Abraham Wright (1752 - 1814)

Born 2 Jul 1752 in Mansfield, Windham, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Babcock) Wright — married 19 May 1773 in Shaftsbury, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 14 Feb 1814 at age 61 in Kingsbury, New York, United States

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Biography

Abraham was born in 1752. He was the son of Ebenezer Wright and Mary Leach. He married Sarah Babcock in Shaftsbury, CT in 1773. They settled in Cambridge, New York and had 13 children together. He passed away in Kingbury, NY in 1814.

I was sent what was said to be a handwritten biography written by Abraham: " April 25, 1787 Sarah my wife Will that I be good to her children which I promised and that I do not part them That I take to wife Phebe Burt. Abraham." "Said Abraham and Phebe were married at Cambride by Elder William Waite on Thursday 13 De 1787" These pages also give birth/death dates of relatives. His parents went to Canada luring Rev. War, Abraham stayed behind..

Sources

• Reid, William D. The Loyalists in Ontario. Baltimore Maryland. 1973.

• Ancestry tree.Nakashima Ancestry family tree (private), accessed 26 Nov 2015. Name: Abraham Wright; Parents: Ebenezer II Wright, Mercy Leach; Birth: 13 Jul 1752, Mansfield, Tolland, CT; Death: 14 Feb 1814, Kingsbury, NY; Spouse1: Sarah Babcock (1756-1787); Marriage1: 19 May 1773, Shaftsbury, CT; Spouse2: Phebe Burt (1753-1814); Marriage2: 13 Dec 1787; Children (all with Sarah):

1. Abraham, 1774-1774
2. Esther, 1775-1777
3. Zerviah, 1777-1841
4. Ebenezer, 1778-1863
5. Sarah, 1780-1855
6. James, 1782-1844
7. Mercy, 1784-
8. Amos, 1785-1870
9. Phoebe, 1787-1869
10. Abraham, 1788-1879
11. Esther, 1790-1825
12. Abigail, 1791-1835
13. Richard, 1792-1857

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F73N-YTL : accessed 26 November 2015), Abraham Wright, 02 Jul 1752; citing Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut, United States; FHL microfilm 1,376,017. Name: Abraham Wright; Gender: Male; Birth Date: 02 Jul 1752; Father's Name: Ebenezer Jnr. Wright; Mother's Name: Marcy Wright

• 1800/1810 census: Kingsbury, Washington, NY. Will Kingsbury, lists Amos as child.

• Gazetteer of County of Washington lists his as clerk 1784.

Untriangulated DNA Match

• Researcher Randolph-1145 has identified autosomal DNA segments which may have passed from Ebenezer to his son Abraham, and from Abraham to his daughter Sarah: Thomas Fitz Randolph (GEDmatch kit M011134) and Angela Nakashima (23andme) share 2 segments on their chromosome 15:
• 53,688,494-62,306,387, 15.25 cM, 2062 SNPs
• 62,649,219-71,011,391, 5.94 cM, 1283 SNPs.
• 23andme DNA comparison tool, 27 Nov 2015. MRCAs have been tentatively identified as Abel Wright (1631-1725) and Martha Kitchell.