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     Maj. Francis Wright was born in August 1660 at Chicacoan, Northumberland Co., Virginia, USA.² He married Anne Washington, daughter of Col. John Washington and Anne Pope, in 1682
; His 1st of 2 wives.^1,6,2 Maj. Francis Wright married Martha Cox circa 1703 at Cople Parish, Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA,
; His 2nd of 2 wives; her 2nd of 3 husbands.⁷
Maj. Francis Wright died on 26 June 1713 at Washington Parish, Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA, at age 52.²
     Maj. Francis Wright lived at Kingcopsico, Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA.¹

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From Early Colonial Settlers:
Hapologroup J2.
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Name: Jo Anne Mackby
Email: jamackby@qx dot net
NOTICE: For those who do not know: the Wright-WASHINGTON descent ends with Francis Wright and Anne Massey, as they had only daughters. DNA research on this Wright family has disproven any further descent from John Wright of Ploughland, Co. York d. 1540 through the Washingtons.
Col. Francis Wright's descent through his 2nd wife Martha Cox does continue today. If you are a male Wright descendant through Francis Wright and Martha Cox you can still qualify for DNA testing.
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contributed by Jo Anne Mackby
Elizabeth Wiggin[g]ton m. (1) Richard Wright b. 1709-10; d. 1740-1; WD 1739-41, son of Maj. Francis Wright m. (2) Martha Cox. [NOTE: the DNA results of Maj. Francis Wright [who m. (1) Ann Washington] and Martha Cox do not match]

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Author: Ritchie, Anne Reed, 1905-
Title: Major Francis Wright and Anne Washington, with allied families.
Published: [Firestone? Colo., 1973]
LC Call No.: CS71.W95 1973

Author: Ritchie, Anne Reed, 1905-
Title: Supplement, corrections, and additions to Major Francis Wright and Anne Washington, with allied families / by Anne Reed Ritchie.
Published: Owensboro, Kentucky : McDowell Publications, c1979.
LC Call No.: CS71.W95 1979b
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1654-1800 Westmoreland County, Virginia Wills [Augusta B. Fothergill]; Page 51
WRIGHT, FRANCIS, MAJOR, gent., 7 August 1713. Inventory returned by Martha Wright.
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1712-1716 Westmoreland County, Virginia Deeds-Wills No. 5, [John Frederick Dorman]; Page 200-02.
Majr. Francis Wright. Inventory. Made in obedience to order of 24 June 1713. Appraisers sworn before Majr. Henry Ashton. No total valuation; includes four Negroes valued at £82 and lists items in Mrs. Wright's chamber separately.
Danll. Tebbs
Wm. Chandler
John Awbrey
Account of what things forgott and out of the way at the appraisement.
Martha Wright
29 July 1713. Returned.
Supplemental inventory: Includes tobacco ship't on board the Biddeford Merchant, Capt. Collins and bills of ladeing taken in Mr. Jno. Wright's name per Capt. Jno. Bushrod.

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Sent: 1/30/2005 9:26 PM
Contributed by: James Hughes
Note - witness by Marshall, Thomas.
1686-March 23- Westmoreland County (Montross) Virginia: "Wright's Conveyance to Michael HALBERT"
"To all Christian people to whom these presents shall come.
Francis Wright and Anne his wife send greeting in our Lord God everlasting."
Know ye that I Francis Wright of the County of Westmoreland in Virginia, Gent. And I the said Anne daughter of Col. John Washington of the county aforesaid deceased now, wife to the said Francis Wright for good cause and consideration as thereunto moving and more especially for the sum of four thousands pounds of tobacco in cask to us in hand delivered and wherewith, we do grant, bargain sell, alien enfeolf and confirm unto Michael HALBERT one hundred acres of land situate in Westmoreland County, Virginia at the head of Madox, granted to the said John Washington by patent and now by the death of the said Washington devoling and dissending to Anne his daughter, now wife to the said Wright by hereditary right together with all buildings, fences, orchards, woods, rivers, waters, privileges members and appurtenances to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining.
To have and to hold the said messuages or hundred acres of land with its members and appurtenances above recited to him the said Michael HALBERT his heirs and assigns forever and the said Francis Wright and the said Anne his wife do for themselves, their heirs, Executors and Admr's. to and for either and every of them covenant, promise grant and agree to and with the said Michael HALBERT, his heirs and assigns that the said hundred acres of land now is and from time to time and at all times hereafter shall be and remain free and clear and freely and clearly acquited and discharged of and from all and all manner of person or persons whatsoever lawfully claiming the said message or hundred acres of land with its members and appurtenances aforesaid.
In witness whereof we the said Francis Wright and Anne Wright have hereto put our hands and seals this 25th day of the reign of Our Sovereign Lord James the second Ammoque Dom. 1685.
"Francis Wright (Seal) Anne Wright (Seal) "John Wright"
Signed, Sealed and delivered in the presents of us:
"Thomas Baker, Thomas Marshall, Anne Read"
March the 31st. 1686 Acknowledged in Court by Francis Wright and then recorded.
"Thomas Marson, D.C.C.P.
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1689-1692 Old Rappahannock County, Virginia Deed Book 8; [Antient Press]; Page 171-172
KNOW ALL MEN by these presents that wee THO: GOST of County of Rappa and MARGARETT GOST do for a valuable consideracon of Two thousand pounds of Tobb: to us in hand payd from JOHN NICHOLLS of the sd County do hereby sell unto sd NICOLLS his heirs one devident of land conteyning Two hundred and Eighty acres being in County of WESTMORELAND bounded N. W. with two tracts of land belonging to Mr. FRANCIS WRIGHT begining at a marked red Oak belonging to sd WRIGHT and extending N. W. to a black Oake then N, by W, to a white Oake standing on the West side of a small branch at the head whence N. E. down the sd branch to a white Oake by the sd branch side, then S. E. to a corner marked of 1200 acres belonging to the sd WRIGHT, finally up the sd WRIGHTs line to the first station To have and to hold the said land with all privilidges whatsoever belonging and wee the sd THOMAS and MARGARETT GOST hereby covenant that the premises are free from claim by us our heirs to him the sd NICOLLS his heirs forever Witness our hands and seals this 13th of March 1689/90
Teste GEO: GREEN. THOMAS GOST
ROBERT VINCENT MARGARETT GOST
Recognitr in Cur Comt Rappa 2 die 7ber 1690
MARGARETT GOST came voluntarily and in person acknowledged the above Deed in Rappa County Court on the 2d day of 7ber 1690
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1689-1692 Old Rappahannock County, Virginia Deed Book 8; [Antient Press]; Page 172-173
TO ALL XPIAN PEOPLE to whom these present writings shall come I JOHN NICOLLS of Rappa County in the Colony of Virginia, Plantr., send Greeting this 15th day of April in yeare of our Lord One thousand Six hundred and ninty and in the second yeare of the Reigne of our Sovereigne Lord King Wm. Now Witnesseth that I sd JOHN NICHOLLS for sum of Two thousand six hundred pounds of Tobb: in hand paid by THO: HUGHES of the aforesd County and Colony, Cooper, do by these presence grant unto sd THOMAS HUGH his heirs one tract of land conteyning Two hundred and Eighty acres in the County of WESTMORELAND bounded North and West with tracts of land belonging to Mr FRAN: WRIGHT being butted and bounded begining at a marked red Oak belonging to sd WRIGHT and extending west to a black Oak N. by West to a white Oake then N. N. E. to a white Oak standing on the West side of a small branch at the head, then E. down sd branch to a white Oake by the sd branch side Southerly to a corner marked of 1200 acres of land belonging to the sd WRIGHT, finally up the sd WRIGHTs line to the first station Together with all houses gardens pastures woods and appertinances belonging unto the use and behoof of him the sd THOMAS HUGHES his heirs he the sd THO: HUGHES his heirs paying the yearly fee rent due for the same payable unto our Sovereign Lord the King In Witness I have hereunto sett my hand and affixed my seal
Signed Sealed and delivered in the presents of us
WM WHELER, JOHN NICHOLLS
JOHN RULLINGS
Recognitr in Cur Comt Rappa 2 die Junii 1690

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1687-1691 Lancaster County, Virginia Order Book 3, Part 2; [Antient Press]; Page 147
Lancaster county Court 10th of December 1690
- Upon an accon commenced at this Court by Mr. FRANCIS WRIGHT, High Sheriffe of WESTMORELAND County, against JOHN SCRIPTURE, for five hundred and two pounds of tobacco and casks and non est inventus being by the Sheriffe returned; It is therefore ordered that an Attachment bee granted the saide WRIGHT against the Estate of the saide SCRIPTURE in this County
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1691-1692 Westmoreland County, Virginia Order Book, Part 1 [John Frederick Dorman];
Page 57 [25 March 1692]
The last will of Thomas Powell was proved by the oaths of Capt. John Strainge, Mrs. Eliza. Powell and James Tooly and a probat granted to Mr. Francis Wright executor therein named. Ordered that Mr. Wright give bond.

