NameMargaret Ellen HANK, GGGG Grandmother
Birth10 Apr 1755, ,, Pennsylvania
Death22 Sep 1797, , Greenbrier, West Virginia
BurialWest Virginia
Misc. Notes
She was a Quaker. She was disowned by the Quakers for marrying a man outside her faith, and so was her mother for permitting her daughter to do so.
* Note: From time to time the family has a legend that states Margaret and Nancy Hanks are sisters, but it seems to be they are cousins. Nancy Hanks was Abraham Lincoln's mother. It has been agreed upon but never fully proven that Nancy Hanks parents were Joseph Hanks and Nancy Shipley. The family was Quaker Margaret and her mother were disavowed because her mother had married a man not a "member of our society", this was Margarets father William and from then on for many generations the family were devout Methodist Episcopalins.
Not buried in Ohio, though name is on Wm Cherrington stone
Spouses
Birth19 Apr 1755, Exeter, Berks, Pennsylvania
Death28 Apr 1833, Addison Twp, Gallia, Ohio
BurialAddison Twp, Gallia, Ohio (Bethel Cemetery)
OccupationFarmed And Raised Horses
ReligionMethodist
Misc. Notes
William and his family moved to Greenbrier County, Virginia(now West Virginia)
On Greenbrier, WV Land Tax 1796, pg48(FHL 163,716);1802, p93
Came to Gallia, Ohio in 1805
Will signed 12Sep1831; probated 17July1833
The first religious society was the Methodist Episcopal organized at the home of William Cherrington near the Bethel Church site in 1806. Among the original members were Wm. Cherrington and wife, Abraham Knapp and wife......
Deed (Wm & Letitia Cherrington conveys land on 18Jun1814 to Trustees of Methodist Episcopal land to build a house of Divine Worship. Names Trustees including Abraham Knapp.)
Marriage18 Feb 1779, , Rockingham, Virginia