Wright Family Crest and Name History

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The Ancient History Of The Distinguished Surname Wright

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Origins Available: English, Scottish

Where did the English Wright family come from? What is the English coat of arms/family crest? When did the Wright family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the history of the family name?

The ancestors of the Wright family lived among an ancient Scottish people called the Boernicians. The name Wright is derived from the Old English "wyrhta," meaning "worker," or, specifically, "woodworker, carpenter, craftsman," and was used to refer to a carpenter. In medieval rolls, the name was often Latinized as Faber.

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 earliest records include Ralph Wright, burgess of Stirling, and Thomas Wright of Blakenhall in Lanarkshire, who rendered homage to King Edward I of England in 1296 on his brief conquest of Scotland.

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.

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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
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
Joseph Wright (1734-1797), English genre and portrait painter
Joseph Wright (1855-1930), English philologist
Mark Robinson Wright (1854-1944), English educationist
Robert Alderson Wright (1869-1964), English judge
Thomas Wright (1810-1887), English antiquary
William Aldis Wright (1836-1914), English scholar and critic
Air Commodore Cecil Wright,
Frances Wright (1795-1852), Scottish/American reformer and abolitionist
Judith Arundell Wright (1915-2000), Australian poet, environmentalist and campaigner for Aboriginal land rights
Sergeant-Major Peter Harold Wright (1916-1990), British soldier awarded the Victoria Cross during WWII

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Family Crests: the Heraldic Artist

We have researched the Wright family crest in the most recognized sources. Before an artist or craftsman can render a family crest, it must exist. In other words the crest must have been designed and recorded by the heralds from time immemorial.

Heraldic designs matriculated by the lay-artist in many cases becomes uninspired, meretricious and even ugly...

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Family Crests: Timeline

Many of the symbols adopted into armory have been used since the time of the ancient Egyptians, but heraldry itself did not begin until the 11th century. In continental Europe, the most ancient recorded family crest was discovered upon the monumental effigy of a Count of Wasserburg in the church of St. Emeran, at Ratisobon, Germany...

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Family Crests: Elements

In the Wright coat of arms as in all coat of arms the crest is only one element of the full armorial achievement. Again the Family Crest is just part of the story of Coats of Arms or Heraldry. Heraldry is defined as the hereditary art or science of blazoning, the description is appropriate technical terms of Coats-of-Arms and other heraldic and armorial insignia, and is of very ancient origin...

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Family Crests and Genealogy: how they relate

We encourage you to study the Wright genealogy to find out if you descend from someone who bore a particular family crest. Anyone making a study of heraldry usually becomes interested in Genealogy or seeking legal claim to a particular family crest. No families, not even the royal houses, can make sound claim to the right to bear arms unless a proven connection is established through attested Genealogical records...

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The Wright Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Wright Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.