Hannah Worley

Brief Life History of Hannah

When Hannah Worley was born on 4 November 1766, in Colerain Township, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Achor Worley, was 31 and her mother, Judith Harris, was 27. She married Nathan Wright Sr on 29 August 1786, in Colerain Township, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 9 daughters. She died on 5 April 1847, in West Bedford, Coshocton, Ohio, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Coshocton, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Nathan Wright Sr
1762–1851
Hannah Worley
1766–1847
Marriage: 29 August 1786
Mary Wright
1787–1846
Wright
1788–1788
Wright
1788–1788
Rebecca Wright
1789–1850
John Wright
1790–1859
Moses Wright
1792–1854
Judith Wright
1794–1879
Margaret Wright
1796–1890
Nathan Wright Jr.
1798–1892
Jehu Wright
1799–1849
Ezekial Wright
1800–1800
Hannah Wright
1801–1869
Eleanor Wright
1804–1889
Achor Wright
1806–1854
Francis Achor Wright
1806–1854
Lydia Wright
1808–1890
Mere Ann Wright
1810–1900

Sources (2)

  • Legacy NFS Source: Hannah Worley - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Hannah Worley
  • Hannah Worley Wright, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1771

Historical Boundaries 1771: Bedford, New Jersey Colony, British Colonial Amerida 1776: Bedford, New Jersey, United States

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1788 · The First Presidential Election

The First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.

Name Meaning

English:

habitational name with different origins. In the West Midlands this surname is most probably derived from Great or Little Wyrley in Norton Canes (Staffordshire). The placenames derive from Old English wīr ‘bog myrtle’ + lēah ‘wood, woodland clearing’. In the East Midlands, the name is possibly from Worlick in Ramsey (Huntingdonshire), the etymology of the which is uncertain. In northern England, possibly from Whirley in Over Alderley (Cheshire), which has the same etymology as the Staffordshire names. There may also be a further unlocated source of this habitational name in southern England.

possibly an irregular variant of Wortley or Warley .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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