John Wright (1770 - 1853)

Born 10 Jul 1770 in Yarmouth, Norfolk, England

Husband of Ann (Holmes) Wright — married 12 Jun 1792 in Tivetshall, Norfolk, England

Descendants

Died 14 Jan 1853 at age 82 in Buxton, Norfolk, England

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Biography

John was a Quaker sheep farmer, who was Christened in 1770. He sold his stock and went to work for a ship owner in Yarmouth, before falling on hard times and going broke in 1817.

Birth

Name: John Wright

Event Type: Birth

Birth Date: 10 Jul 1770

Birthplace: Yarmouth, Norfolk

Father's Name: Richard Wright

Mother's Name: Phebe ^[1]

Marriage

Name: John Wright

Event Type: Marriage

Gender: Male

Father: Richard Wright

Mother: Phebe

Spouse: Ann Holmes

Marriage Date: 12 Jun 1792

Marriage Place: Twitshall, Norfolk, England

Father-in-law: John Holmes

Mother-in-law: Margaret

Meeting: Monthly Meeting of Tivetshall

Piece Description: Piece 0136: Monthly Meeting of Tivetshall: Marriages (1779-1793) ^[2]

Death

Name: John Wright

Event Type: Death

Event Date: 14 Jan 1853

Event Place: Buxton, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom

Event Place (Original): Blakeney, Norfolk, England

Gender: Male

Age: 83

Birth Year (Estimated): 1770 ^{[3] [4]}

Obituary

Name: John Wright, Esq

Event Type: Obituary

Event Date: 22 Jan 1853

Event Place: Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom

Event Place (Original): Norwich, Norfolk, England

Event Place Note: 1524-1984

Gender: Male

Age: 83

Birth Year (Estimated): 1770

Death Date: 1853

Newspaper: Norfolk News ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7KX-QF4 : 11 December 2014), Phebe Wright in entry for John Wright, 10 Jul 1770, Birth; citing p. 53, Yarmouth, Norfolk, record group RG6, Public Record Office, London.
2. ↑ England & Wales, Quaker Birth, Marriage, and Death Registers, 1578-1837 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. General Register Office: Society of Friends' Registers, Notes and Certificates of Births, Marriages and Burials. Records of the General Register Office, Government Social Survey Department, and Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, RG 6. The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England. Marriage Record Image for John Wright and Ann Holmes (subscription required to view source)
3. ↑ "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JD47-P3D : 17 March 2020), John Wright, 1853. Death Record Image for John Wright Burial Record Image for John Wright (images free to view)
4. ↑ Annual Monitor, Quaker Published Memorials. U.S, UK and Ireland, Quaker Published Memorials, 1818-1919 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. John Wright in the Quaker Published Memorials (subscription required to view image)
5. ↑ "British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZ3-QF68 : 17 April 2019), John Wright, Esq, Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom; records extracted FamilySearch and images digitized by FindMyPast; citing Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, 22 Jan 1853, The British Newspaper Archive, Ireland; FHL microfilm.

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See Also

• Find_A-Grave John Wright