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From: James Hughes [mailto:]
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 12:03 PM
Subject: RE: Merriman & Payne(Pain) Lancaster County, Virginia

I donn't know when Francis Wright bought land in Lancaster Co. but it was bef.1695.

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-----Original Message-----
From: James Hughes [mailto:]
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 8:53 PM
To: Marshall, Michael (Contracts)
Subject: RE: Merriman & Payne(Pain) Lancaster County, Virginia

Francis Wright was Sheriff of Baltimore County in 1661.

396 Assembly Proceedings, April - May 1661 .

U. H. - Journal - 1659-69

The same to Francis Batchelor Sherriffe of Charles County
The same to Gyles Sadleir Sherriffe of Calvert County
The same to John Norwood Sherriffe of Anne Arrundell County
The same to Anthony Griffyn Sherriffe of Kent County.
The same to Francis Wright Sherriffe of Baltemore County.

Aprill 16th 1661

Nicholas Guyther Sherriffe of St Marys County retournes
Burgesses for that County
Coll. William Evans Luke Gardner Gent Thomas Mathews gent William Barton Gent.
Francis Batchelor Sherriffe of Charles County retournes
Burgesses for that County
Henry Adams and Joseph Harrison gent
Gyles Sadleir Sherriffe of Calvert County retournes
Burgesses for that County
Richard Preston Thomas Manning Richard Smith Tho. Trueman gent
John Norwood Sherriffe of Anne Arrundell County retournes
Burgesses for that County,
John Brewer Sam: Chew gent.

Page 81

Anthony Griffyn Sherriffe of Kent County retournes
Burgesses for that County
Thomas Stagwell and Wm Leeds gent.
Francis Wright Sherriffe of Baltemore County retournes
Burgesses for that County
Thomas Stockett and George Vtye gent

Aprill 17th 1661

At St Marys at the howse Comonly called St Johns to the Assembly appeared

Philip Calvert Esqr Governor
Henry Coursey Esqr Secretary

Baker Brooke Esqr
Edward Lloyd
John Bateman Esqr

St Marys Then appeared as Burgesses for St Marys County
Collonell William Evans Luke Gardner Thomas Mathews and William Danna gent.

Charles County Then appeared for Charles County as Burgesses
Henry Adams and Joseph Harrison Gent.

Anne Arrundell County Then appeared for Anne Arrundell County Burgesses
John Brewer and Samuell Chewe Gent

Kent County Then appeared for Kent County as Burgesses
Thomas Stagwell and William Leeds gent.

Baltemore County, Burgesses yett not appeared

Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly January
1637/8-September 1664
Volume 1, Page 396
http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/00000 1/000001/html/am1--396.html
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1701-1707 Westmoreland County, Virginia Deeds-Wills No. 3; [Antient Press]; Page 57. 25 Oct. 1700.
Alexander Notes of Cople Parish, Westmoreland County, gives bond to Francis Wright of same, Gent., for £50 sterling, to stand to and abide the award and final determination of the Honorable Richard Lee Esq. and Isaac Allerton Esqr., arbitrators on behalf of Francis Wright and James Westcomb and Alexr. Notes to determine all difference concerning a certain brigantine built in partnership between them,
Alexr, Notes
Wit: Tho, Smith, Thomason Jould [?].
20 Oct. 1701, Upon motion of Alexr. Notes admitted to record in the General Court.
25 March 1702. Upon motion of George Eskridge admitted torecord in Westmoreland County.
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1701-1707 Westmoreland County, Virginia Deeds-Wills No. 3; [Antient Press]; Page 187-88, 22 July 1703.
Jacob Martyn of Westmoreland County, mariner, depute my loving wife Sarah Martyn and my good friend Nathl. Pope of same, practitioner at law, my attorneys to demand and receive tobacco or any other debt due to me in my private capacity or as I am concerned in the estate of Mr. John Scott deceased.
Jacob Martyn
Wit: Richard Evans, Bridges Rozier.
29 Sept. 1703. Proved by R. Bridges Rozier.
Contributed by: James Hughes
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1701-1707 Westmoreland County, Virginia Deeds-Wills No. 3; [Antient Press]; Page 188, 16 Aug. 1703.
I appoint Daniel McCarty of Cople Parish, Westmoreland County, my attorney, particularly to demand of Majr. Francis Wright of said county the affairs and business of Mr. John Pyle, merchant, late deceased, at the house of said Wright who was here sent by my father Francis Hay Doctor of Physick, with his my said father's goods.
John Hay
Wit: Saml, Gray, Ja. Westcomb.
2 8bris [Oct.] 1703. Recorded.
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1707-1709 Westmoreland County, Virginia Deeds-Wills No. 4; [John Frederick Dorman]; Page 1-3. 25 Feb. 1685 [1686].
Francis Wright of Westmoreland County, Gent., and Ann, daughter of Col. John Washington of same, now wife of Francis Wright, to Michael Halbert. For 4000 pounds of tobacco. 100 acres at the head of Madox granted to John Washington by patent and by the death of Washington dessending to Ann his daughter.
Francis Wright
Ann Wright
John Wright
Wit: Thomas Baker, Thomas Marshall, Ann Read.
31 March 1686. Acknowledged by Francis Wright.
26 March 1707. John Wright Gent., son and heir apparent of Francis Wright Gent. by subscribing his name to the same voluntarily disclaimed any right to the lands. For divers and especial considerations.
25 Feb. 1685 [1686]. Bond of Francis Wright of Westmoreland County to Michael Halbert. For 10,000 pounds of tobacco. To defend Halbert in possession of 100 acres which he holds in right of Ann his wife and by deed confirmed to Halbert.
Francis Wright
John Wright
Wit: Tho. Baker, Tho. Marshall.
26 March 1707. Acknowledged by John Wright Gent., son and heir apparent of Francis Wright Gent.
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1707-1709 Westmoreland County, Virginia Deeds-Wills No. 4; [John Frederick Dorman]; Page 3-4. 26 March 1707.
Jno. Wright of Westmoreland County well knowing that a tract of land on or near Appomattux Creek was formerly sold by my father Francis Wright to Thomas Robins of same, but my late mother the then wife of Francis Wright not acknowledging, the title to the land hath not been secured, and Robins having sold part of the land to Robert Frank of same, doe discharge Frank from all interest I have by inheritance.
John Wright
Wit: Alex: Thompson, Wm. [ ]ton.
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1707-1709 Westmoreland County, Virginia Deeds-Wills No. 4; [John Frederick Dorman]; Page 4-7. 25 March 1707.
Francis Wright of Westmoreland County, Gent., and John Wright, son and heir apparent of the said Francis, to Thomas Goff of Richmond County, planter. For 5000 pounds of tobacco. 200 acres surveyed by Mr. Horton, late of Westmoreland County, deceased, by the order of Francis Wright, unto Thomas Goff and Wm. Goff, late deceased, adjoining land of Wm. Boothe in Washington Parish.
Francis Wright
John Wright
Wit: Thomas Sorrell, Geo. Eskridge.
26 March 1707. Acknowledged by Francis Wright and John Wright, Gent.

