Category:Wright

Basic History

"Wright" is a surname shared many distinct family lines. It has several possible origins, including:

• an English occupational surname (i.e., deriving from an ancestor's craft, especially in carpentry);
• an anglicized form of MacIntyre, from the Scottish Clan MacIntyre (originally "Mac an t-Saoir" – "Son of the Wright");
• the Irish kinship sept Mac an Cheairt (literally, "son of the right or righteous") in County Mayo, whose members would sometimes change their name to "Wright;"
• the noble line of John Wryta, the chief weapons smith for William the Conqueror.

The Wrights investigated by FamilyLore comprise a specific family tree in this vast and diverse forest. Our research indicates that...

Orville and Wilbur Wright biographer Louis Chmiel in his book Ohio, Home of the Wright brothers discusses the "Wright" family history as possibly