Fletcher Family Genealogy

Hiram Wright

Brother to Hosea Wright

Grandson of Gabriel Wright and Deborah Ball

Sarah Wright

Daughter of Hosea Wright and Sarah Crews

First married to Zachariah Walker.

Second marriage to Bazil Trail

Third marriage to Andrew King

On June 20th 2000 I received photo copies via E-Mail

of 2 pages of the Wright family Bible.

The information that accompanied them said that the pages were

deteriorating very badly, making then difficult to read.

After opening them I decided that most of the information was readable,

and the areas with the greatest amount of stains could be slowly

and carefully worked with Adobe Photo Shop to reveal the

words hidden among the stains and blotches of ink.

So I began to work on the pages, trying to restore the look to what the

original writer must have seen. And at the same time maintain the integrity

of the documents. You can see these pages at the link below.

Wright Family Bible

They were brave defenders of their country in time of peril,

and their name was proverbial for charities and beneficence.

Following is their motto as handed down through several generations:

There is nothing purer than honesty, Nothing sweeter than charity,

Nothing warmer than love, Nothing richer than wisdom,

Nothing more steadfast than faith.

Those united in one mind form the purest, the sweetest, the warmest,

the richest, the brightest and the most steadfast happiness.

Here is some advice also, youth of the Wright clan;

That has been taught for years to the youth of the Wright clan;

Be this they simple plan,

Serve God and love they brother man.

forget not in temptation’s hour

that sin lends sorrow double power.

Count life a state upon they way,

And follow conscience, come that may,

Alike with Heaven and Earth sincere,

With hand and brow and bosom clear,

Fear God and know no other fear.

May we of later years emulate the kindly spirit of our forefathers,

and keep their precepts, thus doing them honor,

and cheering on the world in its struggle of life, as well.

We bless God that among the possibilities of humanity is a grand old age.

Old men have blessed the world in all generations.  They have blessed the

secular world, and it has been so in the religious world as well.

It was the aged Saint John who wrote the book of Revelation,

by means of which we, who live in the twentieth century,

receive our highest conceptions of heaven

“Do not say I must do so and so, just go and do it,

and come back and say it is done.”

“Do not put off till tomorrow what you can do today.”

“Always be kind to all whom you meet.”

“The bravest of men are the most tender hearted.”

“Love God and fear no man.”

Sometimes the sun seems to hang in the western horizon for half an hour,

only just to show how glorious it can be.

The day is done, the heat of shinning is over,

and the unspeakable beauty of the western skies baffle description.

So God seems to let some of his people linger in the west after their work is

done, that men may look on them and see how beautiful they are.

Some are lingering there now;

do you behold their beauty, shining out though Christ Jesus?

Rev. Fred Wright

1906

I was lucky enough to find a copy of a book called

Four Revolutionary Soldiers and Their Descendants

By: Eloise M. Roberts

This book covers some of the early Wrights that settled in the Americas, and helped win our independence.

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