Dear Mr. Hill and other readers, I read this email with interest, since the time frame and location you refer to are in my genealogy search. You mention that Westland MM, located in Washington Co PA, was the jumping off point of folks going west, to places like Ohio. My ancestor is James W. Leach b. 1802 MD. He was possibly orphaned or abandoned in Westland MM, and taken into the family of Joseph Wright, Jr who was at Westland MM in 1802 thru 1803 time frame. As of Nov 12,1803 Joseph Wright, Sr and Jr. arrived at Salem, OH . They had left Bedford Co VA prior. Can someone advise me on HOW to look for records at Westland , PA which may uncover a Mr. Leach there from Maryland, with a baby boy, who may have died, or some other calamity caused the baby to be given away to a non-related family to raise in Salem, OH?? In researching the ancestry of Joseph Wright, the foster father, the ONLY connection seems to be Westland MM during 1802-3 time period. That is where the Leach family and the Wright family connect. I have asked another researcher to look at the records in Maryland for any LEACH family there up to 1800. Thank you for your guidance and advise, Lilly Martin, d/o Emily Leach. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Hill" <tomhill@nuvox.net> To: <QUAKER-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 3:56 PM Subject: RE: [Q-R] Quakers around Fayette Co., PA > Carolyn, > > Redstone MM in Brownsville was the most prominent monthly > meeting in Fayette County, PA, and the Redstone Quarterly Meeting held > there (consisting of Redstone and Westland MMs) was the jumping-off > point for many Friends moving to Ohio and the Northwest Territory to be > "ever free of slavery