Wright Genealogy

ilton Wright was a dedicated genealogist who could trace his roots back to his "great-grandfather's great-grandparents" in sixteenth-century England. In 1538, John Wrighte and his wife Olive had purchased Kelvedon Hall in Essex. His great-great grandson was Samuel Wright. Samuel migrated to America in the 1630s, coming ashore in Boston. He settled in Springfield, Massachusetts, where he own 41 acres and a toll bridge. The local Congregational Church was without a pastor, so Samuel was appointed to dispense the Word. He became known as "Deacon" Wright.

Here are the "begats":

John Wrighte (d. 1509) married Agnes Kelvedon, and begat
John Wrighte (b. 1488, d. 1551), who married Olive Hubbard and begat
John Wrighte (d. 1624), who married Benett Green (second wife) and begat
Nathaniel Wright (b. 1581), who married Lydia James in 1612 and begat
Samuel "Deacon" Wright, who emigrated to America.

Samuel's great-great grandson, Dan Wright, saw action in the American Revolutionary War and settled in Vermont with his wife Sarah in 1790. He raised his family there, but in 1814, Dan and Sarah, together with their four children, traveled to new state of Ohio and took up residence in Centerville, Ohio, near the frontier town of Dayton. Dan's son, the younger Dan Wright, moved to establish a farm in Rush County, Indiana with his young wife, Catherine. Milton, their second child, was born here in 1828.

Samuel "Deacon" Wright (b. 1613, d. 1665) married Margaret (d. 1681), and begat
James Wright (b. 1639, d. 1725), who married Abigail James in 1665 and begat
Samuel Wright (b. 1674, d. 1734) , who married Rebecca Sykes in 1704 and begat
Benoni Wright (b. 1719, d. 1761), who married Eliza Smith in 1742 and begat
Dan Wright (b. 1757, d. 1832), who married Sarah Freeman in 1785 and begat
Dan Wright (b. 1790, d. 1861), who married Catherine Reeder (b. 1800, d. 1866) in 1818 and begat
Milton Wright, the father of the Wright brothers.

Other Sources

The Dayton and Montgomery County Library -- If you'd like to know more about the Wright family, or research other branches of the family tree, you will find extensive genealogical data here.

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