Lt. David Wright

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Name: David Wright Spouse: Hester Whittlesey Parents: Benjamin Wright Birth Place: Middlestown, Saybrook, CT Birth Date: 27 Aug 1717 Marriage Date: 1745 Death Place: Saybrook, CT Death Date: 1760

Source Information: Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT. USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.

David's Story

Added by dogtreatbakery on 29 Apr 2008

"David had a large estate by the sea between Saybrook and Killingworth. He and brother/neighbor Josiah quarreled over the fisheries. He died in 1760 of smallpox, in a pest house on Duck Island, and was buried on his own land."

Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Janece Carte-Streig 2005; Author, J.H. Beers & Co., 1903, Commemorative Biographical Record of Middlesex County, Connecticut.

There is a record of but two, Josiah and David. The former has a large estate on Horse Hill. David, who was born in 1716, died in 1760 of smallpox. 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 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.

From: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ct/middlesex/bios/wright2gbs.txt

DAVID WRIGHT, born at Saybrook, Connecticut, August 27, 1717. In 1745, he married Hester Whittlesey, daughter of John Whittlesey, V, and Sarah Williams. Hester was born at Saybrook, June 12, 1722, and was the great-granddaughter of the first John Whittlesey, who came to New England about 1650. David and his wife lived in the western part of Saybrook, later to become a separate town known as Westbrook. He died there of smallpox in 1760, and was buried on his own premises. David and Hester had seven children,