Wright Genealogy  

26 August 2006

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Dr G.M.W.Mann.      Baytrees

Burnhams Rd,    Lt.Bookham

Surrey, U.K.           KT23 3AU

geoff.mann@btinternet.com

 

 

 

 

 

7 Martin WRIGHT 1711-1746

 

 

m Mary PEARCE 1733

 

 

 

 

 

PRINCIPAL RECORDS

 

 

b=born  m=married  d=died

C=Christened      B=Buried

 

BIRTH

 

Martin-7 was married in 1733 to Mary PEARCE.  This marriage is preceded by two possible baptisms at Paul

 

C31Mar1706 Martin  s John WRITE   (preceded by m 17Feb1700+John WRITE & Jone CRANKAN)

C 2Sep1711 Martin  s Martin WRITE (preceded by m  3Oct1700 Martyn WRIGHT & Elizabeth JAMES at Madron

 

It is concluded below that the first child of Martin and Mary PEARCE was named Martin, while the first child of Martin and Mary CRANKIN was named John.

It is most probable therefore that Martin-7 who married Mary PEARCE was son of Martin baptised 1711, while Martin who married CRANKIN was son of John baptised 1706  (this Martin’s mother was another CRANKAN, which well supports the analysis).

 

C  2Sep1711 Martin  s Martin WRITE (preceded by m  3Oct1700 Martyn WRIGHT & Elizabeth JAMES at Madron

m 28Mar1733 Martin WRIGHT & Mary PEARCE

C  8Oct1733 Martin    s Martin WRIGHT           

 

C 31Mar1706 Martin  s John WRITE   (preceded by m 17Feb1700+John WRITE & Jone CRANKAN)

m  7Oct1731 Martin WRIGHT & Mary CRANKIN

C 30Dec1732 John      s Martin WRIGHT           

 

MARRIAGE

 

It is presently assumed that Martin WRIGHT-6 was baptised in 8Oct1733, the son of Martin and Mary PEARCE.  The baptism is preceded by the following marriage:

from Paul parish register:

m 28Mar1733 Martin WRIGHT & Mary PEARCE

 

 

DESCENDANTS

 

Between 1732 and 1745, two sets of parents, both named Martin and Mary WRIGHT were baptising children at Paul, and the register does not distinguish between them.  Mary PEARCE was dau of Henry PEARCE & Dorothy TONKIN or dau of Nicholas PEARCE, but no children named after these grandparents; the baptism of Mary CRANKIN has not been identified.  However by making a few reasonable assumptions it is possible to allocate the children to one or other of these two sets of parents.  The following is a list of the 2 marriages and 13 baptisms in chronological order, with allocation to Mary CRANKIN [C] or Mary PEARCE [P], followed by the reasoning behind the allocation in logical order:

from Paul parish register:

 

   m  7Oct1731 Martin WRIGHT & Mary CRANKIN

1  C 30Dec1732 John      s Martin WRIGHT            C  

   m 28Mar1733 Martin WRIGHT & Mary PEARCE

2  C  8Oct1733 Martin    s Martin WRIGHT            P 

3  C 12Jny1734+Martin    s Martin WRIGHT            C     B 13Jny1734+Martine WRIGHT

4  C 17Mar1735+John      s Martin WRIGHT            P 

5  C 31Jul1736 Martin    s Martin WRIGHT            C 

6  C  6Nov1737 Mary      d Martin WRIGHT            indeterminate

7  C 26Dec1740 Richard   s Martin & Mary WRIGHT     C

8  C 18Oct1741 Elizabeth d Martin & Mary WRIGHT     P     B11Jul1742 Elizabeth WRIGHT infant

9  C 25Apr1743 Thomas    s Martin & Mary WRIGHT     C

10 C  6Nov1743 Richard   s Martin jun & Mary WRIGHT P

11 C 26May1744 Jacob     s Martin & Mary WRIGHT     C     B14Jny1744+Jacob WRIGHT infant

12 C 14Jul1745 Elizabeth d Martin & Mary WRIGHT     P

13 C 21Sep1745 Joan      d Martin & Mary WRIGHT     C

14 C  2Jny1749+Jacob     s Martin & Mary WRIGHT     C

 

 1         John-1 was baptised before the PEARCE marriage so son of CRANKIN

 4         There was no burial of John-1 before 1736, so the John-4 baptised 1735/6 was son of PEARCE

 5         Martin C1736 was baptised only 4 months after John-4 so must be son of CRANKIN

2/3       There was only one Martin burial after the two Martin baptisms in 1733 and 1734/5 and before baptism of Martin-5, so the survivor must be son of PEARCE; the burial on 13Jny1734/5 was very probably that of the child born the day before, so the 1733 Martin was son of PEARCE and the buried child was son of CRANKIN

10        the father was named as Martin junior which implies that he (the father) was son of Martin, and so Richard-10 must be son of PEARCE

 9         Less than 9 months before baptism of Richard 10, so son of CRANKIN

11        Less than 9 months after baptism of Richard 10, so son of CRANKIN

 7         there was no Richard burial between 1740 and 1743; so, since the 1743 Richard was son of PEARCE, Richard-7 must be son of CRANKIN

13        Joan assumed to be named after Martin’s mother, so daughter of CRANKIN

12        Less than 9 months before baptism of Joan13, so daughter of PEARCE, and named after Martin’s mother, Elizabeth

8                Elizabeth assumed to be named after Martin’s mother, so daughter of PEARCE; died before baptism of 2nd daughter Elizabeth 

14        Martin junior was buried in 1746; this implies he was son of Martin (still living) so married to PEARCE; Jacob must therefore be son of CRANKIN

 6         no means of identifying parents of Mary, but between two CRANKIN baptisms, so assumed to be daughter of PEARCE

 

 

DEATH

from Paul parish register:

 

B 26Apr1746 Martin WRIGHT jun 

 

the description of Martin as junior, implies that he was the son of Martin, who was still living.  This fits well with a baptism in 1711, giving an age at death of only 35; also fits with the last known baptism to Martin in July 1745

 

 

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