Thomas Wright

From “The New England Historical and Genealogical Register,: Volume 58 1904.” By New England Genealogy Society Staff. Page 39. GoogleBooks

"Thomas Wright and Benjamin Wright of Guilford, Conn., and Some Descendants," Register58 (1904):39."[1]

These two early settlers do not seem to have been related. Thomas Wright came to Guilford about 1670 ....

Thomas Wright died in Guilford, New Haven Co., CT, on 6 Dec 1692, and his wife Sarah Allen (Benton) died in Guilford on 25 Dec 1692 (Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, White, Lorraine Cook, Editor. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD, v. 16, 1999, Guilford Vital Records 1639-1850).

Inventory of Thomas Wright of Guilford, d. 2 Dec 1692, lists "Children Mary 19 yr old, Danll 16, Mercy 12, Mehitabell 8, Abott 4 (New Haven, CT, probate, https://www.familysearch.org, film 5294, v. 2, p. 128-129, June Court 1693). Inventory £362:07s:04p, and debts due for estate £15:09s:03p. Also a right to a fourth division of land for 134 acres not laid out.

References

• "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP34-8853 : 21 September 2019), Thomas Wright in entry for Sarah Benton, ; citing Marriage, , Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272220.
• "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP34-8853 : 21 September 2019), Thomas Wright in entry for Sarah Benton, ; citing Marriage, , Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272220.
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/163753457/benjamin-wright lists Thomas Wright as son of Benjamin Wright (died 29 Mar 1677) and Jane. BUT ...
• https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/w/r/i/Matthew-Francis-Wright-MN/WEBSI... cites Commemorative Biographical Record of Middlesex County Connecticut J. H. Beers & Co., Chicago, 1903 Pages 685 – 688. His [Benjamin Wright’s] death occurred March 28, 1677. He had children: Benjamin lived to become a freeman, but died without heirs. Joseph and James had considerable in the division of their father’s estate. John. Jonathan married Asena HAND, and removed to Wethersfield. Jane married Joseph HAND, of Long Island. Elizabeth married Edward LEE (or LAY), of Guilford. Anna married John WALSTONE, and, for her second husband, Dr. Peter DALLMAN.
• Moreover, when Hannah Chittenden made her will on 5 September 1674 mentioning sister Elizabeth (as living), Thomas(1) Wright of Guilford had already been married to Sarah Benton for nine months (Jacobus, "Guilford Vital Records", The American Genealogist 13:183). See also Ralph D. Smyth, "Thomas Wright and Benjamin Wright of Guilford, Conn., and Some Descendants," Register58 (1904):39."[1]