On Sat, 6 Jul 2013 17:22:29 +0100 "Richard Sylvanus Williams" <sylvanus@rahwilliams.orangehome.co.uk> wrote: > I am researching ALL quaker families in Cheshire and Staffordshire >up to 1700. I have discovered that the indexes to the early Quaker >records contain a very large number of mistranscriptions. For example >the marriage of James Stretch (Strith) and Ann Davenport is given as >James Sheth & Ann Osborn. Would be pleased to hear from anyone who >has an interest in this area. > > sylvanus@rahwilliams.orangehome.co.uk > > > Richard Williams Richard, I have this about one of my immigrant ancestors: From A Collection of Memorials Concerning divers deceased Ministers and others of the People called Quakers in Pennsylvania, New-Jersey, and Parts adjacent, from nearly the first Settlement thereof in the Year 1787, (no author given, printed by Joseph Crukshank, Market Street, Philadelphia, 1787,) pages 64-5: "A testimony from Nottingham Monthly-Meeting in Pennsylvania, concerning Aaron Coppock. "It appears he was born in Cheshire in Old England, the 25th of the tenth month 1662, was convinced of the truth when a young man, came to America soon after and lived near Chester; about the year 1714 he, with his family, settled at Nottingham in said county; being a man of an exemplary conduct and much esteemed by friends, he was chosen an elder for the particlar meeting of East-Nottingham, until he appeared in public testimony, and therein was often concerned to exhort friends to a life of self denial, watchfulness and prayer, the which he did in great sincerity, zeal and innocency. In the forepart of his last illness he complained of much poverty but before he died had a prospect of happiness, and a sure hope of obtaining the same. He departed this life on the 10th day of tenth month 1725, and was buried in friends burying ground in East Nottingham the 12th of the same month, aged sixty-three, and a minister 7 years." I'd be delighted if you could tell me about his parents! -- Dan Treadway P. O. Box 72 Gilbert IA 50105 treadway@netins.net http://showcase.netins.net/web/treadway/