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Drury Wright

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Name Drury Wright Birth 1697 Nowton, Suffolk, England Christening 26 Feb 1696/97 St Peter's Church, Nowton, Suffolk, England Gender Male Residence 1724 Tuddenham St Mary, Suffolk, England Poll Book 1727 - Drewry Wright of Great Saxham was listed in the 1727 Poll for Suffolk as a freeholder in the parish of 'Bradfields' (Bradfield St George, Bradfield St Clare, Bradfield Combust).
Name Dray Wright Name Drew Wright Name Drury Right Occupation Farmer Residence Between 1727 and 1732 Great Saxham, Suffolk, England Residence 1743 Drinkstone, Suffolk, England Residence 1746 Barningham, Suffolk, England Probate 1777 - IC500/1/231/61 Original Will of Drury Wright of Barningham 1777
Death 27 Aug 1777 Barningham, Suffolk, England Burial 29 Aug 1777 St Andrew's Church, Barningham, Suffolk, England Person ID I3588 FamilyTree1 Last Modified 18 Aug 2025
Father John Wright, Gentleman, b. 1666, The Mill, Bradfield St George, Suffolk, England d. 29 Apr 1716, Great Barton, Suffolk, England
(Age 50 years)
Mother Sarah Drury, b. Abt 1662 d. 10 Aug 1719, Great Barton, Suffolk, England (Age 57 years)
Family ID F1481 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Jane Stutter, c. 1696, Great Barton, Suffolk, England d. Dec 1742, Drinkstone, Suffolk, England
(Age ~ 46 years)
Marriage 17 Oct 1717 Holy Innocents Church, Great Barton, Suffolk, England Children + 1. Jane Wright, b. Abt 1723 d. Apr 1800, Rattlesden, Suffolk, England (Age 77 years)
2. Drury Wright, b. 1724, Tuddenham St Mary, Suffolk, England d. Jan 1804, Barningham, Suffolk, England
(Age 80 years)
3. John Wright, b. 1727, Great Saxham, Suffolk, England d. Aft 1776 (Age 50 years)
4. Simon Wright, b. 1729, Great Saxham, Suffolk, England d. Bef 1776 (Age 46 years)
5. Charles Wright, b. Abt 1730 d. Feb 1729/30 (Age 0 years) 6. Stephen Wright, b. 1731, Great Saxham, Suffolk, England d. Feb 1730/31, Great Saxham, Suffolk, England
(Age 0 years)
7. James Wright, b. 1732, Great Saxham, Suffolk, England d. 1732, Great Saxham, Suffolk, England
(Age 0 years)
8. Daniel Wright, c. 14 Dec 1736, All Saints Church, Drinkstone, Suffolk, England d. Bef 1776 (Age ~ 39 years)
Family ID F124 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 18 Aug 2025
Family 2 Penelope Pitches, b. 1706, Barrow, Suffolk, England d. 11 Apr 1777, Barningham, Suffolk, England
(Age 71 years)
Marriage Jun 1743 St Peter and St Paul's Church, Ampton, Suffolk, England - Ampton parish register has a gap in the records between 1739-1745 so the marriage is not found.
Marriage License Jun 1743 from the Archdeaconry of Suffolk - 2 June 1743, Drury Wright of Drinkstone, widower, farmer, & Penelope Cornal, of Tostock, widow, 33 years, to be married at Ampton. Bond: Mr. John Wright, of Ampton, farmer.
Children 1. William Wright, b. Abt 1744 d. 20 Nov 1816, Barningham, Suffolk, England (Age 72 years)
+ 2. David Wright, Gentleman, b. Abt 1746, Barningham, Suffolk, England d. Apr 1820, Barningham, Suffolk, England
(Age 74 years)
+ 3. James Wright, b. Abt 1749, Suffolk, England d. Nov 1825, Hepworth, Suffolk, England
(Age 76 years)
Family ID F480 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 18 Aug 2025