The Quakers referred to each other as friends even if they were relatives. There are quite a few Quakers still in the Kent and Queen Anne Counties of Maryland and Kent County Delaware. I wonder if that might be possible in this case. Clara

Clara Marie Thomas wrote: > The Quakers referred to each other as friends even if they were relatives. There > are quite a few Quakers still in the Kent and Queen Anne Counties of Maryland and > Kent County Delaware. I wonder if that might be possible in this case. > > Clara In the 1741 will case I referenced, some of the parties in question were proved Presbyterians. Thus I had discounted the Quaker usage (altho my knowledge of that was limited) of the term "friends". Joe Lake