I descend from the relatively large Quaker CROSS family of Woodbridge and Walton, Suffolk and of Colchester, Essex, however, they covered more names and areas than I've just listed. as mentioned in earlier posts, the Cross's entered the Quaker faith in 1655, and remained in it until at least the early 1800's. I can find some of them right up to 1837 at Colchester Meeting. I have no access to later digests or records, so the later individuals are often unknown as to which faith the followed. I have Quakers, Independants, Wesleyan Methodists and CofE's in my tree. and the non-practicer's who appear out of no-where in one or another church, presumably after being slapped with a heavy fine for not attending church. I had started to post all the members of the tree back when QBI was new to me (50 members back then, no idea how many now) and it had just been mentioned in the Rootsweb's Review, but got too busy to complete it. still very busy, but in need of a well earned break, so will try to get my name list out-in about 3 postings. it's rather long. one problem. some of these people may not be Quaker. I'm trying very hard to weed them out of this post. I do know they married into my Cross family in England, or were born into the tree with a Quaker birthright, or joined the Quaker faith early on, depending on whom we are discussing.... one instance is that some of the later lines of the Harris family left the faith, as did some of the later lines of Cross's. so it's a bit difficult to sort the members from the non-members. if I accidently put some non-Quakers in the list, it is from a lack of knowledge of when a specific individual left the faith. I do not have the digests or records at hand. there may be errors in spelling of places and occasional errors in spellings of names. corrections are appreciated. ALEXANDER-place not yet known m. Algernon PECKOVER of ? ALSTON-Bocking & Colchester, Essex ARNOLD-Stapleford, Herts & and Tallenhall & Waverton, Cheshire ARTHINGTON-place not yet known m. Mary Ann HARRIS of London BARBER-place not yet known m. Cecil HARRIS of Hants BARR_TT of Purleigh, Essex and of Colchester, Essex two different but intermarried lines which may be related closely to one another. BASSETT of Leighton Buzzard, Beds BERKLEY of Marleyhill, Lumley and Medomsley, Durham BERRY-place not yet known m. Victoria MAYO of Colchester BIRKBECK of Bradford, Yorks BLAND-place not yet known m. Elizabeth CROSS of Colchester BOWLEY-place not yet known m. Katherine PECKOVER of ? BREWSTER-place not yet known m. ALEXANDER, KING & PECKOVER's BRIGHT of Rochdale, Lancs and Putney and Kensington, London BULL of India (British subject) m. Frederick BASSETT of Leighton Buzzard BURD of Inwardleigh and Okehampton BURNHAM of Colchester, Essex BUSFIELD of Bingly BUTCHER-place not yet known m. in Colchester to Elizabeth CROSS of Colchester BYAS-place not yet known m. Samuel SHEPPARD of Wartham Upton, Essex CALLENDER-place not yet known m. George HARRIS of Bingley, Yorks CAMPS of Norfolk CAREY of Showlands, Kent CARTWRIGHT of Lilling, Yorks CATER of Harwich, Braintree and Colchester, Essex CATHCART-place not yet known m. Wm BUSFIELD of ? CAVANAGH of Hythe, Kent CHAMPNEY of Wendover, Bucks and of London CHANCE-place not yet known m. Annie HARRIS of Bingley, Yorks CHARLTON-place not yet known m. Maurice WATERFALL of Halifax, Yorks CHURCH-place not yet known m. Aubrey CROSS of Sudbury and London CLARK-place not yet known m. Sarah CROSS of Colchester CLUFF-place not yet known m. Wm HARRIS of Stoke Newington COCHRANE-place not yet known m. Cecil HARRIS of Burton Latimer COOPER-place not yet known m. a Colchester CROSS granddaughter CORK of Seasonscott, Gloucester CROSS(E) of Woodbridge, Walton, Ipswich and Kelshall, Suffolk, Colchester, Chelmsford and Halstead, Essex, Moorfields, London, and Stepney, London, Southwork, Surrey, Sudbury, Exeter, Southernhay and Topsham, Devon, Weymouth, Dorset, Banbury, Oxon, Leeds, Yorks, Finedon, Northampton, Medway, Kent, Steyning and Hove, Sussex, Brentford and Wapping, Middlesex. possibly of Framlingham, Suffolk