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Francis Wright II

Birth
Westmoreland County, Virginia, USA
Death
1742 (aged 37–38)
Prince William County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Burial Details Unknown. Specifically: likely buried on his estate on the north fork of Bull Run in Prince William County, Va. Add to Map
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Francis Wright II (c1704-42), son of John (1682:85-c1729) and Dorothy Wright, was born c1704. He inherited his parent's estate and sold the realty back to Henry Lee in about 1739. He then moved to the northern part of Prince William County on the North Fork of Bull Run. He married in 1737, Ann Massey (1719/20-ante1752), daughter of Dade (1679-1735) and Elizabeth Ellis Massey (1682-), of King George County, Va. Their daughters were Elizabeth (c1738-c72), Dorothea (c1740-c80), and Frances Wright (1742-post1784).


Francis Wright II died before September 27, 1742. His wife, Ann Massey, died ___. They were probably buried in Prince William County, Va.


See Anne Reed Ritchie, Major Francis Wright and Ann Washington with Allied Families (with supplements I & II) (Owensboro, Ky., 1973-82), 39, I: 4; John Augustine Washington (1920-2020), Descendants of Rev. Lawrence (1602-52) and Amphyllis Twigden Washington (1601-55)(Five Generation Chart. Chevy Chase, Md. 1982); Dr. Justin M. Glenn, The Washingtons, A Family History, Volume One, Seven Generations of the Presidential Branch (Savas Beatie, El Dorado Hills, Ca. 2014), I: 44; James Houston Barr III, Lt. Colonel Nathaniel Pope, c1610-1660, of Virginia, Ancestor of Washington, Governors and Legislators, History of His Descendants (Louisville, Ky. 2018), 30.

Francis Wright II (c1704-42), son of John (1682:85-c1729) and Dorothy Wright, was born c1704. He inherited his parent's estate and sold the realty back to Henry Lee in about 1739. He then moved to the northern part of Prince William County on the North Fork of Bull Run. He married in 1737, Ann Massey (1719/20-ante1752), daughter of Dade (1679-1735) and Elizabeth Ellis Massey (1682-), of King George County, Va. Their daughters were Elizabeth (c1738-c72), Dorothea (c1740-c80), and Frances Wright (1742-post1784).


Francis Wright II died before September 27, 1742. His wife, Ann Massey, died ___. They were probably buried in Prince William County, Va.


See Anne Reed Ritchie, Major Francis Wright and Ann Washington with Allied Families (with supplements I & II) (Owensboro, Ky., 1973-82), 39, I: 4; John Augustine Washington (1920-2020), Descendants of Rev. Lawrence (1602-52) and Amphyllis Twigden Washington (1601-55)(Five Generation Chart. Chevy Chase, Md. 1982); Dr. Justin M. Glenn, The Washingtons, A Family History, Volume One, Seven Generations of the Presidential Branch (Savas Beatie, El Dorado Hills, Ca. 2014), I: 44; James Houston Barr III, Lt. Colonel Nathaniel Pope, c1610-1660, of Virginia, Ancestor of Washington, Governors and Legislators, History of His Descendants (Louisville, Ky. 2018), 30.



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