Hi, after 15 years of searching for our Samuel West line in NY state and not getting anywhere we found out this Sat. that the family line that he has a DNA match to were Quakers that fought in the Rev. War. This might explain why we have hit so many dead ends. Would anyone happen to know the names of the Monthly Meetings that were in NH and VT in the 1700's to 1810? We know Samuel was born between 1755-1767 and he married a Quaker named Margaret Jenkins the was dissmissed in 1789 from the Oblong M.M. in Dutchess Co NY for her marriage to him and then she was reinstated in 1798 and she took a certificate to Danby M.M. in NY. The line that the DNA matched up to ( actually he had 3 DNA matches) is a Daniel Gilman West b.abt 1747 in Kingston NH, he is son of Daniel West & Elizabeth Gordon. Many of the West families connected to these Wests were also Quakers that fought in the Rev. War. It was a very interesting book we found at the genealogy Library in Lansing MI. This is the "clue' we have been looking, now to find out what M.M. they belonged to is our next project. To the best of our knowledge Samuel was no longer a Quaker otherwise why would Margaret be dissmessed for her marriage to him. We are working on this Daniel m. to Elizabeth as a possible set of parents as the list of their children is not complete. The names of children born between 1752 and 1769 are not known and that range fits with the approximate age of Samuel West and that of a William Barber West that he co-owned land with in Plattsburgh NY in 1792. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks for listening Fran West Rockford, MI

Fran West, My Index of Monthly Meetings in North America <www.quakermeetings.com> tries to identify every Friends monthly meeting for business that has ever existed in North America. I once tried to find some Quaker locations across the Lake from Vermont in Plattsburgh, NY, but I had not left enough time to run down the leads. About all I learned was that Peru MM had several locations south of Plattsburgh. The Hicksite branch of Peru MM <http://www.quakermeetings.com/viewRecord_display?anID=TST1422L> seems to have survived the longest. For Vermont meetings (settled from New York for the most part), follow this lead: http://www.quakermeetings.com/search_display?MeetingName=&County=&StateO rProvince=verm&generalSearchWord= For New Hampshire (settled from the south), see http://www.quakermeetings.com/search_display?MeetingName=&County=&StateO rProvince=hampsh&generalSearchWord= 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: SwftOtter@aol.com [mailto:SwftOtter@aol.com] Sent: Monday, 31 January 2005 11:51 PM To: QUAKER-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Q-R] Quakers in NH and VT. Hi, after 15 years of searching for our Samuel West line in NY state and not getting anywhere we found out this Sat. that the family line that he has a DNA match to were Quakers that fought in the Rev. War. This might explain why we have hit so many dead ends. Would anyone happen to know the names of the Monthly Meetings that were in NH and VT in the 1700s to 1810? We know Samuel was born between 1755-1767 and he married a Quaker named Margaret Jenkins, she was dismissed in 1789 from the Oblong M.M. in Dutchess Co NY for her marriage to him and then she was reinstated in 1798 and she took a certificate to Danby M.M. in NY. The line that the DNA matched up to (actually he had 3 DNA matches) is a Daniel Gilman West b.abt 1747 in Kingston NH, he is son of Daniel West & Elizabeth Gordon. Many of the West families connected to these Wests were also Quakers that fought in the Rev. War. It was a very interesting book we found at the genealogy Library in Lansing MI. This is the "clue' we have been looking, now to find out what M.M. they belonged to is our next project. To the best of our knowledge Samuel was no longer a Quaker otherwise why would Margaret be dismissed for her marriage to him. We are working on this Daniel m. to Elizabeth as a possible set of parents as the list of their children is not complete. The names of children born between 1752 and 1769 are not known and that range fits with the approximate age of Samuel West and that of a William Barber West that he co-owned land with in Plattsburgh NY in 1792. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks for listening Fran West Rockford, MI