Descendants of John WRIGHT

Generation No. 1

1. JOHN1 WRIGHT was born Abt. 1750 in Scotland.

Children of JOHN WRIGHT are:

i. CATHERINE2 WRIGHT, m. DUNCAN STEWART.

ii. PHILLP WRIGHT.

2. iii. JOHN WRIGHT, b. 1777, Scotland; d. 1832, Lauderdale County, AL.

3. iv. NICHOLAS WRIGHT, b. 1794, Moore County, NC; d. Abt. 1854, Lauderdale County Alabama.

Generation No. 2

2. JOHN2 WRIGHT (JOHN1) was born 1777 in Scotland, and died 1832 in Lauderdale County, AL. He married BETHANY JONES, daughter of DIXON JONES and MARGARET ________???. She was born in Amalance County, NC, and died in Lauderdale County, AL.

Children of JOHN WRIGHT and BETHANY JONES are:

i. KATIE3 WRIGHT.

ii. CRISSIE WRIGHT.

iii. JOHN WRIGHT.

iv. BETHANY WRIGHT, m. JOHN GRAY, December 07, 1841, Lauderdale County, AL.

v. PHILLIP D. WRIGHT.

3. NICHOLAS2 WRIGHT (JOHN1) was born 1794 in Moore County, NC, and died Abt. 1854 in Lauderdale County Alabama. He married BARBARY JANE "MISSEY" JONES, daughter of DIXON JONES and MARGARET ________???. She was born 1799 in Amalance County, NC, and died Bef. 1854 in Lauderdale County Alabama.

Children of NICHOLAS WRIGHT and BARBARY JONES are:

4. i. ELIZABETH "ELIZA"3 WRIGHT, b. May 09, 1824, North Carolina; d. June 11, 1900, Marietta, Love County, OK Indian Territory.

5. ii. JOHN WRIGHT, b. 1829, Lauderdale County, AL.

iii. MARY WRIGHT, b. 1830; m. JACKSON KILLEN.

6. iv. NICHOLAS WRIGHT, b. 1830, Lauderdale County, AL.

v. MARTHA WRIGHT, b. 1834.

vi. REBECKA WRIGHT, b. 1836.

vii. WESLEY WRIGHT, b. 1838.

viii. JAMES HENRY WRIGHT, b. 1841.

ix. CATHERINE WRIGHT, m. ALEXANDER FIELDS, July 12, 1843, Lauderdale County, AL.

Generation No. 3

4. ELIZABETH "ELIZA"3 WRIGHT (NICHOLAS2, JOHN1) was born May 09, 1824 in North Carolina, and died June 11, 1900 in Marietta, Love County, OK Indian Territory. She married MURRELL ASKEW March 09, 1845 in Lauderdale County Alabama, son of AARON ASKEW and ELIZABETH ______??. He was born March 04, 1811 in Williamson County, TN, and died January 06, 1884 in Lebanon, Marshall County, OK Indian Territory.

Children of ELIZABETH WRIGHT and MURRELL ASKEW are:

i. JULIUS B.4 ASKEW, m. LOUISE HARDIN.

ii. ELLEN ASKEW, b. Abt. 1846.

iii. CLEOPATRA ISABELLA ASKEW, b. January 10, 1847, Lauderdale County, AL; d. January 01, 1882, Lauderdale County, AL; m. LEANDER FRANKLIN RHOADES; b. March 15, 1846, Lauderdale County, AL; d. May 14, 1920, Marietta, Love County, OK.

iv. AARON ASKEW, b. Abt. 1852, Lauderdale County Alabama; m. (1) JOSIPHINE FOWLER; m. (2) LUCY _________???.

v. MARY JANE BELLE ASKEW, b. January 1852, Lauderdale County, AL; d. July 30, 1930, Ninnekah, Grady County, OK; m. JOSEPH JASPER HENDRIX, August 06, 1872, Lauderdale County Alabama; b. March 1853, Tennessee, possibly McNairy, CO; d. August 12, 1925, Roff, Pontotoc County, OK.

vi. ELDEN MURRELL ASKEW, b. June 14, 1853, Lauderdale County Alabama; d. October 14, 1928, Marietta, Oklahoma; m. MARY ELIZABETH MANSEL, May 24, 1874, Lauderdale County Alabama; b. 1856.

vii. BAILISS BOLDEN ASKEW, b. January 29, 1857, Lauderdale County, AL; d. January 27, 1925, Marietta, Love County, OK; m. MARY MAMIE ALEXANDER, August 08, 1872, Lauderdale County, AL.

viii. PERRY G. ASKEW, b. Abt. 1859, Lauderdale County Alabama.

ix. ELIZA ASKEW, b. Abt. 1862, Lauderdale County, AL; m. JAMES ALEXANDER.

x. MATTIE FORREST ASKEW, b. Abt. 1864; d. Abt. 1923; m. GEORGE SARRITT, June 1885, Overton Bend OK Indian Territory.

xi. ENDORA "DORA" ASKEW, b. Abt. 1866; m. SAM MCKENZIE.

xii. THOMAS V. ASKEW, b. March 10, 1869, Lauderdale County, AL; d. April 20, 1921; m. MINNIE HOLDER.

5. JOHN3 WRIGHT (NICHOLAS2, JOHN1) was born 1829 in Lauderdale County, AL. He married NANCY _________???.

Child of JOHN WRIGHT and NANCY _________??? is:

i. JAMES4 WRIGHT.

6. NICHOLAS3 WRIGHT (NICHOLAS2, JOHN1) was born 1830 in Lauderdale County, AL. He married LYDIA ANN MCMURTREY October 1848 in Lauderdale County, AL.

Child of NICHOLAS WRIGHT and LYDIA MCMURTREY is:

i. CAROL4 WRIGHT, b. 1849.

This concludes Wright information.   Eliza Wright listed above is my ggg grandmother.  She married Murrell Askew ...see my ASKEW page