Bronaugh Resources
Will of Jeremiah Bronaugh
died 1749
Will of Waugh Darnall
Will of Jeremiah
Darnall about 1720 - 1795
Will of Jeremiah Bronaugh
died 1749
from Robert N. Grant
Will dated April 14, 1736 proved January 5, 1749 King George County, VA WB
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Parish of Brunswick to daughter Elizabeth Wright four ew's and no more because
she has had her full share of my estate already.
Will of Waugh Darnall
From Robert N. Grant
Will dated 6/2/1726 proved 10/7/1726 King George County, VA
to son Jeremiah Darnall the tract of land on where I live ...that a tract of
land lying on Deadera Run may be divided between my daughters Anne Darnall and
Margaret Darnall and their heirs forever
Executrix widow Elizabeth
Will of Jeremiah
Darnall about 1720 - 1795
From Robert N. Grant:
The case of Smith vs. Darnall's Executors, Fauquier County, Virginia, Chancery
Court, Papers terminating February 1802, which The Darnall, Darnell Family
stated included the following Bill in Chancery by Augustine Smith:
"Augustine Smith of Fauquier County sayeth in 1781 he served in the Virginia
Militia and became entitled for his said service to a certificate -8:10:0, and
being anxious to become an adventurer in Kentucky lands mentioned same to
Jeremiah Darnall, now deceased, and he said Jeremiah Darnall proposed to assist
him in locating the said land thru Major James Wright who was then about to go
to Kentucky for the purpose of locating lands, . . . . but being so nearly
connected with the said Jeremiah as to have married his daughter and being also
connected by marriage to the said James Wright . . . ."
On May 22, 1797, at Fauquier County, Virginia, Chancery Court Loose Papers, File
Folder 1/15, James Wright filed his answer to the complaint in Smith v. Darnall
as follows:
"The Answer of James Wright Exr of Jeremiah Darnall to the bill of Complt by
Augustine Smith Complt . . . . This Defendnt knows it to be true that the sd
Jeremiah Died possessed of the Quantity of Kentucky land stated in the Complts
bill and he believes it to be the whole he did own This Defendt recollects that
in the year 1783 when he made known his Intention of visiting Kentuckey for the
purpose of locating & surveying lands that the sd Jeremiah applied to him to
know if he procured a warrant whether this Defendt would locate & survey it and
that on this Defendts giving his assent he shortly after procured a warrant for
the amount stated in the Complts bill This Defendt located the same & surveyed
the lands without making any charge for his services or trouble, demaning no
more than his expences & costs which was paid by said Jeremiah. Had this Defendt
known that the land was for the Complt, he does not think he should have done
the business on the same terms The sd Jeremiah was a half brother of this
Defendt & therefore he was induced to ask of him no more than his expences . . .
."
This record clearly identifies James Wright as the half brother of Jeremiah Darnall. For James Wright, the son of 1792 John Wright of Fauquier County and his wife Elizabeth, to be the half-brother of Jeremiah Darnall, the son of Waugh Darnall and his wife Elizabeth Darnall, then James Wright's mother would have had to have been the wife of both Waugh Darnall and 1792 John Wright. With the listing in Jeremiah Bronaugh's will of his daughter as Elizabeth Wright, the identification would seem complete that 1792 John Wright's wife was Elizabeth (Bronaugh) (Darnall) Wright. Robert N. Grant
The Identification of 1809 William Wright of Franklin County, Virginia, As the Son of 1792 John Wright of Fauquier County, Virginia, And Elizabeth (Bronaugh) (Darnall) Wright by Robert N. Grant, 15 Campo Bello Court, Menlo Park, CA 94025, [email protected].