Staff members can also help you withmicrofilm, manuscripts,and family surname files. Fascinating! Curious? The Quakers -- more properly known as the Society of Friends -- were an important group in the politics and society of early North Carolina. For example, it turns out that Abraham Lincoln, who came from the midwest, was descended from Quakers. Then later those came to Pennsylvania. The Quaker Corner . Meeting House was built the same area fronting the W.F. Hinshaw, William Wade. Willow Bend Books, 1992-2000. Cincinnati, Ohio: Thomas C. Hill, 1998, also available on FS Library microfilm 1750867 item 12. [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. https://library.guilford.edu/quaker-genealogy. friends, John Wing backed into his rightful place as the Vicar of St. Nicholas CE Parish, Strood 1608 to 1615. I dont get from the video a feeling that these folks were promoting exclusiveness or superiority! This migration occurred due to the . 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 . 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. Hinshaw (Author) 1 rating See all formats and editions Paperback $175.00 1 Used from $175.00 Unfortunately, the Wings of Sandwich have been sidetracked by their inability to prove that Deborah Wing was the daughter of the Rev. If youre a Winslow in North Carolina, you know youre probably from Perquimans and Pasquotank counties. Editor's note: This page arose from an attempt to document the life of James Brown (Brown-2471), in particular his time in North Carolina as recorded in the minutes of several Quaker meetings. (I happen to be a 4th generation Quaker and frankly I dont care what your name is. Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press. 8 and counting. 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. Guide to Hinshaw's Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. , new memberships, transfers of membership, disownments, and restorations to membership. I would be happy to work on Richard Dunn, of Dunn's Creek Meeting fame. I find genealogy and family history research to be fascinating! Please submit permission requests for other use directly to the publisher. [1] To learn more about the Quakers you may want to view the following book: If you are at the FamilySearch Library you can search William Wade Hinshaws Index to Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, FS Library book 973 D2he index At various libraries (WorldCat). 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. my great grandfather married a Hoopes, her parents were Hoopes and Smedley. It indexes many, but not all Monthly Meetings. Where have you seen some of those names? That November, George Fox spent nearly three weeks in the settlement leading numerous worship services, meeting with the governor and other officials, and preaching to the local Indians. I had no idea of our wonderful devout Quaker ancestors. His daughter Priscilla married Robert Dunn. Yes, my mothers side the Barlows, Ridley and Slussers. Dunns Creek met in a part of Bladen County that became Cumberland County in 1754. They appear in the Where Records Kept field, preceded by "LDS". This knowledge is blessing my life and my soul. 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. I understand you want people to understand what the Quaker values are about not just genealogy. Data in the index was extracted from record books of 197 Quaker meetings in 17 states and represents about 25% of Quaker Meetings. Volume I of Hinshaw is the abstract of the early records of North and South Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee. How early were your ancestors in North Carolina? IV and V. Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1946. It made me think and understand the point of view and intentions. I-III. We don't know why James went to North Carolina. The views expressed in this video are of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views of Friends Journal or its collaborators. Start in the comprehensive index to William Hinshaw's Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy (affectionately known as "Hinshaw"). From these states Quakers migrated in the mid- to late- 1700s to Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia. Recent issues of national and international Quaker journals reside along the front wall. If there were two or more records books, these lines will explain the page numbers next to family information in the next section. So many of the Old Quaker names being discussed were brave and risked their own life by their testimony. 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. The collection is divided into an index and six parts. 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. 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. 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. Years later My mother told me that we were related to Elizabeth Fry through the Hill and Perkins side of her English family. 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. Note: James Brown (Brown-2471) may have been a member of the New Garden Meeting for up to ten years (1754 to around 1764). 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. But I can look. He was apparently not accompanied by a wife or children, but we do know that he had relatives and associates there. Months of the year are recorded as numbers rather than by their names in an ancestors' record. I do not know what the point of this Quaker Speak video is. History is interesting! 