I was poking around in my Barlow's with with a sharp stick recently and ran across something I didn't know or had forgotten (I do that a lot). Mine are from the "Bunches" bunch from Thomas1 then Thomas2 and Miss Carlton. My ggg-grandfather was their son Jesse who married Nancy Gosnell. I show Jesse born about 1779 at Lynchburg VA. It seems that 3 siblings of Barlow's married 3 siblings of Gosnell's. The Gosnell's were Nancy, William and Benjamin. The Barlow's were Jesse, Elizabeth and the Jane. The Gosnell's came from England to Maryland between 1660 and 1698 as far as I know. From there they migrated to VA.(apparently Pittsylvania County). My information says that Nancy Gosnell and Jesse Barlow were married in Pittsylvania County VA. I recently ran across information that indicated that the Gosnell's were Quakers... I could understand one quaker marrying a non quaker even though the quakers were generally hated in VA but for three to marry into a non Quaker family would be almost impossible according to much of what I have read. Could these Barlow's have been Quakers? Maybe those Barlow's were Quakers and everybody else on the planet but me knew it. :-) Maybe they were just more open to Quakers than most Virginians that I have read about in that era. I would mention here as I have before that Milton Barlow (who sat on a different branch of the same tree) said in an interview with the authors of the well known Kentucky history (I can't recall their names right now) that his family had been French Huguenots that came here to escape persecution. Has anyone else found this line of Barlow's bumping into Quakers? -- "farmer", Esquire At Hewick Midwest Wealth beyond belief, just no money... Paternal Robinson's here by way of Norway (Clan Gunn), Scottish Highlands, Cleasby Yorkshire England, Virginia, Kentucky then Indiana. In America 100 years before the revolution. Francis Robinson Central Indiana USA robinson@svs.net

Anything is possible. While going through Quaker records (and they are meticulous) at the Guilford Township Library in Plainfield, Indiana, I discovered that a Barlow family in my line (the Germanna group) converted to the Quaker faith. Plainfield once had a large Quaker population, thus it really wasn't surprising to find a family convert. ... don't feel alone on the planet, as their are still so many genealogical discoveries to be made! :-D Jim Barlow, List Owner Champaign, IL > > Maybe those Barlow's were Quakers and everybody else on the >planet but me knew it. ... > Has anyone else found this line of Barlow's bumping into Quakers? > >--

Jim, What Germanna group of Barlows converted to Quaker. My line is Joshua Barlow married Rhoda Thomas. Thanks, Imo Greenwood ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Barlow" <jebarlow@uiuc.edu> To: <BARLOW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 12:03 PM Subject: Re: [BARLOW] Quaker Barlow's? | Anything is possible. While going through Quaker records (and they | are meticulous) at the Guilford Township Library in Plainfield, | Indiana, I discovered that a Barlow family in my line (the Germanna | group) converted to the Quaker faith. Plainfield once had a large | Quaker population, thus it really wasn't surprising to find a family | convert. ... don't feel alone on the planet, as their are still so | many genealogical discoveries to be made! :-D | | Jim Barlow, List Owner | Champaign, IL | | | | > | > Maybe those Barlow's were Quakers and everybody else on the | >planet but me knew it. ... | > Has anyone else found this line of Barlow's bumping into Quakers? | > | >-- | | | ==== BARLOW Mailing List ==== | To UNSUBSCRIBE from the BARLOW Mailing List: | | If subscribed to BARLOW-L, send an email to: | barlow-l-request@rootsweb.com | | Type "unsubscribe" in the Subject line. (Without the quotes, of course.) | | | If subscribed to BARLOW-D, send an email to: | BARLOW-d-request@rootsweb.com | | Type "unsubscribe" in the Subject line. (Without the quotes, of course.) | |

Hi Imo, It wasn't a "group" of Barlows ... it was an individual male and his family. He was in the line from Christopher/Adam/Enoch line. >Jim, > >What Germanna group of Barlows converted to Quaker. My line is Joshua >Barlow married Rhoda Thomas. > >Thanks, Imo Greenwood > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Jim Barlow" <jebarlow@uiuc.edu> >To: <BARLOW-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 12:03 PM >Subject: Re: [BARLOW] Quaker Barlow's? > > >| Anything is possible. While going through Quaker records (and they >| are meticulous) at the Guilford Township Library in Plainfield, >| Indiana, I discovered that a Barlow family in my line (the Germanna >| group) converted to the Quaker faith. Plainfield once had a large >| Quaker population, thus it really wasn't surprising to find a family >| convert. ... don't feel alone on the planet, as their are still so >| many genealogical discoveries to be made! :-D >| >| Jim Barlow, List Owner >| Champaign, IL >| >| >| >| > >| > Maybe those Barlow's were Quakers and everybody else on the >| >planet but me knew it. ... >| > Has anyone else found this line of Barlow's bumping into Quakers? >| > >| >-- >| >| >| ==== BARLOW Mailing List ==== >| To UNSUBSCRIBE from the BARLOW Mailing List: >| >| If subscribed to BARLOW-L, send an email to: >| barlow-l-request@rootsweb.com >| >| Type "unsubscribe" in the Subject line. (Without the quotes, of >course.) >| >| >| If subscribed to BARLOW-D, send an email to: >| BARLOW-d-request@rootsweb.com >| >| Type "unsubscribe" in the Subject line. (Without the quotes, of >course.) >| >| > > >==== BARLOW Mailing List ==== >To UNSUBSCRIBE from the BARLOW Mailing List: > >If subscribed to BARLOW-L, send an email to: >barlow-l-request@rootsweb.com > >Type "unsubscribe" in the Subject line. (Without the quotes, of course.) > > >If subscribed to BARLOW-D, send an email to: >BARLOW-d-request@rootsweb.com > >Type "unsubscribe" in the Subject line. (Without the quotes, of course.)