Wright, *John

*JOHN WRIGHT
b: 4 JAN 1716
d: ABT 1790
Biography
The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research
SCMAR, Volume XI
Number 1, Winter, 1983
Abstracts of Newberry County Will Book A (Continued from Vol. X, p.161)

SCMAR, Vol. XI, Winter 1983, No. 1, p.17
Page 90: John Wright Senior to son-in-law Isaac Hollingsworth my shoemaker stools, 1 certain cow and calf. To grandchild John Wright son of Joseph Wright my cordduroy jacket and breeches. To Joab Brooks son of James Brooks 1 pr. of __ cloth trimming for a coat. To grandson Joseph Cook son of Isaac Cook my double breasted waistcoat. To grandson Jesse Wright son of John Wright my lining waistcote. To William Wright son of Nathan Right my waistcat that has sleves to it. To grandson William Hollingsworth son of Isaac Hollingsworth my big coat. To Isaac Cook my son-in-law the price of one cow I sold him which he has - paid me for - also my bed and bolster and pillows, I give to my daughter Rachel Cook. Also all my book debts to be collected by my executors, Joseph Wright to be executor. 17 September 1789.
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The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research
SCMAR, Volume XI
Number 1, Winter, 1983
Abstracts of Newberry County Will Book A (Continued from Vol. X, p.161)

SCMAR, Vol. XI, Winter 1983, No. 1, p.17
Personally appeared Isaac Hollingsworth and Charity Cook before Philiman Waters one of the magistrates, being qualified - that they did see John Wright sign the will and also John Oate sign his name as witness 8 June 1790.

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Info found of John Wright's connection to Gerrett Van Swearingen (other family ancestor on my husband's side) in St. Mary's County, MD ("Archives of Maryland, Proceedings of the Provincial Court of Maryland 1666-1670," Vol. 57, by J. Hall Pleasants, p.252-253,294,334. Extracts by Elizabeth F. Randolph.)

<1666, 19 Jun: Bought from Michaell Powellson Vanderfort 200 acres "that the said Vanswearing now lives upon." Wits. John Wright, Richard Foxum, Marack Yours. Recorded at the request of John Vanswearing.>
(Note: Gerrett Vanswearingen was sheriff of St. Mary's Co. for a time)
Facts
  • 4 JAN 1716 - Birth - ; New Garden Area, Chester Co., PA
  • ABT 1790 - Death - ; New Berry Co., SC
Ancestors
   
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*JAMES WRIGHT
ABT 3 AUG 1668 - 15 MAY 1759
  
  
  
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*JOHN WRIGHT
4 JAN 1716 - ABT 1790
  
 
  
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*MARY ?
2 DEC 1689 - 2 AUG 1754
  
  
  
