Wright Astwood

[flateric999]

I am fairly new to all this, and am now hooked....

What started as a quick look has turned into a massive project!  It occured to me that all of the Wrights that where in Astwood are, probably related. So rather than look at one lineage i tried tracing back all of them to a common ancester.

There are, i have discovered, hundreds of Wrights all traced back to one couple in about 1740's.

That is unless of course i have made a massive error somewhere......

[bucksboy]

That wouldn't surprise me in the least, as my lot are pretty much centered in Great Missenden.

Astwood, Bucks looks very close to the the Northants and Bedfordshire county borders, so possibly they strayed in from there.

Many families didn't move that far all those years ago, but some made the 'leap of faith' to the pastures new.
Enclosure acts were possibly the downfall of many family communities, and maybe that made them disperse to other parts of the country, or even the world.

BucksFHS have transcribed to CD, the Astwood parish registers, but I guess you know that.

Good luck with your/our addiction.

Steve.

[flateric999]

I realised that but havent accessed it yet. I was trying to get things to "fit" so i had an idea what or who to look for.

[bucksboy]

I realised that but havent accessed it yet. I was trying to get things to "fit" so i had an idea what or who to look for.

Oh trust me, for £5 it'll be worth it.

It may even take you back another 150 years or so, and even fuel your addiction even more.

Steve.

[johnP-bedford]

The earliest male WRIGHT marriage in Astwood is 1790 of Charles & Ann (Bason) both otp, the next is 1796 of William & Ann (Falkner) both otp. The earliest female WRIGHT marriage is in 1743 of Elizabeth Wright to George BURGE, both from North Crawley. The earliest baptisms is in 1792 children of Charles & Ann & then from 1799 children of William & Ann. The easrliest buial is in 1682 of Elizabeth Wright, the next is in 1813 child of William & Ann.

My further research finds that Charles was born 1763 in Hardmead son of Charles & Ruth but have no details of the origin of William. Charles & Ruth are the ancestors of my sister's husband.

Regards
John
   

[flateric999]

I may be able to help there...
William is Charles' brother.

Let me explain how i got there. As you rightly say, Charles was born of Charles and Ruth of Hardmead. When i searched on www.familysearch.org, i found the records for the other children. William was born in 1760 and Charles 1763. They seem to be the youngest brothers of 12 births. An earlier william born 1756 died.

Charles and Ann have children between 1790 - 1807 while William and Ann 1799 - 1816. Charles dies in 1839 which is why in 1841 ann is living alone.

When i looked at the 1841 census i found that all of the heads of families can be traced back to these two brothers.

By my calculations, and to be fair  some guesswork i am related to Ruth through her son Charles' side.

When in started on this mission i got easily distracted by the names and similar dates of birth so in the end traced the family on one big tree on Ancestry. This led to the theory of the two brothers and finding Charles and ruth.

At least i hope its right anyway....


Mike

[flateric999]

Charles and Ruths other children where: - Mary 1747, Elizabeth 1749,  Ann 1750,  John 1751, Abraham 1753 ?dies as infant, Emma 1754, william 1756 ?dies as infant, Chrystal 1757, Abraham 1758, William 1760, Charles 1763, Richard 1765

The births are registered as Hardmead with is of course alongside Astwood.

[flateric999]

OK, so you think youve cracked it, then you go and find new people!!
These births in Astwood don't match up with what i have so far, in fact i cant find them!! Who is John??!!

William Ricket Wright christening   14 Sep 1828   Astwood, Buckingham, England
parent   
John Wright, Elizabeth Wright

Sophia Wright christening   31 Mar 1816   ASTWOOD,BUCKINGHAM,ENGLAND
parent   John Wright, Elizabeth

James Wright christening 10 Jul 1825   ASTWOOD,BUCKINGHAM,ENGLAND
parent   John Wright, Elizabeth

Hanah Wright christening   07 Jun 1818   ASTWOOD,BUCKINGHAM,ENGLAND
parent   John Wright, Elizabeth


Mike

[[Ray]]

Hi

There is this possible in 1841
HO107 / 40 / 1 / 5 / page6
[Greenwood?] Street, Aston Clinton [Aylesbury]
John     Wright 60 Carpenter bic
James  Wright 15 Carpenter bic
William Wright 13 Carpenter bic

Likely-looking Hannah & Sophia are living separately "in the area"
and have possible marriages 1841/sep-Hannah 1845/9-Sophia
 

Ray