Columbia llniDt rsJftp inti)f(£itpofl1fttgork THE LIBRARIES fy^ 'JA- 1 An Irish Quaker's Certificate of Removal to Pennsylvania. 1729 Immigration of the Irish Quakers into Pennsylvania 1682-1750 Mitb ^bcir EarlB IfJiatorv? in HrelanC* nv ALBERT COOK MYERS, M.L. Member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania "There is not one of the family but what likes the country very well and wod If we were in Ireland again come here Directly it being the best country for working folk & tradesmen of any in the world, but for Drunkards and Idlers, they cannot live well any \v\\^v&."—L€tter 0/ an Irish Quaker, ijzs- THE AUTHOR SWARTHMORK, PKNNSVLVAMA 1902 Copvri(;ht, 1901 By ALBERT COOK MYERS All Jiights Reserved rf 2 r- Printed from type ; edition limited PHtU OF THE NEW EN* PNrNTINO COMPANY LANCAftTCR, PA. '^G (So Mn Jfatbct anti ilWatbcr 3fo!)n C anS :§)aral) 31. iRptro (Ct)is 'i2Boolt IS «BtatcfuHp fnsciibcb 351305 PREFACE This volume is the outerowth of an iiivestiwa- tion begun in the year 1897, ^'i*^ carried on at intervals to the present time. While the move- ment of the Encrlish and Welsh Quakers to Pennsylvania has been treated to some extent by historians, that of the Irish Quakers has been overlooked, and it was with the hope of filling, in a measure, this deficiency that the present work was undertaken. It has been my endeavor to give a plain, orderly presentation of the facts, without embellishment ; and I have deemed it of greater interest to let the contemporary records, as much as possible, tell their own story. The inequality of treatment in portions of the book is due partly to variation in the materials ; at one point they are abundant and at another scanty. In Part I., I have attempted only an outline of the early history of the Quakers in Ireland ; the full history is yet to be written. An abundance of material for such a study lies buried in the manuscript records of the Society in Ireland, and it is to be hoped that some one will be sufficiently interested to prepare a thorough and systematic treatise upon the subject. The propriety of introducing so much genealogical matter in the Appendix may be open to question, but I find justification in the belief that this ma- vi Preface terial will have a special interest for many of Irish Quaker ancestry. While I have endeavored to be careful and painstaking, yet by the very nature of tliis work, drawn as it is from many sources, errors and omissions are likely to occur ; and I shall be very glad to receive corrections, so that they may be noted in a standard copy of the book to be placed in the collection of the Historical Society of Penn- sylvania, or incorporated in a possible future edition of the work. I desire to express my grateful appreciation of the kindness of the many persons who have as- sisted me in various ways in connection with this work ; especially would I mention Professors Wil- liam I. Hull and John Russell Hayes, of Swarthmore College, to whom I have been indebted through- out for helpful criticism and kind encouragement. In no less de 248-252 Commissioned Surveyor-General of Pennsyl- vania 251-252 Sails for the Province 252-253 Lays out Philadelphia 253-254 Holme's Map of Pennsylvania 254 Work of the Surveyor-General 254-255 Member of the Provincial Council 255 Acts as Governor of the Province 256 Places of Residence 256 Robert Turner 2 5 7-262 Thomas Griffitts 262-263 Robert Strettell 263-267 William Stockdale 267-271 Nicholas Newlin 271-273 Nathaniel Newlin 273 Lydia Darragh 273-274 Contribution of the Irish Quakers 274-276 APPENDIX 277-433 BIBLIOGRAPHY 434-44+ INDEX 445 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE An Irish Quaker's Certificate of Removal to Pennsylva- nia, 1729 Frontispiece. Brought to Newark or Kennett Monthly Meeting, Chester County, by the bearer, Olivia McCooI. From original MS. in collection of Gilbert Cope, of West Chester, Pennsylvania. Autograph Initials of George Fox 3 In text. George Fox 4 From original painting by Sir Peter Lely, in Friends' Histori- cal Library of Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania. Fox's Grave in Bunhill Fields, London 4 Autograph of Willia.m Edmundson 13 In text. Lurgan Friends' Meeting House, Ireland, Built 1696, Taken Down 1889 i6 Autograph of Francis Howgill 20 In text. Autograph of Edward Burrough 21 In text. Swarthmore Hall 23 In text. Plate by courtesy of Professor John Russell Hayes, of Swarthmore College, author of Swarthmore Idylls. William Penn : Armour Portrait 27 From original painting in the collection of the Historical So- ciety of Pennsylvania. Grange Meeting House, near Charlemont, County Armagh, Irel.\nd, Built About 1750 36 The regular Friends' meetings are no longer held in this build- ing but in a modem meeting-house near by. In early days this meeting was called Grange near Charlemont, but now it is known as Grange near Moy, or Dungannon, County Tyrone. By deed of September 9, 1755, Lord Charlemont leased the burial ground and meeting-house land near Charlemont to William Greeves and T. Greer, evidently in trust for the Society of Friends. Autograph of Thomas Holme 44 In text. xix XX List of Illnsti'ations PAGE Samuel Stalliard's Certificate ok Removal from Ireland TO Pennsylvania, 1749 44 Brought to Newark or Kennett Monthly Meeting, Chester County. From original MS. in collection of Gilbert Cope, of West Chester, Pennsylvania. William Penn : Bevan Carving 50 After engraving by John Hall, London, 1773, of the drawing (1770) by Du Simitiere, of the ivory bust in alto relievo (from memory), by Sylvanus Bevau. AtrroGRAPH OF Robert Turner 55 In text. Autograph of Nicholas Newlin 57 In text. Thomas Penn, Son of William Penn and Governor of Pennsyl- vania 58 From the painting in the collection of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Copy of the original, by Peter Van Dyck, 1750, in the possession of the Earl of Ranfurly at Dungannon Park, County TjTone, Ireland. Autographs of Henry Hollingsworth and Thomas Lightfoot. 60 In text. Autograph of Valentine Hollingsworth 62 In text. Autograph of George Harlan 63 In text. Autograph of Thomas Hutton 65 In text. Autographs of Robert and Thomas Park 69 In text. Ckrtiucate of Removal Brought to Pennsylnania by George Marsh, an Irish Friend, in 1728 84 Received by Newark or Kennett Monthly Meeting, Chester County, 7 Mo. 6, 1729. Original in collection of Gilbert Cope, of West Chester, Pennsylvania. Autograph of Joshua Marsh 87 In text. Thomas Fairman's Mansion and Penn Treaty Elm, at Shacka- MAXON, NOW Kensington, Philadelphia io6 Bank Meeting House, Philadelphia, 16S5-1789 106 Great Meeting House and Old Court House, Philadelphia.... 108 Plate by courtesy of Robert C. Moon, M.D., of Philadelphia, compiler of The Morris Family of Philadelphia. List of Ilhistrations xxi PAGE Penn Memorial Stone at Chester, Marking Landing Place OF William Penn, 1682 112 In text. First Meeting House of Friends at Chester, Built 1693.... 114 In text. Birmingham Meeting House, Chester County, Built 1763... 117 Used as a hospital. Battle of Brandywine, 1777. Autograph of Alphonsus Kirk 112 In text. Center Meeting House, New Castle County, Delaware, Built 1795 122 Autograph of Christopher Wilson 124 In text. Autograph of Thomas Carleton 126 In text. Kennett Meeting House, Near Hamorton, Chester County, Built 1710, Enlarged 1719 and 1731 126 Autograph of Gayen Miller 128 In text. Map of New Garden Township, Chester County, from an OLD Draught 134 In text. Autograph of Thomas Milhous 134 In text. Autograph of Simon Hadly 135 In text. New Garden Meeting House, Chester County, South End Built 1743, North End 1790 136 From photograph, 1901. Kew Garden Meeting House, Chester County 138 From a drawing by Ell wood Michener, 1850. In text. Autograph of John Allen 141 In text. London Grove Meeting House, Chester County 142 Built probably 1743 and enlarged 1775 and 1818. Autograph of Nathaniel Newlin 147 In text. Map of Newlin Township, Chester County, 1730 149 In text. xxii List of Illustrations PACE UwcHLAN Meeting House, Chester County, Built 1756 157 In text. Sadsbury Meeting House, Lancaster County, East View With Burial Ground.. 161 Plate by courtesy of John A. M. Passmore, Ph.D., compiler of Andrew Moon and His Discfndanls. Warrington Friends' Meeting House, near Wellsville, York County, 1901 168 Showing south end, built 1769. North end, built 1782 Autograph of George McMillan 201 In text. Grace Church Street Friends' Meeting London, About 1750.. 202 Burlington Meeting House, New Jersey, 16S3-1787 202 Abington Friends' Meeting House, Built 1698, East End Added 1756 and West End, 1757 218 From drawing made by Robert .'