Mary (Wentworth) Wright (abt. 1692)

Born about 1692 in Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, Colonial British America

Ancestors

Wife of James Wright — married 24 Sep 1712 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

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Biography

Wentworth-854 was created by George Field through the import of Eliza J Pugh.ged on Feb 25, 2014.

She was missing from the first edition of John Wentworth's book "The Wentworth Genealogy" published in 1870, but was added in his second version in which he corrects errors and omissions "The Wentworth Genealogy: English and American" published in 1878.

"Of the children of John Wentworth, but three daughters are found (of whom nothing is known prior to their marriage), and four sons; but little as to the order of their birth. (All the descendants of John whose marriages were recorded up to 1 March 1753, were married by Rev. Samuel Dunbar, of Stoughton; after that date by Rev. Jedediah Adams, of Stoughton) These children were:

19. John, died at Stoughton, 6 January 1772, aged 95. This makes him born about 1676, and he is undoubtedly the first-born.

20. Edward, born at Newbury, Mass. 1693

21. Charles, died at Canton, Mass, 8 July 1780, aged 96m and was therefore born about 1684.

22. Shubael, who died in 1759

23. Elizabeth, married, 16 May 1728, John Kenney

24. Abigail, married, at Dorchester, 30 Dec 1715, Benjamin Jordan of that place, and had

1. Abigail Jordon, married, 24 November 1746, her cousin Paul (114) Wentworth

24a. Mary, married, in Boston, Mass, 24 September 1712, James Wright, of that place, where he died 24 July 1725, aged 51; his widow was appointed administratrix, 6 August following. John, when he gave power of attorney to son John, was of Boston, and James Wright was a witness. The had:

1. William Wright, born 22 July 1716

2. Mary Wright, born 5 November 1719^[1]"

24a. Mary^, married, in Boston, Mass., 24 September 1712, James Wright, of that place, where he died 24 July 1728, aged 51 ; his widow was appointed administratrix, G August following. John^, wdien he gave power of attorney to son John^, was of Bos- ton, and James Wright was a witness. On this ground, and because we can find nowhere else to place her, we place Mary^ (24a) here. They had...^[2]

The Wentworth Genealogy : English and American

Sources

1. ↑ "The Wentworth Genealogy: English and American. In Three Volumes, Volume I." John Wentworth , LL.D. of Chicago Ill, Little, Brown and Company, 1878. p 119-122 https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=PypAAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA194
2. ↑ Full text of "The Wentworth genealogy : English and American"

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:MZVW-RNM : accessed 2017-03-06), entry for Mary WENTWORTH.

• Reference Book is the Wentworth Books written by Elder Wentworth in the possession of georgine butman handed down from Alason Wentworth to his grandson, to Lois Wentworth to her son Bruce Wentworth Butman her husband.