Martha (Coffin) Wright (1806 - 1875)

Born 25 Dec 1806 in Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Peter Pelham — married 18 Nov 1824 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Wife of David Wright — married 18 Nov 1829 in Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died 4 Jan 1875 at age 68 in Auburn, Cayuga, New York, United States

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Biography

Martha (Coffin) Wright is Notable.

Martha (Coffin) Wright was a part of the Suffragette Movement.

Martha Coffin Wright was an American feminist, abolitionist, and signatory of the Declaration of Sentiments. Martha's older sister Lucretia Coffin Mott was a prominent Quaker preacher. In July 1848, she visited Martha's home in Auburn, New York. During that visit, Martha and Lucretia met with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and two other women and decided to hold a convention in nearby Seneca Falls, New York, to discuss the need for greater rights for women.

Martha's home in Auburn was part of the Underground Railroad, harboring fugitive slaves, and she became a close friend and supporter of Harriet Tubman, who obtained property in Auburn shortly before the Civil War.

After the war, Martha was instrumental in the formation of the American Equal Rights Association, which attempted to merge the issues of black suffrage and woman suffrage.

You can read more about Martha at the sources below.

Sources

• Women's History, Martha Coffin
• Wikipedia: Martha Coffin Wright

• National Women's Fall of Fame

• Find A Grave: Memorial #15789902
• "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2Z4-FR4D : 22 July 2021), David Wright and Martha C Pelham, 18 Nov 1829; citing Marriage, Pennsylvania, United States, multiple County Clerks, Pennsylvania.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCTG-C8J : 23 December 2020), Martha C Wright in household of David Wright, Auburn, Cayuga, New York, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "New York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K675-BCR : 3 March 2021), Martha C Wright in household of David Wright, Ward 2, Auburn, Cayuga, New York, United States; citing p. 49, line #1, family #341, county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 1,435,218.
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC72-Z16 : 18 February 2021), Martha C Wright in entry for David Wright, 1860.
• "New York State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVNJ-Z7ML : 8 March 2021), Martha C Wright in household of David Wright, Ward 02, Auburn, Cayuga, New York, United States; citing Census, p. 63, citing multiple county Clerks; Warren and Lewis County Board of Supervisors; multiple counties in New York; Utica and East Hampton Public Libraries, New York.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M86T-D4P : 29 May 2021), Martha Wright, Auburn, Cayuga, New York, United States.
• "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7TF-W27 : 13 December 2022), Martha E. Coffin Wright, 1875.
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH6S-VJ7 : 10 November 2020), Martha C Coffin Wright, 4 Jan 1875; citing Death, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004273940.