Maj. Francis Wright Pedigree

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Maj.
Francis
Wright

Capt.
Richard Whittington
Wright

Anne
Mottrom

Col.
John
Mottrom

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Anne Mottrom [Wright]^{189, 230}

Born: 1639; England
Died: 1713; Westmoreland Co., VA Colony²²⁹
Father: Col. John Mottrom
Married Capt. Richard Whittington Wright (1656; Northumberland Co., VA Colony)
Children: Mottrom, Maj. Francis, Ann

Col. John Mottrom^{189, 231}

Born: 1610; St. Andrew Co., Northumberland, England²²⁹
Died: 25 FEB 1656; Chicacoan, Northumberland Co., VA Colony²³⁴
Immigrated: 1635; MD Colony
Notes: John arrived in Maryland in 1635 and then moved to Virginia prior to 1642. He was given a Grant in 1642. It is the oldest document in Lancaster County Courthouse

Maj. Francis Wright^{189, 229, 230}

Born: 1660; Coan, Northumberland Co., VA Colony
Died: 26 JUN 1713; Westmoreland Co., VA Colony
Father: Capt. Richard Whittington Wright
Mother: Anne Mottrom
Married Anne Washington (ABT 1680; Richmond, Henrico Co., VA Colony¹⁸⁹)
Children: John Sr., Anne
Notes: Click Here for notes on Maj. Francis Wright

Capt. Richard Whittington Wright^{189, 229, 230}

Born: 1 DEC 1633; London, England
Died: 10 DEC 1663; Coan Hall, Northumberland Co., VA Colony²³⁴
Immigrated: 1654; VA Colony
Married Anne Mottrom (1656; Northumberland Co., VA Colony)
Children: Mottrom, Maj. Francis, Ann
Notes: Richard was the first Wright of this branch to settle in America,arriving in 1655. He began an association with the aristocraticfamily of Colonel John Mottrom at Chicacoon on the Potomac River inNorthumberland County, VA.

Richard's Will was proved 10 Dec 1663 (Northumberland Co Record Bk.1658-1666, p 114).

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