Margaret Wright1

F, b. circa 1739, d. 3 May 1828
     Margaret was born circa 1739 in the Town of Oyster Bay, Queens County, Long Island, New York. She was the daughter of Zebulon Wright and Clemence Feake. Margaret married Noah Townsend. Noah & Margaret had a son, Joshua who was lost at sea. Margaret married 2nd Daniel Thorne on 20 March 1765 in New York. They were married by license. John & Margaret had children: Charles & Stephen. Margaret married 3rd John Jackson in 1766 in Queens County, Long Island, New York. John Jackson, of Flushing, L. I. John & Margaret had children: Charity [m. John (Willett) Seaman], Noah, Obadiah [1770-9/14/1825][m. 1st 12/14/1799 Elizabeth Wright [6/23/1781] 2nd Rachel Underhil], Mary [m. Daniel Underhill], & Keziah. Margaret departed this life on Saturday, 3 May 1828 in New York.

Citations

  1. [S106] Howland Delano Perrine, The Wright Family of Oysterbay, L.I. with the ancestry of and descent from Peter Wright and Nicholas Wright, 1423-1923, pages 85-86 - 77 Margaret, b. 1741; d. May 3, 1828; m. (1) Noah (Joshua (James of Cedar Swamp), and Meribah (John Cock, of Matinecock and Dorothy (Harcourt) Townsend, of Cedar Swamp, L. I.; d. 1763. (N. Y. Co. Surrogate's Court, Liber 24 of Wills, p. 381.) (2) Daniel Thorne, of Flushing, L. I., license Mar. 20, 1765 ; b. 1726; d. 1765. (N. Y. Co. Surrogate's Court, Liber 13 of Wills, p. 444; Liber 25 of Wills, p. 165; N. Y. Gen. & Biog. Record, Vol. 20, p. 85; Cox Gen., 1912, p. 22.) (3) John Jackson, of Flushing, L. I., 1766; b. 1733 ; d. 1821. (N. Y. Co. Surrogate's Court, Liber 12 of Wills, p. 362; Jones Family of Long Island, John H. Jones, 1907, p. 356.); Issue, Townsend : Joshua, lost at sea. (See 69.)
    Issue, Thorne : Charles ; Stephen. Issue, Jackson: Charity, m. John (Willett) Seaman; Noah; Obadiah, b. 1770, d. Sept. 14, 1825, m. (1) Elizabeth , Wright (147) Dec. 14, 1797, b. June 23, 1781, (2) Rachel Underhill ; Mary, m. Daniel Underhill; Keziah.