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. 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. 1698 - 1786 North Carolina Yearly Meeting held first at Francis Toms' home, and then at Old Neck and Little River Meetings . The stores was that Arthur Strickland my grandfathers roommate at Penn convinced my grandfather , Earl Grant Harrison to attend Friends Meeting. It naturally supports our ego or self-image. He requests a certificate to Carver's Creek in southeast North Carolina, but there is no record of him there. The earliest Quaker settlements were in New England, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Furnas should on the list of generations of Friends. 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. The practices and testimonies they developed helped unify Friends throughout the next century. William Penn and others as owners of enslaved persons. 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. Quakers exerted an important influence in the political life of the Proprietary colony. 1880. Following the Cary Rebellion of 1711, Friends were effectively excluded from colonial politics and thereafter seldom held office in the state until modern times. Delmarva Roots, 2001. Knowing how each section is arranged will help you dig deeper, finding clues to original records and possibly more information. It would be great to know more about why it was so important in history for women to be beaten and jailed . Vol. Thomas Daniel. North Carolina, prior to the Revolution, was a destination. I feel you have Nothing to apologize for. From as far away as Pennsylvania, members of the Society of Friends migrated to the region for its fertile land and ease of navigation. 15 Dec 1796 d. 25 Dec 1867 New Orleans, LA. I have Quaker Lindley ancestors who came to Pennsylvania from Ireland, too. Am I missing something? Share to Twitter. Mary Crauderueff: There are so many values to knowing your Quaker ancestry. Max Carter: For much of our history, Quakers were endogamous the sociological term for marrying in. Later, English colonists migrated south from Virginia, arriving in significant numbers by the 1660s. 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. jas joined another (religious) society (denomination). This book can be found in the Churches section of the United States and Canada reference areas of the FamilySearch Library. By clicking on the button below, I consent to allowing NCGS to add this data to their MailChimp mailing list. North Carolina Yearly Meeting (Friends United Meeting) has grown to become one of the largest yearly meetings in the country. And scarce an honest Hussey.. 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. The Quaker Archives Research Room (116) containsQuaker call numbers, including history, theology, genealogical extracts, and other books by Quaker authors. Volume I is arranged by monthly meeting (church), beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest. 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. Check the binder in the research room for details. 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. Ferris & Leach, 1901. 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. That began to change in the late 1800s as Quakers began to assimilate into the Protestant mainstream and began to marry out. 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. I appreciated the episode even tho it was my first time hearing Quaker Speak. Quakers did not practice baptism. I: (North Carolina Yearly Meeting) Browse this collection. Ask archives staff to retrieve Quaker Ref and Quaker Rare call numbers, including published family histories and North Carolina genealogical journals. It was begun about 1740, and asked for a Monthly Meeting as early as 1743; in 1746 one had been settled. Thomas Thornburg (Abigails husband) is noted as being a founding member of the New Garden MM, coming from Deep River about 20 miles south-west of the New Garden site. LA. At age 74 I recently discovered long lines of Quakers on both sides of my family. Quaker Gap Death Records. ), Whats a human being name have to do with anything significant? Their vigorous public witness against political, social, and religious discrimination led to their persecution in England and the eventual establishment by William Penn of a colonial refuge in Pennsylvania. Then in the 1800s they spread into the Midwest, Oregon, California, and Canada. But, this one was abrasive to me. Levi Coffin, from Coffin, Levi. The last paragraph of these introductory pages lists the, 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). Description. My town was settled by descendants of these families in 1762, so that makes me part of the 8th or 9th generation of settlers. Cd-Win-Mac. The college today is an important repository of Quaker records. Minutes and Records Perquimans Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends in North Carolina 1680-1762. My thanks to Gabe for a kind well thought out response. recrq received (into membership) by request, rather than by transfer of membership from another Friends Meeting. Watching the video brought back the following painful memory. Also, the name Stanley, from Virginia and later Ohio. The hasty Coffin, fractious, loud, The other microfilms contain alphabetical index cards for the monthly meetings in each of the U.S. states listed. Religious freedom was what our country was founded upon . Read the introductory material to determine what records were extracted and what may be missing. It does not make you any more Quaker than someone who doesnt share your gene pool or someone who became a Quaker yesterday. Here's an existing category that seems appropriate. 