Squire John WRIGHT

1789 - 1875  (86 years)

• Name	John WRIGHT  [1]
  Prefix	Squire
  Birth	1789	, Tryon, Prince Edward Island   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Name	John M. Wright  [4]
  Death	2 Dec 1875	, Searletown, Prince Edward Island   [3]
  Burial	the United Church Cemetery, Searletown, Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada, 46.30290,-63.69026   [5]
  	Inscription: WRIGHT / In Memory / of / John Wright / died Dec. 2, 1875, / Æt. 86 / Also His Wife / Mary / died Dec. 20, 1877, / Æt. 72Left: In Memory / of / Annie Amelia / died Nov. 13, 1875, /Æt. 12. / Daughter of / Dugald S. & Beria / S. Wright.Back: Emma Huestis / Born Feb. 1856 / Died June 1920
  Person ID	I105057	Ancestral Trails
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Nathaniel WRIGHT,   b. 28 Mar 1765, New York d. 25 Apr 1825, Central Bedeque, Prince County, Prince Edward Island (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Ann Nancy LORD,   b. 24 Jan 1770, England d. 21 Mar 1839, Bedeque, Prince County, Prince Edward Island (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	25 Jun 1788  [2]
  Family ID	F16005	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth ROBINS,   b. 1789, , Lower Bedeque, Prince County, Prince Edward Island
  Marriage	Y  [3]
  	there were seven children from this marriage. It is believed that John and Elizabeth lived in the Central Bedeque area before moving to the newly developed Searletown district.
  Children	1. John Robins WRIGHT,   b. 1814   d. 23 Feb 1890, , Searletown, Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Age 76 years)   2. Harriet WRIGHT,   b. 28 May 1815   d. 27 Oct 1893 (Age 78 years)   3. Albert WRIGHT,   b. 1818, , Bedeque, Prince County, Prince Edward Island d. 1828 (Age 10 years)   4. Solomon Dibble WRIGHT,   b. Abt 1819, , Bedeque, Prince County, Prince Edward Island d. 26 Apr 1896, , Summerside, Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Age ~ 77 years)   5. Richard Theodore WRIGHT,   b. 16 Dec 1821, Bedeque, Prince County, Prince Edward Island d. 21 Feb 1914, Campbellton, Prince County, Prince Edward Island (Age 92 years)   6. Thomas Robins WRIGHT,   b. 25 Dec 1823, , Bedeque, Prince County, Prince Edward Island d. 29 Aug 1908, , Oswego Falls, Oswego County, New York, USA (Age 84 years)   7. Anne WRIGHT,   b. 1826, , Bedeque, Prince County, Prince Edward Island d. 1826 (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F23135	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Sep 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Mary STEWART,   b. Abt 1805, , Shipyard; Princetown, Prince County, Prince Edward Island d. 20 Dec 1877, , Searletown, Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Age ~ 72 years)
  Marriage	16 Nov 1831  [6]
  Children	1. Elizabeth Ann WRIGHT,   b. 10 Mar 1833, , Searletown, Prince County, Prince Edward Island   2. Dugald Stewart WRIGHT,   b. 19 Jun 1835, , Searletown, Prince County, Prince Edward Island d. 26 Nov 1912, , Summerside, Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F26213	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Sep 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S866] The Wrights of Bedeque, PEI, a Loyalist Family, 866. (Reliability: 3). page 87 [S362] Harold Cairns, personal communication, 362. (Reliability: 2). [S866] The Wrights of Bedeque, PEI, a Loyalist Family, 866. (Reliability: 2). [S866] The Wrights of Bedeque, PEI, a Loyalist Family, 866. (Reliability: 3). [S9572] Marker - (Squire) John Wright, 9572. (Reliability: 3). [S866] The Wrights of Bedeque, PEI, a Loyalist Family, 866. (Reliability: 3). p.23