Judah Wright (1743)

Born 9 May 1743 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Tabitha (Hartwell) Wright — married 14 May 1767 in Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Biography

Judah Wright was born on May 09, 1743 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony. His parents were John Wright and Mary Locke. ^[1]

He married Tabatha of Bedford in Lexington, Massachusetts. ^[1]

Together they had these children, the first three in Bedford, ^{[2] [1]} and the rest in Holden, Massachusetts: ^[3]

1. Tabitha Wright, b. 1768.
2. Bettey Wright, b. 1770.
3. Patty Wright, b. 1772.
4. Judah Wright, b. 1774.
5. Mary "Polly" Wright, b. 1776.
6. Stephen Wright, b. 1779.
7. Hannah Wright, b. 1781.
   

   Private Judah Wright served with 18th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

He was a minuteman in the Holden company of Capt. James Davis, Col. Ephraim Doolittle's regiment, responding to the alarm of April 19, 1775. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001
2. ↑ Vital Records of Bedford, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850
3. ↑ Vital Records of Holden, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849
4. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
5. ↑ United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783
6. ↑ Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783
7. ↑ The History of Holden, Massachusetts, 1684-1894

• Estes, David Foster. The History of Holden, Massachusetts, 1684-1894 (C.F. Lawrence & Co., Worcester, Mass., 1894); p. 164

• "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLGQ-P7S4 : 19 February 2021), Judah Wright, 19 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896); Vol. 17, p. 945

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4V2-K9Q : 10 November 2020), Judah Wright, 9 May 1743; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011120.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCSZ-ML2 : 10 November 2020), Judah Wright, 14 May 1767; citing Marriage, Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHWW-MJT : 10 November 2020), Judah Wright, 14 May 1767; citing Marriage, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011120.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4GL-X5F : 10 November 2020), Judah Wright in entry for Tabitha Wright, 25 Feb 1768; citing Birth, Bedford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010700.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4GG-7TG : 10 November 2020), Judah in entry for Tabitha Wright, 25 Feb 1768; citing Birth, Bedford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010700.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4GG-7TR : 10 November 2020), Judah in entry for Bettey Wright, 11 Jan 1770; citing Birth, Bedford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010700.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4GL-XRM : 10 November 2020), Judah Wright in entry for Betty Wright, 11 Jan 1770; citing Birth, Bedford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010700.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4GG-7TB : 10 November 2020), Judah in entry for Patty Wright, 1 Feb 1772; citing Birth, Bedford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010700.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4GL-XR3 : 10 November 2020), Judah Wright in entry for Patty Wright, 5 Feb 1772; citing Birth, Bedford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010700.

• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGK1-BVYQ : 1 March 2021), Judah Wright, 19 Aug 1777; citing Military Service, , Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 101711096.

• Vital Records of Bedford, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (The New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1903); p. 57-8

• Vital Records of Holden, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, Mass., 1904); p. 93

• Johnson, Edward. Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Marriage Intentions, from 1640 to 1900 (Woburn, Mass., 1890-1919); Vol. 1, p. 283, Vol. 3, p. 312