LANCASTER COUNTY. 281 



"May the Prince of Peace, who is the King of Kings, 

 protect the people of this province from domestic foes 

 and foreign enemies, is my hearty desire ; and so I bid 

 you all farewell." 



"Respecting this same John Wright, it may be 

 further observed, in this place, that he died about the 

 year 1751, in Lancaster county, where he had lived, in 

 the eighty-fourth of his age. 



It is recorded of him, " That he was born in the year 

 1667, in Lancashire, in England, of religious and repu- 

 table parents ; who were among the early professors of 

 the doctrine held by people called Quakers, and lived 

 and died highly esteemed members of that community. 

 He was educated with a view to the practice of physic ; 

 but he declined pursuing it, and entered into trade, till 

 the year 1714; when he removed with his family into 

 Pennsylvania, well recommended by certificates, from 

 his friends, the Quakei^s, in that part of England, both 

 as to his moral character, and as a preacher, in the society ; 

 with whom they had, for many years, lived in strict 

 amity. 



" Soon on his settlement in the province, his principles 

 and conduct recommended him to the notice of the 

 public : he was a representative to the General Assembly, 

 for Chester county, and many years one for Lancaster 

 county. In his station as a Judge, for the last county, 

 he was noted for prompt, honest principles, and candor, 

 and an inflexible integrity ; one instance of which ap- 

 pears in the cause and manner of his dismission from that 

 office, in 1741, as above mentioned. 



"He continued to attend the Assemblies, till broken 

 health, and an advanced age, rendered such attendance 

 difficult, and sometimes impracticable ; although the 

 people among whom he lived, from a long experience of 



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