THOMAS and JANE WRIGHT came to Ireland from Saffron Waldenn in 1649 (?). Their son THOMAS, born in 1652, married MARY JONES, and settled in Ballincur, Co. Wexford.  THOMAS and MARY WRIGHT had 9 children: (1?) JOHN. 2 NEHEMIAH. 3 SAMUEL. 4 ELIZABETH. 5, HANNAH. 6 WILLIAM. 7 THOMAS. 8 JOSHUA. 9 THOMASINA.              The eldest son, JOHN WRIGHT, born 3 Sept 1698, married MARGARET HILL, at Ballinclay, Co. Wexford 28 July 1721. She was a widow, her maiden name TAYLOR.  They had six children. MARY, born 23 Nov. 172 – 2 MARGARET, born 15 Jan 172 – 3 ELIZABETH, born 15 Oct. 172 – 4 MARTHA, born 9 Dec 17 – , died 1733. 5 JOHN, born 23 Feb 1731 6 MARTHA, born 25 March 1734.  She married JOHN SMITHSON in 1761, and died 28^th Jan 1814.                                JOHN WRIGHT, second of the name, born 23 Feb 1731, married ABIGAIL SMITHSON                                                                                   17            and their home was at Ballinclay, Co Wexford.  The different generations of the WRIGHT family are rendered somewhat confusing to their descendants by the constant repetition of the same Christian names.  In old times it was unusual, at least in the Society of Friends, to give double names, and we find the same Christian names, without change or addition, handed down from parents to children & grandchildren and from uncles and aunts to nephews and nieces.  Thus we find that ABIGAIL (SMITHSON) WRIGHT had one daughter and seven grand-daughters who bore her name.  And the three eldest-sons of her second son, JOSEPH WRIGHT, who were named respectively JOSEPH, JOHN, and JAMES, added the letter [J] after their Christian names, no doubt as a needful mark [illeg………] from others of the same name.

The Wright Family Story

            JOHN and ABIGAIL WRIGHT had 12 children =.

            JOHN born July 5^th 1756, married his cousin SARAH STEPHENS.  They lived at Ferns Co. Wexford, and had 10 children, the eighth th ABIGAIL married JOSEPH HAUGHTON and also lived at Ferns.  JOHN WRIGHT was postmaster at Ferns from 1790 till his death in February 1828.

2.   Joseph born 28^th December 1757 married first MARGARET JENKINSON in 1783 in Meath St. meeting house, Dublin. They had four sons. He married 2ndly, HANNAH GREEN at Ballinclay, 11 January   1798. They had two sons and one daughter.  JOSEPH and HANNAH WRIGHT went to America About 1802.  HANNAH WRIGHT died about May 25^th 1805 near Belmont, Ohio. JOSEPH WRIGHT married 3rdly ELEANOR EVANS of Jefferson Co. 29^th May 1806.  They had three sons, the eldest of whom SMITHSON EVANS was born 19^th Jan. 1807 and died at Cinncinnata Ohio, 2^nd March 1891, aged 84.     JOSEPH WRIGHT died 23 August 1844.

3.   THOMAS born 15^th February 1760 died young.

4.   ABIGAIL born 28^th August 1761, married WILLIAM KNOTT of Edenderry.  He was a manufacturer of thread, tapes etc.  They lived on New Row at No.35, Dublin.  They had eleven children.  ABIGAIL died 2 th June 1846.

5.   NEHEMIAH, born     15^th November 1763.  He married SUSANNA GATCHELL.  They lived at Skinner Row, now Christchurch Place, Dublin.  They had three sons one JONATHAN born December 1795 unmarried, 2. JOHN also unmarried, 3. NATHAN.  NEHEMIAH WRIGHT secondly married SUSANNA BARNES a widow, she died April 1825.  He died 9^th February 1855, having lived in the same house for 62 years.

6.   THOMAS born 12^th November 1765, married MARY JOHNSON, they lived at Ballinclay.  they had four children  1.  AMELIA, unmarried, 2. [ABI]GAIL born 1798, married HENRY O’NEILL of Dublin.  They were in Business in Thomas St., afterwards lived 112 James St. and for sometime lived at Abby Hewsons House at Ballitore.  They Both died at an advanced age.      3.  WILLIAM went to M America in 1829 and was never heard of again.       4.  THOMAS enlisted, and is said to have died in Jamaica, date unknown.  5.  MARGARET born 22 [Octo]ber 1767.

5.   MARGARET born 22 October 1767 married WILLIAM WATSON about 1793.  They lived in Dublin at 30 New Row, five doors from WILLIAM and ABIGAIL and were in the same business.  WILLIAM WATSON died in 1801.  His widow carried on the business till 1810, when she retired, and died in 1821.  They had four daughters.  1.  MARGARET, married to JOSEPH       ongi, 2.  ABIGAIL married JOHN LAMB and settled at Belfast.  3.  MARY, 4. ……   Both unmarried.

8.   BENJAMIN born 9^th December 1769, married JULIA BOLTON, they had three sons.  1. ::::::::: tto Grahamstown, Cape Colony, where he prospered and became wealthy.  Aunt MARTHA WRIGHT mentions in her letter to [one] of her relatives in America, that her nephew WILLIAM, BENJAMIN’S son had sent her money and would be pleased to send more if it would conduce to the comfort of any of his relations.  He left Property to the value of £8000, and JONATHAN WRIGHT’ son of NEHEMIAH, says in a letter from America … that the widow and two daughters of WILLIAM WRIGHT of South Africa had arrived in Dublin, and that he had no great opinion of them as they had with held £300    which WILLIAM left to divided among any that might be indigent of family.  But JONATHAN WRIGHT   adds with a pardonable touch of family But however there are none bearing the name of WRIGHT.  Two BENJAMINS also went to South Africa and died there.

Nathan Wright & John Wright

12 <==  NATHAN WRIGHT                                                   13

m. 15.1.1840  SARAH  b. 23.1x.1813   d. 25.111.1892, d. of SAMEL HUDSON

of Cooladine & DINAH (nee RUSSELL) his wife.  [ ?  HUDSON]

2.  SAMUEL HUDSON   22    II         1845     III    1921    m.                 ==>  34

1.  JOHN SMITHSON       8    VII       1843                        m. SARAH ELIZABETH PANTER (?)

4.  SUSANNA  (?)            14    X (?)    1851                           10  [Mic…  ???]     [????  1872]

3.  DINAH JANE              11    IV        1847

11 <==  JOHN WRIGHT                                                          14

M.    SARAH  d. of  EDWARD & MARGARET STEPHENS

[ See N₈ STEPHENS]  He was Postmaster in Ferns from 1790 to his death in 1828.