John Bogart Wright1

M, b. 29 April 1801, d. 29 July 1858
FatherAugustus Wright b. 8 May 1765, d. 28 Mar 1819
MotherKatharine Uyt ten Bogaert [second] b. 21 Mar 1770, d. 2 May 1806
John Bogart Wright - painted by Antonio Meucci around 1825 - Courtesy of James L. McElhinney
     John Bogart was born on Wednesday, 29 April 1801 at the family home at 99 Beekman Street. John married Nancy Delano Howland on 6 August 1827. They resided at N°. 45 Henry 49th Street . John was in the wholesale dry goods business, at N°'. 233 Pearl street, in partnership with his brother Edward Augustus & his nephew Augustus Wright Leggett for many years. They then removed to Bloomfield, New Jersey. John departed this life on Thursday, 29 July 1858 in Bloomfield, Essex County, New Jersey.

Family

Nancy Delano Howland b. 5 Sep 1806, d. 3 Feb 1852

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 171 - no. +534 John Bogart, b. Apl. 29, 1801; d. July 29, 1858; Pages 181-182 - no. 534 JOHN BOGART WRIGHT (Augustus, 494), b. ApL 29, 1801; d. July 29, 1858; m. Nancy Delano (James, 2d, and Elizabeth (Delano) Howland, of New Bedford, Mass., Aug 6, 1827; b. Sept 5, 1806; d. Feby. 3, 1852. He was born at No. 99 Beekman street, New York City, resided at N°. 45 Henry 49th street, and later removing to Bloomfield, N. J. Was in the wholesale dry goods business, at N°'. =9-233 Pearl street, in partnership with his brother Edward Augustus Wright (535), and his nephew Augustus Wright Leggett (530) for many years. Both buried in cemetery, Bloomfield, N. J. (The Howland Family, Franklyn Howland, 1885, p. 215; Delano Gen., J. A. Delano, 1899, Book 2, p. 485.) Issue 1. no. 591 Elizabeth Howland, b. May 23, 1829; d. Jany. 19, 1881; m. William La Rue Perrine, M.D., of Bloomfield, N. J., Nov 5, 1850; b. Nov. 8, 1813; d. Dec. 16, 1889. Dr. Perrin, a prominent Homoeopathic physician in Brooklyn, N. Y. (Daniel Perrin--"The Huguenot," H. D. Perrine, 1910, p. 137.); 2. no. +592 William Henry, b. Apl. 6, 1831; d. Feby. 12, 1886; 3. no. 593 Catharine Augusta, b. Sept. 23, 1834; d. Aug. 4, 1840; 4. no. 594 Emeline Cornell, b. Feby. 20, 1838; d. July 15, 1858, s. p.