Ancestry of
Gilbert Clifford Noble

Co-Founder of Barnes & Noble

Benjamin Wright

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of Gilbert Clifford Noble — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 230 
  • Father:
  • Samuel Wright Jr. 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Burt   
  • Birth Date:
  • 13 Jul 1660 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Thankful Taylor
  • Marriage Date:
  • 22 Mar 1680/1681 
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  Thankful Wright (Ahnentafel No:115 )

  Mindwell Wright

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  • Benjamin Wright was involved in a number of fights with the Indians during Queen Anne's French and Indian War.

• Additional marriages for Benjamin Wright

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  • Spouse:
  • Mary Baker
  • Marriage Date:
  • 19 Jul 1701

• Sources for Benjamin Wright

  • ¹ Fairfield, CT: Families of Old Fairfield, Vol. 1, p. 599.
  • ² Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Northampton, Vol. 1, p. 22, Birth record for daughter Thankfull Wright.
  • ³ New England Ancestors Magazine, 2007, Vol. 8.5, p. 40.
  • ⁴ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1982, Vol. 136, p. 334.
  • ⁵ Abbott, Susan Woodruff, Woodruff Genealogy: Descendants of Mathew Woodruff of Farmington, Connecticut, New Haven, Connecticut: The Harty Press, Inc. (1963), 18.
  • ⁶ Barber, Eunice Miena, The Wright-Chamberlin Genealogy: From Emigrant Ancestors to Present Generations, Binghamton, New York: The Vail-Ballou Company (1914), 12-23.
  • ⁷ Ferris, Mary Walton, Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines: A Memorial Volume Containing the American Ancestry of Rufus R. Dawes, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Cuneo Press (1931), Vol. 2, p. 789.