PETERS Thomas; SRY,ENG; 1750-1850 I am seeking all ancestors and descendants of the BASHFORD, BELCLIFFE, PETERS, and STREETER families documented below. I have a tremendous amount of information to share regarding potential connections to my STREETER ancestors. Please reply directly to: Perry Streeter (PStreeter@acccorp.com) Listowner, STREETER-L@RootsWeb.com RootsWeb Sponsor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . My direct ancestor, Richard STREETER, belonged to a Baptist congregation that met at Turners Hill near East Grinstead, Sussex in the neighboring parish of Worth. In the following paragraphs, numerous extractions are provided from the original Turners Hill Minute Book (Dr. Williams Library, London, England, hereinafter THMB). The minute book contains several membership lists; the first list indicates when Richard STREETER and others joined the congregation: 10 June 1753 Richard STREATER 8 July 1753 Thos STREATER 1756 Wm STREETER, His Wife Dyed 1758 Brother Thomas STREATER often hosted meetings, first at Enhams in Horley, Surrey, then at Cogmans in Burstow, Surrey and finally at Shepherds in Nutfield, Surrey. There was more than one Thomas STREATER in the congregation over time; a Thomas STREETER is last cited in the THMB on 9 June 1833. In 1760, another roster of membership was recorded in the minutes. In the following entries, the notes in parentheses were added at some later date: Thomas STREETER (Sence Dead) & Sara his Wife Rich. STREETER (Dyed Decr 1764) Wm STREETER (Sens Dead) & his wife (Died April 1768) On 25 July 1775, another membership roster was recorded: 5 October 1780 Eliz STRETR 30 September 1781 Wm STREETER Sarah STREETER [illegible] [BELCLIFFE?] (now the wife of Wm STREETER) On 15 April 1784, another list was recorded to update the minute book: Eliz STREATER now Wife of Stepn BASHFORD William STREATER and his wife Sarah STREATER (now wife of Thos PETERS) On 14 May 1793, the catalog of membership included the following entries: William STREATER (dead) Sarah his Wife (dead) Stephen BASHFORD (Dead) Elizabeth his Wife (died 1801) Sarah the wife of Thomas PETERS (died 1805) Stephen BELCLIFFE (d. July 1796) The last membership roster in the THMB includes the following entries: Wm STREATER (Died 28 Jan 1823; bur. Bletchingly [Surrey] at Burstows) Sarah his Wife (Died 1839) Stephen BASHFORD (Dead)