Ester (White) Wright (1771 - abt. 1835)

Born 2 May 1771 in Granville Centre, Annapolis, Nova Scotia

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Biography

When Esther White was born on 2 May 1771, in Granville Township, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada, her father, Andrew White, was 39 and her mother, Sarah Reiley, was 33. Joseph Wright married Esther White, daughter of Andrew White.

Research Note: FamilySearch shows that she had at least 3 sons and 1 daughter with David Graves and that she died on 30 September 1878, in Port Lorne, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 107. More research is required...

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• Wright Family of Clements, NS Register Report. The Wright Family of Clements Township,. Annapolis County, Nova Scotia. Prepared by H. Douglas Goff. Revised October 12, 2020 Pg. 6. https://www.gofffamilyhistory.ca/WrightFamilyClementsAnnapolisNovaScotia.pdf

• Wright Register Report ancestry com has birthday and parents but dates don't look right as father died 14 months before Esther was born UPDATE: See the will of Andrew White dated 5 May 1785 in his profile White-14456, He was still alive when Ester was born in 1771.

"Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLGC-RXG : 27 November 2014), Ester White, 02 May 1771; citing , GRANVILLE TWP, ANNAPOLIS, NOVA SCOTIA, 02 May 1771, reference 2:16SSQVD; FHL microfilm 928,972.

"Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL5Y-D9Z : 5 December 2014), Ester White, 02 May 1771; citing , GRANVILLE TWP, ANNAPOLIS, NOVA SCOTIA; FHL microfilm 928,972.