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4 John WRIGHT 1800-1880 |
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John Richard was born in Mousehole in 1800 the son of a fisherman, and became a fisherman like his father.
When he was 30, he married a Mousehole girl Jane TREWAVAS at the parish church ten years younger than himself, and over the next 24 years, ten children were born and baptised at the Methodist chapel in Penzance or Mousehole
By 1851, John was master of his own fishing boat the “Briton” and his family were living in the comfortable surroundings of Wesley Square, Mouehole. John and Jane remained in Wesley Square for the rest of their lives, living there with unmarried and married children.
John remained a fisherman all his life and died in 1880 aged 80. Jane outlived him for seven years and they were both buried in Paul churchyard.
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8Aug1800 1Dec1830 30 20 23Sep1831 31 21 18Nov1833 33 23 17Aug1835 35 25 29Jny1837 37 27 c1839 39 29 6Jun1841 41 31 c1842 42 32 c1845 45 35 c1847 47 37 30Mar1851 51 31 c1855 55 45 8Sep1860 60 50 7Apr1861 61 51 2Apr1871 71 61 1Mar1880 80 70 3Apr1881 71 29Jun1887 77 |
John baptised at Paul, son of Richard & Mary married Jane TREAVAS at Paul parish church dau Arabella born; baptised 1Dec at Methodist chapel son John Richard born; baptised 7Feb at Methodist chapel son Jabez born; baptised 1Nov at Methodist chapel dau Jane baptised at Methodist chapel dau Mary born at Mousehole John & Jane at Mousehole with 4 children; John was a fisherman dau Eliza born at Mousehole son Richard born at Mousehole dau Susan born at Mousehole John on the fishing boat Briton in Mousehole harbour; Jane at home in Wesley Square son Charles born at Mousehole John witnessed of marriage of dau Jane to H BLEWETT at Paul John & Jane at home in Wesley Square Mousehole with 6 children; John was a fisherman John & Jane in Wesley Square with daughter, son-in-law, and 2 children; John a fisherman John died at Mousehole; buried at Paul 8March Jane at home in Wesley Square with unmarried children Arabella and Charles Jane died at Mousehole; buried at Paul 2July |
b=born m=married d=died
C=Christened B=Buried
from 51 61 and 71 census, John was born c1800/1 at Mousehole, and from his death certificate he was born1802/3 There are four possible baptisms in the Paul register:
C 2Nov1794 John s Thomas & Mary WRIGHT
C 8Aug1800 John s Richard & Mary WRIGHT
C16May1802 John s John & Margaret WRIGHT
C14Dec1806 John s John & Jane WRIGHT
the families into which they were born can also be traced from the Paul register:
m 1Jan1791 Thomas WRIGHT fisherman & Mary PENTREATH
C 18Dec1792 Thos s Thomas & Mary WRIGHT; B 16Sep1811 Thomas WRIGHT 18 [b1793]
C 19Jan1792 Florence d Thomas & Mary WRIGHT
C 2Nov1794 John s Thomas & Mary WRIGHT
C 23Jul1797 Florence Yeaman d Thomas & Mary WRIGHT
C 1Jun1800 Frederick s Thomas & Mary WRIGHT; B 16Sep1811 Frederick WRIGHT 12 [b1799]
C 14Nov1802 Mary d Thomas & Mary WRIGHT
m 15Jan1792 Richard WRIGHT & Mary HARRY
C 14Jul1793 Rd s Richard & Mary WRIGHT
C 11Oct1795 Richard s Richard & Mary WRIGHT
C 8Jul1798 Benjamin s Richard & Mary WRIGHT
C 15Jun1806 Mary d Richard & Mary WRIGHT
C 24Apr1808 Charles twin s Richard & Mary WRIGHT
C 24Apr1808 Frederick twin s Richard & Mary WRIGHT
C 8Aug1800 John s Richard & Mary WRIGHT
m 23Dec1796 John WRIGHT & Margaret BEADEN
C 31Dec1797 Marianne d John & Margaret WRIGHT
C 23Feb1800 Susanna Beaden d John & Margaret WRIGHT
C 16May1802 John s John & Margaret WRIGHT
C 8Jul1804 Martin s John & Margaret WRIGHT
