Becky’s original chart showed Maacha Lowe and Margaret Wilgis as two wives of John T Wright. The very first evidence of Maacha I found was that 1811 deed where John’s wife was named “Mackey”, clearly a reference to Maacha.

She was the daughter of John Low of Shrewsbury Township, York County. In his will, as transcribed, she was named Mariah -- which probably was a typographical error in the transcription by someone not familiar with the name Maacha. And record of her marriage to John Wright is found among the records of Rev. George Moore of Delaware who apparently occasionally found his way to York County.

Mary Barnes Wright found record of a court case whereby a Dr. Forwood of Harford County sought payment from John Wright for medical services rendered by Dr. Forwood to John’s wife Maacha near the time of her 1826 death and then to Margaret Wilgis both in the time before and after her 1827 marriage to John.

Dr. Forwood was the physician responsible for the poor house of Harford County of which John Wright was an overseer. In normal circumstances, the poor house doctor would also provide medical care to the family of the overseer, but the substance of this court case was that the medical care required by the John Wright household was above and beyond “normal.”

John and Maacha had two sons named John and Caleb. John, of course, could have been named for John Wright or Maacha’s father John -- or both -- but I suspect Caleb was named for her brother.

I know, from his tombstone as one instance, that he was John T Wright. Becky Curry says he was John Talbott Wright, but I have yet to see his middle name given in any document. I also know that Bloyce Wright married Mary Talbott and from his will and a land record I found after Bloyce’s death that they had a son John. I am confident that our ancestor was John Talbott Wright and that he was the son of Bloyce and Mary Talbott.

John T Wright and his wife are buried near their daughter in West Liberty, Baltimore County, MD. He sold his land in Harford County in 1842 and died in 1845. My guess would be that perhaps he became infirmed and moved to live with his daughter sometime between 1842 and 1845.

He was 16 in 1790, his father has died. So he is probably with his mother, but I’m not sure she was still alive and in any event she is not to be found in 1790.

In 1800, there are two men named John Right in Harford Co. Ours I believe is the one age 26-44, the other is older.

In 1810, there is a John Wright in Havre de Grace but he is 45+ while ours is 36.

In 1820, there are two men named John Wright in Harford County. One is in District 4 and he is age 26-45, the other is in District 5 and he is 45+. Ours is just barely 46, so he really could be either.

In 1830, there are quite a number of men named John Wright in Harford and Baltimore Counties, but none fit the age profile that would match our John Wright and his known family. It is quite puzzling.

In 1840, there is a John Wright in District 4, Harford County and he does match the expected age profile.

His tombstone, which I have seen, gives his date of death (10 Jul 1845) and his age (70y 11m 26d) from which I have computed his birth date. His marriage date and the event of his marriage to Margaret Wilgis, who is buried beside him, and they next to their daughter, has been documented.

But it turns out that John T was married first to Maacha Lowe (as shown in Becky Curry’s family tree) and that her name was Mackey is proven by that land document I found where the heirs of Bloyce sold his land. But in any event, his later marriage to Margaret was documented by Robert W Barnes, ”John Wright and Margaret Wilgis 5 Dec 1827 Harford County.” Note that he was about 52 at the time of this marriage — but also note that his daughter Elizabeth Ann Wright was born in 1829. So it is still clear that it was Margaret Wilgis who was our ancestor and mother of Elizabeth Ann.

The proximity of the tombstones of John T and Margaret Wright and Elizabeth Ann and Josiah Pearce strongly suggest the relationship, coupled with the documented marriage of John T Wright and Margaret Wilgis and then the 1850 Census showing Margaret Wright and daughter Elizabeth Ann. It couldn’t be clearer.

The will of John Wright of Harford County dated 17 Mar 1838 proved 8 Oct 1845 in Baltimore County mentions wife Margaret and his “three youngest children” Elizabeth Ann, Cassandra, Henry Slicer Wright. His wife Margaret was his Executor.

In 1842, John and Margaret Wright deeded part of “Wright’s Prospect” to Robert Kirkwood. Earlier, in 1828, John Wright had similarly deeded part of Wright’s Prospects to John Wright Jr. and Caleb Wright. I think John Jr. and Caleb were his sons by his first marriage. According to the 1850 Census, Caleb was born about 1800.