Benjamin H Wright b. 1677 Killingworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut d. 19 Aug 1751 Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut

1677 - 1751 (74 years)

Name	Benjamin H Wright [1]
Born	1677	Killingworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut [1]
Gender	Male
Name	Benjamin Wright
Died	19 Aug 1751	Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut [1]
Person ID	I20789	Jerry Milo Johnson
Last Modified	29 Mar 2015

Father	James Wright, b. 1643, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut , d. 10 Mar 1712, Killingworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut (Age 69 years)
Relationship	Natural
Mother	Hannah Walstone, b. Abt 1650, England , d. 15 Nov 1719, Connecticut (Age ~ 69 years)
Relationship	Natural
Married	Y [1]
Family ID	F7425	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Elizabeth Hand, b. 12 Mar 1677, East Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut , d. 1767, Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut (Age 89 years)

Married Apr 1705 Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut [1, 2]

Children

	1. P. Wright
	2. L. Wright
	3. E. Wright
	4. J. Wright
	5. Josiah Wright, b. 1708, d. 1783 (Age 75 years) [Natural]
	6. David Wright, b. 27 Aug 1717, Killingworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut , d. 18 Feb 1761, Westbrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut (Age 43 years) [Natural]
	7. B. Wright

Family ID F7426 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

	Born - 1677 - Killingworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut
	Married - Apr 1705 - Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut
	Died - 19 Aug 1751 - Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut

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Notes

Benjamin WRIGHT, son of James, was married in 1705 to Elisabeth HAND, of
Southampton, L. I., who, it is asserted by some authorities, was the daughter
of Joseph and Jane (WRIGHT) HAND, and thus a cousin of her husband. However, it
is elsewhere stated, on good authority, that "she was the daughter of Benjamin
and Elizabeth (WHITTIER) HAND." The date of her death is given in the Westbrook
Church Records as 1767, when she was ninety years of age. Benjamin WRIGHT died
in 1751. Their children were Benjamin, Jeremiah, Josiah, David, Prudence, Lydia
and Elisabeth. There is record of but two, Josiah and David. The former has a
large estate on Horse Hill. David had a large estate by the sea extending to
the main road between Saybrook and Killingworth and tradition says they
quarreled over the fisheries. David, who was born in 1716, died in 1760 of
smallpox, in a pest-house on Duck Island, and was buried on his own land. His
memorial is on a large rock in the grove at Grove Beach, Clinton. Among his
descendants were Jedediah and Oramel WRIGHT, of Westbrook; Edward and Doty
WRIGHT, of Clinton; and Martha WRIGHT, Mrs. Steuben LAY, of Horse Hill. William
WRIGHT, who served as governor of New Jersey, and as United States Senator from
that State, was also one of David's descendants. He had a son connected with a
foreign legation, and the latter's daughter is now the widow of Baron GEROLD,
who was at one time, Ambassador from Holland to this country and subsequently
Ambassador from Holland to Russia. She lives in Europe. Her son, the present
Baron GEROLD, now minister from Holland at Washington, is said to be very proud
of his American ancestry.

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).