Wright McLemore

Abt 1713 - 1766  (~ 47 years)

• Name	Wright McLemore  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1713	Virginia   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Between 1760 and 1766  [2, 3]
  Notes	Wright MACKLEMORE had 140 acres of land patented to him on the south side of Poplar Swamp in Isle of Wight County (the southwestern part, later Southampton County), Virginia on August 1, 1734 (Patent Book 15, pg. 242). Since Wright was not among the known sons of James and Fortune, and therefore must have been one of, if not THE, oldest grandson. Hence his father had to have been James' eldest son, William, as no one else could have been married by 1713, the latest date possible for Wright's birth. Wright is known to have had at least four sons (and possibly a fifth) and two daughters. After 1750, he and his sons Wright Jr., William, Moses, and Drewry (and according to Rudy H. Leverett, also a James), and two daughters Judeth, wife of William PITMAN, and ???, wife of James WIGGINS, are found in Edgecombe County on or near land devised to Wright's father William Sr. by James, the original immigrant. Several of these family members moved southward into Duplin (later Sampson) County, North Carolina, in the 1770's, where Wright's son William is credited with founding a large family line. (James L. McLemore, III, p 51). Robert McLemore (Bob) Butler PO Box 487Fuquay Varina, NC 27526 Email: rmbnc@juno .com Briar Branch Baptist Church is the third oldest Baptist Church in Bladen County. The church had its beginning as a mission of the Beaver Dam Baptist Church of Sampson County [ed: Cumberland County] which some years ago was in Bladen County. According to the records of the Beaver Dam Baptist Church that church began holding conferences at Briar Branch on Saturday before the fourth Lords Day in October of 1828. This was some four years before White Lake Baptist Church was constituted as the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church and some six years before Hickory Grove Baptist Church was constituted. But Briar Branch continued to be a mission of Beaverdam Church until 1843, and was not duly constituted. In a conference at Briar Branch on Saturday before the fourth Lord's Day in October of 1843, Beaver Dam Baptist Church agreed to dismiss the following members to constitute the church at Briar Branch: Amos Cain, Daniel L. Smith, Daniel Smith, Daniel Register, George W. Downing, Thomas Sessoms, William D. Smith, Baseter Davis, Edward Davis, Beaman West, Sarah A. Smith, Rhoda Gardner, Mary A. Downing, Elizabeth Smith, Aley Bryant, Margaret Sessoms, Anna M. Tatum, Elsa McLemore, May J. Tatum, Mary J. Reeves, Mary Register, John Smith, Sr., Evin Downing, William Harvey, John H. Tatum, William J. Cowan, Daniel R. Cain, John D. Smith, Owen J. Gardner, Nathan H. Jones, Meredith Cain, Helen Davis, Francis Sessoms, Ann J. Harvey, Mary Smith, Susan Smith, Martha Smith, Elizabeth A. Downing, Jane Weeks, Susan Smith, Sr., Mary Sessoms, Molsey Davis, James Smith, Theophlus Tatum, Wright McLemore, John Downing, James S. Beard, John Cain, Milton J. Smith, Thomas B. Cowan, William C, West, John Edge, Elizabeth Cain, Mary Downing, Pen[n]y Hayes, Sarah Suggs, Claressa Beard, Susan Smith, Zillpha Smith, Mary A. Cain, Francis Sessoms, Martha West.
  Person ID	I21646	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	William Macklemore,   b. Abt 1692, Virginia d. Abt 1750 (Age ~ 58 years)
  Mother	??? ???,   b. Aft 1691   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1712
  	Thought by many to have married a woman whose last name was WRIGHT based on the name of his son. His brother, Ephraim, also named a son WRIGHT. They both may have married into the WRIGHT family, or it might be that the WRIGHT surname belonged to a common ancestor, and was not the last name of either of their spouses.
  Family ID	F7454	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	??? ???,   b. Bef 1715   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Between 1731 and 1733
  	James L. McLemore, III writes "But when we get down to Wright's children, I have come up with some dates of birth based on my analysis of Leverett's appendix entries in the third edition of his book "Ole Rosinheels", and the order of births then based on that analysis. I may start to get a lot of argument from one or more of you as to that, and in fact I am not entirely satisfied with having so many children born so close together (one year apart). But since several of these children went to the Duplin/Sampson/Bladen Counties area together, I figure the best place to start our discussion would be the basics, i.e., getting Wright's family more or less solidified (to the extent we can), or at least discussed, before going on down to the next generation or so where we find so many possible ancestors for those of you still trying to hook up."
  Children	1. William McLemore,   b. Between 1732 and 1736, Virginia d. Between 1780 and 1782 (Age ~ 48 years)   2. Daughter McLemore,   b. Aft 1732, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown   3. Drury McLemore,   b. Between 1735 and 1738, Virginia d. Aft 1790, North Carolina (Age ~ 56 years)   4. Wright McLemore, Jr.,   b. Abt 1736, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown   5. James McLemore,   b. Abt 1738, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown   6. Moses McLemore,   b. Between 1738 and 1739, Virginia d. Between 1761 and 1787 (Age ~ 23 years)   7. Judith McLemore,   b. Between 1738 and 1740, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown   8. Elias McLemore,   b. Between 1740 and 1766, Virginia d. Aft 1810, Bladen County, North Carolina (Age ~ 71 years)
  Family ID	F7602	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2007

  
  

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• Sources

  [S206] McLemore, James L. III ("The Early History of the McLemore Family of Virginia and the Carolinas"), Chart II (Reliability: 3). [S321] Freeman, Mark (mwfgenealogy@verizon.net) "Mostly Southern" http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=markfreeman ; Ver. 2008-09-19 17:51:13. [S371] Butler, Robert McLemore--Family Researcher Fuquay Varina, NC 27526 (deceased).