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Ruth Wright 1711 – 1791 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 Jun 1711

Birth Location: Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Death Date: 12 Dec 1791

Death Location: Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Father: Daniel Wright

Mother: Eleanor Benton

Spouse(s): Col Talcott

Children(s): Ruth Talcott, Prudence Talcott, Rachel Talcott, Elizur Talcott, Isaac Talcott, Daniel Talcott, George Talcott, Daniel Talcott, Elizur Talcott, Ruth Talcott, George Talcott, Prudence Talcott

The story of Ruth Wright began in 1711 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Ruth Wright married Col Elizur Talcott, and had children including Ruth Talcott, Prudence Talcott, Rachel Talcott, Elizur Talcott, Isaac Talcott, Daniel Talcott, George Talcott, Daniel Talcott, Elizur Talcott, Ruth Talcott, George Talcott, Prudence Talcott. Ruth Wright passed away in 1791 in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Ruth Wright began in 1711 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
  • Ruth Wright married Col Elizur Talcott, and had children including Ruth Talcott, Prudence Talcott, Rachel Talcott, Elizur Talcott, Isaac Talcott, Daniel Talcott, George Talcott, Daniel Talcott, Elizur Talcott, Ruth Talcott, George Talcott, Prudence Talcott.
  • Ruth Wright passed away in 1791 in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Daniel Wright
1674 – 1764
Birth Location: Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
DW
Eleanor Benton
1674 – 1749
Birth Location: Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
EB

Spouses(s)

Col Talcott
1709 – 1797
Birth Location: Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
CT

Children(s)

Ruth Talcott
1731 – 1747
Birth Location: Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut
RT
Prudence Talcott
1734 – 1752
Birth Location: Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut
PT
Rachel Talcott
1736 – 1824
Birth Location: Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut
RT
Elizur Talcott
1738 – 1749
Birth Location: Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut
ET
Isaac Talcott
1740 – 1815
Birth Location: Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut
IT
Daniel Talcott
1743 – 1747
Birth Location: Glastonbury
DT
George Talcott
1745 – 1749
Birth Location: Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut
GT
Daniel Talcott
1748 – 1751
Birth Location: Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut
DT
Elizur Talcott
1750 – 1831
Birth Location: Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut
ET
Ruth Talcott
1753 – 1821
Birth Location: Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut
RT
George Talcott
1755 – 1813
Birth Location: Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut
GT
Prudence Talcott
1757 – 1839
Birth Location: Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut
PT

Ruth Wright's Ancestors

Self
Ruth Wright
1711 – 1791
Birth Place: Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Parents
Daniel Wright
1674 – 1764
Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Eleanor Benton
1674 – 1749
Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Ruth Wright's Descendants

