This novel came about in odd littles way. For years, the idea of a troubled young girl and a haunted house has floated around in the ethers of my mind. When I was still in high school, I started an early draft of the story, not knowing that it would one day become this novel. [...]
I'm thrilled to share with you all some very exciting news! After years of drafts and rewrites, my first novel, The Children's Field, will be published later this year. It's been an incredible journey of writing and exploring the world and story I created, time spent editing and sharing my story with beta readers, and [...]
The time has come to update this very popular post. Recent research along with DNA developments* has revealed that my ancestor, Abel Wright (1631-1725) was not born at Kelvedon Hatch as previously believed, but that he was most likely born in Leverton, Lincolnshire, England, and thus, he is not a descendant of the Wrights of [...]
As one who lives with one foot firmly in the past, Memorial Day holds special meaning to me. This year, I decided to finally check one off the old bucket list and visit Prospect Hill Cemetery in Omaha. It's one of the oldest pioneer cemeteries in the city and is the final resting place of [...]
When I began my ancestral journey, many years ago, it was because I wanted to better understand myself. How did I come to be, here, in this time and place? Who came before me, these people who lived and loved down and down throughout time that brought me into existence? Although I've always held a [...]
It's taken four years to return to this post, but here we finally are! Over the last two months, I've shared family research of my Freeman line. While this post regarding John and Tabitha Hoyter Freeman was one of the first I wrote of the family, further research as well as DNA testing have proven [...]
We're nearing the end of the Freeman line as research has proven. We’ve discussed my 2x great-grandmother, Mattie Ann Freeman; her father, William Harrison Freeman, his father, Micajah Freeman, his father, Micajah Freeman Senior, his father William Freeman and his father, James. Today we move to the eighth generation and James' father, John Freeman. And [...]
We’ve discussed my 2x great-grandmother, Mattie Ann Freeman; her father, William Harrison Freeman; and his father, Micajah Freeman, and his father, Micajah Freeman Senior. Today we move to the sixth generation and Micajah Senior’s father, William Freeman. For a long time, I believed that William was a son of John Freeman and Tabitha Hoyter. But [...]
We’ve discussed my 2x great-grandmother, Mattie Ann Freeman; her father, William Harrison Freeman; and his father, Micajah Freeman, and his father, Micajah Freeman Senior. Today we move to the sixth generation and Micajah Senior's father, William Freeman. This is a very old post, originally published about four years ago and so it has been updated [...]
We've discussed my 2x great-grandmother, Mattie Ann Freeman; her father, William Harrison Freeman; and his father, Micajah Freeman. Today we move to the fifth generation and Micajah's father, Micajah Freeman Senior. Micajah Freeman Senior was born in North Carolina in 17791, probably in or near to Bertie, county. His parents were William Freeman and Pricilla Hunt [...]
BRIANNA WRIGHT 