Dear Mr. Hill and other readers, I read this email with interest, since the time frame and location you refer to are in my genealogy search. You mention that Westland MM, located in Washington Co PA, was the jumping off point of folks going west, to places like Ohio. My ancestor is James W. Leach b. 1802 MD. He was possibly orphaned or abandoned in Westland MM, and taken into the family of Joseph Wright, Jr who was at Westland MM in 1802 thru 1803 time frame. As of Nov 12,1803 Joseph Wright, Sr and Jr. arrived at Salem, OH . They had left Bedford Co VA prior. Can someone advise me on HOW to look for records at Westland , PA which may uncover a Mr. Leach there from Maryland, with a baby boy, who may have died, or some other calamity caused the baby to be given away to a non-related family to raise in Salem, OH?? In researching the ancestry of Joseph Wright, the foster father, the ONLY connection seems to be Westland MM during 1802-3 time period. That is where the Leach family and the Wright family connect. I have asked another researcher to look at the records in Maryland for any LEACH family there up to 1800. Thank you for your guidance and advise, Lilly Martin, d/o Emily Leach. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Hill" <tomhill@nuvox.net> To: <QUAKER-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 3:56 PM Subject: RE: [Q-R] Quakers around Fayette Co., PA > Carolyn, > > Redstone MM in Brownsville was the most prominent monthly > meeting in Fayette County, PA, and the Redstone Quarterly Meeting held > there (consisting of Redstone and Westland MMs) was the jumping-off > point for many Friends moving to Ohio and the Northwest Territory to be > "ever free of slavery

I am the 3rd Great-Grand nephew of John Woolman, through his brother Asher Woolman. I have quite a bit of history about JOHN and that era, as well as other data about the Rancocas area in New Jersey... Write if I can help! Thanks Joel C. Patterson

I have a Thomas Hobson who married a Nancy Hodgson on Feb. 18, 1836 in Tazewell County, Illinois. Would like to know his parents. Dale -----Original Message----- From: zgordo@webtv.net [mailto:zgordo@webtv.net] Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 11:16 PM To: QUAKER-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Q-R] Myers Immigrantion of Irish Quakers into Penn, Newark and Kennett Meetings pg 329 and 330 Elizabeth Hobson dated 9 mo 22 1710,from friends in Ire:recieved 2 mo 5,1712 in 9 mo 1712 She married John Hope on Kennett Francis Hobson recieved 2 mo 5,1712 from Grange near Charlemont.Ire Francis Hobson and Lawrence Hobson were among those convinced by the preaching of William Clayton and William Edmundson in the neightborhood of Grange near Clarlemont,in 1655.In 1966 Francis Hobson of Armagh had taken for tithes,goods valued at 7 lbs-10 s and in 1670 goods valued at 3lbs-5s for refusing to continue to the repairs of the "Parish Worship-House at Kilmore"Armagh.in 1671 he had taken tithes,wheat,barley,and oats valued 3lbs-14s In 1673 in Armagh"francis was sued in Bishops Court Armagh.by George Walker priest,Constable David Mulligan,committed Francis to the Goal of Armagh,on or about 10 mo 13,1675 he died. one Francis Hobson of Drumilly,parish of Loughgall,Armagh and Mary Harding of Lissaacurran,Parish of Shankill Armagh were married 11 mo 29.1694 per Lurgan Meeting records Francis Hobson The Emigrant of 1712 born abt 1686 bought land at New Garden,Chester Co Penn.deeded may 1 713This land was still held at time of Publication of this book.In 3 mo 1716 he married Martha Wainhouse from Dublin.He died 9 mo 29,1766 at 80 his widow died 11 mo 25,1775 at 83 children were Francis b 9 mo 12,1720,removed to Montogomery Co died 9 mo 29 1792 in Limerick twn,married Martha Shaw 8 mo 1744 Mary born 12mo 19,1724 married 4mo 18,1747 to Robert Boyce of new Garded John born abt 7mo 7.1726 Joseph born abt 10mo 23,1731 died 12mo 11,1797 married 4 mo 15,1767 at London Grove Meeting to Elizabeth foster Martha born abt 2 mo 19,1738 died 6mo 30,1811 married Samuel Miller Jr See history of Chester Co Penn pg 605 ANCESTORS of Richmond P Hobson US Navy.Hero of the "Merrimack" incident off Santiago,Spanish American War of 1898 is a Reference too Richard Blatchford. Listings of Inhabitants in 1779 York Co Penn compiled by Wm L Iscrupe 1983 shows Richard Blatchford as living in Monaghan Twn >From prevous postings.I am looking for more information on Richard Blatchford keep on-keeping on-never quit. Roger ==== QUAKER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS LIST: Send an email to: QUAKER-ROOTS-L-REQUEST@RootsWeb.com The ONLY word in your message should be UNSUBSCRIBE.

