By 1888, from this small beginning, evolved Guilford College, which has achieved a national reputation for excellence as a liberal arts college. On Long Island, I would guess that about half of all Quaker families before 1800 were connected with the Hicks, the Seaman, the Titus or the Bowen families. gl granted letter: permitted to move ones membership to a church of another denomination. Their core belief in the sacredness of human life was the basis for their testimonies on the human family, gender equality, pacifism, and the abolition of slavery. John Wing backed into his rightful place as the Vicar of St. Nicholas CE Parish, Strood 1608 to 1615. New York / special compiler for this volume: John Cox, Jr. -- v. 4-5. The index covers the first six volumes of the Encyclopedia, including older meetings inNorth Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, New York and New Jersey. Friends Historical Collection, Guilford College. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. I hope this sheds some light on why we decided to make this video. Religious life in England IV and V. Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1946. MM monthly meeting: the lowest administrative unit of Friends, originally comprising of several particular or "preparative" meetings (congregations) that met together monthly to transact church business. Quakers recorded a variety of details in their monthly meeting minutes which can be searched by name, location, and event date; or browsed by state . [2], Once part of the Province of Carolina, North Carolina became a separate colony in 1712 and was established as a royal colony in 1729. Some people just really like to know as part of their identity: who am I made of? According to his WikiTree profile, Richard Beeson lived in Nottingham from 1706 to 1732, when he moved to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where he lived until around 1736 when he moved to Virginia. I am a descendent of the Lindleys & Ashmores from Ireland on my mothers side, and of the Brasseys and the Worleys on my fathers side. Maris is one of my earliest Quaker families. Some more common like Hunt or Cox. Share to Twitter. When Quaker ancestry comes up in group conversation in meetings I have attended, I see the light go out in most peoples eyes; their attention goes elsewhere. Leave a message for others who see this profile. The Quaker Archives Research Room (116) containsQuaker call numbers, including history, theology, genealogical extracts, and other books by Quaker authors. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. (i. e. WTF cares what your name is?). Yep, Im a lindley! I have Cox, Heath, and Bowne ancestors. Quaker: Quaker Marriage Certificates (Pennsylvania & North . You are most likely to find a Quaker family in the early 1700's in the records for Philadelphia and surrounding areas.There were other small and later migrations into Baltimore, Norfolk VA, and eventually Charleston SC; but Quakers would be heading for Philadelphia in the early 1700's, where they knew they would be amongst their Friends; they Yes, Quaker nuts exist, but not in the lineage of most Americans in 2018, and in the past many of those Friends with the classic Quaker names left meeting because the Society disowned them or made them feel unwelcome. Stephen Bachiler. Later, English colonists migrated south from Virginia, arriving in significant numbers by the 1660s. All of these meetings were located in Bladen County, NC in the 1750s. Humphrey Publications, 1993-1998. 1. As part of the team that publishes QuakerSpeak, I want to thank all of you who have commented. Similarly, among my fathers and mothers ancestors were migrants to Penns Welsh Tract where they gained English-style surnames derived from their fathers first names: Jones, Evans, Davis. Below are the meetings mentioned in the biography of James Brown (Brown-2471), listed chronologically in order of their creation. This list constitutes only those ancestors represented in the Order; additional ancestors continue to be proven, documented and added to our rolls. The pacifist Quakers were particularly affected by the military operations and the protracted violence of the internal conflict between the Whigs and Loyalists. It made me think and understand the point of view and intentions. Early Church Records of (Chester, Delaware counties), PA, Vols. Max Carter: Here in North Carolina where were filming today, you can still find pockets of those old ethnic Quaker names. Most of their children and grandchildren became Protestants rather than Catholics or Quakers so I found this article very interesting. These extracts list an abbreviated version of what happened in the minutes, from a genealogist's perspective. Interesting as I am from the same lineage as well! It looks like you're using Internet Explorer 11 or older. Separate men's and women's minutes are combined, so a husband's membership transfer might be listed on a separate line from his wife's. North Carolina -- v. 2. Ask archives staff to retrieve Quaker Ref and Quaker Rare call numbers, including published family histories and North Carolina genealogical journals. I too am descended from Anne Stone Worley Pusey, through her son Francis Worley. Read the introductory material to determine what records were extracted and what may be missing. $75.00. I look at my own 11 generations of Quaker in my family tree and its a trunkits Newlins and Johnsons and Bundys and Carters. I discovered that my ancestor Ann Stone Worley Pusey arrived in 1682 with William Penn on the ship Welcome. If there were two or more records books, these lines will explain the page numbers next to family information in the next section. James Brown apology and readmission (1761), James Brown Senr 1753 certificate request, Minutes of Carteret MM re James Brown 1764-66, North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, Send a private message to the Profile Manager, Pennsylvania, United States, Brown Name Study, Public Comments: VI. My children have married people with names from Greece and Colombia. Find the microfilm, put it on a microfilm reader, and search the Monthly Meeting for your ancestors name. Knowing the earlier meeting is a clue about the earliest members' origins. 