He is married to Ann Hathaway.
They got married at Pitt County, North Carolina.
Child(ren):
Information from Jason Bordeaux: There is a possibility of a 2nd wife who mothered the 3 youngest children. This would make the 1st wife an unknown Hathaway and the 2nd wife Ann, surname unknown. Still living in 1833.
All information re Isaac Wright and his descendants obtained from MarionMcGhee and Jason Bordeaux
From Columbus Co Recollections and Records - pp 231 and 232;
Isaac was a native* of the Ingold area of Sampson county. He moved to what is now Columbus county in 1800. He died abt 6 years later.Per Jason Bordeaux: he moved back to Bladen county in 1806. Isaac and Ann had four daughters. Nancy - who married John Watts; Elizabeth - who married Joseph blackburn, Merinda - who married Benjamin Cox; and Temperance - who - true to he name - remainded single. Their son Stephen (1800 - 1852) married Amelia Ann Fowler (1802-1869), daughter of John Fowler.
Isaac and his son Stephen accumulated thousands of acres of land to the north and south sides of Grissett Swamp.
Ann, the widow of Isaac, conveyed her life estate in a 100-acre tract on Mill Branch to her son-in-law Benjamin Cox on May 10, 1817. Stephen received his first 200 acres from his mother in 1817.
In 1976 several of Isaac Wright's descendants held public office: Richard Wright, state legislator; William Wright and A. H. Wright, town commisioners; Wilton Hunt, judge; J. R. Hunt, deputy sheriff; Elizabeth Strickland, deputy sheriff, Donald Hunt, police chief, and Miles Williams, safety commissioner. (Source: Columbus County NC, Recollections and Records)
Born: ABT. 1755 in Pitt Co., NC
Died: 1806 in Bladen Co., NC
In a part of what is now Columbus Co.,NC. At 1806 Columbus Co. had yet to be formed.
Moved to Sampson Co., NC about 1795. He and his family were in Pitt Co., NC during the 1790 census, where he lived along Coneto Creek.
1790 Pitt County Census - New Bern District
Right, Isaac, 1,2,3,0,0 = 1 male over 16 (himself), 2 m. under 16, 3 females (may include spouse)
Some records say he was a lifelong resident of Sampson Co and have him born there.
Sampson County was formed in 1784 from Duplin County
Pitt County was formed in 1760 from Beaufort county
Beaufort County was formed in 1705 from Bath County.
*If Isaac was born abt 1755 he could not have been born in Sampson Co. it could have Beaufort Co.
Also found in the 1790 Pitt county census: pg 147c
Josiah Wright, 1 male over 16, 3 males under 16, 3 females, 2 slaves. do not know the relationship between Isaac and Josiah if any.
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