Hannah (Wood) Wright (abt. 1703 - 1737)

Born about 1703 in Connecticut Colony [uncertain]

Wife of Ephraim Wright Sr. — married 29 Jun 1724 in Windham, Hartford County, Colony of Connecticut

Descendants

Died 18 Mar 1737 at about age 34 in Windham, Windham County, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

This is the profile for Hannah Wood who married Ephraim Wright in 1724 in Windham, Connecticut.

Parentage

Hannah's parentage has not been determined. The only other Wood who appears in Windham vital records who could have been a sibling or parent of hers is Philemon Wood who married Bethiah Howard in Windham in 1719.^[1] Unfortunately, Philemon's parentage also has not been determined.

A number of candidates have been proposed for Hannah's parents:

• Some online genealogies (including, as of July 2022, Find-A-Grave^[2]) assert that Hannah was the daughter of Nathaniel Woods of Groton, Massachusetts. However, while Nathaniel Woods did have a daughter named Hannah, she married John Farmer in Groton, Massachusetts in 1725 and had children in Billerica, Massachusetts in 1726 and 1727,^[3] and so was clearly not the same person as this profile's Hannah Wood.
• There was a Hannah Wood born to Richard Wood and Sarah (Clark) Wood in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut in 1703.^[4] However, Richard died in 1705, with a will in which he clearly had only one child, Miriam, suggesting that his daughter, Hannah, died in infancy.
• There was a Hannah Wood b. 20 Jan 1707/08 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, daughter of Thompson Wood and Martha (Foster) Wood of Ipswich. Hannah was the youngest of six who were born in Ipswich (the eldest), Concord (the next two), and Framingham (the last three). The father died in either Pomfret or Canterbury, both in Windham County, Connecticut. The possibility that that Hannah Wood was the same person as this profile's Hannah Wood is supported by the fact that this profile's Hannah Wood had a daughter named Martha. One fact against that Hannah Wood being the same person as this profile's Hannah Wood is that it would mean that this profile's Hannah Wood got married at the unusually young age of 16.

Date and Place of Birth

Hannah's date and place of birth are uncertain. Based on her date of marriage (1724), Hannah was probably born sometime in 1699-1706, with about 1703 being a reasonable best-guess estimate. Based on the origins of persons who lived in northeast Connecticut in the early 1700s, Hannah was most likely born in either Connecticut or Massachusetts.

Marriage and Children

Hannah married Ephraim Wright in Windham, Connecticut on June 29, 1724.^[1][5][6]

Hannah and Ephraim had the following children:

1. John, b. March 18, 1726 in Windham,^[7][6] bpt. April 3, 1726 in Lebanon^[8]
2. Hannah, bpt. October 18, 1727 in Windham,^[9] presumably died young
3. Hannah, b. February 4, 1731 in Windham,^[10][6] bpt. February 14, 1731 in Lebanon^[8]
4. Martha, b. January 14, 1733 in Windham,^[11][6] bpt. possibly May 26, 1734 in Franklin^[12]
5. Ephraim (twin), b. March 16, 1735 in Windham,^[13][14][6] bpt. March 23, 1735 in Windham^[9]
6. Anna (twin), b. March 16, 1735 in Windham,^[15][6] bpt. March 23, 1735 in Windham,^[9] m. March 11, 1756 John Huntington of Windham,^[6] d. May 6, 1758^[6]
7. Beriah, b. February 22, 1737 in Windham,^[16] bpt. March 27, 1737 in Windham,^[9] d. 1759 at Albany returning with his father from a military campaign in the French and Indian War^[6]

It is possible, if not likely, that Hannah and Ephraim were also the parents of one or both of the following children who were baptized at the Lebanon First Congregational Church (where their children John and Hannah were baptized) in 1729: Ephraim Wright, bpt. January 26, 1729,^[8] and Patience Wright, bpt. August 3, 1729.^[17] As discussed in the profile for Patience Wright, Hannah and Ephraim are the most probable candidates for her parents.

Death

Hannah died in Windham on March 18, 1737.^[18][6]

Research Notes

• The FindAGrave Memorial^[2] seems to have conflated three Hannah Woods. Birth date and place for the daughter of Richard of Wallingford, linked to Nathaniel as father, and has Ephraim Wright and this Hannah's date of death.

^{[2] [3] [5] [18] [9] [12] [17] [8] [6] [16] [10] [15] [13] [14] [7] [11] [1]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Connectictut Vital Records. Windham. Births-Marriages-Deaths 1692-1850. Barbour Collection, Connecticut State Library. 1920. p. 272. Link to page at americanancestors.org.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Find A Grave: Memorial #207313774
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} See the profile for Hannah Woods of Groton and Billerica, Massachusetts.
4. ↑ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP37-HF6C : 20 February 2019), Ephraim Wright, 29 Jun 1724; citing Marriage, Windham, Windham, Connecticut, British Colonial America, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272251.
6. ↑ ^{6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10} Wright, Stephen. "Genealogy of Lieut. Abel Wright, of Springfield, Mass." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Vol. 35 (1881). pp. 5-6 of separate reprint. Link to page in reprint at archive.org.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74B-N7Z : 11 February 2018), John Wright, 18 Mar 1726; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3} Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, Volume 057 Lebanon. p. 229. Link to page at ancestry.com.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4} Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, Volume 129 Windham, p 125. Link to page at ancestry.com.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W5-Z5K : 11 February 2018), Hannah Wright, 04 Feb 1731; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W5-ZP8 : 11 February 2018), Martha Wright, 14 Jan 1733; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1} Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, Volume 035 Franklin, p 154. Link to page at ancestry.com.
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1} "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74B-N41 : 11 February 2018), Ephraim Wright, 16 Mar 1735; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1} "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP37-CG38 : 21 September 2019), Ephraim Wright, 16 Mar 1735; citing Birth, Windham, Connecticut, British Colonial America, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272251.
15. ↑ ^{15.0 15.1} "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W5-Z5Z : 11 February 2018), Anna Wright, 16 Mar 1735; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
16. ↑ ^{16.0 16.1} "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74B-N76 : 11 February 2018), Beriah Wright, 22 Feb 1737; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
17. ↑ ^{17.0 17.1} Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, Volume 057 Lebanon. p. 229. Link to page at ancestry.com.
18. ↑ ^{18.0 18.1} "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPMC-6VJ6 : 20 February 2019), Hannah Wright, 18 Mar 1737; citing Death, Windham, Connecticut, British Colonial America, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272251.