Individual Details
Mary Delilah/Delia Lee
(1801 - )
Although Hezekiah's wife is usually seen as Delia or Delilah, the marriage was recorded as Mary Lee.
William Lee was Bondsman. 7 Oct 1820, Bond date. Elizabeth Lee, Mother of the Bride.
She was the daughter of a Richard Lee.
Madison Co KY Deed Book 3, p.1-2
1 Sept 1845
One of several deeds among the heirs of Richard Lee. Richard had 352 acres on the Brushy Fork of Silver Creek - it was divided among Lee's 16 children [ 21-25 acre lots) by Kiah Crooke, Commissioner appointed for that purpose. Two of the daughters of Richard Lee were deceased leaving numerous children. Hezekiah W. Wright and Delila his wife, late Delila Lee, were deeded 22 acres, Lot #1. Signed by the other 36 heirs.
Delila's siblings were: brothers; Richard, Noah, David, Thomas, Grisham, James, and Irvine and sisters; Polly married to James Stephenson, Dorothy married to Ebenezer Titus, Ann married to Thomas McGuire, Sally West - a widow, Margaret married to David Dalton, Lucinda married to Preston Forest, Nancy, deceased, who had married Joel Todd and left nine children including one daughter old enough to be married, and Elizabeth, deceased, who had married a Belsha and left 8 heirs.
1870, Randolph Co MO, S. Chariton Twp, p.144, Household 44
Delila Wright, age 69, b. KY, head of household
This seems to be a household of multiple families. All except Delila born in MO.
David Wright, age 40, b. MO. N.J. age marked over & unreadable, maybe 40-something
James N. 8, H. L. [male] 7, N. D. [female] age 6, T. F. [male] age 5.
E. Myar, [female], age 33. B. [female] age 14, M. [female] age 10, and E. [female] age 7.
Events
| Birth | 1801 | Kentucky |  | ||
| Marriage | 12 Oct 1820 | Madison County, Kentucky - Hezekiah WRIGHT | |
Families
| Spouse | Hezekiah WRIGHT (1798 - 1860) |
| Child | Gideon WRIGHT (1823 - ) |
| Child | Richard WRIGHT (1825 - 1876) |
| Child | Durling WRIGHT (1826 - ) |
| Child | David WRIGHT (1828 - ) |
| Child | John WRIGHT (1830 - ) |
| Child | James WRIGHT (1831 - 1905) |
| Child | Hezekiah WRIGHT Jr (1833 - ) |
| Child | Elizabeth WRIGHT (1837 - ) |
| Child | Silas WRIGHT (1838 - 1900) |
| Child | Rebecca WRIGHT (1841 - 1870) |
| Child | Thomas Pettit WRIGHT (1843 - ) |
Endnotes
1. U.S. Federal Census - Digital Images Online by Subscription (Ancestry.com); 1790-1940, 1870, MO, Randolph Co, Chariton Twp, p.144-144b, Household 44.
2. Bill and Kathy Vockery, Madison County Kentucky Marriage Records; Vol. 1; 1786-1822 (Richmond, KY. 1993.), p.92.