In a message dated 9/12/02 8:53:37 AM Eastern Daylight Time, joanngeo@BCPL.net writes: > I know this is not the person you are searching for, but it is an example of > Quaker > name conventions. Also, the Quaker calendar is different than the one we > know. > I know of no "Quaker" naming pattern but the early Welsh (whether Quakers or not) used Patronymics where the son would take the father's given name as his "surname." So David Ap (meaning son of) Meredith would possibly have a son named Owen Ap David or even Meredith Ap David if the son was being named for the paternal grandfather. Often when the Welshmen arrived in America they would retain the "surname" they came with as an actual permanent surname and the family used that surname from that point on. As to calendar differences, again there was no Quaker calendar difference as such. Europe used the Julian Calendar with the year beginning in March--this didn't just apply to Quakers. As of Sept. 1752 the Gregorian Calendar was put into use with the year beginning on January 1st. The only reason researchers note a difference having to do with Quakers is that Quakers don't use the names of months--January, February, etc. They use the names 1st month, 2nd month, 3rd month and so on. So the trick is to know when the change in calendar occurred so that you know whether a Quaker record refers to January as the 1st month or March, and February as the 2nd month or April, etc. Joan