David BRIGHT

Birth:
9 Aug 1740
Heidleberg Twp, Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Death:
1808
Greenbriar, Virginia
Marriage:
Abt 1770
Pinegrove, Berks, Pennsylvania
Notes:
                   Information obtained from
"Historical Sketch of the Bright Family" by A.G.Green P11
He later moved to Greenbriar County, Virginia.  He had a flour mill
and sold
flour to Washington's troops.  "He was conducting a grist mill in
Berks county
at the time Washington was encamped at Vally Forge 1777-78, and that
he
furnished a large supply of flour to the American army at that
place, that he
was paid in Continental currency, which by its rapid depreciation
made him
bankrupt."
Mary GRANT
Birth:
Abt 1742
Heidleberg Twp, Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Notes:
                   Information from "The Bright Family of Pennsylvania" by Margaret
Gearhart
Children
Marriage
1
Michael BRIGHT
Birth:
1771
Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania
Death:
1812
Mrs BRIGHT 
Marr:
Abt 1798
Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania 
Notes:
                   Information from "The Bright Family of Pennsylvania" by Margart
Gearhart
2
Jesse BRIGHT
Birth:
1773
Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania
Death:
1856
Mrs BRIGHT 
Marr:
Bef 1818
 
Notes:
                   Information from "The Bright Family of Pannsylvania" by Margaret
gearhart
3
David G BRIGHT
Birth:
1775
Greenbriar, Virginia
Death:
1851
Madison, Jefferson, Indiana
Rachel GRAHAM 
Marr:
1800
Fincastle, Botetourt, Virginia 
Notes:
                   Information from "The Bright Family of Pennsylvania" by Margaret
Gearhart.
Also from page 15 of "Historical Sketch of the Bright Family."
"David G. Bright moved to Botetourt County, Virginia.  He was
married to Miss
Graham, of Fincastle, Va., in 1800.  The same year he removed to
Plattsburg,
N.Y., by the advice of De Witt Clinton.  In 1812 he changed his
residence to
Norwich, Chenango Co., N. Y.  In 1820 he left Norwich and moved to
Madison,
Ind., below Cincinnati, Where he died in 1851.
4
Margaret BRIGHT
Birth:
1780
Greenbrier, Virginia
Death:
GRAHAM 
Marr:
Abt 1800
Greenbrier, Virginia 
Notes:
                   Information is from "The Bright Family of Pennsylvania" by Margaret
Gearhart.
Also the "Historical Sketch of the Bright Family"  Page 15.
5
George BRIGHT
Birth:
1782
Pinegrove Twp, Berks, Pennsylvania
Death:
1873
Greenbrier, Virginia
Ann CONELL 
Marr:
Abt 1829
Greenbriar, Virginia 
Notes:
                   Information is from "The Bright Family of Pennsylvania" by Margaret
Gearhart.
Also the "Historical Skech of the Bright Family"  Page 15.
6
Mary Elizabeth BRIGHT
Birth:
1784
Greenbrier, Virginia
Death:
John MOORE 
Marr:
Abt 1807
Fincastle, Botetourt, Virginia 
Notes:
                   Information is from "The Bright Family of Pennsylvania" by Margaret
Gearhart.
Also the "Historical Sketch of the Bright Family"  Page 15.
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David Bright - Mary Grant

David Bright was born at Heidleberg Twp, Lebanon, Pennsylvania 9 Aug 1740. His parents were John Michael Brecht and Marguerite Simone.

He married Mary Grant Abt 1770 at Pinegrove, Berks, Pennsylvania . Mary Grant was born at Heidleberg Twp, Lebanon, Pennsylvania Abt 1742 .

They were the parents of 6 children:
Michael Bright born 1771.
Jesse Bright born 1773.
David G Bright born 1775.
Margaret Bright born 1780.
George Bright born 1782.
Mary Elizabeth Bright born 1784.

David Bright died 1808 at Greenbriar, Virginia .