1678 Robert Wright, son of Joshua Wright of ye falls, was born on 2 of March (month 2). [1] [2] [3]
1711 On 3 November, Robert Wright and Elizabeth Hierton made their second declaration of intention to marry, as recorded in the Chesterfield, Burlington County, monthly meeting minutes. [4] [5]
1711 On 20 December, Robert Wright and Elizabeth Hyerton were married in Burlington. Witnessed by Duglis Hyarton, Susanna Tayler, Joshua Wright, Joseph Wright, Elizabeth Wright, Samuel Wright, Rebeckah Wright, Mary Wright, Samuel Taylor, Elizabeth Fretwell, Benjamin Wright, Sarah Wright, Rachel Curtis, Frances Scholey, John Scholey, and others. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
1739 Robert Wright voted in an election in Burlington County, New Jersey. [11]
1742 The will of Robert Wright, of Chesterfield, Burlington County, was dated June 27, 1742 and was proved in probate court on July 15, 1742. An inventory was dated May 12, 1742 (before the date of the will). The will named wife Jane Wright and children Robert, Joshua, James, and Jane Wright and children-in-law [step-children] Isabel Ware, Andrew Ware, and John Ware. His wife, brother Samuel Wright, and nephew Amos Wright were named executors. [12]
Research Notes:
"The ancestors of Nathan S. Wright are said to have come to this country about the time of the immigration of William Penn. His direct ancestor, Joshua Wright, established a home in New Hanover, Burlington County, N.J. Robert Wright, son of Joshua, and the grandfather of Nathan S., resided in Monmouth County a portion of his life, and is thought to have been there at the time of the memorable battle of Monmouth in the Revolution. He was the father of three children, as follows: Robert H., Sarah, and Theodocia. Robert H. Wright became a thrifty farmer, and resided near Trenton, N.J. In politics he was an old-time Whig; and in religious tenets he followed his ancestors, who had for many generations been identified with the Society of Friends. His wife, whose maiden name was Sarah A. Scattergood, bore him three children, two of whom — namely, Robert S. and Joseph S.— have departed this life, Nathan S. being the only survivor. The father died on December 16, 1869." [13]
[1] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Burlington Monthly Meeting, Marriages, Births and Deaths, 1677-1765, bottom, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[2] Hannah Benner Roach, "Seventeenth Century Birth Records in the Delaware Valley," Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 27 (1966), 83-91, at 84.
[3] Charlotte D. Meldrum, Early Church Records of Burlington County, New Jersey, Vol. 1 (1994), 1.
[4] Lewis D. Cook, "Marriage Intentions, 1685-1730, Burlington County, New Jersey," National Genealogical Society Quarterly 53 (1965), 129-32, at 130.
[5] "Marriages at Chesterfield, New Jersey, 1685-1730," The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 9 (1885), 347-352, at 349, [GoogleBooks].
[6] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Burlington Monthly Meeting, Minutes, 1677-1777 (includes many different types of records), [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[7] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Marriages, Births in Burlington Monthly Meeting (Rancocas and Burlington Monthly Meeting), 1711, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[8] William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 2 [NJ and Pennsylvania] (1938), 234, [HathiTrust].
[9] William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 2 [NJ and Pennsylvania] (1938), 277, [HathiTrust].
[10] Charlotte D. Meldrum, Early Church Records of Burlington County, New Jersey, Vol. 1 (1994), 52.
[11] John J. Thompson, "Poll Book of an Election in 1739, Burlington County, New Jersey," The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 18 (1894), 185-193, at 189, columns 3 and 4, [GoogleBooks].
[12] Donald G. Armstrong, New Jersey Pioneers: Twenty-Four Families (Marco Island, Florida: Penobscot Press, 2014), 24.
[13] Biographical review Volume XIX, containing life sketches of leading citizens of Burlington and Camden counties, New Jersey (Boston 1897), 412, [InternetArchive].