Roswell
Wright
Born in Lebanon, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Son of Elijah Wright Sr.
and Temperance (Waters) Wright
Husband of
Mary (Jeffary) Wright
— married
9 Jun 1785 in Coventry, Connecticut
Husband of
Abigail (Benton) Wright
— married
1 Jun 1789 in Coventry, Connecticut
Descendants 
Father of
Betsy Wright and
Polly (Wright) Kingsbury
Died
at age 73
in Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Apr 2009
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Biography
Roswell (sometimes pronounced as "Ros'ell" or "Russell") Wright, son of Elijah Wright and his wife Temperance Waters, was born September 5, 1761 at Lebanon, Connecticut.[1]
He and his father were millers in Coventry, Connecticut.
Soldier Roswell Wright served with 22nd Continental Regiment (1776), Continental Army during the American Revolution.
Roswell Wright is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A130985.
Revolutionary War soldier. Was at Yorktown. DAR Number A130985
He died February 13, 1835.
Becky Syphers has his pension papers.
Sources
- ↑ Lebanon VR Barbour Collection
- Dimock, Susan Whitney, Births, Marriages, Baptisms and Deaths from the records of the Town and Churches in Coventry, Connecticut 1711-1844, New York: The Baker & Taylor Company, 1897 (online, downloaded)
- Hale Collection Cemetery Inscriptions, Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut (Transcript on line)
- Barbour Collection, Lebanon, Connecticut Vital Records p.140, referencing Vol 1 Page 347, Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut (Copy online).
- Report from the Secretary of War in Obedience to Resolutions of the Senate of the 5th and 30th of June, 1834, and the 3rd of March, 1835, in Relation to the Pension Establishment of the United States, Washington: Duff Green, 1855
See also:
- "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3Q-C3JJ-V?cc=2546162&wc=WD6Q-RM3%3A1588792203 : 24 January 2018), Connecticut > image 674 of 977; citing various published state rosters, United States.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Roswell by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Roswell:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Roswell by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Roswell:
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Ted (Whitten) Whittenkraus 
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M811699 [compare]
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~1.56%
~1.56%
Becky (Nally) Syphers :
23andMe
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~1.56%
~1.56%
Paula Degree :
23andMe
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Susan (Bartlett) Hamill :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Chris Whitten :
23andMe, yourDNAportal CHR61965ed9
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A820770 [compare], Ancestry member ciwhitten
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #330041
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Living DNA
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Jennifer (Hamill) Andreas :
23andMe
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Stephanie (Hamill) Goff :
23andMe
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~0.78%
~3.12%
James Hamill :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Hollis Bartlett :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member hbartlett72814
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Beryl Meehan
Beryl Meehan
Becky, please check his pension documents for his correct rank. "Soldier" as listed on the DAR is not a rank. Wikitree and 1776 project needs his actual rank such as Private, Captain or what you see he stated in his pension. You can make the update on the 1776 sticker. Thank You.
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by Beryl Meehan
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