The wright Surname
wright Name Meaning and History
- 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.
- 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, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Irvin Wright 1912 | Christine Reynolds | 7 |
| Are your Wrights part of "The Lost Colony" |
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| Robert G. (Greenberry) Wright b)1858 GA | Nancy Moore | 6 |
| Greenberry Wright |
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| Wright married to suggs in Alabama |
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| looking for lowell olin wright or henry harrison wright |
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| Looking for Descendants of Ralph S & Elvira Wofford Wright | Louise Wright Williams | 1 |
| Thomas WRIGHT & Anne LIGHT, IN to WA, first wagon train |
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| ARKANSAS WRIGHT'S |
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| JOHN WRIGHT & CHRISTIAN DOUGLAS | Anne | 5 |
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