Todays blog takes a look at the movements of the Ballinger, Wright, Harding and Bowater families.
Ballinger: Henry Ballinger was a Quaker who hailed from Nailsworth, Gloucester, England. Some early sources claim he was of French Huguenot descent. He left for America during the early 1680s and settled in Burlington, New Jersey. Henry's sons Henry Jr. and Josiah Sr. left Burlington for the Monocacy Valley of present-day Frederick Co., Maryland about 1725. They joined the New Garden MM, Chester Co., Pennsylvania the following year. Josiah later moved on to Apple Pie Ridge and helped establish the Hopewell MM in Frederick Co., Virginia near Winchester. Daughter Sarah married Evan Rogers. England, New Jersey, Maryland/Pennsylvania, Virginia
Wright: James Wright came from England to Chester Co., Pennsylvania to Maryland. He became a Quaker minister. The Wright lived for a while in the Ross-Bryan Settlement in Orange Co., Virginia. [Morgan Bryan was Rebecca Bryan Boone's grandfather.] The final stop was the Hopewell MM, Frederick Co., Virginia. England, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia
Harding: Thomas Harding was an English Quaker who settled in West Jersey in 1677. His daughter Mary wed Henry Ballinger at the Burlington MM in 1684. England, New Jersey
Bowater: John Bowater was a native of Worcestershire, England. Although he never permanently settled in America, Bowater visited Friends' Meetings in New England, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia during 1677-78. His daughter Mary came to America after the deaths of her parents and married James Wright in 1707 in Chester Co., Pennsylvania. England, New England, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, England, Pennsylvania
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