Philemon Wright

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Philemon Wright
Submitted By: Bill Stewart lstewart@pacbell.net
Philemon Wright, b. 2 Sep 1760, Woburn, MA; chr: 7 Sep 1760, Woburn; d. 2 Jun 1839 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He was son of Thomas Wright and Elizabeth Chandler. He m. 16 May 1782, Woburn, Abigail Wyman, of Woburn, dau of Jonathan Wyman. They had 10 Children that we know of: Some of the information contained here is from Philemon Wright High School, Hull, Quebec, Canada.
1. _________ Wright. (We do not know if this child exists.) Since we have yet to find the parent of Alonzo Wright (a grandson of Philelmon), we have listed an unknown child and placed Alonzo as his child. This will all be corrected if and when we find the families of the children of Philemon. The following articlel lists Alonzo.
Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography - VI, 1889 - Wright, Alonzo, Canadian member of parliament, b. in Hull, Lower Canada, 26 Feb 1825. He is a grandson of Philemon Wright, of Woburn, Mass, who removed to Canada in 1797, founded the village of Hull, and was the first representative of the county of Ottawa in the Lower Canada assembly. The grandson was educated at Potsdam academy, NY, became a farmer, and was a representative in the Canada assembly from 1862 till 1867, when he was elected to the Dominion parliament by acclamation, re-elected by acclamation in 1872, and again returned in 1874, 1878 and in 1887.
2. Philemon Wright, b. 1783, Woburn, MA, d. 30 Nov 1821, Hull Quebec. M. abt 1808, Sarah Olmstead..
3. Tiberius Wright b. 13 Jul 1788, Woburn, d. 29 Apr 1841, Hull, Quebec, buried St James Church Cemetery, Hull, Quebec; married Nancy Chamberlain 9 Apr 1810, Hull, York Co, Upper Canada (now Ontario)
4. Abigail Wright, b. 1790, Woburn, MA, d. 1797, Woburn
5. Mary Wright, 5 Dec 1791, Woburn, MA., d. 11 Mar 1821, Hull, Quebec, m. Ephraim Chamberlain.
6. Ruggles Wright, b. 1 Oct 1793, Woburn, MA, d. 18 Aug 1863, Hull, Quebec, m. 1819 Hannah Chamberlain.
7. Abigail Wright (2nd Abigail), b. 1796, Woburn, MA, d. 1877, Hull, Quebec, m. in 1816, Thomas Brigham.
8. Christopher Columbas Wright, b. 1799, Woburn, MA, d. 1 Aug 1843, Hull, Quebec, m. 1817, Charlotte Holt.
9. Christiana Wright, b. 7 Mar 1803, Hull, Quebec, d. 5 Dec 1871, Hull, Quebec, m. Jacob L. Morrison
10. Susanna Wright, b. 1805, Hull, Quebec... No further Information.
Additional Information on the family.
Found in the Footprints Database Notes of Philemond Wright.
Also more information may be found in the Footprints History Files, 22000BIO.000 series.
"The Wrights of Kent England, Woburn MA. USA and Hull, Que, Canada."
He served in Baldwin's regiment, Wood's Co, 1776, also 2 months under Capt Wyman at Rhode Island, 1777. Thompson's Diary names him until 1706, and he sells Josiah Locke 14 acres, 1801. He removed to Ottawa, Canada in 1800, and owned the land on which the city now stands.
NEHGR Vol. XXXVIII, pp. 76-83
Philemon Wright m. Abigail Wyman, 16 May 1782 (dau of Jonathan). He served in Baldwin's Regt., Wood's Co. 1776, also 2 mos. under Capt. Wyman, at Rhode Island, 1777 (Sewall's Woburn, 577). Thompson's Diary names him till 1796, and he sells Josiah Locke 14 acres, 1801 (Wyman's Charlestown, 1052). "Nabby Wright", d. Oct. 12, 1792, aged 7 years, was perhaps his child. (He removed to Ottawa, Canada in 1800, and owned the land on which the city now stands; d. 2 Jun 1839.
(By Bill Stewart) My note: I believe the area where he lived in Canada is where the city of Hull, Quebec now stands.
"Encyclopedia Canadiana", publ by Grollier of Canada
Wright, Philemon, founder of Hull, Que: b. sept 3, 1760, at Woburn, Mass; d. in Hull, Que, Jue 2, 1839. Son of Thomas Wright and Elizabeth Chandler. Explored the Hull district before coming in 1800, with a party of 25 men, to settle in what be came known as Wright's Village or Wrightstown, where Hull now stands. As Wright had a capital of $30,000, the party was well equipped with livestock and tools. He immediately set upo a grist mill and a sawmill and by 1804 had a smithy, tailor shop, bake-house and tannery in operation. In 1807 he took the first raft of square timber from Hull to Quebec. The Union of the Ottawa*, the first steamboat on the Ottawa River, was built for him at Grenville, Quebec, in 1819. In 1806, he and his associates were granted one quarter of Hull Township; in consideration of his efforts to cultivate hemp, Wright received an additional grant of 1200 acres. In the space of a few years, Hull became a flourishing community. Wright became known as the Father of the Ottawa. Married Abigail Wyman; had five sons and three daughters.
"MacMillan Dictionary of Canadian Biography", by W. Stewart Wallace, p. 814
Wright, Philemon (1760-1839), pioneer, was born in 1760 in Woburn, MA, and emigrated to Canada in 1800. He settled on the site of what is now Hull, Quebec, and was known as "the father of the Ottawa". He died at Hull on 2 Jun 1839. He published "An account of the first settlement of the township of Hull, on the Ottawa River, L.C. (Canadian magazine, 1824)

