Wright family		9 January 2018
Wright family tree Wright family summary Wright ancestor chart		Dr Geoffrey Mann geoff.mann@btinternet.com home page
5 Richard Wright	6 Martin WRIGHT 1733-1816	7 Martin Wright
	m Anne ROBERTS 1764

b=born  m=married  d=died

C=Christened       B=Buried

BIRTH

Martin was married in 1764 and his probable burial record gives him a birth date c1733.  There are three possible baptisms in the Paul register:

C 8Oct1733 Martin  s Martin WRIGHT

C12Jny1734 Martin  s Martin WRIGHT; B13Jny1734 Martine WRIGHT

C31Jul1736 Martin  s Martin WRIGHT

As discussed in the biography of Martin WRIGHT-7, it is believed that the child born in 1733 was the son of Martin & Mary (PEARCE), the child born in 1734 was buried the following day, and the child born in 1736 was the son of Martin and Mary (CRANKIN)

It remains to decide which Martin married Anne ROBERTS in 1764, and there is very little evidence, one way or the other.  Martin’s age of 83 at his probable burial in July 1816 gives him a birth date between July 1732 and July 1733 which fits the son of Martin & Mary PEARCE.  However, ages at death are unreliable particularly those of great age. 

The names of the children of Martin & Anne do not provide much help as almost all could be associated with either Martin.  Their first child was named Sarah, and the only preceding Sarah WRIGHT at Paul was the daughter of John & Clarinda; John is believed to be the brother of Martin who married CRANKIN.  Sarah married John TREWAVAS whose sister Elizabeth TREWAVAS married Michael WRIGHT son of John & Clarinda WRIGHT.  Thus if Martin-6 were son of Mary PEARCE, the TREWAVAS siblings married 1^st cousins, but this is hardly convincing

At present therefore it cannot be decided which Martin married Anne ROBERTS, but in the absence of any other evidence, the age at burial will be assumed correct and that Martin-6 was therefore the son of Martin & Mary PEARCE, C1733

MARRIAGE

Richard WRIGHT-5 was baptised at Paul in 1767, son of Martin & Anne.  There is no suitable marriage at Paul, but the following is from the neighbouring parish of Madron:

m14May1764 Martin WRIGHT & Anne ROBERTS

DESCENDANTS

from Paul register

C  7Oct1764 Sarah   d Martin & Anne WHRIGHT 

C  3Mar1767 Richard s Martin & Anne WRIGHT 

C 19Nov1769 Mary    d Martin & Anne WRIGHT

C 31May1772 Martin  s Martin & Anne WRIGHT  

C 27Nov1774 John    s Martin & Anne WRIGHT

C 19Oct1777 William s Martin & Anne WRIGHT      B24Feb1778 William WRIGHT

C  9Jul1780 William s Martin & Anne WRIGHT

C  8Apr1784 Mary    d Martin & Anne WRIGHT

C  3Feb1788 William s Martin & Ann WRIGHT

m30Apr1791 Sarah WRIGHT spr otp & John TREWAVAS otp bb w:Martin WRIGHT* Benedict CARVASOE

m15Jny1792 Richard WRIGHT otp & Mary x HARRY otp bb w:Benjn HARRY Martin WRIGHT*

m16Jul1791 Martin WRIGHT otp fisherman & Grace TREEVE spr otp bb w:Martin WRIGHT* John WRIGHT

* these signatures in same handwriting

B30Mar1824 Martin WRIGHT Mousehole 52 [b1772]

DEATH

Martin died after 1788 (birth of last child) and probably before 1820 (married in 1764).  There is only one suitable burial in the Paul register:

B 8Jul1816 Martin WRIGHT Mousehole 83 [b1733]

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