Josiah
McGehee
Wright
Sr.
Born about in Cumberland, Cumberland, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Wright
and Elizabeth (McGehee) Wright
Brother of
Mary Jane (Wright) Stephens, Elizabeth (Wright) Glenn, Susannah H. (Wright) Carter, Samuel Wright, William Wright and Martha (Wright) Ligon
Husband of
Andromache Anna (Briggs) Wright
— married
26 Sep 1805 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
William James Wright and Catherine Elizabeth (Wright) New
Died about
at about age 60
in Graves, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Sep 2017
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Biography
Son of Thomas Wright, (b. abt 1733 in Essex County, VA d. 24 Jan 1791) & Elizabeth McGehee Wright (1739–1821)
Husband of Andromache Anna Briggs (1788–1834); their known children:
- Thomas Briggs Wright (1806–1888), married Andromache Loving (1820-1850)
- Marion (Wright) Seay (1808–1856), married James Gardam Seay (1799-1881)
- Robert Thackston Wright (1809–1890)
- William James Wright (1812–1886)
- Catherine Elizabeth (Wright) New (1814–1908)
- Sarah Ann Wright (1815–1886)
- Martha Francis Wright (1819–1856)
- Josiah McGehee Wright (1821–1905)
- Andrew Lafayette Wright (1825–1901)
- Samuel Benson Wright (1828–1913)
- Leander Fletcher Wright (1830–1843)
- Richard Bascom Wright (1833–1911)
BURIAL[1]
Milburn United Methodist Church Cemetery
Milburn, Carlisle County, Kentucky
Named in father's Will (1791)
Josiah Wright in the Kentucky, Land Grants, 1782-1924 Kentucky, Land Grants, 1782-1924 Grantee: Josiah Wright Number of Acres: 8 Survey Date: 13 Aug 1814 County: Warren Watercourse: Big Barren R Book Number: 20
DAR
WRIGHT, THOMAS
Ancestor #: A131034
Service: VIRGINIA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth: CIRCA 1745 ESSEX CO VIRGINIA
Death: ANTE 1-24-1791 CUMBERLAND CO VIRGINIA
Service Source: ABERCROMBIE & SLATTEN, VA REV PUB CLAIMS, VOL 1, p 298
Service Description: 1) FURNISHED BACON, WHEAT FOR THE ARMY, 1781
DAR = Josiah, Elizabeth, Mary Jane, Samuel, Patsy, Martha
Associated Applications and Supplementals
JOSIAH MCGEHEE [1] ANN BRIGGS MARY [1] ISAAC STEPHENS ELIZABETH [1] WILLIAM COLEMAN GLENN MARY JANE [1] ISAAC STEPHEN SAMUEL [1] PATIENCE C. GLENN PATSY [1] WILLIAM LIGON - Same as Martha MARTHA [1] WILLIAM LIGON - Same as Patsy
Sources
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75493825/josiah-mcgehee-wright
- ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to Rich (Hargrove) Lohman.
- Father's Will
- Kentucky, Land Grants, 1782-1924
DAR
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Josiah 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 Josiah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Josiah 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 Josiah:
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~3.12%
Elizabeth Meadows
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M133713 [compare]
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~1.56%
Rich (Hargrove) Lohman :
23andMe, GEDmatch M643909 [compare]
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~0.78%
Katherine Bolt :
23andMe
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
David Stephens :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Brenda (Black) Watson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T245831 [compare], Ancestry member comtutors
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T245831 [compare], FTDNA kit #647974
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~0.78%
Will Smith :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch KG7288170 [compare]
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~0.78%
~3.12%
James McMeekin :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A451848 [compare], Ancestry member debbiesgrieve
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