Born ‎1630, died ‎19 Sep 1693 Burlington County New Jersey‎, 62 or 63 years

Married name: Andrews, born ‎1642, died ‎1688‎, 45 or 46 years, buried ‎ Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey
Mary Wright (b. Bet. 1642 - 1643, d. Bet. 1688 - 1700)
Mary Wright (daughter of Peter Wright and Alice Way) was born Bet. 1642 - 1643 in Sandwich, Massachusettes, and died Bet. 1688 - 1700 in Mansfield Twp., Burlington Co., NJ.She married Samuel Andrews on 30 Aug 1663 in "In Friends Mtg. at home of Anthonia Wright" Oyster Bay, LI NY.Named daughter Mary Andrews in the Will of Alice Way Wright Crab dated April 1685 at Oyster Bay, NY"The Compendium of American Genealogy" states Mary was a descendant of Alfred the GreatMarried: 30 AUG 1663 in Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York 2 1 Note: The first marriage recorded in the New York Yearly Meeting of Friends was the marriage of Samuel Andrews and Mary Wright, this is an exact copy of the record:"The 30th of ye 8th mo. 1663. We whose names are hereunder written are witnesses yt the usual Meeting House of Anthonia Wright in Oyster Bay in ye presence of ye public assembly their gathered ye day above sd. Samuel Andrews and Mary Wright intending Marriage and having given notice thereof before, did then and their according to ye practice of ye holy men of God in the scriptures of truth and after ye Law of God, take each other for husband and wife, to live together in the feare of God faithfully so long as they shall live:Witnesses:John UnderhillHannah WrightSamuel AndrewsMary AndrewsElizabeth UnderhillMary Wright was one of a trio of sisters who were powerful Ministers in the Society of Friends when mere girls. In 1658 they preached to Governor Endicott and his Council concerning the wickedness of hanging Mary Dyer and her three associates on Boston Common. At that time Hannah, who was the most forceful speaker of the three, was thirteen years of age:Mary Wright (Andrews) was noted for her religious zeal and for her endurance under persecution at the hands of the intolerant governor and magistrates of Massachusetts.They executed their laws against the Quakers disgracefully and inexcusably, by reason, that the very men who fled from persecution in their native land to find a place wherein to worship God according to their conscience.In fact they were the foremost to persecute and oppress those who happened to differ with them in religious faith.Their persistent barbarity in putting Mary Dyer to death excited the indignation of all converts to the Quaker faith, and impelled many to flock to Boston under the firm persuasion that they were called of God to utter their exhortations and warnings in the very ears of their persecutors. Among those who appeared there shortly after Mary Dyer's execution (A. D. 1660) were the sisters Mary and Hanna Wright. They were particularly "bold in speech," publicly denouncing the magistrates for their part in that affair.They were immediately seized and lodged in Boston jail.There were at this time twenty-five others, some under sentence of death, some to be whipped and others to be banished.Alluding to the events of this period, Bishop,[2] in his New England Judged(1703), says: “Several of Salem friends ye committed, and have continued them long prisoners at Boston, as M. Trask, John Smith, Margaret Smith, Edward Wharton, and others; Robert Harper, also, of Sandwitch, and Deborah ye committed likewise; and these were in your prison the 30th of the l0th Month, 1660. Several ye banished upon pain of death, as Winlock Christison, and Will. King of Salem, and Martha Standly, a maid, belonging to England, and Mary Write of Oyster Bay in Long Island, who gave her testimony against you for your cruelty in putting Mary Dyer to death, whose blood ye also thirsted after, because of it."Fortunately for the imprisoned ones, upon knowledge of these persecutions reaching England, the Home Government expressed its concern.The Court hastened to enact what they termed a New Law, which commenced with the following merciful preamble: “This Court, being desirous to try all means with as much lenity as may consist with our safety, to prevent the intrusions of the Quakers, who, besides their absurd and blasphemous doctrines, do, like rogues and vagabonds, come in upon us, and have not been restrained by the laws already provided, have ordered."It ordered that every person convicted by a magistrate of being a Quaker shall be "stripped naked from the middle upwards, and tyed to a cart's ­tail, and whipped through the town, and from thence immediately conveyed to the constable of the next town towards the border of our jurisdiction, as the warrant shall direct, and so from constable to constable, till they be conveyed through any the outwardest towns of our jurisdiction.”On the 22nd of May, 1661, the Court made the following order respecting the prisoners then lying in the jail: "It is ordered that all the Quakers now in prison be acquainted with the New Law made against them, and forthwith released from prison, and sent from constable to constable, out of this jurisdiction; and if they, or any of them, be found after twelve hours within the same, he or they shall be proceeded with according to the law made this present Court.”Being a practicing Quaker required great courage and conviction.Mary Wright apparently was well possessed of these qualities.