Thomas WRIGHT

1610 - 1670  (59 years)

• Name	Thomas WRIGHT  [1]
  Alt. Birth	10 Nov 1610	Brook Hall, South Weald, Essex, England   [1]
  	Alt. Birth
  Birth	19 Nov 1610	Brook Hall, Delavon Manor, Essex County, England
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	19 Nov 1610	St. Peter's Church, South Weald, Essex, England   [1]
  Reference Number	6120
  _UID	2C7DE29401CE42DD9FFB668A4258E6859C7E
  Death	21 Apr 1670	Wethersfield, Now Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut   [1]
  Person ID	I6613	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	5 Jan 2006

  
  

  Father	John WRIGHT,   b. 1577, Brook Hall, South Weald, Essex, England d. May 1640, Degenham, Essex, England (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Grace GLASSCOCK,   b. 14 May 1579   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F3438	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary (Elenor) CRANBROKE,   b. 21 Sep 1609   d. Abt 1636, Probably Massachusetts (Age 26 years)
  Marriage	10 Aug 1629	South Weald, Essex, England   [1]
  Children	1. James WRIGHT,   b. Abt 1630, Kelvedon, Essex, England d. 24 Dec 1728, (Age 88) Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut (Age ~ 98 years)   2. Thomas WRIGHT,   b. Abt 1632, Brook Hall, South Weald, Essex, England d. 23 Aug 1683, (Age 51 Years) Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut (Age ~ 51 years)   3. Lydia WRIGHT,   b. 1633, South Weald, Essex, England d. 13 Feb 1690, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut (Age 57 years)   4. Ensign Samuel WRIGHT, Sr.,   b. 25 Mar 1634, Probably Essex, England d. 13 Feb 1690, (Age About 56 Years) Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut (Age 55 years)
  Family ID	F3316	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

  Family 2	Margaret BUTLER,   b. Abt 1618   d. 4 Apr 1671, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut (Age ~ 53 years)
  Marriage	2 May 1647	Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut   [1]
  Children	1. Deacon Joseph WRIGHT,   b. 1639   d. 17 Dec 1714, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F3260	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

• Notes

  Emmigration 1634 aboard ship "Susan & Ellen" Thomas was initially in Massachusetts and was then one of the first settlers in Wethersfield, Hartford county, Connecticut about 1639. (Note - The first settlement was wiped out by Indians in 1637, which killed Hugh Hillard, the first husband of Margaret (Elson) Hillard). A 3-acre homelot was recorded to him in Wethersfield on the 11th day of the 12th month in 1640. After his wife, Mary, died about 1636 (probably in Massachusetts) Thomas married Margaret Butler by whom he probably had his son Joseph. After Mary died about 1641, Thomas married widow Margaret (Elson) Hillard. They had no hildren together but she had children from her first marriage to Hugh Hilliard and her will mentions her Hilliard grandchildren. Thomas Wright bought a lot of land and would eventually have his own island, called "Wright Island" in the middle of the Connecticut River. The Indians called it Mannahannock ("Great Laughing Place"). A part of this island was still owned by the family in 1900. It would later be eroded away, though, and does not exist today. Thomas Wright was a deputy to the General Court of Connecticut in 1643; served as a selectman in 1658; and was a commissioner on town-lines. His earmark for cattle was duly recorded and a fence tax recorded in 1647. He was made a freeman on May 11, 1654, and his name is in the 1659 list as a freeman at Wethersfield. He also was a constable and sat on juries in 1643, 1665, and 1666. Thomas Wright's name was also included in a 1642 list from Guilford, New Haven county, Connecticut for the assessment of the inhabitants of that town. In his 1670 will, Thomas Wright Sr. gave his wife, Margaret, all the meat and drink in his house and, "all the linen that I have in my possession that was of her own spinning." (Stories of Wethersfield page 29)

  
  

• Sources

  [S41] dickenson.ged.