Thomas WRIGHT, Sr.

Abt 1610 - 1670  (59 years)

• Name	Thomas WRIGHT  [1, 2, 3]
  	He came to Wethersfield, perhaps from Watertown, before 1639; (Judge Adams' article in Ancient Wethersfield, I, p. 317.); was on the jury of the Particular Court of Conn., Sept. 1643; Selectmen, 1658; committee on town lines, etc; Freeman, May 18, 1654 and constable, 1668/9. He was prominent in church disputes with Rev. John Russell which led many to move to Hadley, Mass. His home lot of three and one-half acres in Wethersfield, was on the west side of High Street, where his home was built, probably before 1639. It was recorded to him Feb. 11, 1640/1. He bought a house, barn and five acres of Samuel Hale on the west side of Back Lane, also the Richard Belden lot of twenty and one-half acres in the West Field in 1654. He also purchased a large part of the Great Island, thereafter known as Wright's Island and which he gave mostly to his sons, Thomas and James. While it is generally stated that he was a son of John and Grace (Glasscock) Wright of South Weald, Essex, England, there is no absolute proof of it. [1]
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	Abt 19 Nov 1610	Brook Hall, Delavon Manor, Essex County, England   [2]
  Christening	19 Nov 1610  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	21 Apr 1670	Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA   [1, 2]
  Notes	Excerpt from "The Wright Line": It is believed by some expert researchers that Thomas married #2? Margaret Butler, after his first wife, Mary died. There is some confusion WHEN Mary died and thus why the confusion with the second marriage. Because of these confusions, it is possible that Mary died shortly after Joseph was born, and it is possible that Thomas married again and had Joseph. Whatever may have happened, a son was born (Joseph).
  Person ID	I62917	Main Tree
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2020

  
  

  Father	John WRIGHT
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Grace GLASSCOCK
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F12133	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary CRANBROKE,   b. Abt 21 Sep 1609, Cranbroke, Kent, England d. 1636 (Age 26 years)
  Marriage	10 Aug 1629	South Wead, Essex, England   [2]
  Children	1. Thomas WRIGHT, Jr.,   b. 1630   d. 24 Aug 1683 (Age 53 years)  [Birth]   2. Mary WRIGHT,   b. 1631   d. young  [Birth] + 3. Ensign Samuel WRIGHT,   b. 1634, England d. 13 Feb 1689/90 (Age 56 years)  [Birth]   4. James WRIGHT,   b. Abt 1636, England d. 1705, Connecticut, USA (Age 69 years)  [Birth]   5. Lydia WRIGHT   d. Bef 04 Feb 1688  [Birth] + 6. Deacon Joseph WRIGHT,   b. 1639, England d. 17 Dec 1714, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut (Age 75 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F12132	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2020

  
  

  Family 2	Margaret UNKNOWN   d. 1671
  Marriage	1647  [1]
  Family ID	F12303	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Mar 2016

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 19 Nov 1610 - Brook Hall, Delavon Manor, Essex County, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3597] Ernest Flagg, "Genealogical Notes on the Founding of New England" My Ancestors Part in that Undertaking. [S00095] "The Wright Line (1610-1780)" by Ellen R. Baker. [S04086] The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 2010, Vol. 164 July.