decided upon, John Bell carrying out the construction.^[4]

When John was about 27 he married Elizabeth Bronaugh in 1728 in Fauquier, Virginia, USA - Her second marriage. The couple had 4 children: James Wright, John Esle Wright, Susannah Wright and William Wright.

John died at the age of 91 before 27 February 1792 in Liberty, Fauquier County, Virginia, USA.

Research Notes

Facts with no date

John married on an unknown date in JOHN WRIGHT of the Parish of Hamilton (Will)
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Will Abstract

John married on an unknown date in Can you add information or sources?.

John married on an unknown date in Charles Hoppin presented John’s father as John Wright of Stafford county, VA who died 1729/30 and his grandfather as Francis Wright who died 1713 in Westmoreland Co., VA.

Y-DNA

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John married on an unknown date in DNA labeled as Kit 71409 and 123670 are descendants of Francis Wright who died 1655 in Yorkshire, England. Others of this line descend through Francis who died 1713 in Westmoreland (his father being Richard who died 1663, same place) and his 2nd son, Richard Wright who died there in 1741. They are not related to the Wrights of the first group, being Haplogroup J2. This proves Hoppin wrong. Within the same family sharing Y-dna in the Haplogroup of R-M269, which is a subclade of R1b, further delineated as R1B1b2 and even further as subclade BY33760, are descendants of John Wright who died 1792 in Fauquier County, VA, William Wright who died 1809 in Franklin Co., VA, James Wright b. 1756, Farquier Co, William Daniel Wright b ~1862 Mariianna Co.,TN. The line of descent begins with John Wright, d. 1792 Fauquier County, VA; William Wright, d. 1809 Franklin Co., VA. One participant descends from John Wright of Surry County, who died 1789, a son of John of Fauquier Co. DNA labeled as Kit 38121 and 94975 show the common heritage and descent from John of Fauquier Co.

John married on an unknown date in Further, the family group descended from Francis Wright who died 1690 in Lancaster Co., VA, belong to Haplogroup R-M5122, ie R1a, which includes subclcade R-BY32004, a Wraight, whose ancestors come from Kent and Sussex County, England. Descendants include Francis E. Wright b. 1710 Louisa co., VA, John Wright b. 1795 Tn, Francis Wright who died 1767.^[7]

John married on an unknown date in Inventory: there was a Court oder dated February 1792 APP’d by: W.M. Bradford, John Weaver, Tilman Weaver. No total. Ret.: 25 Jan 1792.^[8]

John married on an unknown date in Proved: 27 Feb 1792, by o. of George Maddux and William Kerns. James Wright made o. and with Thomas Keith as his security, granted cert. To obtain probate.^[9]

John married on an unknown date in Robert Grant has done extensive research to sort out the various lines sharing the Surname, but not necessarily related. When paper trails are sparse or lacking, quite often dna is the only way to sort out the various family lines. Many have thought that this John Wright was the son of John Wright who died in Stafford County, 1729/30. Countless others used his data without supporting documentation.^[10][11]

John married on an unknown date in Signed John Wright, Wit: George Maddox, John Nelson, Francis (X) Latham, Wm. Kernes.
. Exors: Sons james and daus. Mary and Rosamond

John married on an unknown date in Son: James- my land lying on the east side of the run, being part of the tract of land whereon I now live in the county of Fauquier – slaves
. Date: 1 June 1785

John married on an unknown date in Sons: 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.
. Gr. dau.: Mary and Rosamond Wright – the plantation whereon I now live and all the land I hold lying on the West side of the side run above mentioned – to be divided between the two as they can agree. In case of their death, without heirs, to go to son James – slaves – household furniture and livestock.

John married on an unknown date in Wife: Elizabeth – to have all estate above mentioned during her life and then divided as directed.
. Dau: Elizabeth parlow – should she ever apply that then my executors pay her L15 out of my estate.

John married on an unknown date in Wright-22411 was created by Sabrina Wright through the import of Sabrina Tree_2016-11-10.ged on Nov 10, 2016.

Acknowledgements

Issues to be checked

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• There is no source with source id ' Wright-Y-DNA| Wright-Y-DNA'. GEDCOMPare typically does this when there is a source which is a record for a different person (such as the spouse). The ref is still added but is missing the source repository data.
• There is no source with source id 'Fauquier-Wills|Fauquier-Wills'. GEDCOMPare typically does this when there is a source which is a record for a different person (such as the spouse). The ref is still added but is missing the source repository data.
• There is no source with source id 'Grant-Fauquier|Grant-Fauquier'. GEDCOMPare typically does this when there is a source which is a record for a different person (such as the spouse). The ref is still added but is missing the source repository data.

Sources

1. ↑ also published in Prince William County Land Causes 1789-1793, Sam and Ruth Sparacio.
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #189017545 or Find A Grave: Memorial #219653290
3. ↑ Deed Book E/170
4. ↑ Fauquier-Wills Image 8 of 366, Fauquier County Virginia.
5. ↑ Marriage: "Some Descendants of Richard Wright, Gentleman, of London, England, and Northumberland, Va., 1655," published in Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. I, pages 127-141 and 177-191, 1919, and reprinted in Genealogies of Virginia Families From Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, published by Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland, 1981.
6. ↑ Marriage: "The Washington-Wright Connection and Some Descendants of Maj. Francis and Anne (Washington) Wright," published in Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. IV, pages 315-356, 1923, and reprinted in Genealogies of Virginia Families From Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, published by Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland, 1981;.
7. ↑ Marriage: Missing source ID Wright-Y-DNA| Wright-Y-DNA. Citing: R - M512 - (R1a) - Family Group 1: R1a>M512/M198>M417>CTS4385>Y2894>L664>S2894>YP285>YP282>YP44 >YP1014>BY25522/YP6501>BY32004 Pg 2. (accessed before 11 January 2023)
8. ↑ Marriage: Missing source ID Fauquier-Wills|Fauquier-Wills. Citing: Pg. 211, from Will Book II, Pg 230. (accessed before 11 January 2023)
9. ↑ Marriage: Missing source ID Fauquier-Wills|Fauquier-Wills. Citing: Pg 208, from Will Book II Pgs 219-220. Ancestry image 224 of 366. (accessed before 11 January 2023)
10. ↑ Marriage: Missing source ID Grant-Fauquier|Grant-Fauquier. Citing: Line of descent of David R. Wright, Kit 38121, from 1792 John Wright of Fauquier County beginning Pg. 75. (accessed before 11 January 2023)
11. ↑ Marriage: Missing source ID Wright-Y-DNA| Wright-Y-DNA. Citing: Pg. 1, R - M269 - Family Group 01: R-P312>DF27>Z195>Z198>S312>Z267>SRY2627>Z202>Z205>Z206>Z208>Z207>CTS4299>BY33760 (accessed before 11 January 2023)

See also:

• Edmund West, comp. Family Data Collection - Individual Records Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
• Ancestry.com U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc
• Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree Ancestry Family Tree Ancestry Profile Certainty: 0
• The identification of 1792 John Wright of Fauquier County, Virginia : as not the son of 1729/30 John Wright of Stafford County, Virginia. Grant, Robert Noel (1945-). 2009 Heritage Books, Inc. Westminster, MD
• Wright Y-DNA project FamilyTreeDNA