'Wright04'
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Families covered: Wright of Eyam, Wright of Great Longstone, Wright of Sheffield
| BFR identifies the arms of this family as "Sa. on a chevron between three unicorns' heads erased or, as many spear heads az.". | |||||||||||||||
| Henry Wright of Great Longstone, Derbyshire (a 1424) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Joan | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Wright of Great Longstone (d before 1501) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joan | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Henry Wright of Great Longstone (d before 1539) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John Wright of Great Longstone (d before 1539) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth | |||||||||||||||
| a. | William Wright of Great Longstone (a temp Henry VIII who r. 1509-1547) the first mentioned by FMG | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Tidswall (dau of James Tidswall of Derbyshire) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | William Wright of Great Longstone (d 1604-5) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joan Knightley (dau of Robert Knightley of Rowsley) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | William Wright of Great Longstone (d 1656) | ||||||||||||||
| The following is part supported by Visitation (Derbyshire, 1662-4, 'Wright of Longston'). | |||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Milnes (dau of William Milnes or Mills of Ashford) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | William Wright of Great Longstone (dvp 1641) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Ann Gaunt (dau of Thomas Gaunt, sister/heir of Thomas of Underwood) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | William Wright of Great Longstone (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. | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Jane Wright | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Mottram of Derby | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Dorothy Mottram | ||||||||||||||
| m. Christropher Bassano of Derby | |||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | 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) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Thomas Wright | ||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Thomas Wright | ||||||||||||||
| ((a)) | Thomas Wright (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | William Wright of Great Longstone (dsps?, Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
| ((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, later of Eyam (b c1609, a 1662) | ||||||||||||||
| The following is part supported by Visitation (Derbyshire, 1662-4, 'Wright of Unthanke'). | |||||||||||||||
| 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. (08.04.1635) Ann Shiercliffe (dau of Thomas Shiercliffe or Schirecliff of Whitley Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | John Wright of Eyam (b 1648, d 31.12.1693) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Kniveton (dau of Henry Kniveton of Castleton) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Thomas Wright of Eyam (b 1674, d 1704) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Susanna Wilkinson (dau of William Wilkinson) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | John Wright of Eyam & Great Longstone (b 1700, d 1780) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Farewell (dau of Robert Farewell, son of James of Nottingham) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Thomas Wright (dvpsp 1759) mentioned by FMG but not by BFR | ||||||||||||||
| m. (15.11.1758) Amy Milnes (dau/coheir of Richard Milnes of Barnes) | |||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | Robert Wright of Great Longstone & Eyam (d 1803, captain) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Grossett (dau of Major Alexander Grossett of Bredisholm) | |||||||||||||||
| ((a)) | John Thomas Wright of Longstone Hall, Eyam & Lympstone (b 1762, d 1838) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.08.1782) Catherine Jane Northcote (dau of Sir Henry Stafford Northcote of Pines, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (((1))) | William Henry Wright of Longstone Hall (b 17.06.1783, d 1867, captain) | ||||||||||||||
| (((2)) | John Thomas Wright (b 20.07.1786) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1813) Charlotte Andrew (dau of (John) Andrew (Archdeacon) (son of John of Exeter?) by Isabella, dau of Sir William Courtenay of Powderham, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (((3))) | Frederick Wright (b 1789, Major) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Elizabeth Hall (sister of Col. G.D. Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| (((4))) | George Wright (b 1799, d 1868, Colonel, youngest son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Paddon | |||||||||||||||
| (((5)))+ | other issue - Charles Tempest (b 1797), Jaquetta (d unm), Emily Maria | ||||||||||||||
| ((b)) | William Wright of Cutthorp mentioned by FMG but not by BFR | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1790) Bowes Dawson (dau of Anthony Dawson of Azerley) | |||||||||||||||
| ((iii)) | James Farewell Wright of Eyam (b 1738, d 1805) mentioned by BFR but not by FMG | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Sisum (dau of Thomas Sisum of Kensington) | |||||||||||||||
| ((a)) | John William Wright of Eyam (b 1771, d 1853) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1797) Alethea Younge (d 1811, dau of John Trevers Younge of Sheffield) | |||||||||||||||
| (((1))) | James Farewell Wright of Eyam (b 01.1800, d 1879) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (18258) Georgina Whittenbury (b c1808, d 1875, dau of Jeremiah Whittenbury of Manchester) | |||||||||||||||
| ((iv)) | Dorothy Wright (b 1729-30, d unm bur 15.05.1824) mentioned by FMG but not by BFR | ||||||||||||||
| (c) | Ann Wright | ||||||||||||||
| m. Francis Burton of Dronfield | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Mary Wright | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Sale | |||||||||||||||
| (e) | Dorothy Wright | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1670) 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, MS103, 'Wright', p226+), BFR ('Wright', p645+)
[A lower section was added above on 10.03.12. It was moved to Wright08 on 23.02.24 to facilitate review & expansion of the above using BFR.]
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