History of the Wright family, who are descendants of Samuel Wright (1722-1789) of Lenox, Mass., with lineage back to Thomas Wright (1610-1670) of Wetherfield, Conn., (emigrated 1640), showing a direct line to John Wright, Lord of Kelvedon Hall, Essex, Eng

Introduction When we began the search for our ancestry in the year 1902, we had little knowledge of anyone back of our great-grandfather, Andrew Wright, of Shoreham, Ver- mont (born 1763, died 1833), and had no idea of the inter- esting search that was to follow our first efforts in this line, or of the length of time that might elapse before the results now attained should be written out for the benefit of generations to follow : We wish to acknowledge the valuable assistance re- ceived from various sources, and the kindly encourage- ment of interested kinsmen. We will mention : First, Rodney P. Wright of Cambridge, Mass., who is descended from Sir John Wright of Kelvedon Hall, Essex, England, and is the author of a history of his branch of the Wright family. His help has been invalu- able to us in many ways.