- WRIGHT FAMILY TREE (1555 KB)
It is indeed a far cry from a twentieth century American to the marauding Vikings of the eighth centuries, but it is an established fact that the American Wrights of today, of English ancestry, had their origin more than a thousnd years ago among the Vikings of old. Some of those Vikings later became Normans. After the conquest of England by William the Conqueror, Normans became Englishmen. Six hundred years later Englishmen colonized Virginia, and became Americans. There were Norman Wrights in the army of William the Conqueror, and English Wrights in the War of the Roses (1455-1485), with Marlborough at Ramilles (1706), with Nelson at Trafalgar (1805), and with Wellington at Waterloo (1815). Also, their were English Wrights among the cavalier settlers of Virginia, just as their were American Wrights in the Continental Army of 1776; in the Mexican War of 1846-7; wearing both blue and grey during the Civil War of 1861-65; in the Spanish-American War of 1899; in World War I of 1914-18; in the dreadful World War II of 1941-45; and in every war fought by America thereafter. I have traced my branch of these Wrights back to England. The first Wright of my family to settle in America was Captain Richard Wright (1633-1663), who began an association with the aristocratic family of Colonel John Mottrom at Chicacoon on the Potomac River in Northumberland, Virginia. The descendants of Captain Richard Wright are as follows:Direct Descendants of Richard Wright 1 Richard Wright b: 1633 in London, England d: 1663 in Northumberland Co., Virginia Number of children: 3... +Anne Mottron b: 1639 in England d: 1707 in Westmoreland Co., VA Father: John Mottrom, Col. Mother: Number of children: 3 2 Francis Wright, Major b: 1660 in Coan, Northumberland Co., VA d: June 26, 1713 in Westmoreland Co., Virginia Fact 1: Occupation: Lawyer Fact 2: Rec'd an excellent education by terms of his father's will. Fact 3: 1682 Commissioned a Justice by Governor Bixby in Westmoreland Co. Fact 4: Had large estate at Lower Machodoc on the Potomac in Westmoreland Co. Fact 5: Gentleman Sheriff. Known fir his intellectual activities and social position. Number of children: 3..... +Martha Cox Father: Mother: Number of children: 1 3 Richard Wright b: Abt 1711 *2nd Wife of Francis Wright, Major: ..... +Anne Washington b: 1662 in Bridges Creek, Westmoreland Co., VA m: 1682 in Richmond, VA d: 1697 in Westmoreland Co., VA Fact: Her brother was grandfather of President George Washington Father: John Washington, Col. Mother: Anne Pope Number of children: 3 3 John Wright, Sr. b: 1682 in Westmoreland Co., VA d: Bef May 28, 1739 in Leesylvania, Prince William Co., VA Number of children: 2...... +Dorothy Aubrey m: Abt 1705 d: in Prince William Co., VA Father: Richard Aubrey Mother: Dorothy Meador Number of children: 2.. 4 John Wright, Jr b: 1707 in Westmoreland Co., Virginia d: 1792 in Faquier Co., VA Number of children: 6....... +Elizabeth Bronough Darnell b: 1710-1713 in Prince William Co., VA m: 1728 d: 1785-1804 Father: Waugh Darnall Mother: Number of children: 6... 5 William Wright b: November 1, 1740 in Prince William Co., VA d: August 29, 1806 in Fauquier Co., VA Fact 1: Elizabeth,---2nd wife Fact 2: Buried in Dermonte Burial Ground Number of children: 14......... +Mary Grant b: 1738 d: in Fauquier Co., VA Father: Mother: Number of children: 2..... 6 John Wright b: September 25, 1760 in Fauquier Co., VA d: Aft December 24, 1846 Fact 1: December 24, 1846 John appeared before William S Boyd, an acting Justice of the Peace, Montgomery Fact 2: Co., AL to obtain pension for war service. Fact 3: His character witnesses' were Denis Allen, & Senator Dixon H, Lewis Number of children: 1Please e-mail me for query on any of the above. I have much more information and many more family members to share & exchange.
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