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THE BRlGdT FAMILY LINE Great, great. Grandfather, CAPTAIN SIMON BRIGHT'S Father, came from Wales; and settled in Pennsylvania,,
His sonc, CAPTAIN SIMON BRIGHT, married MARY GRAVES of Virginia and No Carolinac SIMON BRIGHT and MARY GRATES BRIGHTs had two children; ELIZABETH April 7th3 1775 - diei July 29th, 1844.? and JAMES BRIGHT,, son of SIMON BRIGHT and MARY GRAVES BRIGHT. ELIZABETH BRIGHT married first DRC CHARLES &ARXLAN.Do After his death she married WILLIAM LOVICS, ELIZABETH HARKLAND 3RIGH2 and her second husband WILLIAM L0VICK3 had a large family of child-C3n0 LENA JONES descends from them0
JAMES BRIGHT9 son of SIMON BRIGHT and his wife, MARY GRAVES BRIGHT^' narried ELIZABETH LOVICK, sister of WILLIAM LOVICK, ^hom married his sister o ELIZABETH BRIGHTo ??Brother and sister married brother and sistero JAMES BRIGHT married ELIZABETH LOVICK, and ELIZABETH BRIGHT married WILLIAM LOVICK
THE BUTLER GENEALOGY Accordings of the Butler "historians?, the first of the BUTLER line, was 'HERYEIUS WALTER"0 who married MAUD de VALOIS* He was one of the companions it vVillian the Conquerorc His son "THEOBOLD WALTER? went with Henry the 2nd ;o Ireland in 1171 and was created .CHIEF BUTLER of Ireland In 1177 <=? hence ;he origin cf the family name0 The family continued to be a very aistin-;uished one; one of their number, JAMES BUTLERs 2nd Earl of Garrick married 'LEANOR, daughter of King Edward the 1st, and was created Duke cf Ormonde. ARAGARET? the daughter of the 7th Earl of Ormonde, married SIR WILLIAM OLEYNSj, whose daughter "ANN? was one of the unfortunate vjives of Henry the tho Several of this family settled in Virginia? AUGUSTINE WASHINGTON mar-ied JAKE the daughter of MAJOR CALEB BUTLER of Westmoreland, Virgin!ao Of he same family v:as PEBCIVAL BUTLER9 who went to Ky? and COLONEL RUBEN BUTLER f Revolutionary fameQ They are all descendents of the Duke of Ormond,-, AVVRENCE WASHINGTON, sen of AUGUSTINE, half- brother of GEORGE WASHINGTON;, ad in his possession a silver waiter with the BUTLER Coat of Arms, quartered' ith thg BECKWITH Coat of Arms0 They are described thus:	1st	and	4th