Mary Wright

1708 - 1800  (92 years)

• Name	Mary Wright  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Birth	3 Jun 1708	East Nottingham, Chester, PA, USA   [9, 10]
  Gender	Female
  Death	21 Oct 1800	Back Creek, Frederick, VA, USA   [9]
  Burial	Clear Brook, Frederick County, Virginia, United States of America   [9]
  Person ID	I14905	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   [11]
  Family ID	F5250	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Josiah Ballinger,   b. 1697, , Burlington, New Jersey, USA d. Sep 1748, Hopewell M.M., Frederick, VA, USA (Age 51 years)
  Marriage	30 Jun 1727	, Burlington, New Jersey, USA
  Family ID	F5223	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Documents

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• Notes

  Mary is singled out in her mother's will as her beloved daughter who was chosen one of her mother's three executors. She and her husband were among the 70 families that started the Opequon Settlement in 1735. They were granted 500 acres ang the Hollingsworths near what is now Winchester. (C-696) She was about a decade younger than her husband and he died young. Braddock's army under the command of Co. Dunbar stayed at Widow Ballinger's on May 3, 1755. (C-1991)

  
  

• 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. [S2917] Family History. [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). [S3360] Lewis Wright to Linda Coate Dudick Letter dated Dec. 17, 1995 at lwright@tcgcs.com In Dudick files:. [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. [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.