It had always seemed to me an unlikely name for a company devoted to a frozen product and now finally a little piece of the past made some sense here in the present it was a Quaker name! I appreciate this Q.GroupSpeak as always. Entries are arranged alphabetically by surname, and then chronologically. An Osborne, thats going to be Centre Meeting or perhaps Spring Meeting. Staff members can also help you withmicrofilm, manuscripts,and family surname files. And the Friends Society was unique in history. Max Carter: You get into the Midwest, which essentially was the South moved North from North Carolina and Georgia and South Carolina from the anti-slavery movements of the early 1800s and youve got Farlows and Newlins and Millses and Beesons and Carters, Hoovers, Nixons, Millhouses. Curious? Southern Quakers and slavery: - Google Books. But when we can it propagates love. Some people just really like to know as part of their identity: who am I made of? Click the tab "Hinshaw" above for more tips. 1: North Carolina Yearly Meeting Paperback - July 1, 2014 by Wm. This collection can be found at the FamilySearch Library on the third floor and is available digitally here. We need to be forward looking! The text continues, stating: They [the men previously identified] represented some of the oldest and best Quaker families in Pennsylvania. "Faculty and Staff, New Garden Boarding School." Gabe Ask archives staff to retrieve Quaker Ref and Quaker Rare call numbers, including published family histories and North Carolina genealogical journals. First day school at Moorestown Monthly Meeting, middle school at Moorestown Friends and high school at Westtown School confirmed the depth of my belief in the Friends way of life and Religious teachings. My thanks to Gabe for a kind well thought out response. Documentation will be scarce, however - at the time this monthly meeting was in Bladen Co, which had destructive fires. Worleys and Brasseys on my Fathers side and Ashmores and Lindleys on my Mothers side. I dont get from the video a feeling that these folks were promoting exclusiveness or superiority! Ohio / Harlow Lindley, collaborator and historian for Ohio -- v. 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 appreciate this site. My paternal grandmother, Clara Hazel Lang OHara was a Quaker and attended the Bradford Meeting House. This migration occurred due to the . Elias Fort. Months of the year are recorded as numbers rather than by their names in an ancestors' record. I had had no idea of all this. 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. The key factor, however, in the diaspora of southern Quakers was their witness against slavery, which began in the late eighteenth century and intensified in the nineteenth century. rec receive, received (into membership). Limit 20 per day. I wish we had known as being Quaker Friends would have blessed our lives, in my family. You are most likely to find a Quaker family in the early 1700's in the records for Philadelphia and surrounding areas.There were other small and later migrations into Baltimore, Norfolk VA, and eventually Charleston SC; but Quakers would be heading for Philadelphia in the early 1700's, where they knew they would be amongst their Friends; they Raleigh, North Carolina 27612. They are newcomers or first or second generation Friends. Her home (The Caleb Pusey House of Landingford Plantation) is now a museum. I suppose maybe old Quaker names? Search other sources and study the history of Quakerism and its separations to help in locating records. The insight that only 20% of our membership are generational Quakers is actually a comfort, indicating a living interest, not just an ethnic affiliation. LA. Guides to Accessing Information from Quaker Records See guide links below for tips and information about specific types of research using Quaker records. 496. North Carolina Friends entered a century-long period of decline during the civil strife that began with the War of the Regulation and continued into the American Revolution. Oh, I can share with you our names from where I came from! For example, each meeting branched off from an older meeting. North Carolina Death Indexes, 1908-2004 Ancestry. Thomas Hamm: When you get to North Carolina, there are a number of distinctively Quaker names like Trueblood or Hadley or Hinshaw. ). The Quaker Corner . 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. Maris is one of my earliest Quaker families. I have several Quaker ancestors, and they named one family branch in the Long Island list: Bowne. But, this one was abrasive to me. The reason our team chose to do two videos on this topic (this is the second) is that genealogy research actually draws a huge amount of curiosity about Quakers. Carvers received that status in 1746, and Dunns request was granted in 1750. Where have you seen some of those names? Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1999. James Drake. As part of the team that publishes QuakerSpeak, I want to thank all of you who have commented. There are several alphabetical sequences within each monthly meeting. Years later My mother told me that we were related to Elizabeth Fry through the Hill and Perkins side of her English family. If Thomas Hills book lists more than one FS Library film number, use the FamilySearch Catalog Film/Fiche Numbers search to find the film number that includes the time period when your ancestor may have been listed. Editor's note: This page arose from an attempt to document the life of James Brown (Brown-2471), in particular his time in North Carolina as recorded in the minutes of several Quaker meetings. These extracts list an abbreviated version of what happened in the minutes, from a genealogist's perspective. Share to Facebook. A state map on this page shows the location of each. Im right means were valued (good). The last paragraph of these introductory pages lists the, The final section for each meeting lists abstracts of the minutes of the monthly meeting for business, including marriages, (the date the marriage was approved, not when it occurred). Am I missing something? James Brown was born in Pennsylvania in 1681 to Quakers James Brown and Honor Clayton Brown. I appreciated your thoughtful response to that and found that very appropriate. And what about Brinton, Darlington, Glass and the Irish Quakers, Morris AND Boyd, These are all names my husband is descended from.. Im sure there are more but they are my nearest relatives. 16 May . Now, I am finding more. Ask archives staffto retrieve Quaker Refand Quaker Rare call numbers, includingpublished family historiesand North Carolina genealogical journals. Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1938. Hinshaw volumesand the Index (printed in 1999) are still in print and available throughGenealogical.com. Lots of Quakers were displaced/disowned because of our warsrefusing to fight on either side. Jillaine, I have opened it as you requested. This website works best with modern browsers such as the latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge. Share to Twitter. In 1771, that part of North Carolina became Guilford County, the name now associated with that New Garden MM. Quakers organized manumission and African colonization societies and gradually began to advocate abolition of slavery. Then later those came to Pennsylvania. There was no meeting house so she became United Brethren because the church was less than a mile from her home. North Carolina was one of the original Thirteen Colonies. Thomas Daniel. My mother is still not a U.S. citizen almost 80 years since she left England as a war refugee. James Brown apology and readmission (1761), James Brown Senr 1753 certificate request, Minutes of Carteret MM re James Brown 1764-66, North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, Send a private message to the Profile Manager, Pennsylvania, United States, Brown Name Study, Public Comments: North Carolina Quakers originated as a result of a missionary band that George Fox led to the Caribbean and North America in 1671. 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. Label vector designed by Ibrandify - Freepik.com, https://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/coffin/frontis1.html, https://www.flickr.com/photos/fhcarchives/5436563980/. Many records are available only in selected archives, libraries, and other repositories. The book lists all known monthly meetings in alphabetical order, with their locations, dates of existence, known records, and location of the records. Quaker Abstract F225.B4 1905. By 1888, from this small beginning, evolved Guilford College, which has achieved a national reputation for excellence as a liberal arts college. The silent Gardiner, plotting, 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 . Dunn's Creek is roughly mid-way between Cane Creek (in the north central part of the state) and the coast. We saw in Charlottesville and see hatreds causing war deaths all around the world. 537. Names werent initially a part of it for me, but when I saw the name Furnas added here on this thread I remembered my Indiana Quaker grandfathers ice cream business, named Furnas. So the names mean something to me, because this was lost over the centuries and decades and had it not been lost, we would have had lives of blessedness. Categories: North Carolina Quakers | Pennsylvania, United States, Brown Name Study, WIKITREE HOME | ABOUT | G2G FORUM | HELP | SEARCH. So many of the Old Quaker names being discussed were brave and risked their own life by their testimony. Oops. Quaker Ref E184.F89 H5 v.3, Meldrum, Charlotte D. Early Church Records of Burlington County, NJ, Vols. 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. Category: Pennsylvania, United States, Brown Name Study. 1866 Freedmen's Bureau record regarding 75 unnamed Randolph County Quakers abandoning their homes and fleeing to Indiana, the "more quiet west," with at least 125 more to follow. Quaker meetings were organized by geographic areas consisting mainly of Preparative Meetings (Particular Meetings), Monthly Meetings, Quarterly Meetings, and Yearly Meetings. For personal use and not for further distribution. Also a marriage certificate. Thomas was also a Quaker. The college today is an important repository of Quaker records. Quaker Abstract F185.F89 P87 1996, Bell, James Pinkney. Leaving Fox and the others, the 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 province. But for whatever reason, I chose to speak out about ethnocentricity. