I list an Eliza Coffin b. https://library.guilford.edu/quaker-genealogy. 8 and counting. It belonged to the Eastern Quarter"[9], Bladen County, North Carolina had been created in 1734 and covered most of central and western North Carolina at that time. Quaker Abstract F185.F89 P87 1996, Bell, James Pinkney. I appreciated the episode even tho it was my first time hearing Quaker Speak. 1-3. This practice was due to marriage within the colonial laws were accomplished within sanctioned churches, such as Catholic/Church of England. Much of his life is a mystery. Southern Quakers and slavery: - Google Books. Strong believers in the importance of education, Quakers apparently sponsored the first school in the colony, which was begun in 1705 adjacent to the Pasquotank (later Symons Creek) Monthly Meeting. "Faculty and Staff, New Garden Boarding School." Login to post. I see many Quaker values threaded through his analyses and treatment of others during that tumultuous time. 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. Wisters and Sharplesses. 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. The Moseley Map was created in 1733 by Edward Moseley (1682-1749), . Weeks, writing in Southern Quakers and Slavery. I live in an historic house in New Hampshire. Core Sound, given its coastal location, is, unsurprisingly, one of the earliest Quaker meetings recorded in North Carolina. They may contain a history of the meeting, lists of members, marriages, deaths, removals, and disownings. Years later My mother told me that we were related to Elizabeth Fry through the Hill and Perkins side of her English family. 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. They are all common historic Quaker names, remnants of a time when Quakers "married in" and families stayed Quaker for generations. James Draughon. Some first fled to Ireland. A learned Coleman very rare, Quakers found the use of traditional names for months and days against their Christian values since the names of the days of the weeks and most of the names of the months derived from "pagan" deities. I think we have room in our community to celebrate generational Quakers, new Quakers and those who come seeking answers about their ancestry. Entries are arranged alphabetically by surname, and then chronologically. When Edmundson returned to the colony in 1676, he reported that Friends were finely settled. Tradition has it that the earliest meeting for worship was established in present Perquimans County at the home of Francis Toms, which was also the site of the first meeting in 1698 of North Carolina Yearly Meeting, the oldest extant religious organization in the state. Her home (The Caleb Pusey House of Landingford Plantation) is now a museum. "Trader" Joseph Evans III. CONTENT MAY BE COPYRIGHTED BY WIKITREE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. Quaker Ref F78.G47 1989. [4] In his interesting article, Butler also discusses the North Carolina Quakers' pacifist role during the Revolution, their opposition to slavery, and their founding of what would become Guilford College. Today we could learn more about dedication to kindness and faithfulness. 1669/70. The key factor, however, in the diaspora of southern Quakers was their witness against slavery, which began in the late eighteenth century and intensified in the nineteenth century. recrq received (into membership) by request, rather than by transfer of membership from another Friends Meeting. Max Carter: For much of our history, Quakers were endogamous the sociological term for marrying in. His daughter Priscilla married Robert Dunn. Eliza apparently remained Quaker after her marriage to Alexander who was raised Presbyterian. Watching the video brought back the following painful memory. They appear in the Where Records Kept field, preceded by "LDS". North Carolina was one of the original Thirteen Colonies. My thanks to Gabe for a kind well thought out response. Might I suggest some categorization so others may find this great page? Includes meetings inNorth Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee. Here's an existing category that seems appropriate. For example, it turns out that Abraham Lincoln, who came from the midwest, was descended from Quakers. I re-stumbled upon it when testing out Ale's WT+ search functionality for freespace pages; I used "Brown" as a search parameter since I knew we had at least a few FSPs related to Brown. The other microfilms contain alphabetical index cards for the monthly meetings in each of the U.S. states listed. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. Choose the volume for your state and become familiar with the format of the book/microfilm. They helped build a very old meeting house that is still used on LI. VII). Read the introductory material to determine what records were extracted and what may be missing. Aloha! Label vector designed by Ibrandify - Freepik.com, https://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/coffin/frontis1.html, https://www.flickr.com/photos/fhcarchives/5436563980/. From George Maris born 1632, who was an early emigrant from England to Chester Co, PA, I descend from Parkes, Hadleys, Lindleys, and more. $75.00. 