http://www.waterfordva.org/tour/second7.shtml Tosca - click on the link above to see William Williams House & a Store House in Waterford,VA. Jim Holifield Pensacola,FL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tosca Simms" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 4:51 PM Subject: Re: Williams Family 1743-1762 Quakers in Loudoun, Fairfax MM > Thank you James! Every little pice of a puzzle, put in the right place, > fits! > Tosca > > "People will never look forward to posterity who never look back to their > ancestors" > by Edmund Burke > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: "Tosca Simms" <[email protected]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 5:37 PM > Subject: Re: Williams Family 1743-1762 Quakers in Loudoun, Fairfax MM > > >> Tosca, >> I remember viewing old homes in Waterford,VA, just a little ways >> north >> from Leesburg,VA and running across one home built by a William Williams > (if >> I remember correctly) and that community was started by Quakers I think >> around 1731. I'm going from memory, so info may not be entirely >> accurate. >> Hope this helps. >> >> James A. Holifield >> Pensacola,Fl >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Tosca Simms" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 7:17 PM >> Subject: Williams Family 1743-1762 Quakers in Loudoun, Fairfax MM >> >> >> > Hello list, >> > I dont know where to begin. I have just found some leads in several > files >> > in World Connect area of Rootsweb and those leads have generated lots >> > of >> > questions. >> > >> > The family of William and Magaret Evans Williams supposedly moved to >> > Loudoun in 1743, and the children's births from 1743-1760 are shown as >> > Fairfax, Loudoun Co, VA. William and Margaret had married in 1739 in >> > Chester Meeting House near Philadelphia, VA. They had two children >> > when >> > they came to Loudoun, Priscilla and Isaac. >> > >> > Born or baptised at Fairfax MM, I gather, are Owen 1743, Mary 1746, >> > Richard 1749, Elizabeth, 1750, Rachel 1752, Margaret 1755, Jean 1758, > and >> > Daniel 1760. The family then moved to Cane Creek, Orange Co, now >> > ChathamCo, NC, about 1862. Other references are Cane Creek Meeting > which >> > I gather means MM, or again, Quaker. >> > >> > I know I have read references to Quaker records on this list, but have > no >> > memory of how long ago they might have appeared, and at the time >> > thought > I >> > didn't have any Quakers to search for. We live and learn, as we get > older >> > and hopefully wiser. >> > >> > So Marty, or Pat, or Betty, could you give me a push in the right >> > direction to the Quaker record locations? >> > >> > Mary, Richard and Jean are the only ones that I haven't found any > marriage >> > location for...the others married in NC. I would be curious to know if >> > Mary by any strange chance married in Loudoun, and/or was >> > excommunicated >> > for marrying an outsider of the faith. She would have been 16-18 years >> > old when the family moved to NC, and might have stayed in Loudoun. >> > Jean >> > would have been too young. >> > >> > I'll thank you in advance for whatever you can help me with, and I'll >> > thank you again if you do. : ) >> > >> > Tosca >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > "People will never look forward to posterity who never look back to > their >> > ancestors" >> > by Edmund Burke >> > >> >> > >