Person:Alice Ruche (2)

She was her father's sole heiress.

1.   Wright, William Henry, and Gertrude Wright Ketcham. History of the Wright family, who are descendants of Samuel Wright (1722-1789) of Lenox, Mass: with lineage back to Thomas Wright (1610-1670) of Wethersfield, Conn., (emigrated 1640), and showing a direct line to John Wright, Lord of Kelvedon Hall, Essex, England. (Salt Lake City, Utah (1977 reprint): Genealogical Society of Utah (1977 reprint), 1913)
   page 18.

   'John Wright of Wright's Bridge, married Alice Wood; died 1558.'

2.   A Brief History of The Kelvedon Hatch Wrights.

   ' "The first Book of Registers of St Peter" has "Johanis Wryght, son of Johanis of Wealdside, md. Alicia Wood, widow, 13 Sep 1541".'
   
   The actual quote from "The First Book of the Registers of St Peter, South Weald, Hundred of Chafford, in the County of Essex, 1539-1573, Edited by Robert Hovenden, F.S.A. 1889" is 'NO'IA NUBENT'M [33 Henry VIII., 1541] "Johan'es Wryght filius Johanis de Wyldsyd isti p'ochie nuptus erat cu' Alicia Wood vidua eiusd' p'ochie decimo trcio die mensis Septe'bris"

3. ↑ Wright, Joseph W. Genealogical Notice of Samuel Wright, of Springfield, Mass. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (1850)
   4:356.

   A genealogical chart shows "John Wright of Wrightsbridge, Co. Essex" married to "Avis Rooke", crediting the information "to H. G. Somerby Esq., who says that more may be obtained by farther search in the records of Essex Co., England, and to Dr. J. H. Wright, U. S. Navy."

4.   Wright Family History, Wright State University.
5.   Wrights of Kelvedon Hall.
6. ↑ Birth year estimated based on marriage date and the fact that she was a widow when she married John Wright.