Do not know of any particular Quaker ancestors. Just intesrested in entry below Alan B -----Original Message----- From: ALAN BOAKES [mailto:alan.boakes@btinternet.com] Sent: 23 January 2006 18:52 To: QUAKER-BRITISH-ISLES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Q-B-I] Boakes Surname in Ireland On the web page http://kildare.ie/library/KildareHeritage/Surnames/page10.html there is mention of Boakes being an old Quaker name in Kildare. Does anybody know any more details of this or any sources to which I can refer in England. Alan Boakes ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx