Hannah Wright

1710 - Aft 1760  (> 50 years)

• Name	Hannah Wright  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Birth	24 Jan 1710	, Chester, PA, USA   [10]
  Gender	Female
  Death	Aft 5 Aug 1760	New Garden, Guilford, NC   [7, 11]
  Burial	Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, United States of America   [7]
  Person ID	I14899	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   [12]
  Family ID	F5250	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Henry J. Ballinger,   b. May 1695, , , NJ, USA d. Apr 1774, , , NC (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	18 Jun 1726	Nottingham M.M., Chester, PA, USA
  Family ID	F5202	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Documents

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• Notes

  Hannah Wright and husband Henry Ballinger moved to Cane Creek, New Garden MM, NC probably by 1751 and definitely by 1754. She was a minister at the New Gardens Meeting. (C-624,259,759)

  
  

• Sources

  [S1778] Algie Newlan, Charity Cook, A Liberated Woman (Friends United Press). [S2877] Wright, James, CD-102. [S2917] Family History. [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). [S3466] Mary Wright, Testator Last Will and Testament Frederick Co., VA (C-866). [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. [S1780] Wilmer L. Kerns, Ph.D., Frederick Co., Virginia Settlement and Some First Families of Back Creek Valley, 1730-1830 (c1995, Gateway Press). [S88] Walter I. Farmer, In America Since 1607 (Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc. , 1987). [S86] John W. Wayland, comp, Hopewell Friends History 1734-1934, Frederick Co, Virginia (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1975). [S116] J.F. Bron to Dudick Letter dated Feb. 1999 at 711 E. Osceola Ave., Lake Wales, FL 33853 (C-1991). [S1474] Buckley, Dan, Email dated 2000+ at BUC@GBSO.NET.