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Descendants of Francis Wright

Generation No. 1

1. FRANCIS¹ WRIGHT was born Abt. 1710 in Va., and died Bef. September 07, 1767 in Amherst Co. Va.. He married MARY HAWKINS in Va. Record not located yet.

Notes for FRANCIS WRIGHT:
Compiled and updated November 1997, Thelma Faye Cain Prince, copyright 1997.

Sources: Amherst Co. Va. Will bk 1:110 , Will written 9 December 1766 and probated 7 September 1767. Witnesses: David Woodruff, Jno. Waters, Anna Waters. The executors were his sons, John Wright and Isaac Wright.
Apparently he lived in Louisa Co. Va. when he and his wife, Mary, appear in a deed in Deed Bk 1:404, 405.

His wife's name, Mary Hawkins, was given by Thomas Harding Ellis's article in the Amherst Enterprise newspaper in 1879. Ellis was a descendant
of Francis and Mary Wright. This article is called ELLIS MEMORANDUM. originally written by T.H. Ellis in 1849. THE DEEDS OF ALBEMARLE CO. AND AMHERST CO. VIRGINIA CO. compiled by Bailey Fulton Davis is full of deeds relating to Francis and his family and other Wright families of Amherst Co.

The Shelton Family Manuscript in Jones Memorial Library, Lynchburg, Va. is based on T. H. Ellis' article as mentioned above. He descended through Richard Shelton and wife, Mary Wright, one of the daughters of Francis Wright. Richard and probably Mary Shelton are buried in the family burying ground on Harris Creek above Lynchburg, Va. See also Amherst Co. deed Bk E:321 for them.
His son-in-law, John Waters is found in Amherst Co. Deed Bk D:422. He was a Revolutionary Soldier , Captain William Tucker's Militia Company in 1781mentioned in AMHERST COUNTY IN THE REVOLUTION by Lenora Sweeny.

Children of FRANCIS WRIGHT and MARY HAWKINS are:

ELIZABETH² WRIGHT, b. probably Virginia; d. Aft. 1768, probably Virginia; m. ? MORRIS.

ii.

MOSES WRIGHT, b. probably Virginia; d. Aft. 1833, Adair Co. KY; m. (1) NANCY JEFFERSON?, ?; m. (2) CATHERINE THOMAS , 2ND WIFE, Abt. 1792, Hardin Co. KY.

iii.

THOMAS WRIGHT, b. probably Virginia; d. Living Amherst Co. Va. 1768.

iv.

MARY WRIGHT, b. Abt. 1726, Virginia; d. Amherst or Nelson Co. Lynchburg, Va..

ANNA WRIGHT, b. 1729, probably Virginia; d. Aft. 1767, probably Virginia.

vi.

BENJAMIN WRIGHT, b. Abt. 1730, Va.; d. Bef. October 21, 1799, Amherst Co. Va..

vii.

ISAAC WRIGHT, b. Abt. 1740, King William County, Va.; d. 1807, Amherst Co. Va..

viii.

JOHN WRIGHT, b. Bef. 1746, Virginia; d. Bef. June 25, 1810, Bedford Co. Va.; m. (1) SUSANNAH ?, Bef. 1772, ?; m. (2) MARY HUNTER, December 28, 1789, Bedford Co. Va..

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