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Jonathan WRIGHT

Jonathan WRIGHT[1]

Male 1681 - 1740  (59 years)

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  • Name Jonathan WRIGHT 
    Born 18 Jun 1681  Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Reference Number 11842 
    _UID 873CF141CC4F4D77B55AE4305EA9BC18D2FE 
    Died Jul 1740  Newington, Hartford Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2800  Carney Wehofer Feb 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 5 Feb 2012 

    Father Deacon Joseph WRIGHT,   b. 1639,   d. 17 Dec 1714, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Mary STODDARD,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married
    • NOTE MARRIED
    Family ID F12258  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mercy BOARDMAN,   b. 4 Jul 1687, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
     1. John WRIGHT,   b. 4 Jun 1710, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F1337  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Hannah (Ann) HAND,   b. 10 Jul 1683, Of East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1724  (Age 41 years) 
    Married 26 Mar 1706  Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. Abigail WRIGHT,   b. 13 Jan 1707, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Jonathan WRIGHT,   b. 17 Feb 1709, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Mar 1712, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 3 years)
     3. Judah WRIGHT,   b. 7 Jun 1710, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1751  (Age 41 years)
     4. Jane WRIGHT,   b. 13 Jan 1713, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Josiah WRIGHT,   b. 19 Sep 1714, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Feb 1799, (Age 86) Arlington, Bennington Co., Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     6. Thankful WRIGHT,   b. 2 Jun 1716, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Aug 1764, Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years)
     7. Anne WRIGHT,   b. 27 Jun 1718, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Elizabeth WRIGHT,   b. 14 Feb 1720, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Marah (Mary) WRIGHT,   b. 21 Sep 1724, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F1336  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • WILL OF JONATHAN WRIGHT - dated March 29, 1740 - Wethersfield, Connecticut: I, Jonathan Wright of Wethersfield, do make and ordain this my last will and testament: I give to my wife Anne 1-3 part of my moveable estate, as household goods, &c. I give to my son Judah Wright, whom I make and ordain my only and sole executor, all and singular my land and 2-3 of my stock and cattle, by him freely to be possessed and injoyed, only that part I now order him my sd. executor to distribute to some of the rest of my dear children out of my estate, to say: First , I order my executor to pay 15 pounds money to my daughter Thankfull. 2ndly, I order him to pay 15 pounds to my daughter Elizabeth. Also, that he pay 15 pounds to my daughter Mary. Also, that he pay 5 pounds money to my daughter Jane. Also, I order him to pay to my granddaughter Damarus 4 pounds money. Also, I order him my abovesd. executor that he pay to my two grandsons, Jonathan and Josiah Wright, 4 pounds money each, when the eldest of them comes of age . JONATHAN WRIGHT, s Witness: Martin Kellogg, Joseph Andrews, Joseph Benton. Before signing and sealing, the following was written and is part of the will of the above mentioned Jonathan Wright, to say: that 2-3 of my household goods to be equally divided among my daughters . JONATHAN WRIGHT, s Witness: Martin Kellogg, Joseph Andrews, Joseph Benton. Inventory taken on July 14, 1740 by Jabez Whittlesey and Martin Kellogg - 296 pounds, 1 shilling, 5 pence Will exhibed by Judah Wright and proven October 2, 1740 (Court Record, page 73) (Hartford District Probate Records - Vol. 13, pages 210-11)

  • Sources 
    1. [SAuth] Jim Carney, compiled by James H Carney [(E-ADDRESS), & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Buderim, Queensland 4556 AUSTRALIA.

    2. [S9] Wethersfield (CT) Vital Records.