The New Garden Monthly Meeting, an offshoot of Cane Creek, was formally established in 1754 in what was then part of Bladen County, North Carolina. 1: North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee, Vols. It will make this page more useful to others researching early Quakers of NC. 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. Vol. Used by permission of the publisher. This list constitutes only those ancestors represented in the Order; additional ancestors continue to be proven, documented and added to our rolls. Our data tell us that each one has the potential to bring in new subscribers who will continue to explore Quaker experience with us. 6300 Creedmoor Road, Suite 170 #323 Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. They are all common historic Quaker names, remnants of a time when Quakers married in and families stayed Quaker for generations. However, the proof according to Dr. Caterina Clements, archivist at Medway, Strood, Kent, UK is that Daniel Wing ( my great grandfather, 6th) and Anna Ewer Wing named their firstborn son, Bachiler. If there are no FS Library film numbers, skip to the section on contacting other repositories. ], Physical: Quaker Ref E184.F89 H52 v.1, Hinshaw, William Wade. Next is a section listing information from the meetings birth, death, and marriage records, arranged alphabetically by surname, then by husband's name, and grouped together by family. Category: Pennsylvania, United States, Brown Name Study. Oops. 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. ). Transcripts, Subtitles and Closed Captioning. my great grandfather married a Hoopes, her parents were Hoopes and Smedley. . Some first fled to Ireland. 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 Entries are arranged alphabetically by surname, and then chronologically. In that regard their existences and their devout souls are inspiring me and are present in my life, in the Holy Spirit of God. Yes, Quaker nuts exist, but not in the lineage of most Americans in 2018, and in the past many of those Friends with the classic Quaker names left meeting because the Society disowned them or made them feel unwelcome. 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), new memberships, transfers of membership, disownments, and restorations to membership. William Penn and others as owners of enslaved persons. Quaker Records and Migration - North Carolina Genealogical Society Quaker Records and Migration Craig R. Scott, CG, FUGA This webinar will examine the creation of Quaker records and their meaning for the researcher. The hasty Coffin, fractious, loud, Jessop & Robt. The first Browns at Cane Creek appear to have been Ruth Large Brown, widow of Thomas Brown, and some of her children. Thomas C. Hill. I hope the comments shared will help us be aware how our actions might affect others. $75.00. North Carolina; Elizabeth WHITE b: ca. This video does not help me feel things have changed much since that painful moment I experienced as a newcomer 40 years ago. Max Carter: Today, probably about 80% of Quakers in attendance or membership in our meetings are not generational Quakers. . They helped build a very old meeting house that is still used on LI. One of the challenges of Quaker genealogy is that sometimes common Quaker names are common names, period. This is fascinating for those of us who do geneology. By 1751 Cane Creek Monthly Meeting was established, followed in 1754 by New Garden. I think as they moved west generations later, there were no Quaker meetinghouses. Search other sources and study the history of Quakerism and its separations to help in locating records. That meeting was named for New Garden MM, of Chester Co., Pennsylvania, a meeting this James Brown attended in 1720 (and was disowned by). The earliest Quaker settlements were in New England, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. 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. And the names of Bowerman, Hoxie, Metcalfe are seen in tombstones and markers; but not as many as the Swifts. CONTENT MAY BE COPYRIGHTED BY WIKITREE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. I suppose maybe old Quaker names? I look at my own 11 generations of Quaker in my family tree and its a trunkits Newlins and Johnsons and Bundys and Carters. 537. For example, each meeting branched off from an older meeting. Ive always known my Grandpas family was originally Quaker and have visited other places where my family came from, including North Carolina and Tennessee. This book can be found in the Churches section of the United States and Canada reference areas of the FamilySearch Library. Around 1752, he moved to North Carolina, where he apparently lived out his life, dying there around 1766. All Quaker. North Carolina: Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. And what about Brinton, Darlington, Glass and the Irish Quakers, Morris AND Boyd, These are all names my husband is descended from.. A compact disc version of the six-volume collection, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, can be viewed at the FamilySearch Library on compact disc no. I appreciated your thoughtful response to that and found that very appropriate. From a base of well-established meetings in the Albemarle region, Friends