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M Joseph Joel Wright

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Information from Dorothy Glen, Wright, Larabee, Crawford, RootsWeb WorldConnect Project.

1851 personal census, Colchester Twp, Essex Co., ON, 1-8:
Wright Joseph, M, Married, 29, born F Up Canada, Ep Church, Farmer;
Zoah, F,Married, 28, born Up Canada, R Catholic;
Francis, M, Single, 7, born Up Canada, Ep Church;
Edwin, M, 2, born Up Canada, Ep Church;
Fransess, F, Single, 1, born Up Canada, Ep Church;
Agness, F, Widowed, 69, born Up Canada, Ep Church;
Hannah, F, single, 41, born Up Canada, Ep Church.

1881 personal census, Colchester South Twp, Essex Co., ON, LDS 1881 Can census household record:
Wright Joseph J., M, Married, 59, born Ont, origin: English, Church of England, Farmer;
Zoah, F, Married, 57, born Ont, origin: French, Church of England;
Cook, M, 23, born Ont, origin: English, Church of England, Farmer;
Clarence, M, 19, born Ont, origin: English, Church of England, Farmer.

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, ...
     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...

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers, 1905, p. 235-236:
Cook Wright, an energetic farmer of Malden township, County of Essex, is a descendant of one of the pioneer settlers of Colchester, numbered among the very first to locate in this vicinity.
     Joseph J. Wright, his father, was born in Colchester township, on the homestead farm, near the lake. As a young man he assisted in the clearing of the home farm, and also for a time following sailing, in time becoming master and part owner of the schooner "L. Patton." His home was always Colchester South, where he engaged in farming and owned considerable land. He died in Colchester in February, 1901, aged seventy-nine years. His wife passed away in 1891, aged sixty-four years. In Colchester South he married Zoah Marontate, also of an old County of Essex family. The father was a Conservative in his political views, and being a great reader, and possessing an excellent memory, was a well-informed man. His family was as follows: Francis (deceased), married Jennie Harris; Edwin D. of Colchester South, married Sarah Lypps; Emma married Alanson Iler, of Colchester South; Ella married Theodore Langlois; Cook and Clarence are both on the homestead; the latter married Amy McGee.
     Cook Wright was born on the home farm April 4, 1858, in the house which is still standing...

Yleiskatsaus sukutauluun

Henry Wright ca 1750-1813   Mary Christina Klingensmith ca 1754-1837   John Thomas Lypps †1817   Mary Ann Clingersmith
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William Wright 1773-1843   Elizabeth (Betsy) Agnes Lypps 1779-1863
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Joseph Joel Wright 1822-1901