Lord John Wright, - "Lord" John Wright 1488-1551

I agree and updated the "display name" field. Apparently he was a Baronet so I added that to the suffix. If you'd like to try constructing a display name that is accurate & parsimonious, go ahead an edit that field. I can then "lock it" to further changes (I'm basing this on "overview" notes, which I have not double checked).

Some problems here. A baronetcy is, loosely speaking, an hereditary knighthood. The About says it entitled him to seat in Parliament. Not so. At a minimum he'd have had to be a baron to get a seat in Parliament.

I question whether he was actually a baronet, however. The first baronets were created in 1611 as part of a fundraising scheme for the Ulster plantations. This John Wright seems to have lived too early to have been included.

The Geni tree abounds with Lords and Ladies who never had any such title. It's as complicated field, but in general you should be skeptical that anyone was a Lord or Lady unless they were the daughter or younger son of an Earl, Marquess or Duke.

The Geni tree also abounds with confusions among Baronets, Barons, and Lords of Manors. It sounds like this John Wright was probably a lord of the manor (which entitled him to nothing in the way of titles), and perhaps also a knight (which would have entitled him to be called "Sir John Wright, Knight".

Anyone is welcome to source this further, edit the fields, and let me know when done so the work does not degrade from more misunderstandings.

Theodore and Justin are both correct. The site History Houses shows Kelvedon Hall as being purchased by "John Wright, a yeoman" in 1538. http://www.historyhouse.co.uk/kelvedonhatch/houses.html In most of the family histories of this Wright line I have seen, it is stated that John Wright was granted a baronetcy in 1509. Additionally, in his will, shown here, http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~legends/wright.html (you'll need to scroll several pages down), he refers to himself as a yoeman. As Justin pointed out, baronetcies were not created until 1611. I don't which of the family "genealogists" decided he was "Sir", but he wasn't, and it seems we've all been passing along the same misinformation. It's funny, in a way. I just set out to verify which of my great-uncles served as Frontier Battalion Texas Rangers and in doing so, discovered the history of the Wrights all the way back to England. BTW, it turns out there were three Texas Rangers. I'm prouder of that than I would be of a peer way up in the branches of the family tree.

Please add your Texas Rangers to a project that honors them:http://www.geni.com/projects/Texas-Rangers/12989

Erica, I went to the Texas Rangers page, and looked around and couldn't find a way to add the profiles. I'm not a computer novice, so it must be something odd. I'd love to add the profiles, but I don't see a way. What am I missing?

The best way to add a profile to a project is on the profile itself: [Actions]/Add to Project.

The requirement is that you are a follower or collaborator of the project.

Using [Actions]/Add Profiles on the project itself require that the profile you want to add is in your "short-list" (recently visited profiles etc) or that you enter the profile-ID and hit Search More. If there are multiple profiles with similar names you might even end up in adding the wrong profile

FAQ about projects:

http://help.geni.com/forums/367947-Projects

From the "help" link at the bottom of every Geni page in teeny tiny blue print.

I sent an invitation to join the Texas Rangers project ; check the "requests" tab in your Geni mail.