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Dear Humphpaul,

Many thanks for your message. It's the first response I've had.
I have quite a lot of information from the Carlisle Archives and the church inscriptions but the problem is that there are so many Wrights that it would be very easy to attach myself to the wrong family, as you seem to have discovered, too.
My reasons for pursuing the family history are that my mother was told by her grandfather and he by his father, etc. that the family was descended from the Gunpowder Plot Wrights. My mother is now aged 104, so can hardly remember anything at all, let alone family history tales.
Unfortunately, I cannot link the Longtown/Kirkandrews on Esk Wrights to the Yorkshire Wrights in the 17th Century, who were the plotters. This is mainly because they were such a prolific lot so following family lines backwards has proved difficult earlier than about 1800 and it is unreliable to try to follow forwards from the Holderness Wrights.
So I have sort of come to a standstill, but I will certainly follow up your lead with the hardware store gentleman. I don't think the documents are what I'm looking for, although Henrystown has come up. "My" Wrights came from nearby Pattenstown, i.e. "Jock O' Pattenstown".
Best wishes,  Sybella2

My uncle was a Rogan. He lived and worked in Barrow in Furness at the Vickers shipyards but I believe his family came from Whitehaven and before that, Ireland. He died about 20 years ago, in his seventies. He was in the army during the war. There are still family members with that surname. I don't know if that information helps.