Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1940. By 1888, from this small beginning, evolved Guilford College, which has achieved a national reputation for excellence as a liberal arts college. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1973 (Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1950). The Quaker community developed like a large extended family. Delmarva Roots, 2001. Available in the NCGS online store is North Carolina Research Genealogy and Local History, the text for the NCGS Webinar Series. North Carolina Death Indexes, 1908-2004 Ancestry. North Carolina was one of the original Thirteen Colonies. 4. Researchers can consult these records on site during the research room hours. Supporting North Carolina family history research since 1974. Also, the name Stanley, from Virginia and later Ohio. Genealogical Publishing Co., 1989. If microfilm numbers are listed, write them on your research log. If they were here prior to the War of Independence, then it might be worthwhile to check the Moseley Map for their names, or at least their surnames. Some first fled to Ireland. Wonderful video! Leave a message for others who see this profile. Transcripts, Subtitles and Closed Captioning. 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. Share to Facebook. His daughter Priscilla married Robert Dunn. Genealogies of Rhode Island Families, from The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volumes I and II. Login to post. From these states Quakers migrated in the mid- to late- 1700s to Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia. Reading Ebony and Ivy by Craig Steven Wilder, might lead to great emotional pain re ones Quaker lineage. Had he known, the tragedy of alcoholism would not have wrecked his life. 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. But I am an old lady who has only fairly recently discovered my many Quaker ancestors on both sides of my family. Surveys of the publics religious views have found individuals who believe Quaker ideas and principles, though they do not associate themselves with us institutionally. 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. In my experience, almost none of the people who visit a Quaker meeting because their ancestor was a Friend come back. CONTENT MAY BE COPYRIGHTED BY WIKITREE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. Volume I is arranged by monthly meeting (church), beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest. Search them all for your familys surname(s). I think thats what was meant by shaking the trees and a Quaker nut would fall out was referring to. We need to be forward looking! 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. North Carolina Quakers originated as a result of a missionary band that George Fox led to the Caribbean and North America in 1671. INDEX TO Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Although most yearly meetings had been divided along the previously noted lines, North Carolina did not experience a separation until 1904, when the North Carolina Yearly Meeting (Conservative) was established by a small minority. This practice was due to marriage within the colonial laws were accomplished within sanctioned churches, such as Catholic/Church of England. Encyclopedia of American Quaker genealogy Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Some of those repositories are listed below. Jessop & Robt. IV and V. Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1946. ). I have Quaker ancestry on my maternal line when my Catholic French ancestor married a young Quaker woman in New Jersey. Rescue from the demon whiskey effects. Quaker Cemetery where the Swift ancestors (from the 1600s to present) were buried. 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. I know a Brinton in Maine, related to me (Fisher) in Ireland. The names Hoag and DeVol/Devoll/Davol are scattered on both sides of my family tree like colored lights on a Christmas tree. CONTENT MAY BE COPYRIGHTED BY WIKITREE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 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. James Boone. Quaker founder George Fox also visited that same year. Limit 20 per day. Friends Historical Collection, Guilford College. (Best for messages specifically directed to those editing this profile. I too am descended from Anne Stone Worley Pusey, through her son Francis Worley. Do you think that were better or worse off now that most of us are first or second generation Quaker? I would love to discuss all this with you and hear more about your ancestors too! [16] (It is a subject of dispute as to which James Brown this might have been.) The volumes contain the following information: For Quakers in Indiana, use the FS Library book 977.2 K28h, containing vol. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1999. Thomas Hamm: When you get to North Carolina, there are a number of distinctively Quaker names like Trueblood or Hadley or Hinshaw. The Spaniards eventually retreated due to conflicts with the natives. See the front of each volume for a list of abbreviations used. Lots of Quakers were displaced/disowned because of our warsrefusing to fight on either side. The stores was that Arthur Strickland my grandfathers roommate at Penn convinced my grandfather , Earl Grant Harrison to attend Friends Meeting. "Trader" Joseph Evans III. 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. Hinshaw's "Encyclopedia of American Genealogy Vol. According to the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, "Early Quaker settlers found their way into North Carolinas Cape Fear River valley beginning in the 1730s. . My father admired Quakerism immensely but did not join as he drank whiskey and gambled. If youre a Shore, youre from Deep Creek Meeting over in Yadkin county. 