Dorcas (Weede) Wright (abt. 1641 - 1692)

Born about 1641 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Wife of James Wright — married 20 Nov 1660 in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 24 Dec 1692 at about age 51 in Middletown, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Dorcas Weede was born say 1641. The date is the estimate used by Anderson based on the presumed birth order of the children and of her marriage.

JAMES8 WRIGHT (THOMAS7, JOHN6, THOMAS5, ROBERT4, JOHN3, JOHN2, HENRY1) was born Abt. 1630 in Kelvedon, Essex, England, and died December 24, 1728 in (age 88) Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut. He married DORCAS WEEDE November 20, 1660 in Middletown, Middlesex Co., Connecticut (Source: Wethersfield (CT) Vital Records.), daughter of JONAS WEEDE. She was born 1640 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died December 24, 1692 in Middletown, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. ^[1]

Name

Dorcas Weed/Weede/Weeds

Birth

Say 1637.^[2]

The estimated date is the one used by Anderson based on the presumed birth order of children and her marriage in 1657.

Marriage and Children

Dorcas Weede married James Wright on 20 NOV 1659/60 at Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut

Children:

• James Wright;
• Dorcas Wright;
• Hannah Coleman;
• Lydia Crane;
• Thomas Wright;
• Jonas Wright;
• Daniel Wright, Jr.
• Susannah Blevin

Death

24 December 1691/2 at Middleton, Middlesex, Connecticut.

Middletown is a city located in Middlesex County, Connecticut, along the Connecticut River, in the central part of the state, 16 miles (26 km) south of Hartford. In 1650, it was incorporated as a town under its original Indian name, Mattabeseck (Wikipedia).

Sources

1. ↑ Genealogy Report: Descendants of THOMAS WRIGHT (1610-1670) of Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut
2. ↑ Anderson, Robert Charles, (1995) "Jonas Weed," featured Name. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633. AmericanAncestors.org NEHGS (Volumes I-III, Pages 1956-1959)

• Weed, Jonas - Great Migration Book excerpts Title: Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995.) Object: Format: jpg File: K:\Henry\Documents\GenealogyMaster\SecondarySources\Books\The Great Migration Begins_decrypted\Cover.jpg Scrapbook: Y Primary or Preferred: Y Type: PHOTO

• Source: GENI--Dorcus Weed

• Website: Genealogy Report: Descendants of THOMAS WRIGHT (1610-1670) of Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut

• Stiles, Henry Reed. The History of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut (Grafton Press, New York, 1904) Vol. 2.

• Weed, Charles Allison: History of the Weed and Allied Families

• Wethersfield Vital Records, in Land Records, Vol. 2, The American Genealogist (1933) Vol. 10, Page 108. Marriage record.