Jean: How very interesting. You have written it well. I assume you belong to the Quaker Society. I have an invitation to join. My most famous Quaker ancestors were, Lawrence and Cassandra Southwick, the purported most persecuted Quakers in this country. They are also the ancestors of John Greenleaf Whitter, who wrote the poem Casssandra and Winston Churchill. I am having difficulty in locating records for my Mary Davis who married Daniel Mosher, they were of the Alum Creek Ohio meeting. I have never had any luck locating her parentage . They were there in the 1860s. Thank you for theinput Joan ==== QUAKER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== Quaker-Roots Archives - Search List Messages From 1996 On http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl

> "...the purported most persecuted Quakers in this country..." What an interesting concept. I know some of my Quaker ancestors also faced outrageous examples of persecution. It would be interesting to read a compilation of such stories - sort of a "Besse's Sufferings" for America. Does such a thing exist? If not, it might be a worthwhile project. [Any volunteers? :) ] If anyone else has such stories, I'd be interested in collecting them [off-list if they're off-topic for Quaker-Roots] Perhaps I could add publishing it to my list of "someday projects". Jeff Palmer - jap@highstream.net -----Original Message----- From: Staleygeni@aol.com [mailto:Staleygeni@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 10:17 AM To: QUAKER-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Q-R] Ministers <SNIPPED> ,,,My most famous Quaker ancestors were, Lawrence and Cassandra Southwick, the purported most persecuted Quakers in this country. They are also the ancestors of John Greenleaf Whitter, who wrote the poem Casssandra and Winston Churchill... --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.786 / Virus Database: 532 - Release Date: 10/29/04