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Maj. John Wright, Sr.

Maj. John Wright, Sr.

Male Abt 1684 - 1739  (54 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name John Wright  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Prefix Maj. 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Birth Abt Aug 1684  Westmoreland Co, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 1731-1739  Leesylvania, Hamilton Parish, Prince William Co, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5
    Siblings 1 Sibling 
    Person ID I98949  Geneagraphie
    Last Modified 30 Aug 2000 

    Father Maj. Francis Wright,   b. Abt Aug 1660, Coan, Northumberland CO, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jun 1713, Lower Machodc, Cople Parish, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Mother Anne Pope Washington,   b. Abt 1663, Lower Machodc, Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 11 Mar 1697, Washington Parish, Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years) 
    Marriage 1682  Richmond, VA or Lower Machodoc, Westmoreland Co, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F14307  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F39939  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2000 

    Family 2 Dorothy Aubrey,   b. Abt 1680, Stafford County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 28 May 1739, Leesylvania, Prince William Co, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Marriage 1707-1710  [1, 4
    Children 
    +1. Francis Wright,   b. Mar 1710   d. Bef 27 Sep 1742, Prince William County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years)
    +2. Capt. John Wright, Jr.,   b. Abt 1712, Cople Parish, Westmoreland Co, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Feb 1792, Pine View estate, (near) Liberty, Fauquier Co, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    Family ID F39940  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2000 

  • Notes 
    • - Removed from Westmoreland Co to Stafford (later Prince William) Co.

      - Inherited in uncle Moltrom Wright's will.

      - Gave a free gift of 300 acres to Richard, his younger 1/2 brother, in 1714.

      - Separated himself & family from his step-mother; numerous legal problems w/ her

      - Gentleman, Surveyor, Justice, Deputy Sherrif, attorney.

      - Sold Manor Plantation in 1723 & bought 1000 acre Leesylvania in Prince Wm. Co.

      - Bought planatation (later to be called "Leesylvania") from Henry Lee.

      - Served on Westmoreland county bench, incl. w/ cousin Capt. Augustine Washington

      - Aft his move to Stafford Co, all cmy w/ his step-mother's family ceased.

      - Westmoreland Co Surveyor of Highways, Sheriff's Deputy, Attorney & Justice.

      - Helped to erect Prince William Co from that part of Stafford Co where he lived.

      - Inducted as a Justice of Westmoreland Co, VA22 Feb 1720.

      Poss. of Prince William Co, VA SRCE: Garner-Keene Families of Northern Neck, VA, p. 108.

  • Sources 
    1. [S79] Charles Arthur Hoffin, Descendants of Richard Wright, Gentleman, of London, England & Northumberland Co, VA 1655, (author of Worcester, MA & Connaught Club of London, England ,).

    2. [S195] Genealogy & History, Washington, DC, Query 11586.

    3. [S82] Biographical Dictionary of the South Carolina House of Representatives, Vol III (Reliability: 0).

    4. [S20] Washington Ancestry & Records of McClain, Johnson & Forty Other Colonial American Families, (Chart: The Ancestry of Mourning Adams Garner, pp 54-55, Vol I , , Repository: 3 volume set).

    5. [S379] Genealogy of Virginia Families, (Coll. of William & Mary Quarterly ,), Vol 4, p 496 (Reliability: 0).



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