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1707-1709 Westmoreland County, Virginia Deeds-Wills No. 4; [John Frederick Dorman]; Page 26-27. 25 May 1707.
Jno. Wright of Westmoreland County, well knowing that a tract on or near Appamattox Creek was formerly sold by my father Francis Wright to Thomas Marshall, containing 200 acres, but my mother the then wife of Francis Wright not acknowledging, do disclaim interest by right of inheritance.
John Wright
Wit: Wm. Drown, John Pratt.
28 May 1707. Acknowledged by John Wright.
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1705-1707 Westmoreland County, Virginia Order Book, Part 1 [Antient Press]; page 568a - [28 May 1707]
John Wright, Gent., acknowldeged a writeing under his hand importing a discharge and discliamer of right to a parcell of land formerly sold by Francis Wright to Tho. Marshall
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1705-1708 Richmond County, Virginia Deed Book 4 [Antient Press]; Page 11-13a
TO ALL CHRISTIAN PEOPLE to whome these presents shall come, I JOHN WRIGHT of County of WESTMORELAND Gent. Send Greeting in our Lord God Everlasting this fifth day of September in the yeare of our Lord 1705. Nov Know yee that I the said JOHN WRIGHT for the sume of Two hundred and fifty pounds Sterl, by FRANCIS THORNTON in hand paid by these presents doth bargain sell and confirme unto FRANCIS THORNTON his heires one tract of land containeing One thousand acres being part of a Patent formerly granted to MAJR. JOHN WASHINGTON for Seventeen hundredacres of land dated the first of June Ano. Domini 1664, the said thousana acres of land begining at the Eastermost side of the land that was sold to WILLIAM FREAKE out of the said Patent and next to WM. WILLISS's, thence running North a straight course to the line of the said Patent, thence West and along the several! courses of said Patent till it comes to the land that did belong to FREAK and now in the possession of JOHN HAWKFORD and THOMAS TIPPETT, thence along the said land foure hundred and nine poles including the plantation called and knowne by the name of HARRISONs Plantation including the just summe and quantity of One thousand acres of land, together with all rights members and appurtenances whatsoever to said premises belonging scituate within the Parish of ST. MARYEs in the County of Richmond; To have and to hold the said tract of land with all appurtenances to said FRANCIS THORNTON his heires freely and clearly discharged from all in cumbrances whatseover; and further that JOHN WRIGHT do by these presents oblidge my selfe my heires to lay out the said One thousand acres of land and mark the bounds so that the said parcel of land may have the full breadth of the Patent where it binds upon the land that was sold to WILLIAM FREAKE, that is to say, Foure hundred and nine poles when ever the said FRANCIS THORNTON his heires shall desire the same to be done In Wittnesse whereof and to the true performance of all and every the articles in and to this present writing mentioned or intended have hereunto sett my hand and seale the day and yeare first to these presents mentioned
Signed sealed and delivered in presence of us
GEORGE TAYLER, JOHN WRIGHT
ALEXR: DONIPHAN
Acknowledged in Richmond County Court by the within named JNO: WRIGHT the 5th day of Septr. Ano: 1705 and recorded the 11th day of the same moneth & in the yeare aforesd„ wch: acknowledgmt. WM. THORNTON, Son of the said FRANCIS THORNTON, in the behalfe of his said Father, att the time aforesd. did receive
TO ALL TO WHOME these presents shall come Know yee that I FRANCIS WRIGHT, Father to the within mentioned JOHN WRIGHT, haveing good right title and interest by the Courtesie of England to all and singular the within mentioned land sold by my Son, JOHN WRIGHT, conveyed and made over to FRANCIS THORNTON and his heires as by the within Deed doth express; Therefore I said FRANCIS WRIGHT do by these presents acquits all my right title and interest of the within mentioned land and forever discharge FRANCIS THORNTON from all manner of Claymes in and to said land clayming under me said FRANCIS WRIGHT, I have hereunto set my hand and seale this fifth day of Septr 1705
Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of us
GEORGE TAYLER, WRIGHT
ALEXA: DONIPHAN
Acknowledged in Richmond County Court by the within named FRANCIS WRIGHT the 5th day of Septr. 1705 wch: acknowledgmt, WM. THORNTON in the behalfe of his Father, FRANCIS THORNTON the day and yeare aforesd. did receive, and recorded the 11th day of the same moneth and yeare
KNOW ALL MEN by these presents that I JOHN WRIGHT of the Parish of COPLE in the County of WESTMORELAND do owe and stand firmly indebted unto FRANCIS THORNTON of County of STAFFORD his heires in the just sum of One thousand pounds Sterling money of England to be paid in good bills of Exchange upon all demands to wch: payment to be made I bind my selfe my heires firmely by these presents in Wittness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seale this fifth day of Septembr: 1705
The Condition of this present obligaltion is such that whereas in and by one instrument of writing made betweene JOHN WRIGHT of one part and FRANCIS THORNTON of the other part; bearing equal date wth: these presents, sold One thousand acres of land lying in Richmond County; Now if JOHN WRIGHT his heirs shall fulfill and keep all the covenants mentioned in the Instrument of Writing, Then this obligation to be voyd and of none effect or else to be and remaine in full force and virtue.
Sealed and delivered in the presence of
GEORGE TAYLER, JNO: 'WRIGHT
ALEX DONIPHAN
Acknowledged in Richmond County Court ye 5th day of Septr. Ano: 1705 & recorded
Test J. SHERLOCK Cl Cur
KNOW ALL MEN by these presents that I FRANCIS WRIGHT of the County of WESTMORELAND do owe and stand justly indebted unto FRANCIS THORNTON of the County of STAFFORD his heires in the just summe of Two hundred pounds Sterl. money of England to be paid by good Bills of Exchange upon all demands In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Fifth day of Septr, Ano. Domini 1705
The Condition of this obligation is such that whereas my Son, JNO. WRIGHT, with my consent hath sold unto FRANCIS THORNTON his heires the quantity of One thousand acres of land lying in ST. MARYs Parish Richmond County for sufficient consideration already reced as may appeare by a Deed of Sale bearing equal date wth- these presents in an estate of Fee Simple free from all Claymes of Dower &c., I the said FRANCIS WRIGHT shall quitt clayme and discharge the said land from any clayme to me That then this obligation to be void otherways to remaine in full force and virtue
Sealed and delivered in presence of us
GEORGE TAYLER, WRIGHT
ALEXR. DONIPHAN
Acknowledged in Richmond County Court the 5th day of Septr. 1705 & recorded
Test J. SHERLOCK, Cl Cur
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1705-1707 Westmoreland County, Virginia Order Book, Part I [Antient Press]; Page 72-73
Westmoreland County Court 26th of March 1707
- WRIGHTs Acknowledgment to GOFF
FRANCIS WRIGHT and JOHN WRIGHT, Gent., acknowledged their Deed of Release and Confirmation ofland from them to THOMAS GOFFE to bee their proper act and deed. Ordered the same bee recorded
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1707-1709 Westmoreland County, Virginia Deeds-Wills No. 4; [John Frederick Dorman]; Page 174-78. 21-22 Feb. 1708 [1709]. Francis Wright and John Wright of Cople Parish, Westmoreland County, Gent., to Thomas Robins of Washington Parish, in said county, planter. Lease and release; for 1000 pounds of tobacco. 200 acres in Washington Parish which Francis Wright and Ann his wife then sole owner of the land sold to William Booth, deceased, but Ann dying before the same was legally conveyed, William Booth had not any right to the same and now is the proper estate of John Wright son and heir of Ann ... land of Thomas Marshall ... westermost line of the pattent
Francis Wright
John Wright
Wit: Nath: Pope, Jos: Belfield.
23 Feb. 1708 [1709]. Acknowledged by Francis Wright and John Wright.
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Contributed by: James Hughes

