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Josiah Wright

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut
Death: February 22, 1799 (84)
Arlington, Bennington Co., Vermont
Place of Burial: Williamstown, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Jonathan Wright, I and Hannah Hand Wright
Husband of Abigail Wright
Father of Josiah Wright, Jr. and Jonathan Wright
Brother of Abigail Wright; Jonathan Wright; Jane Tryon; Thankful Judd; Anne Wright and 5 others
Half brother of Mercy Coleman and Lieutenant John Wright, II

Managed by: Erica Howton
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About Josiah Wright


From https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=48273601

• ix. Josiah Wright, b. Jan. 16, 1699/700; he is not mentioned as living in his father's Apr. 1734 will, thus he was not, as errantly claimed by Stiles and all authors concerning the Sgt. Samuel Wright family [including Curtis Wright (1915) in Descendants of Sir John Wright of Kelvedon Hall, p. 81], the husband of Abigail Boardman. [Abigail Boardman m. May 15, 1735, Josiah Wright, b. Sept. 19, 1714, s. of Jonathan Wright & Hannah Hand of Wethersfield. They had eleven children of record at Wethersfield before relocating to Williamstown, Mass.]

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Josiah Wright's Timeline

1714
September 19, 1714
Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut
1736
1736
1738
June 2, 1738
1799
February 22, 1799
Age 84
Arlington, Bennington Co., Vermont
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Westlawn Cemetery, Williamstown, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States