James WRIGHT

1639 - 1725  (86 years)

• Name	James WRIGHT
  Born	1639	Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Military Event	King Philip’s War
  Military Flag	Y
  Died	26 Nov 1725	Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I46309	Main
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Deacon Samuel WRIGHT,   b. 29 Jun 1606, Wrightsbridge, Essex, England ,   d. 17 Oct 1665, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts  (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Margaret STRATTON,   b. 1612, England ,   d. 25 Jul 1681, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts  (Age 69 years)
  Married	Abt 1625	County Essex, England
  Family ID	F32148	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	Daniel WRIGHT,   b. 7 Apr 1757, New London County, Connecticut ,   d. 10 Sep 1832, Troy, Miami, Ohio  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Sarah FREEMAN,   b. 27 Mar 1762, Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire ,   d. 2 Oct 1848, Lebanon, Grafton, New Hampshire  (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F32157	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Abigail JESS,   b. 1 Mar 1645, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts ,   d. 24 May 1707, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts  (Age 62 years)
  Married	18 Jan 1664	Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts
  Children	+ 1. Samuel WRIGHT,   b. 16 Mar 1674, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts ,   d. 18 Apr 1734, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut  (Age 60 years)
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2020
  Family ID	F32154	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 1639 - Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Married - 18 Jan 1664 - Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts Died - 26 Nov 1725 - Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  James was one of the first native-born citizens of the “nation of saints.” He was born in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1639, then moved to Northampton with his family about 1656. He married Abigail Jess in Northampton about 1662, and she bore him nine children –Abigail, Helped, James, Lydia, Samuel, Preserved, Jonathan, Hester, and Nathaniel. His father Samuel gave him four acres in Northampton and he lived there with his wife all his life. We know very little about James and his children for the simple reason that the first colonists were a little too preoccupied to keep many records. Massachusetts was a beachhead for Europeans in America and they fought the natives to keep it. When the Wampanoag natives weren’t attacking them, the colonists faced disease and famine. We know that James fought in King Phillips War – the first true war with Native Americans. Twelve Puritan settlements were burned to ground and James’ brother Samuel Wright Jr. was shot and killed as he led a small contingent of soldier-settlers. James served under Captain William Turner and fought at the Battle of Turner’s Falls in 1676, in which his band attacked a poorly-defended village of Wampanoag and slaughtered many of them. Some of the warriors escaped, regrouped and counterattacked the colonists. William Turner was killed, but James escaped.  http://www.wright-brothers.org/Information_Desk/Just_the_Facts/Wright_Family/Wright_Genealogy/Nation_of_Saints.htm#jameswright