Mary Wright

Mary Cranbroke, daughter of William and Mabel Cranbroke, was born on September 21, 1609 in Cranford, Kent, England.

She married Thomas Wright, Sr. on August 10, 1629 at South Weald, Essex and they had 4 sons and 1 daughter. They came to America in about 1635, settling initially in Watertown, Massachusetts where Mary may have died about 1639 shortly before her husband Thomas brought his family to Wethersfield, Connecticut.

"Mary Cranbroke came to America with her husband and died in Boston" - Genealogical and biographical notices of the descendants of Sir John Wright.

Spouse:

•   Thomas Wright (1610 - 1670) He was the son of John Wright and Grace Glascock  

Children:

1.   Thomas Wright (1630 - 1683)*
2.   James Wright (1632 - 1728)*
3.   Lydia (Wright) Harris (1634 - 1690)*
4.   Samuel Wright (1636 - 1690)*
5.   Joseph Wright (1640 - 1714)*

• https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=73124717
• Calculated relationship

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GEDCOM Note

Disputed Children ==It is obvious from probate data that only two children of Margaret andHugh survived, Benjamin and Job. Edward was not their son, and John Hillier of Windsor was not their son.

• Source: S-1906045953 Repository: #R-1906422897 Title: American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Author: Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.Original data - Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genea Note: APID: 1,3599::0 ---Cites --- Gen. Column of the " Boston Transcript". 1906-1941.( The greatest single source of material for gen. Data for the N.E. area and for the period 1600-1800. Completely indexed in the Index.): 22 Nov 1915, 5058

Notes ===There are several documents that tell us what we know of Margaret ( _____ ) (Hillyard) (Elson) Wright. Both were recorded in the ConnecticutCourt Documents and printed in Manwaring's Digest of Early Connecticut Probate Records<ref name=will>Manwaring, Charles William (compiler).A digest of the early Connecticut probate records. Vol 1. Hartford District, 1635-1700. Hartford, Conn.:R. S. Peck & Co., 1904* John Elsen p. 8*Thomas & Margaret Wright pp 260-262</ref>

• FirstMargaret Wright's will is dated January 19, 1670/1. Inventory of L82.19.06 was taken 4 April 1671 by James Treat and Samuel Wright.

I Margaret Wright, Widow, being in perfect Memorie although weak in Body, my will is that Estate which I have & shall leave at my death, & all my Lawfull debts being satisfied, & what remains my will is that myGrand Child William Hilier, son of Jobe Hilier deceased, that he shall have a double portion; & my will is that Sarah Hilier, the daughter of Jobe Hilier, should have sumething more than a single portion, & the other three children of my sonn Jobe Hilier Should have a Single portion a peice; & My will is Margaret Wanton, the Daughter of the wife of my sonn Benjamin Hilier, that she should have forty shillings given her. My will is that the wife of my son Thomas Wright should have my Cowe, & If it be not Sufficient for her Labour of Love, I leave to the discression of my Overseers to give more. My will is that my Christianbrethren Samuel Hale & John Deming Should be my Overseers. :::::Margaret X Right :Witness: John Deming, Samuel Hale

:A Codicil was added asking loveing friend Mr. George Gardiner to alsobe an overseer.
The Inventory came to L81. 19. 06, less debts left 61.16.9. Payd 40s to Benjamin Hilliard's wife. Left to divide L 59. 16.09. L29.00.01 to the three youngest children, & L19.06.08 to the Eldest sonn, & L11.05.00 to Sarah Holanworth, the Eldest daughter. Witness 22--12--74 John Deming, Samuel Hale Sen., George Gardner. Recd of Mr. John Deming & Samuel Hale Sen., for account of Jobe Hiller's youngest children L29. Recd. 27 Feb 78 by George Gardner. A letter from Samuel Gardner Jr. to Mr John Deming. Saying he'd recd. Demings letter by way of his Brother Buttolph. (John Buttolph married Hannah Gardner.) Apparently there is still some money due but it is not clear by the language to whom or from where it is due. And 17 March 1686 - For Mr John Deming sen. 48 bushels of corn upon the account of Jobe Hilliards eldest children. "I say received, pr me, John Buttolph Jr."