How can I get a copy? I will pay for it. Dale -----Original Message----- From: DLWbranson@aol.com [mailto:DLWbranson@aol.com] Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 7:38 PM To: QUAKER-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Q-R] Land transactions In Rowan/Orange/Guilford/Randolph Counties in NC Hi, I know that a branch of the Adcock family changed their name to Emery, and it seems took the Adcock name to become their middle names. I think it was normal to do this as my Quaker Bull Family changed their surname to Talbert in 1805 and all born prior to 1805 are shown with the middle name of Bull. I do have 3 photos of David Adcock Emery and his wife Amanda Talbert I am sure the 3 photos were taken at the yearly quaker meetings . if tyey are your relatives and you want to have copies i am glad to share . Donna ==== QUAKER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS LIST: Send an email to: QUAKER-ROOTS-L-REQUEST@RootsWeb.com The ONLY word in your message should be UNSUBSCRIBE.

There are numerous Dwiggins mentioned in the book: Ancestral Record of the Dillon, Hodgson, Fisher and Leonard Families which is available on Heritage Quest. Dale -----Original Message----- From: Bob Binzer [mailto:robinzer@seidata.com] Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 10:43 AM To: QUAKER-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Q-R] Query Dwiggins Searching for our roots we need so me help. We have heard that somewhere our ancestors may have been Quakers, but have no proof. Robert (S?) Dwiggins b1746 in MD, probably Talbot Co. Died 05Apr1789 in Guilford Co., NC. Some of the family migrated to Indiana , Missouri and Arkansas. We believe his father was James Dwiggins who came to NC through VA from MD. Before that we can only guess. Ireland or England?? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance. Bob Binzer ==== QUAKER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS LIST: Send an email to: QUAKER-ROOTS-L-REQUEST@RootsWeb.com The ONLY word in your message should be UNSUBSCRIBE.

On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 18:49:35 +0300 "Lilly" <malik@scs-net.org> wrote: > Can someone advise me on HOW to look for records at Westland , PA >which may > uncover a Mr. Leach there from Maryland, with a baby boy, who may >have died, > or some other calamity caused the baby to be given away to a >non-related > family to raise in Salem, OH?? Genealogical information extracted from records Westland PA and Salem OH meetings, along with other meetings in eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania apprear in volume 4 ow William Wade Hinshaw's /Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genalogy/. -- Dan Treadway P. O. Box 72 Gilbert IA 50105 treadway@netins.net http://showcase.netins.net/web/treadway/

