Elizabeth Wright

Elizabeth (Bronaugh)3 (Jeremiah2 Bronaugh, David1) was born about 1693 / circa 1702 at Hanover Parish, Richmond County, Virginia, and died after 1785 at Liberty in Fauquier County. She was the daughter of Jeremiah Bronaugh (d 1750) and his wife Elizabeth Glendening.

Family

She married twice.

1. about 1710 at King George Co., VA to Waugh Darnall, son of David Darnall and Margaret. He was born before 1685 at Hanover Parish, and died before 7 October 1726 at King George County.
2. about 1726 at King George Co., VA. to John (Capt.4) Wright, parents unknown. He was born before 2 October 1700, and died 27 February 1792 at Liberty in Fauquier County.

Children of Elizabeth (Bronaugh)3 Darnall and Waugh Darnall were:

• i. Margaret Darnall was born ABT 1710. She married Simon Morgan, son of Charles Morgan and Alice Thornton. He was born ABT 1708 in Rappahannock Co. VA, and died 1793 in Delaplane, Fauquier County, Virginia.
• ii. Elizabeth Darnall was born 1713.
• iii. Anne Darnall was born 1716 in King George County, Virginia, and died 1798 in Fauquier County, Virginia. She married Jonas Williams Jr., son of Jonas Williams and Honour. She married Charles Garner ABT 1748, son of Thomas Garner and Mary M. Bushnell. He was born 1724 in Stafford Co. VA.
• iv. Jeremiah Darnall was born 1718 in Fauquier County, Virginia, and died 10 Apr 1795 in Fauquier County, Virginia. He married Catherine Holtzclaw 23 Mar 1740 in VA, daughter of Hans Jacob Holtzclaw and Anna Margaret Otterbach. She was born 1715/1725 in Germantown, Fauquier County, Virginia, and died 1810 in Fauquier County, Virginia

Children of Elizabeth (Bronaugh)3 Darnall and John (Capt.4) Wright were:

• i. John Wright, Jr. was born 30 Oct 1728 at 'Leesylvania", Fauquier County, Virginia, and died 30 Oct 1789 in Flat Rock Creeek, Surry Co. NC. He married Anne Williams, daughter of Jonas Williams and Honour Williams, in 1753 in Fauquier County, Virginia. She was born 15 Oct 1738 in Prince William County, Virginia, and died 1825 in Surry Co. NC.
• ii. Elizabeth Wright was born 1737 in Prince William County, Virginia. She married William C. Parlow 1804. Moved away from area.
• iii. Rosamond Wright was born in 1749. She died in 1811 at Fauquier. Never married. (shared with Mary) inherited from grandfather John Wright, negros Dinah, Jude, Lidie, Robin, Lucy, Will & Milley. Will on 23 Sep 1811.
• iv. Mary Wright. died in 1822 at Fauquier. Never married. Will on 23 Nov 1812.
• v. James Wright was born 1740 in Prince William County, Virginia, and died 1812 in Fauquier County, Virginia. He married Mary Duncan, daughter of Joseph Duncan Sr. and (--?--) Lidya, on 8 Dec 1763 in Fauquier County, Virginia.
• vi. William Wright was born in Prince William County, Virginia. He married Mary Grant, daughter of William Grant Jr. and Mary Whitledge. She was born 1738 in Fauquier County, Virginia.

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Will of Waugh Darnall

1721-1752 King George County, Virginia Will Book A-1; [George Harrison Sanford King]; Page 55-56

WILL OF WAUGH DARNALL of King George County, Virginia

"The last will & Testament of Waugh DARNALL:

• I leave to my son Jeremiah DARNALL the tract of land on where I live.
• That tract of land lying on Cedar Run may be divided between my daughters Anne DARNALL and Margaret DARNALL and their heirs forever.
• I likewise desire that my five negroes with issue may be equally divided between my wife and my children.
• I likewise desire that my Father and Mother may have equal maintenance with my wife and likewise if my wife should die that my Father and Mother should have equal maintenance with my children under the Disposal of Thomas STONE.
• I likewise desire that my Father and Mother with my wife and children may live on this plantation.
• Likewise I desire that if the Lord be pleased to call my wife to him that Thomas STONE may be sole Executor over my children.
• Likewise I desire that all goods and chattles may be equally divided between my wife and children.
• This is my last will and testament this second day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and twenty six as witness my hand & seal. * Likewise I desire that if Thomas STONE should die that my children should be brought under the family of BRONAUGH.
• Witnesses present Charles Travers Waugh Darnall *Seale*
• His (**) Thimothy Sulivan Mark
• at a Court held for King George County on Friday ye 7th day of Octber Anno Dom: 1726: The last Will & Testament of Waugh Darnall, deceased, was preented into Court by Elizabeth his widdow and Executrix who made ath thereto and the same was proved by the oaths of Charles Travers and Thomas Stone and admitted to Record. Copy Test T:Turner C1:Cur:

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[When Waugh Darnall died in 1726 the land he mentions in his will as lying on Cedar Run was in Stafford County, however it fell into Prince William County upon its formation from Stafford County in 1730. Years later the boundaries came into dispute and a copy of the will of Waugh Darnall was certified to Prince William County Court in 1790. It remains of record in Prince William County Land Causes 1789-1793, page 359. A copy was published in Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Volume 20, page 169.]

