Mary Wright

1776 - 1847  (71 years)

• Name	Mary Wright  [1]
  Birth	1776	Old Monkland or Coatbridge Parish, Lanark, Scotland   [1]
  Christening	9 Jun 1776	Old Monkland or Coatbridge Parish, Lanark, Scotland   [1, 2]
  	WRIGHT MARY WILLIAM WRIGHT/ F 09/06/1776 652 10 / 97 OLD MONKLAND
  Gender	Female
  FamilySearch ID	LDM8-VSQ
  Immigration-Witness	20 Jun 1821	Qu?ebec City, Quebec, Canada
  	from Greenock, Scotland on the Commerce on May 11, 1821 arriving
  	Role: Witness
  _UID	5E261008A63040B0842D5AD25AD9FFEB5C57
  Death	9 Jan 1847	Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Death - The Bathurst Courier Newspaper (Perth, Ontario)- from Tuesday, January 19, 1847, page 3 - In N. Sherbrooke on the 9th inst., after a few days illness, Mrs. Bryce, relict of the late William Bryce, aged seventy one years. Mary was born about 1776 in Lanarkshire, Scotland. She was married on Sept.20,1792 at Barony, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, to William Bryce. They had 8 children, all born in Scotland ; Elizabeth (Mrs. Thomas Turnbull); John (married Jane Kelly); Jane (Mrs. Thomas Donaldson); William (married Maria Christelaw); James (married Elizabeth Fenner); Jack Hugh (married Margaret McDonell); Robert (married Elizabeth McKeown); & David Buchanan (married 1 - Violet Howie, 2 - Marion Love). They left Greenock, Scotland on May 11, 1821, on the ship 'Commerce', arriving at Quebec, Canada on June 20, 1821 with 422 passengers, under the command of Captain Coverdale. They settled in North Sherbrooke Township, Lanark County, Ontario. Mary died Jan.9,1847.
  Burial	Crawford Cemetery, Elphin, Lanark Highlands (North Sherbrooke), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I42904	Lanark County Origins
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2024

  
  

  Father	Living
  Family ID	F19569	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	William Brice,   b. 1769, Whitburn Parish, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland d. 24 Jul 1844, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	20 Sep 1792	Old Monkland or Coatbridge Parish, Lanark, Scotland   [3]
  	BRYCE WILLIAM MARY WRIGHT/FR284 (FR284) 20/09/1792 652 10 / 397 OLD MONKLAND OR COATBRIDGE
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth "Bethia" Bryce,   b. 1796, Old Monkland or Coatbridge Parish, Lanark, Scotland d. 24 Jul 1884, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 88 years)   2. John Bryce,   b. 1797, Old Monkland or Coatbridge Parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown   3. Jane Bryce,   b. 1800, Old Monkland or Coatbridge Parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown   4. William Bryce,   b. 1802, Old Monkland or Coatbridge Parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown   5. James Bryce,   b. 1807, Old Monkland or Coatbridge Parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown + 6. John Hugh "Jack" Bryce,   b. 31 Jan 1809, Old Monkland or Coatbridge Parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown   7. Living + 8. David Buchanan Bryce,   b. 1816, Old Monkland or Coatbridge Parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 18 Nov 1876, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 60 years)
  Family ID	F14476	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

  Family 2	William Bryce,   b. 12 Dec 1773, Irvine, North Ayr, Scotland d. Jan 1841, Carrollton, Carroll County, Georgia, United States (Age 67 years)
  Children	1. Elizabeth "Bethia" Bryce,   b. 1796, Old Monkland or Coatbridge Parish, Lanark, Scotland d. 24 Jul 1884, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F22946	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1776 - Old Monkland or Coatbridge Parish, Lanark, Scotland Christening - 9 Jun 1776 - Old Monkland or Coatbridge Parish, Lanark, Scotland Marriage - 20 Sep 1792 - Old Monkland or Coatbridge Parish, Lanark, Scotland Immigration-Witness - from Greenock, Scotland on the Commerce on May 11, 1821 arriving - 20 Jun 1821 - Qu?ebec City, Quebec, Canada Death - 9 Jan 1847 - Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Burial - - Crawford Cemetery, Elphin, Lanark Highlands (North Sherbrooke), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S16] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch, Family Trees, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 21 Jan 2024), entry for Elizabeth Bryce, person ID MJYX-361. (Reliability: 3). [S49] National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople, Church registers - Old Parish Registers Births and baptisms, ((https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk)), accessed 1 Jun 2023), Mary Wright; Old Monkland or Coatbridge Parish, Lanarkshire. (Reliability: 3). [S70] National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople, Church Registers - Old Parish Registers Banns and Marriages, ((https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/)), accessed 3 Jun 2023), William Bryce and Mary Wright; Old Monkland or Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. (Reliability: 3).