 1708 - 1783 (75 years)
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| Name |
Josiah Wright [1] |
| Born |
1708 [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
1783 [1] |
| Person ID |
I21191 |
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 |
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| Notes |
- Josiah WRIGHT, son of Benjamin and Elisabeth (HAND) WRIGHT, was born in
1708, and died in 1783. In 1735 he married Rhoda DOWD, who was born in 1714,
daughter of Cornelius DOWD, of Madison, and died in 1790. The marriage is found
in the Westbrook Church Record. Josiah WRIGHT lived on what is now known as the
Josiah WRIGHT farm, a short distance west of the Horse Hill school house, the
dwelling standing back in the fields, a short distance from the present
highway. It is evident he was a large landholder, owning nearly all of what is
not the Horse Hill District.
In 1745 a petition was presented to the General Assembly, signed by Thomas
SPENCER, Michael HILL, Thomas SPENCER, Jr., Josiah WRIGHT, Josiah WILCOX, Job
BULKLEY, Daniel EDWARDS and Ebenezer PLATTS, of the towns of Saybrook and
Killingworth, declaring that they are sober dissenters from the worship and
ministry established by the laws of this government; that they are of the
persuasion of the people called Baptists, and are true Protestants, and pray
for the indulgence of this Assembly. Their petition was granted on condition
that they take the oath prescribed by Parliament in such cases. These eight
were doubtless among the founders of the Baptist Church at Winthrop, which was
organized in 1744, with seventeen members.
Josiah and Rhoda (DOWD) WRIGHT had children: Jeremiah, Josiah (the next in the
line we are tracing), Ezekiel, Mary, Rhoda, Prudence, Jane and Elisabeth. Of
these, Jeremiah, born in 1738, lived on Horse Hill, just north of what is now
known as the William BURGHARDT house; he married Hannah BROWN and they had two
children, Jeremiah and Lucretia (Mrs. Nathan STANNARD). Ezekiel occupied part
of the farm near his father's home, living in a house lately occupied by his
grandson, Josiah WRIGHT; he had four sons and four daughters, David, Jonathan,
Josiah, Ezekiel, Mrs. Justus CLARK, Mrs. Barber GRINNELL, Mrs. William JOHNSON,
and Mrs. BURGHARDT. Jane married David THOMPSON. It is thought one of the other
daughters married a man named BURGHARDT.
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| Sources |
- [S121] Commemorative Biographical Record of Middlesex County Connecticut, (Name: Chicago, Illinois: J. H. Beers & Co, 1903.;), Pages 685 ñ 688. (Reliability: 3).
- [S317] \i Hill Family History\i0, Hill, Kathi, (Name: http://genealogy.kathihill.com/Person/family_group/303444;), ) (Reliability: 3).
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