1824 Scotland, etc, etc. QM quarterly meeting: the second administrative level of Friends, comprising of several "monthly" meetings that met together quarterly to transact church business. Researchers can consult these records on site during the research room hours. This book is an every name index to the first six volumes of Monthly Meetings compiled by William Wade Hinshaw. The hasty Coffin, fractious, loud, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vols. 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. All of these meetings were located in Bladen County, NC in the 1750s. The views expressed in this video are of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views of Friends Journal or its collaborators. The Mitchells good, the Barkers proud, The earliest existing meeting records, which date from 1680, are from Perquimans Monthly Meeting. Im right means were valued (good). Some early Quakers who moved to North Carolina arrived there from Pennsylvania. In the latter part of the century, in the 1580s, Sir Walter Raleigh attempted to establish two colonies on the coast, including the notorious Roanoke, but both failed. I think that has a lot of value. Contact the Profile Managers privately: Public Comments: Volume I of Hinshaw is the abstract of the early records of North and South Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee. Quaker Abstract F190.F89 W74 2001. I think thats what was meant by shaking the trees and a Quaker nut would fall out was referring to. Also a marriage certificate. 14 Nov. 1669/70. I wish we had known as being Quaker Friends would have blessed our lives, in my family. Many records are available only in selected archives, libraries, and other repositories. Required fields are marked *. My team and I are truly sorry that any viewer got this impression, and your feedback will guide what we make in the future. The Macys eat the pudding; So it wasnt just the last names that they used over and over but the first names as well. Did you recognize any of the names listed in the video? But the values carried down the generations, and it was good to go back and pick up that dropped stitch and connect with Quakers myself. My mother is still not a U.S. citizen almost 80 years since she left England as a war refugee. How early were your ancestors in North Carolina? On a related note, todays Quaker religious practices have changed dramatically in the last 100 years. North Carolina Quakers originated as a result of a missionary band that George Fox led to the Caribbean and North America in 1671. The first Quaker in North Carolina was one Henry Phillips, who had been a member of that church in New England previous to his coming to Carolina in 1665; though William Edmundson, an Irish Quaker preacher, was the real instigator of Quakerism among the settlers. 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. Index to vital statistics; birth and death, 1913-1964 Family History Library. Carvers received that status in 1746, and Dunns request was granted in 1750. This is also the part of North Carolina where Abigail (Brown) Thornburgh and her husband settled in the 1740s, after their Frederick County, Virginia Quaker marriage at Hopewell MM, witnessed by her father, James Brown. 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. Thomas was also a Quaker. They are all common historic Quaker names, remnants of a time when Quakers married in and families stayed Quaker for generations. Barlow, Ridley, Slusser. The reason our team chose to do two videos on this topic (this is the second) is that genealogy research actually draws a huge amount of curiosity about Quakers. I want to acknowledge your critiques. My children have married people with names from Greece and Colombia. Quaker meetings were organized by geographic areas consisting mainly of Preparative Meetings (Particular Meetings), Monthly Meetings, Quarterly Meetings, and Yearly Meetings. Delmarva Roots, 2001. These meetings would draw some of the Albemarle Quakers west to the Piedmont. Oh, I can share with you our names from where I came from! Later, English colonists migrated south from Virginia, arriving in significant numbers by the 1660s. This video does not help me feel things have changed much since that painful moment I experienced as a newcomer 40 years ago. Note: Carver's Creek Meeting is also discussed below in the Dunn's Creek paragraph. I may add that Dr. Clements in her Canterbury dissertation placed the Rev. You were to marry another Quaker, which meant that over the generations, there were common names. And lots felt the need for independence more keenly than sitting and praying for peace. We don't know why James went to North Carolina. The W.F. History is interesting! I think Ray Regan is right on. 