Will of John Wright

From Robert N. Grant

The will of John Wright dated on June 1, 1785, and probated on February 27, 1792, at Fauquier County, Virginia, W.B. 2/219

• . . . .I give and desire and bequeath to my son James Wright all of that my land lying on the east side of the run, being part of the tract of land whereon I now live, in the County of Fauquier to him his Heirs & assigns forever. . . .
• Item I give to my grand daughter Betsey Wright daughter to my son James Wright one negro named Jinny to her, her Heirs and assigns forever. . . .
• Item I give likewise to my two daughters Mary Wright & Rosamond Wright the plantation whereon I now live and all the land I hold lying on the west side of the said run above mentioned to them & their Heirs lawfully begotten of their bodys forever to be divided between the two as they can agree, and in case they die without such Heir. It is my Will and desire that the said land shall go to my son James Wright to him his Heirs & assigns for ever.

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Who Was Elizabeth Darnall?

In brief: Elizabeth Bronaugh married Capt John Wright, she is named as daughter “Elizabeth Wright” in Jeremiah Bronaugh’s 1736 will, but there’s no marriage record. Lyon Gardiner Tyler (1922) identified Elizabeth as Waugh Darnell’s daughter. However, the most recent Darnell book (1979) examined a complicated chancery suit between Jeremiah Darnell (son of Elizabeth and Waugh Darnell) and his Wright half siblings, and concluded Elizabeth was Waugh’s widow.

Extracted from https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Who_Was_Elizabeth_Darnall

"JOHN WRIGHT (II), son of John Wright & Dorothy, [sic: unknown parents] was born between 1700 - 1712 and died 27 February 1792 in Fauquier County, VA.

He married ELIZABETH DARNALL about 1730 - 1733.

Was she ELIZABETH (Bronaugh) DARNALL, daughter of Jeremiah Darnall and the WIDOW of Waugh Darnall?

Or was she ELIZABETH DARNALL, the DAUGHTER of Waugh Darnall and sister of Jeremiah Darnall?

From Tyler, Lyon Gardiner. Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. IV, Number 2, October 1922, pg. 220.

The fact that Capt. Wright was a lawyer, vestryman and county officer at this time and a judge then or very soon afterward and so continued for thirty years, in addition to being a gentleman-farmer, suggests that in removing further away from the county courthouse he must have had a supreme reason. This reason undoubtedly was that he had married Elizabeth Darnall. There is no record proof of this marriage; as none is likely to be discovered, the author does not go beyond the expression of his belief, hereby set down, that the Elizabeth, named in the will of Capt. John4 Wright, as his wife, was a daughter of Waugh Darnall, Gent., and sister of the Jeremiah Darnall, Gent., who accommodated Capt. Wright with a share of the estate of the deceased Waugh Darnall, thus still closer drawing these families together. Jeremiah Darnall had married Catherine Holtzclaw, daughter of Jacob Holtzclaw, as is shown by the latter’s will of 15 January 1759."

From Conley, Avlyn Dodd. The Darnall, Darnell Family, Vol. 2. Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1979.

There has been much confusion as to who was the Elizabeth Darnall who married Capt. John Wright.- Mr. C. A. Hoppin, a genealogist, of the Washington-Wright connections, gave Elizabeth as a daughter of Waugh Darnall. Since the will of Waugh Darnall, naming his children, did not mention a daughter, Elizabeth, he was manifestly in error. E. R. McKay and this compiler (H.C.S.) long held the belief that she was the widow of Waugh but were unable to find any proof until a suit was brought by Augustine Smith against his wife's brother and sisters. A transcript of this suit follows... (see the link above for complete text).

… SMITH vs DARNALL'S EXECUTORS. … Many depositions were filed relative both to the land warrant, locating the land in Ky., and also,- the capability of Jeremiah Darnall at the time of the drawing of his will. Most of these were filed in 1797, and unfortunately merely state that the deponents are of lawful age. … No one denied that the land in Kentucky which was procured in the name of Darnall was obtained on a certificate issued for the Revolutionary Services of Augustine Smith. The will of Jeremiah Darnall, 1795, remains of record at Fauquier Court. In addition to this, the transactions between John Wright and the heirs of Waugh Darnall and the mention in the suit of the family relationship between James Wright and Jeremiah Darnall, son of Waugh, seems sufficiently corroborative of our contention that Elizabeth was the widow of Waugh Darnall.