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. cert Certificate: a statement issued by a monthly meeting to a person (or persons) transferring their membership to another monthly meeting. Eliza apparently remained Quaker after her marriage to Alexander who was raised Presbyterian. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. Some had first names of the surnames of admired fellow Quakers. The text continues, stating: They [the men previously identified] represented some of the oldest and best Quaker families in Pennsylvania. Entries are arranged alphabetically by surname, and then chronologically. I list an Eliza Coffin b. Show Transcript and Discussion Questions Max Carter 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 first Browns at Cane Creek appear to have been Ruth Large Brown, widow of Thomas Brown, and some of her children. Also Ashmores. Our name is White. Staff members can also help you with microfilm, manuscripts, and family surname files. 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. Male ancestors do not appear in military records. The volume is available at Guilford College and many other libraries, including Greensboro Public Library and High Point Public Library, in the genealogy or local history collection. This collection can be found at the FamilySearch Library on the third floor and is available digitally here. Back to the topic at hand, the information presented in todays Quaker speak about old Quaker namesin any study of historical periods one must know who, what, when, and why. North Carolina Genealogical Society 6300 Creedmoor Road, Suite 170 #323 Below are the meetings mentioned in the biography of James Brown (Brown-2471), listed chronologically in order of their creation. As early as 1680, monthly meetings were established around the Albemarle Sound. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 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. Max Carter: For much of our history, Quakers were endogamous the sociological term for marrying in. On a related note, todays Quaker religious practices have changed dramatically in the last 100 years. gc granted certificate: permitted to move ones membership. Records of Monthly Meetings hold the most vital information for genealogists. Hilarious! Religious life in England This website works best with modern browsers such as the latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge. 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. [5] The two Quakers mentioned as coming from Nottingham are James Brown and James Johnson. Eventually Quaker became synonymous with Peace, Truth, Trust, and the simple life style. Her home (The Caleb Pusey House of Landingford Plantation) is now a museum. Start in the comprehensive index to William Hinshaw's Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy (affectionately known as "Hinshaw"). In 1771, that part of North Carolina became Guilford County, the name now associated with that New Garden MM. 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. ], Physical: Aloha Steven! 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! 2023 North Carolina Genealogical Society, Friends Meeting House (Guilford Co. NC 1869), North Carolina Research Genealogy and Local History. I graduated from Westtown School and didnt know this information until now. The others came directly from England. By the mid-eighteenth century, the backcountry was growing rapidly because of a large influx of settlers from Pennsylvania and Virginia, some of whom were Quakers who formed meetings for worship in the Cane Creek valley and to the west in modern Guilford County. Quaker Records and Migration - North Carolina Genealogical Society Quaker Records and Migration Craig R. Scott, CG, FUGA This webinar will examine the creation of Quaker records and their meaning for the researcher. Includes meetings inNorth Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee. A learned Coleman very rare, The Quaker Archives is the official depository for the records of North Carolina Yearly Meeting (both the historical NCYM and NCYM-C and their constituent meetings). 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. Founded in England through the prophetic insights and evangelical ministry of George Fox, the sect expanded rapidly after the mid-seventeenth century. He requests a certificate to Carver's Creek in southeast North Carolina, but there is no record of him there. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. I dont think that it makes us more or less Quaker than someone else, but I think that it can be really cool to think about your family as being part of the same tradition that you are. Hinshaw, William Wade. I would be happy to work on Richard Dunn, of Dunn's Creek Meeting fame. Data in the index was extracted from record books of 197 Quaker meetings in 17 states and represents about 25% of Quaker Meetings. The Quakers -- more properly known as the Society of Friends -- were an important group in the politics and society of early North Carolina. Aloha! Other books: Cumberland, Gloucester, Monmouth and Salem counties, NJ. Documentation will be scarce, however - at the time this monthly meeting was in Bladen Co, which had destructive fires. Ask archives staffto retrieve Quaker Refand Quaker Rare call numbers, includingpublished family historiesand North Carolina genealogical journals. Knowing how each section is arranged will help you dig deeper, finding clues to original records and possibly more information. VII). For example, plain dress. Quaker Ref E184.F89 H52 v.7, Peden, Henry C., Jr. Quaker Records of (Baltimore and Harford counties, Northern Maryland, Southern Maryland) Maryland. 