Lydia Wright

1730 - 1778  (47 years)

• Name	Lydia Wright  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Birth	31 Aug 1730	Monocacy Creek, (now) Frederick, MD   [8]
  	Source: (Charity Wright Cook, A Liberated Woman)
  Gender	Female
  Death	27 Jun 1778	Bear Garden, Hampshire, VA
  Person ID	I11277	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	James Wright, * I-FTD9427,   b. Aug 1671, County Monaghan, Northern Ireland d. 15 Jul 1759, Hopewell (Society of Friends) Community, Frederick County, Colony of Virginia (Age 87 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Bowater Or Davis, *,   b. 2 Dec 1689, London, City of London, Greater London, England d. Bef 6 Mar 1764, , Frederick, Virginia, USA (Age < 74 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	26 Feb 1707	East Nottingham, Chester, PA, USA   [9]
  Family ID	F5250	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Owen Rogers   d. Aft 1780
  Marriage	Abt 1756
  Family ID	F3684	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  She was the only unmarried daughter at the time of her father's will, Oct. 14, 1751. Farmer says her husbands were a Mathews and a Rogers. Other sources have listed her with a first husband named Evan Rogers. However, in the Quaker marrecords to her husband Owen, she is listed by her maiden name, and not named widow. (C-696, 956, 2034) She and Owen had a son John listed in Quaker records in 1757.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1780] Wilmer L. Kerns, Ph.D., Frederick Co., Virginia Settlement and Some First Families of Back Creek Valley, 1730-1830 (c1995, Gateway Press). [S1778] Algie Newlan, Charity Cook, A Liberated Woman (Friends United Press). [S2877] Wright, James, CD-102. [S2878] Wright, James, Testator Last Will and Testament Frederick Co., VA. [S2879] Dorothy Clarke to Linda Coate Dudick Letter dated Aug. 8, 1987 At 217 Moore Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 In Linda Coate files (C-272). [S2880] Lewis Wright to Linda Coate Dudick Letter dated 1 Oct. 1995 at lwright@tcgcs.com In possession of Dudick at 648 Ulverston Dr., Gahanna, OH 43230. [S2881] James Wright-Mary Davis family group sheet supplied 9 Sep. 1995 by Lewis Wright lwright@tcgcs.com (C-610). [S86] John W. Wayland, comp, Hopewell Friends History 1734-1934, Frederick Co, Virginia (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1975). [S1474] Buckley, Dan, Email dated 2000+ at BUC@GBSO.NET.