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222. RICHARD WRIGHT (by c. 1596–after 1668)

The origins of the immigrant ancestor Richard Wright are unknown. He was born by about 1596 and he died after 15 March 1667/8. He married by about 1621 Margaret Unknown. He remarried by 1643. [1]

Richard was a steward and he managed large estates for others. He farmed himself but preferred to lease farms, rather than buy them. [2]

Richard arrived in New England in 1630 and settled in Lynn. He was admitted to the Boston church in late 1630. He was a deputy for Lynn on 9 May 1632 and he was a freeman on 14 May 1634. On 1 May 1639 Richard Wright of Mount Wollaston, husbandman, leased the Braintree farm of Thomas Newberry, deceased, for four years. On 16 February 1639/40 he was recommended to the Church of Christ at Mount Wollaston (now Quincy).  He was a commissioner to end small causes in Braintree on 7 October 1640 and 2 June 1640. [3]

Richard went to Rehoboth in 1643 and he returned to England about 1646. He returned to New England by 1649 and settled in Boston. He went to Ipswich in 1652 and he leased Twelve Mile Island on the Connecticut River (now in Hartford) from John Leverett between 1662 and 1666. In 1666 he went to Podunk (now in East Hartford). [4]

223. MARGARET UNKNOWN (say 1600–1623/43)

Margaret Unknown was born say 1600. She died between 1623 and 1643. She married Richard Wright. [5]

Margaret was admitted to the Boston church in late 1630 or early 1631. [6]

Children of Richard Wright and Margaret Unknown: [7]

i. Elinor or Elizabeth Wright was born about 1621. She married James Clark about 1644.

ii. Ann Wright (probably) was born about 1622. She married Thomas Burnham by about 1645.

iii. Abigail Wright (#111) was born about 1623. She died between 28 November 1702 and 31 October 1707. She married first Robert Sharp She married second Thomas Clap. She married third William Holbrook.

Children of Richard Wright and his second wife:

iv. Sarah Wright was born say 1643. The married Thomas Harris about 1664.

v. Elizabeth Wright was born about 1644. She married Unknown Paddon in 1666.

vi. Ann Wright (probably) was born say 1645. She married Samuel, the son of Henry Gaines, on 7 April 1665.

Revised November 19, 2019

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