I am a 3rd great granddaughter of Lawrence Rains of Randolph Nc, I have seen information that he was a quaker. Do you know if there is anyplace that I could find Quaker records in which he is mentioned? Caroline baxter60@aol.com wrote: > Cleve, you are right on all counts. The thing that I'm going to do in looking > for Lawrence,b.1751/52, and Ishmael,b.1749, father is look for a different > spelling for Rain(e)s. I've always disallowed Rainy,Rainey, and Raney. But > we now know that a John, Robert and William Rainey were in Orange Co. in the > 1700's. As I've given up finding there father in Caroline Co., I am going to > look in a different direction. Lawrence and Ishmael are not necessarily the > brothers to Anthony,b.1757 or John,b.1759. Eleven years is enough time > looking for my 5g-gf spelled Rains. I now believe that the Rains,Reines & > etc of Randolph Co. are all even related. O-well Vergil Raines > Baxter@aol.com > > ==== RAINS Mailing List ==== > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB