Benjamin
Wright
Born in Brimfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Benjamin Wright Jr.
and Mary (Miller) Wright
Brother of
Mary (Wright) Stebbins, Ruth (Wright) Bannister, Jemima (Wright) Hancock, Rachel (Wright) Hancock [half], Elijah Wright and Abel Wright
Husband of
Rachel (Wait) Wright
— married
10 Oct 1746 in Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Father of
Rachel Wright
Died
at age 63
in Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Oct 2021
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Biography
Benjamin married Rachel Wait in 1746. They had eight children:[1]
- Benjamin (b-1747)
- Rachel (b-1749)
- Mary (b-1751)
- Benjamin (b-1754)
- Seth (b-1755)
- Aaron (b-1757)
- Elizabeth (b-1759)
- Enoch (b-1759)
Sources
- ↑ Lawrence, Walter William: The Wrights of colonial Connecticut, Baton Rouge, La., 1991. Page 42. [1]
- Lawrence, Walter William: The Wrights of colonial Connecticut, Baton Rouge, La., 1991. Page 42.[2]
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Edward Wright
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup I-M253, FTDNA kit #B202974 - Terry Wright :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 67 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #102695
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~0.78%
Alice (Brooks) Becker :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A936531 [compare], Ancestry member billaliceb
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