Posted on: Amelia County Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Va/Amelia/624 Surname: Easter ------------------------- searching Matthew Easter listed in 1800 personal tax list for Amelia co va also anything on the EASTER MEETING HOUSE Descendants of John Easter Generation No. 1 1. JOHN1 EASTER died 1803. Notes for JOHN EASTER: JOHN EASTER by Susan Shields Sasek Matthew EASTER: probably born between 1700 and 1725[1]; died after 1799.[2] Matthew Easter and his wife "were among the earliest fruits of Methodism in that section of the State [Mecklenburg Co., VA], and from them "Easter's Meeting House", one of the oldest preaching places in Mecklenburg Circuit, took its name."[3] Matthew was "a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost."[4] The Reverend James Patterson described Matthew's faith and zeal as follows: "When I preached at Easter's in 1799, the good old man got his soul so full of the love of God that it overflowed, and he praised God and shouted until his frail body could scarcely contain his enraptured spirit."[5] Matthew and his wife had at least two sons, John and Thomas, both of whom entered the itinerancy.[6] Thomas EASTER was a member of the Second class, or division, of Methodist preachers. He entered the itinerancy in 1790 and traveled until 1796.[7] John EASTER: probably born no earlier than 1718 and no later than 1748[8]; died between 17 October 1803 and 12 Jan 1804, Mecklenburg Co., VA.[9] John EASTER became a member of the First class, or division, of Methodist preachers in 1782.[10] "The fields of his itinerant labor were as follows: 1782, Hanover; 1783, Roanoke; 1784, Richmond; 1785, Sussex; 1786, Mecklenburg; 1787, Brunswick; 1788, Sussex; 1789, Amelia; 1790, Brunswick; 1791, Surry."[11] "He continued in the itinerant ranks until 1792, when his name appears on the minutes, in answer to the question "Who are under a location through weakness of body or family concerns?"[12] #1.John, Thomas #2.John or Matthew John #1 also lived in Lunenburg co looking for any information on this family Thank You vera chiqupin@aol.com