'ello, Sherry, I also have another QUAKER Book - "Leeds Friends Minute Book, 1692 to 1712". and found some BIRKETT's listed, John BIRKETT (Burkhead) Clothier, of Hunslet, (died 1762) son of John BURKHEAD - and his wife Mary (BARBER), married 7 Dec 1709 at Leeds. Is this yor famiy ? If so, I can add their children and other details of their life in Leeds. Regards, Gordon. ======================================== Message Received: Dec 27 2007, 01:24 PM From: "Roy Stockdill" To: west-riding@rootsweb.com Cc: Subject: Re: [WRY] quakers in yorkshire From: "Sherry Shallenberger" > Judith wrote, > Thistlethwaite 'Yorkshire Quartley Meeting[of the Soc of Friends]' > 1665-1955> it has a very good surname index in the back if anyone > would like a lookup> > > Hi Judith, > When you have time, would you please see if there is any mention of > BIRKETT, KNOWLES or HUNTINGTON in the book you have?< There is another quite superb book about Yorkshire Quakers called "Sufferings of Early Quakers in Yorkshire 1652-1690", being a reprint of a famous book originally published in 1753 by one Joseph BESSE called "A Collection of the Sufferings of the People called Quakers". Besse's book covered the whole country but in 1998 William Sessions Ltd of York began publishing regional facsimiles, Yorkshire being the first. It bears an enormous number of names (literally thousands) and tells of the unjust persecutions of early Quakers, their jailing and having all their worldly goods and assets confiscated for refusing to attend services at the Established church. According to the foreword by Michael Gandy, the well-known UK genealogist, the book is a particularly valuable resource for American family historians since it pre-dates the establishment of the Quakers in Pennsylvania. Among those mentioned in it is Abraham Shackleton, of Harden, near Bingley. Shackleton was jailed for three years and his son, also Abraham (1696-1771) migrated to Ireland and founded a famous Quaker school there. Among his descendants was the great explorer, Sir Ernest Shackleton. I confess to being reluctant to offer look-ups since the number of names is vast and, secondly, a great many are unidentified by place. However, the book is available for order at a number of sites on the Internet and costs 12 pounds. -- Roy Stockdill Professional genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message