Mary (Hoyt) Wright (abt. 1684 - 1769)

Born about 1684 in Deerfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Judah Wright Jr. — married 4 Apr 1707 in Deerfield, Franklin, MA

Descendants

Died 23 Jul 1769 at about age 85 in Wapping, Deerfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Mary was born to David Hoyt and Mary Wilson around 1684 in the Massachusetts Bay Colony ^[1].

At the time of the Deerfield raid, Mary had been in Hatfield, therefore missing the attack ^[2]

Mary married Judah Wright on April 4, 1707, in Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts.^{[3] [4] [5]}.

They had several children including: ^{[6] [7]}

• Judah - born January 28th, 1708
• Mary - born May 23rd, 1709
• David - born January 11th, 1711/12
• Sarah - born October 23rd,1713
• Noah - born March 27th, 1716
• Asahel - born October 8th, 1721

Mary passed away on July 23rd, 1769 in Wapping of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. She was buried in the Old Deerfield Burying Ground ^[8].

Notes

• The family name was been found in records to have been spelled a myriad of ways such as Hoyte, Hoit, Hyott, etc.

Sources

1. ↑ Hoyt, David Webster,. A genealogical history of John Hoyt of Salisbury and David Hoyt of Deerfield (Massachusetts) and their descendants : with some account of the earlier Connecticut Hoyts and an appendix containing the family record of William Barnes of Salisbury, a list of the first settlers of Salisbury and Amesbury, &c.. Boston: C.B. Richardson, 1857. Page 328.
2. ↑ History of Deerfield, Volume II, by George Sheldon, Published by E. A. Hall & Co., Greenfield, MA, 1896. p. 214.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHT2-VLC : 13 July 2016), Judah Wright and Mary Hoyt, 04 Apr 1707; citing Marriage, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 186,146.
4. ↑ https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Franklin/Deerfield/Images/Deerfield_M249.shtml
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHT2-VLZ : 24 January 2020), Judah Wright, 1707.
6. ↑ https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Franklin/Deerfield/Images/Deerfield_B143.shtml
7. ↑ https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Franklin/Deerfield/Images/Deerfield_B144.shtml
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 07 February 2021), memorial page for Mary Hoyt Wright (1 Jan 1684–23 Jul 1769), Find a Grave Memorial no. 99939670, citing Old Deerfield Burying Ground, Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by R. W. Wright (contributor 47464614). See https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99939670/mary-wright.

• https://deerfield-ma.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Wright-Family-Papers-1.pdf

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Sarah Dittmann for creating WikiTree profile Hoyt-1354 through the import of export-BloodTree.ged on Jun 27, 2013.