"John, a first settler of Woburn, subscribed the "town order" (at Charlestown) Dec. 18, 1640; selectman of Woburn 1645-7, 1649-58, 1660-4, 1670, 1680-1; commissioner of the rate, 1646, 1671; deacon of Woburn church from Nov. 10, 1664, to his death. - Sewall's Woburn." John Wright died June 21, 1688, and Priscilla, his wife, died April 10, 1687.