Hi Kathy, I don't know if there is a specific reason for Quaker migration to North Carolina, but most of the overall migration (by Quakers, Scotch-Irish Presbyterians, and Germans) was the result of economic and population pressures in Pennsylvania. There was more land in the frontier of Virginia and North Carolina, not to mention it was cheaper. A great source that explains the phenomenon is "Carolina Cradle: Settlement of the Northwest Carolina Fontier, 1747-1762" by Robert W. Ramsey. David Kathy Shearer/CMP <shearer@clinchmountainpress.net> wrote: Hello, All, I have two questions: Was there a migration from PA to Rowan County, NC, about the same time as the Boones made this trip, mid 1700s? Abraham Reece, b. about 1750, came from PA to what is now Yadkin Co. but was then Rowan. Supposedly he came as a bound child -- an apprentice -- although no record has been found yet. He eventually joined the Deep Creek Meeting near Boonville and is buried in that cemetery. Abraham Reece himself took in at least two orphan children to raise. Was this particularly encouraged by the Quakers, or was it just very common in this time period when so many parents died young? Kathy ==== QUAKER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== Quaker-Roots Archives - Search List Messages From 1996 On http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl

Thanks for the resource. The Boones, having been tossed out of their meeting in PA, probably were not seeking another Quaker community, but it would be interesting to see how many others came from the Exeter Meeting. The Deep Creek Meeting had many former PA residents. According to Hinshaw, the same intolerance of marrying outside the religion was applied in the NC meetings. Migrations took place in later years from Yadkin Co., NC, to Indiana and Iowa. Kathy ----- Original Message ----- From: "DAVID BROWN" <dbrown544@prodigy.net> To: <QUAKER-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 11:01 PM Subject: Re: [Q-R] Boones -- PA to NC movement > Hi Kathy, > > I don't know if there is a specific reason for Quaker migration to North Carolina, but most of the overall migration (by Quakers, Scotch-Irish Presbyterians, and Germans) was the result of economic and population pressures in Pennsylvania. There was more land in the frontier of Virginia and North Carolina, not to mention it was cheaper. > > A great source that explains the phenomenon is "Carolina Cradle: Settlement of the Northwest Carolina Fontier, 1747-1762" by Robert W. Ramsey. > > David > > Kathy Shearer/CMP <shearer@clinchmountainpress.net> wrote: > Hello, All, > > I have two questions: > > Was there a migration from PA to Rowan County, NC, about the same time as the Boones made this trip, mid 1700s? Abraham Reece, b. about 1750, came from PA to what is now Yadkin Co. but was then Rowan. Supposedly he came as a bound child -- an apprentice -- although no record has been found yet. He eventually joined the Deep Creek Meeting near Boonville and is buried in that cemetery. > > Abraham Reece himself took in at least two orphan children to raise. Was this particularly encouraged by the Quakers, or was it just very common in this time period when so many parents died young? > > Kathy > > > ==== QUAKER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > Quaker-Roots Archives - Search List Messages From 1996 On > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > ______________________________