Carolyn, Redstone MM in Brownsville was the most prominent monthly meeting in Fayette County, PA, and the Redstone Quarterly Meeting held there (consisting of Redstone and Westland MMs) was the jumping-off point for many Friends moving to Ohio and the Northwest Territory to be "ever free of slavery." For example, the Trent MM in Jones County, North Carolina (1792-1800) left no known records, but in 1800 Redstone QM received a final minute from Trent saying all its members were moving to Ohio and asking that the meetings in western Pennsylvania take them under their care. I searched my Monthly Meetings in North America database to pull up the four MMs with a final meeting place in Fayette County: http://www.quakermeetings.com/search_display?MeetingName=&County=Fayette &StateOrProvince=Penns&generalSearchWord= (two-line URL) Tom Thomas C. Hill 425 Walnut Street, Suite 1800 Cincinnati, OH 45202 U.S.A. e-mail: tomhill@nuvox.com www.quakermeetings.com -----Original Message----- From: Carolyn Lacey [mailto:cmlacey77@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 2:45 PM To: QUAKER-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Q-R] Quakers around Fayette Co., PA Were there Quakers living in the Fayette Co., PA area and if so where were the meetings held? I am looking for my ancestress Mary (possibly Brinton) born 1795 and married James McGlaughlin in 1820. I don't believe James was Quaker. I have reason to believe that he was either Presbyterian or Methodist. Thanks.

I am not sure if my White family is yours but here is what I have. The White family marries in my Davenport family in NC James Taylor White and Elizabeth Power son William White Birth: 1730 in Orange, North Carolina Death: 27 Nov 1818 in Burke, North Carolina m'd Marriage 1 Sophia Davenport b: ABT 1733 in Hanover Co., Va. Married: in Culpeper County, Virginia? Children Sarah White Mary White Phoebe White Elizabeth White James Taylor White Ann White Catherine "Cary" White Anthony White Thomas White Reuben White Clarissa White Sarah White married Thomas White Children Sophia White (Sims)Marriage 1 Davenport Wiseman b: 25 Aug 1771 son of William Wiseman b: 1730 in St Jame's Clerkenwell Parish, London, England and Mary Davenport b: 17 Jun 1741 in Hanover, Virginia Janet http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=monkeys -----Original Message----- From: Mark E. Dixon [mailto:mark.dixon@att.net] Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 8:58 PM To: QUAKER-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Q-R] Thomas White of Perquimans Co., N.C. Anyone familiar with the genealogy of the White family of Perquimans County, N.C.? I'm trying to place (genealogically) a Thomas White whose efforts to free his slaves are described in Hiram Hilty's Toward Freedom for All (Friends United Press, 1984). When North Carolina Quakers turned against slavery, it was illegal to free blacks except for meritorious service, which was defined by the court. Some did so anyway and, according to Hilty, there is a surviving 1783 court summons to White to come and pick up his slave, Candice, else she would be sold at a public auction. Does anyone know whose husband, son, father this Thomas White might have been? Mark ==== QUAKER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== Visit The Quaker Corner - http://www.rootsweb.com/~quakers --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.815 / Virus Database: 554 - Release Date: 12/14/2004 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.815 / Virus Database: 554 - Release Date: 12/14/2004

*/I am seeking information on Archibald McIntire. Some references include: New Garden, Guilford County, NC. I am also interested in information about the McIntire connection to Quakers in Rutherford County, NC. Marriage/ 1 Archibald McIntire <http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dan_mcintire&id=I414> b: Abt 1780 in Rutherford County, North Carolina * /Married:/ 11 Jan 1808 in Rutherford County, North Carolina ^2 <http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dan_mcintire&id=I623#s2> * /Marriage Contract:/ 11 Jan 1808 in Rutherford County, North Carolina * /Note:/ Archibald McIntire and Sarah White. Bondsman: Alexander McEntire ^3 <http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dan_mcintire&id=I623#s3> ^4 <http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dan_mcintire&id=I623#s4> * /Change Date:/ 6 Mar 2004 Teresa Monson *

