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Research conducted and published in 1992 by Gale Ion Harris,[1] results in a completely new theory about Richard Wright of Rehoboth and a second wife, and suggests that Richard married the widowed MOTHER of William Sabin, and NOT that Richard was father of William Sabin's wife.
RL Bowen, in his 1948 book Early Rehoboth (volume III, pp 113-130) initially believed that a daughter of Richard Wright married William Sabin because, citing Plymouth Colony land records (volume 3, p 262), William Sabin of Rehoboth sold land he'd purchased before 1654 "of my father-in-law Richard Wright."
It would be normal to conclude, then, that William was married to Richard Wright's daughter. As Gale Ion Harris points out, though, the term "father-in-law" could also be interpreted as "step-father" (i.e., husband of William's widowed mother) and additional analysis done by Harris suggests that. This article is a must-read by descendants/researchers of William Sabin.
It suggests that a) there was no daughter Mary and b) no daughter of Richard Wright who married William Sabin. Robert Charles Anderson, renowned Great Migration researcher, agrees with Harris' findings.
For purposes of this profile page on Wikitree, it implies that duplicates be merged into Unknown, and detached from the family of Richard Wright.
Discuss here.
William Sabin and his Unknown wife were married about 1641. She is variously called Mary or Elizabeth.
Their children born in Rehoboth, Massachusetts:
It is written about William Sabin:
The Sabin Family of America: The 4 Earliest Generations by the Rev. Anson Titus, Jr., Reprint of the NEHGR, Vol. 36; pp.52-58. Reprinted in North American Family Histories, 1500-2000;
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Just as a note: double names like Mary Elizabeth are a clue that someone is trying to make two people fit one scenario. In this case Richard's dtr who might have been called Elizabeth and Sabin's wife Mary.