Wright Genealogy	26 August 2006
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	6A John WRIGHT
	m Elizabeth WRIGHT 1769

since both John & Elizabeth have the surname WRIGHT, their records are dealt with together in this file

Although both John & Elizabeth shared the surname WRIGHT and both were born in Mousehole, it is believed that they were no closer related than third cousins, the WRIGHT surname being very common in the parish in the 18^th century

John was a fisherman like most men in Mousehole, and they were married at Paul parish church in 1769. They baptised nine children there before 1786, including twins. All seem to have survived childhood.

They both lived to their 80’s and died within three years of each other; both were buried in Paul churchyard

EVENTS

C = Christened

age DATE JW EW	EVENT
4Apr1743 14Jul1745 2 22Apr1769 26 24 18Apr1770 27 25 6Sep1772 29 28 29Jun1774 31 29 10Apr1776 33 31 1May1778 35 33 14Jul1782 39 37 9Apr1784 41 39 30Apr1786 43 41 6Mar1825 82 80 2Feb1828 83	John C at Paul son of John & Clarinda Elizabeth C at Paul, dau of Martin & Mary John & Elizabeth married at Paul parish church son John C at Paul son Martin C at Paul son John C at Paul dau Jane C at Paul son Abraham C at Paul son Samuel C at Paul twin daughters Charlotte & Clarinda C at Paul son James C at Paul John buried at Paul Elizabeth buried at Paul

PRINCIPAL RECORDS

b=born m=married d=died

C=Christened B=Buried

BIRTH

John and Elizabeth married in 1769, so birth dates around 1745 is expected; there are three possible John baptisms at Paul:

C30Dec1732 John s Martin WRIGHT

C17Mar1735 John s Martin WRIGHT

C 4Apr1743 John s John & Clarinda WRIGHT

the last baptism however can be assumed to be the correct one with some confidence, as John-6A baptised his second daughter (one of twins) with the unusual name Clarinda

there are only two possible baptisms of Elizabeth at Paul

C18Oct1741 Elizabeth d Martin & Mary WRIGHT

C14Jul1745 Elizabeth d Martin & Mary WRIGHT

there is a burial of Elizabeth at Paul between these two events:

B 11Jul1742 Elizabeth WRIGHT infant

so it can safely be assumed that Elizabeth-6A was baptised in 1745.

As shown below there are suitable burials at Paul for both John & Elizabeth born 1743 and 1745

MARRIAGE

Jane WRIGHT-5 was baptised at Paul in 1776 daughter of John & Elizabeth; the baptism is preceded by only one suitable marriage at Paul:

from Paul parish register:

m22Apr1769 John WRIGHT otp fisherman & Elizabeth x WRIGHT spr otp by banns wit: John WRIGHT, Martin WRIGHT

DESCENDANTS

from Paul parish register:

C 18Apr1770 John s John & Elizabeth WRIGHT

C 6Sep1772 Martin s John & Elizabeth WRIGHT B 7Nov1794 Martin WRIGHT bch 22 Mousehole B [batchelor?] consumption [b1772]

C 29Jun1774 John s John & Elizabeth WRIGHT

C 10Apr1776 Jane d John & Elizabeth WRIGHT

C 1May1778 Abraham s John & Elizabeth WRIGHT B15May1839 Abraham WRIGHT Mousehole 61 [b1778]

C 14Jul1782 Samuel s John & Elizabeth WRIGHT B 2Feb1865 Samuel WRIGHT Halwyn 82 [b1783]

C 9Apr1784 Charlotte twin d John & Elizabeth WRIGHT

C 9Apr1784 Clarinda twin d John & Elizabeth WRIGHT m26Oct1804 Clarinda WRIGHT otp & John KNEEBONE otp bb w:John WRIGHT Peter KNEEBONE

C 30Apr1786 James s John & Elizabeth WRIGHT B10Mar1866 James WRIGHT Mousehole 80 [b1786]

DEATH

as John & Elizabeth were married in 1769 and baptised children up to 1786 they must have died after 1786 and before 1840. There are two possible John burials at Paul:

B18Jul1790 John WRIGHT

B 6Mar1825 John WRIGHT Mousehole 82 [b1743]

the second burial gives a birth date in exact accord with the baptism of John, and will be assumed to be correct. There are numerous possibilities for the burial of John in 1790, but no other John C about 1743.

there is only one possible burial of Elizabeth meeting the above criteria:

B 2Feb1828 Elizabeth WRIGHT Mousehole 83 [b1745]

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