And what about Brinton, Darlington, Glass and the Irish Quakers, Morris AND Boyd, These are all names my husband is descended from.. Some more common like Hunt or Cox. Delmarva Roots, 2001. I enjoyed this video! Religious freedom was what our country was founded upon . Show Transcript and Discussion Questions Max Carter con condemned: an act of confession and repentance by a member who had been "complained of" ("reported") or even "disowned" for a violation of the Discipline. It indexes many, but not all Monthly Meetings. Julie any reason not to open this page up for editing? Lots of Quakers were displaced/disowned because of our warsrefusing to fight on either side. Great story of the 3 bricks for three brothers houses and of being related to Mary the first white child born on the island, hence all were indians. It looks like you're using Internet Explorer 11 or older. cert Certificate: a statement issued by a monthly meeting to a person (or persons) transferring their membership to another monthly meeting. And scarce an honest Hussey.. If you continue with this browser, you may see unexpected results. North Carolina: Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Years later My mother told me that we were related to Elizabeth Fry through the Hill and Perkins side of her English family. Gabe and Quaker Speak team, thank you for this video clip and all your work. I am a descendent of Andrew Job. VI. Seth B. Hinshaw, The Carolina Quaker Experience 16651985: An Interpretation (1984). It would be great to know more about why it was so important in history for women to be beaten and jailed . Quakers recorded a variety of details in their monthly meeting minutes which can be searched by name, location, and event date; or browsed by state . I know a Brinton in Maine, related to me (Fisher) in Ireland. prcf produced a certificate from: transferred membership from one meeting to another. Quaker Ref E184.F89 H52 v.1, Hinshaw, William Wade. When it was clear to that person I had no Quaker ancestry, he had nothing more to say to me and walked away. [5] The two Quakers mentioned as coming from Nottingham are James Brown and James Johnson. Softcover. The collection is also available on microfiche beginning number 6051380. Levi Coffin, from Coffin, Levi. Meeting House was built the same area fronting the W.F. Early genealogists also donated their files of many family surnames, including the Edna Harvey Joseph and R.H. Hutchinson collections. Copyright 2006 by the University of North Carolina Press. Choose the volume for your state and become familiar with the format of the book/microfilm. CONTENT MAY BE COPYRIGHTED BY WIKITREE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. Friends from eastern North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Nantucket Island migrated to the Piedmont region of NC during the 1750-1775 period. A card index of names intended for future volumes of this series is in The William Wade Hinshaw Index to Quaker Meeting Records in the Friends Library in Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania. I am descended from Brasseys and Worleys on my fathers side and Ashmores and Lindleys on my mothers side. https://library.guilford.edu/quaker-genealogy. Most of their children and grandchildren became Protestants rather than Catholics or Quakers so I found this article very interesting. And the Friends Society was unique in history. Ferris & Leach, 1901. "Virtually a Quaker province." "Faculty and Staff, New Garden Boarding School." Coffin, Starbuck, Macy, Gardner, Hussey, Pinkham, Bunker, Barnard Comments on Friendsjournal.org may be used in the Forum of the print magazine and may be edited for length and clarity. On the micro level, winning the argument (sadly) often trumps (no pun intended) the value of our relationshipsour marriage or a friendship can suffer. Giving and service to others is a powerful force. Volume I is arranged by monthly meeting (church), beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest. That began to change in the late 1800s as Quakers began to assimilate into the Protestant mainstream and began to marry out. I live in an historic house in New Hampshire. Our data tell us that each one has the potential to bring in new subscribers who will continue to explore Quaker experience with us. By the mid-eighteenth century, the backcountry was growing rapidly because of a large influx of settlers from Pennsylvania and Virginia, some of whom were Quakers who formed meetings for worship in the Cane Creek valley and to the west in modern Guilford County. This is also the part of North Carolina where Abigail (Brown) Thornburgh and her husband settled in the 1740s, after their Frederick County, Virginia Quaker marriage at Hopewell MM, witnessed by her father, James