I've been told that the St. Peter's Church in Montgomery County (North Wales) is Lutheran. On 24 Apr 00, at 12:04, Vincent E. Summers wrote: > Ah. That would be wonderful, except they were *not* Quakers. They > were involved with the Christ Church and the St. Peter's Church, > which are Episcopal. Now whether Elizabeth "converted" from Quaker > or not, I am not aware. I will gladly send you the miniscule data I > have on her, in hopes you may find her, but, sadly, just as the name > REES is not rare, neither among REES is the name Elizabeth rare, I > believe... I will send you, personally, the data tonight, but thought > I would mention the fact that they were Episcopal, public. > > Vince > > Roland Morris wrote: > > > > The post on Genforum is correct. Montgomery County was formed from > > Philadelphia County in 1784 and Delaware County was formed from Chester > > County in 1789. Legal documents would more than likely exist in Philadelphia > > and West Chester. > > > > If they were Qaukers you can find excellent records for them at the > > Friends Historical Library at Swarthmore College. Rees was a common Welsh > > name which I frequently encounter in the Radnor Monthly Meeting records at > > Swarthmore while researching my own family. Many of these Welsh Tract > > settlers came from an area near Lake Bala in Merioneth, in northern Wales. > > (Present day Gwynedd, Wales). Rees is a common name among them. > > > > Give me the names and dates and I'll do a quick search for them the > > next time I'm at Swarthmore. > > > > Roland Morris > > > > ================ > > > > Here is an extract of a post to GENFORUM considering the surname REES. > > > > Montgomery Co PA as that is where I live. Athough this county was not > > formed until later as you state, Lower Merion and Upper Merion (maybe > > others) Townships were formed in the 1600s. There was a significant > > migration of Welsh into this area---some were Quakers and some were not. > > A significant number of these were named Rees. > > > > Mention is then made of a later move to Delaware County. > > > > I seek Elizabeth REES who married George Killinger/Kellenger Fitzgerald > > and who had been born in the late-middle 1700's. I haven't a clue > > concerning her parents. She is buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery. I do > > not have my dates with me, but it was somewhere around 1768-88. I > > tend toward the latter, from memory. > > > > Can you help? > > > > Thanks, > > Vince Summers > > (great-great-great grandson) > > > > ==== PAMONTGO Mailing List ==== > > List owner ndwilson@swbell.net > > > > ============================== > > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > ==== PAMONTGO Mailing List ==== > > To unsubscribe first check and see if you are getting list or digest mode then e-mail PAMONTGO- L-request@rootsweb.com or PAMONTGO-D-request@rootsweb.com with unsubscribe in message. > > > > ============================== > > The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > > Tens of millions of individuals... and counting. > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > > > ==== PAMONTGO Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe first check and see if you are getting list or digest mode then e-mail PAMONTGO-L- request@rootsweb.com or PAMONTGO-D-request@rootsweb.com with unsubscribe in message. > > ============================== > The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Tens of millions of individuals... and counting. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ marybeth@nothinbut.net
Oh. No, my relatives attended the Philadelphia one. It is just that I am hoping my REES came from Montgomery. Actually, the earlies records I have are for Philadelphia. Vince marybeth@nothinbut.net wrote: > > I've been told that the St. Peter's Church in Montgomery County > (North Wales) is Lutheran. > > On 24 Apr 00, at 12:04, Vincent E. Summers wrote: > > > Ah. That would be wonderful, except they were *not* Quakers. They > > were involved with the Christ Church and the St. Peter's Church, > > which are Episcopal. Now whether Elizabeth "converted" from Quaker > > or not, I am not aware. I will gladly send you the miniscule data I > > have on her, in hopes you may find her, but, sadly, just as the name > > REES is not rare, neither among REES is the name Elizabeth rare, I > > believe... I will send you, personally, the data tonight, but thought > > I would mention the fact that they were Episcopal, public. > > > > Vince > > > > Roland Morris wrote: > > > > > > The post on Genforum is correct. Montgomery County was formed from > > > Philadelphia County in 1784 and Delaware County was formed from Chester > > > County in 1789. Legal documents would more than likely exist in Philadelphia > > > and West Chester. > > > > > > If they were Qaukers you can find excellent records for them at the > > > Friends Historical Library at Swarthmore College. Rees was a common Welsh > > > name which I frequently encounter in the Radnor Monthly Meeting records at > > > Swarthmore while researching my own family. Many of these Welsh Tract > > > settlers came from an area near Lake Bala in Merioneth, in northern Wales. > > > (Present day Gwynedd, Wales). Rees is a common name among them. > > > > > > Give me the names and dates and I'll do a quick search for them the > > > next time I'm at Swarthmore. > > > > > > Roland Morris > > > > > > ================ > > > > > > Here is an extract of a post to GENFORUM considering the surname REES. > > > > > > Montgomery Co PA as that is where I live. Athough this county was not > > > formed until later as you state, Lower Merion and Upper Merion (maybe > > > others) Townships were formed in the 1600s. There was a significant > > > migration of Welsh into this area---some were Quakers and some were not. > > > A significant number of these were named Rees. > > > > > > Mention is then made of a later move to Delaware County. > > > > > > I seek Elizabeth REES who married George Killinger/Kellenger Fitzgerald > > > and who had been born in the late-middle 1700's. I haven't a clue > > > concerning her parents. She is buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery. I do > > > not have my dates with me, but it was somewhere around 1768-88. I > > > tend toward the latter, from memory. > > > > > > Can you help? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Vince Summers > > > (great-great-great grandson) > > > > > > ==== PAMONTGO Mailing List ==== > > > List owner ndwilson@swbell.net > > > > > > ============================== > > > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > > > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > > > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > > > ==== PAMONTGO Mailing List ==== > > > To unsubscribe first check and see if you are getting list or digest mode then e-mail PAMONTGO- > L-request@rootsweb.com or PAMONTGO-D-request@rootsweb.com with unsubscribe in message. > > > > > > ============================== > > > The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > > > Tens of millions of individuals... and counting. > > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > > ==== PAMONTGO Mailing List ==== > > To unsubscribe first check and see if you are getting list or digest mode then e-mail PAMONTGO-L- > request@rootsweb.com or PAMONTGO-D-request@rootsweb.com with unsubscribe in message. > > > > ============================== > > The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > > Tens of millions of individuals... and counting. > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > > marybeth@nothinbut.net > > ==== PAMONTGO Mailing List ==== > List owner ndwilson@swbell.net > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi