Marye married Edward MAUNDER on 15 Oct 1639 in Ombersley, Worcester, England. Edward (son of Johanis MAUNDER and Joan RYLEY) was born in Aug 1614 in Tredington, Worcestershire, England; was christened on 14 Aug 1614 in Tredington, Warwickshire, England; died on 5 Dec 1682 in Chipping Warden, Northamptonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married John BOWATER, * on 12 Nov 1685 in , Worcestershire, ENG. John (son of William BOWATER) was born on 25 Apr 1630 in Whitley, Coventry, Warwickshire, England; was christened on 25 Apr 1630 in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, ENG; died on 16 Jan 1705 in Spitalfields, Stepney Borough, London, ENG. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edward married Dinah CALCOT on 30 Jan 1680 in Chipping Warden, Northamptonshire, England. Dinah was born about 1650 in Chipping Warden, Northamptonshire, England; died about 1685 in Edgcote, Northamptonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

We now know with certainty that Mary was a Bowater and not a Davis by maiden name. The often printed theory and incongruous lineage that she was Mary Davis in as reputable a source as Farmer, has now effectively been disproven by Stewart Baldwin in "The American Genealogist", July/Oct. 1997 issue. She was a Bowater based on multiple pieces of evidence. Mary Wright's birth date is listed in Feb. 12, 1689 in Hopewell Quaker records. This is off by a 10 days from being Mary Bowater's actual birth date in English records if the 1689 date is interpreted as 1688/1689.

As an orphaned young woman, Mary Bowater was received on certificate from England to live near her brother, Thomas in the Philadelphia Monthly Meeting records dated 28 4th month 1706. This is the only time she is mentioned in this country under her maiden name. She (as Mary Wright) and her husband, James Wright, sign their names to the Quaker marriage "certificate" in the close relatives right hand column of her sister, Elizabeth Bowater's marriage to William Pusey on the 5th day of the 9th month, 1707. James Wright would not even have been a relative of this couple unless his wife was a Bowater related to Elizabeth when this marriage took place. Later marriage records of Mary and James Wright's children include many Bowater relatives as witnesses and do not include any Davis relatives. Mary and James Wright were also listed in the relatives column for her brother, Thomas Bowater's daughter's marriage. Lastly, they have a grandson named Bowater. Stewart Baldwin's case that Mary is a Bowater is actually one of the finest pieces of genealogical analysis I've seen. Mary was a Bowater and NOT a DAVIS. (C-999)

Her will is as follows: "I, Mary Wright, of Frederick County in the Colony of Virginia, being aged and sickly but of a sound and well disposing mind and memory do make this my last will and testament hereby revoking and disanulling all other wills that have heretofore been made or done by me. First, my will is that my body be decently buried and that all my just debts and funeral charges that I leave to be defrayed at the discretion of my executors hereafter named. Secondly, I give and bequeath and demise to the proper use and behalf of him the said Thomas Wright his heirs and assigns forever. Thirdly, I give and bequeath all and singular of my wearing apparel unto my seven daughters, vis., Mary, Hannah, Martha, Elizabeth, Ann, Sarah, Lidia to be equally divided among them. Fourthly, I give and bequeath to my daughter Sarah Pickering, one brass mortar. Fifthly, I give and bequeath unto my son Thomas Wright all and singular of my stock and household goods. I also will that what money remains after my decease, from the land sold on Middlefork is to be equally divided among my ten children, vis. James, Isaac, Mary Hannah, Martha, Elizabeth, Ann, Sarah, Lydia and John. Lastly, I ordain and constitute my well beloved daughter, Mary Ballinger, Jesse Pugh and William Pickering sole executors of this my last will and testament as witness my hand and seal this 5th day of the 8th month, 1760. Signed, sealed and acknowledged by the said Mary Wright to be her last will and testament in presence of us. Signed: Mary Wright Witness: Elizabeth Powell, Elinor Rogers, Susanna Bevin. (This was proved March 6, 1764 in Frederick Co., VA) (C-696)

Mary married James WRIGHT, * on 26 Feb 1707 in East Nottingham, Chester, PA, USA. James (son of Thomas WRIGHT?, Jr * and Elizabeth CHITTENDEN?, *) was born in Aug 1671 in , , CT; died on 15 Jul 1759 in , Frederick, VA; was buried in 15th da 5th mo 1759 in Hopewell M.M., Frederick, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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)

Hannah married Henry J. BALLINGER on 18 Jun 1726 in Nottingham M.M., Chester, PA, USA. Henry (son of Henry BALLENGER and Mary HARDING) was born in May 1695 in , , NJ, USA; died in Apr 1774 in , , NC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anne married James Adams MCCOOL in 1742. James was born about 1709; died in 1751 in Back Creek, Frederick, VA, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anne married Thomas PUGH in 1753 in Hopewell (Pughtown), Frederick, VA, USA. Thomas (son of Jesse PUGH and Alice MALIN) was born on 16 Nov 1731 in , Augusta, VA; died in 1798 in , Frederick, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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 adjoining 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)

Mary married Josiah BALLINGER on 30 Jun 1727 in , Burlington, New Jersey, USA. Josiah (son of Henry BALLENGER and Mary HARDING) was born in 1697 in , Burlington, New Jersey, USA; died in Sep 1748 in Hopewell M.M., Frederick, VA, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Esther HIATT before 1748. Esther was born on 1 Apr 1731; died in 1778. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Martha was a Quaker Minister for 62 years. Her son John Mendenhall III followed in her footsteps and became a minister also. (C-624,759)

Martha married John MENDENHALL on 4 Apr 1731. John died in 1771 in , Frederick, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Elizabeth was located in New Garden MM, NC part of her life. (C-624)

Family/Spouse: George MATTHEWS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Much information can be gleaned about this family from a book by Algie I. Newlin entitled CHARITY COOK, A LIBERATED WOMAN, (Friends United Press, 1981). It is a biography of their daughter, Charity Cook, written and researched by a history professor.

