Anna Burnham

Anna Wright

• Christening: 29 August 1633 Great Waltham, Essex, England;
• DEATH 5 Aug 1703 (aged 82–83) Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut

Place of birth has also been erroneously reported to be Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut.

Place of marriage has also been erroneously reported to be England.

Family

From https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/163264253/anna-burnham

• Married 1645 Hartford, CT Thomas Burnham 1617-1688 June 28

9 children

• 1. Richard Burnham
• 2. Burnham
• 3. Anna Burnham
• 4. John Burnham
• 5. Samuel Burnham
• 6. Rebecca Burnham
• 7. Thomas Burnham
• 8. William Burnham
• 9. Mary Burnham

Disputed Origins

• Not a known child of Nathaniel Wright
• Findagrave has Richard Wright
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wright-5502 had John Wright & Mary Dell

links

• FamilySearch AFN: 7TSZ-DH
• American Biography: A New Cyclopedia, Volume 6 edited by William Richard Cutter. Page 299.GoogleBooks

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prob Ann Wright was born circa 1645. She was the daughter of Richard Wright and (Unknown) (Unknown). Prob Ann Wright married Samuel Gaines on 7 April 1665 at Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts.

• http://www.conovergenealogy.com/famous-p/p1965.htm#i98210

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Origins

Children by second wife (widowed mother of William Sabin; given name unknown):

• 4. Sarah, b abt 1640; m abt 1665 Thomas Harris; at Hartford CT 1691
• 5. Ann b abt 1643; m 1665 Samuel Gaines at Lynn, MA; probably died about 1666 and probably in childbirth
• 6. Elizabeth, b abt 1644; m 1666 _____ Paddon. No further record found

NOTE: Anderson, in his Great Migration series, supports the research of Harris, RL Bowen and Davis.

References

1. WikiTree contributors, "Richard Wright (abt.1598-aft.1668)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wright-798 : accessed 29 February 2024).