There was no meeting house so she became United Brethren because the church was less than a mile from her home. The names Hoag and DeVol/Devoll/Davol are scattered on both sides of my family tree like colored lights on a Christmas tree. ltm liberated to marry, left at liberty to marry: permitted to marry. 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 . Me too. We know not all of it is for everybody. VII). Some people just really like to know as part of their identity: who am I made of? Share to Twitter. 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). I can understand your point. And lots felt the need for independence more keenly than sitting and praying for peace. I am a descendent of Andrew Job. Search them all for your familys surname(s). 2023 North Carolina Genealogical Society, Friends Meeting House (Guilford Co. NC 1869), North Carolina Research Genealogy and Local History. prc produced a certificate: transferred membership. And scarce an honest Hussey.. In 1771, that part of North Carolina became Guilford County, the name now associated with that New Garden MM. "The earliest of these meetings in NC seems to have been that at Carvers Creek in Bladen County. North Carolina Quakers originated as a result of a missionary band that George Fox led to the Caribbean and North America in 1671. 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. Use Thomas Hills book to determine where records for your ancestors might be. Other books: Cumberland, Gloucester, Monmouth and Salem counties, NJ. Quaker Ref E184.F89 H5 v.3, Meldrum, Charlotte D. Early Church Records of Burlington County, NJ, Vols. Accessed 12/2011. 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). They appear in the Where Records Kept field, preceded by "LDS". 1: North Carolina Yearly Meeting Paperback - July 1, 2014 by Wm. Some of those repositories are listed below. The earliest Quaker settlements were in New England, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Quaker meetings were organized by geographic areas consisting mainly of Preparative Meetings (Particular Meetings), Monthly Meetings, Quarterly Meetings, and Yearly Meetings. The land the meeting house purportedly was on actually ended up in my family in 1750, sold to Thomas Thames by the Dunn family. I am so blessed. John Wing backed into his rightful place as the Vicar of St. Nicholas CE Parish, Strood 1608 to 1615. gct granted certificate to: permitted to move ones membership to a particular meeting. 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. Family Line Publications, 1997-2000. Unfortunately, the Wings of Sandwich have been sidetracked by their inability to prove that Deborah Wing was the daughter of the Rev. Quaker Abstract F225.B4 1905. , new memberships, transfers of membership, disownments, and restorations to membership. 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. I am blessed by this. Stephen Bachiler. 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. By 1888, from this small beginning, evolved Guilford College, which has achieved a national reputation for excellence as a liberal arts college. Online at https://www.flickr.com/photos/fhcarchives/5436563980/. The Hinshaw Index to Selected Quaker Records, 1680-1940 is part of Hinshaw's effort to preserve and index all Quaker monthly meeting records. It naturally supports our ego or self-image. The FamilySearch Library does not have copies of all Quaker records. I understand you want people to understand what the Quaker values are about not just genealogy. Lots of Quakers were displaced/disowned because of our warsrefusing to fight on either side. Write down the microfilm numbers you plan to search on your research log. III. 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. North Carolina; Elizabeth WHITE b: ca. Copyright 2006 by the University of North Carolina Press. 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. I graduated from Westtown School and didnt know this information until now. (Page 45) "Transcribed out of an old Book By Thos. This page has been viewed 26,426 times (0 via redirect). This collection can be found at the FamilySearch Library on the third floor and is available digitally here. The first pageincludes the county, the names of the earliest members, and sometimes other clues. When a person "condemned" his or her own misconduct, the monthly meeting might then restore him or her to membership. By the end of the century there were two monthly meetings in Perquimans and another in Pasquotank. Hinshaw's "Encyclopedia of American Genealogy Vol. There are several alphabetical sequences within each monthly meeting. Eg. It will make this page more useful to others researching early Quakers of NC. Willow Bend Books, 1994-1996. I have Quaker Lindley ancestors who came to Pennsylvania from Ireland, too. 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. I am descended from Brasseys and Worleys on my fathers side and Ashmores and Lindleys on my mothers side. This is fascinating for those of us who do geneology. 