Mehetabel Wright

Mehetabel Wright (1697–1750), the sister of John and Charles Wesley, became a poet and Methodist late in life. Mehetabel Wright was sister to John and Charles Wesley and one of the most talented and tragic members of her family. She inherited a considerable talent for writing poetry from her father and several of her works were printed in the Gentleman's Magazine and other publications, such as the Christian’s Magazine. After giving birth to an illegitimate child in 1726, she was pressured by her family into marrying a plumber named William Wright. The marriage was not a happy one. She died in London after a long period of ill health.