Person:Elijah Wright (11)
Captain Elijah Wright
b.6 Dec 1734 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
d.27 Sep 1799 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 22 Apr 1725
  1. Timothy Wright1725/26 - 1725/26
  2. Captain Crafts Wright1727 - 1766
  3. Martha Wright1729 - 1812
  4. Timothy Wright1732 -
  5. Captain Elijah Wright1734 - 1799
  6. Prudence Wright1738 - 1760
  7. Sarah Wright1740 -
  8. Levi Wright1745 - 1776
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Captain Elijah Wright1734 - 1799
  • W.  Lucy Butler1736 - 1783
m. 31 Jan 1760
  1. Prudence Wright1760 - 1760
  2. Lucy Wright1761 -
  3. Prudence Wright1763 - 1765
  4. Ebenezer Wright1765 -
  5. Hannah Wright1767 -
  6. Elijah Wright1770 -
  7. Sarah Wright1778 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 22 Apr 1784
  1. Timothy Wright1787 -
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Facts and Events
Name Captain Elijah Wright
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 6 Dec 1734 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Christening[1] 8 Dec 1734 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United StatesFirst Congregational Society
Marriage 31 Jan 1760 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto Lucy Butler
Marriage 22 Apr 1784 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto Penelope Welles
Death[1] 27 Sep 1799 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Burial[3] Wethersfield Village Cemetery, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Fam. 16. Capt. Timothy Wright4; Fam. 27. Capt. Elijah Wright5, in Adams, Sherman W. (Sherman Wolcott), and Henry R. (Henry Reed) Stiles. The History of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut: 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 Their Early Families. (New York: The Grafton Press, 1904)
    2:856; 2:858.

    "Elijah (Wright) (Capt.), b. 6, bp. 8 Dec., 1734."
    "Fam. 27. Capt. Elijah (Wright),5 (Timothy,4 Sgt. Sam'l.3 Ens. Sam'l2; Thos.,1), b. 1734; m. Lucy Butler, 31 Jan., 1760; who d. 6 July, 1783 in 47 yr.—Weth. Ins.; m. (2) Penelope Wells, 22 Apl., 1784; he d. 27 Sept., 1799 in 65 yr.—Weth. Ins. She d. 4 Mch., 1826 ae. 74.—Ibid."

  2. ↑ Wethersfield Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    308.

    "Wright, … Elijah, s. Timothy & Sarah, b. Dec. 6, 1734 [2:13]"

  3. ↑ Capt Elijah Wright, in Find A Grave.
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