Mary (Jeffary) Wright (abt. 1759 - 1787)

Born about 11 Aug 1759 in Groton, New London, Connecticut Colony

Wife of Roswell Wright — married 9 Jun 1785 in Coventry, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 24 Jun 1787 at about age 27 in Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut

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Biography

This profile is part of the Wright Name Study.

This profile is part of the Jeffers Name Study.

Mary (Jeffary) Wright was born about August 11, 1759 in Groton, New London, Connecticut Colony.

Mary (25) married Roswell Wright (23) (born on September 5, 1761 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, British Colonial America; son of Elijah Wright Sr. and Temperance (Waters) Wright) on June 9, 1785 in Coventry, Connecticut. Their known children were:

• Polly (Wright) Kingsbury (June 3 1787 – November 25 1871)
• Betsy Wright (June 3 1787 – January 8 1822)

Mary died on June 24, 1787 in Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut, aged about 27.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Source: Dimock, Susan Whitney, Birth, Marriages, Baptisms and Deaths from the records of the Town and Churches in Coventry, Connecticut 1711-1844, New York: The Baker & Taylor Company, 1897 (copy on line)

See also:

• Vital records of Cornwall, Barbour Collection of Vital Records, copy on line at Ancestry.com, a premium web site)
• Source: Hale Collection Cemetary Inscriptions, Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut (Transcript on line, possibly under a different name.)
• Source: Records of the First Church of Groton, Connecticut, Barbour Collection Transcriptions of Connecticut Church Records, Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut
• Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groton,_Connecticut#American_Revolution