Mitzie: Check this book: "Hopewell Frienbds History 1734-1934 Frederick County, Virginia" Records of Hopewell Monthly Meetings and Meetings Reporting to Hopewell. Compiled from Official Records and Published by a Joint Committee of Hopewell Friends, Assisted by John W. Wayland. Originally Published Strasburg, Virginia 1936. Reprinted with Permission of the Hopewell Monthly Meeting - Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1875, 1993. Particulary look on page 25 of "Chapter II The Fathers of the Colony." "William Hogg, 411 acres. This land lies just southwest of the village of Kernstown and about four miles from Winchester. William Hogg, Hoge, or Hogue, as the name was variously spelled, was living in Chester County, Pa., where he was taxed in East Nottingham Township from 1718 to 1730, after which year he removed to Virginia. His first wife was Barbara Hume, who was the mother of all his children. William Hoge died before August 8, 1749. On that day his will was filed and recorded in the Frederick County clerk's office, but was not probated. His widow, Mary Hoge, declined accepting the provisions thereof, and claimed her dower. The land came into the possession of the Rev. John Hoge, the heir-at-law, he being the eldest son of his father John, who in turn was the eldest son of William. On this land stands the olf Opequon Presbyterian Church, organized by the Rev. James Anderson in 1737, and which, except for one or two short periods, has served that denomination to this day. In 1745 William Hoge conveyed to the trustees of this church two acres for a burying ground, but did not as frequently stated, donate the church lot, which pas purchased in 1795 by the trustees from Adam Kern and Christina, his wife, who at that time owned most of this old patent. On the site of the original home of William Hoge stands the large mansion house, now the home of Mrs. Hardy Grim, and which was built about 1850 by Stephen Pritchard, whose family owned the tract for many years. In the graveyard west of this house are buried many of the Hoges and Pritchards. William and Barbara Hoge left many descendants, among whom may be found ministers, college presidents, statesmen, and teachers, many of whom became nationally known. The minute books of Hopewell Monthly Meeting and the Frederick County records make frequent reference to his sons John, William Jr., Alexander, James, and George." Hope this helps Jack R. Louthan [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: Preston, Madaline H <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 20, 1999 7:10 PM Subject: Meeting house Wm. Hoge, Sr., owned property near Kernstown on a branch of the Opequon named Hogue Run. In 1745 he sold two acres to a group of men (some of whom were Quaker ...at one time) near the Presbyterian Meeting House "where it now stands" for a burying place, ...and enough timber to repair the Meeting House." If anyone has any knowledge about this meeting house or an existing gravesite that may have been connected with it, would you please help me out? Thank you, Mitzie -- Preston, Madaline H [email protected]