The Washington Ancestry and Records of the McClain, Johnson and Forty Other Colonial American Families, Volume 1, Page 348
[Westmoreland County, Deeds & Wills, No. 4, Page 175]:
WRIGHT'S RELEASE TO ROBINS
THIS INDENTURE made the twenty second day of February one thousand seven hundred and Eight and in the seventh year of the reign of our Sovereign Lady Anne by the Grace of God of England, Scotland, France and Ireland Queen Defender of the faith &c Between Francis Wright and John Wright of Cople parish in the County of Westmorld Gentl. of the one part and Thomas Robins of Washington Parish in the said County planter of the other party--
Witnesseth that the said Francis Wright and John Wright for . . . one thousand pounds of good tobacco do by these presents give, grant, bargain, alien, sell, remise, release and forever confirm unto the said Thomas Robins and his heirs the said Thomas Robins being in the actual possession thereof by virtue of a lease made of the same bearing date the day before the date of these presents and statute for transferring uses into possessions all that two hundred acres of land situate in Washington Parish in the County aforesaid which the said Francis Wright and Anne his wife then sole owner of the said land sold to William Booth(*) Decd. and recd. a consideration for the same but the said Anne dying before the same was legally conveyed the said William Booth had not any right to the same and now is the proper Estate of the said John Wright son and heir to the said Anne the said two hundred acres of land beginning at a corner marked hickory of the land of Thomas Marshall (etc.) To have and to hold (etc.)
In witness whereof the parties to these presents hath interchangably sett their hands and seals the day & year first mentioned.
FRANCIS WRIGHT [Seal]
JOHN WRIGHT [Seal]
Signed, Sealed & delivered in the presence of N. POPE, JNO. BELFIELD.
Recordate 28 die Febry. pred Pr. Eund'm Cler'um.
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1708-1711 Richmond County, Virginia Deed Book 5 [Antient Press]; Page 153-154
Wee do hereby appoint DANIELL McCARTY Gentleman to acknowledge this Instrument of righting to the within JOHN WASHINGTON & his heirs rattifying wt. my sd. Attorney shall doe as thogh I was p:sonally present Witness my hand & seale lthis 26th day of October 1709
Test NATH. POPE, FRA: WRIGHT
JOHN CHAMPE, JOS: BELFIELD JOHN WRIGHT
At a Court held for Richmond County November 2. 1709
This Power of Attorney was proved by the oathes of ye Witnesses to it & it was admitted
to Record Test M BECKWITH, Cl Cur
Examined p M. BECKWITH, Cl Cur
THIS INDENTURE made the seventh day of October one thousand seven hundred & nine and in the Eight year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady Ann by the grace of God of Great Brittain France & Ireland, Defender of the faith &c., Between FRANCIS WRIGHT and JOHN WRIGHT of COPLE Pish : in WESTMORELAND County, Gent., of one part and JOHN WASHINGTON of the Pish: of WASHINGTON in said County, late of STAFFORD County. Gent., of other part, Witnesseth that FRANCIS WRIGHT & JOHN WRIGHT for Five Shillings of English money in hand paid them do by these presents bargain & sell unto JOHN WASHINGTON all that peice or parcell of land containing One hundred and Seventy one & halfe acres lying in ST. MARYs Pish: in County of Richmond and beginning att a Stake standing near a small markt red Oak saplin & run ing from thence North one hundred twenty sigh tpole deviding this land from the land of JOHN PIPER deced, to the line of THOMAS MARSHALL deced, thence West two degrees Southerly along the line of said MARSHALL and THOMAS ROBINS one hundred & seventy poles to a markt, Chesnutt tree being corner to said ROBINS, thence North one hundred seventy six poles along another line of said ROBINS, thence West twenty poles to the corner tree of Majr. FRANCIS THORNTON, thence South along his line Three hundred pole to a Stake standing in the line of JOHN WILLIS SENR., thence East one hundred and ninety pole along the said WILLIS his line to the place where it began, with all houses out houses & tobacco houses orchards fences whatsoever; To have and to hold all the tract of land unto JOHN WASHINGTON his heirs during the term of one whole year paying the rent of one Ear of Indian corn on ye first day of the Birth of our Lord God next ensuing if demanded to the intent that by vertue of these presents of the Statute for transferring uses into possession JOHN WASHINGTON may be in the actual! possession of said premises and be thereby Inabled to accept a grant of the Inheritance thereof, In Witness whereof FRANCIS WRIGHT and JOHN WRIGHT hath sett their hands & fixt. their the day & month and year above mentioned
Signed sealed & deld. in presents of
JOHN CHAMPE, FRA: WRIGHT
JOS: BELFIELD, NATH: POPE JOHN WRIGHT
At a Court held for Richmond County November 2d. 1709
DANIELL McCARTY, Gent., by vertue of a Power of Attorney from FRANCIS WRIGHT and JOHN WRIGHT to him in that behalf made acknowledged this Deed for land unto JOHN WASHINGTON Gent., Whereupon at the motion of NATHLL. POPE in behalf of the said WASHINGTON, it was admitted to Record
Test M. BECKWITH, Cl Cur
Examined p M. BECKWITH, Cl Cur
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1708-1711 Richmond County, Virginia Deed Book 5 [Antient Press]; Page 155-157
(The Power of Attorney as appears on Page 153 above is repeated on page same witnesses and date.)
THIS INDENTURE made the eight day of October one thousand seven hundred & nine and in the eight year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady Ann by the grace of God of Great Brittain France & Ireland, Queen defender of the faith &c, Between FRANCIS WRIGHT and JOHN WRIGHT of COPLE Pish, in County of WESTMORELAND Gent. of one part and JOHN WASHINGTON of WASHINGTON Pish. in the said County late of STAFFORD County, Gent., of other part; Witnesseth that FRANCIS WRIGHT and JOHN WRIGHT for Eight thousand pounds of good tobacco in hand them paid by said JOHN WASHINGTON by these presents bargin sell & confirm and release unto JOHN WASHINGTON his heirs being in the actuall possession thereof by vertue of a Lease and of the Statute for transferring uses into possession all that parcel! of land containing One hundred seventy one & half, acres situate part in Richmond County and part in WESTMORELAND County, beginning in ST. MARYs Pish in County of Richmond (the description of the bounds of the land are as in the foregoing Lease); To have and to hold the right title & demand whatsoever to the said land of them the sd. FRANCIS WRIGHT and JOHN WRIGHT together with all woods water courses houses tobacco houses with all timber and timber trees orchards fences and gardens thereon to JOHN WASHINGTON his heirs to be holden to the Cheif Lord of the Fee for the rents and services due and accustomed to be paid free and clear from all incumbrances whatsoever; In Witness whereof the partyes aforementioend hath interchangeably set their hands and seals the day and year aforesaid
Signed sealed and delivered in the presents of us
NATH: POPE, FRA: WRIGHT
JOHN CHAMPE JOHN WRIGHT
At a Court held for Richmond County November 2d. 1709
DANIELL McCARTY Gent. by vertue of a Power of Attorney from FRANCIS WRIGHT and JOHN WRIGHT to him in that behalf made, acknowledged this Deed for Land unto JOHN WASHINGTON, Gent., Whereupon at the motion of NATHANIELL POPE in behalf of the said WASHINGTON it was admitted to record
Test M. BECKWITH, C1 Cur Examined p M. BECKWITH, CI Cur.
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1720-1722 Westmoreland County, Virginia Deeds-Wills No. 7, [Craig M. Kilby]; Page 230-233
30 August 1711. Francis Wright of Cople Parish to Francis Spencer of the same. For 7,000 lbs. of tobacco. Recites that on 18 August 1662, Richard Wright father of said Francis Wright sold 900 acres of land on Nominy Bay to Nicholas Spencer, Esq. father of the said Francis Spencer. The land was the just right and inheritance of Ann, daughter of Col. John Mottrom, and wife of said Richard Wright and mother of said Francis Wright. Whereas Ann did not join in the deed and did not relinquish her right of dower, and reason thereof the land had descended to Francis Wright. For that reason, and the 7,000 lbs. of tobacco in cask, this deed to the 900 acres. Beginning at at an unknown age a marked white oak at the head of the main branch of King Copsico Pond by the road that leads from the house of said Wright to the said Spencer, thence running "a straight course" to [B] a marked red oak standing by a swamp or branch flows out of Armsby"s Creek and near the dwelling house of Sam'l Chamberlin thence down the swamp cove and creek to [C] the head line of the whole dividend of land of Wright and Mottrom, thence along the head line water courses of Nominy Bay to an unknown date the mouth of King Copsico Pond and up the pond to at an unknown age the beginning. Signed by signature. Witnessed by /s/ D [illeg.] and /s/ Nath: Pope. Recorded 6 September 1711.
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1712-1714 Westmoreland County, Virginia Order Book, Part 4 [Antient Press]; Page 57
Westmoreland County Court 24th ofJune 1713
- Majr. WRIGHT's Admon granted
MRS MARTHA WRIGHT, Relict of FRANCIS WRIGHT, Gent., deced., came into Court and made Oath that FRANCIS departed this life without makeing any Will soe farr as she knows or believes and on her motion, Certifycate is granted her for obtaining Letters ofAdministration on the Decedent's Estate in due form; JOHN BUSHROD, RICHARD KENNER and FRANCIS SPENCER assumeing in Court to be Securitys for her due administration thereon and she ordered to return an Inventory of the Estate to the next Court. It is alsoe ordered that JOHN AWBREY, WILLIAM CHANDLER, DANIEL TEBBS and FRANCIS ATTWELL, or any three ofthem being first sworn before one ofher Majties Justices for this County, do some tyme before the next Court value and appraise the Estate and make report thereof to the next Court
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1714-1716 Westmoreland County, Virginia Order Book, Part 5 [Antient Press]; Page 15
Westmoreland County Court 29th of September 1714
- WRIGHT's Admrx. v SPENCER
It was commanded JOHN STURMAN, Gent., Sheriff of this County, that he should summon FRANCIS SPENCER to answer JOHN HOWELL and MARTHA his Wife. Administratrix ofthe goods and chattells that were of FRANCIS WRIGHT, Gent., deced., of a Plea of Debt for fourteen thousand pounds of tobacco due by Obligation and the Sheriffreturned cepi corpus but for that the Defendt. failed to appeare and noe baile being returned, upon motion ofthe Pltf. Conditionall Order passed against the Sherifffor the Debt according to Law, and upon the Sheriffs motion an Attachment is granted him against the Estate of the Defendt. for the same returnble and to be proceeded in according to Law
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1714-1716 Westmoreland County, Virginia Order Book, Part 5 [Antient Press]; Page 42
Westmoreland County Court 28th of April 1715
- SPENCER v WRIGHT's Admrx.
Judgment is granted FRANCIS SPENCER against JOHN HOWELL and MARTHAhis Wife, Administratrix of FRANCIS WRIGHT, deced., for the sum offive hundred fifty six pounds oftobacco due by Account; ordered the they pay the same with costs als Execution
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James Hughes 2005-09-29 12:16:09
Combs &c. Families of Stafford County, Virginia
http://www.combs-families.org/combs/records/va/stafford/
28 Sep 1726 (Westmoreland DB?:68-70)
Wm. KENDALL, planter, of Stafford County to Jeremiah MURDOCH, Hanover Parish, King George, consideration 2,622 lbs. good tobo. all that tract… sd plantation where William KENDALL inhabited late… 60 and 2 acres of land being in county of Westmoreland, part of 200 A of land formerly lived and inhabited and lease of William HARVEY… sold by Maj. Frances WRIGHT and John WRIGHT his son unto Thomas GOFF of King George County deced as by his records of the sd. Westmoreland County court will appear… 62 A bounded as follows: beginning … Spanish Oak, along Thomas ROBBINS line, dividing this land from the land of Thos. GOFF dividing this land from Thomas HUGHES, first mentioned station with all houses, orchards… sd William and Elizabeth his Wife… 28 Sep 1726… Wm. KENDALL personally appeared… Wm. [W horizontal-K] KENDALL, Elizabeth KENDALL, wife of Wm. KENDELL Elizabeth [C] KENDELL
At a Ct. held for sd. Co. 28 Sep 1726 at the inst. of Maj. George ESKRIDGE on this behalf of Jeremiah MURDOCH the letter of attorney from Elizabeth KENDALL to Neil McCORMICK… 12 Jan 1726/7 Wm. KENDALL affirmed. Wits: Isaac ARNOLD & John JETT.
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1654-1800 Westmoreland County, Virginia Wills [Augusta B. Fothergill]; Page 51
WRIGHT, FRANCIS, MAJOR, gent., 7 August 1713. Inventory returned by Martha Wright.
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James Hughes 2006-05-17 09:11:26
The Washington Ancestry and Records of the McClain, Johnson and Forty Other Colonial American Families, Volume 1, Page 396

[Prince William Deed Book K, Page 132 to 136. Abstract]: Deeds of lease and release dated 27 and 28 May 1739: Benjamin Grayson of county of Prince William, Gent., and Susanna his wife to ffrancis Wright of same county for 100. a plantation of 711 acres formerly granted to said Benjamin Grayson by deed from the Proprietor's office of the Northern Neck of Virginia 2 Aug. 1731, in the county of Prince William upon a branch of the North fork of Bull run on the ridge joining upon the branches of Elk licking run & bounded [etc.]
her
BENJA GRAYSON SUSANA L GRAYSON
mark
THOS. HARRISON JUNR. WILL. DENT MOSES LINTON JOHN TURLEY.

This property, to which Francis Wright had removed by July, 1741, was about twelve miles west of Francis Awbrey's estate, and twenty miles northwest from Leesylvania, and about twenty-eight miles north of the estate on which his brother John4 settled in 1741. Thus these brothers became well separated topographically. Soon after the date of the above-mentioned deed, the remaining two-thirds of the thousand-acre Leesylvania plantation were sold by Francis4 Wright for a sum approximating $5,000 in present currency to the same Henry Lee, of whom his father, John3 Wright, had purchased it in 1723. This is the instrument in which Francis4 Wright calls himself the eldest son of his father:
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James Hughes 2006-05-17 09:14:06
The Washington Ancestry and Records of the McClain, Johnson and Forty Other Colonial American Families, Volume 1, Page 395

Prince William County Deed Book D, Page

127, 128, 129, 130, 131. Abstract]: 27 & 28 May 1739, two deeds of lease and release by ffrancis Wright of the parish of Hamilton in the County of Prince William planter and Anne his wife to Benjamin Grayson of the same, gent; for 100 all that plantation. . . 333 acres . . . on Powels Creek in the County of Prince William it being the third part of 1000 acres formerly sold by Henry Lee unto John Wright, deced, father to the afsd. ffrancis Wright, as by deed dated 25 June MDCCXXV(+) . . . bounded Beginning at Divers marked Saplins nigh the stump of an Hiccory corner to the land of Burbidge at Muscle Island & extending thence North two hundred & forty four poles to a Spanish Red oak, thence North 52 degrees west 300 poles to a Box oak saplin & a Red oak on an Ivy point, thence South nine degrees East 363 poles to Powel's Creek, thence down the Creek the several meanders thereof to the beginning . . .
her
FFRANCIS. WRIGHT Anne WRIGHT
mark
THOS. HARRISON JUNR WILL DENT MOSES LINTON JOHN TURLEY
Acknowledged in Court 28 May 1739 and ordered recorded.

On the same day that Francis Wright sold this third of his patrimony for a sum then equal to about $2,000, he purchased of the same Benjamin Grayson 711 acres lying about twenty-five miles northwest of his late father's estate, which new property had been first occupied by a
(+) In this reference made sixteen years after the date of the original deed Francis4 Wright errs, for the original deed to his father was dated August 27, 1723.

