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A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature 1635-1789 by Edward C. Papenfuse, et. al.
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BIOGRAPHIES WRI

Anne's County; and Dorothy Fairclough (1739-
ca. 1797). PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate.
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Anglican, St. Luke's
Parish, Queen Anne's County. SOCIAL STATUS
AND ACTIVITIES: Mr., by 1719; Gent., by 1719.
OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: probably a planter. PUB-

LIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House,

Queen Anne's County, 1716-1718 (one-half of
his allowance was deducted for departing in a
"contemptuous manner" without permission from
the Lower House, July 28, 1716), 1722-1724
(Elections 1), 1725-1727, 1732-1734 (Aggriev-
ances 1-Cv), 1734/35-1737 (Aggrievances 1, Cv,
2-4), 1738 (Aggrievances), 1739-1740 (Aggriev-
ances Cv-2; died before the 3rd session of the
1739-1741 Assembly). LOCAL OFFICES: justice,
Queen Anne's County, August 1718-November
1718; sheriff, Queen Anne's County, in office
June 1719-August 1719, August 1728-Novem-
ber 1730; visitor, Queen Anne's County Free
School, 1723-1740/41; St. Luke's Parish Vestry,
Queen Anne's County, 1731-1734. MILITARY
SERVICE: captain, Queen Anne's County militia,

1732. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST

ELECTION: 550 acres in Queen Anne's County (all
inherited from his father). SIGNIFICANT CHANGES

IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH:

patented 973 acres and purchased 100 acres in
Queen Anne's County between 1719 and 1734;
sold 273 acres in Queen Anne's County, 1720-
1737. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: January 8, 1740/
41, in Queen Anne's County. PERSONAL PROP-
ERTY. TEV, £888.14.2 current money (including
14 slaves and a parcel of books); FB, estate ov-
erpaid £110.17.8. LAND: 1,350 acres and lot 18 in
Ogletown, Queen Anne's County.

WRIGHT, FRANCIS (?-1667/68). BORN: prob-
ably in Wales. IMMIGRATED: ca. 1658, as a free
adult. RESIDED, at "Clay Hall," Baltimore County.

FAMILY BACKGROUND. BROTHERS: Raphael, of

Bovill, Clamorganshire, Wales; Thomas. PRIVATE

CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. SOCIAL STATUS AND

ACTIVITIES: transported five people; patented 500
acres one year after arrival; Gent., by 1666. OC-
CUPATIONAL PROFILE: planter. PUBLIC CAREER.
LEGISLATIVE SERVICE. Lower House, Baltimore
County, 1663-1664 (did not attend the 2nd ses-
sion because of official business at Susquehanna
Fort). LOCAL OFFICES: sheriff, Baltimore County,
in office 1661; justice, Baltimore County, 1661-
ca. 1665. MILITARY SERVICE: captain, commis-
sioned October 7, 1665. WEALTH DURING LIFE-
TIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: 500 acres in Bal-

timore County. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: will

probated on March 25, 1667/68, in Baltimore
County. PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV, at least 85,934
pounds of tobacco (including 1 servant, 7 slaves,
and his land which was valued at 20,000 pounds
of tobacco). LAND: 500 acres in Baltimore County.

WRIGHT, NATHANIEL (?-1770). BORN: prob-
ably at "Guilford," St. Luke's Parish, Queen
Anne's County. NATIVE: third generation. RE-
SIDED: at "Salisbury," Tuckahoe District, Queen
Anne's County. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER:
Solomon Wright (?-1729). MOTHER: Mary Cour-
sey. UNCLE: Edward Wright (?-1740/41). HALF
UNCLE: Thomas Wright (?-ca. 1784). AUNT. Eliz-
abeth Coursey, who married Thomas Wilkinson
(1700/1-ca. 1758). HALF AUNTS: Mary Anne
Wright (?-1747), who married William Hopper
(1707-1772); Anne Wright (?-by 1754), who
married Edward Oldham (1709-1773). BROTH-
ERS: Solomon Wright (?-1792); Solomon Coursey
(1729-?). SISTER: Sarah. FIRST COUSIN: Nathaniel
Wright (?-1794), a possible legislator. HALF
COUSINS: Samuel Turbutt Wright (ca. 1749-1810);
William Hopper (by 1747-1806); Ann Oldham (?-
by 1794), who married first, Joshua Clarke (?-
1781); Elizabeth Oldham (?-by 1776), who mar-
ried William Hopper (by 1747-1806); Elizabeth
Hopper (1739-1806), who married Joseph Ni-
cholson, Jr. (?-1786); Mary Ann Hopper, who
married second, James Bordley (?-ca. 1793).
NEPHEW: Robert Wright (1752-1826). OTHER KIN-
SHIP, great uncle, Solomon Wright (ca. 1655-1717).
MARRIED Lucy (last name unknown). CHILDREN.
SONS: Solomon (by 1749-ca. 1794), who married
Sarah (?-1812); Coursey. DAUGHTERS: Sarah;
Elizabeth. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate.
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Anglican, St. Luke's
Parish, Queen Anne's County. OCCUPATIONAL
PROFILE: probably planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEG-
ISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, Queen Anne's
County, 1750 (elected to the 2nd session of the
1749-1751 Assembly to fill vacancy; did not at-
tend; disqualified from serving on June 1, 1750,
because he continued to act as inspector of to-
bacco after his election). LOCAL OFFICES: possibly
a vestryman, St. Luke's Parish, Queen Anne's
County, 1739-1742; tobacco inspector, Queen
Anne's County, in office by 1750, appointed 1751
and 1753. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST
ELECTION: no evidence of land ownership. SIG-
NIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELEC-
TION AND DEATH: purchased 392 acres of land in
Queen Anne's County between 1751 and death.

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