| State | Maryland |
|---|---|
| County (Primary) | Somerset |
| Other Counties | Sussex |
| Family Name | Wright |
| Family History Notes | 1. Comfort Wright, born say 1720, was a "molatto" taxable in James Baker's household in Pocomoke Hundred, Somerset County, in 1739 [List of Tithables]. She may have been the mother of 2 i. Easly, born say 1740. 2. Easly Wright, born say 1740, was a "Molatto" woman living in Stepney Parish in August 1760 when she confessed to the Somerset County court that she had a child by "Negro Edmond." She paid her fine of 30 shillings. She was a spinster (no race indicated) living in Coventry Parish on 16 June 1767 when she confessed to the court that she had a child by Stephen Dutton [Judicial Record 1760-3, 42; 1766-7, 152]. She was probably the mother of 3 i. Stephen, born say 1760. 3. Stephen Wright, born say 1760, was taxable on 150 acres, called "Friends Folly," in Rewastico, Somerset County, in 1783 [MSA S1161-9-10, p.60] and head of a Somerset County household of 7 "other free" in 1800 [MD:459]. He may have been the father of i. Nicholas, born say 1778, married Mary Wright, "free Mulattoes," on 21 November 1799 in Sussex County, Delaware [Records of the United Presbyterian Churches of Lewes, Indian River and Cool Spring, Delaware 1756-1855, 314]. He was head of a Dagsborough Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware household of 3 "other free" in 1800 [DE:425] and 6 in 1810 [DE:437]. Called a "Negro" when administration on his Sussex County estate was granted to Warren Wright, "Mulatto." The record of the estate names Nicholas, Walter and Frederick Wright, Eleanor Okey, Letty Harmon and Mary Miller. ii. Daniel, head of a Sussex County household of 3 "other free" in 1810 [DE:353]. iii. Sarah, head of a Sussex County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [DE:363]. |
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