gradually spread into the counties south of the sound. Researchers can consult these records on site during the research room hours. Daughter of Solomon Coffin Jr and Sarah Barnard. Quaker Abstract F157. The knowing Folger lazy, The need for strict rules of behavior and marriage comes from the core beliefs of the founders. friends, If you continue with this browser, you may see unexpected results. William Wade Hinshaw. AND that women and men were equal!! If youre a Shore, youre from Deep Creek Meeting over in Yadkin county. Hinshaw volumesand the Index (printed in 1999) are still in print and available throughGenealogical.com. Max Carter: Here in North Carolina where were filming today, you can still find pockets of those old ethnic Quaker names. Ask archives staff to retrieve Quaker Ref and Quaker Rare call numbers, including published family histories and North Carolina genealogical journals. Where have you seen some of those names? ), 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. Months of the year are recorded as numbers rather than by their names in an ancestors' record. Quaker Abstract F225.B4 1905. From an 1887 conference in Richmond, Ind., emerged both a uniform discipline and eventually the Friends United Meeting, first called the Five Years Meeting. North Carolina, prior to the Revolution, was a destination. I am so blessed. J. P. Bell, Co., 1905. Much of his life is a mystery. 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. co chosen overseer(s): selected for an important office of responsibility in the meeting. The volumes contain the following information: For Quakers in Indiana, use the FS Library book 977.2 K28h, containing vol. Just trying to get more visibility to your good work! If there were two or more records books, these lines will explain the page numbers next to family information in the next section. Male ancestors do not appear in military records. "[12], Cane Creek is located in north central North Carolina. The silent Gardiner, plotting, Quaker Dates Dates in many of the entries are recorded according to the Quakers' system. WIKITREE PROTECTS MOST SENSITIVE INFORMATION BUT ONLY TO THE EXTENT STATED IN THE TERMS OF SERVICE AND PRIVACY POLICY. Others studying the early North Carolina Quakers may find it of use. 2008 - 2023 INTERESTING.COM, INC. Friends from eastern North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Nantucket Island migrated to the Piedmont region of NC during the 1750-1775 period. Some more common like Hunt or Cox. Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1938. William Wade Hinshaw's Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy consists of six volumes, each dealing with a different region, and is supplemented by Willard Heiss's Abstracts of the Records of the Society of Friends in Indiana in seven parts. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. Thomas Hamm: When youre thinking of common Quaker names, you have to think in terms of geography. I watch and look forward to Quaker Speaks every Thursday. Like Ray Regen, I was uncomfortable watching it. One visit satisfies their curiosity or they go to the historical society to track down the information they are really interested in. Gabe and Quaker Speak team, thank you for this video clip and all your work. I have Quaker Lindley ancestors who came to Pennsylvania from Ireland, too. Family Line Publications, 1997-2000. 2008 - 2023 INTERESTING.COM, INC. ), daughter of . I am descended from Brasseys and Worleys on my fathers side and Ashmores and Lindleys on my mothers side. ltm liberated to marry, left at liberty to marry: permitted to marry. North Carolina Genealogical Society A learned Coleman very rare, Quakerism in America was brought to Rhode Island in 1657 from Barbados and England. This one does little to express or show Quaker values. Quakers organized manumission and African colonization societies and gradually began to advocate abolition of slavery. Quakers, or the Religious Society of Friends, are the oldest organized Christian church in North Carolina. [1] Reading Ebony and Ivy by Craig Steven Wilder, might lead to great emotional pain re ones Quaker lineage. I may add that Dr. Clements in her Canterbury dissertation placed the Rev. 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 . Giving and service to others is a powerful force. The new ideas were more evident in North Carolina after the Civil War when out-of-state evangelists began to hold revivals. It looks like you're using Internet Explorer 11 or older. Wisters and Sharplesses. I love his work; hes articulate and cool with his long white beard. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1973 (Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1950). We like to be Right in our views and opinions, it feels good. Surveys of the publics religious views have found individuals who believe Quaker ideas and principles, though they do not associate themselves with us institutionally. Quaker Records of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, 1676-1779. When Quaker ancestry comes up in group conversation in meetings I have attended, I see the light go out in most peoples eyes; their attention goes elsewhere. Volume I of Hinshaw is the abstract of the early records of North and South Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee. Volume I of Hinshaw is the abstract of the early records of North and South Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee. The FamilySearch Library does not have copies of all Quaker records. I think we have room in our community to celebrate generational Quakers, new Quakers and those who come seeking answers about their ancestry. 