John Wright1

M, b. 22 March 1707, d. 12 January 1750
     John was born on Tuesday, 22 March 1707 in Queens County, Long Island, New York. He was the son of William & Elizabeth [Rhodes] Wright. He was the grandson of Caleb & Elizabeth [Dickerson] Wright and John & Dinah Rhodes, of Oyster Bay. John married Zeruiah Wright, daughter of Edmund Wright II and Sarah Townsend, on 15 April 1736. Zeruiah was of Suckscally Wigwam, L. 1. (Cedar Swamp). He made his will 8 January 1750. John mentions his wife Zerbiah, his children: John [not yet 21 years]. Elizabeth & Anne [not yet 18 years], Father still alive [probably meant father-in-law since his own father is dead], Nicholas & William [younger sons]. [New York Wills: Liber 17, page 83] John departed this life on Monday, 12 January 1750 in Queens County, Long Island, New York. His will was probated on 22 March 1750.

Family

Zeruiah Wright b. 1715, d. 17 Sep 1791

Citations

  1. [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 153 - no. 469 JOHN WRIGHT (William, 458), b. Mch. 27, 1707; d. Jany. 12, 1750; m. Zeruiah (Edmund and Sarah (Townsend) Wright (482), of Suckscally Wigwam, L. 1. (Cedar Swamp), Api. 15, 1736; b. 1715; d. Sept. 17, 1791. (N. Y. Marriage Bonds, Vol. 1, p. 1; N. Y. Co. Surrogate's Court, Liber 17 of Wills, p. 83.) issue: No. 484 John, b. 1737; m. (1) Sarah (Barent and Hannah (Carman) Van Wyck, of East Woods (Westbury), L I., Feby. 8, 1763; (2) Margaret Floyd, of L I., Jany. 4, 1783. (N. Y. Marriage Bonds, Vol. 7, p. 55 ; Vol. 38, p. 15.); no. 485 William, b. 1738; d. Sept. 12, 1740; no. 486 Elizabeth, b. Sept. 2, 1741; d. Jany. 21, 1823; m. Capt. Abraham (Parent and Hannah (Carman) Van Wyck, of East Woods, L I., July 23, 1761; b. Mch. 22, 1738; d. Feby. 5, 1809. (N. Y. Marriage Bonds, VoL 4, p. 256; N. Y. Gen. S Biog. Record, Vol. 13, p. 95 ; N. Y. Co. Surrogate's Court, Liber 17 of Wills, p. 67; Descendants of Cornelius Barentse Van Wyck, Ann E. Van Wyck, 1912, p. 106; Hist. of Queens Co., N. Y. Munsell, 1882, p. 206; Jones Family of Long Island, John H. Jones, 1907, p. 224.); no.+487 Nicholas, b. Mch. 27, 1744; d. Sept. 21, 1795; no. 488 Anne, b. Aug. 27, 1746; d. Feby. 11, 1836; m. (1) Robert Crooker, Jr., b. 1736; (2) Joshua Hammond, b. 1750; d. Feby. 27, 1826; no.+489 William, 2d, b. Oct. 21, 1748; d. Mch. 11, 1820.