Quaker Ancestors

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Comment by Janeen Davis Proctor on September 13, 2011 at 6:45pm

My family and my husband's family is full of Quakers. My maternal: Kinnison, Hobson, Williams, Harvey, Freeman, Passmore, Thornton, Taylor, Houlston. Parental: Jackson, Beals, Cook, Bowater, Edge, Clayton, Underwood, Harry, Owen, Brinton, Bagley, Baynard. Husband's maternal: Woolman, Borton, Hunt, Beals, Dicks, Beard, Bowater, Clayton, Edge. Husband's Parental: Bane, Smedley, Burke, Morphew, Chadwick.

Comment by Jason Kirk on September 13, 2011 at 4:24pm

Matinecock friends burying ground. Oysterbay NY.

http://www.yankeecemetery.com/matinecock_friends_nassau.htm

My family is Quaker also and 90% of them are buried there. My family tree also shows Hall Seaman, along with Cocks,Carpenter Townsend,Coles,Craft,Frost,and many more.

Comment by Ken Holloway on June 28, 2011 at 8:52pm

Responding to DLReese: In the Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy (William Wade Hinshaw), there is a Tamer Reese who was received into Redstone Monthly Meeting from Goose Creek MM 3 apr 1822, and then granted a certificate to Plainfield MM 31 Dec 1823.

There is a Seth Reese & wife Huldah Ann & children Byron J. (b. 30 Sep 1877) & Loring W. (b. 23 Mar 18820) received into Plymouth-Smithfield MM from Raysville MM (Indiana) on 26 apr 1884. Thy were granted a certificate to Adrian MM (Mich) 22 Apr 1889 and received back from Adrian 17 Mar 1890.

 

I don't know if any of this helps as I don't know what names you are looking for and in what time periods.  But it does confirn that some Reese family were Quakers.  There may be more, and if you send me specific names, I can look for them.  I did notice a number of Rees entries also, without the last 'e'.  Is that a spelling variation within your family?  If I can help you with anything from this book while I have it, let me know.

Comment by DL Reese on June 28, 2011 at 12:50am

 I believe some of my surname Reese relatives were Quakers. Any one with Reese Quaker's out there? If so who were they, where from and what years?

 

Comment by Ken Holloway on June 27, 2011 at 9:54pm

My ancestors on my dad's side were pretty much all Friends (Quakers).  (Surnames include Holloway, Kirk, Davis, Fawcett, Pidgeon, Hall, & Morlan)  They were from the Columbiana County, Ohio are for the last 4 generations, but before that some were from Virginia, and North Carolina.  I'm getting a copy of William Hinshaw's Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Volume 4 tomorrow through interlibrary loan.  Excited about that!

Comment by Charity Johnson on May 25, 2011 at 8:15pm

I am following my maternal side (predominantly Quakers) in SE PA and Long Island. My mom is still a Quaker.

Comment by Joan Foster on March 17, 2011 at 4:58pm

Hi Marilyn,

I have lots of Seamans and a very few Powells in Queens Co. 1600s to 1700s. probably we are distantly related.

Joan 

Comment by Marilyn Tallent on March 17, 2011 at 4:37pm

My Quakers ancestry is Powell and Seaman in Queens County New York before 1865. Would love to learn more about the quakers. Any suggetions?

Comment by Patty Wimpsett Killion on February 28, 2011 at 5:57pm

I've just started on my Quaker reearch.  It is such a pleasant surprise to find so many ancestors.  My Quaker families are Bales/Beals/Beales, Chandler, Garrett and Jessup.  They came from Virginia, to North Carolinia to Indiana to Iowa.

I've found that in Indiana there were two large Quaker areas, one in the Hendricks County, Indiana and the other in Westfield, Hamilton county, Indiana.

Comment by Judy Hall on January 28, 2011 at 10:50am

My Quaker families are Beeson, Clampitt, Grubb, Brooks and Stroud.  They came to Delaware and Pennsylvania then on to Guildford County, NC and on to Indiana. Would love to share information.

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