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Steve and Pauline Jones’ Family History
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The Wright Family of Knossington, Leicestershire
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history
of
the
Wright
family,
originally
of
Knossington,
Leicestershire.
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link
by
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1.
Jonathan
WRIGHT
.
Baptized
6/11/1791
in
Swinford,
Leicestershire,
The
son
of
William
Wright
and
Frances Colledge. Jonathan died 3/1/1875, in Knossington, age given as 84. Occupation: Labourer.
On
5/12/1824
when
Jonathan
was
age
about
33,
he
married
Jane
BUZZARD
,
daughter
of
Mary
BUZZARD
,
in
Knossington. Baptized 20/11/1803 in Great Easton, Leicestershire, Jane died 1874 in Knossington, age 70.
They had the following children:
(1)
Elizabeth
[
2
]
.
(2)
Harriet,
born
1835
in
Knossington
and
died
1914
in
Stroud,
Gloucestershire,
age
77.
On
16/1/1883,
when
Harriet
was
age
about
47,
she
married
Charles
JEFFERIES
(1832-1916)
in
the
Parish
Church,
Cainscross,
Gloucestershire.
They
had
no
children.
Harriet’s
occupation,
until
her
marriage,
was
a
School
mistress.
2.
Elizabeth
Wright
[
Parents
].
Baptized
6/11/1825
in
Knossington
and
died
there
4/6/1895,
age
69.
The
cause
of
death
was
certified
as
Abdominal
Abscess
by
W.
Wear
MRCS.
Jane
Elizabeth
Harris
(nee
Jones)
registered
her
mother’s
death
on
5/6/1895.
Jane’s
address
was
given
as
4
Agar
Street,
Strand,
London.
Elizabeth had the following child whose father is not given on his birth certificate and remains unknown:
(1)
Frederick
[
3
]
.
On
25/9/1854,
when
Elizabeth
was
age
28,
she
married
Joseph
JONES
,
son
of
William
and
Ann
JONES
,
in
the
Parish Church, Knossington.
3.
Frederick
WRIGHT
[
Parents
].
Born
10/4/1848
in
Knossington
and
baptized
19/11/1848,
Frederick
died 24/9/1912 at Howe End, Kirkbymoorside in the North Riding of Yorkshire, age 64.
Frederick’s
father
is
unknown.
His
birth
certificate
records
his
grandparents,
Jonathan
Wright
and
Jane
Wright
formerly
Buzzard,
as
his
parents.
On
the
certificate
for
his
second
marriage
to
Elizabeth
Horsman,
his
father
is
given
as
Joseph
Wright,
occupation
Saddler.
This
is
likely
to
be
a
reference
to
his
step
father
Joseph
Jones,
a
Saddler,
with
the
family
name
changed
to
disguise
what,
at the time, would have been regarded as Frederick’s illegitimacy.
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.
An
entry
in
the
National
Probate
Calendar
reads:
“WRIGHT
Frederick
of
Howe
End
Kirbymoorside
[sic]
Yorkshire
died
24
September
1912
Administration
York
6
February
[1930]
to
Elizabeth
Mary
Wright
widow.
Effects
£58
8s
6d.” (The equivalent of around £3,500 today.) Occupation: Coachman, groom.
On
15/8/1867,
when
Frederick
was
age
19,
he
married
Elizabeth
COOK
.
Born
20/5/1848
in
Dover,
Elizabeth died before census day, 5/4/1891. Frederick was described as a widower in the return.
They had the following children, all born Billesdon, Leicestershire:
(1)
Benjamin
Frederick
,
born
about
1868.
On
27/9/1900,
when
Benjamin
was
age
32,
he
married
Caroline
GEE
(1863-?),
daughter
of
George
GEE
,
a
Plate
Layer,
in
All
Souls
Church,
St
Marylebone,
London.
(2)
Charles
Henry
[
4
]
.
(3)
Harriet
Ann
,
born
1871.
(4)
Jane
,
born
1873.
(5)
Henry
Lloyd
,
born
1874.
(6)
Mary
Ann
,
born
about
1877. (7)
Eva Mabel
, born 1888.
On
4/12/1897,
when
Frederick
was
age
49,
he
married
Elizabeth
Mary
HORSMAN
(1868-?),
daughter
of
Charles HORSMAN
, in the Parish Church of St Olave Marygate, York.
They had the following child:
(1)
Florence Mary
, born 1902 in Driffield, Yorkshire.