Person:Susannah Unknown (291)

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Susannah Unknown
b.Abt 1785 Virginia, United States
d.Apr 1860 Letcher, Kentucky, United States
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m. Abt 1807
  1. Margaret WrightAbt 1809 - Aft 1860
  2. James WrightAbt 1811 - 1876
  3. Joel Ellis Wright1817 - 1879
  4. Nancy Ann Wright1821 - 1901
  5. Samuel W Wright1822 - 1906
  6. Andrew Jackson WrightAbt 1827 - 1878
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Facts and Events
Name Susannah Unknown
Baptismal Name Susannah _____
Married Name Mrs. Susanna Wright
Gender Female
Birth? Abt 1785 Virginia, United States
Other[2] 1804 Russell, Virginia, United Stateslisted on tax list
Marriage Abt 1807 Russell, Virginia, United Statesto Joel Martin Wright
Census[1] 1850 Letcher, Kentucky, United Statesage 65 -
Death? Apr 1860 Letcher, Kentucky, United States
Burial[3] Joel and Susannah area buried in the McRoberts Cemetery, McRoberts, Letcher County, Kentucky.

cos1776 Note of Caution: Very little is known about the parents and childhood of Mrs. Susannah (Unknown) Wright, but it would seem that solid evidence is lacking at this stage in the research to be able to say with any degree of certainty who her parents were or what her maiden name was. I am not an expert in this family, however, so please jump in and add your information and sources.

  • 2001: Nancy Bay states, "The fact remains that to this day no one has been able to unearth a record which can factually document their [Joel and Susanna Wright's] identity."

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Research Notes (and Speculations)

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THEORY A: Susannah was a Bates.

  • Source: Family tradition.
    • per Annette Potter, 2008: "... She had no English name of Bates or Bentley as is sometimes given to her."
  • Proof: None yet.
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THEORY B: Susannah was a Bentley.

  • Source: Family tradition.
    • per Annette Potter, 2008: " ... She had no English name of Bates or Bentley as is sometimes given to her."
  • Proof: None yet.
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THEORY C: Susannah was of Native American blood.

  • Source: Family tradition.
    • per Annette Potter, 2008: "... We have always been told that there was Indian in the Wright family. The story that I did on Mary Wright and her Indian doll, plus her looks in some of the pictures her granddaughter, Daisy, had would support that. The story that Mary handed down to Daisy was that Joel went from Virginia to North Carolina for an apprentiship. He met an Indian woman and married her. She was given the English name of Susannah. ..."
  • Proof: None yet.
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Possible Photos of Susannah

  • There are two pictures (maybe more) floating around the internet which are occasionally identified as Susannah. Researcher Annette Potter presented the photos here and in 2008 discussed what she knew of their origins and authenticity here.
References
  1. ↑ Susannah Wright, in Griffith, Dorothy Amburgey. 1850 U.S. census, Letcher County, Kentucky. (1970).

    Susannah, then widow of Joel Martin Wright, gave information that she was 65 years of age and born in the state of Virginia
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    http://www.wright-bates.com/new_page_12.htm

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