^utcliff, an English Friend, in 1S06, and reproduced at page 265 in his Travels in Some Parts of North America, published at York, England, in 181 1. See The Early History of Abington Meeting House, a small pamphlet, by William J. Buck, the local historian, of Jenkintown, Pennsyl- vania (since deceased), published in 1899. Plate by courtesy of his heirs. James Logan, the Irish Quaker Governor of Pennsylvania. 237 Autograph of James Logan 237 In text. Stenton, Home of James Logan, Near Germantown, Phila- delphia, Built 1728 242 Plate by courtesy of Messrs. George W. Jacobs and Company, of Philadelphia, publishers of Conrad Weiser and the Indian Policy of Colonial Pennsylvania, by Joseph S. Walton, Ph.D. Friends' Meeting and Academy, Fourth Street, Below Chestnut, Philadelphia, 1789 254 Cherry Street Meeting House, Philadelphia 254 Old View of Merion Meeting House, Montgomery County, Built 1695 262 Middletown Meeting House, Delaware County, Built About 1770 272 Springfield Meeting House, Delaware County, Built 1738, Taken Down 1850 272 From a drawing by John Sartain, 1837. PART I. THE PLANTING OF QUAKERISM IN IRELAND T CHAPTER I. THE RISE OF QUAKERISM IN ENGLAND HE period of the Civil War and Common- state of Eng- wealth in England was one of contro- !^°fj!°*f^^ o Middle 01 the versy and upheaval. The introduction of seventeenth the Bible into every cottage of the land had ^^ "^ set the people to thinking, and they gave them- selves up to the consideration of questions of civil and religious liberty and to the solution of the great problems of life and death. Puritanism became a mighty power, and in the middle of the seventeenth century it arose in all its strength and freed the nation from the yoke of Episcopacy and from the tyranny of Charles I. Under the Commonwealth and Cromwell toleration existed in some measure, and there was greater opportunity than formerly for the development of such sects as that of the Society of Friends or so-called Quakers. The histor)' of the early years Beginnings of of the Society of Friends is the Q"^''^"^" histor)' of its great leader and founder. George Fox (1624-169 1) was born at Drayton-in-the-Clay, now known as Fenny Drayton, Leicestershire, England, in 1624. He says, "My father's name was Christopher Fox ; 4 Immigration of the Irish Quakers George Fox }^g ^^^g •\^y profcssion a weaver, an honest man. . . . The neighbors called him Riq-hteous Chri- star. My mother was an honest woman ; her maiden name was Mary Lago, of the family of the Lagos and of the stock of the martyrs."' At an early age Fox had a " gravity' and stayedness of mind not usual in children,"' and as he grew up, under good home influences, he came to know " pureness and righteousness " ;' so truthful and so determined was he the that it was a saying among his associates, "If George says ' Verily' there's no altering him."- In 1643, as a youth of nineteen, "graceful . . .in countenance," stalwart and "manly in personage,"^ and with a bright piercing eye he left his home, and spent the next five years wandering from sect to sect,weighing and considering the religious opin- ions which obtained in that seething and fervid time ; but with all his seeking he seemed unable to find anything that appealed to his spiritual con- dition. Finally, after much conflict of spirit, he became convinced that the true source of religious comfort and consolation is the "Inner Light," the voice of God speaking directly to each human soul without the aid of any earthly mediator. With this idea as the basis of his religious sys- tem, George Fox developed those doctrines and "^Journal, I. ^ Ibid., 2. 'Thomas Ellwood's testimony in Fox' sjourtta/. George Fox From Officinal Painting Br Silt Peter Lelv, at Swarthmore College Foxs Grave in Bunhill Fields. London Tlie Rise of Quakerism in England 5 practices peculiar to the Society of Friends and felt himself divinely called to proclaim this mes- sage to the world. In 1647 and 164S, amid the conflictino- ideas of ^'^ ^^°'''^ ^' ^ "^ . and the time, he began to preach, and went forth with Followers all the ardor of a youthful knight of the Crusades, sans peur et sans reprochc, spreading his new doc- trine of the " Divine Lioht" throucrh the towns and shires of England. He appealed to judges and justices to give righteous judgments, and to inn-keepers to be moderate in the sale of drink. He petitioned Parliament against allowing more inns than were needful for travelers. He raised his voice against wakes, feasts, sports, and plays. He went to fairs and markets urging men to deal justly and to speak the truth. He went into the "steeple houses" and openly testified against a " hireling ministry " and formalism of worship, the churches in which he spoke being usually those belonging to the Independents, who allowed dis- cussion after the sermon. For these and other peculiar testimonies, so foreign to the ideas of the time, he was subjected to the most severe and cruel persecution ; but not even years of confine- ment in dark and loathsome dungeons could restrain his dauntless spirit. The first years of his ministry were spent chiefly in the midland counties, where he found but few assistants in his missionary work, but when he 6 Immigration of the Irish Quakers reached the northern counties many were con- vinced, and by 1654 he had organized a band of sixty traveling- ministers, who had caught his spirit and who had began to preach his doctrines. This zealous missionary band of young si^irits — yeomen, tradesmen, gentlemen — went up and down the land carr^-ing the message of Quakerism with such power and courage that thousands llocked to their standard, and by the end of the century, 60,000 Quakers were numbered in Eng- land.' ■ Brown in Traill's Social England, IV., 25S-9. CHAPTER II. THE CROMWELLIAN SETTLEMENT OF IRELAND DURING the relq-n of Oueen Mary, there The , , r '^ , r • 1 Plantations had been adopted, for the first time, the plan of clearing off the native tribes of Irish from whole districts of Ireland, by expul- sion or extermination, to make room for Eng- lish and Scotch setders. But the natives re- sisted and defended their homes with despera- tion ; and from the beginning the settlers had to fight for their newly acquired possessions, aided, however, in their work of extermination by Government forces. During the twent>' years from 1556 to 1576, plantations were attempted in the present Queen's County and County An- trim ; but though the planters committed fright- ful atrocities, both attempts in a great measure failed.i By far the most successful of all the plantations was that made by James I., who confiscated six counties of the Province of Ulster, and then poured in English and Scotch colonists, giving the natives only the poorest land to live on.- The 1 Joyce in TraiU, \U., ^li. ^Ibid., IV., 19S ; Gardiner, 484. 8 Immigration of tlic Irish Quakers new settlers were an industrious class of farmers, mechanics, weavers, and laborers ; ' and soon farms, homesteads, churches, and mills rose amidst the desolate wilds. " The foundations of the econo- mic prosperity which has raised Ulster high above the rest of Ireland in wealth and in intelligence were undoubtedly laid in the confiscations of 1610." " This confiscation met with no opposition at the time from the evicted Irish, who sullenly with- drew to the lands which had been left to them.- The "earth tillers," the lowest class, however, in this, as in the other plantations, were spared and allowed to live in peace, scattered among the colo- nists.^ Further confiscations were made in the Province of Leinster, under James; and Charles I. and his agent, Strafford, continued the work."* These confiscations and plantations were carried on for about a century and a half, and were the chief cause of the great rebellion of 1641.'^ TheGreat After the departure of Strafford from Ireland in 1640, the natives all over the county were in a state of dangerous exasperation, due partly to the spread of the plantation system and partly to the measures taken to suppress the Catholic religion.* ^ Froude, I., 76. « Grren, 458. ^FrouJe, I., 76. •Joyce in Traill, IV., I96-7. •/« 256-270. 