14 Nov. 1669/70. Here's an existing category that seems appropriate. Quaker Abstract F185.F89 P87 1996, Bell, James Pinkney. On a related note, todays Quaker religious practices have changed dramatically in the last 100 years. Wonderful video! The collection is also available on microfiche beginning number 6051380. 1824 Scotland, etc, etc. I appreciate this site. No one QuakerSpeak video is intended to represent all Quakers, all of QuakerSpeak, all of Friends Publishing. Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1938. [1] I love these NE houses and the history behind them, but, like these, historic Quaker names and family lineage can be interesting, but any sense of superiority or comparative value attached contradicts the Testimonies. A compact disc version of the six-volume collection, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, can be viewed at the FamilySearch Library on compact disc no. I think in terms of just numbers, the Smedleys, the Hoopes, the Sharplesses were probably the largest in terms of prolificness. Quakerism was founded in 1647 by George Fox, who also established a rich system of record keeping. And yes, people were disowned for marrying out of unity, got in trouble/ warned for public behavior likesinging, dancing, wearing ribbons in their hair all because of the strict control of the fledging religious group. Jessop & Robt. The first documented religious service was held in 1672 by Friends minister William Edmundson. This website works best with modern browsers such as the latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge. There was a time in the 1700s when the colonies /states were headed toward Quakers being the preponderance of religious affiliation. North Carolina Genealogical Society
The Cross Index to Quaker meeting records found on FS Library microfilm 2148 is a list of surnames with the name of the monthly meetings where the surname occurs. It does not make you any more Quaker than someone who doesnt share your gene pool or someone who became a Quaker yesterday. The earliest Quaker settlements were in New England, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. . INDEX TO Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Researchers can consult these records on site during the research room hours. Cadwallader, Milhous, Trueblood, Farlow, Sharpless, and Wilbur what do they all have in common? Recent issues of national and international Quaker journals reside along the front wall. For example, each meeting branched off from an older meeting. Next is a section listing information from the meetings birth, death, and marriage records, arranged alphabetically by surname, then by husband's name, and grouped together by family. ). By the end of the century there were two monthly meetings in Perquimans and another in Pasquotank. Your ancestors lived in an area where there was a high concentration of Quakers. Among the many Quaker government officials and Assembly representatives was John Archdale, who was not only a Proprietor but was also governor of Carolina (169496). Our name is White. Featured guides available at this time include guides to doing genealogy and also for cemetery research. 1" for New Garden MM, Guilford NC shows James Brown in the company of Richard Beeson, as well as other people mentioned as founding fathers of Hopewell MM, Frederick County, Virginia, or their children, and also mentions Thomas Thornburgh, who became the first clerk of New Garden MM NC. Some of those repositories are listed below. The earliest Quaker settlements were in New England, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Please submit permission requests for other use directly to the publisher. The earliest existing meeting records, which date from 1680, are from Perquimans Monthly Meeting. Note: James Brown (Brown-2471) may have been a member of the New Garden Meeting for up to ten years (1754 to around 1764). The other microfilms contain alphabetical index cards for the monthly meetings in each of the U.S. states listed. Volume I of Hinshaw is the abstract of the early records of North and South Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee. My thanks to Gabe for a kind well thought out response. James Drake. Quakers did not practice baptism. William Wade Hinshaw's Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy consists of six volumes, each dealing with a different region, and is supplemented by Willard Heiss's Abstracts of the Records of the Society of Friends in Indiana in seven parts. This one item is also available on microfiche 6038227. North Carolina; Elizabeth WHITE b: ca. Some early Quakers who moved to North Carolina arrived there from Pennsylvania. I can understand your point. Note: Carver's Creek Meeting is also discussed below in the Dunn's Creek paragraph. Founded in the 1600s by George Fox, the Friends fled persecution in England and took advantage of the religious freedom offered in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. Rescue from the demon whiskey effects. 