John WRIGHT

1748 - 1797  (48 years)

• Name	John WRIGHT  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Birth	12 Dec 1748	, Prince George, MD, USA   [5, 8, 9, 10]
  Gender	Male
  Death	18 Nov 1797	, , Tennessee, USA   [8, 11]
  Burial	Martinsville, Clinton County, Ohio, United States of America   [8]
  Person ID	I15856	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

  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. 3 May 1720, All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel, MD, USA 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	F5450	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jemimah HAWORTH,   b. 1748   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	10 Oct 1768	Bush River M.M., Newberry, SC, USA
  Children	1. Jesse WRIGHT,   b. of Tennessee  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5490	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

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• Notes

  John purchased 300 acres in Berkley Co., SC on a small branch of the Saludy River called Beaverdam Creek on Sept. 1766. He was likely the John who purchased one hundred acres of land on Bush Creek in Berkley Co., SC on Oct. 16, 1770 adjoiilliam and Joseph Wright's land (brothers). John was disowned by the Bush River MM in South Carolina on 1772,8,29 and on 1773,7,3 at the Cane Creek MM, NC for unknown reasons. John obtained 200 more acres of land on the waters of Little River, one of the north branches of the Saludy River. He sold this land to James Douglas in March of 1774. John sold 200 acres of his original land grant on Oct. 1, 1785 to Joseph Thomson. (Joseph Thompson, Jr. lived near Big John in the 1790 census). He is the John Wright who sold land to William Coates on Nov. 2, 1785 in Newberry Co., South Carolina. (C-904, 908) There are a couple different death dates listed for him. The other is 1790, based on information in "The Annals of Newberry Co., SC," that says he died before his father (who died abt. June of 1790). Whereas his father is not in the census records, John appears to be still living near James Brooks on pg. 77. He is one of two, a John with 4 males above age 16, 5 under and 4 females; or there was one male over, 2 under 16 and 3 females. The census record took a period of time to gather, so it is still entirely possible that the census taker got his information down shortly before he and his father both died, missing his father entirely. This John might have served as private in the Revolutionary War under Colonel William Thompson's Rangers defending Charleston Harbor on June 28, 1776. It was known as the "Battle of Sullivan's Island." (C-588) DAR records indicate that a John Sr. was a Private in the Revolutionary War. John, however, was a Quaker when he married Jemimah Haworth in Bush River Quaker records in 1768 meaning that it's not probable that he is the Revolutionary War soldier. Persons in this family who attended the wedding were his parents, John and Rachel Wright, Joseph Wright, Isaac Cook, William Wright and John Coate (I am assuming the later is Big John Coate, his brother-in-law.) (C-866)

  
  

• Sources

  [S1617] Bush River Quaker Records (on Microfilm housed in Columbia, SC, Archives and History Library). [S40] CFI Files, Church of L.D.S. [S11] 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. [S1357] Wilmer L. Kerns, Ph.D., Frederick Co., Virginia Settlement and Some First Families of Back Creek Valley, 1730-1830 (c1995, Gateway Press). [S251] CD 102 (Automated Archives). [S1355] Algie Newlan, Charity Cook, A Liberated Woman (Friends United Press). [S1356] Lewis Wright to Linda Coate Dudick Letter dated Dec. 20, 1995 directly from Hinshaw's Quaker Encyclopedia from lwright@tcgcs.com In possession of Dudick. [S320] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2012 Place:Lehi, UT, USA;), 1,60525::0. [S1300] Ancestry.com, U.S., Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol I–VI, 1607-1943, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;). U.S., Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol I–VI, 1607-1943 [S1358] Quaker Montly Meeting Records (photocopy made by the Friends Historical Library at Swarthmore College). [S2186] D.J. Rowe to Linda Coate E-mail letter dated July 26, 1997 at DRowe8560@aol.com (C-2034).