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Richard Wright (1620 - 1691)

Richard Wright
Born in Englandmap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 21 Nov 1644 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colonymap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , , and
Died at about age 71 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colonymap
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The Puritan Great Migration.
Richard Wright migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Directory, by R. C. Anderson, p. 386)
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Contents

Origins

A 1983 article argues against Richard being the son of William Wright and Priscilla:[1]

  • William's 1633 will makes no mention of a son Richard.[2]
  • Richard's age at death (83 in 1691) translates to a 1608 birth, too early to be son of William and Priscilla, because Priscilla's age at death calculates to a 1598 birth.[3] William and Richard were more likely brothers or cousins.

Biography

Summary

  • He was born about 1608. The record states that he died in 1691, Richard Wright, about two hours after being 83 years old.[1][4]
  • He died 9 JUN 1691 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA[1][5]

Details

In a 1637 deed, Richard Wright is called "taylor."[citation needed]

  • The deed is summarized as:

A deed to George Russell, 17 November 1637, for the sale of 4 or 5 acres upon 'Oulbery Playne' calls Richard Wright of New Plymouth 'Taylor' [6]

Richard Wright married 1644 Hester Cooke.[7] While 36, this was likely his first marriage since he wasn't admitted as a Freeman until 4 Jun 1645.[8]

In 1652, he was chosen Constable for Plymouth.[9]

He received numerous grants of land from the Colony and from the town of Plymouth.[10][11]

9-21 May 1669: gave five acres in Plymouth to his second son, John, with wife Esther releasing dower.[12]

Richard Wright died in Plymouth 9 Jun 1691.[13]

His will, dated 8 Jun 1691, sworn 24 Jun 1691, names "my three children, Adam, Esther and Mary."[14] Three sons -- John, Isaac and Samuel-- died, per probate records btw 7 Dec 1675 and7 Jun 1676, possibly in King Philip's War, although not named in George M. Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War. (Boston 1906).

Last Will and Testament [15]

I Richard Wright of ye Town of Plimouth in ye County and Colony of New Plimouth in New England being at Present of Sound and disposing mind and memory under bodily weaknesses not knowing when the hour of my death shall Come do make this my last Will and Testament in maner and forme following hereby Revoaking all former Wills First I comitt my soul to God that made it Resting on ye onely merrits of Christ my Redeemer for Eternall Salvation and my body to ye earth to be buried in a decent maner. My worldly Estate that God hath lent me I thus dispose: my will is that all my Estate Real and Personall House lands money or any moveables & Chattels in what kind soever be equally and faithfully divided betwixt my three Children Adam Esther and Mary Also my Will is that my daughter Mary have her living in my house During her Widowhoode and in as much as my son Adam hath heretofore had a full double portion in lands my will & desire is that my sd Son deal kindly in Carefull providing what in him lies for my daughter Mary price Also I Make my son and two daughters Executors of this my last Will & Testament Also I do hereby appoint & desire my loving friends John Nelson & Isaac Cushman to be Overseers of this my Will and I Intreate their care to se it faithfully prformed in a just distribution of my estate to my Children as is above Expressed In Attestation yt this is my last Will and Testament I Set to my hand & seal This Eigth day of june 1691 I desire also & Impower John Sturtevant to be on of ye overseers of this my will. Signed Sealed & declared by The mark of Richard Wright to be his Richard Wright last will and Testament In presence of John Cotton Nathll Southworth ye mark M of Martha Cobb:

june 24th 1691 Mr John Cotton and Nathll Southworth two Of ye witnesses here named made oath in Plimouth before ye Magistrates of ye County of Plimouth that they were present and Saw ye above named Richard Wright Sign & Seal & heard him declare this above written to be his last will & Testament & yt to ye best of yr judgment he was of a disposing mind & memory when he so did Attest Sam Sprague Clerk[16]

His inventory was taken on 19 June 1691 (looks like 1692) and Adam Wright made oath to the inventory of his father on 24 June 1691.[16]

Children[1]

  1. Adam b. c. 1645
  2. John b. c. 1647
  3. Esther b. 1649
  4. Isaac b. 26 Aug. 1652
  5. Samuel: d. between 7 Dec 1675, when he was mentioned in brother John's will, and 7 June 1676, when the Plymouth Court awarded this bequest instead to brother Adam, indicating that Samuel had died.
  6. Mary Right b. 1654 or later

Some online trees claim additional children for whom there is no evidence:

Research notes

Entry from Great Migration Directory: Wright, Richard: Unknown; 1636; Plymouth [PCR 1:45, 67, 78, 12:24, 34; MD 4:165-67, 24:83-86; TAG 59:165-70; Small Gen 476-82].

