Person:John Wright (134)

Watchers
m. Bef 1721
  1. Ruth Wright1721 - 1800
  2. John Wright1723 -
  3. Ephraim Wright1725/26 - 1775
  4. Mary Wright1727/28 -
  5. Sarah Wright1730 -
  6. Jacob Wright1732 - 1771
  7. Pelatiah Wright1734 - 1800
  8. Joseph Wright1736 - 1813
  9. Benjamin Wright1738 -
Facts and Events
Name John Wright
Gender Male
Birth[1] 7 Sep 1723 Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital records of Westford, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. (Salem, Mass: Essex Institute, 1915)
    p. 122.

    WRIGHT, John, s. Jacob and Abigel, [born] Sept. 7, 1723.

  2.   Source:Hodgman, Edwin R. History of the Town of Westford in the County of Middlesex, Massachusetts, 1659-1883, p. 482, shows two men named John Wright of about the same age living in Westford:
    *One [#13] married a wife named Sarah and had children from 1755 to 1777. Hodgman identifies this as the son of Jacob and Abigail, b. 1723.
    *One [#14] married Mary Kendall in 1747 and had children from 1748 to 1762. Hodgman provides no identification of him.

    As is typical in most secondary sources, no explanation is given how it is determined which John was the son of Jacob. Neither couple appears to have named a child either Jacob or Abigail. There is reason to doubt Hodgman's pairing:
    *Since the John who married Mary Kendall died in Tyngsboro in 1816, in his 93rd year, he is of the right age to be the son of Jacob and Abigail, (but there is a John Wright of Charlestown of the same age so we cannot simply jump to this conclusion).
    *Since the John who married Sarah moved to Dunstable, and since a John Wright died in Dunstable 1802, aged 68, i.e., too young to marry Mary Kendall but just right for marrying Sarah, the husband of Sarah may not be born in 1723, but a decade later.

    Given the commonness of the name John Wright, it is impossible with this limited evidence to credibly identify which of these two, or possibly another, is the son of Jacob and Abigail.