When Joel Wright was born on 2 May 1789, in Newberry, South Carolina, United States, his father, John Wright, was 40 and his mother, Jemima Haworth, was 41. He married Martha Johnson on 29 January 1823, in Highland, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. His occupation is listed as merchant in Leesburg, Highland, Ohio, United States. He died on 14 October 1833, in Highland, Ohio, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in Fairfield Quaker Cemetery, Leesburg, Highland, Ohio, United States.
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English and Scottish: occupational name for a craftsman or maker of machinery, mostly in wood, of any of a wide range of kinds, from Middle English and Older Scots wriht, wright, wricht, writh, write (Old English wyrhta, wryhta) ‘craftsman’, especially ‘carpenter, joiner’. The term is found in various combinations (for example, Cartwright and Wainwright ), but when used in isolation it often referred to a builder of windmills or watermills. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
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