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[from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, January 1881. Volume XXXV. p. 76]
GENEALOGY OF LIEUT. ABEL WRIGHT OF SPRINGFIELD, MASS.
By Rev. Stephen Wright, of Glen’s Falls, N.Y.

3. Ensign Abel2 Wright (Abel1), b. Sept. 25, 1664; m. Sept. 16, 1691, Rebecca Terry, b. Dec. 5, 1673, daughter of Samuel and Anna (Lobdell) Terry, of S[pringfield, Mass.], and had thirteen children, like his father before him, of whom nine married. Of these, four were born in Springfield, when he removed to Lebanon about 1700, where the other nine are on record. He spent forty-five years of his life there, and became quite a landholder and business man among his fellows. In 1702 he bought ninety acres of land of Josiah Dewey and William Clarke “for Seven Pounds, Silver, Current money of New England;” and January 24, 1703, twenty-one acres more of Philip Smith; and in 1711, June 6, nine acres more of Dewey and Clarke; making one hundred and twenty acres in all. But his greatest purchase was, May 30, 1717, of Rev. Samuel Whiting, minister of Windham, of eight hundred and twenty-nine acres, partly in W. and partly in Lebanon, for 250 pounds, as the deed on record at Windham says. From these lands he afterwards deeds one hundred and forty acres to his daughter Rebecca and her husband Jacob Ordway, in 1718 and 1720; to his son Abel Jr., one hundred and eighty acres, Oct. 22, 1718; and to his loving son Ebenezer, one hundred and eighty acres, Aug. 24, 1722; being part of the tract bought of Rev. Samuel Whiting, and sold still to several others as late as the year 1739. His last will is dated Jan. 10, 1744, in which he names four sons and four daughters, making his “Beloved wife Rebecca and son Ebenezer Wright the Executrix and Executor of his last will and Testament,” &c. This will was probated before Judge Jonathan Trumbull, at Windham, Sept. 18, 1747, and certified in due form on the records by Ichabod Robinson, clerk of said court. He had died June 2, 1745, and was buried in Lebanon near the graves of the Trumbull, Fitch and Terry families. The names of his thirteen children are as follows:
i. Rebecca, b. Sept. 7, 1692; m. Jacob Ordway, of L., about 1711, who had four children: — 1. Mary,4 b. Aug. 16, 1712. 2. Rebecca,4 b. Jan. 16. 1714,4 3. Jemima,4 b. Dec. 11, 1715, 4. Rachel,4 b. Nov. 28, 1717. (See Leb. Rec.)
ii. Samuel, b. July 4. 1694, and d. July 10, 1694.
iii. Abel, b. Aug. 22, 1695; m. Mary Calkins, at L., Nov. 7, 1717, and had: —1. Sarah,4·b. Aug. 25, 1818, 2. Samuel,4 b. May 14, 1720, 3. Abel, Jr.4 b. Feb. 23, 1722. All at Windham.
iv. Samuel 2d, b. Dec. 2, 1698, and no more of him.
7. v. Ebenezer h. Feb. 22, 1701, at Lebanon; m. Elizabeth Newcomb.
vi. Mary, b. Nov. 22, 1702, and no more of her.
8. vii. Ephraim, b. Feb. 29, 1704; m. Hannah Wood, June 29, 1724.
viii. Martha, b. April 12, 1705; m. — Holbrook, as named in her father’s will.
ix. Jemima, b. Sept. 24, 1707; m. — Hutchinson, as in the will.
x. Ann, b. June 4, 1709: m. — Buell, as named in will.
xi. Miriam, b. Nov. 14, 1710, and no more of her.
xii. Benjamin, b. July 29, 1712, and d. Aug. 1712.
9. xiii. Benjamin, 2d, b. March 3, 1714; m. in 1734, Rachel —.

Birth	4 Jun 1709	Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut
Marriage	1727	Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut - Samuel Buell
Death	9 Jun 1748	Kent, Litchfield County, Connecticut

Spouse	Samuel Buell (1708 - 1759)
Child	Martha Buell (1736 - 1822)