The Wrights of Baltimore
The Wrights moved to Baltimore sometime in the 1790's, and Thomas apparently died between 1804 and 1820.
1820 Census – Baltimore City 3rd Ward p 133
Ann Green
| 1 | male | 16-26 | (Joshua Wright?) |
| 1 | female | 16-26 | (Joshua's wife?) |
| 1 | female | 10-16 | (Nora Ann?) |
| 1 | female | 45 up | (Ann) |
The identities of the other people living with Ann in 1820 are not known for certain. She may have had a third daughter.
1840 Census – Baltimore p 121
1850 Census – Baltimore 6th Ward page 249 line 12
Both of these records show Ann (Green) Wright living with her son-in-law, William Callender. She is buried in Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore, Hickory 2, Lot 14, beside the Callenders. The Wrights had four children:
| 1) | Harry Wright (late 1793 - ) |
| 2) | Joshua Wright (3 Feb 1798 - ) |
In St James Parish Records, p 44, Harry was christened on 30 Apr 1796 at age 2 1/2. Joshua's birth is on p 50. Of these first two children of Ann and Thomas Wright, nothing else is known.
| 3) | Martha Ann Wright (27 Sep 1802 - 4 Oct 1888) | |
| m. | 20 Dec 1818 Aaron Moore ( - abt 1839) | |
Martha was born in Baltimore. Rev Valiant was a minister at the Lovely Lane Methodist Church, St Paul and Redwood Streets, Baltimore. According to Douglas Dow, Aaron Moore was a "red-headed Irishman from New York City." Other than that, no information has been found about him.
1810 Census – Baltimore City p 27
A Moore
1820 Census – Baltimore City 3rd Precinct p 133
Aron Moore
| 1 | male | 26-45 |
| 1 | female | 26-45 |
1833 - 1853 Baltimore City Directories
Martha Ann Moore, 13 Mullikin nr Eden
1840 Census – Baltimore 3rd Ward page 141 line 15
Martha Moore
| 1 | female | 30-40 | (Martha) |
| 2 | males | 10-15 | (Orssemous and William) |
| 1 | male | 5-10 | (Samuel) |
| 1 | male | 0-5 | (Henry) |
| 1 | female | 15-20 | (Martha Ann) |
| 1 | female | 0-5 | (Alabama) |
1850 Census – Baltimore 7th Ward p 301
| Martha Moore | 47 | |
| Wm H | 20 | Carpenter |
| Samuel T. | 17 | Carpenter |
| Henry Clay | 14 | |
| Alabama | 11 |
1856, 1858 Baltimore City Directories
Martha wid Aaron 57 Mullikin seamstress
1870 Census – Baltimore 6th Ward p 167 (371) line 13
| M. Moore | 52 | |
| Samuel Moore | 32 | Carpenter |
Martha died at 1624 Jefferson St, the home of William T. Kinnersley. She is buried in Loudon Park Cemetery, Lot 120, Section E.
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