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- !NOTES:Marty Grant's 4th Great Grand Parent.;
!NOTES:(29 Sep 2019) When I read their 1792 marriage bond on microfilm back in the 1980's at the NC Archives, i had a very hard time making out her name.
It *appeared* to say "Mary Ryons". Therefore i concluded her surname was Ryans, Ryan or Ryon. There was a Darby Ryan in Surry at that time, so I figured she was associated with him. Later I found that her maiden name was very well proven to be Murphy. However, there is no way that's what the bond said, not even close.
Therefore I concluded she must have been married to a Mr. Ryan who died prior to her 1792 marriage to Aaron Wright. Made sense, and explained it nicely. That man might be a son of old Darby Ryan since he was the only one of that surname around at the time.
Today (Sep 2019), a fellow researcher told me she looked at the original bond and was quite certain it said Mary *Bond* instead of Mary Ryons as I had originally interpreted it. She directed me to where the bond was available online (familysearch.org), so I went to see for myself. It only took a moment to realize she was correct. It did indeed say "Bond" and not "Ryons" as I had originally thought.
So, at first glance, my theory about her being married to a Mr. Ryan, possible son of Darby Ryan, fell apart on the spot. No problem. We go where the facts and evidence lead us, right? Right.
Then i took another look at the bond. It hit me like a ton of bricks. We were reading the *back* of the bond, not the bond itself! Upon closer inspection it says "Aaron Wright's Marg. Bond" In other words, Aaron Wright's Marriage Bond! That was not his bride's name at all! It was merely the clerks' notation on the back of the bond for filing purposes, giving his name, what the document was, and the date.
The front of the bond was blank except for the signatures at the bottom. Therefore, Mary Murphy's name is not on the bond at all, not in any form.
So, in conclusion, there is now no evidence that Mary Murphy, daughter of Richard Murphy, was married to anyone prior to her marriage to Aaron Wright. If you have Mary m. to Mr. Ryan in your files, please delete that as it is wrong. It was my mistake, made long ago, but now I know it was completely in error.
Thanks so much to Kay Schmidt for helping clear this up. (9/29/2019).;
!CENSUS:1787 Surry Co, NC pg 144 w/Richard MURPHY no ages (bef 1787);
!CENSUS:1790 Surry Co, NC pg 183 w/Richard MURPHY no ages (bef 1790);
!MARRIAGE BOND:16 Nov 1792 Surry Co, NC Aaron Wright & --- (name not given) David Riggs & Thomas York, bm;
!CENSUS:1800 x
!CENSUS:1810 Surry Co, NC pg 669-180 w/Aaron Wright age 26-44 (1765/84)
30110-22010-0-1;
!TAXLIST:1812 * Surry Co, NC Cpt WITCHER's District, Polly WRIGHT
!COURT:May 1812 Lincoln Co., KY
Zadock Riggs & Sarah his wife
David Austion & Elizabeth his wife
Arthur Crutchfield & Lucy his wife
Benjamin Scott
vs
Richard Murphy
John Scott's representatives
Joseph Murphy,
Peter Murphy
Aaron Wright & Mary his wife
Heirs of Keziah Murphy, decd.
In Chancery.
...
Joseph Murphy, Aaron Wright & Mary His wife are not inhabitants of this commonwealth ...;
!TAXLIST:1816 * Surry Co, NC pg 27 Mary WRIGHT, 125 acres South Fork Mitchell's River, $300 real value, 0 white polls, 0 black polls;
!CENSUS:1820 Surry Co, NC pg 768-774 w/Aaron Wright age 45+ (bef 1775)
210401-01301-0-0;
!CENSUS:1830 Surry Co, NC pg 146 Mary Wright age 50-59 (1770/1780)
0001-00012001, FPC=0, slaves=0;
!CENSUS:1840 Surry Co, NC pg 79 Mary Wright age 60-69 (1770/1780)
000001-000001001, FPC=100000-000000, slaves=0;
!CENSUS:1850 Union Co, GA 85 District PHF 213-155-155
Richard Wright, 49 M Laborer Ky
Mary 79 F NC
Kisiah 44 F "
Sally Crummmell 18 F "
Zadoc 8 M "
Mary Wright 7 F "
Kisiah Crummell 14 F "
!CENSUS:1860 x
x Not found in Union Co, GA, probably deceased;
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1771 - Aft 1850 (> 80 years) Has 9 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.