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Ruth Wright (5 Jun 1711 – 12 Dec 1791) m. Col (Elizur) Talcott (1709 – 1797)
  1. 1. Ruth Talcott (17 Oct 1731 – 10 Sep 1747)
  2. 2. Prudence Talcott (6 Jun 1734 – 7 Oct 1752) m. John Goodrich (16 Jun 1730 – 12 Oct 1774)
  3. 3. Rachel Talcott (1 Aug 1736 – 10 Aug 1824) m. Theodore Hale (26 Jan 1735 – 14 May 1807)
    1. 1. Rachel Hale (12 Dec 1758 – 11 Oct 1842)
    2. 2. Lucy Hale (11 Feb 1761 – 16 Feb 1841)
    3. 3. Jehiel Hale (15 Mar 1763 – 16 Apr 1763)
    4. 4. Ruth Hale (9 Mar 1764 – 8 Jun 1835)
    5. 5. Jehiel Hale (21 Aug 1766 – 7 Feb 1818)
    6. 6. Theodore Hale (23 Oct 1768 – 17 Jan 1784)
    7. 7. Sarah Hale (16 Feb 1771 – 15 Apr 1853)
    8. 8. Samuel Hale (24 Jul 1773 – 13 Jun 1798)
    9. 9. Solomon Hale (7 Oct 1775 – 15 Mar 1776)
    10. 10. Jonathon Hale (23 Apr 1777 – 14 May 1854)
    11. 11. Abigail Hale (17 Nov 1780 – 8 May 1813)
  4. 4. Elizur Talcott (27 Aug 1738 – 16 Feb 1749)
  5. 5. Isaac Talcott (29 Aug 1740 – 6 Aug 1815) m. Sarah Goodrich (20 Jun 1747 – 15 Aug 1815)
    1. 1. Jabez Talcott (28 Jun 1766 – ) m. Ruth Kimberly (1764 – )
      1. 1. Jabez Talcott (13 Sep 1790 – ) m. Melinda Gooding (6 Jul 1792 – 31 Oct 1874)
      2. 2. Horatio (Goodrich) Talcott (10 Jan 1794 – ) m. Sally (1799 – )
        1. 1. Amelia (P) Talcott (1823 – )
        2. 2. Lorenzo (Harrison) Talcott (1824 – )
        3. 3. Betsey (M) Talcott (1825 – )
        4. 4. Ruth (S) Talcott (1827 – )
        5. 5. Samuel Talcott (1830 – )
      3. 3. Ruth (Anna) Talcott (20 Jan 1796 – )
      4. 4. Sarah (Harriet) Talcott (4 Sep 1798 – )
      5. 5. Parma (Julia) Talcott (8 Nov 1801 – )
      6. 6. Lucious (Southmayd) Talcott (6 Jan 1805 – ) m. Margaret Talcott (abt 1815 – )
    2. 2. Isaac Talcott (14 Nov 1767 – 3 Apr 1810) m. Maria Meyers (30 Jul 1776 – 19 Jul 1855)
    3. 3. Rhoda Talcott (14 Mar 1769 – 13 Nov 1771)
    4. 4. Rhoda Talcott (27 Sep 1771 – ) m. Kilby m. Hale
    5. 5. Sally Talcott (1774 – ) m. Eleazer Rose
    6. 6. Ruth Talcott (21 Oct 1776 – 15 Apr 1858) m. Robert Huston (23 Nov 1775 – 26 Mar 1863)
      1. 1. Betsy Houston (20 Sep 1811 – 5 Dec 1841)
    7. 7. David Talcott (14 Jun 1780 – 26 Apr 1859) m. Anna Goodrich (13 Mar 1787 – 22 May 1859)
    8. 8. Laura (Goodrich) Talcott (17 Dec 1783 – 26 Dec 1865) m. Luther House
      1. 1. Guy House (6 Apr 1804 – 27 Aug 1848) m. Emily Hills (abt 1808 – )
        1. 1. Abigail (Jennet) House (25 Oct 1835 – 1907) m. Daniel (Lord) Talcott (5 Dec 1833 – 1921)
    9. 9. Anson Talcott ( – 15 Sep 1811)
  6. 6. Daniel Talcott (8 May 1743 – 12 Feb 1747)
  7. 7. George Talcott (30 Nov 1745 – 22 Feb 1749)
  8. 8. Daniel Talcott (27 Jul 1748 – 3 Dec 1751)
  9. 9. Elizur Talcott (17 Dec 1750 – 28 Nov 1831) m. Dorothy Lord (16 Sep 1753 – 14 Apr 1839)
    1. 1. Lucy Talcott (2 Nov 1775 – 29 Sep 1777)
    2. 2. Lucy Talcott (26 Dec 1777 – 29 Oct 1858)
    3. 3. Elizur Talcott (1 Feb 1780 – 27 Jan 1867) m. Betsey Bliss (1 Mar 1782 – 15 Jan 1848)
      1. 1. Ann (Bliss) Talcott (4 Sep 1804 – 7 Jul 1835)
      2. 2. Joel Talcott (20 Mar 1807 – 19 Jan 1882)
      3. 3. Lucy Talcott (24 Mar 1809 – 4 Jul 1842)
      4. 4. Elizur Talcott (10 Dec 1812 – 2 Nov 1842)
      5. 5. William (C) Talcott (11 Feb 1815 – 1 Nov 1876)
      6. 6. Susan (Elizabeth) Talcott (26 Mar 1822 – 3 Dec 1827)
    4. 4. Prudence Talcott (4 Nov 1781 – 15 Jun 1836)
    5. 5. George (Lord) Talcott (3 Jan 1784 – 30 Nov 1873)
    6. 6. Hope Talcott (10 May 1785 – 13 Feb 1865)
    7. 7. Dorothy Talcott (23 Apr 1789 – 17 Apr 1856)
    8. 8. Solomon Talcott (10 Aug 1790 – 18 Nov 1795)
    9. 9. Charles Talcott (11 Mar 1795 – 28 Oct 1861)
  10. 10. Ruth Talcott (11 may 1753 – 4 Jun 1821) m. Thomas White (2 Feb 1746 – 25 Nov 1800)
