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Richard Wright

Ancestry of
Richard Wright

(c1596 - c1668)
Great Migration Immigrant 1630


Who was Richard Wright?

Richard Wright was a Great Migration immigrant who arrived in New England by 1630. The Great Migration includes immigrants to New England who arrived between the Mayflower in 1620 and the beginning of the English Civil War in 1640. The first wave of immigrants consisted largely of Puritans, who left England in search of religious freedom and established the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630. Over the next few decades, thousands of people from England, Scotland, and other parts of Europe made the journey to New England, bringing with them their skills, customs, and cultures. The immigrants played a key role in shaping American society and politics, and many of their descendants went on to play important roles in the American Revolution and the formation of the United States.


Some of the most recently added connections of famous kin for Richard Wright

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Nat Faxon

Actor, Comedian, Director and Screenwriter

11th great-grandson

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Henry Howard Sessions

Railroad Car Inventor

8th great-grandson

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Douglas Trumbull

Film Special Effects Pioneer

10th great-grandson

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Maj. Gen. Francis C. Barlow

Union Army - U.S. Civil War

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Walt Disney

Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company

8th great-grandson

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Sam Waterston

Stage, TV and Movie Actor

9th great-grandson

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Benjamin Apthorp Gould

Founder of The Astronomical Journal

5th great-grandson

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Charlie Munger

Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway

9th great-grandson

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Vanessa Hudgens

TV, Movie and Stage Actress

12th great-granddaughter

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Bert Underwood

Pioneers, Stereoscopic and News Photography

6th great-grandson

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Elmer Underwood

Pioneers, Stereoscopic and News Photography

6th great-grandson

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Francis H. Underwood

Founder of the Atlantic Monthly

6th great-grandson

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Lucia Chase

Co-Founder, American Ballet Theatre

8th great-granddaughter

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Rob Schneider

Comedian, TV and Movie Actor

10th great-grandson

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Lily James

TV and Movie Actress

10th great-granddaughter

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Billy Bush

TV Personality and Host

11th great-grandson

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Jonathan Bush

Co-founder and CEO of athenahealth

11th great-grandson

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Tammy Duckworth

U.S. Senator from Illinois

11th great-granddaughter

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Increase Sumner

5th Governor of Massachusetts

4th great-grandson

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Helen Horton

TV and Movie Actress

8th great-granddaughter

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Alfred Worden

Apollo 15 Astronaut

9th great-grandson

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George W. Bush

43rd U.S. President

11th great-grandson

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Calvin Coolidge

30th U.S. President

8th great-grandson

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Tennessee Williams

Author of A Streetcar Named Desire

8th great-grandson

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Millard Fillmore

13th U.S. President

5th great-grandson

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