Mary Wright

John Wright (parents unknown) was born in 1590 at Waltham, Essex, England, and passed away 5 July 1643.[1] He married Mary Dell, daughter of John Dell & his 1st wife, on 22 April 1624 at Waltham, Essex, England

7 children:

• Susannah Pearse (born Wright)
• Anna Burnham (born Wright)
• Ellen Wright

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Mary Dell Wright

Birth in 1602 Bow, London, England

Death 23 Feb 1638 in Waltham, Essex, England

Father: John Dell 1545 - 1610

Mother: Elizabeth Bright 1598 - 1657

Marriage: 17 Apr 1624, Waltham Abbey, Essex, England

Spouse: John Wright, b. 1575, London, Middlesex, United Kingdom; d. July 5, 1643 (68), Waltham, Essex, England

Children:

Anna Wright 1620- 1703

Ellen Wright 1622 - 1632

John Wright 1623 - 1626

Amy Wright 1626 - 1638

Susannah Wright 1627 - 1678

Ralph Wright 1635 - 1700

Henry Wright 1637 - 1700

Sources:

John Smith Urquhart Tree - Owner: pearceww, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/33094/person/916031487

London Metropolitan Archives, St Leonard Shoreditch, Register of baptisms and marriages, 1558 - 1653, P91/LEN/A/001/MS07493.

(Ralph Dell born 1575): The Will of RALPH DELL of Bow in Middlesex, citizen and cloth worker [date not given in abstract]. • To Ralph Dell and John Dell, sons of my brother John Dell. To George Dell and Elisabeth Dell, children of my brother John. • To sister Mary Dell. • To cousin Ann Barolers, wife of Richard of Harksey.* • To sisters Ellen, Elisabeth, and Joan. • To cousin Bull. (1636 Bazzell Bull and Jane Wright 1 September.) • I give and bequeath unto and among the children of John Wright the sum of 100 pounds. • To cousin Whiting’s wife. • To my wife, Elisabeth Dell. Proved in 1646. (P.C.C., Twisse, 184.) (71 yrs old)

• Cf. the will of George Dell of Boston mariner, dated 3 Nov. 1653 (Register, Vol 5 p 442), in which the testator names his brother Mr. Richard Barachew, Living at Hackney near London and his brother Ralph Dell. Perhaps Richard Barolers of Harksey may be identical with Richard Barachew of Hackney, the names in one will or the other having been difficult to decipher. (This George Dell appears to be the nephew of Ralph Dell, brother to Ralph, sons of John Dell.)

Ralph Dell stated "I haueing no child" and the bequest to the Children of John Wright was later in the will than those to his brothers and sisters. However, I looked at "London Marriage Licences", edited by Joseph Foster, London, 1887 which you can access free on Google Books, and found the following:

"John Wright, of Waltham Abbey, co. Essex, yeoman, and Mary Dell, spinster, daughter of John Dell, of same, yeoman - at St. Mary Axe, London, 17 Apr 1624. Bishop of London's Office."

Also, "John Wright, of Waltham Abbey, co. Essex, yeoman, and Mary Dell - at Waltham Abbey, aforesaid, 19 Apr 1624. Bishop of London's Office."

From the foregoing records it appears that John Wright (or Write) of Waltham Abbey, Co. Essex, England, married there, 22 Apr. 1624 Mary Dell, probably the Mary, wife of John Wright of Surestone (Sewardstone), who was buried at Waltham Abbey 23 Feb. 1637/8.

This John Wright was probably the man of that name who was buried at Waltham Abbey 5 July 1643, although when the will of Ralph Dell (vide supra), proved in 1646 but of uncertain date, was made, he was apparently living.

The records show that John and Mary (Dell) Wright of Waltham Abbey had the following children:

• 1 John, baptized 20 Feb. 1624/5; buried 30 Sept. 1626.
• 2. Amy, buried 4 June 1638.
• 3. Susanna, bapt. 5 Aug. 1627; married at Waltham Abbey, 5 May 1642, Richard Pierce (or Pearce), with whom she migrated to New England arriving ther prior to 14 Sept. 1647.
• 4. Elyn (Ellen), buried 5 Nov. 1632.
• 5. Ann, baptized 29 Aug. 1633.
• 6. Ralph, baptized 26 Sept. 1635.
• 7. Henry, baptized 16 May 1637. (Could have been born in February at the time of Mary Dell Wright’s death)

It is possible that in this list Amy and Elyn have not been in the proper order among the children; one or both of them may even been the children of John Wright by an earlier marriage or died before they were baptized.

References

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wright-7820