Benjamin Pepperell Wright

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Benjamin Pepperell Wright

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Woburn, Middlesex County, MA
Death: 1789 (64-65)
Ludlow, Hampden County, MA
Immediate Family:

Son of Deacon Josiah Wright and Ruth Wright
Husband of Mary Rachel Wright
Father of Noah Wright
Brother of Josiah Wright, Jr.; Samuel Wright; Ruth Thompson; Lt John Wright; Mary Ferry and 4 others

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About Benjamin Pepperell Wright

Notes for Benjamin Wright:BENJAMIN WRIGHT of Pepperell, Private, Lieut. Issac Wood' detachment, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775 to headquaters at Cambridge,service, 4 days; also Capt. John Nutting's Company; Col William McIntosh's regt;, Gen Lovel's brigade; enlisted 7-30,-1778; discharged 9-12-1778 service, 1 month, 17 days, on expedition to Rhode Island, joined Army under General Sullivan on the expedition against Newport in August, 1778 and continued in service at Rhode Island for the term of 6 weeks under Capt. John Nutting, and asked that said Capt. Nutting be directed to make up a roll for their State pay which they had not received; petition was granted and resolve passed thereon 11-26-1779. Benjamin Wright settled in Hollis N.H. at a place on the road from Wincol Wright mill to Parker pond valley, he being one of the first settlers in this wild region, who by dint of industry and perserverance gained a competence and honest living amid those scrub oaks and cobbly knolls.

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Benjamin Pepperell Wright's Timeline

1724
1724
Woburn, Middlesex County, MA
1763
December 13, 1763
Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
1789
1789
Age 65
Ludlow, Hampden County, MA