When Ann Wright was born about 1787, in Thursby, Cumberland, England, her father, William Martyn Wright, was 23 and her mother, Margaret Hewetson, was 21. She married William Emley on 20 March 1811, in Hayton, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. She died in Cumberland, England, United Kingdom, and was buried in Carlisle, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom.
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The first fleet of convicts sailed from England to Australia on May 13, 1787. By 1868, over 150,000 felons had been exiled to New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, and Western Australia.
"Former slave Olaudah Equiano settled in London and published his autobiography titled ""The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano."" Equiano learned to read and write and converted to Christianity. His autobiography is one of the oldest published works by an African-American writer."
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
English and Scottish: occupational name for a craftsman or maker of machinery, mostly in wood, of any of a wide range of kinds, from Middle English and Older Scots wriht, wright, wricht, writh, write (Old English wyrhta, wryhta) ‘craftsman’, especially ‘carpenter, joiner’. The term is found in various combinations (for example, Cartwright and Wainwright ), but when used in isolation it often referred to a builder of windmills or watermills. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesPLACES THAT WILLIAM WRIGHT & MARGARET HEWETSON LIVED WITH THEIR CHILDREN IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY, ENGLAND By Kaye Lynn L. Robinson 3/27/2017 Link to places plotted on google maps (54.8324723, -3.121372 …
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