16 May . John Wing backed into his rightful place as the Vicar of St. Nicholas CE Parish, Strood 1608 to 1615. 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. 14 Nov. 1669/70. Family Line Publications, 1997-2000. Recent issues of national and international Quaker journals reside along the front wall. My mother is still not a U.S. citizen almost 80 years since she left England as a war refugee. co chosen overseer(s): selected for an important office of responsibility in the meeting. Then accused of witchcraft by the Puritans for standing up for their Quaker beliefs. Quaker Abstract F190.F89 W74 2001. They are all common historic Quaker names, remnants of a time when Quakers "married in" and families stayed Quaker for generations. 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. Max Carter says that most Quakers today are not generational, but that Quaker families used to marry in until their surnames were ethnically Quaker. Family Line Publications, 1996. 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. Quaker Ref E184.F89 H52 v.6, Putnam, Martha A. Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press. gl granted letter: permitted to move ones membership to a church of another denomination. The Mitchells good, the Barkers proud, History is interesting! Guides to Accessing Information from Quaker Records See guide links below for tips and information about specific types of research using Quaker records. Oops. 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. You might find a John Evans, and then you might find a John Evans that was born 15 years later. Next he goes to Dunn's Creek, then to Core Sound on the Atlantic coast. Its truly a tragedy in history. All of these meetings were located in Bladen County, NC in the 1750s. It was begun about 1740, and asked for a Monthly Meeting as early as 1743; in 1746 one had been settled. 1. He was apparently not accompanied by a wife or children, but we do know that he had relatives and associates there. Category: Pennsylvania, United States, Brown Name Study. I enjoyed this video! Dunn's Creek is roughly mid-way between Cane Creek (in the north central part of the state) and the coast. The Moseley Map was created in 1733 by Edward Moseley (1682-1749), . 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 The Macys eat the pudding; I would so appreciated any and all feedback. Does this video on Common Quaker Names promote the inclusion and diversity were striving for? Abstracts of obituaries in newspapers of Stokes County, North Carolina 1915-1976 Family History Library. mtg meeting: may refer to a Friends religious service ("meeting for worship"), an administrative meeting ("meeting for business," "monthly meeting," etc. ", mou married out of unity: married to a non-Friend, usually resulting in disownment; sometimes used interchangeably with "married contrary to discipline" or "married out of unity.". You were to marry another Quaker, which meant that over the generations, there were common names. 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. I had had no idea of all this. Hinshaw discusses Cane Creek on page 343 of Volume I of his Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy.[15]. They are newcomers or first or second generation Friends. I think Ray Regan is right on. I watch and look forward to Quaker Speaks every Thursday. Share to Reddit. My husbands family is from New England MA, his ancestors home in West Falmouth. Years later My mother told me that we were related to Elizabeth Fry through the Hill and Perkins side of her English family. Gabe These meetings would draw some of the Albemarle Quakers west to the Piedmont. Self-described as children of light, the Friends eschewed both creed and ritual to live a sacramental life that followed the leading of the Holy Spirit, which they sought in open worship and meditation. The Quaker Corner . And his grandfather and fathers first names is Willard Everett, uncommon names. The southern community met the Quaker antislavery stance with escalating hostility, precipitating mass migrations of Quakers to the free states of Ohio and Indiana. Hinchman, Lydia S. Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants. Cd-Win-Mac. These comments help us understand each other and were a learning experience for me. The best place to start looking for Quaker ancestors is in extracts of monthly meeting minutes (church business, which includes membership changes) and records (births, marriages and deaths). Dunns Creek met in a part of Bladen County that became Cumberland County in 1754. 901-QU0001. Its what we do as Friends that count what we say, how kind we are to each other, how we treat people.our values. 