Thank you for expressing what I've been feeling for a year now. [A] ROANOKE RIVER-headwaters to the south shore of Albemarle Sound: 1-Davis[W], Young[J], Spann(Spanns Mill), Allen, Falls, Reeves, Mellikan[J], Little[W], Mackinne[B],Bryant[T], Ooneroy, Refootketh, Tuskeruro, Cheeweo, Quitzna, Castellan[J], Speller, Charlton[W],Meazle, Blount, Beasly. 1.2 Quakers in North Carolina 2 Quaker Meetings 2.1 Core Sound (Carteret County) 2.2 Carver's Creek 2.3 Dunn's Creek 2.4 Cane Creek 2.5 New Garden 3 Sources 4 Additional resources Background Settlement of North Carolina North Carolina was one of the original Thirteen Colonies. During the early colonial era, several rebellions occurred in the county despite the large Quaker presence within the region. Limit 20 per day. He requests a certificate to Carver's Creek in southeast North Carolina, but there is no record of him there. 2008 - 2023 INTERESTING.COM, INC. Establishing procedures for marriage were among their earliest priorities, and families were essential to the order they created. The Family of Elisha Morris of Beaufort County, NC. Below are the meetings mentioned in the biography of James Brown (Brown-2471), listed chronologically in order of their creation. kennethobyrnes@gmail.com. Instead, just read the list, as many spellings of surnames are different than the conventionally used spellings. 9, part 192 or in book form, FamilySearch Library call number 973 D2he At various libraries (WorldCat) on the United States and Canada third floor. North Carolina historian David Cecelski uses a map he found recently and other sources to explore the history of a largely forgotten group of Quaker settlements that flourished on the North Carolina coast more than 200 years ago. My Greatgrand father was suppose to be born there in 1774 his name was Henry. Young women could follow their leadings for a time before marriage, as part of lifelong singleness, or when widowed. How early were your ancestors in North Carolina? Quakers, or the Religious Society of Friends, are the oldest organized Christian church in North Carolina. As the area became more settled, other Quaker groups, known as monthly meetings, were established. Use the Geographical Index on page 420 to see which Monthly Meetings were held in a specific state or county. 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. By Anne L. McCarthy . Early Friends did not believe that a priest or magistrate, or even a Quaker meeting, could perform a marriage. i believe some of the tripps family moved down to anderson sc. by Blackwell P. Robinson of U.N.C.-G (to 1890) Have you been to NC? We raised about 320 bushels corn, 50 wheat, 100 oats and meat plenty. 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. by Sara Whitford | Articles, Census Records, Early Colonial Records, Miscellaneous Records, Reference | 46 comments. President Nixons descent from these two families is reported by a presidential aide: Although the President has not traced his familys background, various pieces of information provided by friends and other family members indicated that one of the Presidents mothers great-great grandmothers was named Jemima Mendenhall. Hinshaw discusses Cane Creek on page 343 of Volume I of his Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy.[15]. They traveled abroad throughout their childbearing years, and some still averaged the same number and spacing of children as their contemporaries. Men from Deep River Meeting are included, because New Garden first included both Deep River and Centre Meetings. Much of the information in this section is taken from an earlier version of his profile biography. Her daughter, Martha Vickers, born March 27, 1786, married William Milhous on June 10, 1807. Regular attendance at long silent meetings was seen as teaching even young children the value of patience and restraint. Perhaps we are distantly related. The collection is divided into an index and six parts. From as far away as Pennsylvania, members of the Society of Friends migrated to the region for its fertile land and ease of navigation. Required fields are marked *. As tenant farmers, this rent freed them to work on their own plots and such. I would be happy to work on Richard Dunn, of Dunn's Creek Meeting fame. Extended families, like meetings, were also expected to contribute as needed to the welfare of relatives. Quaker Room, Guilford College Library. Eight or nine children were not unusual. They had a son, Joseph Norcumb Windley. Chapter IV ~ Soon the Quakers Followed, Next to settle in Guilford County were Quakers, the Society of Friends. The book lists all known monthly meetings in alphabetical order, with their locations, dates of existence, known records, and location of the records. Says the Rt. In the process, they learned values like industry, honesty, and thrift. This page was last edited on 9 December 2022, at 02:11. The Cane Creek region included an area that ranged across much of modern-day Guilford, Alamance, and Orange Counties and the northern parts of Randolph and Chatham Counties. would the last names of mallican or millican be also milliken. Booklet published locally, 1954. Baron Christopher DeGraffenreid is my direct ancestor. Your email address will not be published. [1], According to NCPedia, Quakers were some of the first settlers to move to North Carolina, because the colony had established religious freedom as early as 1672.[3]. The collection is also available on microfiche beginning number 6051380. As Rebecca Larson states, In Quaker culture, the service of a woman as a divinely chosen instrument resulted not in the abdication of marital and maternal roles, but a striking redefinition of them.. Who were the Palatine families referenced on the Moseley Map? Who was Caroline married to cuz? The meetings involvement in a marriage placed couples under its care. I might recommend that the page be entitled Early Quakers in North Carolina and detach James Brown from the title. Between the time the Monthly Meeting was set up in 1754 and the year 1770, New Garden Monthly Meeting received a total of eight-six certificates, many of them, given for whole families. Young women and widows found that singleness offered expanded opportunities to teach or to travel as ministers. Quaker missionaries arrived in North America in the mid-1650s. In fact, from 1783 until 1800 there were only thirteen certificates received at New Garden, and this gain, mostly from Pennsylvania, was offset by the loss of five who returned home. In the 1660s, however, Friends sought to establish order for their community while continuing to honor that of God within each person. Those who crossed the ocean often spent a year or more on the other side. The testimonies of Friends and a sense of Gods presence permeated Quaker families. Friends insisted that marriage existed in the context of Quaker meetings and was not something to engage in lightly or quickly. 