William Wright

1738 - 1793  (54 years)

• Name	William Wright  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Birth	2 Jan 1738	Monocacy Valley, Prince George, MD
  Gender	Male
  Death	1793	Orange County, North Carolina, United States of America   [1]
  Burial	Snow Camp, Alamance County, North Carolina, United States of America   [1]
  Person ID	I11399	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	John C. Wright, *,   b. 4 Nov 1716, East Nottingham, Chester, PA, USA d. Between 17 Sep 1789 and 8 Jun 1790, Bush River, Newberry, SC (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Rachel Wells, * Minister,   b. 27 Mar 1720, Prince Georges County, Maryland d. 23 Dec 1771, Bush River, Newberry County, South Carolina, USA (Age 51 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1737	Hopewell M.M., Frederick, VA, USA
  Family ID	F5156	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Leah Tansey,   b. 5 May 1738, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States d. 1801, Orange, Indiana, United States (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	15 May 1758	Cane Creek, Orange, NC, USA
  Children	1. Leah Wright,   b. 20 Oct 1764, Newberry, Newberry, South Carolina, USA d. 1850, , Marion, Indiana, USA (Age 85 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. John Wright,   b. 7 May 1759, Bush River, Newberry, South Carolina, United States d. 1806, Jackson, Georgia, United States (Age 46 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Rachel Wright,   b. 16 Nov 1761, Orangeburg, Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States d. 11 Jul 1834, Rushville, Rush, Indiana, United States (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. William Wright 2,   b. 20 Mar 1774, Orange, North Carolina, United States d. 1793 (Age 18 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Sophia Wright,   b. 23 Oct 1767, Bush River MM, Newberry, South Carolina, United States d. 11 Jul 1834, Rushville, Rush, Indiana, United States (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Joseph Wright,   b. 1758, Frederick, MD ? d. 1760, Jackson, Georgia, United States ??? If d 1806 (Age 2 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Ruth Wright,   b. 29 Jan 1770, Bush River, Newberry, South Carolina, United States  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3371	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  William and Leah had two sons and three daughters. Two of their children married Pughs. This family removed from Cane Creek probably to Bush River meeting on certificate dated 1762,10,2. William apparently owned land on Bush Creek in Bero. by Oct. 16, 1770. According to "The Annals of Newberry, William and brothers Joseph, Thomas and Isaac migrated to Clinton Co, Ohio and then to Indiana and Illinois. It is therefore likely that William died later than 1803 in one of these northwestern states. (C-610,646,1412)

  
  

• Sources

  [S426] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2012 Place:Lehi, UT, USA;), 1,60525::0. [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Tree, 1,1030::0. [S1918] Ancestry.com, U.S., Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol I, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2013 Place:Provo, UT, USA;), 1,3753::0. [S1780] Wilmer L. Kerns, Ph.D., Frederick Co., Virginia Settlement and Some First Families of Back Creek Valley, 1730-1830 (c1995, Gateway Press). [S1777] John Wright-Rachel Wells family group sheet supplied 9 Sept. 1995 by Lewis Wright lwright@tcgcs.com (C-610). [S1781] Quaker Montly Meeting Records (photocopy made by the Friends Historical Library at Swarthmore College). [S123] CD 102 (Automated Archives). [S1778] Algie Newlan, Charity Cook, A Liberated Woman (Friends United Press). [S2876] Lewis Wright to Linda Coate Dudick Letter dated Sept. 9, 1995 from lwright@tcgcs.com In possession of Dudick at 648 Ulverston Dr., Gahanna, OH 43230.