James Wright b. 1643 Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut d. 10 Mar 1712 Killingworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut

1643 - 1712 (69 years)

Name	James Wright [1, 2]
Born	1643	Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut [1, 2]
Gender	Male
Died	10 Mar 1712	Killingworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut [1, 2]
Person ID	I20786	Jerry Milo Johnson
Last Modified	29 Mar 2015

Father	Benjamin Wright, b. 1610, Bolton, Lancashire, England , d. 29 Mar 1677, Killingworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut (Age 67 years)
Relationship	Natural
Mother	Jane Meigs, b. 1617, Hesketh, Lancaster, England , d. 25 Oct 1684, Killingworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut (Age 67 years)
Relationship	Natural
Married	1640	Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut [1]
Family ID	F7424	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Hannah Walstone, b. Abt 1650, England , d. 15 Nov 1719, Connecticut (Age ~ 69 years)

Married Y [1]

Children

	1. Benjamin H Wright, b. 1677, Killingworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut , d. 19 Aug 1751, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut (Age 74 years) [Natural]
	2. J. Wright
	3. M. Wright

Family ID F7425 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

	Born - 1643 - Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut
	Died - 10 Mar 1712 - Killingworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut

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Notes

James WRIGHT, son of Benjamin, the immigrant, was born in 1643, and died
in 1727. His wife, Hannah WALSTONE, came from England to marry him, having been selected by a mutual friend. She died in 1719. A memorial tablet citing some of
these facts is still to be found in the Clinton cemetery. As stated previously,
James and his brother, Joseph, had difficulty in the division of their father's
estate. In 1791 a committee appointed by the Colonial General Assembly brought
in their report concerning boundaries of land between James and Joseph WRIGHT,
which was accepted by the General Assembly and confirmed to be a final issue of
all controversy over land boundaries between them. In general terms the line
between Killingworth and Saybrook was made the boundary of their farms, James
holding on the Saybrook and Joseph on the Killingworth side. James is supposed
to have resided at what has been known more recently as the Abner KIRTLAND
place. The records of Oyster River Quarter show that he was a large landowner,
deeds of land aggregating several hundred acres, located in what is now the
town of Westbrook, having been given by him to various persons between 1720 and
1727. James and Hannah (WALSTONE) WRIGHT had three children, James, Benjamin
(the next in line to Alfred Mortimer) and Mercy. James married Sarah WISE, by
whom he had a son James. For his second wife he married Judith BUSHNELL, and
they had a son Samuel, from whom are descended the WRIGHTS of Pond Meadow. Two
brothers of a later generation of this branch, Joab and John, went to New
Durham, N. Y., and from one of them descended Silas WRIGHT, Governor of New
York and United States Senator from that State. Mercy WRIGHT married William
STANNARD, and one of their descendants, Daniel STANNARD, resided in Westbrook.

Sources

[S317] \i Hill Family History\i0, Hill, Kathi, (Name: http://genealogy.kathihill.com/Person/family_group/303444;), ) (Reliability: 3).
[S121] Commemorative Biographical Record of Middlesex County Connecticut, (Name: Chicago, Illinois: J. H. Beers & Co, 1903.;), Pages 685 ñ 688. (Reliability: 3).