I forgot to memtion a Quaker Settlement, which was known as Monoquessey/Monocacy; and it is in Frederick County, Maryland. I shall add the URL: http://www.rootsweb.com/~quakers/monocacy.htm 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 (This is near Pennsylvania, so is far north of the CALVERT Colony in St. Mary's County, MD.) Violet Moore Guy 01/26/2005 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Violet O. Guy" <vmguy@gmpexpress.net> To: "Lilly" <malik@scs-net.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 11:52 AM Subject: Re: [Q-R] Maryland to Salem, Ohio > Lily: > > Hello, again! > > It is pretty miserable weather here in St. Mary's County, Maryland this > week -- we have snow followed by a drizzle, so the children just returned > to school today, Wednesday. > > Yes, it is possible that she received help from the Quakers. The ship, > The Arc & the Dove", brought the Catholic CALVERTs as Maryland's first > colony in 1634 and setltled in what was then the greater St. Mary's > County. In my studies, over a 4-year period, of this Colony, I have > learned that people sometimes used an alias name. ( Lord Calvert's > Overseers were John & Henry Darnall; and I descend from some of their > DARNALL kinfolk, that came over as Indentured Servants.). > > http://www.mdgenweb.org/feudal.htm > About the Feudal Estate That Was Early Maryland > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdstmary/ > St. Mary's County, Maryland > > Keep in Touch! > > Violet Moore Guy > vmguy@gmpexpress.net > 01/26/2005 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lilly" <malik@scs-net.org> > To: <QUAKER-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 9:22 AM > Subject: [Q-R] Maryland to Salem, Ohio > > >>I recently read that Quakers were often sought out to care for orphans, >>because of their honesty and morals. >> >> My ancestor was either orphaned or abandoned. James W. Leach was born >> about 1802-4 in Maryland. He lived a very long life and died in 1888 in >> Salem, Ohio. >> I have all his census records, his marriage, his children, everything >> about his adult life, but his parents are a mystery. >> >> In a History book about Salem, OH , which was a place famous as being >> settled by Quakers, my ancestor gave a first person account of how the >> city looked in the fall of 1809, as he passed through with his 'guardian' >> Joseph Wright, on their way to visit John Spencer. >> >> In another History book, my ancestor James W. Leach states he was brought >> up in the household of Joseph Wright on the Old Lisbon Road (that is just >> outside Salem, OH). >> >> I have found that there was indeed a Joseph Wright who was Quaker of >> Bedford Co VA, who did indeed arrive about 1803 in Salem, OH. He also >> had a son named Joseph Wright, who left the faith for marrying out. >> Both Father and Son did settle in Salem, OH. >> >> There is plenty of information about the Wright family, but the >> researchers have not been able to determine any relationship whatsoever >> between the Foster father Joseph Wright and my ancestor James W. Leach of >> Maryland. >> >> The only clue I have, is that James W. Leach stated on several census >> records that his mother was born in IRELAND. He never stated any >> information about his father's birthplace. Either he just had no idea >> where he was born, or he actually did not KNOW who his father was. If >> that is the case, then he was an illegitament child, and that could >> explain why he was abandonded. >> >> Here is my Question: is there anyone reading this, that has knowledge of >> a Quaker family, from Maryland, named LEECH-LEACH-LEITCH, who would have >> moved to Salem, OH prior to 1809? This exact time frame, would be the >> time that the very FIRST settlers would be arriving. (I have identified >> the Quaker family named Leech who did arrive in Salem, OH from PA, and >> they are NOT related in any way to my ancestor.) >> >> The possible scenerio is: a Quaker couple in Maryland, decide to move to >> Salem, OH along with others. They have a small baby son about 1802-4 in >> Maryland, between the time of the birth and 1809 they do arrive in Salem, >> OH among the first settlers, and then either they die, or abandonment >> takes place, and the small boy named James W. Leach is raised by kind >> strangers, who are not related to him. >> >> I have also thought of a possible scenerio, of an Irish born Quaker >> female, who gives birth in Maryland, unmarried, then arrives in Salem, OH >> and abandons the baby there. In this case, the surname of LEACH would >> come from the Irish mother, and the father would remain unknown. >> >> I have been collecting data on this James W. Leach for 3 yrs and really >> understand him well, but I may never be able to connect him to any Leach >> family in Maryland, unless some other researcher might have some missing >> info, or some clues to throw my way. >> >> May I kindly request assistance from anyone having Maryland information, >> and especially Quakers of Maryland, with the name of Leach, and spelling >> form. >> Best regards, >> Lilly Martin >> >> >> ==== QUAKER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== >> Visit The Quaker Corner - http://www.rootsweb.com/~quakers >> >> >