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WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: in January 1770 at "Sal-
isbury," Tuckahoe District, Queen Anne's County.
PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV, £315.1.1 current
money (including 5 slaves and some books); FB,
£189.9.4. LAND: 392 acres in Queen Anne's
County. IDENTIFICATION PROBLEMS. There were
two men named Nathaniel Wright who were el-
igible to represent Queen Anne's County in the
1749-1751 Assembly. The only identifying char-
acteristic given for the legislator was that he was
serving as tobacco inspector in Queen Anne's
County in 1750. An extensive search of the rec-
ords has failed to identify which of these men
served as tobacco inspector. Therefore, two bi-
ographical profiles have been included and the
same legislative sevice assigned to each. See also
Nathaniel Wright (?-1794).
WRIGHT, NATHANIEL (?-1794). BORN, prob-
ably at "Tully's Reserve," St. Luke's Parish, Queen
Anne's County. NATIVE: third generation. RE-
SIDED: in Tuckahoe District, Queen Anne's
County, 1783. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER: Ed-
ward Wright (?-1740/41). MOTHER: Alice Clay-
ton. UNCLES: Solomon Wright (?-1729); William
Clayton (ca. 1682-1728/29); and Solomon Clayton
(1685-1739). BROTHERS: Nathan (?-1758); Ed-
ward (?-1787). SISTERS: Mary Ann; Sarah; Ann;
Rachel; and Dorothy Fairclough (1739-ca. 1797).
FIRST COUSINS: Solomon Wright (?-1792); Mar-
garet Finney (?-by 1767), who married first John
Edmondson (1692-1743), and second William
Thomas (1705-1767); and Nathaniel Wright (?-
1770), a possible legislator. MARRIED Margaret (last
name unknown) (?-by 1794). PRIVATE CAREER.
EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION:
Anglican, St. Paul's Parish, Queen Anne's County.
OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: planter, 1764. PUBLIC
CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House,
Queen Anne's County, 1750 (elected to the 2nd
session of the 1749-1751 Assembly to fill va-
cancy; did not attend; disqualified from serving
on June 1, 1750, because he continued to act as
inspector of tobacco after his election). LOCAL
OFFICES justice. Queen Anne's County, ap-
pointed 1746, 1749, 1751 ; tobacco inspector. Queen
Anne's County, in office by 1750, appointed 1751
and 1753; St. Paul's Parish Vestry, Queen Anne's
County, in office, 1789-1793. WEALTH DURING
LIFETIME. PERSONAL PROPERTY, assessed value
£2,205.0.0, including 23 slaves and 32 oz. plate.
1783. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: 450 acres in Queen
Anne's County inherited from his father. SIGNIF-
ICANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELEC-
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TION AND DEATH: inherited 350 acres from brother
Nathan and purchased 501 acres in Queen Anne's
County, 1758-1770. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: in
February 1794 in Queen Anne's County. PER-
SONAL PROPERTY: TEV, £2,036.18.10 current
money (including 10 slaves, 31 oz. plate, and a
parcel of books); FB, £2,012.17.8 current money.
LAND: 1,301 acres in Queen Anne's County. IDEN-
TIFICATION PROBLEMS. There were two men named
Nathaniel Wright who were eligible to represent
Queen Anne's County in the 1749-1751 Assem-
bly. The only identifying characteristic given for
the legislator was that he was serving as tobacco
inspector in Queen Anne's County in 1750. An
extensive search of the records has failed to iden-
tify which of these men served as tobacco in-
spector. Therefore, two biographical profiles have
been included and the same legislative service
assigned to each. See also Nathaniel Wright (?-
1770).
WRIGHT, ROBERT (1752-1826). BORN: on No-
vember 20, 1752, probably at "Guilford," near
Centreville, St. Luke's Parish, Queen Anne's
County. NATIVE: fourth generation. RESIDED: at
"Narborough," Corsica District, Island Hundred,
Queen Anne's County, until 1801; "Blakeford,"
Worrell Hundred, Queen Anne's County, 1801-
1826; owned a house in Chestertown, Kent County,
which he used in conjunction with his other res-
idences, from ca. 1780-1826. FAMILY BACK-
GROUND. FATHER Solomon Wright (?-1792).
MOTHER: Mary Tidmarsh. UNCLE: Nathaniel Wright
(?-1770), a possible legislator. BROTHERS: Wil-
liam (1751-1783); Thomas; and Solomon (?-1832).
SISTERS: Mary (1755-?); Ann (1757-?); and
Martha (1759-?). MARRIED first, in 1780, Sarah
DeCoursey, daughter of Col. William Coursey
(1703-1769) and wife Rachel Clayton. Sarah was
the stepdaughter of Clement Sewell (ca. 1737-
1795); granddaughter of both Henry Coursey (1662-
1707) and Solomon Clayton (1685-1739); niece of
Elizabeth Coursey, who married William Cum-
ming (ca. 1696-1752). Her brothers were Edward
DeCoursey (ca. 1759-1827); Henry (?-ca. 1815).
Her sisters were Mary; Rachel. Her half sister
was Mary (Polly) Sewell, who married Samuel
Turbutt Wright (ca. 1749-1810). ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS: Sarah's father had a previous wife
(name unknown). MARRIED second, (first name
unknown) Ringgold, of Kent County. CHILDREN.
SONS: Robert Theodore DeCoursey (1781-?), who
married first, Deborah Thomas of Chestertown,
Kent County, and second, Mary Earle, daughter
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