Person:Susannah Wright (12)
Susannah Wright
chr.5 Aug 1627 Waltham Abbey, Essex, England
d.Bef 22 Apr 1677 Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 22 Apr 1624
  1. John Wright, Jr. - 1626
  2. Anna Wright - 1638
  3. Ellen Wright - 1632
  4. Amy Wright - Bef 1638
  5. Henry Wright
  6. Ralph Wright
  7. Susannah Wright1627 - Bef 1677
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Richard PearceEst 1615 - Bet 1677 & 1678
  • W.  Susannah Wright1627 - Bef 1677
m. 5 May 1642
  1. Nehemiah Pearce1643 -
  2. Martha Pearce1645 - 1744
  3. John Pearce1647 - 1707
  4. Richard Pearce1649 -
  5. Giles Pierce1651 - 1698
  6. Susanna Pearce1652 - 1743/44
  7. Mary Pearce1654 - 1736
  8. Jeremiah Pearce1656 -
  9. James Pearce1658 -
  10. Joseph Pearce
  11. William Pearce1660 -
  12. Daughter Pearce1661 -
  13. George Pearce1662 - 1752
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Susannah Wright
Gender Female
Christening[2] 5 Aug 1627 Waltham Abbey, Essex, England
Marriage 5 May 1642 Waltham Abbey, Essex, Englandto Richard Pearce
Death[3] Bef 22 Apr 1677 Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United Statesassumed
References
  1. ↑ Aspinwall, William. A volume relating to the early history of Boston containing the Aspinwall notarial records from 1644 to 1651. (Boston, Massachusetts: Municipal Printing Office, 1903)
    85.

    14 (7) 1647 Richard Pierce of Prudence Island in the Narrowgansett Bay did acknowledge the receite of twenty pounds of Elizabeth Dell Executrix of the last will & Testament of Raph Dell of Bow in Middlesex due as a Legacie unto his wife Susanna daughter of John Wrighte of Walton Abbey parish in Essex yeoman: & doth acquitt & discharge the said Elisabeth of the said Legacie & every part thereof. Signed & sealed the 14 (7) before me the Not. publ. 647.
    [See NEHGR article, p. 84:430: Will of Ralph Dell, proved 1646, gives £100 to "children of John Wright".]

  2. ↑ Wilbour, Benjamin Franklin. "Parentage of Susanna Wright, Wife of Richard Pearce of Portsmouth, R.I.", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
    84:429.

    Parish Registers of Waltham Abbey, co. Essex, 1563-1650
    Baptisms
    1627 Susanna daughter of John Write 5 August.
    Marriages
    1642 Richard Pierce and Susan Write 5 May.

  3. ↑ Pierce, Frederick Clifton. Pearce genealogy: being the record of the posterity of Richard Pearce, an early inhabitant of Portsmouth, in Rhode Island, who came from England, and whose genealogy is traced back to 972. (Rockford, Illinois: unknown, 1888)
    p. 38.

    The transcribed will of her husband (written 22 Apr 1677) makes no mention of her.

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