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Adam Wright (1724 - 1776)

Adam Wright
Born in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Baymap
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Son of and
Brother of [half], , , , and
Husband of — married 28 Feb 1754 (to 5 Aug 1771) in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Baymap
Husband of — married 1 Jun 1773 (to 17 Feb 1776) in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusettsmap
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Father of , and
Died at age 51 in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Baymap
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Biography

Adam Wright was born in Plympton, Massachusetts on Sept 27, 1724. Adam is child of John Wright and Mary Lucas. [1]

Ruth Samson and Adam Wright married in Plympton, Massachusetts on Feb 28, 1754. [2]

Ruth Wright, first wife of Adam [Wright] and daughter of Thomas Sampson, died Aug 5, 1771 in her 38th [or 39th noted] year, in Plympton, Massachusetts. [3]

Adam Wright, husband of Ruth, husband of Sarah TInkham, son of John, died "the forepart of Feb 1776" age 51 years. [4] He is buried in Hillcrest Cemetery in Plympton. [5]

Probate

Adam Wright of Plympton, yeoman died intestate and on 4 March 1776, Joseph Wright of Plympton was granted the administration of his estate.[6]

His inventory was taken on 1 September 1777 in Plympton.[7]

In 1776, his daughter, Lydia, above the age of 14 years, made the choice of Joseph Wright of Plympton to be her guardian.[8]

In 1781, his widow Sarah received her dower. His real estate was appraised and recorded. It was found that the real estate could not be divided without prejudice, so by law, it was settled upon his eldest son Levi Wright, and he agreed to pay the other children their share of his estate, viz., Hester Hooper, wife of Asa Hooper of Plympton, Lydia Thrasher, wife of Daniel Thrasher of Middleborough, John Wright, and Benjamin Wright. An account of his estate by Joseph Wright was recorded which included debts paid, necessaries to the widow, provisions for the family, and administration fees.[9]

In 1795, he was mentioned in his brother, Benjamin Wright's estate distribution.[10]

Sources

  1. ↑ Vital records of Plympton, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 by Plympton (Mass. : Town), 1923. (Pg: 230)
  2. ↑ Vital records of Plympton, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 by Plympton (Mass. : Town), 1923. (Pg: 384)
  3. ↑ Vital records of Plympton, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 by Plympton (Mass. : Town), 1923. (Pg: 539)
  4. ↑ Vital records of Plympton, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 by Plympton (Mass. : Town), 1923. (Pg: 534)
  5. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed APR 2020), memorial page for Adam Wright, Find A Grave: Memorial #73465586.
  6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-8HY3 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1771-1778 vol 21-23 > image 663 of 827; State Archives, Boston.
  7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-ZSPG : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1775-1780 vol 24-25 > image 251 of 568; State Archives, Boston.
  8. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-84XM : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1771-1778 vol 21-23 > image 535 of 827; State Archives, Boston.
  9. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-6HNK : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1780-1786 vol 28-29 > image 86-87 of 638; State Archives, Boston.
  10. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-VWT1 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1793-1804 vol 34-35 > image 356 of 545; State Archives, Boston.




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Vierson-2 Lydia Vierson
Wright-14186 and Wright-969 appear to represent the same person because: clear duplicates, Mayflower descendant line
posted by Lydia Vierson
Boggioni-1 Cheyenne Boggioni
Wright-13856 and Wright-969 appear to represent the same person because: Adam Wright was married to both Ruth Sampson and Sarah Standish. There are no dates entered on your Adam's profile, so i did not realize at that time he already had a profile. Please ok the merge and i will merge them together. Thanks so much!
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