Mercy Wright

Brief Life History of Mercy

When Mercy Wright was born in 1698, in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, John Wright, was 23 and her mother, Mercy Wardwell, was 25. She married John Wilson on 21 June 1716, in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 8 daughters. She died on 14 February 1759, in her hometown, at the age of 61, and was buried in Old North Parish Burying Ground, North Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Wilson
1682–1759
Mercy Wright
1698–1759
Marriage: 21 June 1716
Mercy Wilson
1717–1751
Elizabeth Wilson
1732–1738
Wilson
1718–1718
John Wilson
1720–1774
John Wilson
1720–1774
Joseph Wilson
1721–1738
Phoebe Wilson
1723–1738
Hannah Wilson
1726–1738
Asa Wilson
1728–1738
Wilson
1730–1730
Mary Wilson
1731–1738
Mehetabel Willson
1733–
Joshua Wilson
1735–1738
Lydia Willson
1737–1738
Lydia Wilson
1739–1748

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  • Family Data Collection - Births
  • Massachusetts, Town Marriage Records, 1620-1850
  • Mary in entry for John Wilson, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"

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Name Meaning

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.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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