Person:James Wright (67)

"James² Wright (Thos.¹, became ld.-owner in Weth., 1657; … he rec'd a deed of gift in The Great Island, of 32 acres, "to run in a straight line over the Island, from River to River; also "a ho., barn and ho.-lot of 3 acres (7 Oct., 1657). He was the largest owner on the Island by inher. And purchase; m. (1) Mary -----, who d. s. p. 6 Oct., 1659; M. (2) 20 Nov., 1660, Dorcas (dau. Jonas) Weede, of Stamford, formerly of Weth.; owned and occup. the S. end of The Island (which he deeded to his s. James, Feb., 1747-8 [W. L. Rec., CVIII, 298)--See Chapt. VII, Vol. I; tho' he rem. to and res. for a time, at Midd. and is said to have been the first sett. of Portland, Ct. His wife d. 24 Dec., 1692; he d. 24 Dec. 1728 in 88th yr. leaving a wid. (3d marr.) Mary, who d. 20 Oct., 1740, in 80 yr.--acc. To statement in Htfd. Times, 12 Jan., 1903."^[1] Stiles seems to have gotten his notes on James² and his son James³ confused. The portions in bold above almost certainly apply to the son. Chapter VII, Vol. I (referenced above) says, in part, "Wright, James, Jr., … In 1712, the Town gave to him the 52 ac. Lot which his fthr. had drawn in 1695, and he took it in right of his dec'd fthr." This indicates that the father had died prior to 1712 (the 1705 date given by Curtis Wright is perfectly reasonable)

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} 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)
   II:853.
2. ↑ Wright, Curtis. Genealogical and Biographical Notices of Descendants of Sir John Wright of Kelvedon Hall, Essex England, in America, Thomas Wright of Wethersfield, Conn., Samuel Wright, of Northampton, Mass., 1610-1670, 1614-1665. (Carthage, Mo.: The Author, 1915)
   80.

   'James Wright ... of Middletown, Conn., b. 1632 (?), d. 1705, m., first, Mary -----, who d. Oct. 5, 1659 without issue; he m., second, Dorcas, dau. of Jonas Weed, who d. Nov. 24, 1692.'