The study of genealogy tends to illuminate history, and the study of history seems to illuminate genealogy. It would not seem to be too much out of order to try to answer Mark Dixon's query on line so that others lacking historical sources might benefit. It has been some time since I read John Woolman's _Journal_. Some of the places mentioned first on Mark Dixon's list may have been places that John Woolman stopped while travelling on a concern to visit the Indians in central Pennsylvania at the time of the French and Indian War. I believe that there were relatively few Friends living in far northern Chester County, PA in the 1646 era. Uwchlan Monthly Meeting had probably been established by that time, centered some eight miles northwest of Downingtown. There were only scattered Friends in Lancaster County at that time. I know of Sadsbury Meeting at Christiana, PA and Leacock Meeting (later called Lampeter) , both affiliated with Sadsbury Monthly Meeting. Perhaps there were a few Friends at Lancaster. Monacacy, Maryland was in the Monacacy Valley in southwestern Maryland. Monacacy Meeting seemed to be a stopover place for Friends moving from the Nottingham Friends settlement on the Pennsylvania/Maryland line down into northern Virginia. I believe that there is a description of Monacacy Meeting at the Jerry Richmond website. Probably it was first a Preparative Meeting of Hopewell Monthly Meeting, later becoming a Preparative Meeting of Fairfax Monthly Meeting. Monacacy Meeting seemed to decline in the later 1700's. Probably the meetinghouse burned down. Monacacy Meeting does not exist today. The following locations are made with the assistance of the book, _The Friendly Virginiians: America's First Quakers_, by Jay Worrall, Jr. (Athens Georgia: Iberian Publishing Company, c 1994): Fairfax Meeting (1733-1929) was located at Waterford in Loudon County, VA. The meetinghouse may be still standing, having been put to other uses. Hopewell Monthly Meeting, begun in 1732, was a far-flung Monthly Meeting centered at the large Hopewell Meetinghouse located six or seven miles northeast of Winchester in northern Virginia. I believe that there is still an active Meeting at that location. I do not know where Shanando, VA was located, perhaps in the Shenandoah Valley of northwestern Virginia. Cedar Creek Monthly Meeting was centered at Cedar Creek Meeting (1721-1860) in Hanover County, VA. Camp Creek Meeting (1747-1790) was in Louisa County, VA. James Standley's Home at Cedar Creek - James Stanley appears to have been a member of the Stanley family who were prominent in the history of Cedar Creek Meeting. Exhaustive genealogies have been compiled relating to this family. They married into the Hutchins family which is delineated in the three volume genealogy: _Hutchins-Hutchens, Descendants of Strangeman Hutchins_. Swamp Meeting in Virginia may have been White Oak Swamp Meeting (1722-1807) , aka as Henrico or Chickahominy Swamp in Henrico County, VA. Wayanoke Meeting in Virginia.---- Weyanoke Meeting (1699-1841) , formerly known as James Howard's or Old Man's Neck, Charles City County, VA. Burleigh Meeting in Virginia(1696-1832) or Burley, Prince George County, VA. Black Water Meeting in Virginia (1721-1860) - first known as Surry, Surry County, VA. Western Branch Meeting in Virginia - (1672-1844) aka Lower Isle, Wight County, VA. These are all of the locations about which I am able to comment. - Herbert Standing.

>>>Herbert Standing wrote on Wednesday, December 15, 2004 3:41 PM >Monacacy, Maryland was in the Monacacy Valley in southwestern Maryland.<<< 1) http://www.rootsweb.com/~quakers/ Quaker Corner 2) Search: for Monocacy:: "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 Violet Moore Guy ----- Original Message ----- From: <Standcedargrove@aol.com> To: <QUAKER-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 3:41 PM Subject: [Q-R] Trivia question for John Woolman fans. > The study of genealogy tends to illuminate history, and the study of history > seems to illuminate genealogy. It would not seem to be too much out of order > to try to answer Mark Dixon's query on line so that others lacking historical > sources might benefit. > > It has been some time since I read John Woolman's _Journal_. Some of the > places mentioned first on Mark Dixon's list may have been places that John > Woolman stopped while travelling on a concern to visit the Indians in central > Pennsylvania at the time of the French and Indian War. > > I believe that there were relatively few Friends living in far northern > Chester County, PA in the 1646 era. Uwchlan Monthly Meeting had probably been > established by that time, centered some eight miles northwest of Downingtown. > > > There were only scattered Friends in Lancaster County at that time. I > know of Sadsbury Meeting at Christiana, PA and Leacock Meeting (later called > Lampeter) , both affiliated with Sadsbury Monthly Meeting. Perhaps there were a > few Friends at Lancaster. > > I believe that there is a description of Monacacy Meeting at the > Jerry Richmond website. Probably it was first a Preparative Meeting of > Hopewell Monthly Meeting, later becoming a Preparative Meeting of Fairfax Monthly > Meeting. Monacacy Meeting seemed to decline in the later 1700's. Probably the > meetinghouse burned down. Monacacy Meeting does not exist today. > > The following locations are made with the assistance of the book, _The > Friendly Virginiians: America's First Quakers_, by Jay Worrall, Jr. (Athens Georgia: > Iberian Publishing Company, c 1994): > > Fairfax Meeting (1733-1929) was located at Waterford in Loudon County, > VA. The meetinghouse may be still standing, having been put to other uses. > > Hopewell Monthly Meeting, begun in 1732, was a far-flung Monthly Meeting > centered at the large Hopewell Meetinghouse located six or seven miles > northeast of Winchester in northern Virginia. I believe that there is still an > active Meeting at that location. > > I do not know where Shanando, VA was located, perhaps in the Shenandoah > Valley of northwestern Virginia. > > Cedar Creek Monthly Meeting was centered at Cedar Creek Meeting > (1721-1860) in Hanover County, VA. > > Camp Creek Meeting (1747-1790) was in Louisa County, VA. > > James Standley's Home at Cedar Creek - James Stanley appears to have been > a member of the Stanley family who were prominent in the history of Cedar > Creek Meeting. Exhaustive genealogies have been compiled relating to this > family. They married into the Hutchins family which is delineated in the three > volume genealogy: _Hutchins-Hutchens, Descendants of Strangeman Hutchins_. > > Swamp Meeting in Virginia may have been White Oak Swamp Meeting > (1722-1807) , aka as Henrico or Chickahominy Swamp in Henrico County, VA. > > Wayanoke Meeting in Virginia.---- Weyanoke Meeting (1699-1841) , formerly > known as James Howard's or Old Man's Neck, Charles City County, VA. > > Burleigh Meeting in Virginia(1696-1832) or Burley, Prince George County, > VA. > > Black Water Meeting in Virginia (1721-1860) - first known as Surry, > Surry County, VA. > > Western Branch Meeting in Virginia - (1672-1844) aka Lower Isle, Wight > County, VA. > > These are all of the locations about which I am able to comment. > > - . > > > ==== QUAKER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > Visit The Quaker Corner - http://www.rootsweb.com/~quakers > >