Hezekiah Wright

A Patriot of the American Revolution for NORTH CAROLINA. DAR Ancestor # A130813

Hezekiah Wright & Col. Gideon Wright were brothers, but their parents are not yet identified.

Disputed origins

Not the son of John Wright or Sarah (or Ruth) Wright, {Fictional}

The younger John Wright, son of Gideon & Margaret Urguhart, married Ruth Bailey, not Ruth Ludlam, on 26 Dec 1729 in First Church, Huntington, Long Island NY. He wasn't born until about 1703 or 1704 so he is certainly different from the John Wright that married Abigail Barker in 1707/8. Ruth Bailey was probably his first and only wife. A more current list of their children is Hannah, Amelia, John, Augustine, William, Zebulon, and Ruth born between 1731 and 1751.

So it would appear we have no John Wright available to be the father of Gideon and Hezekiah. I have indeed found no Wright family in Oyster Bay that had sons named Gideon and Hezekiah - Hezekiah apparently a given name not used in the family.

Gideon Wright, Loyalist, one of the prominent men in early North Carolina who stood for law and order, was the son of John and Ruth Ludlam Wright [sic: NO]. Gideon and his brother, Hezekiah, served in the French and Indian War in the colony of New York before moving to North Carolina.

Source: http://ncpedia.org/biography/wright-gideon

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wright-1037

Catharine Wright, widow & relict of Hezekiah Wright, deceased, who has taken up arms against this and the United States, for a maintanence of herself and children. Ordered she be allowed rent said husband's plantation; also everything now in her possession.