Alexander Wright
about 1707–
Montrose, Forfarshire, Scotland
The Life Summary of Alexander
When Alexander Wright was born about 1707, in Montrose, Forfarshire, Scotland, his father, James Wright, was 32 and his mother, Elizabeth Gray, was 28. He had at least 2 sons and 1 daughter with Jean Penny.
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Family Time Line
Alexander Wright
1707–
Jean Penny
1711–
Robert Wright
1733–1801
Jean Wright
1737–
Jean Wright
1737–
Spouse and Children
1707–Male
1711–Female
Children
(3)
1733–1801Male
1737–Male
1737–Female
Parents and Siblings
1675–Male
1679–Female
Siblings
(5)
1690–Male
1700–Male
1705–Male
1707–Male
1709–Male
World Events (2)
1802 · John Playfair publishes summary of James Hutton's theories of geology.
Age 95
1802 · John Playfair publishes summary of James Hutton's theories of geology.
Age 95
In 1802, John Playfair published the Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth. His influence was by James Hutton’s knowledge of the earth’s geology.
1815
Age 108
1815
Age 108
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
Name Meaning
1 English, Scottish, and northern Irish: occupational name for a maker of machinery, mostly in wood, of any of a wide range of kinds, from Old English wyrhta, wryhta ‘craftsman’ (a derivative of wyrcan ‘to work or make’). The term is found in various combinations (for example, Cartwright and Wainwright ), but when used in isolation it generally referred to a builder of windmills or watermills.2 Common New England Americanized form of French Le Droit, a nickname for an upright person, a man of probity, from Old French droit ‘right’, in which there has been confusion between the homophones right and wright.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Cartwright
Wainwright
Arkwright
Wrights
Wrightsman
Wrightson
Sources (4)
- Alexr. Wright in entry for Elizabeth Wright, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Alexr. Wright in entry for Robert Wright, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Alexander Wright in entry for Jean Wright, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
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