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WRIGHT, William
(About 1625-)
TOUCH, Elizabeth
(About 1630-)
WRIGHT, William yeoman, in Little Warthill
(1658-)
WRIGHT, William in Little Warthill
(1696-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. MORE, Helen

WRIGHT, William in Little Warthill 1 2 3

  • Baptised: 5 March 1696, Rayne parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 3
  • Marriage (1): MORE, Helen on 28 November 1728 in Rayne parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 1 2

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  General Notes:

"WRIGHT
WILLIAM
WM. WRIGHT/
M
05/03/1696
236 10 / 56
RAYNE"

from Births and Baptisms 3

  Research Notes:

AGE OF CONSENT

In Scotland in the 18th century the age of consent was 12 years for girls and 14 years for boys.


William married Helen MORE on 28 November 1728 in Rayne parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.1 2 (Helen MORE was born about 1705.)


  Marriage Notes:

"WRIGHT
WILLIAM
HELEN MORE/
28/11/1728
236 20 / 117
RAYNE"

from Index of Marriages


Old Parish Registers
Rayne parish Aberdeenshire
Marriages

"November 3. 1728
Wright & More
William Wright in this Parish brought a line from the Parish of Drumblade shewing he had Contracted Marriage wt Helen More there & Consigned Pledges for Performance wt(?) in terms of Law & being Publickly Proclaimed received a line from us being to be married novr 28th. 1728" 1 2

Sources


1 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Marriages.

2 Old Parish Registers of the Church of Scotland, Rayne parish Aberdeenshire Marriages.

3 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Births and Baptisms.

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