Wright Samuel

Notes:

Captain Samuel Wright was prominent among the early settlers of Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He held the offices of selectman, assessor, clerk of the town and moderator of the meetings for many years, justice of the peace, deacon of the church, captain of the militia and surveyor and committee in dividing the lands of six miles square and recording the same in the proprietors' book, which he did in a very plain and legible hand. Many of the bounds and corners made more than one hundred and fifty years could still be found. Capt. Wright kept a tavern in front of the first meeting-house, on the opposite side of the street, where much of the first business of the town was done. (The old records show that the town would frequently during the session of its town-meeting vote to "adjourn for fifteen minutes," which was quite suggestive.) This house was taken down or removed before the Revolution.


Early Worcester County, MA Probate Records.
Esq. Samuel Wright of Rutland, Worcester Co. [ Case No. 67,824]
Samuel Wright, Esq. of Rutland left his entire estate, with the exception of specific cash bequests, to his son, William who was also to be the sole executor. The three sons of Samuel's deceased son, Cyprian, viz: William, Samuel and John, were to receive £10 each when they reached age twenty-one to make up for the part of Cyprian's share he had not received. To his daughters, Samuel left:
£25 in one year to Hannah Rice; £25 in two years to Mary Willard; £25 in three years to Dorothy Felps; £15 in four years to Abigail Willard, and 20 shillings to Isabel Frink, all bequests bringing the daughters up to their full shares. Samuel signed his will before John Fletcher, William Fenton and Hezekiah Fletcher on 30 June 1739, and it was allowed on 5 Feb. 1739/40
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Died:
15 Jan 1739/1740

Samuel married Stevens Mary in 1698 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA. Mary (daughter of Stevens Cyprian and Willard Mary) was born on 22 Nov 1672 in Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA; died on 18 May 1739 in Rutland, Worcester County, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Wright
2. Wright Hannah was born about 1701 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA; died on 23 Apr 1741.
3. Wright Mary was born about 10 Feb 1703 in Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA; died on 27 Apr 1767 in Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA.
4. Wright Dorothy was born about 07 Mar 1705 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA; died on 23 Feb 1787.
5. Wright Abigail was born about 19 Feb 1707 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA; died on 19 Sep 1785 in Petersham, Worcester County, MA.
6. Wright Isabel was born on 03 Feb 1710 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA; died on 02 Mar 1772.
7. Wright William was born on 22 Dec 1712 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA.
8. Wright Cyprian was born in 1713 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA; died on 29 Jun 1739 in Rutland, Worcester County, MA.
9. Wright James was born in 1717; died on 29 Jun 1739.

Edward married Upson Hannah on 18 Jun 1659 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA. Hannah (daughter of Upson Stephen and Elizabeth) was born in 1638 in Of Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA; died on 18 May 1708 in Of Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Francis married Blanford Dorothy before 1650 in England. Dorothy was born about 1609 in Of Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA; died on 01 Mar 1703 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
1609/1610

Stephen married Elizabeth. Elizabeth was born about 1616 in England; died on 08 Nov 1688 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]