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. Staff members can also help you with microfilm, manuscripts, and family surname files. There is no known familial connection between Thomas and James Brown (Brown-2471). Keep up to date with Jons work at his website. Please submit permission requests for other use directly to the publisher. Carvers received that status in 1746, and Dunns request was granted in 1750. Ohio / Harlow Lindley, collaborator and historian for Ohio -- v. 1. Quakerism in America was brought to Rhode Island in 1657 from Barbados and England. Quaker founder George Fox also visited that same year. $75.00. This practice was due to marriage within the colonial laws were accomplished within sanctioned churches, such as Catholic/Church of England. We saw in Charlottesville and see hatreds causing war deaths all around the world. Transcripts, Subtitles and Closed Captioning. Had he known, the tragedy of alcoholism would not have wrecked his life. My Great Grandmother was a Quaker until she had to move to Ohio to live with her son. Like Ray Regen, I was uncomfortable watching it. I was raised as a Friend but through convincment not blood or so I thought. 2008 - 2023 INTERESTING.COM, INC. 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. 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. Some early Quakers who moved to North Carolina arrived there from Pennsylvania. Thanks, Your email address will not be published. My children have married people with names from Greece and Colombia. From an 1887 conference in Richmond, Ind., emerged both a uniform discipline and eventually the Friends United Meeting, first called the Five Years Meeting. 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: Much of his life is a mystery. co chosen overseer(s): selected for an important office of responsibility in the meeting. If there were two or more records books, these lines will explain the page numbers next to family information in the next section. Marriages were overseen by the meetings and all in attendance were witnesses. Guide to Hinshaw's Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. All Quaker. 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 . Pennsylvania, New Jersey -- v. 3. I know a Brinton in Maine, related to me (Fisher) in Ireland. This website works best with modern browsers such as the latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge. Just trying to get more visibility to your good work! Now, I am finding more. A state map on this page shows the location of each. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. It was named from the founder of the settlement, James Carver, who moved from Pennsylvania. 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. Minutes and Records Perquimans Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends in North Carolina 1680-1762. 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. Eventually 55 of that states 100 counties were formed from parts of Bladen County.[10]. Share to Facebook. Quaker Abstract F185.F89 P87 1996, Bell, James Pinkney. 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. Reading Ebony and Ivy by Craig Steven Wilder, might lead to great emotional pain re ones Quaker lineage. The southern community met the Quaker antislavery stance with escalating hostility, precipitating mass migrations of Quakers to the free states of Ohio and Indiana. OR The collection is divided into an index and six parts. (If this, or any other single video topic is not for you, thats ok!) gl granted letter: permitted to move ones membership to a church of another denomination. Barlow, Ridley, Slusser. Quakers did not practice baptism. Part of it is that we all want to be right. Witnesses to North Carolina Quaker marriage Title Also Known As: cover: North Carolina marriages 1757-1772 Statement of Responsibility: William Perry Johnson Authors: Johnson, William Perry (Main Author) Format: Books/Monographs/Book with Digital Images Language: English Publication: [Place of publication not identified : s.n. I live in an historic house in New Hampshire. 1669 in Perquimans, North Carolina; Will. The hasty Coffin, fractious, loud, Limit 20 per day. North Carolina Death Indexes, 1908-2004 Ancestry. Also a marriage certificate. The collection is also available on microfiche beginning number 6051380. My great-great-grandfather was Quaker, I grew up Presbyterian, but I thought that I would try a Quaker meeting and theyre curious. Early genealogists also donated their files of many family surnames, including the Edna Harvey Joseph and R.H. Hutchinson collections. Ferris & Leach, 1901. The practices and testimonies they developed helped unify Friends throughout the next century. It was begun about 1740, and asked for a Monthly Meeting as early as 1743; in 1746 one had been settled. Used by permission of the publisher. They were the Swifts. I: (North Carolina Yearly Meeting) Browse this collection. For example, each meeting branched off from an older meeting. The Spaniards eventually retreated due to conflicts with the natives. Several manuscript collections contain a wealth of genealogical information, including the Stanley, Beeson, Hill, Piggott-Pickett, Cox and Mendenhall families. William Penn and others as owners of enslaved persons. The problem is when we hold on rigidly to our beliefs and worldviews (our rightness) as the only true way. In my experience, almost none of the people who visit a Quaker meeting because their ancestor was a Friend come back. On the micro level, winning the argument (sadly) often trumps (no pun intended) the value of our relationshipsour marriage or a friendship can suffer. Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1940. He had no idea of his long line of Quaker ancestors! If you continue with this browser, you may see unexpected results. Volume I of Hinshaw is the abstract of the early records of North and South Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee. By 1775 it had slipped to fifth place with 320 meetings. If youre a Winslow in North Carolina, you know youre probably from Perquimans and Pasquotank counties. Alexanders adoptive mother mentioned in a letter that Eliza came to visit and was Quaker. Join the Project, Adopt a Meeting and More, Categories: American Quakers | Quaker Meetings, North Carolina | Quaker Meetings, United States of America, WIKITREE HOME | ABOUT | G2G FORUM | HELP | SEARCH. Weeks, writing in Southern Quakers and Slavery. I usually like watching the cool videos on Quaker Speak. The pacifist Quakers were particularly affected by the military operations and the protracted violence of the internal conflict between the Whigs and Loyalists. QM quarterly meeting: the second administrative level of Friends, comprising of several "monthly" meetings that met together quarterly to transact church business. Knowing the earlier meeting is a clue about the earliest members' origins. 1824 Scotland, etc, etc. (Best for messages specifically directed to those editing this profile. I appreciated your thoughtful response to that and found that very appropriate. IMPORTANT PRIVACY NOTICE & DISCLAIMER: YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO USE CAUTION WHEN DISTRIBUTING PRIVATE INFORMATION. Eliza is not my direct ancestor but connected to my Clark family of Scotland and New Orleans. This knowledge is blessing my life and my soul. This database contains Quaker monthly meeting records which are archived at the following Quaker colleges: Earlham (Indiana), Guilford (North Carolina), Haverford and Swarthmore (Pennsylvania). Ask archives staffto retrieve Quaker Refand Quaker Rare call numbers, includingpublished family historiesand North Carolina genealogical journals. When it was clear to that person I had no Quaker ancestry, he had nothing more to say to me and walked away. But for whatever reason, I chose to speak out about ethnocentricity. Might I suggest some categorization so others may find this great page? I think thats what was meant by shaking the trees and a Quaker nut would fall out was referring to. At age 74 I recently discovered long lines of Quakers on both sides of my family. They may contain a history of the meeting, lists of members, marriages, deaths, removals, and disownings. Thomas Daniel. Her home (The Caleb Pusey House of Landingford Plantation) is now a museum. 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. recrq received (into membership) by request, rather than by transfer of membership from another Friends Meeting. I appreciated the episode even tho it was my first time hearing Quaker Speak. This one item is also available on microfiche 6038227. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 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. Friends Publishing Corporation From these states Quakers migrated in the mid- to late- 1700s to Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia. I did have a cousin on the other side of the family who left the Catholic church when he married a Quaker during Vietnam. Quaker Abstract F190.F89 W74 2001. 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. 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. 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. Guides to Accessing Information from Quaker Records See guide links below for tips and information about specific types of research using Quaker records. "Virtually a Quaker province." I wish we had known as being Quaker Friends would have blessed our lives, in my family. rec receive, received (into membership). 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 appreciate this site. Show Transcript and Discussion Questions Max Carter The reasons for migration and migration patterns before and after the Revolutionary War will also be explored. There was a time in the 1700s when the colonies /states were headed toward Quakers being the preponderance of religious affiliation. Jillaine, I have opened it as you requested. 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. . She was one of 12 Lang children from Martins Corner, PA. My father was a birthright member of the Society of Friends, so I have quite an interesting family tree. Max Carter says that most Quakers today are not generational, but that Quaker families used to marry in until their surnames were ethnically Quaker. 