Greetings from the UK My wife's great-great-great grandfather's family were Quakers. Bit of history! William Dillwyn, whose grandfather, also William, fled to America and settled in Pennsylvania in the 1670s because he was a Quaker, returned from America at the end of the 18th century. He settled on the outskirts of London and married a Quaker girl. Of his children all remained Quaker except for two: one son George married a governess so is excluded from some family trees, the other Lewis married outside the Quakers and attended the established church, but would visit his Quaker sisters and attend their meetings. No friction between William D and his son Lewis at all. Lewis had several children, not Quakers, the third son became a member of Parliament in the UK. We have a cartoon of him titled The Wet Quaker, which I am told refers to those who have lapsed. Incidentally the Parrish Art Gallery on Long Island was founded by a descendant of the first William Dillwyn so they did leave something behind and there are descendants in the USA. Hope this might be of some interest. Richard Morris Ty'r Gwynt Port Eynon Swansea SA3 1NL UK