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. According to his WikiTree profile, Richard Beeson lived in Nottingham from 1706 to 1732, when he moved to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where he lived until around 1736 when he moved to Virginia. VII). Some early Quakers who moved to North Carolina arrived there from Pennsylvania. Quaker Abstract F157.D3 L38 1997. 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. Quaker Gap Death Records. Meeting House was built the same area fronting the W.F. But the values carried down the generations, and it was good to go back and pick up that dropped stitch and connect with Quakers myself. On other side of family, I am descended from the Worleys and from Thomas Brassey. There are several alphabetical sequences within each monthly meeting. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. My father admired Quakerism immensely but did not join as he drank whiskey and gambled. Others arrived from Rhode Island and Virginia, the latter often originally from Pennsylvania. Family Line Publications, 1996. gc granted certificate: permitted to move ones membership. Then in the 1800s they spread into the Midwest, Oregon, California, and Canada. These comments help us understand each other and were a learning experience for me. Did you recognize any of the names listed in the video? Religious Society of Friends Project WikiTree, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015002304221;view=1up;seq=19, Quaker Meetings: MEETINGS IN AND NEAR GUILFORD COUNTY, North Carolina Friends Historical Society, North Carolina Quaker and Slavery (MR/100), Quaker Meetings, United States of America, Learn WikiTree in real time with hands on help from current project members and leaders, Help build resources and links to assist other genealogists in finding their family, Create pages linking them to appropriate categories while learning the ins and outs of WikiTree, Make some great friends with similar interests~that's just an extra. Wonderful video! Eventually 55 of that states 100 counties were formed from parts of Bladen County.[10]. 1698 - 1786 North Carolina Yearly Meeting held first at Francis Toms' home, and then at Old Neck and Little River Meetings . For example, plain dress. The stores was that Arthur Strickland my grandfathers roommate at Penn convinced my grandfather , Earl Grant Harrison to attend Friends Meeting. On the contrary, its interesting to learn about the historic footprint of early Quakers who had a distinct religion and culture. As slavery became more of an issue for Quakers, North Carolina was the major source of out migration. Quaker Ref E184.F89 H52 v.7, Peden, Henry C., Jr. Quaker Records of (Baltimore and Harford counties, Northern Maryland, Southern Maryland) Maryland. Aloha Steven! 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: I find it all fascinating. I dont think that it makes us more or less Quaker than someone else, but I think that it can be really cool to think about your family as being part of the same tradition that you are. I am blessed by this. When Edmundson returned to the colony in 1676, he reported that Friends were finely settled. Tradition has it that the earliest meeting for worship was established in present Perquimans County at the home of Francis Toms, which was also the site of the first meeting in 1698 of North Carolina Yearly Meeting, the oldest extant religious organization in the state. Our name is White. What was the point of this piece? My Quaker ancestors fled severe persecution in England. Look in the FamilySearch Catalog using the keyword or subject search for Quakers. From George Maris born 1632, who was an early emigrant from England to Chester Co, PA, I descend from Parkes, Hadleys, Lindleys, and more. You might find a John Evans, and then you might find a John Evans that was born 15 years later. It would be great to know more about why it was so important in history for women to be beaten and jailed . I do not know what the point of this Quaker Speak video is. Who do I come from? I hear stories all the time of people that say that they started going to meeting because they heard that they had Quaker ancestry. According to "Our Quaker Friends of ye Olden Time," James Johnson and other Quakers from Chester County, Pennsylvania removed to North Carolina between 1751 and 1770. Hinshaw Index to Selected Quaker Records, 1680-1940. Seth B. Hinshaw, The Carolina Quaker Experience 16651985: An Interpretation (1984). It looks like you're using Internet Explorer 11 or older. They were just sharing to all including to a nonwhite Asian-Pacific ISlander convinced Quaker like me the history of Quaker names! I appreciated this just as much as any of your work and it saddened me to read that anyone experienced it or associated it with negative experiences. 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