Job Wright (abt. 1635 - 1706)

Born about 1635 in England [uncertain]

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Descendants

Died 13 Sep 1706 at about age 71 in Oyster Bay, Queens, New York Colony

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Biography

Job Wright immigrated to New England between 1621 and 1640 and later departed for Oyster Bay, Queens, New York Colony

Job Wright was the son of Peter Wright and his wife Alice who migrated to Saugus (now Lynn), Massachusetts Bay Colony in August of 1635 then went to Sandwich, Massachusetts in 1638 and finally to Oyster Bay in 1653.^[1] Job's siblings were Adam (b. March 20, 1650; Hannah, Peter, Gideon, Sarah, Elizabeth, Mary, Lydia and Jacob. Their father was drowned in Virginia with Gideon appointed as administrator on April 12, 1675.^[2]

In May 1677, Job is among those entitled to vote and hold office in Oyster Bay, as Freeholders of the town.^[1]

Oyster Bay, home to Job Wright, was settled by the Dutch, and was the boundary between the Dutch New Amsterdam colony and the English New England Colonies. Many Quakers came to Oyster Bay, escaping persecution from Dutch authorities in New Amsterdam. These included Elizabeth Feake and her husband Captain John Underhill who she converted to Quakerism. Other notable Quakers to settle in Oyster Bay were the brothers John Townsend and Henry Townsend. ^[3]

Job is not mentioned when, after the death of her 2nd husband Richard Crabb in 1685, his mother gave Lydia Horner two shares by the will of her brother Anthony Wright, daughter Mary Andrews, grandchildren Job and Alice Townsend. Three sons, Gideon, Jacob and Adam Wright. Two sons-in-law, Samuel Andrews and Isaac Horner.^[2]

Last Will and Testament of Job Wright

In the Name of God Amen : I Job Wright of Oysterbay in Queens County of Nassau Island in the Colony of New York being sick and weak in body but of perfect and sound in memory and understanding thanks be rendered to God almighty for it do hereby make my last Will & Testament in manner & form following:

Imprimis. I do bequeath my soul into the hands of Allmighty God that gave it & my body I recommend to the Earth from which it came to be buried after a decently & christian like manner.

Item. I give unto my beloved wife Rachel Wright all my right of land in the new purchase of Oyster bay together with all my right of land at the plain Edge eastward from White's hollow. To have & To hold unto her & her assigns.

Item. I do give & bequeath unto my two sons Anthony Wright & Jacob Wright all my homestead of land & meadow whereon I now live in the town's plott to be equally divided between them, only my son Anthony to have his equal part of the land joining to Edward White's land all which land & meadow to have & To hold unto them their heirs & assigns forever after my wife's widowhood.

Item. I do give & bequeath unto my two aforesaid sons Anthony Wright & Jacob Wright, all the rest & remaining part of my right of lands & meadows which I have in the whole pattern & township of Oysterbay equally between them only my son Jacob to have my field at the head of pine hollow in his part all which land & meadow to be & remain to them & each of them their heirs & assigns forever.

Item. I do give unto my wife Rachel Wright the whole use benefitt & command of all my house & homestead of land & meadow during the time she remains my widow, but after her widowhood all to be and remain unto my sons Anthony & Jacob according as above is expressed.

Item. I do give unto my four daughters Kesiah (Keziah), Rachel, Hannah & Elizabeth a feather bed apiece with furniture sufficient belonging there-unto together with a cow apiece to each of them when they come of age to receive the same.

Lastly. I do give & bequeath unto my well beloved wife Rachel Wright all the rest & remaining part of my Estate to dispose of as she shall see cause whom also I do nominate & appoint my sole Executrix of this my Will to see it duly & truly performed according to the contents thereof & to receive all my debts & to pay all that is due from me as also I do nominate & appoint my trusty & well beloved brothers in law James & Solomon Townsend to be overseers of this my will to be helpful to my executrix to see it well & truly performed revoking all former Wills & Testaments by me made.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal y sixth day of September Amnoq Dom 1706 & in the fifth year of her Majesties reign &c.

Signed, sealed, pronounced, published & declared by the said Job Wright to be his last

Will & Testament in the presence of us.''

Samuel (S. B.) Burdsall "his mark",

Nicholas (MJ Smeathing "his mark",

Nathaniel Coles.''

Job departed this life on Monday, 13 September 1706 at the Town of Oyster Bay, Queens County, Long Island, New York. He was buried on the 15th. His will was probated on 13 September 1709. The inventory of Job Wright's personal estate was filed The 13th of September 1709, by Henry Townsend and Samuel Burdsall, showing the value of the personalty to be i40..3.6.

Marriage and Children

Job Wright married Rachel Townsend, daughter of John and Susanna (Harcourt) Townsend of Oyster Bay. ^[4]

Their children, presumably born in Oyster Bay, included:^[5][4]

• Anthony, b. perhaps 1687, m. Elizabeth _____, had 7 children, d. 1746
• Rachel, b. 29 June 1689, m. Thomas Stokes 1 Sep 1715 at Westbury, Long Island, meeting
• Keziah, b. 29 May 1691, m. John Burr of Northampton on 29 May 1712 at Westbury, Long Island, meeting
• Hannah, m. Robert Townsend
• Jacob, b. perhaps 1695, m. Hannah Townsend, then Mary Richardson, removed to Pennsylvania, had 10 children, died 1735
• Elizabeth

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Jared L. Olar "The Wright of Oyster Bay Genealogy" who quotes Howland Delano Perrine, "The Wright Family of Oyster Bay, L. I."link
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) Walter Kendall Watkins. "Some Early New York Settlers from New England" p. 380, 381.subscribers
3. ↑ Wikipedia Contributors
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Perrine, Howland Delano, The Wright Family of Oysterbay L.I., with the ancestry of and descent from Peter Wright and Nicolas Wright 1423-1923, pp. 72-73, 81-82, viewed on HathiTrust
5. ↑ Job Wright's will, quoted in full above.

• Wikipedia contributors, "Oyster Bay (hamlet), New York," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oyster_Bay_(hamlet),_New_York&oldid=877966751 (accessed July 17, 2019).