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. 901-QU0001. James Boone. And his grandfather and fathers first names is Willard Everett, uncommon names. No one QuakerSpeak video is intended to represent all Quakers, all of QuakerSpeak, all of Friends Publishing. Raleigh, North Carolina 27612. Records of Monthly Meetings hold the most vital information for genealogists. Label vector designed by Ibrandify - Freepik.com, https://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/coffin/frontis1.html, https://www.flickr.com/photos/fhcarchives/5436563980/. Available in the NCGS online store is North Carolina Research Genealogy and Local History, the text for the NCGS Webinar Series. New York / special compiler for this volume: John Cox, Jr. -- v. 4-5. II. Dunns Creek met in a part of Bladen County that became Cumberland County in 1754. I have Cox, Heath, and Bowne ancestors. The Quaker Corner . As slavery became more of an issue for Quakers, North Carolina was the major source of out migration. As part of the team that publishes QuakerSpeak, I want to thank all of you who have commented. 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! Did you recognize any of the names listed in the video? Willow Bend Books, 1992-2000. The Moseley Map was created in 1733 by Edward Moseley (1682-1749), . [1], According to NCPedia, Quakers were some of the first settlers to move to North Carolina, because the colony had established religious freedom as early as 1672.[3]. (Best for messages specifically directed to those editing this profile. The earliest existing meeting records, which date from 1680, are from Perquimans Monthly Meeting. This migration occurred due to the . The new ideas were more evident in North Carolina after the Civil War when out-of-state evangelists began to hold revivals. 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. North Carolina, prior to the Revolution, was a destination. Furnas should on the list of generations of Friends. Hinshaw Index to Selected Quaker Records, 1680-1940. Jon Watts launched and directed the QuakerSpeak project for its first 6 seasons. I might recommend that the page be entitled Early Quakers in North Carolina and detach James Brown from the title. Max Carter: For much of our history, Quakers were endogamous the sociological term for marrying in. 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. I. Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1936; with Supplement, 1948. 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. The others came directly from England. If all of the women wore simple gray dresses, no one knew if one was poor or rich during a time of aristocratic status . gc granted certificate: permitted to move ones membership. 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. Southern Quakers and slavery: - Google Books. Indiana Historical Society, 1962-1977. If there are no FS Library film numbers, skip to the section on contacting other repositories. 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 stores was that Arthur Strickland my grandfathers roommate at Penn convinced my grandfather , Earl Grant Harrison to attend Friends Meeting. Fascinating! Max Carter: Today, probably about 80% of Quakers in attendance or membership in our meetings are not generational Quakers. 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. Maris is one of my earliest Quaker families. Leave a message for others who see this profile. Quaker Ref F72.N2 H61, Roberts, Gary Boyd, editor. (I happen to be a 4th generation Quaker and frankly I dont care what your name is. Wisters and Sharplesses. 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. Start with the comprehensive Index to the first six volumes. Executive Director But I can look. The W.F. Abstracts of obituaries in newspapers of Stokes County, North Carolina 1915-1976 Family History Library. Our world is so complicated and changing all the time . Volume I is arranged by monthly meeting (church), beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest. Our data tell us that each one has the potential to bring in new subscribers who will continue to explore Quaker experience with us. United States Church Records Society of Friends (Quakers). Where have you seen some of those names? 4-5: Southwestern Pennsylvania, Ohio, and one meeting in Michigan. They are newcomers or first or second generation Friends. 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. A significant contribution to minority education was the High Point Normal and Industrial Institute, which was founded in 1891 and eventually was incorporated into the public school system as William Penn High School. J. P. Bell, Co., 1905. Quakers organized manumission and African colonization societies and gradually began to advocate abolition of slavery. The first homogeneous community in [Bladen] county was the Quakers according to Stephen B. [16] (It is a subject of dispute as to which James Brown this might have been.) Delmarva Roots, 2001. 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