before Quakerism (before it was created). DEARMAN of Surrey DEWHURST of Farnhill and Steeton, Yorks DOCWRA of Kelvedon, Essex DOYLE of Co. Cork, Ireland DRAKE of West Ham DRAYSON-place not yet known m. Theodore BASSETT of Leighton Buzzard DURANT of Tunbridge, Kent DWYER of St. Johns Wells, Kilbery, Ireland ELSON-place not yet known m. Frances WATERFALL of Skipton, Yorks ENGLAND-place not yet known m. Wm HARRIS of Hackney EVERETT of Colchester, Essex FLETCHER of Greysoutham, Cumberland FORD-place not yet known m. Muriel HARRIS of Croydon FORREST of Gloucester and Exeter and Okehampton, Devon FOX of Falmouth, Cornwall FREEMAN of Woodbridge and Walton, Suffolk-maybe of Colchester, Essex, also. a possible related to the other Freemans but seperate Freeman of Harefield, Middlesex, and another of Birmingham, so three different lines of Freeman's-all connected to my Cross family tree in different places and time periods. FRY of Redborough, Gloucester GARRATT of Roydon, Essex and of Hatfield, Herts-two seperate individuals. GATES of Bermondsey, Surrey GOSSAGE of Melbourn, Australia-m. in Hendon, Middlesex to Rbt HARRIS GRAHAM-place not yet known m. Isabel HARRIS of Norwood GREENWOOD-place not yet known m. Joseph PECKOVER of ? GRIDGE-place not yet known m. Lucy PECKOVER of ? GRIFFITHS-place not yet known m. in Colchester to Edmund CROSS HALIFAX-place not yet known m. Guy BUSFIELD of ? HANBURY-place not yet known m. Emily BUSFIELD of ? HARLOCK of Rounds, Northampton HARRIS of Stoke Newington, Chelsea and Finsbury, Middlesex, Holsworthy,and Hallwill, Devon, Leighton Buzzard, Bedford, Norwood, Upper Norwood, Walworth, Southwark, Croydon, Kingston, Lambeth, Surbiton and Wimbledon, Surrey, Bradford, Fulford, Oxton Hall and Bingley, Yorks, St. Clements Eastcheap, Middlesex, Walford, Herefords, West Hampshire, Fordingbridge and Froyle Place, Hampshire, Kettering, Hantsford, Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmoreland, Walthamstow, Essex, London, Hackney, Billingsgate, and Kensington, London, Wellington, Shortlands, Blackheath, Dartford, Abbywood and Bromley, Kent, Rotherwick, Hamps, Bexhill-on Sea, Leicester, Bournemouth (what county/shire is that in?), Windsor, Berks, Buckingham, Keynsham, Somerset, Carlisle, Cumberland, Christ Church, Hants, Woodbridge, Suffolk, Brighton and Eastbourne, Sussex. HAWKINS of Colchester, Essex HEAD of Neithrop and Banbury, Oxon, Frostenden, Suffolk HOLDER-place not yet known m. Katherine CROSS(E) of Woodbridge HOMFRAY of Calcutta, India (British Subject) HOOP(E)-place not yet known m. Sarah LARKESof Ireland (?) residence when fa d. may be of London. HOOPER-place not yet known m. Lois WATERFALL of Darrington, Yorks HUDD-place not yet known m. Sally CROSS of Colchester? London? Surrey? her parents lived in all three places. it's not that I have more on the Harris's, though maybe I have a bit more, but the Cross's stayed put a bit more than the Harris's. but also the Harris's bred more viably than the Cross's. more of the Harris's survived and more of them married compared to the Cross's. I don't have a clue why, though better food and hygene for the early survivors makes sense. the Harris's were upper class and the Cross's were middle class, so that could explain the difference to some effect. as you can see, my tree is large-but by no means complete. a lot of it wanders overseas (from a British point of view), but I've left those out as requested, as well as any known non-Quaker lines. the ones listed above born in Ireland and in India married in England (with one or two exceptions in India) into my tree but I have to admit that I don't know if they were Quaker. there are many who weren't Quaker when they married to someone with a Quaker birthright, but either became Quaker or became accepted within the meeting at a later time. so the line is drawn very fine for me in some areas. difficult to decide whether they belong in the list, better to include them than leave them out, I think. please contact me if you think there may be a connection. I'm happy to share. regards, Cornelia