Martha (Kitchell) Wright (1645 - 1708)

Born 4 Jan 1645 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Abel Wright Sr. — married 1 Dec 1659 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 19 Oct 1708 at age 63 in Springfield, Hampshire, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Martha Kitchel born 4 Jan 1645 Skipmuck, Hartford, Connecticut, daughter of Samuel & Martha (Chapman) Ketcherel.

Christening

Christening Of Springfield, Hampshire, Mass.

Marriage

Martha Kitchell married to Abel Wright on 1 Dec 1659, Hartford, Hartford Co, CT. Abel Wright, b. Bef 10 Jan 1631, Leverton, Lincolnshire, England (maybe), d. 29 Oct 1725, Springfield, Hampden Co, MA

Martha was 14 when she married^[1].

Abel WRIGHT, son of Edward and Agnes KEALE WRIGHT, was born 10 Jan. 1631 in Leverton, Lincolnshire, England, married on 1 Oct. 1659 in Hartford, Hartford, CT, Martha KITCHELL [KITCHERELL, KITCHERAL, KRITCHWELL] and is buried in Pine Street Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden, MA.

Martha KITCHELL, daughter of Samuel and Martha CHAPMAN KITCHERELL, was born 4 Jan. 1645 in Hartford, Hartford, CT, and is buried with her husband above.

Children

Martha Kitchell and Abel Wright had the following children:

1. Joseph Wright, Sr., b. 1 Sep 1660, Springfield, Hampden, MA, d. 14 Jun 1736, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut
2. Martha Wright, b. 29 Nov 1662, Springfield, Hampden, MA, d. Bef 2 Jan 1741, Glastonbury, Hartford Co, Connecticut
3. Abel Wright, II, b. 25 Sep 1664, Springfield, Hampden, MA, d. 2 Jun 1745, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location
4. Benjamin Wright, I, b. 14 Mar 1667, Springfield, Hampden, MA, d. 25 Dec 1704, Springfield, Hampden, MA
5. Hannah Wright, b. 28 Jul 1669, Springfield, Hampden, MA, d. 26 Nov 1742, Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut
6. Henry Wright, b. 23 May 1671, Springfield, Hampden, MA, d. 6 Dec 1674, Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts
7. Sarah Wright, b. 8 May 1673, Springfield, Hampden, MA, d. 26 Jul 1770, Springfield, Hampden, MA
8. Mary Wright, b. 9 Mar 1675, Springfield, Hampden, MA, d. 22 Nov 1738, Somers, Tolland Co, Connecticut
9. Henry Wright, b. 8 Jun 1677, Springfield, Hampden, MA, d. 21 Apr 1769, Springfield, Hampden, MA
10. Samuel Wright, b. 17 Jun 1679, Springfield, Hampden, MA, d. Aft 1728, Norwich, New London, Connecticut
11. Elizabeth Wright, b. 18 Aug 1682, Springfield, Hampden, MA, d. 17 Jun 1685, Springfield, Hampden, MA
12. John Wright, b. 21 Apr 1685, Springfield, Hampden, MA, d. 11 May 1685, Springfield, Hampden, MA
13. Elizabeth Wright, b. 22 Aug 1687, Springfield, Hampden, MA, d. Aft 1714, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut

Notes

• The colonial laws regulated the subject of extravagant dressing. In September 1673 (when Martha was 28 years old) the court recorded:

"Diverse women at Springfeild (sic) presentd at ye Courte in March last for that being of meane estate they did weare Silkes contrary to Law vixt Goodwife Labden (,) Goody Colton (,) Goody Morgan (,) Goody Barnard (,) Mercy & Hephzibod Jones (,) Hunters wife & Daughter & Abell Wrights wife, & warned to this Courte the six former app'ring in Courte they were admonisht of their extyravagancyes & dismist."

• Abel Wright claimed something (from the estate of Anthony Dorchester, 2nd husband of Martha's mother) for what her mother, the widow of Samuel Kitchell (Kitcherell) once of Hartford, brought to the late Anthony Dorchester.

Indian Attack On July 26, 1708, Indians attacked the town of Springfield and the house of Lt. Abel Wright of Skipmuch in Springfield, and killed two soldiers, Aaron Parsons of Northampton and Benjah Hulbert of Enfield; scalped Martha, the wife of Lt. Wright (who died 3 months later on Oct 19), took Hannah, the wife of Lt. Wright's son Henry, and killed her; killed her infant son Henry in a cradle and knocked in the head of her daughter Hannah, aged 2 years, in the same cradle, but she later recovered.^[2]

Death

19 Oct 1708 at Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 34353771
2. ↑ http://mjgen.com/wright/1wright.html

See also:

• Message Board http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/nkm.2ACEB/55.1.1

• {http://sherry.server-hosts.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I3483&tree=Roots Martha Ketcheral (1646-1708)

• Find A Grave Memorial# 34353771, Created by: Linda Mac, Record added: Mar 02, 2009

• http://sherry.server-hosts.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I3483&tree=Roots

• Historical Catalogue of the First Church in Hartford. 1633-1885 (First Church, Hartford, Conn., 1885) Page 155.

• Hanna Kicharell, dau. Samiwell Kecherell; born Jan. 4, 1646

Untriangulated DNA Match

Researcher Randolph-1145 has identified an autosomal DNA segment which may have passed from Abel Wright (1631-1725) or Martha Kitchell to their sons Abel and Joseph: 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.