Genealogy Data Page 129 (Notes Pages)

Note: The German people added an "in" to the last name of a married womanto show she was married. She was mentioned as Maria CatherinaBrechtin in a deed which she and George Adam I, signed in 1754 inBerks County, Virgina. She signed her name as the Germans do, MariaCatherina brechtin with a lower case b. George Adam put his mark ashis initials -- GAB

Death: ABT 1798 Augusta Co., VA

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BRIGHT, Mary {I2590} (b. ABT 1752)

Given Name: Mary

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LIPTRAP, Isaac {I2591} (b. )

Given Name: Isaac

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BRIGHT, John (Johannes) {I2592} (b. 18 JAN 1756, d. MAY 1828)

Given Name: John (Johannes)

Note: Revolutionary War Soldier John Bright, baptised Johannes Brecht,January 18, 1756 in York County, Pennsylvania, died after April 07,1828 and before June 1828, in Augusta Co, Virginia. He first marriedSusannah Kleiner nee Fulwider, and second Susannah Wiseman. John wasthe son of George Adam (1731-1804) and Mary Catherine Bright. (Thename Ann Faucett also shows up as a wife in some records)

The children of John Bright by both of his wives, were baptised as"Brecht" at St. John's Reformed Church, near Middlebrook, in AugustaCounty, VA. This is the only place one can find the German spellingof the name in Augusta County. John was the father of elevenchildren, nine by this first wife, and two by his second wife. Takenfrom a submission by Harold Bright of Texas.

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John Bright had a land grant in Augusta Co VA on 12 July 1809 for 80acres of land "on the waters of James River and between the lines ofhis other lands."

[14013] Known as John Bright. He m. ca. 1783 in VA to Susanna Kleiner(nee Fulwider). They had Adam Bright (1792-1852) who m. Sarah Headly24 Sept 1814 in Staunton, VA (she b. in 1794) and had Andrew "Andy"Jackson Bright (1826-1910). Adam served in the War of 1812 andreceived a land grant in OH; Sarah, his widow, filed for a widow'spension at age 77 on 18 April 1872 in Decatur Co., IA. "Andy" m. 20April 1850 Melissa Duncan, daughter of John Duncan and BehethelineManning From Al Meyers