John Wright1,2
M, b. circa 1680, d. 1737
| Father | Gideon Wright b. c 1639, d. Jun 1685 |
| Mother | Elizabeth Townsend b. c 1647, d. 22 Aug 1723 |
John was born circa 1680 in the Town of Oyster Bay, Queens County, Long Island, New York.
He married Abigail Barker on 27 January 1707 at Rhode Island by Samuel Cranston, Governor. In a small notebook belonging to John, it was noted: " I John Wright arrived at Newport on Rhode Island to Dwell the 14th day of April In ye year of our Lord 1707." He appears to have been master of a vessel & a man of piety, intelligence, and education. His memorandum-book is bound in parchment, with a brass clasp, and is in perfect preservation. John was a weaver. Another memorandum said: "I took my departure Rhod Island y 7th day of October, and arrived at hog Island y 8th day, 1714." "Betty Rhoad died July I0, I714." John departed this life in 1737 in the Town of Oyster Bay, Queens County, Long Island, New York.
He married Abigail Barker on 27 January 1707 at Rhode Island by Samuel Cranston, Governor. In a small notebook belonging to John, it was noted: " I John Wright arrived at Newport on Rhode Island to Dwell the 14th day of April In ye year of our Lord 1707." He appears to have been master of a vessel & a man of piety, intelligence, and education. His memorandum-book is bound in parchment, with a brass clasp, and is in perfect preservation. John was a weaver. Another memorandum said: "I took my departure Rhod Island y 7th day of October, and arrived at hog Island y 8th day, 1714." "Betty Rhoad died July I0, I714." John departed this life in 1737 in the Town of Oyster Bay, Queens County, Long Island, New York.
Family | Abigail Barker |
Citations
- [S124] A Memorial of John, Henry, and Richard Townsend & their descendants., pages 132-133 - "JOIIN does not appear upon the Records, but George Weeks lent us ari antique memorandum-book which proved to have belonged to him. He bought it from William Bradford, 14399. A lcng other entries in it is the following : III, John Wright, arrived at Newport, Rhode Island to dwell, the 19th day of April, in ye year of our Lord 1707." And " John Wright and Abigail Barker was married by Samuel Cranston, Governor, ye 27th day of January, 1707." He appears to have been master of a_ vessel, and from his Note-Book and another book belonging to him, also lent us by George Weeks, was evidently a man of piety, intelligence, and education. His memorandum-book is bound in parchment, with a brass clasp, and is in perfect preservation. It is probable that lie had no family, as there are entries of the birth of two of Anthony's children, but none of his own."
- [S106] Howland Delano Perrine, The Wright Family of Oysterbay, L.I. with the ancestry of and descent from Peter Wright and Nicholas Wright, 1423-1923, page 78 - JOHN WRIGHT (Gideon), d. 1737; m. Abigail (James and Sarah (Jefferey) Barker, of Newport, Rhode Island, Jany. 27, 1707-8. John Wright was a weaver. (Austin Genealogical Dictionary.) Issue: Abigail, b. Jany. 17, 1712-13; Gideon, b. Dec. 23, I715 ; d. after 1770; Tabiathal John. There was in the possession of George Weeks, Esgr., of Glen Cove, L I., a book, once belonging to John Wright, which contained some interesting items, and valuable dates. The book was bound in vellum, and held by a silver clasp, the first page missing, following are extracts from this book :
"John Wright his Book, bought of William Bradford in New York, in y year of our Lord, 1699."
"Memorandum that I John Wright arrived at Newport on Rhode Island to Dwell the 14th day of April In ye year of our Lord 1707."..."A Memorandum that John Wright and Abigail Barker was married by Samuel Cranston, Govcnor, ye 27th day of January, 1707-8."...".t Memorandum that I took my departure Rhod Island y 7th day of October, and arrived at hog Island y 8th day, 1714." "Betty Rhoad died July I0, I714" (15).