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1745-1747 Westmoreland County, Virginia Deeds & Will Book 10, Part 2 [Antient Press]; Page 275-278
JOHN KENNEDY aged forty six years being first sworn with that fifteen years ago he was overseer for Colo. HENRY LEE at the Plantation where JOHN WRIGHT formerly did live very near the land in dispute, that when he first come to be Overseer for Colo. LEE he had occasion for Board Timber and as he was unacquainted with the lines, he applied himself to JOHN HOWELL (who had intermarried with the Mother of RICHARD WRIGHT, and with whom the said RICHARD WRIGHT then lived being a boy and under the care of the said HOWELL to skew him where to git the said Boards that he might not commit a trespass upon any of the Neighbours lands, and the said HOWEL directed him to come to a place near the head of BARRES CREEKS where he would find a parcel of rich well timbered land close by and adjoining the place where JOHN RICE, a witness in this suit, had Cut down trees and further told him that he had once forwarned the said JOHN RICE from clearing the said ground, telling him that he thought it would be of great service to DICKIE (meaning the said RICHARD WRIGHT) but that in some short time afterwards going that way the said HOWELL had a mind to see where the line run., and after he found out which way the line went, he said glad he had forewarned the said RICE for that had the said RICE gone on he would have cleared upon Colo. LEE's Land, And this Deponant further with that about a year or two after this happensd, GERRARD DAVIS, who intermarried with a Sister of the said RICHARD WRIGHT, came to the house of this Deponant in company with the said RICHARD WRIGHT and their the said GERRARD DAVIS in the hearing of this Deponant persuaded the said RICHARD WRIGHT to sue Colo. LEE for more land for that he'd engage the said WRIGHT might recover to Colo, MOTTRAMs back line which this Deponant understood to be meant the line run by the Plff. In this survey and in a short time after this, the above named JOHN HOWELL and this Deponant were standing for Deer and he, this Deponant, informed the said HOWELL of the discourse which he had heard at his House between the said DAVIS and the said RICHARD WRIGHT. Whereupon the said HOWELL said to this Deponant that DICKIE (meaning the said RICHARD WRIGHT) had better let along sueing the said LEE for if he sued Colo. LEE says he in my life time I shall surely be an evidence against him for as I go along with you home. I'll show you his and corner (meaning of the said RICHARD WRIGHT). Whereupon they presently after went together to the three triangular trees to which the Surveyor in running from the Maple for the Defendants survey came and this Deponain and the said HOWELL standing by the said triangular trees the said HOWEL pointing to the said Maple and Cove below it told this Deponant WRIGHT's line comes from that Cove to the Maple and from thence to three triangular trees for they are one of DICKIE's Corners (meaning the said WRIGHT) and the said HOWELL further told this Deponant at that time that he had marked these three trees by order of JOHN WRIGHT, Brother to the said RICHARD WRIGHT, and in his presence and further told this Deponant that his other line run from these trees to a point opposite to the mouth of BARRES CREEKE, And this Deponant who lived eight years in the Neighbourhood of the land in controversy has since several time gone along the said line and has run old marked line trees all along the said line unless it such part of the same as have been destroyed Catterpillars, which said line is the same which was run by Old HENRY LEE from a marked white Oak upon the bank of the mouth of BARRES CREEKE to the said three triangular trees in a reversed Course: And this Deponant was farther told by the said HOWELL that he the said HOWELL had formerly lived as a domestick with Major WRIGHT, Father of JOHN WRIGHT. and that those triangular trees were always in the life time of the said Major WRIGHT and also of his Son, JOHN WRIGHT, reconed to stand in Colo. MOTTRAMs back line till such time as Colo, LEE bought the land of the said JOHN WRIGHT and recovered as far as KURs Tobacco Ground near to the line run by the M. for MOTTRAMs back line, which the said HOWELL told him had ever since been reckoned MOTTRAMs back line and this Deponant farther saith that about eleven years ago he became a Tenant to the said RICHARD WRIGHT and lived upon the land now in controversy between his. the said WRIGHT's heir, and the said Colo. LEE for the space of three years and in that time the said Land was processioned and this Deponant saith that he applied to the said RICHARD WRIGHT to shew him the lines of the said land against the time the processioners should come: Whereupon the said WRIGHT told this Deponant that he would get the above named HOWELL to shew the lines to the said Processioners telling this Deponant that the said HOWELL was best acquainted with the bounds of the said land for that he (meaning the said HOWELL) was the person who was along with his Brother, JOHN WRIGHT, when he laid of the land for the said RICHARD and had marked the line after the said JOHN WRIGHT; And this Deponant farther saith that the processioners afterwards in the presence of this Deponant did procession the lines and by the Defendant in this Survey for the bounds of the said RICHARD WRIGHTs land and farther with not. JOHN KENNEDY
The above Deposition was sworn to before me
EDWARD RANSDELL, August 9th 1744
Westmd. Sct. At a Court held for the said County the 26th day of June 1745
This Deposition of JOHN KENNEDYs in an Ejectment in the General Court between FRANCIS WRIGHT. an Infant Son of RICHARD WRIGHT, deceased, by JOHN BUSHROD his Guardian, and THOMAS McFARLANE. Plffs, and HENRY LEE, Gent., Defendant was presented into Court by the said LEE at whose motion the same is admitted to Record
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1743-1752 King George County, Virginia Deed Book 3; [Antient Press]; Page 40-44
Indenture made 4th/5th April 1745 between JOHN GREEN and ABIGAIL his wife Parish Over Wharton County Stafford and FRANCIS THORNTON Parish Hanover King George County .. by deeds of lease & release .. for sum Thirty four pounds current money of Virginia sold 70 acres in Hanover Parish Joyning on Poultridges Creek lying between the land that is called Watts's and Francis Thornton .. being part of Patent granted to FRAS. WRIGHT which .. THOMAS TIPPETT bought of Wright which said land Descended to Abigail daughter of the sd Thomas Tippet Deceased
Presence Josiah Farguson, John Green
Lewis Markham, Willm. Wren Abigail x Green
At a court held 5th April 1745 .. Deeds of lease & release acknowledged .. recorded .. said Abigail being Solely Examined .

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http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=126&last=127&g_p=G2 &collection=NN Grant
Title Nicholls, John.
Publication 21 February 1694/1695.
Other Format Available on microfilm. Northern Neck Grants, reels 288-311.
Note Location: Westmoreland County.
Description: 280 acres beg.g &c. belonging to Francis Wright also adjoins a tract of land of 1200 acres belonging to said Wright.
Source: Northern Neck Grants No. 2, 1694-1700, Page 126-127 (Reel 288).
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http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=194&last=&g_p=G2&co llection=NN Grant
Title Manning, John.
Publication 25 September 1695.
Other Format Available on microfilm. Northern Neck Grants, reels 288-311.
Note Location: Westmoreland County.
Description: 147 acres adjoining William Saxton, Francis Wright, Randall Davenport.
Source: Northern Neck Grants No. 2, 1694-1700, Page 194 (Reel 288).
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URL (Click on link) http://lvaimage.lib.va.us/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=142&last=143&g_p=G2&col lection=NN Grant
Title BROWN, MAXFIELD.
Publication 19 March 1694/1695.
Other Format Available on microfilm. Northern Neck Grants, reels 288-311.
Note Location: Richmond County.
Description: 228 acres adjoining land of FRANCIS WRIGHT, JOHN ROSSE and others.
Source: Northern Neck Grants No. 2, 1694-1700, Page 142-143 (Reel 288).

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URL (Click on link) http://lvaimage.lib.va.us/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=111&last=&g_p=G3&collec tion=NN Grant
Title Combs, William.
Publication 13 July 1705.
Gen. note (This deed is also recorded on page 103).
Other Format Available on microfilm. Northern Neck Grants, reels 288-311.
Note Location: Richmond County.
Description: 100 acres on the heads of the branches of Portbridges Creek adjoining John Brown, Maxfield Brown, and Major Wright.
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http://lvaimage.lib.va.us/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=9a&last=&g_p=GE&collect ion=NN
Grant
Title Murdock, Jeremiah.
Publication 22 July 1732.
Other Format Available on microfilm. Northern Neck
Grants, reels 288-311.
Note Location: King George County.
Description: 374 acres adjoining Francis Wright, and the lands of Thornton.
Source: Northern Neck Grants D, 1731-1732, Page 99, folio (Reel 291).
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URL (Click on link)
http://lvaimage.lib.va.us/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=9&last=&g_p=GE&collecti on=NN
Grant
Title Murdock, Jeremiah.
Publication 9 June 1737.
Other Format Available on microfilm. Northern Neck
Grants, reels 288-311.
Available on microfilm. Northern Neck Surveys, 1-6,
A-E, reels 312-320.
Note Location: King George County.
Description: 374 acres in the counties of
Westmoreland, and King George, adjoining Francis Wright, and land of Thornton

Sources      
[S316] Richard Wright of Northumberland.
Sorting Some Wrights of Southern Virginia
Part XX: 1633 Richard Wright of Northumberland County,
his wife Ann (Mottram) (Wright) (Fox) Codd
and his descendants
Oct 1, 2023
Robert N. Grant.²

     Anne Wycliffe married John Washington, son of Col. John Washington and Anne Pope,
; her 1st husband.¹ Anne Wycliffe married Col. Charles Ashton in 1700
; her 2nd husband.¹
Anne Wycliffe died in 1704 at England.¹
      ; Anne (who m 2nd 1700, Col Charles Ashton, and d in England 1704) sis of Henry Wycliffe.¹

     Col. Charles Ashton married Anne Wycliffe, daughter of (?) Wycliffe, in 1700
; her 2nd husband.¹

     Lawrence Washington died before 31 March 1708; dsp.¹

     Nathaniel Washington married Mary Dade.¹

      ; Nathaniel; m Mary Dade, granddau. of Maj John Dade, Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses, and was Ancestor of the Washingtons, of Caroline Co., VA.¹

     Capt. Henry Washington married Mary Bailey.¹

Capt. Henry Washington died in October 1748.¹
Capt. Henry Washington was buried on 22 October 1748 .¹
      ; Henry, Capt, of Mattox Hall, and Hylton, JP, High Sheriff, Stafford co; m Mary, granddau. and co-heir of Basil Bailey, by Anne, sis of Maj Caleb Butler, and was bur 22 Oct 1748, leaving with other issue:
1c Henry, of Mattox Hall; m 18 May 1743 Elizabeth (who m 2nd 1749 Col Robert Vaux, of Vaux Hall, and 3rd 1757, Col Thomas Jett, of Walnut Hill) dau of William Storke, and dvp 1745, leaving an only son.
2c Bailey, of Stafford co., JP; m Catherine, dau of William Storke, and had issue.¹

     Henry Thornton of Newnham married Anne Wilmer, daughter of William Wilmer and Julian Spencer.^1,3,2

Henry Thornton of Newnham died in 1556.²
     Reference: van de Pas cites: 1. Burke's Landed Gentry , Reference: (1937) 2239
2. Debrett's Book of Royal Children MacMillan, London, 1982 , Kidd, Charles & Patrick Montague-Smith, Reference: trees.²

      ; Recorder of Daventry (see that family in Landed Gentry of Great Britain.)