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. One of the challenges of Quaker genealogy is that sometimes common Quaker names are common names, period. 537. I love his work; hes articulate and cool with his long white beard. However, the proof according to Dr. Caterina Clements, archivist at Medway, Strood, Kent, UK is that Daniel Wing ( my great grandfather, 6th) and Anna Ewer Wing named their firstborn son, Bachiler. CONTENT MAY BE COPYRIGHTED BY WIKITREE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. Something I read about today in Ancestry. J. P. Bell, Co., 1905. Max Carter: If youre up in Philadelphia for example, Biddles, Cadwalladers, Banks, Bailey, those sorts of names. Dunns Creek met in a part of Bladen County that became Cumberland County in 1754. It would be great to know more about why it was so important in history for women to be beaten and jailed . 496. On page 487 of the "Encyclopedia" Hinshaw itemizes some of the membership of the New Garden Monthly Meeting:[17]. "Virtually a Quaker province." I might recommend that the page be entitled Early Quakers in North Carolina and detach James Brown from the title. Worleys and Brasseys on my Fathers side and Ashmores and Lindleys on my Mothers side. This page has been viewed 26,426 times (0 via redirect). 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. Edward Carter. I have Quaker Lindley ancestors who came to Pennsylvania from Ireland, too. The biggest break was the civil warmany Quakers left the South to move where slavery wasnt allowed. The new ideas were more evident in North Carolina after the Civil War when out-of-state evangelists began to hold revivals. I: (North Carolina Yearly Meeting) Browse this collection. This knowledge is blessing my life and my soul. 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. JESSE 3 DILLON (DANIEL 2, LUKE 1) was born October 18, 1753 in New Garden, Guilford, North Carolina (Source: Encyclopedia of Quaker Genealogy, New Garden MM p. If microfilm numbers are listed, write them on your research log. And the names of Bowerman, Hoxie, Metcalfe are seen in tombstones and markers; but not as many as the Swifts. The names Hoag and DeVol/Devoll/Davol are scattered on both sides of my family tree like colored lights on a Christmas tree. If youre a Shore, youre from Deep Creek Meeting over in Yadkin county. 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. William Wade Hinshaw. This article is from the Encyclopedia of North Carolina edited by William S. Powell. Share to Reddit. Is QuakerSpeak worth $1 a video? When I began searching for my ancestors on Ancestry.com I discovered Quaker records go way back and provide family information from US Quaker Monthly Meeting records. The first homogeneous community in [Bladen] county was the Quakers according to Stephen B. Guide to Hinshaw's Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Quaker Abstract F157. 2023 North Carolina Genealogical Society, Friends Meeting House (Guilford Co. NC 1869), North Carolina Research Genealogy and Local History. 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. Genealogies of Rhode Island Families, from The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volumes I and II. INDEX TO Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. North Carolina Friends entered a century-long period of decline during the civil strife that began with the War of the Regulation and continued into the American Revolution. A state map on this page shows the location of each. 1652288099 $ 71.25 (save 5%) Quaker Marriage Certificates (Pennsylvania & North Carolina). I can understand your point. And in the extreme, on the national and international level, holding rigid views drives and feeds hatred. It looks like you're using Internet Explorer 11 or older. 1.2 Quakers in North Carolina 2 Quaker Meetings 2.1 Core Sound (Carteret County) 2.2 Carver's Creek 2.3 Dunn's Creek 2.4 Cane Creek 2.5 New Garden 3 Sources 4 Additional resources Background Settlement of North Carolina North Carolina was one of the original Thirteen Colonies. Then in the 1800s they spread into the Midwest, Oregon, California, and Canada. The Hinshaw Index to Selected Quaker Records, 1680-1940 is part of Hinshaw's effort to preserve and index all Quaker monthly meeting records. 1886. The silent Gardiner, plotting, [5] The two Quakers mentioned as coming from Nottingham are James Brown and James Johnson. Cd-Win-Mac. Reminiscences of Levi Coffin, the reputed president of the Underground Railroad Cincinnati: Robert Clark & Co. https://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/coffin/frontis1.html. I discovered that my ancestor Ann Stone Worley Pusey arrived in 1682 with William Penn on the ship Welcome. North Carolina Yearly Meeting (Friends United Meeting) has grown to become one of the largest yearly meetings in the country. Quakers, or the Religious Society of Friends, are the oldest organized Christian church in North Carolina. Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1938. If you look at our body of work as a whole, I hope that feeling fades, and I hope youll trust that we strive for improvement and take feedback to heart. Mary Crauderueff: There are so many values to knowing your Quaker ancestry. Available in the NCGS online store is North Carolina Research Genealogy and Local History, the text for the NCGS Webinar Series. If there are no FS Library film numbers, skip to the section on contacting other repositories. This migration occurred due to the . The volumes contain the following information: For Quakers in Indiana, use the FS Library book 977.2 K28h, containing vol. The following are notes from Quaker records for families with the Gardner surname that arrived in the piedmont area of North Carolina, later forming Guilford County, during the latter part of the 18th century. Hilarious! I have Quaker ancestry on my maternal line when my Catholic French ancestor married a young Quaker woman in New Jersey. 1698 - 1786 North Carolina Yearly Meeting held first at Francis Toms' home, and then at Old Neck and Little River Meetings . This is fascinating for those of us who do geneology. I think as they moved west generations later, there were no Quaker meetinghouses. 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 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. Our Quaker Friends of Ye Olden Time, Being in Part a Transcript of the Minutes Books of Cedar Creek Meeting, Hanover County, and the South River Meeting, Campbell County, Virginia. dis disowned, disowned for: removed from membership for violation of the rules or advices in the Discipline; does not imply exclusion from worship, but only the right to participate in decision making. The final section for each meeting lists abstracts of the minutes of the monthly meeting for business, including marriages(the date the marriage was approved, not when it occurred), new memberships, transfers of membership, disownments, and restorations to membership. Starbuck, Coffin and Hussey from Nantucket, Wing from Sandwich, MA, Haviland from Long Island and most of the surnames of early settlers of the Dartmouth/Westport, MA area. gl granted letter: permitted to move ones membership to a church of another denomination. So many of the Old Quaker names being discussed were brave and risked their own life by their testimony. At the college are the Quaker Center, which has an important role in interpreting the beliefs and practices of the denomination, and the Quaker Historical Collection, which is the archival repository for southern Friends. I had no idea of our wonderful devout Quaker ancestors. Entries are arranged alphabetically by surname, and then chronologically. Who do I come from? I hear stories all the time of people that say that they started going to meeting because they heard that they had Quaker ancestry. Great story of the 3 bricks for three brothers houses and of being related to Mary the first white child born on the island, hence all were indians. I appreciate this site. William Penn and others as owners of enslaved persons. As Lindley Butler writes, "Quakers, or the Religious Society of Friends, are the oldest organized Christian church in North Carolinathe Irish evangelist William Edmundson visited the Albemarle region in March 1672 for three days, holding the first religious services in the colony and laying a foundation that would result in North Carolinas becoming in its early years virtually a Quaker provinceWhen Edmundson returned to the colony in 1676, he reported that Friends were 'finely settled' The earliest Quaker meetings were at Perquimans and Pasquotank, both located in northeast North Carolina along Albemarle Sound. Then accused of witchcraft by the Puritans for standing up for their Quaker beliefs. Search other sources and study the history of Quakerism and its separations to help in locating records. The problem is when we hold on rigidly to our beliefs and worldviews (our rightness) as the only true way. And indeed, you could tell who was a Quaker by their last names, not unlikely the Amish, not unlike Jews. Thomas Hamm: When youre thinking of common Quaker names, you have to think in terms of geography. It naturally supports our ego or self-image. See also: Levi Coffin and Quaker Emigration, Quaker Abolitionists. In my experience, almost none of the people who visit a Quaker meeting because their ancestor was a Friend come back. (Best for messages specifically directed to those editing this profile. Description. Login to post. I disagree with Max Carters statement Most Americans, if they shake their family tree, a Quaker nut is going to fall out I cringed when I heard that. This one item is also available on microfiche 6038227. My mother Ruth Trimble Balderston was descended from William Smith, a companion of George Fox, in and out of prison, but surely we would be careless to call Smith a uniquely Quaker name. If Thomas Hills book lists more than one FS Library film number, use the FamilySearch Catalog Film/Fiche Numbers search to find the film number that includes the time period when your ancestor may have been listed. Leaving Fox and the others, the Irish evangelist William Edmundson visited the Albemarle region in March 1672 for three days, holding the first religious services in the colony and laying a foundation that would result in North Carolinas becoming in its early years virtually a Quaker province. Share to Twitter. 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. Some more common like Hunt or Cox. Eliza is not my direct ancestor but connected to my Clark family of Scotland and New Orleans. Jillaine, I have opened it as you requested. We like to be Right in our views and opinions, it feels good. The practices and testimonies they developed helped unify Friends throughout the next century. I dont get from the video a feeling that these folks were promoting exclusiveness or superiority! IMPORTANT PRIVACY NOTICE & DISCLAIMER: YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO USE CAUTION WHEN DISTRIBUTING PRIVATE INFORMATION. Unless the person later repented and "condemned" his or her own misconduct and was later readmitted into membership, he or she would not be mentioned again in the minutes. The videos subtle message I got is, were the originals and better. Many years ago, I finished Friends for 300 Years with a deep sense of recognition; the values were my values, though I had not connected them with my Quaker grandparents, who by the time I knew them were practicing other religions, or none. This website works best with modern browsers such as the latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge. James Drake. I find it spiritually and emotionally a huge comfort. Various authors. Thats another topic of historic interest for us to consider in the context of sustaining our faith community. Staff members can also help you withmicrofilm, manuscripts,and family surname files. Eventually 55 of that states 100 counties were formed from parts of Bladen County.[10]. They are old Quacker names. And what you might find is that theyre cousins or that theyre uncle and nephew. By 1751 Cane Creek Monthly Meeting was established, followed in 1754 by New Garden. North Carolina; Elizabeth WHITE b: ca. By clicking on the button below, I consent to allowing NCGS to add this data to their MailChimp mailing list. 15 Dec 1796 d. 25 Dec 1867 New Orleans, LA. 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. These comments help us understand each other and were a learning experience for me. Now, I am finding more. Many FS Library microfilm numbers are listed in Thomas Hill's book. This book can be found in the Churches section of the United States and Canada reference areas of the FamilySearch Library. 4-5: Southwestern Pennsylvania, Ohio, and one meeting in Michigan. co chosen overseer(s): selected for an important office of responsibility in the 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. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. [1] I. Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1936; with Supplement, 1948. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Categories: North Carolina Quakers | Pennsylvania, United States, Brown Name Study, WIKITREE HOME | ABOUT | G2G FORUM | HELP | SEARCH. 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 . I would love to discuss all this with you and hear more about your ancestors too! Alexanders adoptive mother mentioned in a letter that Eliza came to visit and was Quaker. Guides to Accessing Information from Quaker Records See guide links below for tips and information about specific types of research using Quaker records. 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. On the micro level, winning the argument (sadly) often trumps (no pun intended) the value of our relationshipsour marriage or a friendship can suffer. Quaker Ref E184.F89 H5 v.2, Humphrey, John T. Pennsylvania Births (Chester, Berks, Bucks,Delaware, Lancaster, Montgomery, Philadelphia, and Yorkcounties). Part of it is that we all want to be right. gct granted certificate to: permitted to move ones membership to a particular meeting. 1667 in Perquimans, North Carolina; Isaac WHITE b: ca. cert Certificate: a statement issued by a monthly meeting to a person (or persons) transferring their membership to another monthly meeting. For personal use and not for further distribution. I watch and look forward to Quaker Speaks every Thursday. Softcover. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1999. friends, The earliest Quaker settlements were in New England, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. surnames in my ancestry regarding DNA are numerous, but, those that appear and are well recognized are
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