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Cornelius Wright

Birth
Westbrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Death
1829 (aged 66–67)
Clarkson, Monroe County, New York, USA
Burial
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Cornelius Wright dna E1b1b1a2

He was the only soldier of the Rev War named Cornelius per Army records, serving May 1777 to May 1780 under Colonel Return J. Meigs' Connecticut Regiment as a private.

Birth 1762 in Westbrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
Baptism 19 Dec 1762
Death abt 1829 in probably: Clarkson, Genesee (now Monroe), NY
(Final pension received 1st qtr 1829)
He married Hannah Baker 9 Mar 1788 in Williamstown, Berkshire, MA.
A possible daughter named Submit born abt 1789, md John Oakes, Sr. we believe in Addison County, VT. John Oakes was born in 1786 in Whiting, Addison, VT and died after 1860 probably in Bedford, Monroe, Michigan.
In 1810 census at Champlain, Clinton, NY he had 3 males under 10 and 1 female under 10.
Cornelius Wright dna E1b1b1a2

He was the only soldier of the Rev War named Cornelius per Army records, serving May 1777 to May 1780 under Colonel Return J. Meigs' Connecticut Regiment as a private.

Birth 1762 in Westbrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
Baptism 19 Dec 1762
Death abt 1829 in probably: Clarkson, Genesee (now Monroe), NY
(Final pension received 1st qtr 1829)
He married Hannah Baker 9 Mar 1788 in Williamstown, Berkshire, MA.
A possible daughter named Submit born abt 1789, md John Oakes, Sr. we believe in Addison County, VT. John Oakes was born in 1786 in Whiting, Addison, VT and died after 1860 probably in Bedford, Monroe, Michigan.
In 1810 census at Champlain, Clinton, NY he had 3 males under 10 and 1 female under 10.


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