Peter Jeffers WRIGHT
NewFamilySearch.org, December 2011
RELIGION: Quaker NOTES: 1. Peter immigrated with his brothers Anthony and Nicholas to Massachusetts about 1636. They settled in Saugus, but removed to Sandwich, Cape Cod where they became leaders. In 1653, they came with Rev. Wm. Leverich to L.I. where they purchased land from the Indians, naming it Oyster Bay. They remained there.
OCCUPATION: Builder DEATH: Will Proved: 22 Sep 1709, Jamaica, Long Island, New York.
NOTE: Hannah was not married.
He married Alice Wright Bef 1635 at England . Alice Wright was born at of Norfolk, England Abt 1614 daughter of John Wright and Ann Almy .
They were the parents of 12
children:
Job Wright
born 1636.
Peter Wright
born Mar 1637.
Gideon Wright
born Jul 1638.
William Wright
born Feb 1641.
Mary Wright
born Abt 1642.
Caleb Wright
born Abt 1644.
Hannah Wright
born Abt 1647.
Sarah Wright
born 11 Feb 1648.
Mordecai Wright
born 30 Oct 1649.
Adam Wright
born 20 Mar 1650.
Elizabeth Wright
born Abt 1653.
Lydia Wright
born Abt 1655.
Peter Jeffers Wright died 16 Jun 1663 at Oyster Bay, Nassau, Long Island, New York .
Alice Wright died 24 Feb 1684 at Oyster Bay, Nassau, Long Island, New York .