Wright family.

Samuel Gardiner Wright, a Philadelphia merchant and ironmaster, was born on November 18, 1781, the great-great-grandson of Joshua Wright, one of three brothers who emigrated to the Burlington, New Jersey, area in 1677-79. Samuel's father Caleb was a storekeeper in Juliustown. A brother Joseph migrated to Plymouth Township in the Wyoming Valley.

In 1810, Wright built a farmhouse near Wrightsville, New Jersey. Its name, Merino Hill, commemorated his role in the importation of Merino sheep in concert with the du Ponts of Delaware and other gentleman farmers. Between 1815 and 1818, Wright acted as middleman supplying cordwood from the nearby Pine Barrens to the New York area. A large part of the output was sold to the operators of newly-established steamboat lines. Soon afterward, Wright established sea-salt works near Tuckerton, New Jersey, and Lewes, Delaware, in connection with David Thacker.

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