William Wright, SV/PROG

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William Wright, SV/PROG

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Death: February 22, 1857 (63)
Wright Cottage, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Immediate Family:

Son of William Wright and Julia Wright, SM/PROG
Husband of Rosa Wright, SM/PROG
Father of Martha Wright; William Wright, (3); John Wright; Eliza Julia Greathead (Wright); Emily Wood Gadd (Wright) and 4 others
Brother of Benjamin Wright, SV/PROG 2
Half brother of Mary Arnot; Elizabeth Bradfield; Edward Mortimer Turvey; Louisa Bradfield and George Turvey

Occupation: Merchant
Managed by: Vincent MacIvor Gillman-Bate
Last Updated:

About William Wright, SV/PROG

1820 British Settler

William Wright 24, Ironmonger, together with his wife Rosa Stratford 27, their 2 children and servant Sally 14, were members of Turvey's Party of 61 Settlers on the Sir George Osborn.

Party originated from London.

Departed London - 16 March 1820. Arrival Simon's Bay, Cape Town - 17 June 1820. Final Port Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth - July 1820

Area Allocated to the Party : Trompetter's Drift Post - Albany

Children :

  • Martha Wright 3
  • William Wright 1
    Was expelled from the Quakers for marrying an Irish Episcopalian in Belfast, so made a break from the Old World and went to South Africa.

Under "Media" in this profile see documents from Ancestry.com: Transcription of death certificate from South African records; marriage banns and marriage entry in church documents of St. Swithin, Walcott, Bath.

Also, copy of original death notice sent to Meg Young from Vivien Mott, related by marriage to Mary Coryndon Greathead.

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William Wright, SV/PROG's Timeline

1793
April 16, 1793
Dublin, Ireland
1817
April 2, 1817
Liverpool, England (United Kingdom)
1818
1818
Age 4
Bathwick, Bath and North East Somerset, England, United Kingdom
1819
1819
Ireland
1822
October 12, 1822
South Africa
1824
October 31, 1824
Sundays River, Cape, South Africa
1828
1828
Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1830
1830
1834
February 6, 1834
Grahamstown, Western District, Cape Colony, South Africa