Prudence "Pru" Cummings Wright (26 November 1740 – 2 December 1824)[1] was a militia commander during the American Revolutionary War.
[3][4] The group consisted of about 30 or 40 local Patriot women, whose husbands were mostly members of the regular militia ordered to march towards Boston after the Battles of Lexington and Concord.
[3] Wright appointed Sarah Hartwell Shattuck of Groton, Massachusetts, as her lieutenant[1] and began organizing patrols of the town and the surrounding area.
[1] Based on a family legend, Wright's brother, Samuel Cummings, was with Whiting on the day of his capture, but he turned back once he sighted his sister in arms at the bridge.
[3] On March 19, 1777, Prudence Wright's guard was paid 7 pounds, 17 shillings, and sixpence by the Town of Pepperell's Committee of Estimation.