When Rachel Wright was born on 7 August 1738, in Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Dea. Henry Wright, was 38 and her mother, Esther Adams, was 31. She married Nathaniel Jewell on 20 March 1760, in Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. She died about 1785, in Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 48.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.
English and Scottish: occupational name for a craftsman or maker of machinery, mostly in wood, of any of a wide range of kinds, from Middle English and Older Scots wriht, wright, wricht, writh, write (Old English wyrhta, wryhta) ‘craftsman’, especially ‘carpenter, joiner’. The term is found in various combinations (for example, Cartwright and Wainwright ), but when used in isolation it often referred to a builder of windmills or watermills. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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