Born in Chester County, Pennsylvania Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Edwards
and Sibila (Pugh) Edwards
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
James Massey II
— married
27 Jul 1761 in Chester co., PA
Wife of
Robert Ray
— married
1782 in Orange co., NC
Descendants 
Died
at about age 82
in Orange County, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Mar 2011
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Biography
Hannah Edwards was born 25 Sep 1734 in Chester County, Pennsylvania Colony to John Edwards and Sibilla Pugh.
She was married twice.
1st husband was James Massey (1731-1778), married 27 Jul 1761 in Chester, PA. They were the parents of 8 children, per the Find a Grave bio:
- Lydia "Levi" Massey born circa 1762 married Aquilla West
- Hannah Massey born circa 1764 married Simon Lindley
- Ruth Massey born circa 1766 died before 1817
- Joab Massey born circa 1767 died before 1817
- Ann Massey born circa 1768 died before 1817
- James Massey born circa 1771 married Jane Morrison
- Tents/Tense Massey born circa 1773 married Ruth
- William Massey born circa 1775 died before 1817
The family moved from PA to Orange, NC in 1764. James died in 1780 and she remarried in 1782, to Robert Ray (1731-1793). They had two children:
- Matthew Ray born circa 1783 married Jane McDaniel
- Kassey Ray born circa 1784 died before 1817
In addition, Lindley family history records that she raised her grandson James Lindley, son of Simon Lindley and her daughter Hannah, who were both killed at the Battle of Lindley's Mill in 1781.
Robert Ray died probably in 1793.
She died in 1817, in Orange, NC. Her burial place is unknown.[1]
Notes
This was a Quaker family and someone with access to those records may be able to provide better sources.
Sources
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Memorial:
Find a Grave (no image)
Find A Grave: Memorial #206028873 (accessed 19 October 2022)
Memorial page for Hannah Edwards Massey-Ray (25 Sep 1734-1817); Maintained by Always Searching (contributor 47332759) Burial Details Unknown.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Hannah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Hannah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Hannah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Hannah:
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~0.78%
Gwen (Eads) Tinker
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M155700 [compare]
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch M155700 [compare], FTDNA kit #B10215
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Louise (Griffith) Sigle :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Patricia Stracener :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A144704 [compare], Ancestry member PATWOODS601
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~0.59%
Justin Mills :
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch RF4300165 [compare], yourDNAportal JUS6c03a78f
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~0.39%
T (Eggemeyer) Merrill :
23andMe, GEDmatch QK8129839 [compare]
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AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Devorah Brown :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member imkarabrown
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