     Capt. Alexander Fleming married Joyce (?)¹

Capt. Alexander Fleming died before 1688; she married her 2nd husband c 1668.¹
     Capt. Alexander Fleming lived at Westphalia, Essex Co., Virginia, USA.¹

     James Yeats married Joyce (?) after 1677
; her 3rd husband; date based on fact her 2nd husband died in 1677.¹

     Col. Robert Townshend was born in 1640.² He married Mary Langhorne, daughter of Needham Langhorne of Newton Bromswold and Mary Bostock, on 6 April 1665.^1,2,3

Col. Robert Townshend died on 11 April 1675 at Virginia, USA.²
      ; Frances BALDWIN TOWNSHEND JONES WILLIAMS was the mother of Robert
TOWNSHEND (b 1640, d 11 Apr 1675, VA). Robert's wife was Mary
LANGHORNE (b 1636, d bef 7 Nov 1694, VA). Mary      LANGHORNE was the
daughter of Needham LANGHORNE (d Aug 1673) and Mary BOSTOCK (d Jun
1653). I found the following statement in Va. Genealogies, Vol. V,
"The Virginia Washingtons and the Manor of Newton Bromswold," by S.
H. Lee Washington, and would like to ask if there is any substance to
it:

"Many years ago a writer sugested that Needham LANGHORNE was probably
some descendant of the Langhornes of Bedfordshire, who recorded a
pedegree in the Hertfordshire Visitation of 1634, but up til the
present nothing whatever has been ascertained about him. . .he was
the fourth son of Robert LANGHORNE of Harrold Park, co. Bedford, and
through his mother, Margaret, sister of Sir John NEEDHAM of
Lichborough, Northants., Gentleman Pensioner to Queen Elizabeth, he
could trace direct descent from the Wests, Lords De la Warr, King
Henry III, and John de Baliol. . ."

Does anyone have any information to substantiate--or debunk--this
claim that the Needhams have a royal descent? Thanks, Polly Zashin.²

; Col Robert Townshend (s and heir of the Hon Richard Townshend, Member of the Governor's Council-see that family.)¹

     Mary Langhorne was born in 1636 at Northamptonshire, England.^2,3 She married Col. Robert Townshend on 6 April 1665.^1,2,3

Mary Langhorne died before 7 November 1694 at Albion, St. Paul's Parish, Stafford (King George) Co., Virginia, USA.^2,3
      ; Frances BALDWIN TOWNSHEND JONES WILLIAMS was the mother of Robert
TOWNSHEND (b 1640, d 11 Apr 1675, VA). Robert's wife was Mary
LANGHORNE (b 1636, d bef 7 Nov 1694, VA). Mary      LANGHORNE was the
daughter of Needham LANGHORNE (d Aug 1673) and Mary BOSTOCK (d Jun
1653). I found the following statement in Va. Genealogies, Vol. V,
"The Virginia Washingtons and the Manor of Newton Bromswold," by S.
H. Lee Washington, and would like to ask if there is any substance to
it:

"Many years ago a writer sugested that Needham LANGHORNE was probably
some descendant of the Langhornes of Bedfordshire, who recorded a
pedegree in the Hertfordshire Visitation of 1634, but up til the
present nothing whatever has been ascertained about him. . .he was
the fourth son of Robert LANGHORNE of Harrold Park, co. Bedford, and
through his mother, Margaret, sister of Sir John NEEDHAM of
Lichborough, Northants., Gentleman Pensioner to Queen Elizabeth, he
could trace direct descent from the Wests, Lords De la Warr, King
Henry III, and John de Baliol. . ."

Does anyone have any information to substantiate--or debunk--this
claim that the Needhams have a royal descent? Thanks, Polly Zashin.²

; Mary LANGHORNE. Born in 1636 in Northamptonshire, England. Mary
died in "Albion," St. Paul's Parish, Stafford (King George) County,
Virginia, bef 7 Nov 1694; she was 58.1
On 6 Apr 1665 when Mary was 29, she married Col. Robert TOWNSHEND, in
Newton Bromswold, Northamptonshire, England.2,3
They had the following children:
          i.     Frances (~1667-1726)
          ii.     Mary (~1669-1723)
          iii.     Robert Baldwin (->1675.)³

; Mary, dau and co-heir of Needham Langhorne, of Newton Bromswold, nephew of Sir John Needham, Kt, of Lichborough, Northants.¹

; Many thanks, Mr. Brandon, for the Google books references. I had
some of them, but others were new. I will have to sharpen up my
Goggle search techniques! In any event, although the information was
useful, the question still remains of how Margaret NEEDHAM might have
been descended from "the Wests, Lords De la Warr, King Henry III, and
John de Baliol. . ." Unfortunately, Washington in his article does
not give a source for his assertion. Following is a very incomplete
ahnentafel for Mary LANGHORNE, wife of Robert TOWNSHEND. If anyone
can see from their knowledge of the families mentioned how a
connection to any of the families in the above quotation might be
made, I would appreciate the hint, as well as ideas about possible
sources. Thanks, Polly Zashin

1 Mary LANGHORNE. Born in 1636 in Northamptonshire, England. Mary
died in "Albion," St. Paul's Parish, Stafford (King George) County,
Virginia, bef 7 Nov 1694; she was 58.1
On 6 Apr 1665 when Mary was 29, she married Col. Robert TOWNSHEND, in
Newton Bromswold, Northamptonshire, England.2,3
They had the following children:
          i.     Frances (~1667-1726)
          ii.     Mary (~1669-1723)
          iii.     Robert Baldwin (->1675)

2 Needham LANGHORNE. Born in of Poddington, Bedfordshire, England.
Needham died in Aug 1673 in Newton Bromswold, Northamptonshire,
England.2,3 Buried on 19 Aug 1673 in Newton Bromswold,
Northamptonshire, England.2,3 on 2 Nov 1670. on 10 Jun 1675
Northamptonshire, England.
On 31 May 1630 Needham married Mary BOSTOCK, in St. Pancras Church,
Soper Lane, London, England.2,3
They had the following children:
          i.     Frances (1632-<1675)
     1     ii.     Mary (1636-<1694)
          iii.     Anne2,3 (->1675)
          iv.     William (-<1675)

3 Mary BOSTOCK. Born in of St. Dionis Backchurch Parish, London,
England. Mary died in Jun 1653. Buried on 11 Jun 1653 in Newton
Bromswold, Northamptonshire, England.2,3

4 Robert LANGHORNE. Born on 14 Sep 1566 in of Greyfriars' Priory, St.
Paul's Parish, Bedfordshire, England.2,3 Robert died in 1607; he was 40.
Robert married Margaret NEEDHAM4.
They had the following children:
          i.     William3 (-1654)
          ii.     Benjamin
          iii.     John (->1631)
     2     iv.     Needham (-1673)

5 Margaret NEEDHAM.4 Born in of Wymondley Priory, Little Wymondley,
Hertfordshire, England.

6 Charles BOSTOCK.3
Child:
     3     i.     Mary (-1653)

8 William LANGHORNE.3 Born in of Greyfriars' Priory, Bedfordshire,
England. William died bef 19 Aug 1631 in Barnard's Inn, Holborn,
London, England. on 8 Jan 1629/30.
William married Elizabeth BOURNE3.
They had the following children:
     4     i.     Robert (1566-1607)
          ii.     William5,3 (-<1631)
          iii.     Richard3
          iv.     Thomas3

9 Elizabeth BOURNE.3 Born on 8 Aug 1548 in of Greyfriars' Priory, St.
Paul's Parish, Bedfordshire, England.3 Elizabeth died on 1 Jun 1584;
she was 35.3

10 John NEEDHAM. Born in of Wymondley Priory, Little Wymondley,
Hertfordshire, England.6 John died on 20 Jul 1591.6 Buried in
Wymondley Church, Little Wymondley, Hertfordshire, England.7 on 8
Feb 1583/84. in 1591.
John married Jane WELDISH.
They had the following children:
          i.     James (1571-1653)
          ii.     John (1565-1618)
          iii.     Jane4
     5     iv.     Margaret
          v.     Bridget
          vi.     Elizabeth4
          vii.     Jane

