Mary (Smith) Wright (abt. 1627 - 1692)

Born about 1627 in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Matthias Treat — married 1648 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co, Connecticut

Wife of Anthony Wright — married before 1666 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co, Connecticut

Wife of John Smith — married about 1680 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 30 Nov 1692 at about age 65 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Mary (Smith) Wright immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

She was bp 11 Dec 1630.

She married Matthias Treat c1648 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut. She married Anthony Wright bef 3 August 1666. Married (3) John Smith who d., probably at Wethersfield, 17 Dec. 1683. Six children by her first husband, . . . "^[1]

She was buried in November 1692 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut.^{[citation needed]}

Note: Some Ancestry trees list another younger Mary born 1620, died 1625. Some of these have sources, but they have baptism and death places, that are different from Mary's parents. There is no legitimate evidence to support a younger Mary who was born in 1620.

Sources

1. ↑ Harris, Gale Ion. "The Doubtful English Ancestry of Richard Smith of Wethersfield, Connecticut," New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Vol 143 (1989), Page 245. AmericanAncestors.org ( by subscription)

• http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-historical-and-genealogical-register/image/?pageName=33&volumeId=11710&rId=143429059 New England Historical and Genealogical Register Vol 158 (subscription)] Article entitled, Isaac Buswell and Rebecca (Buswell) Smith of Husbands Bosworth, Co. Leicester and England by Neil D. Thompson, pages 33-39.

• The Doubtful English Ancestry of Richard Smith of Wethersfield Vital statistics. Please see New England Historical and Genealogical Register Vol 143 page 245.

• Mary Smith (WeRelate.org)

• Scott Pimpin, Aaron Family Tree (WorldConnect), accessed 8/24/2006

• A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England,

Before 1692 Volume #4 Treadway - Trow By James Savage

• Thompson, Neil D., “Isaac Buswell and Rebecca (Buswell) Smith of Husbands Bosworth, Co. Leicester and New England,” NEHGR, Vol. 158:33-39.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Steve St. Martin and Kitty Smith for contributions to this profile. This person was created through the import of HOWE(1).ged on 08 April 2011. Info gathered from Ancestry Family Trees