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Dear Fellow Researchers,
New DNA results have been posted at the Wright DNA Project for Werter Gregory Wright, Kit No. 123670.
Greg's line of descent is as follows:
1. 1655 Francis Wright of Yorkshire County, England,
2. 1663 Richard Wright of Northumberland County, Virginia,
3. 1713 Francis Wright of Westmoreland County, Virginia,
4. 1741 Richard Wright of Westmoreland County, Virginia,
5. 1776 Francis Wright of Westmoreland County, Virginia,
6. 1830/40 Benedict Wright of Westmoreland County, Virginia,
7. 1891 Francis W. Wright of Westmoreland County, Virginia,
8. 1921 Robert Benjamin Wright of Westmoreland County, Virginia,
9. 1954 Werter Gregory Wright, Sr. of Westmoreland County, Virginia,
10. 2000 Werter Gregory Wright, Jr., of Westmoreland County, Virginia, and
11. Werter Gregory Wright III.
Greg still lives on the farm in Westmoreland County that contains the family burying ground and has been very helpful on this project, as well as a delightful new acquaintance.
Greg's Y-DNA matches on 35 of 36 markers with that of James Logan Wright, Kit No. 71409, and 32 of 37 with Peter Wright, Kit No. 108246, both of whom also descend from 1655 Francis Wright of Yorkshire County, England. All are of Hapologroup J2.
In a prior posting to this list (Posting 1490) I noted that the descendants of 1792 John Wright of Fauquier County, Virginia, are of Haplogroup R1b1, now refined to R1b1b2.
Haplogroups J2 and R1b1b2 are so far apart that there is no family connection between the groups within recorded history.
Greg's DNA results, therefore, add further and possibly conclusive evidence that the families of 1655 Francis Wright of Yorkshire, England, and 1792 John Wright of Fauquier County, Virginia, were unrelated and represented two entirely separate Wright lines.
The further result is that 1792 John Wright of Fauquier County, Virginia, was not the son of 1729/30 John Wright of Stafford County or the grandson of 1713 Francis Wright of Westmoreland County and his wife Anne (Washington) Wright, as was asserted by Charles Hoppin in his Tyler's Quarterly articles in 1919 and 1923 and his book on the Washington Ancestry in 1932.
I thought you all would be interested to know about this development and I will be happy to try to answer any questions anyone may have.
Best wishes,
Robert N. Grant
15 Campo Bello Court
Menlo Park, CA 94025
RNGrant@grantandgordon.com
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