Daniel WRIGHT

1757 - 1832  (75 years)

• Name	Daniel WRIGHT
  Born	7 Apr 1757	New London County, Connecticut
  Gender	Male
  Military Event	American Revolution
  Served American Revolution?	Y
  Military Flag	Y
  Died	10 Sep 1832	Troy, Miami, Ohio
  Person ID	I46315	Main
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2020

  
  

  Father	Benoni WRIGHT,   b. 26 Feb 1719, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut ,   d. 3 Jan 1761, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut  (Age 41 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth SMITH,   b. 30 Sep 1719, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut ,   d. 1 Mar 1785, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut  (Age 65 years)
  Married	7 Jan 1742	Lebanon, New London, Connecticut
  Family ID	F32156	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah FREEMAN,   b. 27 Mar 1762, Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire ,   d. 2 Oct 1848, Lebanon, Grafton, New Hampshire  (Age 86 years)
  Children	+ 1. James WRIGHT,   b. 1639, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts ,   d. 26 Nov 1725, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts  (Age 86 years)   2. Daniel WRIGHT,   b. 3 Sep 1790, Thetford, Orange, Vermont ,   d. 6 Oct 1861, Fayette County, Indiana  (Age 71 years)
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2020
  Family ID	F32157	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Sarah FREEMAN,   b. 27 Mar 1762, Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire ,   d. 2 Oct 1848, Lebanon, Grafton, New Hampshire  (Age 86 years)
  Children	+ 1. Daniel WRIGHT,   b. 3 Sep 1790, Thetford, Orange, Vermont ,   d. 6 Oct 1861, Fayette County, Indiana  (Age 71 years)
  Last Modified	12 Sep 2020
  Family ID	F32161	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Died - 10 Sep 1832 - Troy, Miami, Ohio  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Dan Wright was born in Lebanon, Connecticut in 1757 and lost his father when he was just 4 years old. He joined the Continental Army in 1777 and fought in the Revolutionary War. Family tradition records that he “engaged in many battles,” but perhaps the most important was the Battle of Saratoga in the autumn of 1777. It was at this battle that the American patriots under the command of Major General Horatio Gates forced the surrender of General John Burgoyne and the northern division of the British army. In doing so, they foiled a British plan to trap the Continental Army between three divisions of the British. Many historians cite this as the turning point when fortune finally began to favor the Americans in their War for Independence. The victory at Saratoga also convinced the French to ally with the new United States of America in opposition to England. After the War, Dan settled near Hanover, Vermont, working as a carpenter and a farmer. In 1785, he married Sarah Freeman. She was the daughter of Colonel Edmund Freeman, another Continental soldier who had also participated in the Battle of Saratoga. Freeman had been part of the New Hampshire militia. Dan and Sarah had six children in Vermont – Asahel, Porter, Dan Jr., Sally (or Sarah), Elizabeth, and Samuel. In 1814, Dan Sr. and his children decided to move to the new state of Ohio, possibly to escape the uncertainties of the War of 1812 which was raging in his neighborhood. The British were using Montreal as a staging area and attempting to move troops and supplies south through Vermont and upper state New York. A decisive engagement, the Battle of Lake Champlain, occurred not far from the Wright farm. Porter and Dan Jr. had left Hanover by this time and were living in the Genesee Valley south of Rochester – what is now known as the Finger Lakes district. Dan Sr. and the remaining family pulled up stakes, made a short stop in Genesee Valley to pick up Porter and Dan Jr., and moved to Ohio. They first settled in Centerville, just south of Dayton, where Dan Sr.’s son Asahel set up a general store and a small distillery. He also manufactured peppermint oil, which was used as a medicine and a tonic at that time. Dan Sr. was beginning to show his age and his children, especially Asahel, looked after him and Sarah. Asahel helped set up his parents on a small farm west of Centerville. In 1826, there were reports that the National Road – the new nation’s first highway – would be passing north of Dayton. Asahel sold his holdings in Centerville, including the 25-acre farm where Dan Sr. lived, and moved the family to a farm in Bethel Township in Miami County, where the National Road would pass. There Asahel started another store. Construction of the National Road was slow, but it finally arrived in 1838, running along the northern property line of the Wright farm. Dan Sr. was deceased by this time, having passed away in 1832. http://www.wright-brothers.org/Information_Desk/Just_the_Facts/Wright_Family/Wright_Genealogy/On%20to%20Ohio.htm#danwrightsr