'Wright04'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Wright of Eyam, Wright of Longston

William Wright of Great Longston, Derbyshire (a temp Henry VIII who r. 1509-1547)
m. Elizabeth Tidswall (dau of James Tidswall of Derbyshire)
1. William Wright of Great Longston
  m. Joan Knightley (dau of Robert Knightley of Rowsley)
  A. William Wright of Great Longston (d c1655)
  m. Elizabeth Milnes (dau of William Milnes or Mills of Ashford)
i. William Wright of Longston (dvp 1641)
  m1. Ann Gaunt (dau of Thomas Gaunt, sister/heir of Thomas of Underwood)
  a. William Wright of Longston (b c1630, a 1662)
  m1. Manners Savile (dau of William Savile of Bakewell, sister of George & William)
  (1) Elizabeth Wright (b c1650)
  m. John Calvert of Beeley
  (A) Mary Calvert
  m. William Holmes of Derby
(i) Dorothy Holmes
  m. Adam Soresby of Chesterfield
  (2)+ other issue (a 1662, dsp) - Jane (b c1651), Anne (b c1652)
  FMG includes a note that some sources report that Jane & Anne married as follows.
  Jane Wright
  m. _ Mottram of Derby
(A) Dorothy Mottram
  m. Christropher Bassano of Derby
  Anne Wright
  m. _ Calton
  m2. Penelope Legh (dau of Thomas Legh of Adlington by Anne)
  (4) Thomas Wright (b 1662, 2nd son)
  m. Ann Vernon (dau of Sir Thomas Vernon)
  (5)+ other issue - William (d infant), Frances, Lucy, Penelope, Mary (d infant)
  b. Mary Wright
  m2. Margaret Bagshaw (dau of Thomas Bagshaw of Ridge)
ii. Thomas Wright of Unthank in Dronfield (b c1609, a 1662)
  m1. Elizabeth or Ellen Hall (dau of Thomas Hall of Barley Lees)
  a. William Wright (b c1632)
  (1) Helen Wright
  m. (11.08.1694) William Soresby of Chesterfield
  m2. Ann Shiercliffe (dau of Thomas Shiercliffe or Schirecliff of Whitley Hall)
b. John Wright of Eyam (b c1649)
  m. Elizabeth Kniveton (dau of Henry Kniveton of Castleton)
  (1) Thomas Wright of Eyam
  (A) John Wright of Eyam & Great Longston (a 1771)
  (i) Thomas Wright (dvpsp 1759)
  m. (15.11.1758) Amy Milnes (dau/coheir of Richard Milnes of Barnes)
  (ii) Thomas Wright of Great Longston & Eyam
  (a) John Thomas Wright 'of Lympstone' of Great Longston & Eyam (a 1819)
  m. (26.08.1782) Catherine Jane Northcote (dau of Sir Henry Stafford Northcote of Pines, Bart)
  (b) William Wright of Cutthorp
  m. (1790) Bowes Dawson (dau of Anthony Dawson of Azerley)
  (iii) Dorothy Wright (b 1729-30, d unm bur 15.05.1824)
  c. Ann Wright
  m. Francis Burton of Dronfield
  d. Mary Wright
  m. Richard Sale
  e. Dorothy Wright
  m. Thomas Morton of Sheffield & Spout House
  f.+ other issue - Elizabeth, Sarah, Rebecca
  iii. Mary Wright
  m. George Pole or Poole of High Edge, Derbyshire
  B. Elizabeth Wright
  m. _ Haslam
  C.+ other issue - Catherine, Mary
2. Robert Wright

Main source(s): FMG (vol I, Wright), Visitation (Derbyshire, 1662-4, Wright of Longston & Wright of Unthanks)
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