Thanks for the message. I am not aware of the Lamb connection to the Boones. However, I am personally connected to the Lamb family as my 6th great-grandfather William Stark married Experience Lamb in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut in 1710. Although the Starks were Baptist, I believe subsequent generations may have married into Quaker families. The eldest son of William Stark and Experience Lamb was Jonathan Stark who moved to New Jersey and married Sarah Laycock, daughter of Joseph Laycock. I believe the Laycock family were Quakers in the early 1700's. The next generation of Starks "may" have married into the Howell and Wells families, both of which "may" have had Quaker connections. My respective 5th great-grandfathers James and Daniel Stark, sons of Jonathan Stark, migrated to Loudoun Co., VA by the late 1760's. James supposedly married Mary/Nancy Hannah Howell (daughter of Hugh Howell?) while Daniel married Elizabeth Wells (no proof on this surname, but it is speculated she may be the daughter of Jacob Wells and Lavinia Stevens). The Howells were neighbors and seemingly close to the Janneys of Loudoun Co., VA. We are still researching the Howell and Wells connections -- we don't very much proof at this time. Strangely, Joseph Stark (another brother of James and Daniel) had sons who married great-granddaughters of George Boone IV and Deborah Howell! Best Regards, David Brown Roland Elliott <rolandelliott@inreach.com> wrote: Boone family was connected to the Lamb family also ----- Original Message ----- From: "DAVID BROWN" To: Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 22:32 Subject: Re: [Q-R] Correction to Previous Missive I wanted to point out that Squire Boone left the Quaker faith after refusing to apologize for his son Israel marrying out. The name Isaiah is not correct, and I apologize. Squire Boone and Sarah Morgan didn't even have a son named Isaiah (to my knowledge). DAVID BROWN wrote: Marsha, I just wanted to touch base on the Boones. I'm a Boone descendant through two of Daniel Boone's siblings -- Samuel Boone who married Sarah Day, and Mary Boone who married William Bryan. Anyway, Daniel Boone's parents were Squire Boone and Sarah Morgan, both Quakers. Some of their children did "marry out," and it is thought that Squire Boone left the Quaker faith when he refused to apologize for his son Isaiah marrying a non-Quaker. Some speculate that it was at this time when the family migrated to North Carolina where, to my knowledge, they were not Quakers, but became Baptists. As to the question of Jewish people becoming Quakers, I'm not entirely sure. However, from what I understand of English history in the 1500's, Jewish people were not allowed to even live in England unless they converted to Christianity. I believe they called this "forced conversion," or "Anuism." One of my ancestral lines may have converted from Judaisim to Christianity in the 1500's (obviously, we have no proof and probably never will have proof). Anyway, I guess it would be reasonable for Jewish people to become Quakers under such circumstances. Best Regards, David marsha moses wrote: Hi, Carolyn. You are asking great questions. I'll do what I can to begin to answer ....but the truth is that most of us are beginners at these questions. So keep asking. You are right. North Carolina has a rich Quaker heritage. I am not familiar with the U of NC at Greensboro. But I am very familiar with Guilford College--that is where the original Quaker records in your area are kept. And I am a graduate of the U of NC at Chapel Hill. I will tell you what I know about the Quakers in your area based on what I know about my own Quaker ancestors. They were very good people. They had mostly come into the US through Pennsylvania and the area around Philadelphia even if it did not lie in what is now Pennsylvania. For all sorts of reasons they moved down through the Valley of Virginia into NC. I also have ancestors who moved from Nantucket Massachusetts into your area. Because the Quakers did not believe in any sort of war....and because they did not want to marry outside of their church, the people on Nantucket Island felt the need to move just before the Revolution. If war came, they worried that their little island was very vulnerable. The Macys and the Gardners and the Worths among others moved south to the area that is now Guilford County. I would guess that they sailed south and landed near Perquimans where other Quakers had already settled. With the help of these Quakers, they moved inland. The next question is kind of fun. Yes, Daniel Boone's family was originally Quaker. I expect to connect someday to Daniel's ancestry. You will find the family in Berks County, Pennsylvania. But they were always dynamic people. And as some of their children were asked to leave because of marrying out, they became less "Quaker". I think that by the time they were in the NC area, they were probably no longer Quaker. If you get back with me, I'll try to firm up some of that information tomorrow. I actually have pretty much information on some of this family because I think that my William Webb that I find in Illinois in 1830 is probably descended from the George and Mary Boone Webb family that is found in Berks County in the 1700s. I have lots of research to do to get that firmed up. Wow, I can't speak to the next question. I can not imagine why a Jewish person would choose to be Quaker. What era are you talking about? I don't know how you managed to ask SO many good questions in one post. Keep asking! We'll all try to keep answering. Marsha in wV Carolyn Funderburk wrote: > > Friends, > > We've lived in North Carolina for 11 years, and I enjoy learning about > our adopted state. Our son goes to University of NC at Greensboro. > Through frequent visits there, visits to various museums and studying, > I know that North Carolina has a rich Quaker history. > > I hope this is not out of place, but can anyone tell me if Daniel > Boone and his family were Quakers as I have read. I have read that > some Jews, after escaping from persecution in Europe and often still > finding it here in our country, continued to hide their Jewishness in > the Quaker faith. Is this so? > > BTW, there is a Quaker meeting house right next to the campus at > UNC-Greensboro--I can't think of its name. I'd like to go there to > visit some Sunday when we visit our son. > > Thanks for your help. > > Carolyn Funderburk > bamagal50@ec.rr.com > > > > ==== QUAKER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > Need assistance? 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