2008 - 2023 INTERESTING.COM, INC. Hinshaw discusses Cane Creek on page 343 of Volume I of his Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy.[15]. Willow Bend Books, 1992-2000. Then in the 1800s they spread into the Midwest, Oregon, California, and Canada. The reasons for migration and migration patterns before and after the Revolutionary War will also be explored. Theres a Cox, theres a Sharpless, theres a Cadwallader, theres a Strawbridge or a Clothier in there, and they wonder: Could I possibly be related to these peculiar people called Quakers? And its easy to find out. If you continue with this browser, you may see unexpected results. Quaker Ref E184.F89 H5 v.1, Hinshaw, William Wade. Guide to Hinshaw's Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Peirce Senr, Thos. One of the challenges of Quaker genealogy is that sometimes common Quaker names are common names, period. Our strategy is to look at what people are actually searching for on the internet, and then create points of entry for them to discover Quaker experience more fully, through all our other work. I may add that Dr. Clements in her Canterbury dissertation placed the Rev. The land the meeting house purportedly was on actually ended up in my family in 1750, sold to Thomas Thames by the Dunn family. Is QuakerSpeak worth $1 a video? In the 1660s, however, Friends sought to establish order for their community while continuing to honor "that of God" within each person. Do you think that were better or worse off now that most of us are first or second generation Quaker? So for example, if youre thinking of New England Friends, unfortunately one of the most common and prominent families was named Jones, which can be a challenge under any circumstances, but you would also look for names like Green, like Hoxie, like Arnold, like Meader, like Wilbur. Carvers received that status in 1746, and Dunns request was granted in 1750. Documentation will be scarce, however - at the time this monthly meeting was in Bladen Co, which had destructive fires. 4. 7, Abstracts of the Records of the Society of Friends in Indiana, compiled by William Wade Hinshaw and Willard C. Heiss. Wilson, this sixth day of he fourth . (I happen to be a 4th generation Quaker and frankly I dont care what your name is. Dunns was led by founding member Richard Dunn[11] who first associated the Meeting with Eastern Quakers but the group later joined the Western Quarter in 1760. Use Thomas Hills book to determine where records for your ancestors might be. mos married out of society: married a non-Friend, usually resulting in disownment; sometimes used interchangeably with "married contrary to discipline" or "married out of unity. Come for the geneaology trivia, stay for the experience of Quaker worship, testimony, and community today! I sincerely regret that anyone experienced it as promoting an anglocentric or exclusionary view of who Quakers are and can be. ), or the congregation itself. friends, I appreciated this just as much as any of your work and it saddened me to read that anyone experienced it or associated it with negative experiences. The Mitchells good, the Barkers proud, Other books: South River and Goose Creek meetings (Bedford and Campbell counties); Henrico, New Kent and Charles City counties; Cedar Creek (Hanover County); Loudoun and Fairfax counties and Alexandria city, VA. Heiss, Willard. If Jane Smith was disowned, however, and the abstract doesn't specify why, original meeting minutes from one or many months earlier will often contain a complaint about what Jane did. Others arrived from Rhode Island and Virginia, the latter often originally from Pennsylvania. Our data tell us that each one has the potential to bring in new subscribers who will continue to explore Quaker experience with us. It had always seemed to me an unlikely name for a company devoted to a frozen product and now finally a little piece of the past made some sense here in the present it was a Quaker name! Volume I is arranged by monthly meeting (church), beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest. ltm liberated to marry, left at liberty to marry: permitted to marry. Genealogical Publishing Co., 1989. Presently there is extensive cooperation among all major branches of the Society of Friendsthe Friends United Meeting, the Conservative, Evangelical Friends Alliance, and the Friends General Conference. co chosen overseer(s): selected for an important office of responsibility in the meeting. Knowing how each section is arranged will help you dig deeper, finding clues to original records and possibly more information. The two made their way to Carolina and visited Henry Phillips and his wife, the only known Quaker settlers at that time in the Albemarle region of what is today known as North Carolina. Then accused of witchcraft by the Puritans for standing up for their Quaker beliefs. A major accomplishment of North Carolina Friends in this period was the opening in 1837, under the guidance of Nathan Hunt, of New Garden Boarding School, the oldest coeducational school in the South. Thomas Hamm: Naturally around Philadelphia where you have the largest concentration of Friends, you have more distinctively Quaker names. 