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Carney & Wehofer Family
Genealogy Pages
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 1639 - 1714 (75 years)
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| Name |
Joseph WRIGHT |
| Prefix |
Deacon |
| Born |
1639 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Alt. Birth |
Abt 1639 |
Possibly England Or Massachusetts  [1] |
| Alt. Birth |
| Baptism |
5 Mar 1639 |
South Weald, Essex, England [1] |
| Name |
Joseph WRIGHT [1] |
| _UID |
B3137877017B493E9E485C3D74E8B4185F8E |
| Died |
17 Dec 1714 |
Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut [1] |
| Person ID |
I27862 |
Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
5 Feb 2012 |
| Father |
Thomas WRIGHT, b. 19 Nov 1610, Brook Hall, Delavon Manor, Essex County, England , d. 21 Apr 1670, Wethersfield, Now Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut (Age 59 years) |
| Mother |
Margaret BUTLER, b. Abt 1618, d. 4 Apr 1671, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut (Age ~ 53 years) |
| Married |
2 May 1647 |
Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut [1] |
| Family ID |
F3260 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Mary STODDARD, d. Yes, date unknown |
| Married |
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| Children |
| | 1. Sarah WRIGHT, d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 2. Benjamin WRIGHT, d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 3. Mary WRIGHT, b. 15 Apr 1665, d. 25 Apr 1735 (Age 70 years) |
| | 4. Thomas WRIGHT, b. 18 Jan 1675, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut , d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 5. Jonathan WRIGHT, b. 18 Jun 1681, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut , d. Jul 1740, Newington, Hartford Co., Connecticut (Age 59 years) |
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| Last Modified |
29 Aug 2016 |
| Family ID |
F12258 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Joseph Wright, the son of Thomas Wright and probably his second wife, Margaret Butler, was born, probably in England or Massachusetts, about 1639. He was a cooper by trade. In 1662 he received from his father a homestead on the east side of High street near the burying ground. This he conveyed to the town for use as a parsonage in 1664, receiving a lot with an old schoolhouse on it, on the west side of Rose lane (Main street) in exchange. This he conveyed to Hugh Welles in 1665, and received in exchange a lot on the east side of High street, north of his first home.
Joseph Wright was chosen Constable in 1672 and 1703 and 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.
He was buried in the Wethersfield cemetery, where his gravestone has this inscription: Here | lyeth the | body of Decon | Joseph Wright, | who departed | this life the 17th | day of December, | Anno Dom. 1714, | aged 75 years. In his will, dated February 14, 1711-12, he mentions his wife, Mercy, and living children. [Hartford Probate Records, Vol. 9, page 21.]
The first wife of Joseph Wright was Mary Stoddard, daughter of John Stoddard and Mary Foote, who was born in Wethersfield, Hartford county, Connecticut on March 12, 1643/4, and married December 10, 1663. She died there August 23, 1683. Joseph Wright married, second, in Wethersfield, March 10, 1685, Mercy Stoddard, the younger sister of his first wife, who was born in November, 1652. She survived her husband. Each of these daughters received 36 pounds at the distribution of their father's estate, March 2, 1664-5.
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A GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW ENGLAND, BEFORE 1692 - Vol. 4 - Savage, James - 1860-62:
WRIGHT, JOSEPH, Wethersfield, s. of the first Thomas of the same, freem. 1667, by fam. tradit. is said to have had two ws. By the first Mary, m. 10 Dec. 1663, wh. d. 23 Aug. 1683, aged 38, he had Mary, b. 15 Apr. 1665; Elizabeth 18 Nov. 1667; Joseph, 14 Feb. 1670; Sarah, 16 May 1674; Thomas, 18 Jan. 1677; Joseph, 14 Feb. 1679; and Jonathan, 18 June 1681. His next w. Mercy, m. 10 Mar. 1685, brot. him Benjamin; and Nathaniel, 16 Oct. 1688; and he is said to have d. early in 1715, but to have made his will three yrs. bef.
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