I have the Hinshaw Encyclopedia of Quaker Genealogy CD and there are no Barefoots (should that be Barefeet?) listed from 1750 through 1930. So, I wouldn't assume that they were Quakers. S. -----Original Message----- From: fianna@fast.net <fianna@fast.net> To: PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com <PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 10:04 PM Subject: Re: [PACHESTE] "GERMAN COUNTY, PA" >Sharon, > >I looked on the Berks site for the name Barefoot, and what came up was your >queries. Seeing their connection to Ross and Robinson, and seeing where they >lived -- Morgantown, Douglassville, Amity and Caernarvon Twp, and the dates, I >think you can assume they are Quakers. This is good news; the Quakers kept >great records. Look for the earliest names you know. It's very possible that >the family ceased to be Quakers around the time of the Revolution, or even >earlier. >You mention their having a connection to the early iron industry. This was >pioneered by Quakers in Berks County. > >Good luck, >Karen > >Sharon Sheldon wrote: > >> Hey Folks, >> >> Here's one for ya: in a dictated autobiography my distant uncle made the >> following remarks about the progenitor of our Barefoot line: "Dr. Benjamin >> Barefoot, came over from the North of Ireland in the last years of the 18th >> century and located among the Pennsylvania Germans in German County." >> >> Now I know there's no such thing as German County, and Germantown isn't a >> possibility, either, according to their historical society. In 1785 my >> Benjamin Barefoot first appears on the tax records in West Nantmeal Twp., >> Chester Co., PA. A man I believe is his brother, Samuel Barefoot, is on the >> tax list as well. Does anyone have any comments on where would be a good >> place in Chester Co. that would earn the designation of German County by >> one who would not know any better? >> >> As an aside, the best I can find on this family (or even this surname) shows >> activity in the 1760's off and on in Douglassville, Amity Twp. & West >> Nantmeal. There's also a James Barefoot who would be a contemporary of >> these two listed on the tax records in Nottingham Twp. In the 1770's there >> were a few Barefoots who were in the Caernarvon Twp. area of Berks Co. as >> well, but I can't find evidence of them in Berks earlier than that. >> >> This is my first foray into anything German in PA. Any clues, anyone? :) >> >> Thanks a bunch for reading this. >> >> Sharon >> No. VA >> >> ==== PACHESTE Mailing List ==== >> Stop by our associated website for Chester County Genealogy at >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacheste/chester.htm > > >==== PACHESTE Mailing List ==== >Stop by our associated website for Chester County Genealogy at >http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacheste/chester.htm > > > >