Ensign Samuel WRIGHT, Sr.

1634 - 1690  (55 years)

• Name	Samuel WRIGHT  [1]
  Prefix	Ensign
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	25 Mar 1634	Probably Essex, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	1216
  _UID	C898ADB486F5431DB7BD489336E92D2C63FF
  Death	13 Feb 1690	(Age About 56 Years) Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I2804	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  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)
  Marriage	10 Aug 1629	South Weald, Essex, England   [1]
  Family ID	F3316	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary BUTLER   d. 1690
  Marriage	1659
  Family ID	F50573652	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

• Notes

  [dickenson.ged] 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. _____ 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) _____ 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S41] dickenson.ged. [S9] Wethersfield (CT) Vital Records.