Margaret Wright

1742 - 1822  (80 years)

• Name	Margaret Wright  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Birth	12 Nov 1742	, Prince George, MD, USA   [9, 10]
  Gender	Female
  Death	13 Nov 1822	, , SC, USA   [6, 9]
  Person ID	I11462	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	John C. Wright, *,   b. 4 Nov 1716, East Nottingham, Chester, PA, USA d. Between 17 Sep 1789 and 8 Jun 1790, Bush River, Newberry, SC (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Rachel Wells, * Minister,   b. 27 Mar 1720, Prince Georges County, Maryland d. 23 Dec 1771, Bush River, Newberry County, South Carolina, USA (Age 51 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1737	Hopewell M.M., Frederick, VA, USA
  Family ID	F5156	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	John Hammer   d. Bef 1768
  Marriage	3 Nov 1758	Bush Creek, Newberry, SC
  Children	1. David Hammer   d. 26 Dec 1845, Salem, Henry, IA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3461	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Joseph Robinson Hollingsworth,   b. Abt 1738, Winchester, Frederick, VA, USA d. 10 Sep 1792, Newberry, South Carolina (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	4 Jun 1768	Bush River M.M., Newberry, SC, USA   [1]
  Family ID	F3334	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  Margaret was listed as Margaret Hammer, daughter of John and Rachel Wright when she married her 2nd husband, Joseph Hollingsworth in 1768. I have seen a couple 2nd hand sources that believed she married an Abraham Hollingsworth between two men, but obviously this has to be incorrect as she was listed by her widowed surname of Hammer in her marriage to Joseph Hollingsworth. Both of her parents were witnesses to their Quaker marriage in the Bush River Quaker records. In fact, she had a long list of family members in the right hand column of the record listed in this order, John Wright (father), Rachel Wright (mother), William Wright (brother), Isaac Cook (brother-in-law), John Coats (brother-in-Law, Big John married to Rachel Wright, her sister), John Wright , Leah Wright (sister-in-law married to her brother, William Wright), Charity Cook (sister), Mary Ball (???), Jos. Wright (brother), Mary Coats (??? The Wife to Marmaduke was not a known kin to Margaret Wright though some DNA evidence is now stating that Marmaduke and Big John's descendants were related), Sarah Brooks (sister), and Charity Wright (sister-in-law).

  
  

• Sources

  [S2090] Bush River Quaker Records (on Microfilm housed in Columbia, SC, Archives and History Library). [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Tree, 1,1030::0. [S1780] Wilmer L. Kerns, Ph.D., Frederick Co., Virginia Settlement and Some First Families of Back Creek Valley, 1730-1830 (c1995, Gateway Press). [S1777] John Wright-Rachel Wells family group sheet supplied 9 Sept. 1995 by Lewis Wright lwright@tcgcs.com (C-610). [S123] CD 102 (Automated Archives). [S116] J.F. Bron to Dudick Letter dated Feb. 1999 at 711 E. Osceola Ave., Lake Wales, FL 33853 (C-1991). [S1778] Algie Newlan, Charity Cook, A Liberated Woman (Friends United Press). [S1779] Lewis Wright to Linda Coate Dudick Letter dated Dec. 20, 1995 directly from Hinshaw's Quaker Encyclopedia from lwright@tcgcs.com In possession of Dudick. [S426] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2012 Place:Lehi, UT, USA;), 1,60525::0. [S1781] Quaker Montly Meeting Records (photocopy made by the Friends Historical Library at Swarthmore College).