0. We were in North Carolina very early. Card-playing, dancing, and liquor were forbidden, and anger often repressed. John Russell. Some early Quakers who moved to North Carolina arrived there from Pennsylvania. Founded in England through the prophetic insights and evangelical ministry of George Fox, the sect expanded rapidly after the mid-seventeenth century. As some Quakers acquired wealth in the 1700s, relatives might loan money or invest in new business ventures together. In our family, we dont descend from any Paramores (that I know of), but I have come across them in my research in Pitt County, NC. 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 Cook, Daniel Dillon, Eleazer Hunt, William Hunt, Mordecai Mendenhall from Deep River; John Mills, Henry Mills, Hur Mills, Thomas Mills, Benjamin Rudduck, John Rudduck, Thomas Thornbrugh, Thomas Vestal, and Richard Williams. Is there any document that you know of that tells who the parents were of Samuel, James, Joseph and Thomas? I went about 10 years ago and have pictures of Gum Neck and Frying Pan. There is no goods in these parts to be had. (11) Ibid. 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. (Best for messages specifically directed to those editing this profile. Private Messages: The latter, in turn, had been named for an earlier New Garden in County Carlow, Ireland. In the main they took no part in the actual fighting, pleading their pacifist principles. Children left home to board at these schools, where girls and boys studied many of the same subjects, but separately. As the Religious Society of Friends emerged out of the chaos of the English Civil War in the 1650s, Quakers' actions and words challenged their society. If they were here prior to the War of Independence, then it might be worthwhile to check the Moseley Map for their names, or at least their surnames. Read the introductory material to determine what records were extracted and what may be missing. [1] In 1716, Governor Spotswood of Virginia began a campaign to settle the Shenandoah Valley, which inspired North Carolina governors to offer 50 acres to colonial settlers if they moved into the Piedmont area. (10). The Quakers -- more properly known as the Society of Friends -- were an important group in the politics and society of early North Carolina. We had pretty close service among them, and laboured for the establishment of a meeting for ministers and elders in their monthly meetings; which we found was much wanting: and we had reason to hope that the proposition would be adopted; divers Friends being convinced of its usefulness, and seemed glad that it became our concern to recommend it. Many attended, when it was called New Garden Boarding . I am looking for any Litchfields in the mid to late 1700s. Converts to Quakerism sometimes had non-Quaker spouses, but Friends married only within their own religious community. If so, they paid quit rents to them, as to avoid being required to work on the landowners land and house. Whatever their age, however, single women were never free from duties to others within their family networks. In February 1991, Susan M. Trimble of the North Carolina Colonial Records Project compileda full index to the map, complete with grid locations for the names indexed, and it was published by the North Carolina Division of Archives and History, Historical Publications Section. (8). Indicative of their growth is the fact that in 1780 they built a larger meeting house, where the North Carolina Yearly Meeting was held in 1787 and again in 1789. Possibly Tyrell, Currituck, Hyde or surrounding counties. Thomas was also a Quaker. Quakers are well represented across North Carolina in the state's official historical marker program, and a number of those markers are here in the Greensboro area. Later, Womens meetings would fill this need. Guides to Accessing Information from Quaker Records See guide links below for tips and information about specific types of research using Quaker records. Quakerism in America was brought to Rhode Island in 1657 from Barbados and England. If microfilm numbers are listed, write them on your research log. [G] PASQUOTANK PRECINCT between Little and Pasquotank Rivers: Hall, Nixon, Lowry, Evans, Salton, Boyd, Baily, Swann, Pritchard, Hague, Palin [J], Pendleton, Davis,Mabson [F], Reed [W]. (4), With the coming of the Revolution, the southward movement of Friends nearly stopped. 1768. Unfortunately, there are no other extant sources as to the birth of the inimitable Dolley Payne Todd Madison, who often served as Thomas Jeffersons official hostess and then as First Lady, in her own right, as wife of the fourth President of the United States. (12) Anon., Deep River Friends Meeting, n.p. The fact that women and men left family and friends to travel and preach was the most unique and disruptive feature of Quaker families. CONTENT MAY BE COPYRIGHTED BY WIKITREE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. This movement was encouraged by Henry, Jacob, and Joseph Lamb, who had arrived earlier. In the 1600s and 1700s such families often worked together on farms or in artisan households and shops. Leave a message for others who see this profile. By the early 1660s, more than 50 other Quakers had followed Harris. The formal name is the 'Religious Society of Friends'. There was also a Hugh Boston, who could have been his father or brother in the same area. In 1771, that part of North Carolina became Guilford County, the name now associated with that New Garden MM. Look in the FamilySearch Catalog using the keyword or subject search for Quakers. Though many gun shops were in the vicinity, none of the pacifist Quakers made guns. Since this is about a couple of Browns originally from Pennsylvania? The Royal Colony of North Carolina - The Quaker Settlers In 1681, when the Society of Friends ( ) leader William Penn (1644-1718) parlayed a debt owed by King Charles II to his father into a charter for the province of Pennsylvania, many more Quakers were prepared to grasp the opportunity to live in a land where they might worship freely. The other microfilms contain alphabetical index cards for the monthly meetings in each of the U.S. states listed. Only if the womens meeting approved did the mens meeting make the final decision for a marriage to go forward. Most of the graves are either unmarked or marked with crude illegible stones, some etched with initials or a date. This was a new settlement of Friends, and we were the first from Europe that had visited them, or traveled in these parts in the service of Truth. Men and women chose their own spouses, and parents could not force children into unions. 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