Brown. Hilarious! His brother, Thomas, is my direct. Separate men's and women's minutes are combined, so a husband's membership transfer might be listed on a separate line from his wife's. I hope the comments shared will help us be aware how our actions might affect others. Willow Bend Books, 1994-1996. Did you recognize any of the names listed in the video? I might recommend that the page be entitled Early Quakers in North Carolina and detach James Brown from the title. My town was settled by descendants of these families in 1762, so that makes me part of the 8th or 9th generation of settlers. Print on Demand 901-QU0001 150922L 401-2733 . Dunn's Creek is roughly mid-way between Cane Creek (in the north central part of the state) and the coast. See the front of each volume for a list of abbreviations used. Quaker Abstract F157. Its soooo hard to listen without judgment, to understand the uniqueness of our different views and personalities with respect. III. Founded in England through the prophetic insights and evangelical ministry of George Fox, the sect expanded rapidly after the mid-seventeenth century. Humphrey Publications, 1993-1998. I. Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1936; with Supplement, 1948. Quaker Ref F72.N2 H61, Roberts, Gary Boyd, editor. I suppose maybe old Quaker names? Religious life in England It will make this page more useful to others researching early Quakers of NC. If microfilm numbers are listed, write them on your research log. The Quaker community developed like a large extended family. But, this one was abrasive to me. ). The Quaker Archives is the official depository for the records of North Carolina Yearly Meeting (both the historical NCYM and NCYM-C and their constituent meetings). Quakers, or the Religious Society of Friends, are the oldest organized Christian church in North Carolina. I look at my own 11 generations of Quaker in my family tree and its a trunkits Newlins and Johnsons and Bundys and Carters. Eliza and Richard had a daughter Elizabeth b. Mar 1826 Cleveland, Ohio who m. 5 Sep 1845 Jefferson Parish, LA to Alexander Bell Clark b. Quakerism was founded in 1647 by George Fox, who also established a rich system of record keeping. By 1740, two of the earliest known meetings were established in close proximity, Carvers Creek and Dunns Creek. In the latter part of the century, in the 1580s, Sir Walter Raleigh attempted to establish two colonies on the coast, including the notorious Roanoke, but both failed. For example, each meeting branched off from an older meeting. Core Sound, given its coastal location, is, unsurprisingly, one of the earliest Quaker meetings recorded in North Carolina. My mother is still not a U.S. citizen almost 80 years since she left England as a war refugee. One of the challenges of Quaker genealogy is that sometimes common Quaker names are common names, period. Read the introductory material to determine what records were extracted and what may be missing. In the 1660s, however, Friends sought to establish order for their community while continuing to honor "that of God" within each person. But, I am sad that Mendenhall was not included This is the Quaker family that I am descended from. Others arrived from Rhode Island and Virginia, the latter often originally from Pennsylvania. Accessed 12/2011. This is a space created to supply information and links about meetings, burial grounds, and resources, in order to organize the data for Quakers in North Carolina. But I can look. Join the Project, Adopt a Meeting and More, Categories: American Quakers | Quaker Meetings, North Carolina | Quaker Meetings, United States of America, WIKITREE HOME | ABOUT | G2G FORUM | HELP | SEARCH. Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1940. Documentation will be scarce, however - at the time this monthly meeting was in Bladen Co, which had destructive fires. Thomas Daniel. I may add that Dr. Clements in her Canterbury dissertation placed the Rev. As Lindley Butler writes, "Quakers, or the Religious Society of Friends, are the oldest organized Christian church in North Carolinathe Irish evangelist William Edmundson visited the Albemarle region in March 1672 for three days, holding the first religious services in the colony and laying a foundation that would result in North Carolinas becoming in its early years virtually a Quaker provinceWhen Edmundson returned to the colony in 1676, he reported that Friends were 'finely settled' The earliest Quaker meetings were at Perquimans and Pasquotank, both located in northeast North Carolina along Albemarle Sound. [1] An interesting account suggests many of these first settlers were commoners and runaway indentured servants. . (Image source: Friends Meeting House (Guilford Co. NC 1869) by John Collins, Public Domain (PD-US) via Wikimedia). And most people related positively seeing it and enjoyed learning about the Quaker history. Find the microfilm, put it on a microfilm reader, and search the Monthly Meeting for your ancestors name. It is on 73 FS Library microfilms beginning with 2146 which is a list of abbreviations and meeting symbols used on the cards. And his grandfather and fathers first names is Willard Everett, uncommon names. Check the binder in the research room for details. 