Thomas WRIGHT

1610 - 1670  (59 years)

• Name	Thomas WRIGHT
  Born	19 Nov 1610	Delavon Manor, Essex, England
  Gender	Male
  Migration	1635
  Immigrant?	Y
  Buried	1670	Wethersfield Village Cemetery, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut
  Died	21 Apr 1670	Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut
  Person ID	I4605	Main
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2020

  
  

  Father	John Thomas WRIGHT,   b. 13 Sep 1577, Kelvedon, Essex, England ,   d. 30 May 1640, Dagenham, London, England  (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Grace Swindles GLASCOCK,   b. 14 May 1579, Kelvedon, Essex, England ,   d. 25 Jul 1653, Dagenham, London, England  (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F32149	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary CRANBROKE,   b. 21 Sep 1609, County Essex, England ,   d. 1641, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts  (Age 31 years)
  Married	10 Aug 1629	S Weald, Essex, England
  Children	+ 1. James WRIGHT,   b. 1638, Kelvedon, Essex, England ,   d. 24 Dec 1727, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut  (Age 89 years)
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2012
  Family ID	F1724	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Died - 21 Apr 1670 - Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Thomas Wright, s/o Lord John and Grace (Glascock) Wright, was baptized at South Weald, Essex on November 19, 1610. He married Mary Cranbroke (1609-1641), daughter of William and Mabel Cranbroke of Cranbrook, Kent on August 10, 1629 in South Weald. They came to America in about 1635, settling initially in Watertown, Massachusetts and eventually coming to Wethersfield, Connecticut as early settlers. They had 4 sons and 1 daughter, the youngest son possibly born in Watertown, Massachusetts. Thomas Wright was eventually the owner of nearly all the lots on Manhannock Island east of Wethersfield; the island ceased to exist when the Connecticut River eventually changed its course. He was Deputy to the Connecticut General Court in 1643, Selectman in 1658, and constable in 1668-1669. After the death of his first wife Mary in about 1639, he married on May 2, 1647 in Wethersfield Margaret, widow of John Elsen who had died in the Wethersfield Massacre of 1637. Thomas Wright, Sr. died on April 21, 1670 and is buried in Wethersfield Village Cemetery, though the perishable burial marker used at that time no longer exists.