Allied Families:

Largent
Petit

 

Albritton Origins

Albritton was originally rendered "Albrighton," and its exact origins have been lost. The are two theories, however. The first states that the name was derived from a 6th Century settler in Shropshire of Saxon origins named Alberic, whose name was given to the town where he lived, i.e. "Alberic's town", or as it is rendered in the Domesday book, "Llbricatone." Alberic's lands are near the present town of Shifnal. The second theory says the Normans may have given the name "Aethelbright" to a former Saxon town in the 11th Century.

Great Britain

The earliest known Albritton in the line was Robert Albritton born 1570 in Scotland. His son Francis Albritton, Sr. was born in Scotland or England. His son George emigrated to Virginia.

Virginia and North Carolina

The first Albritton to come to American was probably George Albritton who was born in England or Scotland. George's son Ralph Albritton, Sr. was born in York Co. Va in 1656 and married Mary _____. Their son Thomas Albritton was born in 1682 in York Co., VA and married Agnes _____. Their son James B. Albritton was born in 1705 in Princess Anne Co., VA and married Anne _____. Their son George Albritton II was born in Beaufort Co., NC and married Lydia Petit. Their son George Albritton III moved to Lawrence Co., MS.

George Albritton of Lawrence Co., Mississippi

George Albritton III was born in 1772 in Pitt Co., North Carolina and married Martha _____, who was born in 1776 in Maryland. The Albrittons lived in Lawrence Co., Missisippi. George moved to Simpson Co., MS where he died in 1845 near the present town of Weathersby. Many of the Albrittons moved to Angelina Co., Texas.

George and Martha Albritton's children included:

  1. Martha, born 1806 in Mississippi, married William James Largent in 1825, and died near present-day Lufkin, Angelina Co., Texas in 1865
  2. James C., born 1800
  3. Elam F., born 1803
  4. Claude, born 1808
  5. Elijah, born 1809
  6. John, born 1817

My Albritton Line

  1. M. Lee Murrah
  2. Ina Gertrude Johnson m. Earvin Elroy Murrah
  3. Florence Ophelia Largent m. Franklin John Johnson
  4. Malcom David Largent m. Eliza Azalee Spears
  5. Thomas Wayne Largent m. Talitha Maria Freeman
  6. William James Largent m. Martha Albritton
  7. George Albritton, III m. Martha _____
  8. George Albritton, II m. Lydia Petit
  9. James B. Albritton m. Elizabeth _____
  10. Thomas Albritton m. Agnes _____.
  11. Ralph Albritton, Sr. m. Mary _____
  12. George Albritton
  13. Francis Albritton, Sr.
  14. Robert Albritton

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Updates and Corrections

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