• SecondThomas Wright, in his will, gave to his beloved wife Margaret all the provisions (meat and drink) in his possession at the time of his death, and what movables she thought she would need. He also gives her all the linen in his possession which "was of her own spinning."
• Third John Elsin. 16 March 1640/41 (?) "A coppy of the dispose of his estate, before Mr. Smith: To my B. Gardner's children, land att the meadowe gate; to my Br'. Gardner. my coate; to Mr. Smith, L5; My loveing wife, all the rest. Only the howse and land to her two sons, after her life; 11 acres of meadowe, howse & lotte, 3 roods of meadowe to B. Gardner's boy. The howse & home lott to Ben; the meadowe to be divided between him & Job." Signed by John "X" Elsin. Witnessed by Henry Parke, Henry Smith.Inv. Presented in court 9 March 1647<ref name=estate>Manwaring, Charles William (compiler). A digest of the early Connecticut probate records. Vol 1 pp 8,9</ref><ref name=court>Trumbull. J.H. (editor)The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut Prior to the Union with New Haven Colony May 1665. Hartford: Brown and Parsons, 1850 Vol. 1 1636-1665. (Inv. presntd p. 162 Inventory and disposal p. 480)</ref>

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Margaret died about/before 4 April 1671, the date of her inventory.

She was married three times.*1) Hillier, who is usually identified as Hugh, as Savage suggests that as his name. In his entry under Hugh Hilliard says: "He had wife Margaret, sons Job and Benjamin; and died early."<ref name=Savage>Savage,James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692. Vol. I-IV. Boston, MA, USA: 1860-1862. </ref>*2) John Elsen, who mentions his loving wife and her two sons Job and Benjamin, in his will. He died about 1647/8*3) Thomas Wright, who names her and her two Hillier sons in his will.Perhaps in May 1647. She had two children. Several family genealogies beginning with Stiles' Families of Ancient Wethersfield, names three children, including a John. If indeed there was a John, he died before the 1648 distributionof Elsen's estate and had no children, which eliminates John Hillier of Windsor, as being a child of Margaret & Hugh.

1. Benjamin
2. Job

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The following information was given in Stiles' Families of Ancient Wethersfield and has been repeated in many subsequent genealogies, but some of it is untrue. :Thomas Wright ... "he m. (2) May, 1647, Margaret, wid. of the John Elson, who had been killed by Inds. in the Wethersfield massacre of 1637; and is said to have been, before her marr. to Elsen the wife of (poss. Hugh) Hilliard (or Hillier), by whom she had 3 ch. (Benj., Job and John Hilliard); she d. 1670/1, without issue by Wright"<ref>Stiles, Henry Reed. Families of Ancient Wethersfield Connecticut; Consisting of the History of Ancient Wethersfield, Comprising the Present Towns of Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, and Newington; and of Glastonbury Prior to Its Incorporation in 1693, from Date of Earliest Settlement Until the Present Time, with Extensive Genealogies and Genealogical Notes on TheirFamilies. Vol II. 1904. </ref>

Incorrect points:*(2) May 1647 has been misinterpreted as 2nd May 1647, but it is certainly married 2nd in May 1647. Where did the May 1647 come from?*Elson, killed by Indians in the Wethersfield massacre. This occurred in 1637 and Elson was living after this time. Did someone get this part of the story confused with the first husband Hugh? There is no list of those who died in the massacre.*There were definitely not three children in any of the probate documents, as discussed above.

Tentative Timeline Really Loose

:1600 ish Hugh and Margaret born.
:1634 Hugh Hilliard in Salem 1634. He was an adult. :Margaret his wife also there probably. :1627 ish Job and Benjamin born :1637 Hugh died :Elson and Margaret marry, no children :1647 Elson died :Margaret remarries to Thomas Wright.:1648 Benjamin was presumably a young adult in 1648 when he had to make bond of 10L by the Connecticut court and promised his good behaviourfor one year. He owned a house that had been Elson's so he is at least 21. :1670 Margaret died. Job decd.- Older children William & Sarah (m.c. 1674). Younger children still minors. Benj. decd. His wife has a married daughter or his wife has a daughter from a previous marriage.:Do you have anything to add?B-404 17:01, 19 February 2016 (EST)

Sources

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• A digest of the early Connecticut probate records. Vol 1 Page 261
• This internet tree cites her as Margaret Butler as 2nd wife of ThomasWright and mother of Joseph Wright born 1639. http://www.avocadoridge.com/carney/familygroup.php?familyID=F3260&t...