Brief Life History of Jonathan
When Jonathan Wright was born on 1 March 1710, in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, LT. Jonathan Simeon Wright, was 28 and his mother, Experience Edwards, was 21. He married Abiah Keep on 9 June 1737. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States in 1710. He died about 1758, in Bolton, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 49.
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- Jonath. Wright, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Jonathan Wright, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Jonathan, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
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1720
Originally part of the town of Hartford, the area was referred to as Hartford Mountains or Hanover, until incorporation in October 1720. On 11 November 1723, Jonathan Edwards was installed as the pastor of Bolton.
Name Meaning
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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