20 Immigration of tJic Irish Quakers Lord Mayor, in Newgate. After their release they had a meeting at the house of Richard Foukes, a tailor, near Polegate. This was the earliest meetinir of Friends held in Dublin, althouo^h the first established meeting in that city was at George Latham's near Polegate. From Dublin these faithful women traveled south into Munster, hold- ing meetings in the towns through which they passed. At Youghall, among numerous converts, were Captain James Sicklemore and Lieutenant Robert Sandham, two of the Cromwellian soldiers stationed in that town. Elizabeth Fletcher and Elizabeth Smith were the first Quakers to enter Cork, and in that city an equal success attended their efforts. The summer of this year, 1655, '^ memorable for the landing- at Dublin of two of the most de- Francis termiued and courageous apostles of Quakerism, o''^^'sono} performed every un- Thunder" dertaking with all ^^ ^~^ /p his might, and his ^'^^^l ^^ yM^^^ '^fO power and vigor as ^^ ^/ a speaker were so marked that he was known as " A Son of Thunder."^ They spent three months of aggres- sive work in Dublin, holding successful meetings and issuing tracts of appeal to magistrates and soldiers. Then, leaving Edward Burrough to continue the work in Dublin, Francis Howgill set out in company with a cornet of the army, and others, for the dangerous journey to the south ot the island, visiting only the "great towns and cities ; for generally the country is without in- habitants, except bands of robbers, which wait for their prey and devour many."^ At Kilkenny and the coast towns of Waterford, Youghall, and Cork he was enabled to carry on successfully the work begun by the women Friends. At Bandon, a Cromzt'eiv. s> J Cornet of large market town, he was hospitabl)' entertained Horse by ''one Edward Cook, a man of ability and in- ^^^Tr" fluence, " Cornet of Horse in Oliver Cromwell's own troop, and Receiver to the Lord Cork."^ 1 Bed, 84. 2 Edward Burrough in a letter to Margaret Fell, Barclay's Letters oj Early Friends, 265. ^ Rutty, ^i,. 2 2 Immigration of the Irish Quakers They went toge ther tothe church, where Francis preached and where Edward Cook invited the people to a meeting at his house that evening. Many attended this meeting and there embraced the principles of Friends.^ At Kinsale, a great port town, Major Stoding, Governor of the fort, was kindly disposed, and numbers of the soldiers became Friends. Many meetings were held in the garrison, which so en- raged the "priests" that they informed against the officers and sent to Dublin for a warrant orderino- the arrest of the Quakers. The Governors of Kinsale and Cork, however, having a friendly re- gard for Francis Howgill, did not enforce the warrant and allowed him to ofo on with his work unmolested. For his encouragement of the Quakers Major Stoding, shortly afterward, was dismissed from the "commission of the peace" at Kinsale. Colonel Phayre, Governor of Cork, seems to have been especially impressed with Friends, for in a letter from Cork, Francis How- gill writes to Margaret Fell at Swarthmore Hall, ' Among those convinced at Bandon at this time was Thomas Wight (1640-1724), son of Rice Wight, minister of the town of Bandon, and grandson of Thomas Wight, also minister of the same town and originally from Guilford, in Surrey, England. Thomas Wight is to be remembered as the first historian of the Irish Friends, having compiled an excellent contemporary " History of the Rise and Progress of the People called Quakers in Ireland," from 1653 to 1700. His manuscript was revised and carried down to the year 1751 by Dr. John Rutty (1699-1775), a Friend of Dublin, and a native of England, who published the work in Dublin, in 1751. (See Rutty in Bibliography.) The Beginnings of Quakerism in Ireland *> '*fc 'i t/«4t j___ -^-r i^ ^, *r!: iA, ^^^ SWARTHMORE HaLL " — that old house in ancient Lancashire Where Fox, the high-souled Founder of his sect, Oft sought retirement from the world's loud noise And steeled his godly heart for fresh crusades." — John Russell Hayes. the Headquarters, as it were, of the Society in England, that the Colonel has said, " More is done by the Quakers, than all the priests in the country have done [in] a hundred years." Fran- cis then says of his work : " Now many are moved daily to bear witness against the priests : the work of the Lord is great, — glory to Him forever ! " ^ In the meantime Edward Burrough had left Dublin, and following Howgill's route came ' Barclay, 268-9. 24 Immigration of tJic IrisJi Quakers preaching through the towns to Cork, where he met Francis again after a separation of several months. In company with James Sickelmore and Edward Cook, they went to Limerick and attempted to speak in the Church, but were rudely driven out of the city. As they rode through the streets, Edward Burrough preached on horseback, and outside the city gates, he and his companions had an opportunity to speak to the orreat multitude that followed them. Richard o Pearce, an apothecary, and others of the city, became Friends as a result of this preaching, and a flourishing meeting was established. The min- isters now returned to Cork, but the " priests " Howgiiiand had been so active durinor their absence that both Howofill and Burroug-h were arrested and carried to Dublin by order of Henry Cromwell. As they were conducted on the way, the guard of soldiers were kind to them and allowed them to hold meet- ings in the towns through which they passed. After seven months of active work they were finally banished from Ireland and compelled to embark at Dublin for England. Barbara One of the most intrepid of these early ministers ^Arrive" ^'^^ Barbara Blaugden, who made two effective visits through the southern part of the island. After an adventurous voyage from England, she landed at Dublin on the very day that witnessed the enforced departure of Howgill and Burrough. Nothing Burroif^lt Banished The Begumings of Quakerism in Ii-cland 25 daunted she gained admittance to Henry Crom- well, the Lord Lieutenant, and warned him of the consequences of his cruelty to her people. Her message seems to have had some effect, for Cap- tain Rich, at whose house she was staying, told her that the Lord Lieutenant " was so troubled and so melancholy that he could not go to Bowles, nor to any other Pastime." ^ The stream of Quaker missionaries continued » to pour into the countr}^ so that nearly two hun- dred had come over before 1700. Dr. Rutty shows in his table, that during the first century of the histor)' of the Society some five hundred and fift)' men and women ministers visited Ireland.'- With the Restoration of Charles II., in 1660, Restoration of Friends everywhere looked for a respite from their *^''"'" °-^"^ 1 1 . . ,- , »,. , the Organiza- persecutions, but the nsmg of the Fifth Monarchy tion of Quaker- men under Venner gave the clergy a pretext for '^'" checking the growing power of Quakerism, and an act was passed forbidding the Quakers to meet in public worship. ^ As a result, persecutions among the Friends in Ireland were carried on with greater rigor than under the Commonwealth. William Edmundson says : " Now was Kino- Charles coming in, and these Nations were in Persecutions Heaps of Confusion, and ran upon us as if they ' Besse, II., 459. ^ Rutty, 92-109, 351-363; Bcssf, II., 458-9; Backhouse, 51-3 ; Bar- clay, 260-273 ; Janney, I., 273-9. ^Janney, II., 13-I4, 25-6. The Restora- tion Edimmdson Secicres the 26 Immigration of the Irish Quakers would have destroyed us at once, or swallow'd us up ; breaking up our Meetings, taking us up in Highways, and haling us to Prison ; so that it was a general Imprisonment of Friends in this Nation." ' At this time Edmundson was a prisoner at Marysborough, but obtained a short leave of absence from the sheriff, went to Dublin and petitioned the Earls of Orrery and Mountrath and Sir iNIorris Eustace, Chancellor, that Friends in Release oj the nation might be set at liberty. He says: "I from Prison was close excrcised in that Service, but the Lord's Power gave me Courage, opened my Way to pro- ceed and gave Success to it ; so that I eot an Order for Friends' Liberty throughout the Nation, though they were full of Business ; and Abun- dance of People of all Sorts attending." On this as on many similar occasions, he seems to have exerted a strong and subtle influence over those in power, and we may well believe that men were drawn to him by his attractive qualities of mind and person, as well as by his strong and noble character. The persecutions, however, did not end here. The Church of England being now thoroughly established, the clergy bent all their efforts upon making the dissenters conform,- and Friends con- ^ Journal, 45. ^ Froude, I., 171-2. William Penn: Armour Portrait Tlie Begimiings of Quakerism in Ireland 2 7 tinned to suffer for their non-conformity until the Act of Toleration for Protestant Dissenters was passed in 1689, in the reign of William and Mary. During the reign of Charles II., 1660- 1685, according to Rutty's table, seven hundred and eighty Friends suffered imprisonment.