General Notes

*Judah Wright m. (1) Mercy "Mary" Burt on Jan. 17, 1667 in Northhampton, Hampshire Co., MA. Judah was b. May 10, 1642 in Springfield, Hampden Co., MA and D. Nov. 26, 1725 in Deerfield, Franklin Co., MA. Mary was b. Sept. 27, 1647 in Springfield, Hampden Co., MA and D. July 24, 1689 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA. Her parents were Henry Burt and Eulalia  Marche of England. Judah and Mary had at least 9 children.  They were Samuel (died in infancy)), Mercy (m. Samuel Allen (also referred as Samuel Allen IV), a barber, had at least 11 children, Nehemiah (died in infancy), Mercy (died young, m. Eliakim Root), Nehemiah (m. #1 Mary ?; m. #2 Hannah Wakeley), Mary Lydia  (m. #1 Benjamin Smalley/Small Jr., Commissioned Ensign of the Lower Company of Lebanon in October, 1744.; m. #2 Samuel Galpin), Daniel (m. #1. Martha Bennett; m. #2 Mary Grant), Hester (died a child), Lydia (m. Selah Murray, Sergeant & extensive property owner/farmer), Hester (died in infancy), Joseph (In 1740, Moved to Cornwall, Connecticut. Had acquired two tracts of land in Cornwall Township through government auction & was selectman and moderator of first town meeting, was the father of famous general Ethan Alphonso Allen Sr., m. Mary Rememberance Baker), Ebenezer (m. Eleanor Hurlburt) and Lucy (died a child)), Hester (died a child)), Judah (died in infancy.)), Judah Jr. (weaver & Sergeant; garrison sol at Dfd, 1704, and taken captive; came back and sett. at Wapping, MA, m. Mary/Mercy Hoyt, had at least 6 children, Judah III (m. Hannah Woodbury), Mary (m. Lt. Noah Chapin), David (died young, m. Elizabeth Hitchcock), Sarah (m. Samuel Childs Jr.), Noah (Deacon & cordwainer, m. Esther Scott) and Asahel (lived in Wapping, MA; selectman 5 yrs; ordained deacon Dec 26, 1760; he was a plain man with plain habits; it is told, as characteristic of the man, that he left directions to have no brass nails on his coffin, and that flax strings should be used in place of the usual iron handles, m. Lucy Wait)), Ebenezer (Sergt. in "Meadow fight", 1704, m. Mary Judd and had at least 7 children, Mary (m. Waitstill "William" Strong Jr.?), Mercy (m. Joseph Clark), Eunice (m. Selah Clark), Ebenezer Jr., Nathaniel, Rachel (m. Gideon Clark) and Bildad (m.#1 Elizabeth Oakes; m. #2 Sarah Moody)), Thomas (did not marry, was a weaver)), Patinede/Patience (m. John Stebbins, settled in Brimfield, Hampden Co., MA about 1729-30. John was chosen a selectman for Brimfield at the first town meeting thereof, on March 16, 1730-31, and was served in that post, as moderator of the meeting, and as town treasurer for a number of years thereafter, had at least 4 children, John Jr.(m. Margaret Brooks), Mary (m. Amos Kellogg), Levi (m. Mary Post) and Patience (died young, m. Deacon Joseph Nathaniel Hitchcock)) and Nathaniel (died young)) (*Note- Judah m. #2 Sarah Woodford after Mary's death. He did not have any children in the second marriage.)