The birthplace or birthdate of Thomas Wright Jr. are not known. The records of the town of Chatham, now East Hampton, Connecticut say that Thomas Wright Jr. married Anna Creemer on November 2, 1772 in Chatham. Anna Creemer was born in Germany on March 26, 1750. They had two sons, Samuel and Thomas, born in Chatham. Thomas the father died there on February 15, 1776. All the town records refer to the father Thomas as Junior, which would indicate that his father was also named Thomas, but an artical in a history of Jackson County, Iowa says that his father’s name was Samuel. The town records might refer to Thomas as Junior because he was the younger of two thomas Wrights in the town. The oral history of the Wright family say that Thomas Wright was a seafarer, and that he died when his son Thomas was about two years old. It has been determined that the son Thomas was born in 1775, so that would agree with the records of Chatham. If he were a mariner, he might have died at sea and the date given in the town records for his death could be the date he died at sea.
Portrait Album of Jackson County, Iowa, p. 180, not the entire article
Mrs. Eliza (Wright) Goodenow was born at Lake George, Warren Co., N.Y., March 19, 1818. Her father, Thomas M. Wright, was a native of Connecticut, as also was her grandfather, Samuel Wright (sic, actually Thomas Wright), who traced his ancestry to Scotland, and who is supposed to have spent his entire life in Connecticut. Thomas Miles Wright, was left an orphan at an early age, and was reared by his step-father. He had but one brother, Samuel, who was for some years a missionary and teacher among the Indians of Western New York. He finally removed to Milwaukee, Wis., where he spent his last years. The father of Mrs. Goodenow, when a young man, took up his abode in Shelburne, Franklin Co., Mass., where he was married to Miss Eliza Smead, who was a native of that place, and who became the mother of Mrs. Goodenow. About 1800, he, with several other families, set out for Warren County, N.Y., with ox teams, located on a tract of heavily timbered land in the wilderness, and put up a log house. Near this homestead afterward grew up the town of Huddle.
Portrait Album of Jackson County, Iowa, p. 180, not the entire article
Mrs. Eliza (Wright) Goodenow was born at Lake George, Warren Co., N.Y., March 19, 1818. Her father, Thomas M. Wright, was a native of Connecticut, as also was her grandfather, Samuel Wright (sic, actually Thomas Wright), who traced his ancestry to Scotland, and who is supposed to have spent his entire life in Connecticut. Thomas Miles Wright, was left an orphan at an early age, and was reared by his step-father. He had but one brother, Samuel, who was for some years a missionary and teacher among the Indians of Western New York. He finally removed to Milwaukee, Wis., where he spent his last years. The father of Mrs. Goodenow, when a young man, took up his abode in Shelburne, Franklin Co., Mass., where he was married to Miss Eliza Smead, who was a native of that place, and who became the mother of Mrs. Goodenow. About 1800, he, with several other families, set out for Warren County, N.Y., with ox teams, located on a tract of heavily timbered land in the wilderness, and put up a log house. Near this homestead afterward grew up the town of Huddle.
The birthplace or birthdate of Thomas Wright Jr. are not known. The records of the town of Chatham, now East Hampton, Connecticut say that Thomas Wright Jr. married Anna Creemer on November 2, 1772 in Chatham. Anna Creemer was born in Germany on March 26, 1750. They had two sons, Samuel and Thomas, born in Chatham. Thomas the father died there on February 15, 1776. All the town records refer to the father Thomas as Junior, which would indicate that his father was also named Thomas, but an artical in a history of Jackson County, Iowa says that his father’s name was Samuel. The town records might refer to Thomas as Junior because he was the younger of two thomas Wrights in the town. The oral history of the Wright family say that Thomas Wright was a seafarer, and that he died when his son Thomas was about two years old. It has been determined that the son Thomas was born in 1775, so that would agree with the records of Chatham. If he were a mariner, he might have died at sea and the date given in the town records for his death could be the date he died at sea.
Portrait Album of Jackson County, Iowa, p. 180, not the entire article
Mrs. Eliza (Wright) Goodenow was born at Lake George, Warren Co., N.Y., March 19, 1818. Her father, Thomas M. Wright, was a native of Connecticut, as also was her grandfather, Samuel Wright (sic, actually Thomas Wright), who traced his ancestry to Scotland, and who is supposed to have spent his entire life in Connecticut. Thomas Miles Wright, was left an orphan at an early age, and was reared by his step-father. He had but one brother, Samuel, who was for some years a missionary and teacher among the Indians of Western New York. He finally removed to Milwaukee, Wis., where he spent his last years. The father of Mrs. Goodenow, when a young man, took up his abode in Shelburne, Franklin Co., Mass., where he was married to Miss Eliza Smead, who was a native of that place, and who became the mother of Mrs. Goodenow. About 1800, he, with several other families, set out for Warren County, N.Y., with ox teams, located on a tract of heavily timbered land in the wilderness, and put up a log house. Near this homestead afterward grew up the town of Huddle.
Portrait Album of Jackson County, Iowa, p. 180, not the entire article
Mrs. Eliza (Wright) Goodenow was born at Lake George, Warren Co., N.Y., March 19, 1818. Her father, Thomas M. Wright, was a native of Connecticut, as also was her grandfather, Samuel Wright (sic, actually Thomas Wright), who traced his ancestry to Scotland, and who is supposed to have spent his entire life in Connecticut. Thomas Miles Wright, was left an orphan at an early age, and was reared by his step-father. He had but one brother, Samuel, who was for some years a missionary and teacher among the Indians of Western New York. He finally removed to Milwaukee, Wis., where he spent his last years. The father of Mrs. Goodenow, when a young man, took up his abode in Shelburne, Franklin Co., Mass., where he was married to Miss Eliza Smead, who was a native of that place, and who became the mother of Mrs. Goodenow. About 1800, he, with several other families, set out for Warren County, N.Y., with ox teams, located on a tract of heavily timbered land in the wilderness, and put up a log house. Near this homestead afterward grew up the town of Huddle.
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