Jabez Wright arrived in Huron in 1808 from New York as a member of the crew who surveyed the Firelands. He settled on a 400 acre tract of land that stretched from the first cove in Huron, near the water plant on Cleveland Road, west to Rye Beach. Wright served as justice of the peace in Huron Township, was appointed an associate judge of the Common Pleas Court in Huron County and was a member of the state legislature. When Jabez died his son Winthrop inherited his house. Winthrop's daughter Gertrude inherited the house after her father's death. (Video: Jabez Wright, Afternoon at the Huron Cemetery, 2017)