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Family Group Sheet - Child
PARENT (M) *JAMES WRIGHT
BirthABT 3 AUG 1668
Death15 MAY 1759 Fredrick Co., VA (per Hopewell MM)
Marriageto *MARY ?
Father?
Mother?
PARENT (F) *MARY ?
Birth2 DEC 1689Somerset, MD at Monocacy MM
Death2 AUG 1754 Frederick Co, VA (now Berkeley Co.)
Marriageto *JAMES WRIGHT
Father?
Mother?
CHILDREN
M*JOHN WRIGHT
Birth4 JAN 1716New Garden Area, Chester Co., PA
DeathABT 1790New Berry Co., SC
MarriageABT 1737to *RACHEL WELLS at Prince George''s Co., Maryland
FElizabeth Wright
Birth
Death
Marriageto George Matthews
Descendancy Chart
*JOHN WRIGHT b: 4 JAN 1716 d: ABT 1790
*RACHEL WELLS b: 27 MAR 1720 d: 23 DEC 1771
*MARGARET WRIGHT b: 12 NOV 1742
*ABRAHAM HOLLINGSWORTH b: ABT 1739 d: ABT 1791
*GEORGE HOLLINGSWORTH b: 3 OCT 1763 d: 23 SEP 1836
*SUSANNAH ? d: 8 NOV 1819
*ENOCH HOLLINGSWORTH b: 15 APR 1808 d: 1875
*RUTH MARGARET MILLS b: 3 MAR 1809 d: 1881
*GEORGE HOLLINGSWORTH b: 1833 d: 1870
*MARY MAZE b: 30 NOV 1835 d: AFT 1880
*CATHARINE HOLLINGSWORTH b: 27 JUL 1859 d: 10 NOV 1905
*ROBERT C. DAWSON b: 17 JUL 1850 d: 16 OCT 1908
*LEOTA MAY DAWSON b: 19 NOV 1887 d: 10 OCT 1961
*CLAYTON SMITH b: 20 AUG 1887 d: 20 FEB 1950
*HAROLD RUSSELL SMITH b: 10 JAN 1912 d: 4 SEP 1992
*JESSIE WOODROW WHITFIELD b: 6 MAR 1914 d: 25 SEP 2013
Edward Martin Smith b: 28 MAR 1914 d: 10 NOV 1966
Doris Broadus b: 13 DEC 1915 d: 28 APR 2004
Floyd Dawson Smith b: 8 APR 1916 d: 17 JUL 1968
Rosemary Risch b: 14 OCT 1919 d: 6 OCT 2004
Danny Smith d: BEF 2003
Denny Smith d: BEF 2003
Helen Francis Smith b: 24 NOV 1909 d: 15 JUL 1974
John Edward Dawson b: 6 OCT 1885 d: AFT 1920
Grace E. ? b: ABT 1885
Donald E. Dawson b: ABT 1911
Harry M. Dawson b: AUG 1883 d: 24 JAN 1915
Birtha M. ? b: ABT 1883
Windle Dawson b: ABT 1908 d: AFT 1915
George Roy Dawson b: 11 DEC 1890 d: 3 DEC 1971
Irene Iris Friend b: 19 OCT 1893 d: MAR 1983
Edwin Lee Dawson b: 3 MAY 1923 d: 12 DEC 1997
Christabelle Pierce d: AFT 1997
George R. (Jr.) Dawson b: ABT 1921 d: AFT 1997
Mary Jane Dawson b: 26 NOV 1892 d: 6 MAY 1962
Fred J. Coon b: 26 NOV 1892 d: 12 NOV 1974
Lloyd B. Coon b: 26 JAN 1921 d: 22 JAN 1981
Danny L. Coon b: 13 SEP 1950 d: 13 JAN 1951
Murray R. Dawson b: ABT 1901 d: AFT 1900
Richard Wasson Dawson b: 3 AUG 1881 d: 1948
Mary Olive ? b: 1885 d: 1937
Theron P. Dawson b: ABT 1904
Thelma Leota Dawson b: ABT 1905
Theresa H. Dawson b: ABT 1907
? Dawson b: ABT 1908 d: BEF 1910
Harriet M. Dawson b: ABT 1911
Viola M. Dawson b: ABT 1912
? Dawson d: AFT 1925
Ora S. Dawson b: 11 AUG 1879 d: 22 FEB 1903
Susan Hollingsworth b: ABT 1858
Charles Hollingsworth b: APR 1868 d: OCT 1928
Delphi ? b: APR 1874
Minnie Hollingsworth b: ABT 1870
John Wesley Maze b: 21 MAR 1833 d: 15 OCT 1922
Enoch Maze b: JUL 1858
Sarah ? b: JUL 1870
David Maze b: OCT 1859
Charles F. Maze b: MAY 1861
Alice M. ? b: NOV 1857
Earnest Maze b: DEC 1889
Edith Maze b: APR 1891
Charles C. Maze b: OCT 1895
George Maze b: ABT 1863
Levi Maze b: ABT 1865
Joseph Maze b: ABT 1866
William Maze b: ABT 1868
Mary Maze b: ABT 1869
Richard Maze b: ABT 1872
Lewis Maze b: FEB 1864
