David Wright b. 27 Aug 1717 Killingworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut d. 18 Feb 1761 Westbrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut

1717 - 1761 (43 years)

Name	David Wright [1, 2]
Born	27 Aug 1717	Killingworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut [1]
Gender	Male
Died	18 Feb 1761	Westbrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut [1, 2]
	Cause: smallpox
Buried	Y [2]
Person ID	I20791	Jerry Milo Johnson
Last Modified	29 Mar 2015

Father	Benjamin H Wright, b. 1677, Killingworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut , d. 19 Aug 1751, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut (Age 74 years)
Relationship	Natural
Mother	Elizabeth Hand, b. 12 Mar 1677, East Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut , d. 1767, Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut (Age 89 years)
Relationship	Natural
Married	Apr 1705	Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut [1, 2]
Family ID	F7426	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Hester Whittlesey, b. 12 Jun 1722, Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut , d. 1760, Connecticut (Age 37 years)

Married 27 May 1742 Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut [1]

Children

1. David Wright, b. 30 Oct 1756, Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut

, d. Sep 1798, Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut

(Age 41 years) [Natural]

Family ID F7427 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

	Born - 27 Aug 1717 - Killingworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut
	Married - 27 May 1742 - Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut
	Died - Cause: smallpox - 18 Feb 1761 - Westbrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut

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Notes

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.

and was buried on his own land. His memorial is on a large rock in the grove at Grove Beach, Clinton

[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).