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Thomas Wright

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Thomas Wright

Birth
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
15 May 1853 (aged 91)
Burial
Garards Fort, Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Thomas Wright, the third child of Rachel Marple and John Wright, was born May 4, 1762, in Lower Dublin Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. He married Elizabeth Northrop on April 10, 1788, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Three days later they received their church letter from The Church of Christ at Lower Dublin, Alias Pennepack, in Philadelphia County, and when they moved to Greene County, Pennsylvania, they united by this letter with the Goshen Baptist Church.

The children of Thomas and Elizabeth Northrop Wright are Justus (1789–1873), John Foster, Amos, and Elizabeth Wright.

From Leola Wright Murphy, compiler, "Joseph Wrights Descendants, Philadelphia, County Pennsylvania, and the Family Genealogy," 1978, p. 26. This information provided by Brett Slocum, Contributor # 47340596.
Thomas Wright, the third child of Rachel Marple and John Wright, was born May 4, 1762, in Lower Dublin Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. He married Elizabeth Northrop on April 10, 1788, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Three days later they received their church letter from The Church of Christ at Lower Dublin, Alias Pennepack, in Philadelphia County, and when they moved to Greene County, Pennsylvania, they united by this letter with the Goshen Baptist Church.

The children of Thomas and Elizabeth Northrop Wright are Justus (1789–1873), John Foster, Amos, and Elizabeth Wright.

From Leola Wright Murphy, compiler, "Joseph Wrights Descendants, Philadelphia, County Pennsylvania, and the Family Genealogy," 1978, p. 26. This information provided by Brett Slocum, Contributor # 47340596.

Inscription

THOMAS WRIGHT
Departed this life May 15th.
1853. Aged 91 years & 11 d.

At old age the grave received me
N ?? and believe me;
Times and truble are all past,
Thow I die I'll live at last.

NOTE: Leola Wright Murphy, compiler, "Joseph Wrights Descendants, Philadelphia, County Pennsylvania, and the Family Genealogy," 1978, p. 25, gives this transcription:

At old age the grave received me
Ninety one, friends believe me
Times of trouble are all past
Tho I die I'll live at last.



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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86028084/thomas-wright: accessed ), memorial page for Thomas Wright (4 May 1762–15 May 1853), Find a Grave Memorial ID 86028084, citing Garards Fort Cemetery, Garards Fort, Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Anonymous (contributor 46960440).