I've only recently become interested in the Quakers who migrated to Guilford and have been studying up on them. There's probably someone on the list who has more and better information, but the following is a thumb-nail sketch of what I've learned to date. The Cane Creek MM (in now Alamance Co.) was the first Quaker assembly in the area. It was principally formed by Quakers who came inland from the coast, but in later years was populated by others who migrated from the North. The New Garden MM was the second assembly (in the area), and was formed as a "splinter group" from Cane Creek, in, I believe, about 1756. Deep River was later formed from New Garden. New Garden was the largest and most influential group in what is now Guilford. The original New Garden MM site is now owned and located at Guilford College. The name New Garden was a legacy of the Quakers who migrated down from the area of Chester County, Pa., who belonged to the New Garden MM there. (And they inherited the name from a MM in Ireland, from where came most of the Pa. group). Generally, the New Garden members came 1) straight from the Pa. New Garden MM, 2) New Garden, Pa., members who took the detour to the Hopewell MM in what is now Winchester Co., Va. (just north of Winchester), and then moved south, 3) two distinct small waves of members from Newfoundland (Canada), and 4) small additions from the Va. MM's. The really big influx of Quakers into the area occurred at the same time that the Moravians came down from Pa., and coincidentally, with the first big migration of Scots-Irish Presbyterians to the Piedmont (mostly in what is now Rowan County). Though there were three distinct groups, ethnic and religious, in these migrations, chances are that many of them knew each other in Pa., and migrated together on their journey(s). Hope this helps somewhat with the general question. Lou Poole, Richardson, Tx (lpoole@dallas.net)