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     James Carlton Worthen was born in 1885.¹ He was the son of George H. Worthen and Ella E. Stearns.¹ James Carlton Worthen died in 1892.¹

     Jessie Smith Worthen was born on 7 June 1875 in Lebanon, New Hampshire.^2,3 She was the daughter of George H. Worthen and Ella E. Stearns.¹ Jessie Smith Worthen married Fred Elmer Farnham, son of H.J. Farnham and Ella Stearns, on 16 June 1903 in Lebanon, New Hampshire.⁴

     Mary Louise Worthen was born in 1877 in New Hampshire.^1,2 She was the daughter of George H. Worthen and Ella E. Stearns.¹ Mary Louise Worthen died in 1961.¹

     Dagny E. Wosgaard married Emil A. Andersen.¹

     Anne Wright was the daughter of (?) Wright. Anne Wright was also known as Nancy Wright.¹ She married Benjamin Tappan, son of Benjamin Tappan and Sarah Homes, on 20 March 1801.^3,1,2

     Christopher Wright was born on 31 October 1926 in Chicago. He was the son of Professor Philip Quincy Wright and Louise Maxey Leonard.¹ Christopher Wright died on 9 May 1989 in Washington, District of Columbia, at the age of 62.

     Douglas Lyman Wright was born on 18 August 1920.² He was the son of Theodore Paul Wright and Margaret McCarl.¹ Douglas Lyman Wright married Sylvia Bursmith in 1948.¹ Douglas Lyman Wright was living in Palo Alto, California.¹ He died in August 1991.^3,2

     Edith Foote Wright was born circa 1866 in Massachusetts.¹ She was the daughter of John Seward Wright and Mary Clark Green.¹ Edith Foote Wright married William Cushing Wait, son of Elijah S. Wait and Eliza A. (Unknown), on 1 January 1889 in Medford, Massachusetts.^2,3

     Elizabeth A. Wright was born in 1871 in Massachusetts.¹ She was the daughter of John Seward Wright and Mary Clark Green.¹ Elizabeth A. Wright died between 1950 and 1960 unmarried.¹

     Elizur Wright III. Eminent as one of the founders of sound life insurance in Massachusetts.² He was born in 1804 in Connecticut.^1,3 He married Susan Clark on 12 September 1829 in Groton, Massachusetts.⁴ Elizur Wright III died on 21 November 1885 in Medford, Massachusetts.⁵

     Florence G. Wright was born on 23 September 1877 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, (her death record gives a date of 20 September 1872.)^1,2,3 She married Dr. Ralph Justin Sewall, son of Martin Wright Sewall and Catherine Wood Ellis, in 1897. Florence G. Wright and Dr. Ralph Justin Sewall were divorced in March 1922 at Minden, Nevada; on the grounds of her desertion.⁴ Florence G. Wright died on 11 July 1951 in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 73.² She is variously recorded as Florence Gertrude Sewall and Florence Wright SEWALL on her death certificate.⁵

     Hartley Hezekiah Wright was born on 22 December 1812 in Boston, Massachusetts.¹ He was the son of Hezekiah Wright and Charlotte Sewall.¹ Hartley Hezekiah Wright died on 8 March 1840 in Boston, Massachusetts, at the age of 27 unmarried.¹

     Helen Wright was born circa 1905 in Abington, Massachusetts.¹ She married Bayard Urquhart Livingston III on 14 June 1946 in Hillsborough, New Hampshire.¹

     Hezekiah Wright was born circa 1783. He married Charlotte Sewall, daughter of Moses Sewall and Ruth Barrell, on 22 February 1810 in Boston, Massachusetts.² Hezekiah Wright died on 14 February 1815 in Northampton.³

     John Seward Wright was born circa 5 June 1832 in Hudson, Ohio.^2,3 He was the son of Elizur Wright III and Susan Clark.¹ John Seward Wright married Mary Clark Green in 1860.¹ John Seward Wright died on 2 December 1888 in Medford, Massachusetts, of cerebral apoplexy. In the register of deaths his occupation is given as that of a clerk.³

     Mary Vashon Wright was born in 1838 in New York.^2,3 She was the daughter of Elizur Wright III and Susan Clark.¹ Mary Vashon Wright married Joseph Sewall Sewall, son of Thomas Robie Sewall and Elizabeth Quincy Sewall, on 20 December 1860 in Boston, Massachusetts, the service was conducted by the Rev. Dr. Gannett.^3,4 Mary Vashon Wright died on 7 September 1879 in St. Paul, Minnesota.⁵

