Joseph WRIGHT (1657-1697) m. 6 Nov 1679
+(1679)Ruth SHELDON (1663-1728?)
.....1. Joseph WRIGHT 1681-
.....2. Samuel WRIGHT 1683-young
.....3. Ruth WRIGHT 1685-young
.....4. Ruth WRIGHT 1687-
.....5. James WRIGHT 1689-young
.....6. Mary WRIGHT 1691-
.....7. Samuel 3 WRIGHT 1693-1790
.....8. Benoni WRIGHT 1697-
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Samuel 3 Wright, b. 13 Aug, 1693, Northampton, MASS, d. 26 May, 1790, Amherst, MASS
+Jemima King
...Charles Wright, b. Jan 5, 1719, Northampton, b. Dec 23, 1793, Pownal, Vt.
..+(1742)Ruth Boltwood, b. Apr 15, 1722, d. Apr 15, 1806,
.........1 M Solomon Wright, b. Jun 27, 1743, d. young
.........2 M Samuel 4 Wright (below), b. Feb 8, 1745
........+(1761)Sarah Freelove Chilson, b. 1743, d. 1777.
...............i Hester Wright, b. Dec 26, 1766, Pownal, Bennington, VT
...............ii William Boltwood Wright, b. Jan 29, 1769, Pownal, Bennington, VT
...............iii Samuel Wright, b. Nov 25 1770, Pownal.
...............iv Sylvester Wright, b. Nov 18 1772
...............v Jones Wright, b Feb 19, 1775
.........3 F Dorcas Wright, b. Dec 31, 1750
.........+ Ebenezer Woolcott
.........4 M Josiah Wright, b. Apr 9, 1752, d. Jan 2, 1817
.........5 F Sarah Wright, b. Jul 18, 1757, b. Salem, N. Y.
.........+ Abel Russell
.........6 F Esther Wright, b. Nov 13, 1760, d. Scipio, N. Y.
.........+1 Bates
.........+2 Kingsley
.........7 M Solomon Wright, b. Dec 28, 1762, d. Mar 24, 1837
.........+ Eunice Jewett, m. Nov 19, 1782
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Samuel 4 Wright

The Gazetteer & Business Directory of Bennington Co, VT for 1880-81, includes a history of the town of Pownal. On page 159 it states that "Captain Samuel WRIGHT, also Judge, son of General Josiah WRIGHT, was one of the delegates to the general convention held at Dorset, September 5, 1776."

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Re: Captain & Judge Samuel WRIGHT, 1776, VT
Posted by: Cherie Brown Date: July 25, 2001 at 16:05:13
In Reply to: Captain & Judge Samuel WRIGHT, 1776, VT by Jean Gilmore. 11629 of 15872

The Samuel Wright that you are looking for was born Feb 10, 1744/45 in Northampton, MA and died Aug 9, 1815 in Oswegatchie (Ogdensburg) NY. He married (1) Sary Freelove Chilson 1761 in Northampton, MA daughter of Bariah Chilson and Patience Garnsey. He married (2) Susannah ?. He married (3) Mercy Buell on Mar 7 1784 in Montreal, Canada, daughter of Timothy Buell and Mercy Peters. He served as a Captain with the Green Mountain Boys under Ethan Allen in the expedition to capture Fort Ticonderoga. He served in the American Revolution listed on the D.A.R. Partriot Index page 765 as a Captain from Vermont. Samuel Wright and Obidiah Dunham were delegates at the general convention held at Dorset Sept 5, 1775. He was the Captain Samuel Wright who was one of the representatives from Pownal, he moved to New York before moving to Canada. About 1758(88?-gw-) he was found investing extensively in land in the township of Elizabethtown, Ontario, Canada. About the time of the War of 1812 he removed to St. Lawrence County, NY settling on the river road between Ogdensburg and Morristown where he died.

Children of Samuel and Sary Chilson:
Hester Wright, b. Dec 26, 1766 in Pownal, Bennington, VT
William Boltwood Wright, b. Jan 29, 1769 in Pownal, Bennington, VT
Samuel Wright, b. Nov 25 1770, in Pownal.
Sylvester Wright, b. Nov 18 1772
Jones Wright, b Feb 19, 1775

child of Samuel and Susannah:
Lois Wright, b. oct 13 1778, in Pownal

children of Samuel and Mercy Buell:
Timothy Buell Wright, b Dec 21, 1784
Ruth Wright
Sarah Wright
Hannah Wright
Seth Wright

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