Philemon Wright

Philemon Wright
Philemon Wright Esq. by John James-LAC
Member of the Legistlaive Assembly of Lower Canada
In office 1830–1834
Personal details
Born	(1760-09-03)September 3, 1760 Woburn, Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, British America
Died	June 3, 1839(1839-06-03) (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	Philemon Jr. Tiberius Abigail (Nabby) Mary (Polly) Ruggles Abigail Christopher Columbus Christiana
Parent(s)	Thomas Wright, Elizabeth Chandler
Residence	Wright's Town, Lower Canada
Occupation	Farmer, Founder of Ottawa River timber trade
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Philemon Wright (September 3, 1760 – June 3, 1839) was a farmer, lumberman and entrepreneur who founded the Ottawa River timber trade in 1806.^[1] He was also founder of what he named Columbia Falls Village,^[2] 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.