Love Conquers All.

For centuries, parents often have not "approved" of marriages -- "The girl 
is not good enough for my son."......  "My daughter deserves a better 
person."

But if the couple REALLY want to get married they do, with or without a 
family blessing, and with or without a promised inheritance.

Randy Cabell
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Diane Ethridge" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 2:43 PM
Subject: [VA-HIST] Another question about "Planters"


My 4th gr grandparents, Reuben Wright & Joanna (or Anna) Gilbert married in 
1798, Sussex Co. VA.  The Gilberts of early Surry & Sussex Counties, were 
listed as "Planters" in the area & appeared to be a very affluent family. 
The "Surety" for this marriage was a "Gray Barker", a descendant of another 
well-to-do family & was descended from George Washington's relatives in that 
area.

My question is this:  Would a lady from a family of this higher social 
standing marry a man from a lower station in life, given the times in which 
they lived & the fact that they still followed  the social & ettiquette 
rules of England?

Recent DNA studies have shown that this Wright family is from the line who 
married into the Jarrett family & many of them moved on to both IL & GA. 
However, we still can't determine just where this group came from 
originally.

Maybe if we knew the answer to this "social" question, it would help place 
our Wrights, who were from Thomas Wright, b 1700 in VA, & married Mary 
Hannah Mize in Bedford Co. VA, into a known Wright line.   My Reuben Wright 
was a farmer & Methodist-Episcopal minister.

Thank you,

Diane Ethridge
Conroe, TX

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