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Martha Morley (Wright)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
Death: January 02, 1740 (77)
Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, Colonial America
Place of Burial: Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Lt. Abel Wright and Martha Skinner
Wife of Thomas Marlow Morley, Sr
Mother of Martha Loomis; Thomas Morley; Mary Morley; Abel Morley, Sr.; Elizabeth Wickham and 5 others
Sister of Abel Wright, Jr., Ensign; Benjamin Wright; Hannah Sexton; Henry Wright; Sarah Chapin and 7 others

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About Martha Morley

Thomas and Martha had the following children:

Martha Morley b 7 SEP 1682 m William Loomis 13 JAN 1702/03 d 22 FEB 1753

Thomas Morley b 14 SEP 1684 d JAN 1772 (father of Timothy father of Thomas father of Isaac b. 1786 married Lucy Gunn)

Mary Morley b 30 OCT 1686 d 22 FEB 1753

Abel Morley b 18 JAN 1688/89 d 17 JAN 1771 (our line)

Elizabeth Morley b 23 JUN 1691

Thankful Morley b 28 FEB 1692/93

Mercy Morley b 14 NOV 1695

John Morley b 12 MAR 1698/99 d 1 NOV 1757

Ebenezer Morley b 22 MAR 1700/01 d 26 JAN 1747/48

Savage:

   MARLO, MORLEY, or MARLOW, EDWARD, Hartford 1667. THOMAS, 

Westfield, m. 8 Dec. 1681, Martha, d. of the first Abel Wright, had

Martha, b. 7 Sept. 1682; Thomas, 14 Sept. 1684; Mary, 30 Oct. 1686;

Abel, 18 Jan. 1689; Elizabeth 23 June 1691; Thankful, 28 Feb. 1693;

Mary, again, 14 Nov. 1695; John, 1 May 1699; and Ebenezer, 22

Mar. 1701. The fam. may be still at W. but the name long since bec.

Morley. WILLIAM, a soldier under capt. Turner in Mar. 1676.



Removed Martha Morley (Wright) as the wife of Thomas. I'm not sure how this relationship was created, but it was done in error. I don't know what Martha's maiden name was, but I found a book called New England Marriages prior to 1700 that lists Thomas's marriage to Martha, and on the same page lists Martha Wright's marriage to Thomas Marlow/Morley. (If this link doesn't paste correctly, check the references tab).

[http://books.google.com/books?id=mOgK8dM9qqUC&lpg=PA519&ots=ZgJp9gF...]



http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/f_3cd.htm#10

WRIGHT, Martha b. 29 NOV 1662 Springfield, Hampden, Mass. d. 2 JAN 1740/1 Glastonbury, Hartford, CT. Parents:

   Father: Wright, Abel
   Mother: Kitcherel, Martha

Family:

   Marriage: 8 DEC 1681 Springfield, Hampden, Mass.
   Spouse: MORLEY, Thomas
   b. JUN 1664 Bottesford, Lincolnshire, England
   d. JAN 1711/2 Glastonbury, Hartford, CT.
   Children:

MORLEY, Martha

       MORLEY, Thomas
       MORLEY, Mary
       b. 30 OCT 1686 Westfield, Hampden, Mass.
       d. 22 FEB 1753
       MORLEY, Abel
       MORLEY, Elizabeth
       MORLEY, Thankful
       MORLEY, Mercy
       b. 14 NOV 1695 Westfield, Hampden, Mass.
       MORLEY, John
       b. 12 MAR 1698/9 Westfield, Hampden, Mass.
       d. 1 NOV 1757
       MORLEY, Ebenezer 

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Martha Morley's Timeline

1662
November 29, 1662
Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1682
September 7, 1682
Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States
1684
September 14, 1684
Westfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
September 14, 1684
Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1686
October 30, 1686
Westfield, HAMPDON, Mass.
1688
January 18, 1688
Westfield, Hampden, MA, United States
1691
June 23, 1691
Westfield, HAMPDON, Mass.
1693
February 28, 1693
Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
1695
November 14, 1695
Westfield, HAMPDON, Mass.