Wright Cyprian

Notes:

Cyprian Wright died by drowning in Muscopog Pond according to the vital records of Rutland, Worcester Co., MA p.255.
His father, Samuel, died just six months before on January 15, 1739/40.

He and his family were early inhabitants of Rutland, Worcester county, MA. His father, Capt. Samuel Wright owned Lot # 1 and Cyprian owned Lot # 2.

Early Worcester County, MA Probate Records
Cyprian Wright of Rutland, Worcester Co. [Record # 57,737]
Cyprian Wright died at Rutland, intestate, and on 11 July, 1739 an inventory of his property was taken by Joseph Stearns, John Hubbard, and Moses How. The estate came to £ 726 which included stock, house lot # 2, five acres of Pine Plain and a right in undivided lands at Rutland, [2:409] on 24 July 1739, an administrators' bond was issued to Hannah Wright, widow, with Frank Fink, clerk, and William Wright, (brother) yeoman, as sureties, all of Rutland. Hannah signed in her own name. [179:341]

The administrators' account was dated 16 May 1745 and was submitted by Timothy Brown and Hannah Brown, formerly Hannah Wright. It indicated that the widow has received her thirds and that the other two thirds had beeb divided among the children who were not named, that the eldest son, William receiving double share and the two other children, Samuel and John, receiving single shares. [5:352]

Early Worcester County, MA Probate Records.
Esq. Samuel Wright of Rutland, Worcester Co. [ Case No. 67,824]
Samuel Wright, Esq. of Rutland left his entire estate, with the exception of specific cash bequests, to his son, William who was also to be the sole executor. The three sons of Samuel's deceased son, Cyprian, viz: William, Samuel and John, were to receive £10 each when they reached age twenty-one to make up for the part of Cyprian's share he had not received. To his daughters, Samuel left: £25 in one year to Hannah Rice; £25 in two years to Mary Willard; £25 in three years to Dorothy Felps; £15 in four years to Abigail Willard, and 20 shillings to Isabel Frink, all bequests bringing the daughters up to their full shares. Samuel signed his will before John Fletcher, William Fenton and Hezekiah Fletcher on 30 June 1739, and it was allowed on 5 Feb. 1739/40
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Family/Spouse: BURKE Hannah. Hannah (daughter of Burke Jonas and Johnson Hannah) was born about 1712; died on 18 Aug 1776 in Swanzey, Cheshire Co., NH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. BROWN Hannah
2. Wright John was christened on 03 Jun 1738 in Rutland, Worcester County, MA; died about 1748 in Ware, Hampshire County, MA.
3. Wright William was born on 19 Mar 1734 in Rutland, Worcester County, MA; died on 14 Jan 1812 in Winchester, Cheshire County, NH; was buried in SwanzeyCenter Cemetery, Swanzey, Cheshire Co., NH.
4. Wright Samuel was born about 19 Feb 1735 in Rutland, Worcester County, MA; died in Dec 1818 in Middlebury, Addison County, VT; was buried in West Cemetery, Middlebury, Addison County, VT.
5. BROWN Thankful was born about 08 Jan 1745.
6. BROWN Wright Samuel was born on 01 Jul 1748 in Ware River Parish, Hampshire Co., MA; died on 25 Apr 1837 in Milo, Yates Co, NY.
7. BROWN Joel was born on 03 Oct 1750 in Ware River, Hampshire Co., MA.

Notes:

Captain Samuel Wright was prominent among the early settlers of Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He held the offices of selectman, assessor, clerk of the town and moderator of the meetings for many years, justice of the peace, deacon of the church, captain of the militia and surveyor and committee in dividing the lands of six miles square and recording the same in the proprietors' book, which he did in a very plain and legible hand. Many of the bounds and corners made more than one hundred and fifty years could still be found. Capt. Wright kept a tavern in front of the first meeting-house, on the opposite side of the street, where much of the first business of the town was done. (The old records show that the town would frequently during the session of its town-meeting vote to "adjourn for fifteen minutes," which was quite suggestive.) This house was taken down or removed before the Revolution.


Early Worcester County, MA Probate Records.
Esq. Samuel Wright of Rutland, Worcester Co. [ Case No. 67,824]
Samuel Wright, Esq. of Rutland left his entire estate, with the exception of specific cash bequests, to his son, William who was also to be the sole executor. The three sons of Samuel's deceased son, Cyprian, viz: William, Samuel and John, were to receive £10 each when they reached age twenty-one to make up for the part of Cyprian's share he had not received. To his daughters, Samuel left:
£25 in one year to Hannah Rice; £25 in two years to Mary Willard; £25 in three years to Dorothy Felps; £15 in four years to Abigail Willard, and 20 shillings to Isabel Frink, all bequests bringing the daughters up to their full shares. Samuel signed his will before John Fletcher, William Fenton and Hezekiah Fletcher on 30 June 1739, and it was allowed on 5 Feb. 1739/40
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Died:
15 Jan 1739/1740

Samuel married Stevens Mary in 1698 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA. Mary (daughter of Stevens Cyprian and Willard Mary) was born on 22 Nov 1672 in Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA; died on 18 May 1739 in Rutland, Worcester County, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Cyprian Stevens, father of Mary, was one of the first settlers of Rutland, Worcester Co. MA in 1686. Mary named one of her sons after her father.

Edward married Upson Hannah on 18 Jun 1659 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA. Hannah (daughter of Upson Stephen and Elizabeth) was born in 1638 in Of Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA; died on 18 May 1708 in Of Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Cyprian married Willard Mary on 02 Jan 1671 in Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Francis married Blanford Dorothy before 1650 in England. Dorothy was born about 1609 in Of Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA; died on 01 Mar 1703 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
1609/1610

Stephen married Elizabeth. Elizabeth was born about 1616 in England; died on 08 Nov 1688 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Simon married Dunster Elizabeth. Elizabeth was born about 1619 in Bury, Lancashire County, England; died on 01 May 1650 in Westfield, Hampden County, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]