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Property

On 31 December 1770, JohnWright, Jr., husbandman of Dunstable, purchased from his father John Wright,joiner of Dunstable, 39 acres in Dunstable for payment of £40. On 5 March 1816,John Wright yeoman of Dunstable joined his siblings in a quitclaim of propertyfrom his father’s estate to Zebedu Wright, Jr. of Dunstable. Those joining withJohn in the quitclaim were Zebedu Wright of Dunstable, Benjamin Wright ofMilford, Nehemiah Wright and Oliver Wright of Nelson, Isaac Wright ofDunstable, and James and Susannah Cummings of Dunstable.[1]In 1790, the household ofJohn Wright, Jr. was six persons at Dunstable: one male 16 and over, threemales under 16, and two females.[2]John Wright, Jr. was of Dunstable on 11 February 1807 when he sold to JonathanEmerson 41 acres partly in Dunstable, New Hampshire and partly in Dunstable,Massachusetts for payment of $1,037.50.[3] [1] NewHampshire Land records, Hillsborough County, 32:300, 117:282[2] TheNational Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC; First Census of the UnitedStates, 1790.; Year: 1790; Census Place: Dunstable, Hillsborough, NewHampshire; Series: M637; Roll: 5; Page: 247; Family History Library Film:0568145[3] New HampshireLand Records, Hillsborough County, 76:314Hillsborough County index deedshttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3G-X1NC?i=596&cat=42892332:300, 76:314, 117:282Deed bookshttps://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/428923?availability=Family%20History%20Library117:282 – this could be John Wright and hissiblings quitclaiming property from his father’s estate – yes, seems to behttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSRZ-N92V-9?i=156&cat=42892376:314 – this is John Wright, Jr. in 1807https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSRZ-NG1Y?i=468&cat=42892332:300 – 1770 John to John, Jr. – must be from hisfatherhttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSRZ-M9HS-V?i=449&cat=428923

Biography

John Wright was a member of the Committee onInspection at Nashua in 1775.[1] Butthat is likely the father164, 165 Maybe some mentions in History of HillsboroughCountyhttps://archive.org/details/historyofhillsbo00hurd/mode/2up?q=%22john+wright%22[1] Hurd,History of Hillsborough County, p 164, p 165