Margaret Elson

1612 - 1671  (59 years)

• Name	Margaret Elson  [1, 2]
  Birth	1612
  Gender	Female
  Death	4 Apr 1671	Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
  Person ID	I9703	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family	Thomas Wright,   b. 19 Nov 1610, South Weald, Brentwood Borough, Essex, England d. 21 Apr 1670, Weathersfield, Hartford, Connecticut (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	May 1647	Connecticut, United States
  Family ID	F875	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  "Thomas married second on 2 May 1647, Margaret Elson, widow of John Elson, who had been killed by the Indians in the Wethersfield massacre of 1637. There were no children from the second marriage. In his will, Thomas also gave toe Margaret, "All the linen that I have in my possession that was of her own spinning." Margaret is said to have been before her marriage to Elson, the wife of, possibly, Hugh Hilliard, or Hillier, by whom she had three children, Ben, Job, and John. She died 1670-1. Her will dated 19 January 1670/1671, mentions her grandson William, son of Job Hillier, deceased, Margaret Woustan and Sarah Holamouth, daughters of her son Benjamin Hillier, and the wife of her step-son Thomas Wright, (she gives her towe [tow] and if that was not enough, for her labor of love, her executors were to give more.) Inventory of her estate amounted to 82-19/8."

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Tree, 1,1030::0. [S926] Wright Lineage (http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~legends/wright.html, including transcriptions of 1st hand records).