John Wright

• Name	John Wright
  Gender	Male
  Deed-Purchase	10 Apr 1739	, Goochland, Virginia, USA   [1]
  	358 acres||for 45 pounds||The land was located on the branches of Lickinghole Creek and is the same property granted to David Mimms by patent dated 1726.
  Residence	10 Apr 1739	Lickinghole Creek, Goochland, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Will	20 Dec 1814	, Bedford, Virginia, USA   [2]
  	In the name of God. Amen. I John Wright of the County of Bedford being in Good Health and Sound mind and disposing Memory for which I thank God, and calling to mind the uncertainty of human Life, do make and ordain this my last will and Testament, and hereby Revoking all other Wills, heretofore made by me, And dispose of my Wordly goods in Manner following to wit. I lend to my Beloved wife during her Natural life my Tract of Land whereon I now live also my Negroes Jack, Dick Hannah, Dolly, & Grace and all my Household and Kitchen furniture my Stock of Horses, Cattle, Hogs, & Sheep, to be under the Care and direction of my son Benjamin Wright for the use of her my said Wife and at her Death to be divided in the following Manner to wit. My Household & Kitchen furniture except one Feather Bed which is call'd Betsy's Bed, with my stock of Horses Cattle Sheep & Hogs to be sold and the Monies arising therefrom to be Equally divided between my Son Joseph Wright and my three GranChildren to wit. Mary Watts, Benjamin Watts, & John Watts Children of William Watts by my Daughter Ann Watts dec. I also give to my son John Wright after the death of his Mother my Negro woman Grace to him & his Heirs forever I also give tto my Son Thomas Wright after the death of his Mother my Negro Woman Dolly and her Increace including her Son Armstead to him & his Heirs forever I also give to my Daughter Mary Watts after the death of her Mother my Negro Man Jack to her and her Heirs forever I also give to my son Benjamin Wright after the death of his Mother all the Tract of Land which I now live on Containing Three Hundred Acres more or less also my Negro Man Dick and my Negro Woman Hannah he said Benjamin Wright paying to my Daughter Elizabeth Wright Thirty dollars p year during her Natural Life he also paying all my Just debts I also give to my Daughter Elizabeth Wright the Feather Bed above Mentioned and excepted with its furniture to her & her Heirs forever To my Son William Wright I have already given Two Hundred & thirty seven pounds to purchase a Tract of Land I therefore leave him Nothing more It is also my will and desire that my Son Benjamin Wright be my Whole and sole Executor witness my hand & Seal this Twenty eight day of December in the year of our Lord Christ One Thousand Eight Hundred and four Sign'd Sealed &c ) John Wright in the presence of ) Interlind before sign'd with the words of After the death of her Mother and also another line mentioning Dolly's Increace including her son Armstead W.J. Walker John Hopkins Price Hopkins At a Court held for Bedford County at the Courthouse the 20th (26th?) day of December 1814 This last will and Testament of John Wright Dec'd was exhibited in court by Benjamin Wright the Executor therein named, and proven by the Oaths of William J. Walker & Price Hopkins witnesses thereto and directed to be received. And on the motion of the said Executor who made Oath and gave bond & security according to Law, Certificate is granted them for Obtaining a probate thereof in our forum Teste, J Steptoe CBC"
  Person ID	I21544	Master
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2013

  
  

  Family	Mary Pace,   b. 1739, , Goochland, Virginia, USA
  Marriage	14 Jan 1756	, Goochland, Virginia, USA   [3]
  Children	1. William Wright + 2. Thomas Wright,   b. Mar 1746, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 19 May 1845, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 99 years)   3. Joseph Wright,   b. 17 Mar 1757, , Goochland, Virginia, USA   4. John Wright,   b. 01 Aug 1759, , Goochland, Virginia, USA   5. James Wright,   b. 05 Mar 1761, , Goochland, Virginia, USA   6. Ann Wright,   b. 14 Nov 1765, , Goochland, Virginia, USA   7. Mary Wright,   b. 13 Jan 1768, , Goochland, Virginia, USA
  Family ID	F5461	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Deed-Purchase - 10 Apr 1739 - , Goochland, Virginia, USA Residence - 10 Apr 1739 - Lickinghole Creek, Goochland, Virginia, USA Marriage - 14 Jan 1756 - , Goochland, Virginia, USA Will - 20 Dec 1814 - , Bedford, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S490] Goochland Co., VA Deed Book 3, p. 213. [S510] Grant, Robert N., Sorting Some of the Wrights of Southern Virginia, Part II, (Robert N. Grant, Menlo Park, California, 2004). [S536] Editor: W. Mac Jones, The Douglas Register, (J.W. Fergusson & Sons, Richmond, Va., 1928), p. 52.