Ellen or Helen Frances Wright later Clifton

Born in Jamaica, daughter and heir of William Burt Wright II (q.v.) and step-daughter of Thomas James (q.v.). Given as Ellen in the compensation records, as Helen elsewhere.

1. On 16/08/1842 at St John’s Church, Paddington, Helen Frances Wright married George Hill Clifton. Both are given as of full age with George given as a Clerk but, surprisingly, no father’s name is given for either of them. However, two of the witnesses are Fanny James and Elizabeth James. The other witnesses are Thomas Innes, Philip Miller[?] and Fanny Clifton. A note in the Gentleman’s Magazine gives the bride’s father: ‘August 16th. (1842) At Paddington, the Rev. George Hill Clifton, Rector of Ripple and Queenhill, Wore, to Helen-Frances, only child of the late W. Burt Wright, esq. of Jamaica.’

2. Will of Helen Frances Wright widow proved 21/03/1882, personal estate £21,880 6s 7d. She had died 09/01/1882 at Weston-super-Mare 'formerly of Ripple Rectory in the county of Worcester, afterwards of Cheltenham', but late of Weston-super-Mare.

1. Ancestry.com, London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 [database online]; www.antonymaitland.com/wright01.htm#_Toc302051448 [accessed 28/12/11].

2. National Probate Calendar 1882.