Ensign
Samuel
Wright
Sr.
Born about in England
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Son of Thomas Wright Sr.
and Mary (Cranbroke) Wright
Brother of
Mary Wright, James Wright, Thomas Wright Jr., Lydia (Wright) Harris and Joseph Wright Sr.
Husband of
Mary (Butler) Wright
— married
29 Sep 1659 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut
Descendants 
Father of
Mary Wright, Samuel Wright II, Sarah Wright, Hannah (Wright) Treat, Mabel Wright, David Wright and Eunice Wright
Died
at about age 56
in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut
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Biography
Samuel Wright Sr. immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).
Ensign Samuel Wright was born about 1634, probably in England.[1]
Samuel died February 13, 1689-90, at Wethersfield, Connecticut, at about age 56.[2][3]
Estate
Will dated 17 Jan 1689/90: "I Samuel Wright sen. of Wethersfield doe make this my last Will & Testament in manner following: I give to my Eldest son Samuel Wright that Homelott where his present Dwelling house now stands, and all my Land adjoining to the Same that I purchased of Jonathan Smith. I give unto my son David Wright my present dwelling house and Homelott with the Appurtenances and Buildings thereunto belonging. I give to my son Samuel a small parcel of Money made up in a Bag marked S. W. To my daughter Mary another parcel of Money marked M.F. to my daughter Hannah another parcel of Money marked H. B. I give to my Kinswoman Hope Butler, that sometime dwelt with me, a Heifer 2 years old. I make my son Samuel Wright and my son-in-law Daniel Boreman, Executors. I desire my Brother Joseph Wright and my Brother -in-Law Samuel Butler to be Overseers. I doe hereby request and impower my sd. Overseers to place and bind out my son David in a convenient time to some honest Master, that he may learn some useful trade.
- Inventory taken 27 Feb 1689/90[4]
Marriage
Samuel Wright married Mary Butler, daughter of Richard, September 29, 1659 at Wethersfield, Connecticut.[5][2][6]
- Date: 29 SEP 1659
- Place: Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut[2]
Sources
- ↑ Wright, William Henry; Ketchum, Gertrude Wright, History of the Wright family, who are descendants of Samuel Wright (1722-1789) of Lenox, Mass., with lineage back to Thomas Wright (1610-1670) of Wetherfield, Conn., published 1913. Reference pages 42-44
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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. Reference Wethersfield Volume, page 311 $Subsciption. Mary's last name not shown in VR
- ↑ Adams, Sherman W.; Stiles, Henry Reed, The history of ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut : comprising the present towns of Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, and Newington, and of Glastonbury prior to its incorporation in 1693, published Reference Volume 2, page 852
- ↑ A digest of the early Connecticut probate records. Vol 1 Hartford District 1635-1700 Page 527. Compiled by Charles William Manwaring. Published 1904,
- ↑ The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995). Reference page 287 $Subscription
- ↑ Boardman, William Francis Joseph. The ancestry of William Francis Joseph Boardman, Hartford, Connecticut. Hartford: 1906 p.213
- Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928.
- The Goodrich Family in America. A Genealogy of the Descendants of John and William Goodrich of Wethersfield, Conn., Richard Goodrich of Guilford, Conn., and William Goodridge of Watertown, Mass. Lafayette Wallace Case M.D., Author Role: Editor Publication: Fergus Printing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1889, Second Date, 1984 Page 35
- Flagg, Ernest, Genealogical notes on the founding of New England : my ancestors part in that undertaking, published 1973(?) Reference page 294
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