^ It was during this time of persecution that Thomas Loe, a gifted minister of Oxford, and at Thomas Loe one time of Oxford University, made one of his wiiuam frequent visits to Ireland, and at Cork converted ^^'^'^ '^^ to the principles of Quakerism the young cava- lier, William Penn, the great founder of the Com- monwealth on the Delaware.' By 1668, the number of Friends had so greatly increased that it became necessary to adopt some form of church government, and William Edmund- Organiza- son, as one of the chief instruments in g-atherinor and preserving the Society in Ireland, was a prime mover in the work of carrying out George Fox's scheme of organization in Ireland. Provincial meetings were established to be held once in six weeks, the chief business being to take care of the poor, the fatherless and the widows ; to see that marriages were properly solemnized ; and to watch over the moral conduct of the members. In the following year George Fox himself came over, and he and W^ilHam Edmundson traveled all over ' Rutty, 367. ^Jbid., \2\, 150. 28 Immigration of the Irish Quakers Troubles Under James H. and William III. Tyrconnel Terror of Protestants The Friends the Island, establishing national half-year meetings and monthly meetings.^ Great alarm was created among the English and Scotch Protestants in Ireland, by the acces- sion of James II. and by his measures taken for the restoration of the Catholic religion. The Earl of Tyrconnel, a strict Catholic, was sent over as commander of the forces, and immediately proceeded to disarm the Protestant militia and to place Irish Catholics in the Army. This innova- tion, and later Tyrconnel's appointment as Lord Lieutenant, together with the efforts of the Irish to recover their confiscated estates, and the raids of the Rapparees, caused the wildest alarm among the Protestants, and they trembled both for their estates and for their lives. Rumors of a general massacre, like that of the Rebellion of 1641, flew through the land, and many of the terrified people left the country or hastened to the fortified towns, such as Enniskillen and Londonderry, where at the latter place the)' bravely withstood the siege of James in 1689.^ In the war that followed, the Friends generally kept their places and maintained their meetings.' In some districts, however, the danger was so great that members moved into the towns until the conflict was over.^ Those who remained were ^ Rulty, 127 ; Janney, II., 170. 'Joyce in Traill, IV., 6:6; Lawless, 280-1 ; Janney, II., 320-1. * Rutty, 156. * See account of John Barcroft and otber Friends in Leadbeater. The Beginnings of Quakerism in Ireland 29 continually being robbed by the Irish soldiers and Rapparees. In this, as in many other trials which came upon him, William Edmundson stood forth as the sturdy champion of his sect, and on many occasions went to Dublin to solicit the govern- ment in behalf of Friends. Tyrconnel heard him with attention, and measures were taken with a view of protecting the Quakers from robbery ; but such was the state of anarchy prevailing that no effectual remedy could be applied. As the Friends were known to be an inoffensive people, opposed to war, the Catholics in authority were disposed to shield them from the severities inflicted upon other Protestants. But, notwithstanding all the endeavors made, the Friends were exposed to great perils. Many of the lostm all of their per- sonal property, and some were even stripped of their clothino- and had their homes burned to the ground.^ In 1692, after the war was over, it was estimated that the material loss of Friends through- O out the nation amounted to ^100,000. After the landing of William and Mary in Eng- The Revoiu- land, James had fled to France, and now, with the *^°"'-°J '^^^ hope of recovering his lost kingdom, he was come again with an army into Ireland. During the fierce struggle that ensued, the Provinces of Lein- ster and Munster were ravaged by advancing or retreating armies, and many Friends who contin- i/<"'«0'. II-. 322. 30 Immigration of the Irish Quakers ued in their homes were plundered and subjected to gross maltreatment ; but not being classed as belligerents, their lives were generally spared. They were sometimes enabled, indeed, to per- form kind offices for both sides, at one time plead- ing for their Irish neighbors, when the English had obtained the ascendency, and at another shel- tering the Protestant English when the Irish had gained a temporar)' advantage. After Battle After the defeat of James at the Boyne, in 1690, oftheBoyne j^jg j^jgj^ troops disbanded, and roamed through the country, carrj-ing terror and devastation into William Ed- the Protestant districts.' William Edmundson, Sufferings now livmg at Kosmallis, was one ol the greatest sufferers in this war. In reading his quaint and graphic account of his sufferings and experiences in these unhappy times one is filled with admira- tion for his courage and heroism. At one time he is at Dublin telling James of the calamities which have fallen upon the Protestants, and at another he risks his life in pleading with infuriated English soldiers for his Irish neighbors. He relates that after the Battle of Boyne, the Rapparees burst into his house one night, abused his wife with such violence and cruelt)' that she died soon after, and ruthlessly seized him and his tvvo sons and carried them away with intent to hang them. This crime, undoubtedly, would have been committed if an Irish officer had not opportunely interfered. ^Janney, II., 323-4. The Beginnings of Quakerism in Ireland 3 1 In spite of all the trials and hardships so nobly endured in his foster land, and in spite of long and wearisome joumevs in Europe and America, \\ uliam Edmundson hved to the ripe old age of Pc-c^i eight\--hve, and on the Thirt\--tirst day of the Sixth Month (O. S.V 1 712. departed this life, well de- sen-ing the name. Father of Irish Quakerism.' ^ / After William III. had brought the nation into a peaceful condition, the Friends continued to in- crease in numbers, and during the next half cen- tury- many new meetings were formed. At the present day. although the Societ}- has greatiy decreased, there still remains a considerable num- ber of meetings, many of which are well attended. CHAPTER IV. RACIAL ORIGIN OF THE FRIENDS OF IRELAND T' Celtic-Irish *HE converts to Quakerism in Ireland were drawn almost exclusively from the English and Scotch Protestants. Most of them had previously been in membership with other non- conforming denominations, such as the Baptists, Independents, and Presbyterians, although some few had been members of the Church of England. The principles of Friends in early days found The little acceptance with the Celtic-Irish, nor has the Society acquired much increase in after years from that source. For, aside from race differences and antipathies, arising from the EngHsh plantation system, the Irish almost to a man were Catholics, and as Beck says : "It seems to need the passing through the various stages of non-conformity, be- ' fore a Catholic can appreciate the doctrinal views of Friends."' During the early period, at least prior to i 700, I have been unable to find in Stock- dale, Rutt)', Besse, Sewell, Leadbeater, or in the journals of ministers, any instance of a Celtic- Irishman becoming a Quaker. Of Besse's two hundred and ninety-one names of representative ' Tht FrUmIs, 88. 32 Racial Origin of Friends of Ireland 33 Quaker sufferers in Ireland, from the rise of the Society to 1689, there is not one Mc or otheir/ Celtic prefix ; all are old English names.^ Although the statement of Joyce - and Prender- gast, that the Cromwellian settlers were absorbed by the Irish in two generations, may be true to a large extent of the other Protestants, it is, I be- lieve, by reason of the strict church discipline which obtained, but slightly true of those who re- mained in the Society of Friends.^ Apropos of this, John Grubb Richardson (181 3-1890), a prominent and representative Irish Friend, says of his family : " We were members of the Society of Friends, our forefathers having been convinced by the preaching of William Edmundson in 1660. All our ancestors came from the north of Encrland in Cromwell's army, and received grants of land from him to settle in Ireland."'* In the migration of the Irish Quakers to Penn- sylvania, there were represented only five sur- names with the Celtic prefix M'^ — McCool, ^Besse, II., 457-493- ^Traill, IV., 343. ' Rutty states in his table of meetings in Ireland [Rise and Progress, page 350) that between 1714 and 1739 a small meeting was established at Connaught, the province to which the Irish were expelled in the Cromwel- lian Settlement, and it is possible that the members of this meeting were ot Celtic- Irish stock, but unfortunately I have been unable to find any data bearing on the point. I am able to state, however, from my examination of Friends' records of Pennsylvania, that no members from this meeting came over during the emigration period, 16S2-1750. ^Richardson, 217-218. 