Family of Thomas WRIGHT and Early RALPH

Husband:
Thomas WRIGHT (c. 1761-c. 1825)
Wife:
Early RALPH (c. 1766-c. 1838)
Children:
Israel WRIGHT (1789-c. 1789)
Luke WRIGHT (1795-1877)
Levi WRIGHT (c. 1798-1848)
Marriage Banns:
23 Jan 1785
Tharston¹
other dates were 31.01.1785 and 06.11.1785 - perhaps married in Tasburgh

Husband: Thomas WRIGHT

Name:
Thomas WRIGHT
Sex:
Male
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Birth:
c. 1761²
Death:
c. 1825 (age 63-64)
Tharston²
Burial:
17 Aug 1825
Tharston²

Wife: Early RALPH

Name:
Early RALPH
Sex:
Female
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Birth:
c. 1766³
Death:
c. 1838 (age 71-72)
Tharston³
Burial:
10 Aug 1838
Tharston³

Child 1: Israel WRIGHT

Name:
Israel WRIGHT
Sex:
Male
Birth:
11 Oct 1789
Tharston⁴
Baptism:
25 Oct 1789 (age 0)
Tharston⁴
Death:
c. 1789 (age 0)⁵
Burial:
8 Nov 1789
Tharston⁵

Child 2: Luke WRIGHT

Name:
Luke WRIGHT
Sex:
Male
Spouse (1):
Caroline SCOTT (1800-1840)
Spouse (2):
Caroline SCOTT (c. 1826-c. 1915)
Birth:
5 Mar 1795
Tharston⁶
Baptism:
15 Mar 1795 (age 0)
Tharston⁶
private baptism
Census:
1841 (age 45-46)
Tharston⁷
widower, carpenter, living with children Thomas (14) and Amelia (9), apprentice John BARNES (19), Robert SCOTT (79, independent), Martha SCOTT (60, independent) and Caroline SCOTT (14, female servant) - although the Census does not give relationships, Robert and Martha SCOTT were probably Luke's father- and mother-in-law, and Caroline was their granddaughter
Census:
1851 (age 55-56)
Tharston⁸
carpenter, living with wife Caroline (25, school mistress), children Louisa (6, scholar at home) and Jesse John (2), and house servant Henry HARVEY (14)
Census:
1861 (age 65-66)
Tharston⁹
carpenter employing 1 man, living with wife Caroline (35, school mistress), and children Louisa (16), Jesse (18, groom), Charles (9, scholar) and Herbert (1)
Census:
1871 (age 75-76)
Tharston¹⁰
Address: The Street, Tharston

carpenter, living with wife Caroline (44, school mistress), and children Charles (19, unable to work), Alice E (15), Herbert (11), Dennis J (5, scholar) and Annie M (1)
Death:
2 Sep 1877 (age 82)
Tharston¹¹
Burial:
7 Sep 1877
Tharston¹²
MI:
St. Mary's Church; Tharston¹¹
SACRED • TO • THE MEMORY OF• CAROLINE WRIGHT • WHO DIED • MARCH 5TH 1840 • AGED 40 YEARS • ALSO OF • LUKE WRIGHT • HUSBAND OF THE ABOVE • WHO DIED SEP. 2ND 1877 • IN HIS 83RD YEAR • HIS END WAS PEACE

Child 3: Levi WRIGHT

Name:
Levi WRIGHT
Sex:
Male
Spouse (1):
Elizabeth FEEK (c. 1800-1826)
Spouse (2):
Honor GOULTY (1797- )
Birth:
c. 1798
Tharston^13,14
Baptism:
10 Jun 1798 (age 0)
Tharston¹⁴
Death:
28 Mar 1848 (age 49-50)^11,13
Burial:
4 Apr 1848
Tharston¹³
MI:
St. Mary's Church; Tharston¹¹
TO • THE MEMORY OF • LEVI WRIGHT OF THIS PARISH • WHO DIED IN THORPE HAMLET • NORWICH • MARCH 28TH 1848 • AGED 49 YEARS • DURING THE LAST 25 YEARS OF HIS LIFE • HE WAS IN THE SERVICE OF • MAJ-GEN SIR ROB. HARVEY AS CARPENTER AND AGENT / WHO HAS ERECTED THIS STONE IN TESTIMONY OF HIS STRICT [.....] & PERSEVERANCE IN THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES ENTRUSTED TO HIM. [End indistinct]

Sources

1.: Parish register - banns. Tharston. Cit. Date: 23 January 1785.

2.: Parish register - burial. Tharston. Cit. Date: 17 August 1825.

3.: Ibid. Cit. Date: 10 August 1838.

4.: Parish register - baptism. Tharston. Cit. Date: 25 October 1789.

5.: Parish register - burial. Tharston. Cit. Date: 8 November 1789.

6.: Parish register - baptism. Tharston. Cit. Date: 15 March 1795.

7.: 1841 Census. HO107 757 5 5. Cit. Date: 1841.

8.: 1851 Census. HO107 1821 659 10. Cit. Date: 1851.

9.: 1861 Census. RG09 1233 167 1. Cit. Date: 1861.

10.: 1871 Census. RG10 1836 158 11. Cit. Date: 1871.

11.: Memorial. Tharston.

12.: Parish register - burial. Tharston. Cit. Date: 7 September 1877.

13.: Ibid. Cit. Date: 4 April 1848.

14.: Parish register - baptism. Tharston. Cit. Date: 10 June 1798.