Around 1725, he and his family moved to the northern part of Maryland, Prince Georges Co., MD possibly living at Goose Creek MM, Cecil Co., MD first. Rachel's family lived in Prince George's County and they probably met there. John's only wife was Rachel Wells. Some sources list a second wife named Susannah but this has been disproven. The first half of John and Rachel's children were born in Prince George's County Maryland according to Newlin's book: [UL:Charity Cook, A Liberated Woman:UL].

John's family moved from 1733-35 to Frederick Co., VA and became members of the Friends Hopewell Monthly Meeting according to Lewis Wright. (C-588, 610) Possibly the confusion here comes from the changing names of territories. They lived near Monacacy River a few miles south of Frederick which could have been Prince George's Co., Maryland at the time, but is now known as Frederick Co., Maryland. The marriage records of John and Rachel Wells Wright can not be located, and it is thought by some that they were burned with the Hopewell meeting records. Marriage is therefore approximated as 1737, a year before their first child's birth.

Both John and Rachel were appointed overseers of their respective male and female Monthly Meetings in Monocacy in 1745. They were charter members of the Fairfax MM.

Rachel Wells Wright is a very interesting person of her own right. She was a Quaker minister. This involved travel and stamina on her part. She was a very sturdy woman attested by the trials she endured plus the fact that she had three of her children in just a two year period.

What is even more astounding is that during this same two year period, John and Rachel Wright with 7 young children, William through John Jr. moved to the Cane Creek frontier, soon to become Orange County, North Carolina, which was over a distance of 300 miles. They received their letter to go to what was then Carvers Creek MM on 29-5-1749. They were charter members of of Cane Creek Monthly Meeting in Alamance Co., North Carolina when it was established 10m-1751. (C-575) Six more children were born to them in the Cane Creek area. All thirteen are listed in the Cane Creek records.

John and Rachel often lived in new, rather unsecured settlement areas. It appears that they moved near Camden, Kershaw Co., South Carolina in 1761/1762 to the Wateree Meeting in Camden, South Carolina, later to become the Bush River Monthly Meeting area that they helped establish. (C-250) He sought a land patent for land on Beaverdam on Sep 17, 1769 with an addition joining it in 1786. Parts of both of this land he granted to his son in law Big John. Later, Big John and Rachel then sold it to their son, Wright Coate.

According to Lewis Wright, John was a Ship Captain by trade. (C-610, 615) However, in his will, he bequeathed his shoemaking tools. Medlin's "Quaker Families of South Carolina and Georgia also states that John was a shoemaker by trade. He never tended to live on the ocean either, so I'd say the Ship Captain must apply to some other John Wright. (C-265, 866) John was also a member of the first and second Provincial Congress of S.C. (C-588)

At an ederly age, he lived with his daughter, Susannah. He used to walk to and from the Quaker meetings. The family reunion in 1908 recalled that his daughter prevailed on him to take her horse on one occasion. When the meeting was over, he walked home. When he got there she asked him where the horse was and he replied "Dad, me Sue, I forgot her."

According to this same family reunion provided by Julia Henry, it states that he and his wife had seven sons and ten daughters, 4 of whom apparently aren't in the Quaker records. He attended his grand-daughter, Sarah Cook's wedding in 1785.

He wrote his will on 9/17/1789. He named his wife, his deceased son, Joseph and Joseph's son, John; John and his son; Jesse; Nathan and his son William; his son-in-law, Isaac Hollingsworth which he left his shoe-maker tools, cow and calf; Joab Brooks, son of James Brooks; Joseph Cook, his grandson and son of Isaac Cook; William Hollingsworth, grandson and son of Isaac Hollingsworth; son-in-law Isaac Cook and Isaac's daughter Rachel. The witnesses were Isaac Hollingsworth, John Coate and Charity Cook. His Executor was his son Joseph Wright. His will was written in Newberry Co., South Carolina. (C-866, 2082)

His death was about 1790. He was living with his son-in-law, Isaac Hollingsworth's family, in the 1790 census. Before he died, he supposedly gathered all of his descendants which numbered 144 persons at the time. (C-945)

John married Rachel WELLS, Minister about 1737 in Hopewell M.M., Frederick, VA, USA. Rachel (daughter of Joseph WELLS and Rachel MARSH) was born on 3 May 1720 in All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel, MD, USA; was christened on 12 Jul 1721 in Davidsonville, Anne Arundel, MD, US; died on 23 Dec 1771 in Bush River, Newberry County, South Carolina, USA; was buried in Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

James Jr. bought 194 acres from Josiah Ballinger in Frederick Co., VA, a son of Henry Ballinger Sr. about 1750. James moved across the Blue Ridge mountains during the French and Indian Wars to Guilford Co., NC and were members of the New Gardens MM. They moved back to Frederick Co., VA in 1762. He and his wife had 9 children. (C-624,759,956) It is often listed that he had a second wife named Pheobe, but this is an error. It's his son, James that married Pheobe Parkins. (C-2034, E)

Family/Spouse: Lucy UNKOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

An E-Mail letter from Lewis Wright gives Isaac's wife's name as Sidney George. They had two sons. (C-610)

Family/Spouse: Sidney Ann RODGERS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: William PICKERING. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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 marriage records 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.

Lydia married Owen ROGERS about 1756. Owen died after 1780. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]