34 I>mnigratio7i of the Irish Quakers McMollin, or McMillan, McClum, McNabb, and McXice ; but, as this prefix is common to both Irish and Scotch surnames, it is unsafe to use it as a means of distinction. The McCool and McMollin families were from Ballinacree Meeting, near Bal- lymoncy. County Antrim, in the midst of the "Scotch country," hence if any distinction can be made, it lies in favor of the Scotch or Scotch-Irish descent. The McClums were from County West Meath ; the McNabbs from County Meath, and the NcNices from County Cavan, localities in which the Scotch had also settled, although not in such o^reat numbers as in the more northern counties. The only Quaker family with a distinctively Irish name, that came over to Pennsylvania, was that of (the O'Mooneys, who came from Ballinacree Meet- ing, and settled at Sadsbury, Lancaster County. In a letter of 1898,^ John Bewley Beale, an Irish Friend, writes : " There were additions from the pure Irish stock to the Society, but much fewer in number than from the Protestant settlers and their descendants. We have some Irish names amongst us still, such as Murphy, Mac- quillan, etc." This view is confirmed still further by Joseph Radley, until recently Headmaster of Ulster Provincial School, the P'riends' School, at Prospect Hill, Lisburn, Ireland. He writes (May ' From Dublin, dated 3 mo. 5, 1S9S. Kor many years J. Bewley Beale has had charge of the Friends' records collected at Friends' Meet- ing House, 6 Eustace Street, Dublin. Racial Origin of Friends of Ire/and 35 7, 189S) : "The Quaker character found little on which it could be grafted in the Celtic population. This was almost entirely Roman Catholic. Con- sequently, but few names of the old Celtic families occur now amongst Friends. A few O'Heils, Mc- Quillans, etc., still are to found." During my travels in Ireland, in the summer of 1900, I heard similar views expressed by many other Irish Friends, notable among whom were John Pim, J. P., of Belfast, for many years a student of the history of Irish Friends, and Jane M. Richardson, of Moyallon House, Gilford, County Down, the author of Six Generation of Friends in Ireland. My own conclusion is, that the increase from the c Celtic or Hibernian stock was very slight indeed, 1 and that such converts as were made were ob- tained after the great migration to Pennsylvania. 1 The Scotch Presbyterians had come over in The great numbers to the north of Ireland during the '^"^'^ ""^ spread of the plantation system, and at the time of the Cromwellian Settlement constituted the largest part of the Protestant population of Antrim, Down, and some other counties of Ulster. The early traveling preachers of the Friends report in their journals that the meetings in the "Scotch country " were well attended by the Presbyterians. There is no evidence, however, that any consid-i erable number became Friends. J. Bewley Beale says in his letter : " There were also some Ulster 36 Iminigratioii of the Irisli Quakers Scotch amongst the early Friends, but I think the proportion was also small." Quite early, meetings were established at Col- eraine, Ballynacree, Lisburn and other places in Antrim, but they were not as large as other meet- ings without the pale of the Scotch. Thomas Stor^',^ in his account of a religious visit to Ireland in 1 716, relates that at Grange in Antrim great numbers of the Presbyterians came to hear him, and that one of their ministers, Moses Cleck, edu- cated at Glasgow, Scotland, had been convinced of the Quaker principles. Prominent among Scotch-Irish Quakers were John Chambers, a min- ister of Dublin ; Alexander Seaton, of Hillsbor- ough, County Down ; Archibald Bell, of Shankill, County Armagh ; Patrick Logan, of Lurgan, County Armagh, and his son, James Logan, later one of the most distinguished statesmen of colo- nial Pennsylvania. (We may safely say that the great majority of the Quakers in Ireland were English, or of English Anglo-Irish jescent. Long after the Cromwellian Settlement, and well into the first half of the eighteenth cen- tury, Quaker colonists continued to come from England. Some of these were members when they arrived, and others became members after their settlement.' The certificates of removal ''Journal, 537. 2 See Mary Leadbeater's "Biographical Notices" of the most promi- nent Irish Friends, from the rise of the .Society to 1828. This excellent work was carefully compiled from printed and manuscript sources. o > z o m m m Z D I O c " i O 5J c r H m S o o z o o c z H Racial Origin of Friends of Ireland 37 which the Irish Friends brought to Pennsylvania show that many of the emigrants were natives of England and had lived but a few years in Ireland. It is especially interesting to note that so many of these early Irish Friends had been officers and soldiers in Cromwell's " New Model," and that the same splendid zeal and courage shown at Naseby and Worcester, but now directed in a peaceful cause, contributed so largely to the up- building^ of Quakerism in the nation. PART II. THE MIGRATION OF IRISH FRIENDS TO PEXXSYLVAXIA T CHAPTER I. CAUSES OF EMIGRATION HERE was but little foreign immigration of introductory Quakers into the colonies of New England, New York, and the South during any pe- riod. The Society in these provinces was com- posed, for the most part, of converts and the de- scendants of converts made during the period from 1656 to the end of the seventeenth century by that zealous band of Old World missionaries under the stirring and effective leadership of such men as George Fox, John Burnyeat, and William Edmundson. In the distinctively Quaker colonies of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, however, the Society was made up almost entirely of immigrant Friends from Europe attracted by the superior opportunities for settlement. While it is true that the majority of the Quaker settlers of Pennsylvania came from England and Wales, it is also true that a considerable body of them were immigrants from Ireland, who took a prominent and useful place in the affairs of the Province and rendered an important contribution to the makinor of the State. Historians hitherto have overlooked this feature of the early immigra- 41 42 Iinniigyatio)i of the Irish Quakers tion, but it is one that deserves in the fullest measure their close attention and study. The Irish Friends removed to several of the American colonies. At an early date they were on the eastern shore of Maryland. In 16S2 a shipload of them came to West Jersey.^ They are also known to have orone to the Quaker settle- ments in the Carolinas,- and Virginia.^ But by far I the greatest and most important migration was / that to Pennsylvania during the period 1682 to 1750, and it is this movement that we are now to consider. Causes Although the causes which led to the migration are well known, it seems fitting, if only for the sake of completeness, to enumerate and briefly discuss ^ them. The religious persecutions were powerful factors in the movement, and duringr its first stag^es gave to it its greatest impetus. Later, however, ' These Friends were from in and near Dublin, and having purchased an interest in West Jersey, they chartered the ship of the adventurous Quaker captain, Thomas Lurting, and sailed from Dublin the latter part of September, 16S2. In about eight weeks they arrived at Elsinburg, near Salem, New Jersey, and made a settlement in what later was called the Irish Tenth, in Camden County. Here was established Newton Meeting, first held at the house of Mark Newby, one of this company. A full history of the Irish Friends of the Newton settlement is given in Judge John C\eratn\'% StctchfS 0/ /he Firs! Emii;rant Settlers in Newton Township, Old Gloucester County, IVest Ncu Jersey. Also, see Clement Papers, Vol. \, Hist. Soc. of Penna. ; Mickle's Reminiscences of Old Gloucester, 47; A/ichener, 118; Smith m I/azctrd's Register, VI., 1S4; £o7i'den,ll., 16; Ne-J) Jersey Hist. Soc. Collections, VII., 45 ; Coml/s Friends' Mis- cellany, Vol. 3, p. 134 (Phila., 1832). ^ MS. Friends' Records; Weeks, 115-I16. ' William Edmundson' s Journal, 114. Causes of Emigj-ation 43 especially after the passing of the Act of Tolera- tion of 16S9, by which the persecutions were some- what relaxed, it would appear that the economic restrictions had a greater influence. Then, too, along with these causes went that old Teutonic -' love for adventure, that same historic force which, to a great extent, inspired the V'olkcrzuandcrwig — the Wandering of the Peoples — of the Early Mid- dle Ages, which led the Angles and Saxons to Britain, which took the Franks and later the Nor- mans into Gaul, and which led to the discovery and exploration of the New World. The causes are given herewith under the two main heads : I. Religious Causes ; II. Economic Causes. I. Religious Causes The Acts of Uniformity passed at the time of Religious the Restoration of Charles II. continued to be en- '^^"^^^ forced with varying severity far into the eighteenth century. All the non-conformists suffered more or less by them, but especially the Friends and Scotch- Acts of Irish Presbyterians. These sufferings were re- Uni/orvtUy lieved in a large degree, in 1719, by the passing of an act which allowed greater freedom of wor- ship.' The Friends were continually persecuted for Tithes and maintaining their testimony against tithes. Says '^J^lYasfuai Rutty (p. 364), " The Priests were commonly the Dues Rutty, 2S2-3. 