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Wright Coat of Arms and Name History

Wright

Origin Displayed: Scottish

Origins Available: English, Scottish

Spelling variations of this family name include: Wright, Right, Write, Wrighte and others.

First found in Berwickshire, where the Wright family held a seat from ancient times.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Robert Wright, who settled in Virginia in 1623 with his wife, Richard Wright and his wife Margaret, who arrived in Salem, Massachusetts in 1630 with their daughter, Richard Wright, who settled in Virginia in 1636.

Motto Translated: Deserve.

Suggested Readings for the name Wright
Wright's 400 Years-Plus: 13 Generation Family by Larry C. Wright, Ancestry of William Henry Wright and Wife Poll Ann Royal and Their Descendants by Watie Delfa Wright Ellis, Captain William Upshaw, Gent., Planter of Virginia by Sophie W. Upshaw.

Some noteworthy people of the name Wright

Sewall Wright (1889-1988), American professor of biology and genetics University of Chicago
Hetty Wright (1697-1750), American poet
Rayfield Wright (b. 1945), American football player
Wilbur Wright (1867-1929), American aviation pioneer
Bejamin Wright (1770-1842), American civil engineer
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959), prominent and influential American architect
Orville Wright (1871-1948), American airplane pioneer
Philip Quincy Wright (1890-1970), American international lawyer
Richard Wright (1908-1960), American novelist
Lawrence Wright (b. 1947), American author and screenwriter awarded the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
Doug Wright (b. 1962), American playwright, librettist, and screenwriter awarded the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Franz Wright (b. 1953), Pulitzer Prize-winning (2004) American poet
James Wright (1927-1980), American poet awarded the 1972 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
Charles Wright (b. 1935), American poet awarded the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
Air Commodore Cecil Wright,
Denis Wright (1895-1967), English composer and conductor
Richard Wright (1943-2008), English musician, founding keyboardist of the band Pink Floyd
Sir Almroth Edward Wright (1861-1947), English scientist that discovered anti-typhoid inoculation
William Ambrose Wright (b. 1924), English soccer player
Frances Wright (1795-1852), Scottish/American reformer and abolitionist
Joseph Wright (1734-1797), English genre and portrait painter
Joseph Wright (1855-1930), English philologist
Judith Arundell Wright (1915-2000), Australian poet, environmentalist and campaigner for Aboriginal land rights
Mark Robinson Wright (1854-1944), English educationist
Sergeant-Major Peter Harold Wright (1916-1990), British soldier awarded the Victoria Cross during WWII
Robert Alderson Wright (1869-1964), English judge
Thomas Wright (1810-1887), English antiquary
William Aldis Wright (1836-1914), English scholar and critic

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Wright, sept of the Clan MacIntyre

Is your family of Scottish descent? If so, you can proudly display the MacIntyre Clan Badge. This clan badge is used by all septs of that clan.

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