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Temperance Wright formerly Waters

Born 17 Feb 1724 in Hebron, Tolland, Colony of Connecticut, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Daughter of Samuel Waters and Ann (Sterling) Waters

Sister of Stallworthy Waters Sr., Lois (Waters) Roberts, Eunice (Waters) Owen, Samuel Waters, Adam Waters and Joseph Waters

Wife of Elijah Wright Sr. — married 10 Aug 1753 in Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut

Descendants

Mother of Rube (Wright) Brewster, Chloe (Wright) Frink, Elijah Wright Jr., Roswell Wright and Eleaser Wright

Died 23 Apr 1804 at age 80 in Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Wright Name Study.

Temperance (Waters) Wright was born on February 17, 1724 in Hebron, Tolland, Colony of Connecticut, British Colonial America, daughter of Ensign Samuel Waters (1679–1742) and Ann (Sterling) Waters (1684–>1749).

Her siblings were:

Stallworthy Waters Sr. (March 18 1703 – June 29 1761)
Lois (Waters) Roberts (May 14 1713 – February 9 1749)
Eunice (Waters) Owen (September 15 1715 – 1757)
Samuel Waters (May 29 1719 – April 24 1782)
Capt. Adam Waters (June 26 1720 – June 2 1804)
Joseph Waters (February 9 1723 – October 8 1782)

In 1724, Temperance (0) was living in Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, United States.

Temperance (29) married Elijah Wright Sr. (22) (born on August 14, 1730 in Lebanon, Windham, Connecticut Colony; son of Samuel Wright and Anna (Loomis) Wright) on August 10, 1753 in Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut Marriages, 1640-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7LW-YNT : 12 May 2016), Elijah Wright and Temperance Waters, Marriage 10 Aug 1753, Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, United States; Connecticut State Library, Hartford; FHL microfilm 1,376,165. Their known children were:

Rube (Wright) Brewster (March 2 1755 – November 28 1796)
Chloe (Wright) Frink (May 7 1756 – February 13 1824)
Elijah Wright Jr. (February 25 1759 – ~1791)
Roswell Wright (September 5 1761 – February 13 1835)
Eleaser Wright (January 3 1764 – unknown)

Temperance died on April 23, 1804 in Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut, United States, aged 80.

Timeline
Date	Event	Location
1679-05-22	Birth of Father, Samuel	Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1684-03-14	Birth of Mother, Ann	Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1703-03-18	Birth of Brother, Stallworthy	Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut
1713-05-14	Birth of Sister, Lois	Hebron, Hartford, Connecticut Colony
1715-09-15	Birth of Sister, Eunice	Hebron, Connecticut
1719-05-29	Birth of Brother, Samuel	Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut
1720-06-26	Birth of Brother, Adam	Hebron, New London, Connecticut
1723-02-09	Birth of Brother, Joseph	Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut
1724-02-17	Birth	Hebron, Tolland, Colony of Connecticut, British Colonial America
1730-08-14	Birth of Husband, Elijah	Lebanon, Windham, Connecticut Colony
1742-02-12	Death of Father, Samuel	Hebron, Hartford, Connecticut Colony
1749-02-09	Death of Sister, Lois	Killingly, Windham, Connecticut Colony
1749-07-04	Death of Mother, Ann	Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut
1753-08-10	Marriage, Elijah	Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut
1755-03-02	Birth of Daughter, Rube	Connecticut
1756-05-07	Birth of Daughter, Chloe	Lebanon, New London, Connecticut Colony
1757	Death of Sister, Eunice	Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut
1759-02-25	Birth of Son, Elijah	Lebanon, Connecticut
1761-06-29	Death of Brother, Stallworthy
1761-09-05	Birth of Son, Roswell	Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, British Colonial America
1764-01-03	Birth of Son, Eleaser	Coventry, Connecticut
1782-04-24	Death of Brother, Samuel	Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
1782-10-08	Death of Brother, Joseph	Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut
1791	Death of Son, Elijah
1796-11-28	Death of Daughter, Rube	Coventry, Connecticut
1802-12-23	Death of Husband, Elijah	Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
1804-04-23	Death	Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
1804-06-02	Death of Brother, Adam	Hoosick, Rensselaer, New York, United States
1824-02-13	Death of Daughter, Chloe	Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
1835-02-13	Death of Son, Roswell	Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut, United States

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Temperance 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 Temperance: