Richard Wright, (Gateway Ancestor)

1633 - Bef 1663  (< 30 years)

• Name	Richard Wright
  Suffix	(Gateway Ancestor)
  Birth	1633	Greater London, England   [1, 2]
  	Buck & Beard show that he was probably born in Yorkshire, circa 1633, whereas Sheppard shows London in 1633.
  Gender	Male
  Anecdote	1655  [2]
  	Richard Wright, 4th son of Francis Wright & his wife Anne Merriton, settled in Northumberland Co, VA early in 1655, where he served as a justice of the county from 1657 until his death.
  Land patented	7 Oct 1658	Potomac River, Westmoreland Co, Virginia   [2]
  	It contained 2,200 acres which included land left to his wife by her father.
  Reference Identifer	Gateway Anc
  Record ID	24857
  Death	Bef 10 Dec 1663	Chickacone 'Chickacoan', Northumberland Co, Virginia   [1, 2]
  	It was on this date that his will was proved.
  Person ID	I24857	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	1 May 2021

  
  

  Father	Francis Wright, II,   b. Abt 1600, Bolton-upon-Swaile, Yorkshire, England d. 1665 (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Anne Merriton,   b. Abt 1605   d. 19 Mar 1670 (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	1626	Yorkshire, England   [2]
  Family ID	F29482	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anne Mottram,   b. 1639   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1656	Northumberland Co, Virginia   [2, 3]
  Children	1. Mottram Wright,   b. Abt 1657   d. 1700 (Age 43 years)   2. Francis Wright,   b. Abt 1658   d. 1713 (Age 55 years) + 3. Anne Wright,   b. Abt 1660, Northumberland Co, Virginia d. Bef 20 Mar 1704/05, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age < 45 years)
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F7939	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1008] Sheppard, Ayres - Dawson & Allied Families Vol 1, (New York, The American Historical Company, Inc, 1961), p. 451 (Hack Family), 1008. [S555] J. Orton Buck and Timothy Field Beard, Buck & Beard, Charlemagne's Descendants, Vol 3, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1996), p. 285 (Wright - Hack - Drummond - Selby - Garrison - Sudler -Turner), 555. [S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Whitelaw, Ralph T. - Virginia's Eastern Shore, (Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1968), p. 688 (tract A31), 572.