George Wright, Jr. and Margaret Simon

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Husband George Wright, Jr. ^{1 2}

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           Born: 27 Jan 1753 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 26 Nov 1834 - Mercer Co, PA 2
         Buried: 

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         Father: George Wright, Sr. (Abt 1714-1779) 2
         Mother: Susanna Coatsman (      -      ) 2

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       Marriage: 8 Dec 1778 1 2

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Wife Margaret Simon ¹

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            AKA: Margaret Seaman 1 2
           Born: Abt 1753
     Christened: 
           Died: 22 Dec 1826 2
         Buried: 

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Children

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1 M George Wright ¹

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: in infancy
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 F Maria Wright ¹

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            AKA: Mary Wright 3
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Jan 1842 4
         Buried: 

         Spouse: John McCullough (      -1854) 1

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3 M John Wright ¹

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           Born: 27 Jan 1783 - Franklin Co, PA 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 May 1845 1 2
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Sarah Beckwith (      -1846) 1
           Marr: 26 Nov 1811 2

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4 F Susannah Wright ¹

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1888
         Buried: 

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5 M William Wright ¹

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1888
         Buried: 

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6 F Catherine Wright ^{5 6}

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           Born: 1790 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 Apr 1861 6 7
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Jacob Zahniser (Cir 1792-1852) 5 6
           Marr: 1816 5 6

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7 F Elizabeth Wright ¹

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1888
         Buried: 

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8 M Adam Wright ¹

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1888
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General Notes: Husband - George Wright, Jr.

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He and his wife settled in 1806 on a farm of 130 acres, which they bought from Samuel Hawthorn, when it was all a wilderness, in what was then Lackawannock, but later East Lacka­wannock, Township, Mercer County, PA.

1 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 899.

2 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 893.

3 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 680, 697.

4 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 680.

5 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1018.

6 Kate M. Zahniser & Charles Reed Zahniser, The Zahnisers - A History of the Family in America (Mercer, PA: Kate M. Zahniser, Publisher, 1906), Pg 169.

7 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 702.