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Goldsborough (1711-1778); and Sarah Turbutt
(1706-1773), who married Nicholas Goldsbor-
ough (ca. 1689-1766). MARRIED second, by
November 30, 1739, his first wife's first cousin
Ann (?-by 1754), daughter of Thomas Hynson
Wright (1688-1747) and wife Mary Turbutt
Coursey. Ann was the granddaughter of Solomon
Wright (ca. 1655-1717). She was the niece of
Charles Wright (?-1720); Foster Turbutt (1679-
1720/21); and William Turbutt (1683/84-1739). Her
brothers were Thomas Wright (?-ca. 1784); Na-
than Samuel Turbutt (?-1792). Her half brothers
were John Coursey (1709-?), who married Eliz-
abeth Macklin; Thomas Coursey, who married
Mary Wickes. Her sisters were Mary Ann (?-
1747), who married William Hopper (1707-1772);
Sarah. Her half sisters were Mary Coursey, who
married Solomon Wright (?-1729); Elizabeth
Coursey, who married Thomas Wilkinson (1700/
1-ca. 1758). Her first cousins were Robert Norrest
Wright (?-ca. 1746/47); Sarah Turbutt (1706-
1773), who married Nicholas Goldsborough (ca.
1689-1766); Elizabeth Turbutt (ca. 1708-?), who
married Tench Francis (1701-1758); Anne Tur-
butt (1715-1766), who married John Goldsbor-
ough (1711-1778); Anna Maria Turbutt, who
married Edward Tilghman (1713-1785); and Eliz-
abeth Turbutt (?-ca. 1760), who married Thomas
Harris (?-1760). Her nephews were William Hop-
per (by 1747-1806); Samuel Turbutt Wright (ca.
1749-1810). Her nieces were Mary Ann Hopper
(1742-by 1792), who married second, James Bor-
dley (?-ca. 1793); Ann Wright (?-1848), who
married Samuel Turbutt Wright (ca. 1749-1810).
MARRIED third, ca. 1755, Ann (1732-1792),
daughter of Nicholas Goldsborough (ca. 1689-1766)
and wife Sarah Turbutt (1706-1773). Ann was
the granddaughter of Foster Turbutt (1679-1720/
21). She was the niece of Elizabeth Turbutt (ca.
1708-?), who married TenchFrancis (1701-1758);
and Anne Turbutt (1715-1766), who married John
Goldsborough (1711-1778). Her brothers were
Nicholas (1726/27-1777); Thomas Goldsborough
(ca. 1728-1793); Robert (1730-1736); Robert
(1736/37-1740); and Foster (ca. 1738-1777). Her
sisters were Ann (1722/23-1726); Sarah (1724-
?); Rachel (1734-1796); Mary (1740-1812);
Elizabeth (1742-1776); and Bridget (1744-1774).
Her first cousins were H owes Goldsborough (1747-
1797); William Goldsborough (1750/51-1801); Ann
Francis (1727-?), who married James Tilghman
(1716-1793); Elizabeth Goldsborough (1735-ca.
1786), who married second, Benson Stainton (?-
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ca. 1781); and Mary Goldsborough (1755-1796),
who married Benedict B rice (1749-1786). CHIL-
DREN. DAUGHTERS: Mary (by 1739-?), who mar-
ried by 1756 John Markland; Ann (?-by 1794),
who married first, by 1764, Joshua Clarke (?-
1781), and second, by 1785, Robert Williams;
Elizabeth (?-by 1776), who married by 1769 Wil-
liamHopper (by 1747-1806); Hannah (1752-1828),
who married by 1773 Nicholas Martin (1743-ca.
1808); Sarah (ca. 1756-?); Margaret (ca. 1758-
?); Mary (ca. 1762-?); and Molly (1764-by 1773).
PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS
AFFILIATION: Anglican. SOCIAL STATUS AND AC-
TIVITIES: Gent., by 1734. ADDITIONAL COM-
MENTS: Oldham's sons-in-law, Joshua Clarke (?-
1781) and William Hopper (by 1747-1806), insti-
tuted proceedings for a Writ De lunatico inquirendo
against Oldham in June 1772, stating that Oldham
was deprived of his reason and unfit to manage his
affairs. Various depositions, including those from
his wife, stated that he was a heavy drinker and
that for the past ten years or so he had suffered
from fits of imaginary blindness and had raged vi-
olently against his family, friends, and doctors. Old-
ham was declared insane by the Chancery Court in
April 1773 and his sons-in-law were appointed to
administer his affairs. After Oldham died in Oc-
tober 1773, the same sons-in-law unsuccessfully
contested his will, which had been written in 1764.
OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: planter. PUBLIC CAREER.
LEGISLATIVE SER VICE: Lower House, Talbot County,
1749-1751, 1751-1754 (Arms and Ammunition 1-
6), 1757-1758. LOCAL OFFICES: churchwarden, St.
Peter's Parish, Talbot County, 1732; St. Peter's Parish
Vestry, Talbot County, 1734-1737, 1740-1743,
1746-1756, 1762-1765; justice, Talbot County,
1751-1769. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. PERSONAL
PROPERTY: gave 5 slaves to his daughter Hannah
and her husband, 1770. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION:
controlled ca. 1,900 acres in Talbot and Queen
Anne's counties and 13 lots in Oxford, Talbot County
(280 acres in Talbot County and 8 lots in Oxford
inherited from father; 100 acres in Talbot County
held for his daughter Mary who inherited it from
her grandfather Lowe; ca. 830 acres in Queen Anne's
County given to Anne Wright Oldham by her father;
115 acres in Talbot County by patent; remainder
by personal acquisition). SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN
LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: re-
leased his right to the Queen Anne's County land
owned by Ann Wright Oldham to his three eldest
daughters, 1761; gave 2 lots in Oxford to his daugh-
ter Hannah and her husband, 1770. WEALTH AT
621
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