1: North Carolina. Hinshaw's "Encyclopedia of American Genealogy Vol. Family Line Publications, 1996. John Wing backed into his rightful place as the Vicar of St. Nicholas CE Parish, Strood 1608 to 1615. The first homogeneous community in [Bladen] county was the Quakers according to Stephen B. Quaker Ref E184.F89 H5 v.2, Humphrey, John T. Pennsylvania Births (Chester, Berks, Bucks,Delaware, Lancaster, Montgomery, Philadelphia, and Yorkcounties). Publishers of Friends Journal and QuakerSpeak. We first find James in Cane Creek/New Garden in the north central part of the state. 1" for New Garden MM, Guilford NC shows James Brown in the company of Richard Beeson, as well as other people mentioned as founding fathers of Hopewell MM, Frederick County, Virginia, or their children, and also mentions Thomas Thornburgh, who became the first clerk of New Garden MM NC. Among the many Quaker government officials and Assembly representatives was John Archdale, who was not only a Proprietor but was also governor of Carolina (169496). Thanks, Your email address will not be published. 1880. Abstracts of obituaries in newspapers of Stokes County, North Carolina 1915-1976 Family History Library. Hinshaw volumesand the Index (printed in 1999) are still in print and available throughGenealogical.com. This page was last edited on 9 December 2022, at 01:11. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1973 (Edwards . We cant solve the historical world conundrum of violence, we can only solve ourselves. By the end of the war there were few Friends left in the state, and without the aid of northern Quakers, particularly the support of Francis King and the Baltimore Association, the church might have disappeared from North Carolina. From George Maris born 1632, who was an early emigrant from England to Chester Co, PA, I descend from Parkes, Hadleys, Lindleys, and more. J. P. Bell, Co., 1905. Wonderful video! That November, George Fox spent nearly three weeks in the settlement leading numerous worship services, meeting with the governor and other officials, and preaching to the local Indians. During the Civil War North Carolina Friends were persecuted by Confederate authorities for their radical views on slavery as well as their refusal to support the war effort. Yes, my mothers side the Barlows, Ridley and Slussers. 1. Other books: Cumberland, Gloucester, Monmouth and Salem counties, NJ. My mother Ruth Trimble Balderston was descended from William Smith, a companion of George Fox, in and out of prison, but surely we would be careless to call Smith a uniquely Quaker name. From an 1887 conference in Richmond, Ind., emerged both a uniform discipline and eventually the Friends United Meeting, first called the Five Years Meeting. According to "Cane Creek, Mother of Meetings," Friends arrived in the Cane Creek area as early as 1749, and there were around 30 families there when the Meeting was established in 1751. The earliest Quaker settlements were in New England, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Hilty, New Garden Friends Meeting: The Christian People Called Quakers (1983). Quaker Ref E184.F89 H52 v.7, Peden, Henry C., Jr. Quaker Records of (Baltimore and Harford counties, Northern Maryland, Southern Maryland) Maryland. II. James Brown was born in Pennsylvania in 1681 to Quakers James Brown and Honor Clayton Brown. These extracts list an abbreviated version of what happened in the minutes, from a genealogist's perspective. North Carolina -- v. 2. This episode on Quaker Names reminds me of the Nationalism we see building around the world- make America great again, true Germans are the best. Quaker Ref E184.F89 H5 v.1, Hinshaw, William Wade. This migration occurred due to the . She was one of 12 Lang children from Martins Corner, PA. My father was a birthright member of the Society of Friends, so I have quite an interesting family tree. North Carolina Yearly Meeting (Friends United Meeting) has grown to become one of the largest yearly meetings in the country. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1973 (Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1950). I watch and look forward to Quaker Speaks every Thursday. Click the tab "Hinshaw" above for more tips. Much of his life is a mystery. 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