I am also a descendant of this Abraham Reece. There is some reason to think that Quakers were in demand as guardians for orphans because of their general reputation for honesty and morality. They wouldn't embezzle the orphan's estate, work her to death, etc. Tom Hamm >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