44 Immigratioti of the Irish Quakers Instruments of stirring up the Magistrates, and even the Rabble against them ; and . . . they very frequently had their goods spoiled and taken away ; sometimes to three, six, ten, or tv^renty times the value, and were kept Prisoners several years, and sometimes unto Death." During the four years of King James II. (i 685-1 689) the Friends were deprived of .1^1,583 worth of goods, and twelve suffered imprisonment. In the thir- teen years of William and Mar)' ( 1 689-1 702), their "sufferings" included ^13,724 and thirty-three prisoners ; in the twelve years of Queen Anne (1702-17 1 4) ^16,199 and thirteen prisoners; in the thirteen years of George I. (1714-1727) ^22,- 513 and twenty-seven prisoners ; and in the first twenty-seven years of George II. (172 7-1 760) until 1 750, about ^38,726and six prisoners. During the whole period from 1685 ^^ 175^ the "sufferings " amounted to ;^92,745 and ninety-one prisoners.^ OaUis The Friends were constantly inconvenienced and defrauded in business on account of their refusal to take the oath in a court of justice ; "For in- stance," says Rutty, " in the county of Wexford, Thomas Holme [who afterward became Surveyor- General of Pennsylva- nia] having about ;^200 due to him from one Captain Thornhill, for which judgment was obtained against him in com- > Hulty, 367-8. 'z '^ y^^XyJt/ ifc ^/cifM 3'2-32S, IX., 62-81. 2 Stone in ll'iiuor, 497 ; Pi-nna. MiJg., XL, 175-1S0. 'Samuel Claridge, of Dublin, became a Friend in 1655 (Rutty, 92). In 1660 he was imprisoned in Newgate and in 1661 in Bridwell, Dublin. He also suffered persecution in 1663 and in 1669 (Bi-ssf, 466, 467, 471, 473> 47^1 477)- J" 1670 he was living near Nicholas Gate, Dublin. ( Leadbcater' s Bio. Notices, 65.) Inducements for Immigration 5 5 bers. In the letter-book of James Claypoole, secretary of the Society, we find a collection of letters to Turner, Clarridge, and others, telling of the acdvity of the Society, between 1681 and 1683, '" the work of setdement.^ Robert Tur- ner, one of the committee of twelve at the head of the organization, was a wealthy Quaker mer- chant in Dublin, and had already been acdvely interested in the settlement of New Jersey. In 1683, with his daughter and seventeen indented servants,- he removed to Philadelphia, where he took a prominent part in the affairs of the colony, and no doubt by his personal influence did much to forward the migration of his countrymen, "who," as he says in one of his many letters sent back to Ireland, "sojourn in a Land of great distress, wherein I have been."^ During the period of migration there was more Favorable communication between Pennsylvania and Ireland ^T'^^. ■' Returned to than has been generally supposed. People were Ireland continually going back and forth, and in spite of the difficulties and slowness of travel and the ^ Pfima. Mar., X.^ iSS-202, 267-282, 401-413. 2/^/,/., VII., 334. ^/iic/., IV., 192-3, v., 37-50. 56 Iinmig7-atio7i of the Irish Quakers dangers incident to those primitive times, many letters and messages were exchanged between the colonists and their friends in Ireland. By the From the first visits of George Fox and W'il- Minisurs ^^^'^ Edmundson to the Delaware, before Penn <^nd received his grant, to the end of the eighteenth century, a steady stream of traveling ministers came over to the Province. These preachers, and those who had come to reside in the colony, car- ried favorable reports of Pennsylvania to Ireland, and no doubt did much to counteract false rumors and silence objections to migration ; for in the first years of the migration many Friends took a somewhat conservative attitude toward the Penn- sylvania movement and carefully examined into the reasons for removal, as is instanced by the certificate given forth by Ballyhagan Meeting, County Armagh, i Mo. 31, 1682, and brought over to Middleton Meeting, Bucks County, by the widow Ann Millcum and her children, who arrived in the Delaware on the ship Antelope, 10 Mo. 10, 1682.^ The following is quoted from the certifi- cate : "The said meeting inquired of them the Ann reason why they had a mind to such a great Miiicum's journey, havino- no man in their family except CerUficate . they might get a servant or servants, and hav- ing no want of things necessary for a liveli- ^ Pinna. Afag., IX., 224. Inducements for Immigration 5 7 hood ; the said Ann Millcum replied that her daughter Jane had a great desire to go and being not wiUing to part with her, after such a manner, was rather willing to take her adven- ture with her other daughter, and so go all to- gether, being accompanied with another daugh- ter of hers, and her husband and children with several other neighbors also, and seeing it was her resolution to go as aforesaid," the meeting gives its consent.^ There were many friends also who thought that to emigrate was to fly from persecution and to desert a cause. That such views existed is shown by the certificate of removal brought over to Pennsyl- vania, in 16S3, t)y Nicholas Newlin, a gentleman in easy circumstances,- who settled in Concord, then Chester County. The certificate is as follows : "At the request of Nicholas Newlin we do hereby certify, that the said Nicholas Newland acquainted our mens meeting with his intention Nicholas of removing himself and family out of this Na- /"','!' \ t> .' Certificate tion into New Jersey or Pennsylvania in Amer- of Removal ica, and we have nothing to charge a«ainst him or his family as to their conversation in the ^ Reconis of Midd'etmun Monthly Meeting. ^Futhey and Cope's History of Chester County, 668. 58 Immigration of the Ii'ish Quakers world since they frequented our meetings, but hath walked honestly among men for aught we know or can hear of by inquiry, which hath been made, but our Friends' meeting is gener- ally dissatisfied with his removing, he being well settled with his family, and having sufficient substance for food and raiment, which all that possess godliness in Christ Jesus ought to be contented with, for we have brought nothing into this world, and we are sure to take nothing out. And he hath given us no satisfactory reason for his removing, but our godly jealousy is that his chief around is fearfulness of suffer- o ings here for the testimony of Jesus, or courdng worldly liberty — all of which we certify from our mens' meeting at Mountmellick, 25th of 12th Mo. 1682. And we further certify that inquiry hath been made concerning the clearness of Nathaniel and John Newland, sons of said Nicholas Newland, from all entanglements of marriage, and that they are released for aught we find. Signed by the advice and in the be- half of the meeting. ■" "Tobias Padwell, "William Edmundson, "Christopher Roker." (And others.) ^ Penna. A/agazint, VI., 174; Hallid.iv J.ickson's_/(7f;^WK Getiealog}', 1 1 7-1 18. The above copy from the Pcnna. Mag. varies somewhat from that printed in the Ja.kson Genealogy, where the names of two of the Thomas Penn Son of William Penn and Governor of Pennsylvania sylvania Inducements for Immigration 59 The traveling ministers journeyed from meet- ing- to meetinof and from house to house among- the Friends in Ireland, and in their social ming- ling -we may well believe they did not confine Ministers their discourse to religious subjects, but when /„"/^//^'f^ the conversation turned to Penn and his colony, teiio/Penn- an interesting topic in all Quaker households, we may be assured that these influential preachers would relate to their eager listeners accounts of their travels in America, and would give glowing accounts of that "sweet asylum" on the Dela- ware, where the broad and generous terms of the philanthropic founder gave opportunity for the oppressed of all nations to find a home with re- ligious and political liberty. But aside from the work of these traveling missionaries, the later migrations were stimulated signers are given as Tobias- Blachuell [P/eadwci'l ?'