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“Will of Jeremiah Darnall about 1720 - 1795”< link >

From The Identification of 1809 William Wright of Franklin County, Virginia, As the Son of 1792 John Wright of Fauquier County, Virginia, And Elizabeth (Bronaugh) (Darnall) Wright by Robert N. Grant, 15 Campo Bello Court, Menlo Park, CA 94025, RNGrant @ grantandgordon. com.

Will of Jeremiah Darnall about 1720 - 1795
From Robert N. Grant:
The case of Smith vs. Darnall's Executors, Fauquier County, Virginia, Chancery Court, Papers terminating February 1802, which The Darnall, Darnell Family stated included the following Bill in Chancery by Augustine Smith:

"Augustine Smith of Fauquier County sayeth in 1781 he served in the Virginia Militia and became entitled for his said service to a certificate -8:10:0, and being anxious to become an adventurer in Kentucky lands mentioned same to Jeremiah Darnall, now deceased, and he said Jeremiah Darnall proposed to assist him in locating the said land thru Major James Wright who was then about to go to Kentucky for the purpose of locating lands, . . . . but being so nearly connected with the said Jeremiah as to have married his daughter and being also connected by marriage to the said James Wright . . . ."

On May 22, 1797, at Fauquier County, Virginia, Chancery Court Loose Papers, File Folder 1/15, James Wright filed his answer to the complaint in Smith v. Darnall as follows:

"The Answer of James Wright Exr of Jeremiah Darnall to the bill of Complt by Augustine Smith Complt . . . . This Defendnt knows it to be true that the sd Jeremiah Died possessed of the Quantity of Kentucky land stated in the Complts bill and he believes it to be the whole he did own This Defendt recollects that in the year 1783 when he made known his Intention of visiting Kentuckey for the purpose of locating & surveying lands that the sd Jeremiah applied to him to know if he procured a warrant whether this Defendt would locate & survey it and that on this Defendts giving his assent he shortly after procured a warrant for the amount stated in the Complts bill This Defendt located the same & surveyed the lands without making any charge for his services or trouble, demaning no more than his expences & costs which was paid by said Jeremiah. Had this Defendt known that the land was for the Complt, he does not think he should have done the business on the same terms The sd Jeremiah was a half brother of this Defendt & therefore he was induced to ask of him no more than his expences . . . ."

This record clearly identifies James Wright as the half brother of Jeremiah Darnall. For James Wright, the son of 1792 John Wright of Fauquier County and his wife Elizabeth, to be the half-brother of Jeremiah Darnall, the son of Waugh Darnall and his wife Elizabeth Darnall, then James Wright's mother would have had to have been the wife of both Waugh Darnall and 1792 John Wright. With the listing in Jeremiah Bronaugh's will of his daughter as Elizabeth Wright, the identification would seem complete that 1792 John Wright's wife was Elizabeth (Bronaugh) (Darnall) Wright. Robert N. Grant

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Origins

Jeremiah Bronough “of the County of King George in the Parish of Brunswick” wrote his Will on 14 April 1736, presented into court on Friday, 5 January 1749/50. In it he named, among others:

Item: To my daughter Elizabeth Wright I give four ewes and no more because she has had her full share of my estate already.

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References

• “Descendants of David Bronaugh” < link >
• “Will of Jeremiah Darnall about 1720 - 1795” < link > cites
  • The Identification of 1809 William Wright of Franklin County, Virginia, As the Son of 1792 John Wright of Fauquier County, Virginia, And Elizabeth (Bronaugh) (Darnall) Wright by Robert N. Grant, 15 Campo Bello Court, Menlo Park, CA 94025, RNGrant @ grantandgordon. com.
• Tyler, Lyon Gardiner. Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. IV, Number 2, October 1922, pg. 220.
• "Some Descendants of Richard Wright, Gentleman, of London, England, and Northumberland, Va., 1655," published in Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. I, pages 127-141 and 177-191, 1919, and reprinted in Genealogies of Virginia Families From Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, published by Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland, 1981
• "The Washington-Wright Connection and Some Descendants of Maj. Francis and Anne (Washington) Wright," published in Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. IV, pages 315-356, 1923, and reprinted in Genealogies of Virginia Families From Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, published by Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland, 1981;
• Conley, Avlyn Dodd. The Darnall, Darnell Family, Vol. 2. Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1979.
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• The identification of 1792 John Wright of Fauquier County, Virginia : as not the son of 1729/30 John Wright of Stafford County, Virginia. Grant, Robert Noel (1945-). 2009 Heritage Books, Inc. Westminster, MD.
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