Rev. Francis Wright

Rev. Francis Wright (III) was the only known son of Francis Wright & Grace Beckwith. He was born abt 1601 in Bolton-On-Swale, England - died 1655 in Yorkshire. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of The Commoners of Great Britain tell us:

The Rev. Francis Wright , D.D. of Bolton-on-Swale, espoused Anne Meryton (Meriton), daughter of the Very Rev. George Meryton, Dean of York, and, by her, who died 29 Mar 1670, had six sons and two daughters, namely:

1) William WRIGHT (died young)

2) George WRIGHT (eldest surviving son) (b.25 Aug 1629)

| sp: Beatrice (dau of James) MAULEVERER

| |-a). Anne WRIGHT (b.Cal 1656)
| |-b). James WRIGHT (b.Cal 1658 d.22 Sep 1684)
| |-c). Beatrice WRIGHT (b.Cal 1659)
| |-d) . George WRIGHT of Bolton (b.10 Aug 1662)
| |-e). Richard WRIGHT (b.5 Jul 1664)
| sp: Margaret (his 2nd wife)
| +-f) . John WRIGHT
| sp: Margaret GREATHEAD
| +-I). John WRIGHT (father's heir)
3) Thomas WRIGHT (b.Abt 1630)

4) Francis WRIGHT (died s.p.) (b.Abt 1632)

5) Capt. RICHARD WRIGHT * - Justice, of London and Virginia (b.1633-Bolton-on Swale,Yorkshire,England d.1 Dec 1663-Northumberland Co.,VA) (information to follow)

| sp: ANNE MOTTROM * (b.1639-England m.1656 d.1707-Westmoreland Co.,VA)

6) Christopher WRIGHT

7) Ann WRIGHT

8) Grace WRIGHT

  sp: (Mr.) BLAKISTON

Dr. Wright died in 1655 , and was succeeded by his eldest surviving son, George:

Of George Wright, the eldest surviving son, we have the following information: George Wright, esq. of Bolton-on-Swale, born in 1629, who m. first, Beatrice, daughter of James Mauleverer, (he was great-great-grandson of Sir William Mauleverer, Knt. of Arncliffe, by Jane, daughter of Sir John Conyers, of Sockburne, in Durham. This ancient family, which but recently became extinct, was descended, in a direct male line, from Sir Richard Muleteer, knight, who came into England with William the Conquerer, by whom he was appointed master of the forests, chases, and parks north of Trent.) esq. of Arncliffe, in Yorkshire, by Beatrice, daughter of Sir Timothy Hutton, of Marske, (by his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir George Bowes, of Streatlam, in the county palatine of Durham, the knight marshall, who suppressed the great northern rebellion, headed by the potent earls of Westmoreland and Northumberland, temp. Queen Elizabeth,) and had issue.

     a).  Anne WRIGHT (b.Cal 1656)

b). James WRIGHT (b.Cal 1658 d.22 Sep 1684)
c). Beatrice WRIGHT (b.Cal 1659)
d) . George WRIGHT of Bolton (b.10 Aug 1662)
e). Richard WRIGHT (b.5 Jul 1664)
Mr. Wright wedded; secondly, a lady named Margaret, but of what family is not recorded, and left at his decease, 06 Jun 1674, another son:

     f)   John WRIGHT (father's heir)

sp: Margaret GREATHEAD (had a son, John, his father’s heir)
John Wright , esq. of Bolton-on-Swale, proprietor of estates at Bolton-on-Swale, Greenbury, Ellerton, Scorton, and in the parish of Catterick, in the county of York, and of property at Newcastle-on-Tyne.

George Wright, of Boulton, Richmondshire, son of Francis Wright, esq; bred at Danby (Mr. Smelt); admitted pensioner, tutor and surety Mr. Pauson, 14 May 1647 ["Admissions to the College of St. John the Evangelist in the University of Cambridge" By St. John's College (University of Cambridge)]

I know very little about the other children of Rev. Francis Wright and Anne Meriton, except about our direct ancestor, Capt. Richard Wright, a younger son.

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