Thank you for your response. I have all of the Joseph and Priscilla Jessop family history. I have a copy of Joseph Jessop's will but I don't have a copy of Priscilla's will. If you could send me a copy, I would appreciate it very much. I'm seeking documentation for the claim that Rachel married Joseph Cloud. You may have given me the clue I need by sending the identity of the historian, Luther Byrd. Ray Shirley > [Original Message] > From: Bob Carter <gravehunter@triad.rr.com> > To: <ncsurry@rootsweb.com> > Date: 11/7/2007 6:58:27 PM > Subject: Re: [NCSURRY] Quaker records > > In a booklet compiled by Luther Byrd back in the 1960s or early 1970s, he > lists Rachel Jessop, born June 21, 1776, probably in Perquimans County, NC. > She married Joseph Cloud sometime between 1796 and 1805, but did not give a > location. Luther says she was a daughter of Joseph JESSOP and someone named > Priscilla and was disowned for marrying out of unity. His book says they > reportedly were from Perquimans or Carteret counties and then Guilford > County, and finally settled in Westfield in Surry County in 1785 or 1786. > Joseph Jessup left a will that was probated November 1796 while his wife, > Priscilla left a will that was probated in February 1819. > > I have this data due to me getting a copy of the JESSOP (JESSUP) family > history from my aunt who married a JESSUP from Stokes County. Problem is, > although I scanned the hand-typed pages, and have them mostly converted to > Word, they are not in a database file such as FamilyTreeMaker so it's hard > to search for connections. > > Luther also did a booklet on the FULK family that I was able to get > converted as well. Have no idea how many other books or pamphlets he > created, but his work is a treasure. > > Bob Carter > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "RAYMOND SHIRLEY SR." <rshirley@icx.net> > To: <ncsurry@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 2:28 PM > Subject: Re: [NCSURRY] Quaker records > > > >I recently spent a week in Stokes and Surry Counties researching my Cloud > > ancestors and looking for various sites. I was in old Westfield three > > times but could not find the Westfield Monthly Meeting house. Is it still > > standing? Also, is there a local resident with access to the surviving > > meeting records? I am trying to find a record of the marriage of Joseph > > Cloud to Rachel Jessop. > > Ray Shirley > > > > > > > >> [Original Message] > >> From: <hdalecook@aol.com> > >> To: <ncsurry@rootsweb.com> > >> Date: 11/7/2007 1:05:44 AM > >> Subject: Re: [NCSURRY] Quaker records > >> > >> > >> I have an interesting web > > site?http://www.rootsweb.com/~quakers/westfield.htm?that may clear up one > > one the mysteries of Surry Quaker meeting houses. The author, Luther Byrd, > > was my Westfield High School principle and a historian. Westfield HS is no > > longer?in existence. Sandy Cook, one of the donors of the land for > > Westfield?Friends Church is my?g grandfather.?He lived adjacent to the > > Church. As a youngster I can remember multi-denominational funerals?and > > burial services?at the Church and graveyard. The graveyard is one of the > > oldest in what is now Surry County. Some of the headstones were crude > > rough > > hewn rocks.? > >> > >> The?Quaker Churches were called meeting places, as were most > > churches?prior to the Revolution. To be an official church there had to be > > two formal services conducted by an English Angelican Minister annually, > > thus meeting places.? > >> > >> Microfilm copies of Hinshaw's indices can be found at any LDS research > > center. I went through?all of Hinshaw's?info on NC, SC and some Tn meeting > > houses looking for my?Cook and Cain relatives.?There were numerous?Quaker > > Cooks, however the Quaker naming patterns?did not match my Scotch-Irish > > descendents. Sandy Cook?(5th American generation) was the first of my > > descendents to became a Quaker.? > >> > >> I don't recall a Beaver Creek?or Dam, however Tom's Creek is about 1?mile > > from the Church.?The Church is located about?10 miles south of the NC-VA > > line. > >> > >> Dale Cook?? > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: BenbowKD@aol.com > >> To: ncsurry@rootsweb.com > >> Sent: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 4:55 am > >> Subject: Re: [NCSURRY] Quaker records > >> > >> > >> > >> There were many areas in NC counties named Beaver Dam or Beaver Creek, > > so > >> you might have to pinpoint the location more than that. Research the > > land > >> grants and deeds. Find out exactly which rivers and streams were > > nearby, and > >> what neighbors they had and what rivers and creeks those deeds mention, > > and > >> then > >> try to determine the exact neighborhood. > >> > >> In working with Quaker ancestors, one detail that is often overlooked is > > the > >> fact that the Hinshaw abstracts contain the records out of the Monthly > >> Meetings only, which is where business and vital records were kept. The > >> member's > >> local (weekly) meeting, or Preparatory Meeting, may have been quite some > >> distance away from the supervising MM, so people did not necessarily > > live in > >> the > >> vicinity of the MM. Hence, at times some families' records could vary > > from > >> one MM to another, because they may have switched attending one local > >> preparatory meeting with another PM that was also relatively nearby, but > > which > >> was > >> under another MM. And sometimes the PM's would change their > > affiliations, > >> thereby causing the business and vital records to shift back and forth > > from one > >> > >> MM to another without the family changing their weekly practice. It's > > similar > >> to people changing county jurisdictions without moving one inch. > >> > >> Also, it is good to keep in mind that Hinshaw's workers did not abstract > > all > >> minutes of all meetings. And a lot of things that might interest the > >> descendants were left out of the abstracts. Order the microfilm into > > your > >> local > >> Family History Center library for viewing. > >> > >> Katherine Benbow > >> > >> > >> > >> ************************************** See what's new at > > http://www.aol.com > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > NCSURRY-request@rootsweb.com > >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the > > body of > >> the message > >> > >> > >> ________________________________________________________________________ > >> Email and AIM finally together. 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