11 Jane WELDISH. Born in of Cranbrook, Kent, England.4

16 William LANGHORNE.3 Born in Bedfordshire, England. William died
aft 1550.3
Child:
     8     i.     William (-<1631)

18 Richard BOURNE.3 Born abt 1523 in of Greyfriars' Priory, St.
Paul's Parish, Bedfordshire, England.
Child:
     9     i.     Elizabeth (1548-1584)

20 James NEEDHAM. Born in of Wymondley Priory, Little Wymondley,
Hertfordshire, England.6 James died on 22 Sep 1544 in Boulogne,
France.6 Buried in Church of Our Lady, Boulogne, France.8 on 22 Sep
1544 Boulogne, France.6,8
James married Alice ??8.
They had the following children:
     10     i.     John (-1591)
          ii.     William4

21 Alice ??8

36 William BOURNE. Born in of Greyfriars' Priory, St. Paul's Parish,
Bedfordshire, England. William died in 1544.
William married Elizabeth ??.
They had one child:
     18     i.     Richard (~1523-)

37 Elizabeth ??

40 Christopher NEEDHAM. Born in of Needham Grange, Grangemill,
Derbyshire, England.6
Child:
     20     i.     James (-1544)

80 John NEEDHAM.8 Born in of High Needham, Derbyshire, England.8
Child:
     40     i.     Christopher

Sources

1. Brayton, John A., “The Ancestry of Frances (Baldwin) Townshend-
Jones-Williams,” The Virginia Genealogist.
2. “Genealogies of Virginia Families#2,” www.genealogy.com.
3. Washington, S. H. Lee, “The Virginia Washingtons and the Manor of
Newton Bromswold,” William & Mary Quarterly, 2nd Series, Vol. 20,
No. 3, 456-467, July, 1940.
4. Visitation of Hertfordshire, 1572 and 1634, web.ukonline.co.uk/
nigel.battysmith.
5. Visitation of London, 1633, 1634, and 1635.
6. Tighe, William J., “The Gentlemen Pensioners in Elizabethan
Politics and Government,” 1984, Cambridge, Ph.D. thesis.
7. Chauncy, Sir Henry, The Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire,
London, 1826.
8. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, www.oxforddnb.com.³

     Needham Langhorne of Newton Bromswold was born at Poddington, Bedfordshire, England.³ He married Mary Bostock, daughter of Charles Bostock, on 31 May 1630 at St. Pancras Church, Soper Lane, London, City of London, Greater London, England.^2,3

Needham Langhorne of Newton Bromswold died in August 1673 at Newton Bromswold, Northamptonshire, England.^2,3
Needham Langhorne of Newton Bromswold was buried on 19 August 1673 at Newton Bromswold, Northamptonshire, England.³
      ; Frances BALDWIN TOWNSHEND JONES WILLIAMS was the mother of Robert
TOWNSHEND (b 1640, d 11 Apr 1675, VA). Robert's wife was Mary
LANGHORNE (b 1636, d bef 7 Nov 1694, VA). Mary      LANGHORNE was the
daughter of Needham LANGHORNE (d Aug 1673) and Mary BOSTOCK (d Jun
1653). I found the following statement in Va. Genealogies, Vol. V,
"The Virginia Washingtons and the Manor of Newton Bromswold," by S.
H. Lee Washington, and would like to ask if there is any substance to
it:

"Many years ago a writer sugested that Needham LANGHORNE was probably
some descendant of the Langhornes of Bedfordshire, who recorded a
pedegree in the Hertfordshire Visitation of 1634, but up til the
present nothing whatever has been ascertained about him. . .he was
the fourth son of Robert LANGHORNE of Harrold Park, co. Bedford, and
through his mother, Margaret, sister of Sir John NEEDHAM of
Lichborough, Northants., Gentleman Pensioner to Queen Elizabeth, he
could trace direct descent from the Wests, Lords De la Warr, King
Henry III, and John de Baliol. . ."

Does anyone have any information to substantiate--or debunk--this
claim that the Needhams have a royal descent? Thanks, Polly Zashin.²

; Needham LANGHORNE. Born in of Poddington, Bedfordshire, England.
Needham died in Aug 1673 in Newton Bromswold, Northamptonshire,
England.2,3 Buried on 19 Aug 1673 in Newton Bromswold,
Northamptonshire, England.2,3 on 2 Nov 1670. on 10 Jun 1675
Northamptonshire, England.
On 31 May 1630 Needham married Mary BOSTOCK, in St. Pancras Church,
Soper Lane, London, England.2,3
They had the following children:
          i.     Frances (1632-<1675)
     1     ii.     Mary (1636-<1694)
          iii.     Anne2,3 (->1675)
          iv.     William (-<1675.)³

; Newton Bromswold, nephew of Sir John Needham, Kt, of Lichborough, Northants.¹

     Samuel Hayward married Martha Washington, daughter of Rev. Lawrence Washington and Amphyllis Twigden, after 1678.¹

     Samuel Hayward was JP, Burgess, and Clerk of Stafford co. at Stafford Co., Virginia, USA.¹

      ; Nicholas Hayward, of London, Merchant.¹

     Robert Washington was born before 1600.¹
Robert Washington died before 1610; dsp.¹
     He was living in 1600.¹

      ; Mordaunt; educ Pembroke Coll, Oxford; dsp fighting for the King during the Civil War.¹

     Dorothy Partiger married Gerard Kirkby of Stanbridge Earls, Hants.
; her 1st husband.¹ Dorothy Partiger married Sir John Washington Knt., son of Lawrence Washington Gent, of Sulgrave & Wicken and Margaret Butler, in 1629
; his 2nd wife, her 2nd husband, no surviving issue.¹
      ; niece of Robert, 1st Lord Spencer, of Wormleighton (see BURKE'S Peerage-MARLBOROUGH D.)¹

     William Partiger of Greatworth, Northants lived at Greatworth, Northamptonshire, England.¹

     Gerard Kirkby of Stanbridge Earls, Hants. married Dorothy Partiger, daughter of William Partiger of Greatworth, Northants,
; her 1st husband.¹
Gerard Kirkby of Stanbridge Earls, Hants. died before 1692; date based on fact she married her 2nd husband in 1692 as a "widow."¹

     Sir William Washington of Leckhampstead, Bucks., married Anne Villiers, daughter of Sir George Villiers Knt., of Brookesby and Audrey Saunders, in 1614.¹

Sir William Washington of Leckhampstead, Bucks., died circa June 1643.¹
Sir William Washington of Leckhampstead, Bucks., was buried on 22 June 1643 at St. Martin-In-The-Fields, Westminster, co. Middlesex, England.¹
      ; William, Sir, of Leckhampstead, Bucks., and afterwards of Wicke Hall, Isleworth, Middx., Ktd. 17 Jan 1622; m 1614, Anne (bur 25 May 1643), 2nd dau of Sir George Villiers, Kt, of Brookesby, and half-sister of George, 1st Duke of Buckingham. (see BURKE'S Peerage-JERSEY E) and was bur in St Martin's-in-the-Fields, 22 June, 1643, leaving issue.¹

     Anne Villiers married Sir William Washington of Leckhampstead, Bucks.,, son of Lawrence Washington Gent, of Sulgrave & Wicken and Margaret Butler, in 1614.¹

Anne Villiers died circa May 1643.¹
Anne Villiers was buried on 25 May 1643 .¹
      ; Anne (bur 25 May 1643), 2nd dau of Sir George Villiers, Kt, of Brookesby, and half-sister of George, 1st Duke of Buckingham. (see BURKE'S Peerage-JERSEY E.)¹

     Sir George Villiers Knt., of Brookesby married Mary Beaumont Countess of Buckingham
; Her 1st husband; his 2nd husband.^2,3 Sir George Villiers Knt., of Brookesby married Audrey Saunders
; His 1st wife.⁴ Sir George Villiers Knt., of Brookesby was born in 1544.³
Sir George Villiers Knt., of Brookesby died on 4 January 1605.³
     Reference: van de Pas cites:
     1. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, London, 1938. Page 1398
     2. The Lineage and Ancestry of H.R.H. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Edinburgh, 1977, Paget, Gerald. L 3593
     3. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 1999. 1538
     4. Burke's Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies. 547.³