Abigail (Warren) Wright (1640 - 1726)

Born 27 Oct 1640 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Wife of John Wright Sr. — married 10 May 1661 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 6 Apr 1726 at age 85 in Woburn, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Abigail Warren was born at Weymouth on October 27, 1640, the daughter of Arthur Warren.^[1]

John Wright and Abigail "Warin" were married at Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, on May 10, 1661.^[2]

Death: "Abigail, widow of John, April 6, 1726; 84 y." at Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts.^[3] She is buried at the First Burial Ground in Woburn, where her gravestone reads:^[4][5]

Here Lyes yͤ Body

of M^rs. Abigail

Wright, Wife to

M^r. John Wright,

Who Dec^d April yͤ

6^th 1726, in yͤ 84^th

Year of Her Age.

Sources

1. ↑ Vital records of Weymouth, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. Vol. 1 - Births. Boston, Mass: Publ. by the New England historic genealogical society, at the charge of the Eddy town-record fund, 1910. Open Library Page 331
2. ↑ Vital records of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. Salem, Mass: The Essex Institute, 1999. Open Library Page 341
3. ↑ Woburn Records: PART II. DEATHS. Page 212. Citing: "WRIGHT, Abigail, widow of John, April 6, 1726; 84 y."
4. ↑ Woburn Records: PART II. EPITAPHS, FIRST BURIAL-GROUND. Page 23*. (92.) 'Here lyes y^e Body of Mr's Abigail Wright Wife to M'r John Wright who Dec'd April y^e 6th 1726 in y^e 84’th Year of Her Age.'
   Abigail Wright, wife of John Wright (epitaph 56)."
5. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 August 2019), memorial page for Abigail Warren Wright (27 Oct 1642–6 Apr 1726), Find A Grave: Memorial #36228112, citing First Burial Ground, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Diana L. Brace (contributor 46885260).

See also:

• Johnson, Edward. Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Marriage Intentions, from 1640 to 1900 (Woburn, Mass., 1890-1919).

• Source S2 Text: Manuscript [Hugh Darrell Miller, comp.] Genealogy: Ethel Peters Miller/Hugh Darrell Miller Text: 1985 Text: copy in possession of author

• Source: S1711 Title: The Wrights: 'A Genealogical Study of the First Settlers in Canada's National Capital Region, Edition: revised edition Abbreviation: The Wrights: 1st Settlers in Hull Author: Evans, Patrick M. O. Publication: National Capital Commission, Ottawa, Ontario, 1978

• Source: S663 Title: Korrie Kamp Family Home Page, Url:http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/k/a/m/Rashelle--Kamp/index.html(accessed 13 Jan 1999) Abbreviation: Korrie Kamp Family Home Page Author: Kamp, Korrie Publication: the author, snert21@aol.com, n.d. Repository: #R10

• Repository: R10 Name: Kimball G. Everingham Private Genealogical Collection, Salt Lake City, Utah

• Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1862); Vol.4, p.337

• Pope, Charles Henry: "Pioneers of Massachusetts"; page 480 (Warren) and page 516 (Wright).

• "Some Descendants of Arthur Warren of Weymouth, Masachusetts Bay Colony" by Foster, Warren and Woder published 1982 by Judd & Detwiler, Washington, DC

• Genealogical Records of Laura Burgund and recorded in Ancestry.com.