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. The pacifist Quakers were particularly affected by the military operations and the protracted violence of the internal conflict between the Whigs and Loyalists. VII). Willow Bend Books, 1994-1996. Below are the meetings mentioned in the biography of James Brown (Brown-2471), listed chronologically in order of their creation. By the end of the century there were two monthly meetings in Perquimans and another in Pasquotank. Used by permission of the publisher. Quaker Abstract F185.F89 P87 1996, Bell, James Pinkney. In the 1660s, however, Friends sought to establish order for their community while continuing to honor "that of God" within each person. Weeks, writing in Southern Quakers and Slavery. For example, each meeting branched off from an older meeting. Yep, Im a lindley! Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1973 (Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1950). Is QuakerSpeak worth $1 a video? Max Carter: Today, probably about 80% of Quakers in attendance or membership in our meetings are not generational Quakers. No one QuakerSpeak video is intended to represent all Quakers, all of QuakerSpeak, all of Friends Publishing. 6300 Creedmoor Road, Suite 170 #323
I might recommend that the page be entitled Early Quakers in North Carolina and detach James Brown from the title. Genealogical Publishing Co., 1989. There is no known familial connection between Thomas and James Brown (Brown-2471). [5] The two Quakers mentioned as coming from Nottingham are James Brown and James Johnson. And the names of Bowerman, Hoxie, Metcalfe are seen in tombstones and markers; but not as many as the Swifts. I may add that Dr. Clements in her Canterbury dissertation placed the Rev. 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. 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. [16] (It is a subject of dispute as to which James Brown this might have been.) Quaker Ref E184.F89 H52 v.6, Putnam, Martha A. Share to Facebook. Did you recognize any of the names listed in the video? The text continues, stating: They [the men previously identified] represented some of the oldest and best Quaker families in Pennsylvania. This database contains Quaker monthly meeting records which are archived at the following Quaker colleges: Earlham (Indiana), Guilford (North Carolina), Haverford and Swarthmore (Pennsylvania). Available in the NCGS online store is North Carolina Research Genealogy and Local History, the text for the NCGS Webinar Series. I find it all fascinating. I see many Quaker values threaded through his analyses and treatment of others during that tumultuous time. My paternal grandmother, Clara Hazel Lang OHara was a Quaker and attended the Bradford Meeting House. Oops. Friends Historical Collection, Guilford College. See also: Levi Coffin and Quaker Emigration, Quaker Abolitionists. For example, plain dress. 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. So, if Jane Smith's membership or marriage was approved and the abstract doesn't mention her parents, she probably presented her request at an earlier meeting, but the original record won't likely mention her parents. Pennsylvania, New Jersey -- v. 3. Quaker Abstract F225.B4 1905. Quaker Ref F72.N2 H61, Roberts, Gary Boyd, editor. Levi Coffin of Guilford County was a founder of the Underground Railroad, which enabled thousands of slaves to escape to freedom. But I am an old lady who has only fairly recently discovered my many Quaker ancestors on both sides of my family. Max Carter says that most Quakers today are not generational, but that Quaker families used to marry in until their surnames were ethnically Quaker. 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. The establishment of a yearly meeting in North Carolina dates from 1698, as . 1824 Scotland, etc, etc. 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. All Quaker. We know not all of it is for everybody. The Spaniards eventually retreated due to conflicts with the natives. AND that women and men were equal!! Im sure there are more but they are my nearest relatives. Quaker Marriage Certificates Pasquotank, Perquimans - Monthly Meetings, North Carolina 1677-1800. print. IMPORTANT PRIVACY NOTICE & DISCLAIMER: YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO USE CAUTION WHEN DISTRIBUTING PRIVATE INFORMATION. 1: North Carolina Yearly Meeting Paperback - July 1, 2014 by Wm. Carvers received that status in 1746, and Dunns request was granted in 1750. 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. Quakerism in America was brought to Rhode Island in 1657 from Barbados and England. I can understand your point. Other books: Anne Arundel (and Howard) County Church Records. Abstracts of the Records of the Society of Friends inIndiana, Parts 1-6 and Index(Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. surnames in my ancestry regarding DNA are numerous, but, those that appear and are well recognized are