Person:Abel Wright (13)

Name^[3]	Abel Wright
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	23 Dec 1770	Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	30 Mar 1795	Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Relief Trowbridge
Death^[2]	11 Sep 1841	Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital records of Westford, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. (Salem, Mass: Essex Institute, 1915)
p. 119.

WRIGHT, Abel, s. Joseph and Dorothy, [born] Dec. 23, 1770.
↑ Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital records of Westford, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. (Salem, Mass: Essex Institute, 1915)
p. 321.

WRIGHT, Abel, [died] ---, 1841, a. 70 y. PR2 [Sept. 11, a. 71 y y. GR4]
[Age 71, birth about 1770. PR2=Church Record kept by Rev. Leonard Luce. GR4=Wright private burial ground]
↑ Hodgman, Edwin R. (Edwin Ruthven). History of the town of Westford in the county of Middlesex, Massachusetts, 1659-1883. (Lowell, Massachusetts: Morning Mail Co., 1883)
p. 482.

WRIGHT, Abel [#21], s/o Joseph, b. 1770, m. 1795 Lefe Trowbridge of Groton.
Note: Find A Grave says the Abel who d. 1841 is the son of Samuel and Esther Wright. It serves to remind one that the only primary information at Find A Grave comes from the picture, which only says he died 11 Sep 1841, aged 71, and does not identify his birthdate, parents or wife. There are three Abel Wrights born in Westford in 1770 and 1771 and this age at death is not reliable enough to tell which it is by itself. But the son of Henry moved to Ashby, and the son of Samuel died in Cambridge in 1797. Thus, this Abel must be the son of Joseph, as claimed by the History of Westford.