    1. 1. Ruth White (10 Jul 1774 – 21 Sep 1836)
    2. 2. Amelia White (14 Apr 1776 – Oct 1847)
    3. 3. Thomas White (27 Oct 1778 – 18 Aug 1850)
    4. 4. Polly White (20 Mar 1782 – 14 Apr 1808) m. Asa Talcott (9 Oct 1778 – 17 Feb 1860)
      1. 1. Amelia Talcott (25 Mar 1803 – 4 Jan 1869)
      2. 2. Southmayd (Stillman) Talcott (7 Aug 1804 – )
      3. 3. Polly Talcott (7 Jan 1806 – )
      4. 4. Asa Talcott (7 Aug 1807 – ) m. Maria (1815 – )
    5. 5. George White (14 Jul 1784 – )
    6. 6. Theodore White (25 Jun 1787 – 29 Mar 1797)
    7. 7. Asa White (13 Apr 1791 – 2 Apr 1855)
    8. 8. Julia White (30 Jan 1795 – 26 Feb 1795)
  11. 11. George Talcott (30 Sep 1755 – 13 Jun 1813) m. Vienna Bradford (5 Nov 1757 – 17 Aug 1785) m. Abigail Goodrich (1 Aug 1767 – 22 Jun 1854)
    1. 1. Harriet Talcott (8 Jan 1778 – 9 Oct 1839) m. Henry Buckingham (13 Jan 1779 – 1845)
      1. 1. George (Talcott) Buckingham (1 Dec 1806 – 16 Dec 1847)
      2. 2. Fanny Buckingham (16 Apr 1809 – 4 Mar 1840)
    2. 2. Fanny Talcott (8 Jan 1780 – 16 Apr 1845) m. Samuel Benton (6 Nov 1774 – 27 Oct 1828)
      1. 1. Henry Benton (31 Aug 1802 – Nov 1832)
      2. 2. Mary Benton (8 Jun 1804 – 5 Jun 1854)
      3. 3. Harriet Benton (13 Feb 1810 – Dec 1897)
    3. 3. George (R) Talcott (6 Dec 1786 – 25 Apr 1862) m. Angelica (1790 – )
    4. 4. Russell Talcott (22 Sep 1788 – 26 Sep 1818)
    5. 5. Lavinia Talcott (8 Aug 1790 – 13 Feb 1857) m. Benjamin Hale (16 Sep 1790 – 22 Sep 1859)
      1. 1. Angelica Hale (21 Aug 1816 – 16 May 1880)
      2. 2. Henry (Russell) Hale (18 Jul 1818 – 5 Dec 1818)
      3. 3. Andrew (Talcott) Hale (8 Jul 1820 – 23 Jun 1869)
      4. 4. Martha Hale (26 Aug 1822 – 27 Oct 1822)
      5. 5. Lucy Hale (24 Mar 1825 – 20 Oct 1825)
      6. 6. Henry (H) Hale (5 Nov 1826 – )
      7. 7. Juliette Hale (21 Feb 1829 – 31 Mar 1829)
      8. 8. Ellen Hale (25 May 1831 – 8 Oct 1831)
    6. 6. Abigail Talcott (7 Jul 1792 – 18 Apr 1840) m. Horace Hale (2 May 1786 – 8 Nov 1843)
      1. 1. Horace (H) Hale (25 Sep 1825 – 12 Apr 1832)
      2. 2. Rebecca (Thompson) Hale (19 Dec 1829 – 30 Jan 1835)
    7. 7. Jared (Goodrich) Talcott (17 Apr 1795 – 29 Oct 1886) m. Electra Bissell (abt 1791 – 26 Mar 1882)
      1. 1. Julia Talcott (19 Sep 1819 – )
      2. 2. Charlotte Talcott (26 May 1821 – 23 Jun 1838)
      3. 3. Charles Talcott (abt 1823 – )
      4. 4. Alfred (Bissell) Talcott (30 Jun 1825 – )
      5. 5. John Talcott (1827 – )
    8. 8. Andrew Talcott (20 Apr 1797 – 22 Apr 1883)
    9. 9. Lura (Belle) Smith (7 Dec 1798 – 10 Mar 1887)
  12. 12. Prudence Talcott (2 Dec 1757 – 20 Nov 1839) m. George Welles (13 Feb 1756 – 21 Jun 1813)
    1. 1. Henry Welles (7 Nov 1780 – 22 Dec 1833)
    2. 2. Susan Welles (10 Jan 1783 – 7 Feb 1865)
    3. 3. Charles (Fisher) Welles (5 Nov 1789 – 23 Sep 1866)
    4. 4. Jame Welles (17 Jun 1795 – 24 Oct 1817)
    5. 5. Mary Welles (6 May 1803 – 4 Dec 1879)

Ruth Wright's Timeline

2 Records

1711
5 Jun 1711
Birth of Ruth Wright in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
1791
12 Dec 1791
Age 80
Death of Ruth Wright in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 Jun 1711
    Event Place: Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
    [2] Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Birth year: 1711; Birth city: Wethersfield; Birth state: CT.
    [3] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 963.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: PAT.
    [4] Hale, House and Related Families

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 Dec 1791
    Event Place: Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Birth year: 1711; Birth city: Wethersfield; Birth state: CT.
    [2] Hale, House and Related Families
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