C 21Dec1806 Joseph s John & Margaret WRIGHT
C 2Sep1810 Frederick s John & Margaret WRIGHT B 28Jul1811 Frederick WRIGHT 1
m 19Mar1805 John WRIGHT & Jane CARVASOE
C 14Dec1806 John s John & Jane WRIGHT
C 7May1809 Caroline d John & Jane WRIGHT
the object is to determine which of these John WRIGHTs could have married Jane TREWAVAS, and an 1831 marriage at Paul eliminates one of them:
m 6Nov1831 John Carvasoe WRIGHT otp & Ann JASPER otp by banns;w John UREN, Richd PENTREATH
Clearly the son of John & Jane CARVASOE married Ann JASPER, and not Jane TREWAVAS
An 1826 marriage helps eliminate another of the John’s
m 22May1826 John WRIGHT otp & Susanna Beaden WRIGHT otp by banns; w John WRIGHT, Richd PENTREATH
C 7Oct1827 Susan d John & Susan WRIGHT, Mousehole, fisherman at PZ Wesleyan b 6Sep1827
C 14Jun1829 Mary d John & Susanna WRIGHT, Paul, fisherman at PZ Wesleyan b 8May1829
C 27Nov1831 John Thomas s John & Susanna WRIGHT, Mousehole, fisherman at PZ Wesleyan b 19Oct1831
B 7Aug1841 Susanna WRIGHT Mousehole 42 [b1799]
This John WRIGHT cannot be the son of John & Margaret, otherwise he would have married his sister. Naming a son John Thomas suggests strongly that he was the son of Thomas & Mary, and the 41 census confirms that he was born c1794 (exact dates seem to have been used in this case)
John WRIGHT 47 1794 fisherman y
Susan WRIGHT 41 1800 y
Susan WRIGHT 14 1827 y
Mary WRIGHT 12 1829 y
John WRIGHT 10 1831 y
Martha WRIGHT 8 1833 y
The 51 census names him as John T WRIGHT widower, though his age is probably incorrect, given by the master of the boat as 52:
Charles PEZZACK ca mar 29 1822 owner of boat Paul
William BARNES fi unm 21 1829 part owner of nets Paul
William HARVEY fi unm 22 1829 part owner of nets Paul
John T WRIGHT fi wdr 52 1799 part owner of nets Paul
John JAMES fi unm 24 1827 part owner of nets Paul
John C PEZZACK fi unm 15 1836 fisherman's boy Paul
As he is named John T, this further confirms him as the son of Thomas & Mary
Only the sons of Richard & Mary or John & Margaret are now left as candidates for John-4. John-4 named his eldest son John Richard, and was himself known as John Richard at the marriage of his daughter Jane. It is almost certain therefore that he was the son of Richard & Mary HARRY rather than the son of John & Margaret. John-4 named three other children, Richard, Mary and Charles, names also used by Richard & Mary for their children while no known children were named Margaret. Additionally, the baptismal date of 1800 agrees best with the consistent age given by John-4 in every census (since his age would be the same as the number of the year, it would be easy to remember). The history of John, son of John & Margaret is not known. Possibly he married Amelia PENTREATH in 1828 at Paul and baptised John Peter in 1831 and perhaps John Edgar in 1851; there is no other candidate for this marriage:
m 25Mar1828 John WRIGHT otp & Amelia PENTREATH otp by banns;w John WRIGHT, Richd PENTREATH
C 19Jun1831 John_Peter s John & Amelia WRIGHT Mousehole fisherman
C 14Sep1851 John_Edgar s John & Amelia WRIGHT
It is interesting to consider the 1851 census for the boat Briton in the light of these conclusions:
John R WRIGHT ma mar 50 1801 owner of boat, part owner of nets [ma=master] Paul
John R WRIGHT fi unm 17 1834 part owner of nets [fi=fisherman] Paul
Richard WRIGHT fi mar 56 1795 part owner of nets Paul
Frederick WRIGHT fi mar 31 1820 part owner of nets Paul
Joseph TREWAVAS fi mar 44 1807 part owner of nets Paul
Joseph TREWAVAS bo 15 1836 boy [bo=boy] Paul
Richard OLIVER fi mar 54 1797 part owner of nets Paul?
