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Wright, Joseph

Male 1639 - 1714  (75 years)


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  • Name Wright, Joseph 
    Born 3 Mar 1638/1639  South Weald, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 5 Mar 1639  South Weald, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _COLOR Blue 
    Died 17 Dec 1714  Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I27468  USA
    Last Modified 10 Oct 2019 

    Father Wright, Thomas,   b. 19 Nov 1610, Delavon Manor, Brook Hall, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Apr 1676, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Mother Cranbroke, Mary,   b. 21 Sep 1609, Cranbrook, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1641, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 31 years) 
    Married 10 Aug 1629  South Weald, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F9390  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Stoddard, Mercy,   b. 21 Nov 1652, Wethersfield, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jan 1715, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Married 10 Mar 1685  Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Wright, Benjamin,   b. 6 Dec 1686, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1740, Unknown Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years)
     2. Wright, Nathaniel,   b. 16 Oct 1688, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Dec 1796, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 108 years)
    Last Modified 5 Aug 2021 
    Family ID F8944  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • !He married second Mercy Stoddard, his wife's sister.

      Deacon Joseph (a cooper by trade, was chosen Constable in 1672 and 1703; Townsman in 1690 and 1691. He also held many minor offices. He was called "Captain" in 1690, and "Corporal" in 1703. He was also a Deacon in the church, b. 1639
      This individual has the following other parents in the Ancestral File:
      Thomas /WRIGHT/ (AFN:42ZL-T2) and /CRANBROKE/ (AFN:42ZL-V7)

      A cooper by trade. Was chosen Constable in 1672 and 1703. Townsman in 1690 an 1691. He also held many minor offices. Was called "Captain" in 1690 and "Corporal" 1703.

      His second wife may have been Mercy Deming Curtis instead of Mercy Stoddard.

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      SOURCE - "Society of colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut.