Person:Samuel Wright (27)
Deacon Samuel Wright
chr.Jun 1606 South Weald, Essex, England
d.17 Oct 1665 Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 22 Sep 1594
  1. John Wright1599 - 1644
  2. Nathaniel Wright1604 - 1686
  3. Deacon Samuel Wright1606 - 1665
  4. Robert Wright1609 - abt 1646
Spouse and Children
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m. est 1629
  1. Sergeant Samuel Wrightest 1630 - 1675
  2. Esther Wrightest 1632 - 1664
  3. Margaret Wrightest 1634 - 1699
  4. Lydia Wrightest 1636 - 1698/99
  5. Mary Wrightest 1638 - 1683
  6. James Wrightest 1640 - 1723
  7. Judah Wright1642 - 1725
  8. Helped Wright1644 - bef 1663
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Facts and Events
Name[5] Deacon Samuel Wright
Gender Male
Christening[5] Jun 1606 South Weald, Essex, England
Marriage est 1629 Englandto Margaret Compton
Death[6] 17 Oct 1665 Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Ancestral File Number 9GPX-9T

Landed at Dorchester, Mass Bay Colony in 1641. In Northhampton, Mass Bay Colony by 1655. Considered one of the founders of Northhampton. For additional information see the Wright Family History at Wright State University.

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Possible Combination of Two Samuels

According to the website cited, John and Martha (Castell) Wright had a son Samuel baptized Jun 1606. It is speculated that this was Deacon Samuel Wright of Northampton, but it is possible that he was a different Samuel Wright, parentage unknown.

References
  1.   Wright Family History, Wright State University.
  2.   Trumbull, James Russell. History of Northampton : Northampton genealogies, 1640-1838. (Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States: Unpublished, bef 1899).
  3.   Burt, Henry Martyn. The First Century of the History of Springfield: The official records from 1636 to 1736, with an historical review and biographical mention of the founders. (Springfield, MA: H.M. Burt, 1899).
  4.   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.: unknown, 1915).
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Michael C Wright. Wright, Michael C. E-mail Regarding Genealogy of Deacon Samuel and other Early American Wrights.
  6. ↑ Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Northampton, Massachusetts: Corbin Collection Volume 1: Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003), page 1567.

    About the death of Wm K Wright in 1811: 'His father Rev. Ebenezer Wright was son of Dea. Enos Wright, who ... who was son of Dea. Samuel Wright who died in 1665.'

  7.   Samuel Wright, in Find A Grave.
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