Sarah Wright (abt. 1765 - aft. 1836)

Born about 1765 in Westchester, Westchester, New York

Wife of Jesse Strang UEL — married 24 Oct 1787 in Bedeque, Prince Edward Island

Descendants

Died after 1836 after about age 71 in Bedeque, Prince Edward Island

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Biography

Sarah was born about 1765 to William Wright and died after 1836 in Bedeque. Her mother's name is unknown at this point.^[1]

She arrived in Prince Edward Island with her father and family in 1784 although she isn't listed by name in the documents.^[2][3]

She married Jesse Strang in 1787.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Doris Haslam, The Wrights of Bedeque, Prince Edward Island: a Loyalist Family (Summerside, Prince Edward Island: Privately Published, 1978)
2. ↑ Ward Chipman Papers; Loyalist Musters, 1776-1784; (M.G. 23, D 1, Series 1) Page 130; Discharged and Disbanded Soldiers & Loyalists, arrived from Shelburne at Charlottetown 1784
3. ↑ Will of William Wright of Lot 25, summary in "Early Prince Edward Island Probate Records" by Linda Jean Nicholson, pg 277-278. "The two surviving daughters are Lydia Rix (wife of Samuel Rix, the elder) and Sarah Strang, widow, of Lot 25"

• Jones, Orlo, and Doris Muncey Haslam. 1983. An Island refuge: Loyalists and disbanded troops on the Island of Saint John. Charlottetown, P.E.I.: Abegweit Branch of the United Empire Loyalist Association of Canada.

Acknowledgements

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