>>>Herbert Standing wrote on Wednesday, December 15, 2004 3:41 PM >Monacacy, Maryland was in the Monacacy Valley in southwestern Maryland.<<< 1) http://www.rootsweb.com/~quakers/ Quaker Corner 2) Search: for Monocacy:: "The Quakers at "Monoquesey" Excerpts from "Pioneers of Old Monocacy: The Early Settlement of Frederick Co., Maryland 1721-1743 by Grace L. Tracey and John P. Dern, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987 Violet Moore Guy ----- Original Message ----- From: <Standcedargrove@aol.com> To: <QUAKER-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 3:41 PM Subject: [Q-R] Trivia question for John Woolman fans. > The study of genealogy tends to illuminate history, and the study of history > seems to illuminate genealogy. It would not seem to be too much out of order > to try to answer Mark Dixon's query on line so that others lacking historical > sources might benefit. > > It has been some time since I read John Woolman's _Journal_. Some of the > places mentioned first on Mark Dixon's list may have been places that John > Woolman stopped while travelling on a concern to visit the Indians in central > Pennsylvania at the time of the French and Indian War. > > I believe that there were relatively few Friends living in far northern > Chester County, PA in the 1646 era. Uwchlan Monthly Meeting had probably been > established by that time, centered some eight miles northwest of Downingtown. > > > There were only scattered Friends in Lancaster County at that time. I > know of Sadsbury Meeting at Christiana, PA and Leacock Meeting (later called > Lampeter) , both affiliated with Sadsbury Monthly Meeting. Perhaps there were a > few Friends at Lancaster. > > I believe that there is a description of Monacacy Meeting at the > Jerry Richmond website. Probably it was first a Preparative Meeting of > Hopewell Monthly Meeting, later becoming a Preparative Meeting of Fairfax Monthly > Meeting. Monacacy Meeting seemed to decline in the later 1700's. Probably the > meetinghouse burned down. Monacacy Meeting does not exist today. > > The following locations are made with the assistance of the book, _The > Friendly Virginiians: America's First Quakers_, by Jay Worrall, Jr. (Athens Georgia: > Iberian Publishing Company, c 1994): > > Fairfax Meeting (1733-1929) was located at Waterford in Loudon County, > VA. The meetinghouse may be still standing, having been put to other uses. > > Hopewell Monthly Meeting, begun in 1732, was a far-flung Monthly Meeting > centered at the large Hopewell Meetinghouse located six or seven miles > northeast of Winchester in northern Virginia. I believe that there is still an > active Meeting at that location. > > I do not know where Shanando, VA was located, perhaps in the Shenandoah > Valley of northwestern Virginia. > > Cedar Creek Monthly Meeting was centered at Cedar Creek Meeting > (1721-1860) in Hanover County, VA. > > Camp Creek Meeting (1747-1790) was in Louisa County, VA. > > James Standley's Home at Cedar Creek - James Stanley appears to have been > a member of the Stanley family who were prominent in the history of Cedar > Creek Meeting. Exhaustive genealogies have been compiled relating to this > family. They married into the Hutchins family which is delineated in the three > volume genealogy: _Hutchins-Hutchens, Descendants of Strangeman Hutchins_. > > Swamp Meeting in Virginia may have been White Oak Swamp Meeting > (1722-1807) , aka as Henrico or Chickahominy Swamp in Henrico County, VA. > > Wayanoke Meeting in Virginia.---- Weyanoke Meeting (1699-1841) , formerly > known as James Howard's or Old Man's Neck, Charles City County, VA. > > Burleigh Meeting in Virginia(1696-1832) or Burley, Prince George County, > VA. > > Black Water Meeting in Virginia (1721-1860) - first known as Surry, > Surry County, VA. > > Western Branch Meeting in Virginia - (1672-1844) aka Lower Isle, Wight > County, VA. > > These are all of the locations about which I am able to comment. > > - . > > > ==== QUAKER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > Visit The Quaker Corner - http://www.rootsweb.com/~quakers > >

In my mailing of earlier today, I made the following statement: ---- I believe that there were relatively few Friends living in far northern Chester County in the 1646 era ---- This was a typographical error which I did not catch in the proofreading. It should have read: ------ I believe that there were relatively few Friends living in far northern Chester County in the 1746 era.------ I regret the error. ---- Herbert Standing.

