1714 Fretwell Wright, son of Jonathan and Elizabeth Wright, was born on 14 of month 6. [1] [2]
1722 Mary Wright, wife of Fretwell and daughter of Joseph and Mary Eldridge, was born on 23 of month 7. [3]
1730 Elinor Wright, daughter of Jonathan Wright of Burlington, married Isaac Connarro on October 22. Witnessed by Fretwell Wright and Margaret Wright and others. [4]
1738 Fretwell Wright, tanner of Burlington County, married Margaret Ellis, spinster daughter of Rowland Ellis of Burlington, schoolmaster on August 2. [5] [6] [7]
1741 Peter, child of Fretwell Wright was baptized at St Mary's Church, Burlington County. [8]
1743 Easter Wright, daughter of Jonathan Wright, and William Heulings were married on June 2, at the meeting house in Burlington city. Witnessed by Fretwell Wright and others. [9]
A biosketch reports: Fretwell Wright was born on June 14, 1714. Fretwell Wright and Margaret Ellis were married on August 2, 1738. Fretwell Wright died on December 30, 1797. [10]
1738 Fretwell Wright and Margaret Ellis were married in August. [11]
1745 Fretwell Wright, perhaps this one, was a freeholder in the city of Burlington, Burlington County, New Jersey on April 15. [12]
1754 Fretwell Wright and sons Jonathan, Ellis, William, and Isaac were baptized on September 11, at St Mary's Church, Burlington County. [13]
1777 Fretwell Wright purchased land from Thomas Thorn. [14]
1778 John Abbott and Susannah Bullock of New Hanover Twp, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth, married at Upper Freehold meeting 17th, 9th month, 1778. Witnessed by Fretwell Wright and others. [15]
1796 The estate of Fretwell Wright of New Jersey, USA was administered. The will was dated July 25. The administration took place on January 16, 1798 in Bordentown, Burlington County, New Jersey. The will named Fretwell Wright and Mary (Wife). [16]
1797 Fretwell Wright died on 30 of month 12, and was buried on January 1, 1798 at Bordentown. [17] [18]
A list of their children has been recorded. [19]
A biosketch of Margaret Ellis reports: Margaret Ellis was born on September 17, 1716. Margaret Ellis and Fretwell Wright were married on August 2, 1738. Margaret Ellis died in 1756. [20]
[1] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Untitled: Chesterfield Births and Deaths, 13, image 43, [AncestryImage].
[2] Charlotte D. Meldrum, Early Church Records of Burlington County, New Jersey, Vol. 3 (1995), 37.
[3] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Untitled: Chesterfield Births and Deaths, 13, image 43, [AncestryImage].
[4] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Burlington Monthly Meeting, Minutes, 1677-1777 (includes many different types of records), 233, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[5] Charlotte D. Meldrum, Early Church Records of Burlington County, New Jersey, Vol. 3 (1995), 109.
[6] New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].
[7] New Jersey, U.S., Marriage Records, 1683-1802, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[8] John E. Stillwell, Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, Vol. 2 (1906), 57, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].
[9] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Burlington Monthly Meeting, Minutes, 1677-1777 (includes many different types of records), 293, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[10] Mackenzie, George Norbury, and Nelson Osgood Rhoades, eds, Colonial Families of the United States of America: in Which is Given the History, Genealogy and Armorial Bearings of Colonial Families Who Settled in the American Colonies From the Time of the Settlement of Jamestown, 13th May, 1607, to the Battle of Lexington, 19th April, 1775, Vol 4 of 7 (1912, Reprinted, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1966, 1995), [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[11] New Jersey, U.S., Marriage Records, 1683-1802, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[12] Carlos E. Godfrey, "A List of the Freeholders for the City and County of Burlington," The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 29 (1905), 421-26, at 422, [InternetArchive].
[13] John E. Stillwell, Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, Vol. 2 (1906), 60, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].
[14] Burlington County, New Jersey Deeds (1785-1901), Y4-362, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[15] Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington, New Jersey, Births and Deaths, 1675-1750, Vol. K, Marriages, 1684-1724, 114, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[16] New Jersey, U.S., Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817, Vol.36, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[17] U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, Chesterfield Meeting, Intentions of Marriage and Certificates of Removal, 1685-1756, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[18] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Untitled: Chesterfield Births and Deaths, 13A, image 44, [AncestryImage].
[19] Cape May. Miscellaneous Records 1635–1936, 1775, IGN=009158264, image 191, [FamilySearchImage].
[20] John S. Wurts, Magna Charta, Pt 4, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].