Jacob Wright (abt. 1748 - abt. 1790)

Born about 1748 in Berkshire, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Descendants

Died about 1790 at about age 42 in Schoharie, New York, United States [uncertain]

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Actually there are 2 Jacob Wright's in the DAR.org site

1)WRIGHT, JACOB -- Ancestor #: A130827

Service: MASSACHUSETTS Rank(s): PRIVATE

Birth: CIRCA 1748 BERKSHIRE CO MASSACHUSETTS

Death: 1800 SCHOHARIE CO NEW YORK

Service Description:

1) FROM PITTSFIELD, 1780 ^[1]

(NO f-a-g found)

Maybe SAR has different data? DAR has his DOD "1800" not 1790.

2)Col. WRIGHT, JACOB ---Ancestor #: A130828

Service: MASSACHUSETTS Rank(s): PRIVATE

Birth: 1758 WESTFORD MASSACHUSETTS

Death: 7-10-1844 WASHINGTON NEW HAMPSHIRE

Pension Number: S [1]

ACTUALLY his headstone says "Col."

"Colonel of the twenty-eighth New Hampshire reg't. "

Biography

Jacob was born about 1748 in "Berkshire, Province of Massachusetts", WHICH is 113 miles west of Westford, where ALL of John Wright/Mary Kendall-Wright's kids were born.

As we can see Jacob, who was the ONLY child born in Berkshire, is also born the same year as John Wright Jr. who was born in Westford and he is in the BOOK

Children of Sgt. John Wright and Mary Kendall

1. Mary B:9 Sep 1743 ^{[citation needed]} -Westford MAR: Hildreth ???
2. John Wright Jr., B: May 14 1748 Westford D:4 Dec 1836-Nashua
3. Jacob Wright, b. 1748 Berkshire, ????????????????????? (wrong family??)
4. Zebedee Wright, 1749 Westford
5. Benjamin Wright, 1751 Westford
6. Isaac Wright, B: 1754 MAR:
7. Nehemiah Wright, 1756 Westford
8. Oliver b:1758 d: 1846-N.H
9. Deborah Wright, B:1762-Westford ALL DATA needs to be changed to the other Deborah.
10. Eleazer B:1765 ??? sharing the same DOB no sources.
11. Ira Wright, b. Feb 21 1765 Dunstable  ?????
12. Anna Wright, b. 1772. shares the same DOB as John Wright-425 ^[2]

He passed away in 1790.

Sources

1. ↑ DAR
2. ↑ NHBirthRecs|New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900

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