I believe that there were relatively few Friends living in far northern Chester County, PA in the 1646 era. Uwchlan Monthly Meeting had probably been established by that time, centered some eight miles northwest of Downingtown Pennsylvania was not founded until 1682. Are you sure that you didn't mean 1746?

The study of genealogy tends to illuminate history, and the study of history seems to illuminate genealogy. It would not seem to be too much out of order to try to answer Mark Dixon's query on line so that others lacking historical sources might benefit. It has been some time since I read John Woolman's _Journal_. Some of the places mentioned first on Mark Dixon's list may have been places that John Woolman stopped while travelling on a concern to visit the Indians in central Pennsylvania at the time of the French and Indian War. I believe that there were relatively few Friends living in far northern Chester County, PA in the 1646 era. Uwchlan Monthly Meeting had probably been established by that time, centered some eight miles northwest of Downingtown. There were only scattered Friends in Lancaster County at that time. I know of Sadsbury Meeting at Christiana, PA and Leacock Meeting (later called Lampeter) , both affiliated with Sadsbury Monthly Meeting. Perhaps there were a few Friends at Lancaster. Monacacy, Maryland was in the Monacacy Valley in southwestern Maryland. Monacacy Meeting seemed to be a stopover place for Friends moving from the Nottingham Friends settlement on the Pennsylvania/Maryland line down into northern Virginia. I believe that there is a description of Monacacy Meeting at the Jerry Richmond website. Probably it was first a Preparative Meeting of Hopewell Monthly Meeting, later becoming a Preparative Meeting of Fairfax Monthly Meeting. Monacacy Meeting seemed to decline in the later 1700's. Probably the meetinghouse burned down. Monacacy Meeting does not exist today. The following locations are made with the assistance of the book, _The Friendly Virginiians: America's First Quakers_, by Jay Worrall, Jr. (Athens Georgia: Iberian Publishing Company, c 1994): Fairfax Meeting (1733-1929) was located at Waterford in Loudon County, VA. The meetinghouse may be still standing, having been put to other uses. Hopewell Monthly Meeting, begun in 1732, was a far-flung Monthly Meeting centered at the large Hopewell Meetinghouse located six or seven miles northeast of Winchester in northern Virginia. I believe that there is still an active Meeting at that location. I do not know where Shanando, VA was located, perhaps in the Shenandoah Valley of northwestern Virginia. Cedar Creek Monthly Meeting was centered at Cedar Creek Meeting (1721-1860) in Hanover County, VA. Camp Creek Meeting (1747-1790) was in Louisa County, VA. James Standley's Home at Cedar Creek - James Stanley appears to have been a member of the Stanley family who were prominent in the history of Cedar Creek Meeting. Exhaustive genealogies have been compiled relating to this family. They married into the Hutchins family which is delineated in the three volume genealogy: _Hutchins-Hutchens, Descendants of Strangeman Hutchins_. Swamp Meeting in Virginia may have been White Oak Swamp Meeting (1722-1807) , aka as Henrico or Chickahominy Swamp in Henrico County, VA. Wayanoke Meeting in Virginia.---- Weyanoke Meeting (1699-1841) , formerly known as James Howard's or Old Man's Neck, Charles City County, VA. Burleigh Meeting in Virginia(1696-1832) or Burley, Prince George County, VA. Black Water Meeting in Virginia (1721-1860) - first known as Surry, Surry County, VA. Western Branch Meeting in Virginia - (1672-1844) aka Lower Isle, Wight County, VA. These are all of the locations about which I am able to comment. - Herbert Standing.

Were there Quakers living in the Fayette Co., PA area and if so where were the meetings held? I am looking for my ancestress Mary (possibly Brinton) born 1795 and married James McGlaughlin in 1820. I don't believe James was Quaker. I have reason to believe that he was either Presbyterian or Methodist. Thanks. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Today, while brousing through the Genealogy Room Collection at one of the Libraries in St. Mary's County, Maryland, I found a book, "Quaker Records of Southern Maryland". St. Mary's County Memorial Library 23250 Hollywood Road Leonardtown, MD 20650 (301)-475-2846 www.stmalib.org (Their genealogy books & resource materials are not catologued using the Dewey System) ********************************* "QUAKER RECORDS OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND" Birthd, Deaths, Marriages and Abstracts from the Minutes, 1658-1800 by Henry C. Pecen, Jr., M.A. FORWARD Quakers (or Society of Friends) first settled in Southern Maryland in 1658 and established meetings at West River, Severn, South River and Herring Creek in Anne Arundel County, at Pickawaxon and Patuxent in Charles County, and at the Clifts in Calvert County. For a while Baltimore County was included until the formation of Gunpoweder Monthly Meeting in 1737 to include the Patapsco Meeting and Gundpowder Meeting. Monthly Meetings were later established at Indian Springs in Prince George's County and at Sandy Spring in what is now Montgomery County (see map). However, records for all meetings are not extant. For more information on the history and availability of all Quaker Records in Maryland one should consutl Phebe R. Jacobsensen's "Quaker Records in Maryland" (Publication No. 14, Hall of Records Commission, Annapolis, Maryland, 1966), and Eleanor P. Passano's "An Index to the Source Record of Maryland" (Baltimore Genealogical Publishing Company, 1967 reprint). Information for this book has been taken from extant Quaker records of Southern Maryland prior to 1800 at the Maryland State Archives (and in some cases to 1815 if the children's dates of birth started prior to 1800 and ended thereafter) as follows, with the microfilm numbers shown: 1) West River Monthly Meeting Register, beginning in 1655. (M545A). 2) Clifts Monthly Meeting Register, 1662-1782. (M545). 3) West River Monthly Meeting Minutes, beginning in 1698. Included are "Gal- loway Births, 1689-1709." (M637) 4) Minutes of Monthly Meetings Held at the Clifts, West River, Herring Run, and Indian Spring from 1677 to 1771. (M605) 5) Records of Birth, Death and Membership of Sandy Spring Monthly Meet- ing, beginning in 1682. [This appears to include marriages of all the meetings within the Monthly Meeting.] (M639). Henry C. Peden, Jr. Bel Air Maryland February 19, 1992. ********************************* This morning, I went to the LIbrary, following an appointment in Leonardtowne, for the purpose of ordering the book about "Wrightsborough, GA," which has been referred to me via Q-R by Gene Sidell. I was at the Genealogy Library. earlier in 1998, with my son, Jeff, who works at the area. My husband & I moved to to St. Mary's County in December 2003 . It is my hope that someone can use this referenced book. Today, Jeff, reminded me that there is a Quaker Cemetery in Hughesville, MD -- on our way up Hwy 235/5 to Waldorf, MD. Violet Moore Guy <vmguy@gmpexpress.net 12/14/2004

Wasn't John Woolman an influence in the Nicholite Movement, also?

Interesting study, Mark. Good luck. I worked on a committee that established sources on the Underground RR in Rochester, NY for the 1984 Centennial. Jerry M. ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark E. Dixon To: QUAKER-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 9:47 PM Subject: [Q-R] Trivia question for John Woolman fans Any fans out there of John Woolman (1720-1772), the Quaker tailor of Mount Holly, N.J., who spent years traveling to Friends meetings from North Carolina to New England to preach against slavery? Woolman visited lots of meetings and usually stayed in Quaker homes. What I'm wondering is whether any of these places still exist, and whether it is possible to identify them. In 1746, for example, Woolman's journal describes visits to these places: Abraham Farrington upper Chester county Lancaster The "Red Lands" in west of the Susquehannah in Pennsylvania Monocacy Maryland Fairfax, Virginia Hopewell, Virginia Shanando, Virginia John Cheagle's house in Virginia Richard Hallett's house on Long Island William Cox's house in Maryland Port Royal, Virginia Cedar Creek, Virginia Camp Creek, Virginia James Standley's home at Cedar Creek Swamp Meeting in Virginia Wayanoke Meeting in Virginia Burleigh Meeting in Virginia BlackWater Meeting in Virginia Western Branch Meeting in Virginia Is anyone familiar enough with Quaker geography or Woolman to know precisely where these places were? Since this isn't exactly genealogy, please answer off-list. Thanks! Mark ==== QUAKER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== Visit The Quaker Corner - http://www.rootsweb.com/~quakers

