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WRIGHT. The family of this name has been established in Connecticutfrom its earliest Colonial history, and the present representatives inthe town of Essex, Middlesex county - Alfred Mortimer WRIGHT and histwo sons - are worthy scions of an honored name. Benjamin WRIGHT, the first of the name in America, came from Bolton orSwale, in the north of England, to Guilford, Conn. early in thesettlement of that plantation. His name does not appear in the firstlist of planters who came hither in 1639, but as only the names ofheads of families are given he may have been of the number. He tookthe oath of fidelity, as shown by the town record, May 9, 1645. InSeptember, that year, he was granted permission by the authorities toput up a tan mill and to take the water yt issueth from ye waste gateprovided it hurt not ye town mill. In 1650 a list of planters wasmade out, and also a list of freemen, and his name appears in theformer, but not in the latter, probably because he was not a churchmember, Guilford allowing only members of its church to be freemen,while other Colonies allowed members of any approved New EnglandChurch. In 1659-four years before the survey and allotment of land onwhat is now Main street, Clinton-he was a freeman and living atKenilworth (later Killingworth, now Clinton), and his home is supposedto have been nearly opposite the Pierce JONES place, on the oldClinton and Westbrook road. He appears to have been a very largelandholder, in 1671 giving his land at Hammonasset, in East Guilford,to his son-in-law, Joseph HAND, and his wife, Jane; and in the Reportsof the Colonial Assembly is found frequent mention of his landedproperty in Saybrook. While living in Guilford he clashed with theauthorities several times, not as a willful lawbreaker, but as a manwho stoutly defended what he knew to be his rights. His death occurredMarch 28, 1677. He had children: Benjamin lived to become a freeman,but died without heirs. Joseph and James had considerable in thedivision of their fathers estate. John. Jonathan married Asena HAND,and removed to Wethersfield. Jane married Joseph HAND, of Long Island.Elizabeth married Edward LEE (or LAY), of Guilford. Anna married JohnWALSTONE, and, for her second husband, Dr. Peter DALLMAN.
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