When Sarah Wright was born on 25 April 1788, in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, her father, Benjamin Wright, was 27 and her mother, Susanna Murray, was 24. She married Timothy Thompson Hart on 18 March 1806, in Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 29 April 1847, at the age of 59, and was buried in Bergen, Bergen, Genesee, New York, United States.
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George Washington elected first president of United States.
"In 1802, brass was identified in Waterbury, Connecticut. This gave the city the nickname ""The Brass City."" Brass dominated the city and helped to create the city. The motto of the city is Quid Aere Perennius, which means What is more lasting than brass? in Latin."
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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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