\ and Christopher I\o- ■hcr \_Raper ? \ . I have tried to find the original certificate, intending to reproduce it in this work, but my search has been in vain. It is stated in a footnote of the Jackson Genealogy, page 1 18, that the copy printed in that work " was taken by J. J. Parker, of West Chester, Pa., I Mo. 19, 1874, from the original, which was in the possession of Nicholas Newland's granddaughter, Mary Mifflin of H.irtford Co., Md., then in her 79th year " ; but Gilbert Cope, of West Chester, in a letter dated 2 Mo. 17, 1901, corrects this statement. He writes : " The Jackson Genealogy is in error where it says that John J. Parker copied the original Newlin certificate in 1S74, as I am satisfied he never saw it. In 188S I made an effort to locate the old document, but without success. I have two copies from different sources and have known of others, but believe no copy has been made from the origin.nl since 1820. Amongst others I wrote to Joshua Husband, Dublin, Hartford Co., Md., aged about eighty, a grandson of Mary Mitflin, and got a copy of a copy made in 1S20. He obtained his copy from some one in Washington, and perhaps I should have tried to trace back on this line but did not." 6o Immigration of the Irish Quakers Friends by the retum to Ireland, on short business trips, reiurnio ^^ thosc who had crone over to settle in Pennsvl- Ireland for _ '^ short I'isiis vania some years before. In 1688, Henry Hol- linesworth, of Newark or Kennett Meeting-, who had come over as a servant to Robert Turner in 1683, returned to Ireland to marry and brought back his wife. In the latter part of 1713, Benja- min Fredd, of Concord Meeting, who had arrived in the early part of the year, made a business trip back to Ireland. Amos Boaks, of the same meet- ing, came over in 1734 and made two visits to Ireland, one in 1735 and the other in 1736. In 1738, Chester Monthly Meeting signed a certifi- cate for Thomas Faucett, son of Thomas Faucett, to go to Lisburn Meeting in Ireland. Many other such instances could be cited. Favorable Then, too, numcrous Irish Friends made the journey merely to see the country and to visit friends and relatives. John Parvin came over to Chester Meeting, in 1732, to make a short stay, and William Lightfoot, of Moate Meeting, County West Meath, in 1725, came to "visit his father [Thomas Lightfoot] and relations." After his return to Ireland, Reports by Letters Inducanents for Immigf-ation 6 1 Thomas Hutton, of Carlow, County Carlow, under date of 6 Mo. 20, 1726, writes to his sons in New Garden, that "Cousin Wm. Lightfoot tould me y' you dwelt in love."^ The number of favorable and urgent letters written by the first settlers back to Ireland were strong incentives for the Irish Friends to join their relatives and old neighbors in Pennsylvania. By the merest chance some of these letters have been preserved ; but from hints and references to other letters in those e.xtant we know that there must have been many others. In the meeting records, also, there are frequent references to letters sent in relation to the business of the meeting, and often these afforded opportunities for the exchange of personal messages. All these letters were read with the greatest interest in Ireland, and passed from house to house in a neighborhood, a custom also in Pennsylvania when letters came from the old home. These letters afford us interesting glimpses of the migratory movement and of the social side of colonial life. A few of the first letters were printed in the descriptive pamphlets, but the first manuscript letter that has come under notice is one to William Porter in Ireland, from Georee Harlan,- a Friend, who had come over from ^Hutton Letters (MSS. ). 2 Taylor Papers (MSS.), Miscellaneous, No. 3307, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. 62 hnmigration of the Irish Quakers Donnahlong, County Down, in the north of Ire- land, about 1687, and who at the time of his writ- ing, 10 Mo. 27, 1696, was living on Brandywine Creek, in Chester count}^ just over the famous circular line of Delaware. The communication relates particularly to the estate of Thomas Childs, an Irishman, who had died in New Castle County, at the house of Valentine Hollingsworth, another Irish Friend. It is as follows : " Brandywine Creek, "the 27"' of y' lo"" month 1696. "Loving Friend "William Porter This may acquaint thee that I have Received 4 Letters from thee all of one date and tennor being y' 20th of y^ 9"' m. '95 in Relation to Mary Child whose Son Thomas Died Something more than two years Since at Vallentine Hollingsworths he hapning to fall Sick there, & as to what is Reported Concern- ing his Bequest to his mother I have here Sent thee the Coppy of his W'ill on the other side. ... I was with him in time of his Sickness and he being about to make liis will I put him in mind of his Relations in Ireland and liis Inducements for hnniigration 63 answer was thus he had never Received any Letter Since he had been in the Countrie from any of them Replying further he had been troublesom to his friends in his Life time & Questioning by Reason of the W'arrs and Mor- tallity that had been of Late in Ireland whoe of his relations might be Living or Dead and to Impose Soe troublesom an undertaking uppon his friends (as the making Sale of what he had & turning it into mony. . . .) he would not doe it. " Mine with my Wifes dear Love is Remem- bered unto thee & to the Rest of our friends & relations Let my Bro understand that wee are all indiffrent well & Know of no alteration Since I wrote by Thomas Musgrave my Wifes dear Love is Remembred in perticular to Robert Hoop and Elenor ; having often desired to hear from them Soe having not Else at present but remain thy friend zx [Endorsed.] "Coppy of a Letter to William Porter in Ireland." 64 hmnigration of the Irish Quakers Thomas Hullon's Letters Hutton Letter No. I A series of four letters^ written by Thomas Hut- ton, of Carlow, Ireland, to his sons in Pennsyl- vania, are interesting and full of news. The Huttons, yeomen by occupation, lived at first in New Garden, Chester County, but later some of them removed to the Friends' settlement in Berks County. Extracts from each of these letters are here inserted : No. I. CARLO, 6 mo. 20, 1726. To children Joseph, Nehemiah, and John Hutton, New Garden Township, Chester Co., Pa. Letters dated 12 mo. 20, last, have been received. "Wm. Ma- lones family y' now is in y^ small pox himself and 3 of his children but is likely to get over it except little Tom." Let James Starr and his wife hear this letter. "I cannot get your sisters with their husbands in mind to come to you & they are hard set to pay what they ow and So is Sam White his children is all got over ye small pox Samuel Wattsons wife is dead. She was an honest Concerned friend Bro : Russel & his children are all well Sam Laybourn wife & his 2 sons is well," etc. "We have a good harvest time as ever I remember, but had a great wind y" last day or 2 of last month which 'The original Hutton letters were in the possession of the late Samuel L. .Sraedlev, of I'hiladelphia. These extracts were made frona copies in the collection of Gilbert Cope, of West Chester, I'a. Inducements for Immigratioji 65 did shake much corn & frute land is ver}- deer & Corn Cheap at present as also woll, but cattle gives a good price. I desire you to re- member my love to my relations and friends y' went hence as if I had named them one by one for they are often with you in my mind and so shall conclude with my deare love once more to you my dear Children & bids you farewell fare- well in y' which Changes not." (^ort^ ^^aM^K No. 2. CARLO, 3 mo. 20, 1 732. To " Xehemiah Hut- HuttonLetter ton Living it Antilea," [Berks (?) County.] '^^°- Letter of the 14th inst. received. "You have some friends near where ships harbours y* Comes to Ireland, & may send [letters ?] in order to be ready at such times. Your Mother is not pleased that your Account is so short about Ja; Starr and thought he might have sent her a few lines himself for w[e] wrote to him along with you, neither do we know where he and his family dwells, for Nehe: writes in his of 8 f 1730 y' they were to go to one place. & now mentions some others and to not him nor Moses Starr, so let us know how they are & where," etc. "Let me know whether your ground is Come to gras any better and if your 66 Immigration of the Irish Qiiakers stock increases for we hear y' grass doth not mend and that your ground will not bring 3 crops," etc. No. 4 'Thomas Huttox." No. Hution DUBLIN, 2 mo. 25, 1733. To Joseph and Letter John Hutton, New Garden Township, Chester Count)-. Letter of 7 mo. 28, 1732 received 10 mo. 28. "Tell Rob: Sharmon I writ to his father & am glad to hear y' hes like to do well." "Thomas Hutton." No. 4. Huito,i DATED I mo. 22, 1733-4. To Nehemiah Letter Hutton, " Liveing beyond Oly in Philadelphia [now Berks] County." Received a letter from Joseph, from Philadelphia, 9 mo. 22, dated 7 mo. 20, 1 733 ; also one from Joseph and John on 19th inst., dated 10 mo. i8th last. "Lett me know if thou has got a Patent for thy Land & how thou Likes it & whether there be much fla.