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Captain William Elliot Wright
Male 1785 - 1869

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  • Title  Captain 
    Birth  12 Oct 1785  Gravesend, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Male 
    Died  20 Jan 1869  St. Clair River Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I284  Bâby Family of North America
    Last Modified  04 Aug 2009 
     
    Family  Jane Leech,   d. 1834 
    Married  21 Jul 1818  St. Helena Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Malcolm Wright,   b. 1819, Lee, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. William Richard Wright,   b. 26 May 1822,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Catherine Louisa Wright,   b. 25 Apr 1823, Lee, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Elizabeth Jane Wright,   b. 26 Sep 1825, Chudleigh, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Oct 1871, Oaklands, Corunna, Ont Find all individuals with events at this location
    >5. Sophia Ann Wright,   b. 8 Apr 1827, Chudleigh, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jun 1902, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Pulteney Malcolm Wright,   b. 6 May 1831, Chudleigh, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Mary Margaret Wright,   b. 22 Jun 1833, Toronto, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Dec 1890, Oaklands, Corunna, Ont Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified  20 Jan 2008 
    Family ID  F57  Group Sheet
     
  • Notes 
    • BIO: William Elliot Wright was born on 12 October 1785 at Gravesend,
      England where his father was connected with the dockyard. He entered
      the Royal Navy, 26 July 1798 and saw much active service, rising
      steadily in the rank. In 1816, he was a Lieutenant on the H.M.S.
      Newcastle, one of the ships guarding Napolean at St. Helena and in
      1817 he was made Commander. On the 21st of July 1818 on the Island of
      St. Helena, the Rev. Bowater J. Vernon married William and Jane, the
      youngest daughter of Richard Leech who was the Governor of "The
      Honorable East India Company's Stores". The following year, he
      retired to live in England, at Lee, Kent where the three eldest
      children were born.
      He afterwards moved to Chudleigh, Devonshire and lived there
      until 1833, when he brought his family to Canada. They stayed in
      Toronto a short time, where the youngest child was born. From there
      they went to Amherstburg and remained nearly a year waiting for their
      log house at Carunna to be finished. In 1834, his wife died of
      cholera, leaving him to take posession of his new house with seven
      children and his step-sister, Miss Ann Goble, who devoted the rest of
      her life to caring for them.
      Here at "Oaklands" (So named for Jane Leech's house on St.
      Helena) on the banks of the St. Clair River, seven miles south of
      Sarnia, he lived until 20 Jan 1869, when he died at the age of 84
      years.
     
  

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