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. Genealogies of Rhode Island Families, from The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volumes I and II. Login to post. 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. Various authors. On page 487 of the "Encyclopedia" Hinshaw itemizes some of the membership of the New Garden Monthly Meeting:[17]. I must say some first names of Quaker women are quite unique like Hepzibah, one of my husbands great, great aunt I believe has this name. ltm liberated to marry, left at liberty to marry: permitted to marry. "Trader" Joseph Evans III. Other books: South River and Goose Creek meetings (Bedford and Campbell counties); Henrico, New Kent and Charles City counties; Cedar Creek (Hanover County); Loudoun and Fairfax counties and Alexandria city, VA. Heiss, Willard. A major accomplishment of North Carolina Friends in this period was the opening in 1837, under the guidance of Nathan Hunt, of New Garden Boarding School, the oldest coeducational school in the South. Both Carvers and Dunns had attendance sufficient to forward to the Perquimans Quarterly Meeting and Eastern Yearly Meeting a request to be given the status of Monthly Meetings. friends, Some more common like Hunt or Cox. The videos subtle message I got is, were the originals and better. [4] In his interesting article, Butler also discusses the North Carolina Quakers' pacifist role during the Revolution, their opposition to slavery, and their founding of what would become Guilford College. If your ancestor is in these abstracts, copy the page containing the information because there may be many details you need to study. Quaker Abstract F157. The first Quaker in North Carolina was one Henry Phillips, who had been a member of that church in New England previous to his coming to Carolina in 1665; though William Edmundson, an Irish Quaker preacher, was the real instigator of Quakerism among the settlers. If you continue with this browser, you may see unexpected results. If you look at our body of work as a whole, I hope that feeling fades, and I hope youll trust that we strive for improvement and take feedback to heart. I find genealogy and family history research to be fascinating! 2023 North Carolina Genealogical Society, Friends Meeting House (Guilford Co. NC 1869), North Carolina Research Genealogy and Local History. CONTENT MAY BE COPYRIGHTED BY WIKITREE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. A complete list of the forty families of "them parts" cannot be made, but William Wade Hinshaw in the Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Volume I, North Carolina Yearly Meeting, lists the heads of seventeen families probably among the original forty as follows: Thomas Beals, Benjamin Beeson from Deep River, William Beeson, Abraham . Here's an existing category that seems appropriate. Im very glad to have your engagement. ), and died October 3, 1823 in Center, Clinton, Ohio.He married HANNAH RUCKMAN/RUPPMAN January 20, 1778 in New Garden MM, Guilford co., North Carolina (Source: Encyclopedia of Quaker Genealogy, New Garden MM p. Other books: Anne Arundel (and Howard) County Church Records. If all of the women wore simple gray dresses, no one knew if one was poor or rich during a time of aristocratic status . The land the meeting house purportedly was on actually ended up in my family in 1750, sold to Thomas Thames by the Dunn family. Rescue from the demon whiskey effects. They were just sharing to all including to a nonwhite Asian-Pacific ISlander convinced Quaker like me the history of Quaker names! Eventually 55 of that states 100 counties were formed from parts of Bladen County.[10]. From a base of well-established meetings in the Albemarle region, Friends gradually spread into the counties south of the sound. . Part of it is that we all want to be right. In the 1660s, however, Friends sought to establish order for their community while continuing to honor "that of God" within each person. Eg. Limit 20 per day. By the end of the century there were two monthly meetings in Perquimans and another in Pasquotank. Knowing the earlier meeting is a clue about the earliest members' origins. Gabe and Quaker Speak team, thank you for this video clip and all your work. Let me put it very clearly from my perspective (and in answer to Ray Regans questions): being a white skinned Quaker, a birthright Friend, or someone from a generations-Quaker family does not give you any more measure of God than anyone else. It belonged to the Eastern Quarter"[9], Bladen County, North Carolina had been created in 1734 and covered most of central and western North Carolina at that time. The Macys eat the pudding; Each volume has its own index, but this is a good way to "follow" your ancestor as they moved from one area to another. The practices and testimonies they developed helped unify Friends throughout the next century. To Elizabeth Fry through the Hill and Perkins side of her English family England. Second generation Friends clue about the earliest members ' origins I dont get from the New Historical. This video clip and all your work and African colonization societies and gradually began to advocate abolition of slavery tips! 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