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Jesse Maze b: 4 SEP 1885
Joseph Hollingsworth b: ABT 1837 d: BEF 1880
Sarah Elizabeth Brown b: ABT 1838 d: AFT 1880
Levi L. Hollingsworth b: 1867 d: BEF 1880
Leona L. Hollingsworth b: ABT 1866
Henry T. Hollingsworth b: ABT 1872
Joel Hollingsworth b: ABT 1842 d: 1861
Mary Hollingsworth b: 25 NOV 1804
Nancy Ruth Hollingsworth b: 16 FEB 1792 d: 8 MAR 1838
Nathaniel Henderson b: 8 FEB 1788 d: 9 OCT 1854
Rachel Hollingsworth b: 8 MAR 1795
Sarah Hollingsworth b: 16 JAN 1797
Mahala Hollingsworth b: 18 MAY 1793
Susannah Hollingsworth b: 25 SEP 1798 d: 1865
William Abernathy b: 1 MAR 1795 d: AFT 1880
William J. Abernathy b: JUN 1838 d: AFT 1900
Sarah Jane Snediker b: JUN 1840
Charles C. Abernathy b: ABT 1865
Jane Abernathy b: 14 JUL 1869
Lewis Abernathy b: ABT 1872
? Abernathy d: BEF 1900
Mary Ann Abernathy b: ABT 1825
William Mountjoy b: FEB 1850
Susannah Mountjoy b: ABT 1848
Elizabeth Abernathy b: 6 APR 1817 d: AFT 1880
Eleazer Husted b: 1 JUN 1815 d: BEF 1880
Aaron Hollingsworth b: 10 OCT 1789
Joel Hollingsworth b: 25 NOV 1801
Lydia Spriggs b: ABT 1804
John W. Hollingsworth b: ABT 1841
Simeon Hollingsworth b: ABT 1831
Mary J. Hollingsworth b: ABT 1834
Mordica Hollingsworth b: ABT 1837
Joel Hollingsworth b: ABT 1839
Martha Hollingsworth b: ABT 1843
Hepzibah Macy d: 15 APR 1851
Richard Hollingsworth b: 12 JUL 1778 d: ABT 1849
Susannah Wright b: 16 APR 1755 d: 31 JUL 1830
Isaac Hollingsworth b: ABT 1737 d: 24 NOV 1809
Rachel Hollingsworth b: 19 DEC 1774 d: 29 OCT 1834
Richard Henderson b: 10 SEP 1772 d: 3 MAR 1849
Isaac Henderson b: 20 JAN 1795 d: 14 OCT 1834
Catharine Brown b: 16 AUG 1794
Susanna Henderson b: 25 DEC 1796
Sarah Henderson b: 14 MAY 1800
Keziah Henderson b: 3 MAY 1804 d: 11 SEP 1891
Peter Cook b: 1 JUL 1805 d: 29 APR 1880
William Foster Henderson b: 8 AUG 1807
Charity Wright b: ABT 1745 d: 13 NOV 1822
Isaac Cook b: ABT 1743 d: 15 JAN 1820
Rachel Cook b: ABT 1773 d: 30 JUN 1851
Thomas Lewis b: 29 FEB 1768 d: 25 APR 1815
Anna Hollingsworth b: 15 NOV 1801 d: 3 AUG 1878
Joseph Cook b: 23 DEC 1763 d: 2 NOV 1841
Uriah Cook d: 9 FEB 1861
Rebecca Hollingsworth b: 27 FEB 1805 d: BET 1826 AND 1830
Peter Cook b: 1 JUL 1805 d: 29 APR 1880
Keziah Henderson b: 3 MAY 1804 d: 11 SEP 1891
Henry Hollingsworth b: ABT 1760
Charity Hollingsworth b: 25 DEC 1797 d: 18 FEB 1839
William Coppock b: 10 MAR 1797 d: 3 MAR 1864
Eli Hollingsworth b: ABT 1783
Jane Hollingsworth b: ABT 1789
Susannah Hollingsworth b: ABT 1791 d: 4 JUL 1848
Joseph Coppock b: 3 JAN 1807 d: 14 AUG 1886
Mary Ann Hollingsworth b: ABT 1795 d: UNKNOWN
Isaac Hollingsworth b: 5 APR 1795 d: 18 JUL 1874
James Hollingsworth b: ABT 1805
Rachel Hollingsworth b: 30 NOV 1808 d: 17 SEP 1892
Joseph Coppock b: 7 FEB 1805 d: 3 FEB 1862
Mark Hollingsworth b: ABT 1810
Rachel Cook b: 22 DEC 1801
Samuel Cook b: 4 DEC 1803
John Cook b: 24 AUG 1806
Nancy Cook b: 13 AUG 1809
Ruth Cook b: 16 JAN 1813
Philip Cook b: 19 JUN 1817 d: 1 AUG 1818
James Cook b: 14 JUN 1819
Susanna Cook b: 22 AUG 1823
Marion Wright Cook b: 27 AUG 1778 d: ABT 1859
Susannah Cook b: 13 OCT 1783 d: 17 JUN 1842
Caleb Lewis b: JAN 1780 d: 24 APR 1838