Today, while brousing through the Genealogy Room Collection at one of the Libraries in St. Mary's County, Maryland, I found a book, "Quaker Records of Southern Maryland". St. Mary's County Memorial Library 23250 Hollywood Road Leonardtown, MD 20650 (301)-475-2846 www.stmalib.org (Their genealogy books & resource materials are not catologued using the Dewey System) ********************************* "QUAKER RECORDS OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND" Birthd, Deaths, Marriages and Abstracts from the Minutes, 1658-1800 by Henry C. Pecen, Jr., M.A. FORWARD Quakers (or Society of Friends) first settled in Southern Maryland in 1658 and established meetings at West River, Severn, South River and Herring Creek in Anne Arundel County, at Pickawaxon and Patuxent in Charles County, and at the Clifts in Calvert County. For a while Baltimore County was included until the formation of Gunpoweder Monthly Meeting in 1737 to include the Patapsco Meeting and Gundpowder Meeting. Monthly Meetings were later established at Indian Springs in Prince George's County and at Sandy Spring in what is now Montgomery County (see map). However, records for all meetings are not extant. For more information on the history and availability of all Quaker Records in Maryland one should consutl Phebe R. Jacobsensen's "Quaker Records in Maryland" (Publication No. 14, Hall of Records Commission, Annapolis, Maryland, 1966), and Eleanor P. Passano's "An Index to the Source Record of Maryland" (Baltimore Genealogical Publishing Company, 1967 reprint). Information for this book has been taken from extant Quaker records of Southern Maryland prior to 1800 at the Maryland State Archives (and in some cases to 1815 if the children's dates of birth started prior to 1800 and ended thereafter) as follows, with the microfilm numbers shown: 1) West River Monthly Meeting Register, beginning in 1655. (M545A). 2) Clifts Monthly Meeting Register, 1662-1782. (M545). 3) West River Monthly Meeting Minutes, beginning in 1698. Included are "Gal- loway Births, 1689-1709." (M637) 4) Minutes of Monthly Meetings Held at the Clifts, West River, Herring Run, and Indian Spring from 1677 to 1771. (M605) 5) Records of Birth, Death and Membership of Sandy Spring Monthly Meet- ing, beginning in 1682. [This appears to include marriages of all the meetings within the Monthly Meeting.] (M639). Henry C. Peden, Jr. Bel Air Maryland February 19, 1992. ********************************* This morning, I went to the LIbrary, following an appointment in Leonardtowne, for the purpose of ordering the book about "Wrightsborough, GA," which has been referred to me via Q-R by Gene Sidell. I was at the Genealogy Library. earlier in 1998, with my son, Jeff, who works at the area. My husband & I moved to to St. Mary's County in December 2003 . It is my hope that someone can use this referenced book. Today, Jeff, reminded me that there is a Quaker Cemetery in Hughesville, MD -- on our way up Hwy 235/5 to Waldorf, MD. Violet Moore Guy <vmguy@gmpexpress.net 12/14/2004