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. Levi Coffin of Guilford County was a founder of the Underground Railroad, which enabled thousands of slaves to escape to freedom. jas joined another (religious) society (denomination). I have Quaker Lindley ancestors who came to Pennsylvania from Ireland, too. If you did not find a film number for a particular location in the book above, you may find additional Quaker records by looking in the FamilySearch Catalog Place search under the name of the town and the topic Church Records. According to "Cane Creek, Mother of Meetings," Friends arrived in the Cane Creek area as early as 1749, and there were around 30 families there when the Meeting was established in 1751. I may add that Dr. Clements in her Canterbury dissertation placed the Rev. Meeting House was built the same area fronting the W.F. I live in an historic house in New Hampshire. I wish we had known as being Quaker Friends would have blessed our lives, in my family. Quaker Marriage Certificates Pasquotank, Perquimans - Monthly Meetings, North Carolina 1677-1800. print. Religious Society of Friends Project WikiTree, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015002304221;view=1up;seq=19, Quaker Meetings: MEETINGS IN AND NEAR GUILFORD COUNTY, North Carolina Friends Historical Society, North Carolina Quaker and Slavery (MR/100), Quaker Meetings, United States of America, Learn WikiTree in real time with hands on help from current project members and leaders, Help build resources and links to assist other genealogists in finding their family, Create pages linking them to appropriate categories while learning the ins and outs of WikiTree, Make some great friends with similar interests~that's just an extra. Months of the year are recorded as numbers rather than by their names in an ancestors' record. From George Maris born 1632, who was an early emigrant from England to Chester Co, PA, I descend from Parkes, Hadleys, Lindleys, and more. They may contain a history of the meeting, lists of members, marriages, deaths, removals, and disownings. When this happens all understanding and learning stops because we dont listen to and respect, the now, other. [1] (If this, or any other single video topic is not for you, thats ok!) Stephen Bachiler. 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. Giving and service to others is a powerful force. One of the challenges of Quaker genealogy is that sometimes common Quaker names are common names, period. Ive always known my Grandpas family was originally Quaker and have visited other places where my family came from, including North Carolina and Tennessee. Yes, kindness to others is paramount. My Quaker ancestors fled severe persecution in England. Unless the member could satisfy the monthly meeting of his or her innocence or repentance, the next step was usually disownment. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vols. 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. Friends General Conference - Quakers in North Carolina. But for whatever reason, I chose to speak out about ethnocentricity. 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. When a person "condemned" his or her own misconduct, the monthly meeting might then restore him or her to membership. I might recommend that the page be entitled Early Quakers in North Carolina and detach James Brown from the title. WIKITREE PROTECTS MOST SENSITIVE INFORMATION BUT ONLY TO THE EXTENT STATED IN THE TERMS OF SERVICE AND PRIVACY POLICY. 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. Peirce Senr, Thos. My thanks to Gabe for a kind well thought out response. And the Friends Society was unique in history. And what you might find is that theyre cousins or that theyre uncle and nephew. 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. They are all common historic Quaker names, remnants of a time when Quakers married in and families stayed Quaker for generations. It was named from the founder of the settlement, James Carver, who moved from Pennsylvania. By clicking on the button below, I consent to allowing NCGS to add this data to their MailChimp mailing list. This one item is also available on microfiche 6038227. Something I read about today in Ancestry. If your ancestor is in these abstracts, copy the page containing the information because there may be many details you need to study. 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. 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. Login to post. Hinshaw, William Wade. North Carolina; Elizabeth WHITE b: ca. I find it spiritually and emotionally a huge comfort. It is on 73 FS Library microfilms beginning with 2146 which is a list of abbreviations and meeting symbols used on the cards. Label vector designed by Ibrandify - Freepik.com, https://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/coffin/frontis1.html, https://www.flickr.com/photos/fhcarchives/5436563980/. 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. 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 . I hope the comments shared will help us be aware how our actions might affect others. ltm liberated to marry, left at liberty to marry: permitted to marry. $75.00. Vol. My Great Grandmother was a Quaker until she had to move to Ohio to live with her son. Marriages were overseen by the meetings and all in attendance were witnesses. 15 Dec 1796 d. 25 Dec 1867 New Orleans, LA. It would be great to know more about why it was so important in history for women to be beaten and jailed . Im right means were valued (good). 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. prc produced a certificate: transferred membership. , new memberships, transfers of membership, disownments, and restorations to membership. But I can look. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. Check the binder in the research room for details. They were just sharing to all including to a nonwhite Asian-Pacific ISlander convinced Quaker like me the history of Quaker names! If all of the women wore simple gray dresses, no one knew if one was poor or rich during a time of aristocratic status . 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