     May Wright. Teacher and feminist. She was born on 27 May 1844 in Greenfield, Wisconsin.^1,2 She was the daughter of Philander Montague Wright and Mary Weeks Brackett.¹ May Wright married firstly Edwin W. Thompson. May Wright married secondly Theodore Lovett Sewall, son of Edmund Quincy Sewall and Louisa Kilham Lovett, on 30 October 1880 in Indianapolis.¹ May Wright died on 22 July 1920 in Indianapolis at the age of 76³ and was buried on 26 July 1920 in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis.⁴
Miss Wright graduated from the Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois., A.B., 1866, A.M., 1868. She taught in Plainwell, Michigan, being the first woman superintendent of the graded schools of a town in that state, and subsequently devoted herself to the promotion of the higher education of women and the woman suffrage movement. She became principal of the Girls' Classical school, founded by her husband in Indianapolis, Indiana, 1882; and in 1891-92, traveled extensively in Europe in the interests of the Congress of Representative Women at the Columbian exposition, 1893, of which, as the president of the National Council of Women of the United States of America, she was the organizer. She was chairman of the executive committee of the National Woman Suffrage association, 1882-89; member of the Indiana commission in the board of World's Fair commissioners, 1892-93; president of the National Council of Women, 1891-95 and again, 1896-99, and in 1899 was made honorary president. She was president of the International Council of Women, 1899-1904, and was sent as a delegate to the Universal Congress of Women in Paris, 1889, where she delivered addresses in French; to Halifax, N.S., 1897; to Ottawa, Canada, 1898; to London, 1897 and 1898, and to The Hague, 1898.

She was a U.S. commissioner to the Paris exposition, 1900, and to the various congresses held during the same year. She was also officially connected with many literary, historical, artistic, and reform organizations at home and abroad; organized the Annual Peace Demonstration by Women of the United States in 1899, and originated the New Internationalism. She is the author of several books, pamphlets and monographs, and became widely known as a lecturer and contributor to current periodicals.¹

     Olive Wright was born in 1763.¹ She was the daughter of Jacob Wright.¹ Olive Wright married Samuel Lowell, son of Moses Lowell and Sarah Bradbury, on 15 October 1781 in Westford, New Hampshire.¹ Olive Wright died in March 1840 in Washington, New Hampshire.¹

     Paul Wright was born in 1780.² He married Mary Montague, daughter of Peter Montague and Mary Smith, in 1804.^1,2 Paul Wright died in 1838.²

     Philander Montague Wright was born in 1805.¹ He was the son of Paul Wright and Mary Montague.² Philander Montague Wright married Mary Weeks Brackett, daughter of John Brackett and Eunice Clarke, in 1839 (his second wife.)^2,1 Philander Montague Wright died in 1869.¹

     Professor Philip Quincy Wright. Professor of international law at the University of Virginia.. He was born on 28 December 1890 in West Medford, Massachusetts.¹ He was the son of Phillip Green Wright and Elizabeth Quincy Sewall.² Professor Philip Quincy Wright married Louise Maxey Leonard on 15 June 1922. Professor Philip Quincy Wright died on 17 October 1970 in Charlottesville, Virginia, at the age of 79.³

     Phillip Green Wright was born on 3 October 1861 in Boston, Massachusetts.² He was the son of John Seward Wright and Mary Clark Green.³ Phillip Green Wright married Elizabeth Quincy Sewall, daughter of Joseph Sewall Sewall and Mary Vashon Wright, on 7 February 1889 in Medford, Massachusetts.² Phillip Green Wright died on 4 September 1934 at the age of 72.⁴

     Richard Herbert Wright was born on 9 August 1922 in Washington, District of Columbia.^2,3 He was the son of Professor Sewall Green Wright and Louise Lane Williams.¹ Richard Herbert Wright died in 1991.¹

     Of San Jose, California.² Robert Wright was born on 5 June 1925 in District of Columbia.³ He was the son of Professor Sewall Green Wright and Louise Lane Williams.¹ Robert Wright married an unknown person.¹ He died on 16 January 1997 in Santa Clara, California, at the age of 71.³

     Professor Sewall Green Wright was born on 21 December 1889 in Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, (only the Massachusetts Births transcription gives 23 December.)^2,3 He was the son of Phillip Green Wright and Elizabeth Quincy Sewall.¹ Professor Sewall Green Wright graduated in 1912 from University of Chicago. He married Louise Lane Williams, daughter of F.M. Williams and Clara Lane, on 10 September 1921 in Licking County, Ohio.⁴ Professor Sewall Green Wright died on 3 March 1988 in Madison, Wisconsin, at the age of 98 from complications after fracturing his pelvis.

     Theodore Paul Wright was born on 25 May 1895 in Illinois.^2,3 He was the son of Phillip Green Wright and Elizabeth Quincy Sewall.¹ Theodore Paul Wright married Margaret McCarl in 1918.¹ Theodore Paul Wright died on 21 August 1970 at the age of 75.
His biography is to be found in theHarvard Square Library.

     Virginia L. Wright married Benjamin Alonzo Ray.¹

     Dorothy Beatrice C. Wrigley's birth was registered in the quarter ending September 1901 in the Chepstow, Monmouthshire, registration district.¹ She married Lt. Col. Russell Durnford Ross, son of Andrew Guy Ross and Evelyn St. Lo Durnford, on 2 June 1928 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire.² Dorothy Beatrice C. Wrigley died in 1964.³