1866 Freedmen's Bureau record regarding 75 unnamed Randolph County Quakers abandoning their homes and fleeing to Indiana, the "more quiet west," with at least 125 more to follow. Hinshaw Index to Selected Quaker Records, 1680-1940. Religious freedom was what our country was founded upon . Forty years ago, when I was very new to Quaker meeting and attended worship while visiting my husbands family in southeastern Pennsylvania, a well-intentioned members first question to me at the coffee hour was who was my family. Names werent initially a part of it for me, but when I saw the name Furnas added here on this thread I remembered my Indiana Quaker grandfathers ice cream business, named Furnas. They may contain a history of the meeting, lists of members, marriages, deaths, removals, and disownings. Share to Facebook. See also: Levi Coffin and Quaker Emigration, Quaker Abolitionists. I have Quaker ancestry on my maternal line when my Catholic French ancestor married a young Quaker woman in New Jersey. The text continues, stating: They [the men previously identified] represented some of the oldest and best Quaker families in Pennsylvania. The knowing Folger lazy, For me, there is an undercurrent of exclusivity, and that feels very unwelcoming. Entries are arranged alphabetically by surname, and then chronologically. Then later those came to Pennsylvania. For example, plain dress. It indexes many, but not all Monthly Meetings. You were to marry another Quaker, which meant that over the generations, there were common names. Oh, I can share with you our names from where I came from! Quaker Ref E184.F89 H5 v.2, Humphrey, John T. Pennsylvania Births (Chester, Berks, Bucks,Delaware, Lancaster, Montgomery, Philadelphia, and Yorkcounties). CONTENT MAY BE COPYRIGHTED BY WIKITREE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 1880. 496. It was begun about 1740, and asked for a Monthly Meeting as early as 1743; in 1746 one had been settled. Quaker Abstract F190.F89 W74 2001. The first pageincludes the county, the names of the earliest members, and sometimes other clues. I am thrilled. Data in the index was extracted from record books of 197 Quaker meetings in 17 states and represents about 25% of Quaker Meetings. The Hinshaw Index to Selected Quaker Records, 1680-1940 is part of Hinshaw's effort to preserve and index all Quaker monthly meeting records. Publishers of Friends Journal and QuakerSpeak. Aloha! com complained, complained of: a person could be complained of for an act that was contrary to the rules and advices as outlined in the Discipline. I myself have one of those long Quaker lineages back to people whose surnames necessarily disappear due to the fair odds of a female descendant. Eventually Quaker became synonymous with Peace, Truth, Trust, and the simple life style. This episode on Quaker Names reminds me of the Nationalism we see building around the world- make America great again, true Germans are the best. I found Thornes who were Quakers from England in Colonial New York. North Carolina, prior to the Revolution, was a destination. I am descended from Brasseys and Worleys on my fathers side and Ashmores and Lindleys on my mothers side. Just trying to get more visibility to your good work! Other books: Anne Arundel (and Howard) County Church Records. The southern community met the Quaker antislavery stance with escalating hostility, precipitating mass migrations of Quakers to the free states of Ohio and Indiana. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1999. It looks like you're using Internet Explorer 11 or older. 1698 - 1786 North Carolina Yearly Meeting held first at Francis Toms' home, and then at Old Neck and Little River Meetings . Painstakingly developed from monthly meeting records, Hinshaw's Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy is the magnum opus of Quaker genealogy. But I am an old lady who has only fairly recently discovered my many Quaker ancestors on both sides of my family. I must say some first names of Quaker women are quite unique like Hepzibah, one of my husbands great, great aunt I believe has this name. Genealogies of Rhode Island Families, from The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volumes I and II. VII). I was raised as a Friend but through convincment not blood or so I thought. Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1940. 1: North Carolina. Gabe and others, I find this video quite educational and entertaining. How early were your ancestors in North Carolina? The problem is when we hold on rigidly to our beliefs and worldviews (our rightness) as the only true way. I think as they moved west generations later, there were no Quaker meetinghouses. I would be happy to work on Richard Dunn, of Dunn's Creek Meeting fame. It is on 73 FS Library microfilms beginning with 2146 which is a list of abbreviations and meeting symbols used on the cards. Quakers organized manumission and African colonization societies and gradually began to advocate abolition of slavery. Eliza and Richard had a daughter Elizabeth b. Mar 1826 Cleveland, Ohio who m. 5 Sep 1845 Jefferson Parish, LA to Alexander Bell Clark b. Search other sources and study the history of Quakerism and its separations to help in locating records. So the names mean something to me, because this was lost over the centuries and decades and had it not been lost, we