If it helps any, here's a webpage I found on Thomas Lightfoot who was supposedly a friend of William the Quaker: http://www.carsonjohnson.com/chapter32-lightfoot.htm His son Michael and Michael's wife Mary were members of the New Garden Monthly Meeting in Chester County, PA where William Edmundson and family (including Caleb) lived. When Caleb married Esther Underhill at the Nottingham MM in Maryland, Michael and Mary Lightfoot were present. None of this proves anything, of course, but I believe the relationship between the Edmundsons and Lightfoots in Ireland is relatively well established somewhere too. There was at least one intermarriage which you can see on the above website. Jane On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 7:30 AM, Judith F. Russell <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Jane, for the info about the Lightfoot family. JudyR > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "jane gilbert" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 11:58 PM > Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Irish Quakers in Newberry: > Reagin,Edmundson, Edwards, Lary > > >> Judy and all, >> >> I spent a lot of time at Swarthmore one day digging into what was >> known and not known about the William Edmundson who settled in London >> Grove, PA and was supposedly the grandson of William the Quaker. >> Based on whatI remember (and have somewhere), much of the basis for >> the belief that these two Williams are one and same is based on the >> association of both with the Lightfoot family who also settled in that >> area of Pennsylvania. These two families were apparently quite >> intertwined in both Ireland and here. >> >> I suspect the connection is no different than many of the connections >> we have to make when we're not fortunate enough have Quaker >> certificates showing the movement of people from place to place...we >> look for families migrating together with a common starting point and >> ending point. >> >> Jane >> >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 6:13 AM, Judith F. Russell >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> The Irish Quakers in Newberry came from Maryland and Pennsylvania, most >>> of >>> them. Several are buried at the Reagin Cemetery, not too far from the >>> Bush >>> River Quaker Cem. My family names are Edmundson, Reagin, Edwards, and >>> Lary. >>> The connection of Isaac Edmundson who married Margaret Smith (buried as >>> Margaret Parham, 1836 Quaker Cem) to William Edmundson, a founder of >>> Quakerism, is Ireland is one I'd really like to see documented. >>> >>> Here's what I have for a Draft of a Family Descendant outline: >>> >>> Descendants of William "Irish Hammer" Edmundson >>> >>> >>> >>> 1 William "Irish Hammer" Edmundson b: 24 Oct 1627 in Crosby Garrett >>> Parish, >>> Little Musgrave, Westmorelandshire, England d: 31 Aug 1712 in Rosenellis, >>> Laois, Ireland >>> >>> . +Margaret Staniforth b: 1631 in Bramley, Darbyshire, Eckington, England >>> d: >>> 15 May 1691 in Dublin, Ireland m: 1652 in Bramley, Derbyshire, England >>> >>> .. 2 Samuel Edmundson b: 07 Feb 1659/60 in Rosenellis, Laois, Ireland d: >>> 1719 in Dublin, Ireland >>> >>> ...... +Maria STB Worthington b: 1658 in Lurgan, Antrim, Armagen Co., >>> Ireland d: Aft. 1719 in Dublin, Ireland m: 1680 in Dublin, Ireland >>> >>> ...... 3 William Edmundson b: Abt. 1682 in Tineal, Ireland d: Bef. 1736 >>> in >>> London Grove, Chester, PA >>> >>> .......... +Elizabeth Jackson b: Abt. 1686 in Ireland m: 11 Mar 1715/16 >>> in >>> Dublin, Ireland >>> >>> .......... 4 [1] Caleb Edmundson, the Immigrant b: 1713 in Tineal, >>> Dublin, >>> Ireland d: Abt. 04 Apr 1791 in Union Dist. S.C. >>> >>> .............. +Judith Ferris Smith >>> >>> .......... *2nd Wife of [1] Caleb Edmundson, the Immigrant: >>> >>> .............. +Hester Underhill b: Abt. 1720 d: 28 May 1783 in Union >>> Dist. >>> S.C. m: 16 Jun 1736 in East Nottingham Mt. Cecil Cnty, Maryland >>> >>> .............. 5 Issac Edmundson b: 1742 in Chester, /Chester Co., PA d: >>> Abt. 1790 in Union County, S.C. >>> >>> .................. +Margaret Smith b: 1763 in Bucks Co., PA d: 27 Jul >>> 1836 >>> in Newberry S.C. m: Abt. 1780 >>> >>> .................. 6 John Edmundson b: 13 Jan 1782 in Union District, >>> S.C. >>> d: Jan 1854 in Giles County, TN >>> >>> ...................... +Elizabeth Reagan b: 23 Jun 1784 d: 30 May 1825 in >>> Newberry S.C. m: in Union Dist. S.C. >>> >>> ...................... 7 Joseph S. Edmundson >>> >>> ...................... 7 Issac Edmundson >>> >>> ...................... 7 Elihu Edmundson >>> >>> ...................... 7 Margaret Edmundson >>> >>> .......................... +David Waters >>> >>> ...................... 7 Mary Hester Edmundson b: 28 Sep 1802 in Giles >>> Co., >>> TN d: 25 Nov 1823 in Newberry SC >>> >>> .......................... +David Gilbert b: 22 Nov 1796 in Newberry, SC >>> d: >>> 12 Aug 1871 in Limestone Co., AL m: Abt. 1817 in Newberry, SC >>> >>> .................. 6 Sarah Edmundson b: Abt. 1784 >>> >>> ...................... +Daniel Stewart >>> >>> .............. 5 John B. Edmundson >>> >>> .............. 5 William Edmundson >>> >>> .............. 5 Thomas Edmundson >>> >>> .............. 5 Joseph Edmundson >>> >>> .............. 5 Caleb Edmundson >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' >>> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG. >> Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.6.5/1619 - Release Date: 8/18/2008 >> 5:39 PM >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >