1901 personal census, Colchester South Twp, Essex Co., ON,
D3-2:
Wright Ellis L., M, Married, 26 July 1858, 42, born Ont, origin: England,
English, Eng[lish Church], Farmer;
Florence, F, wife, Married, 24 Jan
1864, 37, born Ont, origin: Ireland, Irish, Eng;
Ive B., F, daughter,
Single, 9 April 1885, 15, born Ont, origin: England, English, Eng, 10 months
in school;
Lorni L., M, son, Single, 17 April 1892, 8, born Ont, origin: England, English, Eng, 10 months in school.
Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 559-560:
Ellis L. Wright, a thrift farmer of Colchester South township, County of Essex, and a member of one of the early settled families of this locality, was born on the farm place July 16, 1858.
The ancestor of the New World Wrights was Henry Wright, who was born and reared in England. In his young manhood he emigrated to America with a brother, locating in Rutland, Pennsylvania, where the latter remained. In that State Henry married Mary Klingensmith, and they became the parents of the following family: William, Philip, who married (first) Miss Dowler, and (second) Delilah Malott; Henry, who married (first) Miss Hitchcock, and had one daughter, Deborah (who married Matthew McCormick), and he married (second) Hannah Lipps; Thomas, who married (first) Jennie Little, (second) Mary Leighton, and (third) Abbie Larabie; Betsy, who married John Brush; Mary, who married Asa Wilcox; Mattie, who married Samuel Watson; and Katie, who married Henry Lipps. At the time of the trouble between the American colonies and the mother country, Henry Wright, as a U.E. Loyalist, came to Canada, first settling at Grosse Ile, and later moving to Malden, when he found Grosse Ile did not belong to Canada. He made his last home on land in Lots 80 and 76 and both he and his wife are buried there.
William Wright, son of Henry, was born in Pennsylvania, and was eight years of age when brought by his parents to the County of Essex. By trade he was a blacksmith, following that occupation in connection with farming. His wife was Elizabeth (or Betsy) Lipps, a native of Virginia. He died in 1854, aged seventy-nine, and his wife in 1866, aged seventy-five. They were members of the Church of England. Their children, all now deceased except Daniel R., were: Henry, who married Amanda Kent; Mary, who married John Mickle; Elizabeth, who wedded Henry Leighton; Jacob, who married Amy McDonald; Simon, who married Sarah Knapp; Hannah, who died unmarried, aged forty-five; Daniel R.; and Joseph, who married Zoie Marentate.
Daniel R. Wright was born in Colchester South, on Lake Erie, April 28, 1820. He remained with his parents off and on until his marriage. In 1837-38, in the Mackenzie Rebellion, he served as a soldier, the first year as corporal, and he was then transferred to the cavalry, with which he continued to the end of the war. He then farmed until 1858, on the home farm, and that year came to his present farm. He has always taken an active part in politics, as a stanch Conservative, and for many years was a road supervisor, and for twenty years township councillor. He is a member of the Established Church. On Nov. 27, 1855, he was married in Colchester South to Sarah Leighton, who was born in Amherstburg Oct. 7, 1823, and who died in April 1901, daughter of John and Ann (Posten) Leighton, natives of Liverpool, England; after coming to Canada Mr. Leighton engaged in farming. To Daniel R. Wright and wife were born the following children: Miss Emaline, living with her brother Ellis L.; Lorinda, who married Charles Knapp, now deceased, of Walkerville, and had eight children; Alfred, who died young; Lewis, who married Josephine Lipps, and has four children; Isabella, wife of Albert Simcoe, of Harrow; and Ellis L.
Ellis L. Wright attended the public schools regularly until he was fourteen years old, when he began to learn the practical work of farming. When he started for himself it was upon a portion of the homestead, and since his father's retirement he has operated the entire property very successfully. The farm consists of 140 acres, and the whole place is kept in so excellent a condition that there is no doubt that the one at the head of affairs understands his business.
In politics Mr. Wright is a Conservative, but he has never sought or desired office. Like all his family he is a member of the Church of England. Fraternally, his affiliations are with the Workmen of Honor, and Agricultural Society.
On Nov. 19, 1884 in Amherstburg, Mr. Wright was united in marriage with Florence Pettypiece, who was born in Anderdon township, Jan. 24, 1864, daughter of John and Jemima (Brush) Pettypiece, natives of Pennsylvania, who were early settlers in the County of Essex. The children of this union are: Ivy Belle, born April 17, 1886, and Lorne Leighton, born April 9, 1892. Both Mr. and Mrs. Wright are very well and favorably known throughout the county, and have a host of warm, personal friends who appreciate their many good qualities.
Ivy Belle
Wright
Lorne Leighton Wright 1892-
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