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Nicholas Bright 1755–1817 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. 1755

Birth Location: Prince George's, Maryland, USA

Death Date: 25 Jan 1817

Death Location: , Knox, Ohio, USA

Father: William Bright

Mother: Margaret Wiles

Spouse(s): Nancy Anthony

Children(s): Susanna Bright, David Bright, Nicholas Bright, Elizabeth Bright, Christiana Bright, Rachel Bright

Nicholas Bright was born in 1755 in Prince George's, Maryland, USA, the child of William Bright And Margaret Wiles. Nicholas Bright married Nancy Ann Anthony, and had children including Christiana Tenny Bright, David B Bright, Elizabeth Bright, Nicholas Bright, Rachel Bright, Susanna Bright. Nicholas Bright passed away in 1817 in , Knox, Ohio, USA.

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Biography

  • Nicholas Bright was born in 1755 in Prince George's, Maryland, USA, the child of William Bright And Margaret Wiles.
  • Nicholas Bright married Nancy Ann Anthony, and had children including Christiana Tenny Bright, David B Bright, Elizabeth Bright, Nicholas Bright, Rachel Bright, Susanna Bright.
  • Nicholas Bright passed away in 1817 in , Knox, Ohio, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Bright
1734–1776
Birth Location: Terling, Essex, England
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Margaret Wiles
1730–1828
Birth Location: Great Bromley, Essex, England
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Spouses(s)

Nancy Anthony
1763–1829
Birth Location: Coventry Parish, Somerset, Maryland
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Children(s)

Susanna Bright
1796–1869
Birth Location: Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States
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David Bright
1775–1852
Birth Location: Maryland, United States of America
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Nicholas Bright
1782–1814
Birth Location: –
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Elizabeth Bright
1794–1841
Birth Location: Londonderry, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA
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Christiana Bright
1790–1827
Birth Location: Londonderry, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA
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Rachel Bright
1793–1865
Birth Location: Londonderry, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States
RB

Nicholas Bright's Ancestors

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Nicholas Bright
1755–1817
Birth Place: Prince George's, Maryland, USA
Parents
William Bright
1734–1776
Terling, Essex, England
Margaret Wiles
1730–1828
Great Bromley, Essex, England
Grandparents
John Bright
1696–1762
Shipbourne, Kent, England
Esther Field
1713–1788
Terling, Essex, England
Nathaniel Wyles
1700–1735
London, England
Susannah Edmunds
1702–1767
Essex, England
Great-Grandparents
John Bright
1678–1728
Margaret Lambert
1672–
Thomas Feild
1673–1732
Henry Wills
1680–
Anna Whaley
1676–1737
John Edmunds
1690–1706
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Mary Palmer
1651–1707

Nicholas Bright's Descendants

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Nicholas Bright (Abt. 1755–25 Jan 1817) m. Nancy (Ann) Anthony (24 Nov 1763–1829)
  1. 1. Susanna Bright 1796–1869 m. William VanWinkle 1794–1852
    1. 1. Hester (Van) Winkle 1819–1897 m. Thomas (Jefferson) Hardsock 1815–1844
      1. 1. Mary (Ellen Hardsock Beck) Harrell 1834–1922 m. Aaron (Harrell) III 1826–1887
        1. 1. Emily (Emma) Harrell 1872–1926 m. Henry (Robert) Davis 1866–1912
  2. 2. David (B.) Bright 1775–1852
  3. 3. Nicholas Bright 1782–1814
  4. 4. Elizabeth Bright 1794–1841
  5. 5. Christiana ("Tenny") Bright 1790–1827
  6. 6. Rachel Bright 1793–1865

Nicholas Bright's Timeline

2 Records

1755
Abt. 1755
Birth of Nicholas Bright in Prince George's, Maryland, USA
Prince George's, Maryland, USA
1817
25 Jan 1817
Age 62
Death of Nicholas Bright in , Knox, Ohio, USA
, Knox, Ohio, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1755
    Event Place: Prince George's, Maryland, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 Jan 1817
    Event Place: , Knox, Ohio, USA
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