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 1781 - 1857 (75 years)
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| Name |
Jane Wright |
| Born |
01 May 1781 |
Belfast, Ulster, Northern Ireland  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Died |
23 Jan 1857 |
Clay City, Clay County, Indiana, USA |
- "Religious Telescope," 10 Jun 1857:
http://www.huntington.edu/ubhc/publications/telescope/1857/rt18570610obits.htm
"Jane, wife of Reverend Amos W. Hedge, died at her residence in Clay County, IN [on] 23 Feb 1857. She was born 1 May 1781 and embraced religion some time in the year 1824, and with her husband, joined the United Brethren Church soon after. . . .
25 May 1857 A. Briley"
Edited by Roy Richard Thomas September 2008
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| Buried |
Zenor Cemetery, Clay County, Indiana, U.S.A. |
- Zenor Cemetery census transcribed, ca. 1970, by Dr. Robert G. Tucker, GRS (1918-1992): "Hedg, Jane #40 d. 23 Jan 1857 aged 75 yrs. 8 mo. 22 da. , Wife of A.W. Hedg [sic]."
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| Notes |
- Julie Matthews, e-mail 7 Aug 2008 to Dave Howard and Roy Richard Thomas:
". . . Old family Bible had birth and death dates as follows:
Jane, wife of George departed this life on the 8th day of October 1822, being 77 years of age.
George Wright departed this life the 27th day of July 1838 at age 81 years.
Jane Wright departed this life on the 12th day of January 1852. (Note with this that she was the widow of Robert and living with a daughter Lucinda Wright Melton in Harrison County, IN.)
The Bible belonged to Earl and Clara Mae Melton, great grandson of Lucinda Wright Melton.
George and Jane's daughter, Jane is the interesting one, according to some four different sources, all of the word-of-mouth variety, I'm afraid.
Jane was kidnapped by Indians when the Wrights were travelling through South Carolina on their way to Indiana. When Jane returned to her parents, she had a half-Indiana boy named Elijah, who was raised by the George/Jane family. Jane then married Amos Hedge and moved to Clay County, Indiana. The son Elijah married Elizabeth Deal in 1821 in Harrison County, IN.
After the death of her husband [Elijah Wright], Mrs. Jane (nee Wright) Wright returned to her father's home, and when the babe was born he was given for a middle name the maternal grandfather's surname (Willis), with the promise of an inheritance. Coming from Tennessee to Indiana when young, Elijah Willis Wright lived for awhile in Harrison County, IN."
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| Person ID |
I15748 |
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| Last Modified |
17 Apr 2012 |
| Father |
George Wright, b. Jul 1757, Belfast, Ulster, Northern Ireland , d. 27 Jul 1838, Middletown, Harrison County, Indiana, U.S.A. (Age ~ 81 years) |
| Mother |
Jane Unknown, b. Abt. 1745, Ireland , d. 08 Oct 1822, Harrison, IN (Age ~ 77 years) |
| Married |
Abt. 1779 |
Ireland |
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900:
"Jane Wright, birth place Ireland, birth year 1751, spouse name George Wright, birth place Ireland, spouse birth year 1757, marriage year 1779, marriage place Ireland"
Surname "Wright" found in "Selected Irish Marriages 1600-1900":
http://www.failteromhat.com/marriageall.php
"1770 Wright, Alexander M 1745 Silcox, Esther 1745
1779 Wright, George M 1757 Wright, Jane 1751
1779 Wright, Jane F 1751 Wright, George 1757
1748 Wright, Mary F Wharton, Henry"
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| Family ID |
F6630 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 3 |
Amos W. Hedge, b. 16 Nov 1796, Harrisburg, PA , d. 01 Apr 1874, Clay City, Clay County, Indiana, USA (Age 77 years) |
| Married |
07 Mar 1822 |
Harrison County, Indiana, USA |
- Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941: "Amos W. Hedge & Jane Right [sic], 7 Mar 1822, Harrison County, IN."
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900: "Amos Hedge & Jane Wright, b. 1781 Ireland, m. 1822."
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| Last Modified |
17 Apr 2012 |
| Family ID |
F8124 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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 | Born - 01 May 1781 - Belfast, Ulster, Northern Ireland |
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 | Married - Type: Abduction by force - Abt. 1801 - South Carolina |
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 | Married - 07 Mar 1822 - Harrison County, Indiana, USA |
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 | Died - 23 Jan 1857 - Clay City, Clay County, Indiana, USA |
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 | Buried - - Zenor Cemetery, Clay County, Indiana, U.S.A. |
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| Sources |
- [S55] A History of Clay County Indiana, William Travis, (Name: reprint, Evansville IN: Unigraphics; Location: New York: Lewis, 1909;; Date: 1973;), v. II, pp. 345-346.
"PERRY ALLEN MORGAN. . . . [was born] in Posey Township April 15, 1859. His father, John Newton Morgan, was born in Henry County, Kentucky, October 29, 1827, and his grandfather, Russell Morgan, was, it is thought, born in Virginia. . . .
The maiden name of the wife of John Newton Morgan was Elizabeth Wright. She was born one mile east of Bowling Green, Clay County,Indiana, December 14, 1828, and is now the oldest native-born resident of this county. Her father, Elijah Willis Wright, was born in Tennessee, being the posthumous child of Elijah Wright, who died three months before the birth of this son. . . ."
Edited by Roy Richard Thomas September 2008
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