Peggy, Yes, the family of Matthew & Rebecca Harris Almond/Allman were Quakers (at least in the first decade of the 1800's. [However, as I stated, I cannot locate Matthew Sr. & Rebecca after the 1809 Marlboro Co., SC, record, and suspect some disaster may have struck the family?]) I have absolutely no information on the family of Matthew Almond Sr. prior to his marrying into the family of Quaker Harrises I am trying to sort through, except that he appears probably not to have been a birthright Quaker, given that Rebecca was briefly disowned for marrying him. Pam -----Original Message----- From: harris-hunters-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:harris-hunters-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Pegleghill@aol.com Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2012 11:17 AM To: harris-hunters@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] Confusing records... Pam just a side note here, What do you have on the Allman or Almond family. Were they also Quaker? I have Almond in VA. Is there any relationship with Thomas Almond, Jr/Mary Sansum? Peggy in CA In a message dated 9/22/2012 7:57:22 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, pamstone@cfl.rr.com writes: Hi, all, I have to tell everyone that there are only 1810 surviving census records for about 8 or 10 townships in the "Territory Northwest of the Ohio", where some of the children of Obediah & Rebecca Johnson Harris' children were: Richard & Sarah Harris Mendenhall, Benjamin & Margaret Ingle Harris, Abijah & Rachel Harris Jones, and Jacob & Judith Harris Cook. This is, of course, a HUGE gap in the records for the children of Obediah & Rebecca Johnson Harris. (However, luckily, these people were Quakers, so SOME surviving records do help to fill this gap.) As I am sure you all noticed, the records for Benjamin, the son of Obediah & Rebecca Johnson Harris, and his wife Margaret Ingle Harris & their children, are confusing (to say the least.) They were granted a certificate to Miami Monthly Meeting in Wayne Co., Indiana, in 1807, and were received there in December of 1809 on certificate from Deep River Monthly Meeting, NC. However, I have found at least one record stating that Benjamin was in what later became Wayne Co., Indiana by 1807, and it suggests that he may have bought land there at that time? And Benjamin Harris was recorded at Whitewater Monthly Meeting, Wayne Co., Indiana, in 1809, as a founding member of that meeting, as you all know. Then Benjamin & family were recorded as received at Whitewater Monthly Meeting in Wayne Co., Indiana on 2-24-1810, on a certificate from Deep River Monthly Meeting in Guilford Co., North Carolina. Based on these different records, it seems to me that perhaps Benjamin Harris, the son of Obediah & Rebecca Johnson Harris, ventured into this unsettled part of our country in 1807 and explored it, trying to decide if it was a country where his family could possibly thrive. POSSIBLY he entered land there at that time? I think he then returned to Guilford Co., NC, obtained a certificate to Miami MM, as there were not yet meetings established in Indiana at that time, and had his family received there in Miami Meeting, Ohio. But later, I think that Benjamin returned to Miami Co., Ohio to obtain their original certificate from Deep River Monthly Meeting to present his family to Whitewater Monthly Meeting, Wayne Co., Indiana. This would explain, perhaps, the confusing records for the family of Benjamin & Margaret Ingle Harris? Also, I have found confusing records regarding Rebecca Harris Allman/Almond. I found her recorded at Marlboro MM, SC, in 1809, as with her much older husband, Matthew Sr., and her stepchildren and children, but I don't find her OR her husband OR children after that (at all.) Perhaps Rebecca and her husband, Matthew, and her children, Judith, Harris & Rebecca, all died before 1820? These records are confusing, but can eventually be sorted out, I hope. Pam pamstone@clf.rr.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HARRIS-HUNTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HARRIS-HUNTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message