Ahnentafel - Philemon Wright

FIRST GENERATION
1. Philemon Wright: born on 2 Sep 1760 in Woburn, Middlesex Co, MA; died on 2 Jun 1839 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

SECOND GENERATION
2. Thomas Wright: born on 12 Dec 1709 in Woburn, Middlesex Co, MA; married on 2 Mar 1756 in Woburn, Middlesex Co, MA; died on 13 Jun 1795 in Woburn, Middlesex Co, MA
3. Elizabeth Chandler

THIRD GENERATION
4. James Wright: born on 10 Mar 1677 in Chelmsford, Middlesex Co, MA; married about 1702; died on 6 Jan 1734/35 in Woburn, Middlesex Co, MA
5. Mary Elizabeth Kendall: died after 17 Mar 1734

FOURTH GENERATION
8. Joseph Josiah Wright Deacon: born in 1641 in Woburn, Middlesex Co, MA; married on 1 Nov 1661 in Charlestown, , MA; died on 31 Mar 1724 in Woburn, Middlesex Co, MA
9. Elizabeth Hassell: born on 20 Sep 1643; died on 28 Jun 1713 in Woburn, Middlesex Co, MA

FIFTH GENERATION
16. John Wright Deacon: born before 15 Sep 1601 in West Peckham, Kent, England; married about 1630 in Charlestown, Middlesex, MA; died on 21 Jun 1688 in Woburn, Middlesex Co, MA
17. Priscilla Byfield: born about 1613 in Ipswich, Co Essex, England; died on 10 Apr 1687 in Landcaster, Middlesex Cty., MA
18. Richard Hassell
19. Joanna ______

SIXTH GENERATION
32. John Wright: born in 1563 in of Eynesford, Co Kent, England; married in 1588 in, Co Kent, England
33. Jane Blenchenden: born about 1568 in Aldington, Co Kent, England
34. Richard Byfield Rev
35. Sarah ______

SEVENTH GENERATION
64. Richard Wright: born between 1520 and 1540 in , Yorkshire, , England; married in, Co Kent, England; died about 1568 in Hadlow, Kent, England
65. Dorothy Russell
66. Thomas Blenchenden

EIGHTH GENERATION
128. John Wright: born about 1500 in Cusworth, Yorkshire, England; married in Ipswich, Co Essex, England
129. Elizabeth ______

NINTH GENERATION
256. Thomas Wright: born about 1475 in Cusworth, Yorkshire, England; married in, Yorkshire, England
257. Beatrix Thompson: born in , Yorkshire, , England

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