| ![Show Contents]() Right History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
The ancestors of the Right family derived their name from the "Anglo-Saxon wyrhta [which] signifies, in its widest sense, the same as the Latin faber, a workman of any kind, but more specifically an artificer in hard materials. The eminent antiquary who bears this surname observes, that "Smith was the general term for a worker in metals, and Wright for one who worked in wood and other materials. Hence in the later English period smith became the peculiar name of a blacksmith, and wright of a carpenter, as it is still in Scotland." 1 Early Origins of the Right familyThe surname Right was first found in Sussex where Patere le Writh was listed in the Feet of Fines for 1214. Years later, the same rolls but in 1255 and this time in Essex, listed Robert le Wrichte in 1255. Richard le Wrete was found in the Assize Rolls for Kent in 1317 and later, Hugh le Wreghte in the Subsidy Rolls for Sussex in 1327. Thomas le Wrighte was found in the Subsidy Rolls for Derbyshire in 1327 and Walter le Wrytte in the Subsidy Rolls for Suffolk in 1327. 2 The Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 list: Robert le Wriete in Cambridgeshire; Roger le Wriete in Cambridgeshire; and Margery le Wrytte in Cambridgeshire. Later the Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379 list: Adam Wrygson; Robert Wreghtson; and Johannes Redebarn, wryght. 3 "This name is distributed over England, but is comparatively infrequent in the counties on the south coast, and in the northern counties north of Yorkshire. It exists in densest numbers in the counties lying between the Wash and the Thames, being especially numerous in Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex, and also, but to a less extent, in Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire. In the midlands it is nearly as crowded, and has its chief centres in Warwickshire, Derbyshire, and Leicestershire, etc. It is also very frequent in Lincolnshire and Cheshire, and is somewhat less numerous in Lancashire and Yorkshire. The Wrights have established themselves in Scotland, though in no great numbers, and not usually north of Perthshire.' 4 Early History of the Right familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Right research. Another 85 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1342, 1590, 1602, 1609, 1611, 1615, 1623, 1634, 1637, 1654, 1657, 1658, 1660, 1664, 1670, 1675, 1682, 1683, 1685, 1687, 1689, 1690, 1721 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Right History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Right Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Wright, Right, Write, Wrighte and others. Early Notables of the Right familyNotable amongst the family name during their early history was - Laurence Wright (1590-1657), an English physician, notably physician in ordinary to Oliver Cromwell and to the Charterhouse
- John Wright (fl. 1602-1658), a major London publisher and bookseller, one of the two booksellers who sold Shakespeare's Sonnets in 1609 a member of the syndicate that printed the Shakespeare First Fol...
- Sir Henry Wright, 1st Baronet (c.1637-1664), an English politician who sat in the House of Commons (1660-1664)
- John Wright (1615-1683), an English politician, Member of Parliament for Ipswich (1670-1685)
- Sir Robert Wright (c. 1634-1689), an English judge and Chief Justice of the King's Bench (1687-1689)
- Abraham Wright (1611-1690) English theological writer and deacon
- William Wright (fl. 1675-1682), an English privateer in French service and later a buccaneer who raided Spanish towns in the late 17th century
 Migration of the Right family to Ireland
Some of the Right family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 132 words (9 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
| Right migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Right Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Jason Right, who arrived in Virginia in 1637 5
- Giles Right, who arrived in Virginia in 1642 5
- William Right, who landed in Virginia in 1652 5
- Robert Right, who arrived in Maryland in 1663 5
- Mary Right, who landed in Maryland in 1663 5
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Right Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Eliz Right, who landed in Virginia in 1703 5
- John Right, who arrived in Virginia in 1703 5
- Andrew Right, who arrived in Virginia in 1704 5
- Phillip Right, who landed in Virginia in 1719 5
- Jeneck Hennick Right, aged 17, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1732 5
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| Right migration to Canada | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Right Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century- Hugh Right, aged 64, who landed in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1834
| Contemporary Notables of the name Right (post 1700) | + |
- Right Hon Sir Eustace Wentworth Roskill KT, Oliver Wentworth Roskill FRIC C.Eng, O.W. Roskill Industrial Consultants
- Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
- Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
- Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
- Guppy, Henry Brougham, Homes of Family Names in Great Britain. 1890. Print.
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
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