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Ephraim Wright Esq. |
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25 Oct 1712, Northampton, Mass. |
| Death |
25 Jan 1794, Northampton, Mass. |
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Preserved Wright (1679-1740) |
| Mother |
Sarah Hannum (1671-1750) |
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| Notes for Ephraim Wright Esq. |
In 1744 Rev. Jonathan Edwards from the pulpit accused some of the young people in his congregation of reading immoral books. Ephraim acknowledged that he was one of the "bad book" party. This was the first in a series of events that led to the dismissal of Rev. Edwards in 1750.49
In February 1749 Ephraim resided on Main Street, Northampton, and had a taxable estate of L.108; of the 260 names on the list (all male residents if Northampton & Southampton), only 35 had larger estates.49
As the Rev. War approached, he was involved in several ways. He served several terms on Northampton's "Committee of Correspondence, Inspection and Safety", and in 1776 he was one of three representatives to the "Great and General Court" of Massachussetts. The records show him with 2 weeks of Rev. War service in 1776, plus 4 days in 1777. He would have been ca. 64 years old at this time. His greater service, however, was as "waggon master" throughout the revolution. According to Trumbull, it appears he was "head of the transportation department in Western Massachussetts, and the teamsters received their pay from him."49
In 1779 & 1780 he and Caleb Strong, Esq., were Northampton's representatives to the Massachussetts Constitutional Convention in Cambridge.49 |
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