At an Orphans Court held at Georgetown in and for the County of Sussex, the twenty eighth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty one (1881) before Hon'l Edward Wootten, Judge, composing the Orphans Court in and for the County aforesaid upon the application of Elizabeth P. Johnson and William A. Johnson it is presented to the Court that Warren Wright late of the county aforesaid deceased, died intestate on or about the (blank) day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty five (1865) being seize in his demesne as of fee of two tracts, pieces or parcels of land situate in Lewes and Rehoboth Hundred to wit: No. One adjoining lands of Harbison Hickman and Elisha Wright and containing sixteen acres (16) more or less. And No. Two A tract adjoining lands of William Dill and George W. Johnson and containing Ten (10)acres more or less.

That the said Warren Wright left to survive him a widow named Maria Wright and thirteen children to wit: 1. Philip Wright 2. Elisha Wright 3. Joseph Wright 4. Levin Wright 5. David Wright 6.Ann (now the wife of Paynter Harman) 7. Nicey (now the wife of Ephraim Harman) 8. Mary Perkins 9. Sarah (now the wife of Whittington Clark) 10. Louisa Wright 11. Hetty Drain 12. Elizabeth (your petitioner now the wife of William A. Johnson) and 13. Walter Wright. That the said Walter Wright is since deceased leaving to survive him a widow named Matilda now Matilda Waters and two children to wit: Joseph Wright and Elizabeth Wright .

That the said Maria Wright widow of the said Warren Wright died on the 18th Oct. 1881. That of said deceaseds Real Estate it belongs to Philip Wright, Elisha Wright, Joseph Wright, Levin Wright, David Wright, Ann Harman wife of Paynter Harman, Nicey Harman wife of Ephraim Harman, Mary Perkins, Sarah Clark wife of Whittington Clark, Louisa Wright, Hetty Drain, Elizabeth P. wife of William A. Johnson, each to have two shares and to Joseph Wright and Elizabeth Wright, minor children of Walter Wright, dec'd, each to have one share the same into twenty six equal shares to be divided.
And the said Elizabeth P. Johnson & William A. Johnson by their petition, prayed the Court to appoint five sufficient freeholders of the county aforesaid to go upon the lands, tenements and hereditaments of the said Warren Wright deceased and divide said deceaseds Real Estate equally among the children and grandchildren of said intestate according to the directions, true intents and meaning of the acts of the General Assembly in such case made and provided.

From John C. Carter <spacemanspiff@tampabay.rr.com> Dec 12, 2015, modified somewhat:

RJT: "...perhaps Maria's daughter Louisa is mother of Stephen & Hersal?”

Indeed! Interesting possibility. And not just mother of Stephen & Hersal, but perhaps of Lydia & Rebecca, too. That would explain them not being listed in Maria’s probate.

Warren & Maria's daughter, Maria Louisa Wright, #13 below on this page, is the Louisa mentioned in the 1880 census. She died 1885/1886 and she clearly had children because her headstone reads “Our Mother”:

Regarding Lydia, Rebecca, Stephen & Hersal Wright -- the next step would be to try to find their death certificates to see who is listed for their parents….

Stephen – no parents listed, death cert.

Hersal who lived at least past the 1880 census. Didn’t find a Hersal/Hersel, but I found a “Hurcie” and he’s the right approximate age, and he died in 1884 in Philadelphia, and although his mother wasn’t Louisa, look who his mother is: Hester Drain, probably the Hester “Hetty” Wright who married John Drain who is #17 on the report below—in other words, this Hester is probably Warren Wright & Maria Sockum’s daughter, and thus Hersal/Hersal/Hurcie would be another grandchild of Maria. Hurcie’s death certificate said his father was “deceased.” So…do we have a John Drain who died before Hurcie? Boom, here is John. No proof that he was the husband of Hester/Hetty, but his age is in the right ballpark. He may not have been Hurcie’s father, however, since Hurcie went by the last name of Wright instead of Drain. So, this scenario only works if the mother’s name on Hurcie’s death certificate was her married name rather than her maiden name. But if so, Hurcie may have been an out-of-wedlock son of Hester/Hetty’s before she married John Drain.

As for Lydia & Rebecca, we would have to figure out what their (presumed) married names at death would have been, in order to look at their death certificates.

Anyway, I think we’re on the right track. Those 4 children were just too young to be Maria Sockum Wright’s children, and it explains them not being listed in her probate.