Philemon Wright
Philemon Wright | |
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Philemon Wright Esq. by John James-LAC | |
| Member of the Legistlaive Assembly of Lower Canada | |
| In office 1830–1834 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 3, 1760 Woburn, Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, British America |
| Died | June 3, 1839 (aged 79) Wright's Town, Lower Canada |
| Nationality | Born and died a British subject (55 years); (An American from 1776-1800; 24 years) |
| Spouse |
Abigail Wyman
(m. 1782; died 1829) |
| Children |
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| Parent(s) | Thomas Wright, Elizabeth Chandler |
| Residence | Wright's Town, Lower Canada |
| Occupation | Farmer, Founder of Ottawa River timber trade |
| Military Service | |
| Allegiance | Continental Army Upper Canada |
| Branch | Massachusetts Militia Canadian Militia |
| Years of service | 1775 - 1777 1800 - 1830s |
| Rank | Private Sergeant Lieutenant-Colonel |
| Unit | 26th Continental Regiment Bullards' Regiment of Militia Hull County Militia |
| Battles / wars | |
Philemon Wright (September 3, 1760 – June 3, 1839) was a farmer, lumberman and entrepreneur who founded the Ottawa River timber trade in 1806. He was also founder of what he named Columbia Falls Village, mostly known as Wright's Town, Lower Canada (or Wrightstown) and Wright's Village to others, the first permanent settlement in the National Capital Region of Canada. Wright's Town, later became incorporated in 1875 and renamed Hull, Quebec, and then in 2002, as a result of a municipal amalgamation, it acquired its present name of the City of Gatineau.