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Robert S. Wakefield, "Richard Wright of Plymouth, MA" in The American Genealogist, vol 59 (1983), page 165
  2. ↑ Mayflower Descendant, 1:200-203
  3. ↑ Mayflower Descendant, 15:213
  4. ↑ Plymouth Church Records 1620-1859. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society; Colonial Society of Massachusetts, c2003. (Online database. NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.)
  5. ↑ Vital Records of Plympton Massachusetts to the year 1850. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1923.p. 539. "in Plymouth"
  6. ↑ Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, in New England: Deeds, &c., 1620-1651 https://books.google.com/books?id=0dgUAAAAYAAJ page 24
  7. ↑ PCR 2:79; Plymouth Church Records 1620-1859
  8. ↑ PCR 2:84 Plymouth Church Records 1620-1859
  9. ↑ PCR 12:24; 3:8 Plymouth Church Records 1620-1859
  10. ↑ PCR 5:170; 6:44 Plymouth Church Records 1620-1859
  11. ↑ Records of the Town of Plymouth, vol. 1 [Plymouth 1889] many pages.
  12. ↑ Plymouth Colony Land Records 3:166
  13. ↑ Plymouth Church Records 1620-1859, 2 volumes; I:271
  14. ↑ Mayflower Descendant, 4:165-7
  15. ↑ "Richard Wrights Will and Inventory," in The Mayflower Descendant, vol. 4, p. 165, citing Plymouth County Probate Records, Volume 1, pages 101 - 103
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-JD8T?cc=2018320&wc=M6BX-33D%3A337797601 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1686-1702 and 1849-1867 vol 1-1F > image 57-58 of 490; State Archives, Boston.
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 03 July 2020), memorial page for Richard Wright (unknown–8 Jun 1691), Find A Grave: Memorial #55342838, citing Burial Hill, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Tim Cooper (contributor 46907821) .

Acknowledgements

  • This person was initially created through the import of 104-B.ged on 12 September 2010.
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  • greenwald-millerGEDCOM.ged on 27 September 2010
  • Wright-12918 was created by Trevor Wells through the import of Wells Family Tree.ged on Aug 31, 2014.




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Brad Stauf
In addition to the 1983 article in this bio, William Wright came on the "Fortune" in 1621 without any fellow travelers listed and received 2 acres in the 1623 land division which he shared with William Pitt which would indicate each was single at the time.

He was still apparently single in the 1627 cattle division and no "Carpenters" appeared in that list, so Priscilla seems to have arrived after 1627 and married William after that date. So even apart from ages of all 3 parties as pointed out in the bio, it seems extremely unlikely that she was Richard's mother, traveling 8 years after her husband. And of course giving birth at the age of 10.

posted by Brad Stauf
Lusher-89 Harley Lusher
I have done more research, and there is a lot of conflict in what i have found, alot of material says William is father but other information says no. ???????????? what do we believe and don't.? Harley
posted by Harley Lusher
Lusher-89 Harley Lusher
I May be wrong but I am pretty sure William Wright Abt. 1600- abt1633 & Priscilla Carpenter abt 1597-1689 are the Parents of Richard Wright. North American Family Histories Says Hester married Richard Wright the son of William and Priscilla (Carpenter) Wright. Richard is my 11th great Grandfather. It also give Richard's Children as Adam, Esther Mary, John, Isaac. The only children that are known of.
posted by Harley Lusher
Smith-32867 Jillaine Smith
Done.
posted by Jillaine Smith
Smith-32867 Jillaine Smith
Anne, I went and listed the unproven children in the section of the narrative about the children (see section). So you can now detach those children from this profile. They're still linked to in the bio. Ideally each of them would have a "disputed origins" section in THEIR bio.
posted by Jillaine Smith
B-404 Anne B
I'm stumped. I've spent way too long trying to figure this out. There are children on the list in the data section, ( John Wright, Sarah Wright, Lydia Wright, Jacob Wright, Thomas Wright, Peter Wright and Mary Wright), who are not on the generally accepted children list (see the bio). I've tried to find parents for them. They don't belong to Richard of Lynn, either. Unless someone has a good reason to believe they belong, they should be disconnected.
posted by Anne B
B-404 Anne B
Richard Wright (Wright-12918) and Richard Wright (Wright-315) are definitely the same person, I'm checking on a lower # profile, before proposing merge.
posted by Anne B
B-404 Anne B
Richard Wright (Wright-12918) and Richard Wright (Wright-315) are definitely the same person, I'm checking on a lower # profile, before proposing merge.
posted by Anne B

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