would have had lives of blessedness. The Spaniards eventually retreated due to conflicts with the natives. The names Hoag and DeVol/Devoll/Davol are scattered on both sides of my family tree like colored lights on a Christmas tree. This practice was due to marriage within the colonial laws were accomplished within sanctioned churches, such as Catholic/Church of England. Wisters and Sharplesses. The practices and testimonies they developed helped unify Friends throughout the next century. ), daughter of . William Wade Hinshaws Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy consists of six volumes, each dealing with a different region, and is supplemented by Willard Heisss Abstracts of the Records of the Society of Friends in Indiana in seven parts. Since this is about a couple of Browns originally from Pennsylvania? Volume I of Hinshaw is the abstract of the early records of North and South Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee. [1] An interesting account suggests many of these first settlers were commoners and runaway indentured servants. But when we can it propagates love. This is a space created to supply information and links about meetings, burial grounds, and resources, in order to organize the data for Quakers in North Carolina. Early genealogists also donated their files of many family surnames, including the Edna Harvey Joseph and R.H. Hutchinson collections. On the micro level, winning the argument (sadly) often trumps (no pun intended) the value of our relationshipsour marriage or a friendship can suffer. rec receive, received (into membership). Supporting North Carolina family history research since 1974. Something I read about today in Ancestry. Furnas should on the list of generations of Friends. First day school at Moorestown Monthly Meeting, middle school at Moorestown Friends and high school at Westtown School confirmed the depth of my belief in the Friends way of life and Religious teachings. Many records are available only in selected archives, libraries, and other repositories. The videos subtle message I got is, were the originals and better. Let me put it very clearly from my perspective (and in answer to Ray Regans questions): being a white skinned Quaker, a birthright Friend, or someone from a generations-Quaker family does not give you any more measure of God than anyone else. And lots felt the need for independence more keenly than sitting and praying for peace. A card index of names intended for future volumes of this series is in The William Wade Hinshaw Index to Quaker Meeting Records in the Friends Library in Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania. I would love to discuss all this with you and hear more about your ancestors too! This collection can be found at the FamilySearch Library on the third floor and is available digitally here. We don't know why James went to North Carolina. Christopher Dale. Print on Demand 901-QU0001 150922L 401-2733 . My mother is still not a U.S. citizen almost 80 years since she left England as a war refugee. North Carolina Quakers originated as a result of a missionary band that George Fox led to the Caribbean and North America in 1671. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. Its soooo hard to listen without judgment, to understand the uniqueness of our different views and personalities with respect. Some had first names of the surnames of admired fellow Quakers. 2008 - 2023 INTERESTING.COM, INC. A complete list of the forty families of "them parts" cannot be made, but William Wade Hinshaw in the Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Volume I, North Carolina Yearly Meeting, lists the heads of seventeen families probably among the original forty as follows: Thomas Beals, Benjamin Beeson from Deep River, William Beeson, Abraham . 1-3. Site by. I do not know what the point of this Quaker Speak video is. Hinchman, Lydia S. Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants. Does this video on Common Quaker Names promote the inclusion and diversity were striving for? Around 1752, he moved to North Carolina, where he apparently lived out his life, dying there around 1766. I feel you have Nothing to apologize for. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vols. WIKITREE PROTECTS MOST SENSITIVE INFORMATION BUT ONLY TO THE EXTENT STATED IN THE TERMS OF SERVICE AND PRIVACY POLICY. They were the Swifts. In 1771, that part of North Carolina became Guilford County, the name now associated with that New Garden MM. Indiana Historical Society, 1962-1977. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. But, this one was abrasive to me. Various authors. 1669/70. mtg meeting: may refer to a Friends religious service ("meeting for worship"), an administrative meeting ("meeting for business," "monthly meeting," etc. recrq received (into membership) by request, rather than by transfer of membership from another Friends Meeting. Im right means were valued (good). My team and I are truly sorry that any viewer got this impression, and your feedback will guide what we make in the future. 1695 - 1696 Quaker John Archdale served as Governor of the Colony of North Carolina. We like to be Right in our views and opinions, it feels good. (Page 45) "Transcribed out of an old Book By Thos. surnames in my ancestry regarding DNA are numerous, but, those that appear and are well recognized are Black Panther Spotted In Virginia 2021,
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