John R WRIGHT is clearly John-4, and John R junior is his son. However, Richard WRIGHT on the same boat can be identified with confidence as the eldest son of Richard & Mary HARRY, together with his own son Frederick. Thus two brothers were on the same boat both with their sons, but it seems strange that the younger of the brothers was the master and owner, while the elder brother was merely a member of the crew. However this is not enough in itself to rule out the above analysis. Possibly the younger brother was master because of his capability; possibly there was some reason to leave a boat to the youngest member of a family (assuming he became owner of the boat by inheritance); possibly he inherited the boat by reason of his marriage. Joseph TREWAVAS was in fact related to Jane (see TREWAVAS family history)
Thus it is concluded on the grounds of naming patterns, consistent age, and the elimination of all but one other possibility, that John-4 was the son of Richard and Mary HARRY:
C 8Aug1800 John s Richard & Mary WRIGHT at Paul
Jane-3 was baptised at the Methodist church in 1837, dau of John & Jane WRIGHT, and the 51 census shows she had an older sister Arabella born c1832 There is only one suitable marriage at Paul:
m 1Dec1830 John WRIGHT otp & Jane TREWAVAS otp by banns; wit: Saml WRIGHT, Richd PENTREATH
further confirmation that this is the correct marriage is given by a family tradition of a connection with the Trewavas family The witness Samuel WRIGHT, was in fact related to Jane TREWAVAS rather than the groom, as shown in the TREWAVAS family records
C 28Oct1831 Arabella Trewavas d John & Jane WRIGHT, Mousehole, fisherman b 23Sep1831
C 7Feb1834 John Richards s John & Jane WRIGHT, Mousehole, fisherman b 18Nov1833
C 1Nov1835 Jabez s John & Jane WRIGHT, Mousehole b 17Aug1835
C 29Jan1837 Jane d John & Jane WRIGHT at Mousehole Methodist
from 41 51 and 61 census, other descendants all born at Mousehole include:
bc 1839 Mary
bc 1842 Eliza
bc 1845 Richard
bc 1847 Eliza A
bc 1850 Susan
bc 1855 Charles
m 8Sep1860 at Paul church by banns; Henry BLEWETT bch 23, mariner, & Jane WRIGHT spr 23 of Mousehole
f: Michael BLEWETT mariner, John Richard WRIGHT mariner; w: Josiah HARVEY, Arabella WRIGHT
d 1Mar1880 John WRIGHT of Mousehole, Paul, 77 fisherman, of old age
r 1Mar1880 at Penzance, Cornwall by John Richd WRIGHT, son, pad, Mousehole, Paul
d 29Jun1887 Jane WRIGHT of Mousehole, Paul RSD, 77, widow of John Richard WRIGHT, fisherman, of heart disease (fatty depreciation)
r 30Jun1887 by John Richard WRIGHT, son, at Penzance by John Richard WRIGHT, son, pad, Mousehole, Paul
the name of the son identifies these deaths
B 8Mar1880 John WRIGHT Mousehole 77 [b1803]
B 2Jul1887 Jane WRIGHT Mousehole 77 [b1810]
John WRIGHT 40 1801 fisherman y
Jane WRIGHT 30 1811 y
Arabella WRIGHT 10 1831 y
John WRIGHT 8 1833 y
Jane WRIGHT 5 1836 y
Mary WRIGHT 2 1839 y
John R WRIGHT ma mar 50 1801 owner of boat, part owner of nets Paul
John R WRIGHT fi unm 17 1834 part owner of nets Paul
Richard WRIGHT fi mar 56 1795 part owner of nets Paul
Frederick WRIGHT fi mar 31 1820 part owner of nets Paul
Joseph TREWAVAS fi mar 44 1807 part owner of nets Paul
Joseph TREWAVAS bo 15 1836 boy Paul
Richard OLIVER fi mar 54 1797 part owner of nets Paul?
ma=master fi=fisherman
Jane WRIGHT wi mar 40 1811 fisherman's wife Mousehole
Arabella WRIGHT da unm 19 1832 Mousehole
Jane WRIGHT da 13 1838 Mousehole
Mary WRIGHT da 11 1840 Mousehole
Eliza WRIGHT da 9 1842 scholar Mousehole
Richard WRIGHT so 6 1845 scholar Mousehole
Eliza A WRIGHT da 4 1847 Mousehole
Susan WRIGHT da 1 1850 Mousehole
John WRIGHT he mar 60 1801 fisherman Mousehole
Jane WRIGHT wi mar 51 1810 Mousehole
John WRIGHT so unm 27 1834 fisherman Mousehole
Mary WRIGHT da unm 21 1840 net maker Mousehole
Richard WRIGHT so 16 1845 fisherman Mousehole
Elizabeth WRIGHT da 14 1847 scholar Mousehole
Susan WRIGHT da 12 1849 scholar Mousehole
Charles WRIGHT so 6 1855 scholar Mousehole
John WRIGHT he mar 70 1801 fisherman Mousehole
Jane WRIGHT wi mar 61 1810 fisherman's wife Mousehole
Arabella WRIGHT da unm 39 1832 housekeeper Mousehole
Charles WRIGHT so unm 17 1854 fisher lad Mousehole
Richard H PEZZACK vi mar 24 1847 H M Customs Mousehole
Susan PEZZACK vi mar 22 1849 H M Customs wife Mousehole
NOTE:Richard Pezzack is a son-in-law; Susan Pezzack is a daughter
Jane WRIGHT he wid 71 1810 Mousehole
Arabella WRIGHT da unm 49 1832 Mousehole
Charles WRIGHT so unm 26 1855 fisherman Mousehole