I would like very much to know where these meetings were located at. I believe this information would help many researching their Quaker ancestors. ".....What I'm wondering is whether any of these places still exist, and whether it is possible to identify them." In 1746, for example, Woolman's journal describes visits to these places: Abraham Farrington upper Chester county Lancaster The "Red Lands" in west of the Susquehannah in Pennsylvania Monocacy Maryland Fairfax, Virginia Hopewell, Virginia Shanando, Virginia John Cheagle's house in Virginia Richard Hallett's house on Long Island William Cox's house in Maryland Port Royal, Virginia Cedar Creek, Virginia Camp Creek, Virginia James Standley's home at Cedar Creek Swamp Meeting in Virginia Wayanoke Meeting in Virginia Burleigh Meeting in Virginia BlackWater Meeting in Virginia Western Branch Meeting in Virginia Is anyone familiar enough with Quaker geography or Woolman to know precisely where these places were? Since this isn't exactly genealogy, please answer off-list. Thanks! Mark ==== QUAKER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== Visit The Quaker Corner - http://www.rootsweb.com/~quakers Jean grannyroots@iowatelecom.net or jeansjots@yahoo.com "Watch What You Say or Do, You Might Sell Your Parrot To The Town Gossip and If You Don't Have A Parrot Someone Above May Be Watching You" Every Name Index: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jeanlee Register Reports: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jeanlee/ leepergenealogical.html Cemetery project: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jeanlee/ cemeteriesmarionhenry.htm

Anyone familiar with the genealogy of the White family of Perquimans County, N.C.? I'm trying to place (genealogically) a Thomas White whose efforts to free his slaves are described in Hiram Hilty's Toward Freedom for All (Friends United Press, 1984). When North Carolina Quakers turned against slavery, it was illegal to free blacks except for meritorious service, which was defined by the court. Some did so anyway and, according to Hilty, there is a surviving 1783 court summons to White to come and pick up his slave, Candice, else she would be sold at a public auction. Does anyone know whose husband, son, father this Thomas White might have been? Mark

Any fans out there of John Woolman (1720-1772), the Quaker tailor of Mount Holly, N.J., who spent years traveling to Friends meetings from North Carolina to New England to preach against slavery? Woolman visited lots of meetings and usually stayed in Quaker homes. What I'm wondering is whether any of these places still exist, and whether it is possible to identify them. In 1746, for example, Woolman's journal describes visits to these places: Abraham Farrington upper Chester county Lancaster The "Red Lands" in west of the Susquehannah in Pennsylvania Monocacy Maryland Fairfax, Virginia Hopewell, Virginia Shanando, Virginia John Cheagle's house in Virginia Richard Hallett's house on Long Island William Cox's house in Maryland Port Royal, Virginia Cedar Creek, Virginia Camp Creek, Virginia James Standley's home at Cedar Creek Swamp Meeting in Virginia Wayanoke Meeting in Virginia Burleigh Meeting in Virginia BlackWater Meeting in Virginia Western Branch Meeting in Virginia Is anyone familiar enough with Quaker geography or Woolman to know precisely where these places were? Since this isn't exactly genealogy, please answer off-list. Thanks! Mark