Mary (Morgan) Wright (abt. 1706 - bef. 1755)

Descendants

Died before 1755 before about age 49 in Pennsylvania

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Biography

Birth
Mary was born about 1706.

Parents
For a detailed analysis of Mary being the daughter of Elizabeth [Jarman] Morgan and Edward Morgan, see Baldwin, pages 108-11.

Research Note. There is a section in the Will of Morgan Morgan listings bequeaths to

Margaret Morgan, John Thomas, William Morris, Walter Evans, Elinor Wright, and 'Elizabeth my brother John's daughter'

Stewart Baldwin, a descendant of 'Elizabeth my brother John's daughter', observed that this was a list of some of Morgan Morgan's nieces and nephews:

• Margaret Morgan b 1714, daughter of William Morgan
• John Thomas b 1721, son of Margaret (Morgan) Thomas
• William Morris b abt 1716, son of Elizabeth (Morgan) Morris
• Walter Evans b 1723, son of Alice (Morgan) Evans
• Elinor Wright m 1741 (b est 1724 ?), daughter of Mary (Morgan) Wright
• Elizabeth Morgan b 1722-1727, daughter of John Morgan

Knowing that William Morgan, Margaret (Morgan) Thomas, Elizabeth (Morgan) Morris, Alice (Morgan) Evans, John Morgan, were siblings of Morgan Morgan , this list supported the claim that Mary (Morgan) Wright was also a sibling.

Some other supporting evidence, for Mary Wright,
1) she was a witness in Joseph Morgan’s marriage in 1728.
2) she was a witness in Enoch Morgan’s marriage in 1741 , b& g column just below Wm and Daniel Morgan along with Elinor Wright, in next column.

Marriage
Mary married John Wright. ^[1]

Gwynedd Quaker records:" 43-2 1750-7-25 Mary Wright married contrary to discipline a number of years ago and offered an account" [this is Mary Morgan m. John Wright]^[2] "A number of Mary's daughters were married at Gwynedd Meeting House."^[3]

Children (order unknown)^[4]

• Elinor Wright married 29 Aug 1741 William Miller.
• Jonathan Wright died 1811/4
• Abijah Wright, living 1780
• John Wright, living 1780
• Elizabeth Wright, b. 27 3mo. 1727
• Mary Wright married 1752 William Chilcot
• Hannah Wright married 1754 Joseph Dickinson.
• Isabel Wright married 1755 Benjamin Dickinson
• Margaret Wright married 1758 Thomas Blackledge
• Tabitha Wright, married about 1769, Josiah Dickinson
• Sinah Wright, living 1777, never married

Sources

1. ↑ Baldwin, page 117
2. ↑ DICKINSON GENEALOGY (https://www.friendsjournal.org/legacy/abington/gwynedd/dickinson.htm)
3. ↑ MORGAN in the records of Gwynedd Friends Meeting. (https://www.friendsjournal.org/legacy/abington/gwynedd/morgan_docs.html)
4. ↑ Edward Morgan of Gwynedd, PA by Stewart Baldwin (https://web.archive.org/web/20200130164440/http://sbaldw.home.mindspring.com/e_morgan.htm)

• Baldwin, Stewart, "The Family of Edward Morgan of Pennsylvania: Daniel Boone's Maternal Kin", The Genealogist. This is a four-part article appearing in four consecutive issues as follows: Part one in Volume 15, No. 1 (Spring 2001): 104-28; part two in Volume 15, No. 2 (Fall 2001): 172-95; part three in Volume 16, No. 1 (Spring 2002): 71-92; and part four in Volume 16, No. 2 (Fall 2002): 234-54.