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We do not know much about Thomas Wright. He apparently moved to Granvile Co., with his father Wingfield and sometime between September 1783 when he was named in his father’s will and and Nov. 1, 1784 when the Granville Co. court ordered several orphans of Thomas Wright to be apprenticed. Susannah Wright, orphan of Thos. Wright, was bound to Charled Harris wuntil 18 to be a spinster. Agness, age 12, and Mary age 6, were bound to Samuel Whitehead until they each reach the age of 18 to be spinsters. Thomas McAdory Owen, History and Genalogies of Granvile County, North Carolina, 1746-1880, Southern Historical Press, Greenville, SC 1993., p. 195.
Thomas’s sister Susannah Wright died by Nov. 1784 when an account of sales and inventory of her estate were returned to court. Record of Susannah Wright Estate, Granville County Estate Records, 1746-1919, C.R.044.508.197 (Woody - Wynn). She was left a tract of land in Granville Co. in her father’s will. In a deed dated 22 Feb. 1786, Hannah Wright, admrx. of Susannah Wright, William Wright of Nash Co., John Wright of Halifax Co, and Benjamin Wright of Frankln Co, NC, all heirs of Susanna Wright, decd., sold to John Pope the land left to Susannah by their father. The land was part of a larger tract formerly owned Winfield Wright, decd. Granville Co. Deed Book O, p. 454.
Note that Thomas Wright is not mentioned in the 1786 deed from the heirs of Susannah Wright to John Pope, Sr. His absence suggests that he was dead by 1786. However, his share in Susannah’s land should nevertheless have passed to his children. Perhaps they were not of age in 1786 and could not sign the deed. In any event, the interest of Thomas or his surviving children was not conveyed. Therefore, it appears that John Pope (Sr.). did not acquire full title to the property. On 8 Aug. 1786, John Pope, Sr. deeded the land acquired from the heirs of Susannah Wright to John Pope, Jr. Granville Co. Deeds O, p. 511. Subsequntly, on 29 Nov. 1787, Augustine Wright, as heir of Thomas Wright, conveyed his interest in the same land to John Pope, Jr. Granville Co. Deed Book N, p. 21. The deed from Augustine Wright to John Pope Jr. was apparently made to unify title to the land formerly owned by Winfield Wright and Sussanah Wright.
Thomas apparently married during his life to Martha. Some researchers give her maiden name as Clanton, which I have not confirmed. Martha died in Halifax Co., North Carolina by May 1787, when her will was recorded. Her will names five of her children Augustin, Mary Myatt, Sarah Wright, Penelope, and Minney Wright. To her son Augustine and daughter Mary Myatt, she left 20 shillings each. The will stated that the rest of her estates after payment of debts was to be equally divided between her three youngest daughters, Sarah, Penelope, and Minney. Joseph Wheeless and Zach. Powell witnessed the will. Martha named John Wright and James Judge as executors of the will. Margarett M. Hoffman, Genealogical Abstracts of Wills 1758 through 1824 Halifax County, North Carolina, The Roanoke News Company, Weldon, NC, 1970, p. 74.
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