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Carney & Wehofer Family
Genealogy Pages
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 1634 - 1690 (55 years)
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| Name |
Samuel WRIGHT [1] |
| Prefix |
Ensign |
| Suffix |
Sr. |
| Born |
25 Mar 1634 |
Probably Essex, England  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Reference Number |
1216 |
| _UID |
C898ADB486F5431DB7BD489336E92D2C63FF |
| Died |
13 Feb 1690 |
(Age About 56 Years) Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut [1, 2] |
| Person ID |
I2804 |
Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
10 Mar 2010 |
| 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 |
Mary (Elenor) CRANBROKE, b. 21 Sep 1609, d. Abt 1636, Probably Massachusetts (Age 26 years) |
| Married |
10 Aug 1629 |
South Weald, Essex, England [1] |
| Family ID |
F3316 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
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Ensign Samuel Wright was made Freeman in Wethersfield in 1657. He was a Selectman in 1670-1. In the same year the Town gave him land to set his "shop" upon.
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WILL OF ENSIGN Samuel WRIGHT - dated January 17, 1689/90 - Wethersfield, Connecticut:
I Samuel Wright sen. of Wethersfield doe make this my last Will & Testament in manner following: I give to my Eldest son Samuel Wright that Homelott where his present Dwelling house now stands, and all my Land adjoining to the same that I purchased of Jonathan Smith. I give unto my son David Wright my present dwelling house and Homelott with the Appurtenances and Buildings thereunto belonging. I give to my son Samuel a small parcel of Money made up in a Bag marked S. W. To my daughter Mary another parcel of Money marked M. F. To my daughter Hannah another parcel of Money marked H. B. I give to my Kinswoman Hope Butler, that sometimes dwelt with me, a Heifer 2 years old. I make my son Samuel Wright and my son-in-law Daniel Boreman, Executors. I desire my Brother Joseph Wright and my Brother-in-Law Samuel Butler to be Overseers. I doe hereby request and impower my sd. Overseers to place and bind out my son David (almost 13 years of age) in a convenient time to some honest Master, that he may learn some useful trade.
Witness: Isaac Boardman, Samuel WRIGHT, s
Samuel Butler.
Inventory taken on February 27, 1689/90 by Samuel Butler, John Welles & Benjamin Churchill - 1082 pounds, 9 shillings
Will and inventory approved on March 6, 1689/90 (Court Records, page 11)
(Hartford District Probate Records - Vol. 5, pages 49-50)
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A GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW ENGLAND, BEFORE 1692 - Vol. 4 - Savage, James - 1860-62:
WRIGHT, Samuel, Wethersfield, s. of Thomas of the same, b. prob. in Eng. freem. 1657, m. 29 Sept. 1659, Mary, d. of Deac. Richard Butler of Hartford, had Samuel, Mary, Hannah, Sarah, Mabel, and David, the last b. 12 Jan. 1678; had good est. and d. Feb. 1690, call. 56 yrs. old. hav. made his will the mo. bef. in wh. the ds. Sarah and Mabel are not nam. perhaps d.
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- [S41] dickenson.ged.
- [S9] Wethersfield (CT) Vital Records.
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