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cluding 28 slaves, 134 oz. plate, jewelry, books,
900 gallons cider, and the inventory of his store,
which included dry goods, hardware, and spices);
FB, £22.15.6 sterling, £2,327.13.3 current money
before payment of legacies and distribution of
estate. LAND: ca. 5,200 acres in Anne Arundel
and Baltimore counties, including ca. 2,100 acres
previously given to his six daughters as planta-
tions for their families but mentioned in his will.
WRIGHT, ARTHUR (?-1676/77). BORN: prob-
ably in England. IMMIGRATED: in 1651, as a free
adult. RESIDED: in Kent County. FAMILY BACK-
GROUND. SISTERS: Alice; Anne; and Barbara; all
resided in England. MARRIED Katherine, who sub-
sequently married (first name unknown) Browne.
CHILDREN. Died without progeny. PRIVATE CA-
REER. EDUCATION: illiterate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIA-
TION: Protestant. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES:
served regularly as a juryman in 1660s; Gent., by
1674. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: planter. PUBLIC
CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, Kent
County, 1671-1674/75 (Laws 4). LOCAL OFFICE:
justice, Kent County, 1665/66. WEALTH DURING
LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: 120 acres in
Kent County. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: will pro-
bated March 26, 1677, in Kent County. PERSONAL
PROPERTY: TEV, 27,000 pounds of tobacco (in-
cluding 2 servants); FB, 23,388 pounds of to-
bacco. LAND: at least 120 acres in Kent County.
WRIGHT, CHARLES (?-1720). BORN, in the late
1680s, in Kent County; possibly eldest son. NA-
TIVE: second generation. RESIDED: Kent (later be-
came Queen Anne's) County. FAMILY BACK-
GROUND. FATHER: Solomon Wright (ca. 1655-1717).
MOTHER: Ann. BROTHERS: Thomas Hynson (1687/
88-1747); Solomon (?-1736); John (?-1732);
Fairclough; Edward (?-1735); and Nathaniel (?-
1718). SISTERS: Ann; Rachel. FIRST COUSINS: Ed-
ward Wright (?-1740/41)- Solomon Wright (?-1129).
NEPHEW: Thomas Wright (?-ca. 1784). NIECES:
Mary Anne Wright (?-1747), who married Wil-
liam Hopper (1707-1772); Anne Wright (?-by
1754), who married Edward Oldham (1709-1773).
MARRIED Katherine, daughter of Robert Norrest
of Kent County. CHILDREN. SONS: Robert Norrest
Wright (?-ca. 1746/47); Charles; Jonathan (?-
1740); and Nathan (?-1767). DAUGHTER: Mary,
who married Edward Godwin (?-1757). PRIVATE
CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILI-
ATION: Anglican, St. Paul's Parish, Queen Anne's
County. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: second
generation burgess. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE:
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planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE:
Lower House, Queen Anne's County, 1712-1714,
1715, 1716-1718 (Aggrievances 1-3), 1719-1720
(Aggrievances 1, 2; died before the 3rd session
of the 1719-1721/22 Assembly). LOCAL OFFICES:
St. Paul's Parish Vestry, Queen Anne's County,
1710-1720; justice, Queen Anne's County, 1715-
1720. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST
ELECTION: at least 220 acres. WEALTH AT DEATH.
DIED, between April 10 and July 4, 1720. PER-
SONAL PROPERTY: TEV, £341.6.0 current money
(including 1 servant, 2 slaves, and books); FB,
£191.2.4. LAND: 1,020 acres, plus one tract of
unknown size.
WRIGHT, EDWARD (?-1740/41). BORN: prob-
ably in Queen Anne's County; probably eldest
son. NATIVE: second generation. RESIDED: at
"Tully's Reserve," St. Luke's Parish, Queen
Anne's County. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER:
Nathaniel Wright (ca. 1657-1710), a planter of
Queen Anne's County who was transported from
England ca. 1673 and remained in servitude until
1680. MOTHER: Sarah. UNCLE: Solomon Wright
(ca. 1655-1717). BROTHERS: Solomon Wright (?-
1729); Nathaniel (?-1735), who married Ann (last
name unknown). SISTERS: Ann; Sarah; Neriah,
who married first, Nathaniel Wright (?-1718),
son of Solomon Wright (ca. 1655-1717), and sec-
ond, by 1724, Robert Jones. FIRST COUSIN: Charles
Wright (?-1720). NEPHEWS: Solomon Wright (?-
1792); Nathaniel Wright (?-1770), a possible leg-
islator. MARRIED Alice, daughter of William Clay-
ton, Sr. (ca. 1655-1721), of Queen Anne's County.
Her stepmother was Joan (?-1730), widow of
Robert Gough (?-1705). Her brothers were Wil-
liam Clayton (ca. 1682-1728/29); Solomon Clayton
(1685-1739). Her stepbrothers were Joseph
Gough; Robert Gough; and John Gough. Her
sister was Rachel (?-1749), who married Capt.
William Finney (?-ca. 1723), son of William Fin-
ney (ca. 1637-1696); Margaret, who married
Thomas Kemp (?-ca. 1727). Her niece was Mar-
garet Finney (?-by 1767), who married first, John
Edmondson (1692-1743), and second, William
Thomas (1705-1767). CHILDREN. SONS: Nathan (?-
1758), who married in 1746 Mary Tillotson, a
Quaker, sister of John Tillotson (?-1772); Ed-
ward (?-1787), who married Mary (last name
unknown); and Nathaniel Wright (?-1794), a pos-
sible legislator. DAUGHTERS: Mary Ann, who
married Henry Wrench (?-1767), a planter of
Queen Anne's County; Sarah; Ann; Rachel, who
married James Roe (?-1768), a merchant of Queen
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