When John Wright was born in 1746, in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Joseph Wright, was 45 and his mother, Jane Hall, was 40. He married Mary Elizabeth Walker on 24 November 1776, in Marylebone, London, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 6 February 1784, in England, United Kingdom, at the age of 38, and was buried in Kelvedon Hatch, Essex, England, United Kingdom.
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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.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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