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Armed Forces / Re: Fifth Regiment of Foot enlistments 1780s
« on: Monday 11 April 22 15:04 BST (UK) »
Hi Johnrbee
I have also been looking into William Wright although unfortunately, I can't help you get any further. However, I believe my 3rd Great Grandmother Sarah Wright might also be his daughter. She was born in Kingston, Canada C1788 and married John Brocksop in Derby in 1809. The reason I think that Sarah is Mundy's sister is because her daughter Frances Brocksop married Frederick Wright in 1877- who I think was her cousin. Interestingly Ancestry DNA also shows that I am related to a Catherine Wight born in North America in 1796 and living in Derby on the 1841 and 1851 census' so she could be another sibling.
I did not know that William enlisted in Ireland or that he was still in the army in 1806, this is very interesting to me. If Mundy, Cathine and Sarah are all siblings then perhaps William retired in Derby? like you I would love to know more of the story.
My tree is on Ancestry here:
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/166057031/person/212156199072/facts
I have also been looking into William Wright although unfortunately, I can't help you get any further. However, I believe my 3rd Great Grandmother Sarah Wright might also be his daughter. She was born in Kingston, Canada C1788 and married John Brocksop in Derby in 1809. The reason I think that Sarah is Mundy's sister is because her daughter Frances Brocksop married Frederick Wright in 1877- who I think was her cousin. Interestingly Ancestry DNA also shows that I am related to a Catherine Wight born in North America in 1796 and living in Derby on the 1841 and 1851 census' so she could be another sibling.
I did not know that William enlisted in Ireland or that he was still in the army in 1806, this is very interesting to me. If Mundy, Cathine and Sarah are all siblings then perhaps William retired in Derby? like you I would love to know more of the story.
My tree is on Ancestry here:
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/166057031/person/212156199072/facts