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thousands. Lieutenant Abel represented his town at the General Court, Boston, 1695. His wife was scalped by the Indians, July 26th, 1708, but survived until October roth, of the same year. II. Abel Wright, his second son, born September 25th, 1664, married Rebecca Terry, September 16th, 1691. He was a lieutenant and raised a family of thirteen children, About the year 1700, he emigrated to Lebanon, Connecticut, where he was an extensive landholder. He died June 2nd, 1745, an honored citizen of the State. III. Ebenzer Wright, born February 22nd, 1701, of the above family, was the father of a posterity, whose number in 1864, already reached four thousand souls, from the direct line of five sons and three daughters. beth, was the daughter of Simon Newcomb ; she bore him three children. His second wife was Sarah, sister of Governer Samuel Huntington ; she bore him eight children. His third wife was Mrs. Mary (Mason), widow of David Huntington. His third son, Ebenezer, born June 2nd, 1727, was the Canadian Emigrant, IV. Ebenezer, the Canadian Emigrant, was of the fourth generation. He married Mercy Leach, daughter of Amos Leach, March rith, 1751, who bore him ten children, each of whom, save one, reared a family; his descendants, to the number of T,500, have already been traced. He lived in Mansfield until 1759-60, when he removed to New Fairfield, Connecticut, and shortly after to Newton, Sussex County, New Jersey. About 1765, he took up his residence at Shaftsbury, Vermont. He was a royalist and a churchman, and during the revolution was compelled to flee to Canada, leaving a valuable property behind him. When the war closed, three of his sons and the two youngest daughters joined him in his new home, settling in Cornwall. Some time after, several members of the family located in Augusta and Edwardsburg. He died at Johnstown, months. The children of Ebenezer and Mercy Wright were as follows :—Abraham, born in Mansfield, Connecticut, 1752. He died at Kingsbury, New York, 1814, aged sixty-one years and six months ; his posterity number about two hundred and thirty. Captain Asahel, born August 18th, 1754, at Mansfield, married in 1788, Eve Haynes, daughter of children. Zerviah, born December 4th, 1756; married Chas. Spencer, of Shaftsbury, Vermont, March 3rd, 177 5: died April 29th, 1793. Ebenezer, born October 15th, 1758; married Rachel Marsh about 1780; died June 14th, 1840. Amos, born June 22nd, 1761; married Sarah Wilcox; died at Augusta, July 18th, 1796, aged 35 years. David, born November 16th, 1763 ; married Tamar Burritt about 1796; died in Cornwall, October 2sth, 1819, where some of his posterity still reside. Mercy, born March 26th, 1766; married, November rath, 1783, George McEwan, of Vermont, She died December 27th, 1847. Sarah, born September 3rd, 1768 ; married Peleg Spencer in 1783. She had seven children, four of whom were born in Canada, where she died January 2nd, 1844, aged 75 years and 6 months. Elizabeth, born April 24th, 1773; died October gth, 1777. Rebecca, born April 24th, 1776. By her first husband she had one daughter; married the second time, September 2nd, 1800, Henry Barnhart, of Cornwall. She died September rst, 1847. V. The fifth generation in Canada. In a letter written by Amos Wright, dated Oswegatchie, October 21st, 1791, he speaks of locating and building a house in the Ninth Township, where he says: "I have 500 acres of land in one block. My wife drew 800 acres on account of her father’s merits. My brother Asahel is making improvements in the same place, with the design of moving his family in the spring. Sister Sarah and her husband Pheleg Spencer have each of them drawn 200 acres, nearly in the same place." Captain Asahel Wright, born August 18th, 1754, was a leading member of the family in Augusta. He had a son, Abraham, who married Elizabeth Purdy in 1808, and had eight children. The eldest of these, Amos, represented the Toronto District in the Provincial Parliament for several years. CHILDREN OF CAPTAIN ASAHEL WRIGHT. Captain Joseph, born May toth, 1789, at Cornwall, married Elizabeth Bissell in 1809, and had five children: Nelson, Anna, Elizabeth, Maria, and Silas. In 1819, Mrs. Elizabeth Wright died, and he married, second, Mrs. Elizabeth McNish, September 2oth, 1820, who lived with him forty years. Captain Joseph died on the homestead of his father, November goth, 1876, aged 87 years and 6 months. John, born May toth, 1790; married Mrs. Mary McLean ; died in March, 1876, aged nearly 86 years. Abel, born May 8th, 1791 ; married Sarah Landon, Nancy, Sarah, Abel, Samuel, Electa, Mary and Martha (twins), and Catherine. Abel died near
