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Ebenezer Wright

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Ebenezer Wright

Birth
Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
12 Aug 1781 (aged 76)
Westford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Westford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.5878944, Longitude: -71.4205639
Plot
Old West Division, Range 11(2)
Memorial ID
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He was the son of Ebenazar and Hanah (Fletcher) Wright.

He married Deliverance Stevens in Westford, MA, on May 25, 1730.

Children (b. in Westford, MA)
Abigal, Feb. 28, 1730-31 -
Hanah, Aug. 23, 1732 -
Ebenezer, Jan. 29, 1733/4 - Oct. 4, 1811
Calab, July 26, 1735 -
Joshua, May 30, 1737 -
Zeccheus, Oct. 27, 1738 - Mar. 20, 1811
Joele, Sept. 8, 1740 -
Silas, Apr. 8, 1742 -
Amos, Jan. 6, 1743 - Mar. 19, 1825
Lydia, Aug. 29, 1745 -
Phinehas, May 22, 1747 -
Olive, Feb. 23, 1748 - Mar. 19, 1835

Ebenezer's name appears on a list as one of the town's 89 original taxpayers. He resided on Chamberlain Road and served in 1726-1727 as treasurer for the West Precinct of Chelmsford which became the town of Westford in 1729.

He and his brother, Thomas Wright, gave the town of Westford the land for the North Burying Ground (Hillside) in 1753.

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Per Suggestion he was a veteran. Not sure which war. He would have been around 70 if he was in the Revolutionary War.
He was the son of Ebenazar and Hanah (Fletcher) Wright.

He married Deliverance Stevens in Westford, MA, on May 25, 1730.

Children (b. in Westford, MA)
Abigal, Feb. 28, 1730-31 -
Hanah, Aug. 23, 1732 -
Ebenezer, Jan. 29, 1733/4 - Oct. 4, 1811
Calab, July 26, 1735 -
Joshua, May 30, 1737 -
Zeccheus, Oct. 27, 1738 - Mar. 20, 1811
Joele, Sept. 8, 1740 -
Silas, Apr. 8, 1742 -
Amos, Jan. 6, 1743 - Mar. 19, 1825
Lydia, Aug. 29, 1745 -
Phinehas, May 22, 1747 -
Olive, Feb. 23, 1748 - Mar. 19, 1835

Ebenezer's name appears on a list as one of the town's 89 original taxpayers. He resided on Chamberlain Road and served in 1726-1727 as treasurer for the West Precinct of Chelmsford which became the town of Westford in 1729.

He and his brother, Thomas Wright, gave the town of Westford the land for the North Burying Ground (Hillside) in 1753.

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Per Suggestion he was a veteran. Not sure which war. He would have been around 70 if he was in the Revolutionary War.

Inscription

Memento mori
ERECTED
In Memory of Mr.
Ebenezer Wright
who departed this
Life Aug 12th 1781
In the 77th year
of his Age.



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  • Created by: Denise
  • Added: Nov 5, 2007
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22680679/ebenezer-wright: accessed ), memorial page for Ebenezer Wright (5 Mar 1705–12 Aug 1781), Find a Grave Memorial ID 22680679, citing Fairview Cemetery, Westford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Denise (contributor 46820671).