Born in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut
Daughter of Benjamin Wright
and Jane (Unknown) Wright
Sister of
James Wright, Benjamin Wright, Joseph Wright, Elizabeth (Wright) Lee and Ann (Wright) Tallman
Wife of
Joseph Josiah Hand
— married
about 1664 in East Guilford, New Haven, CT
Descendants 
Mother of
Sarah (Hand) Munger, Jane Hand, Joseph Hand Jr, Benjamin W. Hand, Stephen Hand, Elizabeth (Hand) Wright, Silence (Hand) Warner, Ann (Hand) Wright and Jane (Hand) Doud
Died
at about age 80
in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Mar 2012
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Biography
Jane Wright, the daughter of Benjamin Wright and Jane Unknown, was born in 1644 and died in 1724. In 1644 she married Joseph Hand of Guilford.[1]
Sources
- ↑ Smyth, Hon. Ralph D., Thomas Wright and Benjamin Wright of Guilford, Conn., and Some Descendants, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1904) Vol. 58, Page 40.
- Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985)
- U.S. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 (National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Louisville, Kentucky) Microfilm, 508 rolls. Vol. 23.
- Warner, Lucien C. & Nichols, Josephine G. The Descendants of Andrew Warner (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., New Haven, 1919)
- Clemens, William Montgomery. American Marriages Before 1699 (Biblio Co., Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, 1926)
- http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=dickenson&id=I04915
Acknowledgments
- Thank you to Gordon Ralls for creating WikiTree profile Wright-8280 through the import of Diggins061213.GED on Jun 11, 2013.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jane by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jane:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jane by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jane:
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Rejected matches › Jane (Wright) Barrell › Jane Wright › Mahala Wright (abt.1844-) › Jane (Wright) Sutton (abt.1755-1822) › Jane (Oliver) Wright (abt.1800-abt.1879) › Jean Strachan (Wright) Smith (1822-1880) › Jane (Hodgson) Wright (1852-1945) › Jane (Carr) Wright (1834-1906)
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