\ in that part of y' Country or in any of Pensilvenia, for he I send this by intends to move thither from Belfast & he says there coms a deal of flax-seed into Ireland thence to sell very good seed it exceds dutch seed much & y' there is a ship from thence with wheat which hidncements for hnmigration 67 is well for Corn was like to be deer if it did not com from other places, y' wheat was sold for 1 6s. a barall," etc. "Thomas Hutton." Benjamin Holme, of Cork, under date of 9 mo I. 1736. writes to Israel Pemberton, merchant of Philadelphia, "I have wrote a Letter to William Hudson & Sam" Preston & thee & some other friends to Endavor to promoate the historj- of the Settlement of friends & progress of truth. "^ The following quaint letter^' was written by John Carpenter, while traveling in Ireland, to his joHn tnend and neighbor, .Michael Greo-o- of Chester <='''-P'"t'^^ County Unfortunately we have tut this one /^t/.,^ letter of his ; had more of his letters come down to us we should, no doubt, learn as to whether he found the giris in England more to his "fansy" and not so much Hke -Prispaterans," and whether he hnally met the "trusty Companion" for whom he seems to have been seekincr. "DuxGAXxox THE CouxT\^ Teroxe [Tyrone] "r ig'^of y^s'^mo: 1755 "Respected Friend: Now having an oper- tunity to Send thee a few Lines by way of Love and Respects to thee to let thee know that I am Safe arivd in Ireland and is now in good helth • hoping that these will find thee and all the 'P^'berton Papers (MSS.), HI., 17, Hist. Soo. of Peuna , ,?' °"?°^' ^^^„'^ '° t^^ <^°"ection of Editor William W. Pdk of (he Kennett Square ( Pa. ) AJvanci. ' 68 Imttiigration of the Irish Quakers family in like manner ; I have had a verj' good Passage of four weeks and two Days which I was ver)- seasick for Nine or Ten Days and I Cant say that I was Right well all the Passage for we had Very hard wether and I was a little Sick for the Most part but now I am in good helth thanks to god for the same I am very Avell Satesfied of my jurny but I Could be bet- ter Satesfied if I had thy Company for to Travil with me for that is all I w^nt a trust}' Companion. " I yould have thee not marr}' untill thee Travils Sume the girls in this Country- I be- lieve thee wod not fansy for the are more like Prispaterans than Quakers but I Dont no what the are In England but I hope to no before two weeks for I Sales in five Days to Liverpool and from that to London by land So no more at present but Remember my love to all thy broth- ers and Sisters I Do Expt to Return to Pensyl- vania a bought harvest If I Can but I no the seas will be fowl before then We have an ac- count that there never was such Preparation for war no more at present but Remains thy Re- spected friend .,j^^^ Carpenter." "To Michael Grecro- In Kennett Township Chester County Pensylvania." Inducements for Immigration 69 By far the most important and comprehensive Robert of these letters is that written by Robert Parke l^^^J (1694 '5-1 736 7),of near Chester, to his sister Mary, '725 wife of Thomas YdX- iTr /? Loo? u / entine', of Ballybrum- ^±^hMJU^^^_ l^ill. County Carlow, and as it throws such a flood of light on all phases of our subject, I ven- ture to insert it in full. But first, a few details about the Parke family, by way of introduction, will give a better understanding of the migration of a representative Irish Quaker family. Thomas Parke (i 660-1 738), the father ol The Parke Robert Parke, was y^ Hi M fmi-ra/e a farmer and owned ^ 7^/ e/^^t^^ several tracts of ' ^^ land in Ballilean, Ballaghmore, and Coolisnack- tah, County Carlow. On May 21, 1724, with all of his family, excepting two married daughters, he took passage at Dublin, on the ship Sizargli, of Whitehaven, Jeremiah Cowman, master, and after a rough passage of three months, on August 21st arrived in Delaware Bay. Thomas leased a property from an Irish Friend, Mary Head, near Chester, as a temporar)- home, but on December 2d, purchased 500 acres from another Irish Friend, Thomas Lindley, in the Great Valley of Chester Count)', on the west side of what is now Downing- town, where he removed and lived the remainder "o Innnigration of the Irish Quakers of his life. His son Robert was a clerk at Chester, and for some years acted as Recorder of Deeds. Robert died unmarried.^ The letter is as follows : Chester Township the — of the lo'^'Mo. 1725. Dear Sister Mary Valentine,^ This goes with a Salutation of Love to thee, Parke's Brother Thomas & the children & in a word Letter j.^ ^jj f^jg^^^jg Relations & well Wishers in Gen- erall as if named, hoping it may find you all in Good Health, as I with all our family in Gen- eral are in at this present writing & has been since our arival, for we have not had a days Sickness in the family Since we came to the Country, Blessed be god for it, my father in Par- ticular has not had his health better these ten years than since he Came here, his ancient age considered. Our Irish Acquaintance in general are well Except Tho' Lightfoot who Departed this Life at Darby in a Good old age about 4 weeks Since. I Parke Family, in Futhey and Cope's History of Chester County, 673 ; A sketch of the Parke Family, by James Pemberton Parke, of Philadelphia, in the Chester County Journal, issued at Downingtown, Chester County, Feb. 8, 1S68. According to J. P. Parke, Robert Parke kept a journal of the passage over in 1724, and also of a voyage made back to England and Ireland, in 1727 ; likewise of the return voyage in 1728, when the list of passengers included sixty-three servants, of whom six were brought over by Parke himself. Unfortunately, I have been unable to locate these MS. journals, which no doubt would contain many interesting details of sea-tr.avel during the period we have under consideration. 2 See Taylor /'a/^-ri (MSS. ), Hist. Soc. of Penna. ; letter is printed in Penna. Mag., V., 349-352. Itiduccnicnts for Imtnigration 7 1 Thee writes in thy letter than there was a talk went back to Ireland that we were not Satisfied in coming here, which was Utterly false: now let this Suffice to Convince you. In FaUe the first place he that carried back this Story '^'f'°''" was an Idle fellow, & one of our Ship-Mates, but not thinking this country Suitable to his Idleness ; went back with Cowman again, he is Sort of a Lawyer, or Rather a Lyar as I may term him, therefore I wod not have you give credit to Such false reports for the future, for there is not one of the family but what likes the country very well and wod If we were in Ireland again come here Directly it being the best country for working folk & tradesmen of a Good any in the world, but for Drunkards and Idlers, f;;""/^/'"' ■' _ _ ' working they cannot live well any where, it is likewise an Folk Extradin healthy country. We were all much troubled when we found you did not come in with Capt. Cowman as we Expected nor none of our acquaintance Ex- cept Isaac Jackson & his family, tho at his com- ing in one thinks it Something odd but that is soon over. Land is of all Prices Even from ten Pounds, Purcha$eoj to one hundred pounds a hundred, according to ^'^^'^ the goodness or else the Situation thereof, & Grows dearer every year by Reason of Vast Quantities of People that come here yearly 2 Iminigratioii of the Irish Quakers from Several Parts of the world, therefore thee 6 thy family or any that I wish well I wod de- sire to make what Speed you can to come here the Sooner the better we have traveled over a Pretty deal of this country to seek for Land and (tho) we met with many fine Tracts of Land here & there in the country, yet my father being curious & somewhat hard Please Did not buy any Land until the Second day of lo"" mo : Last and then he bought a Tract of Land consisting of five hundred Acres for which he gave 350 pounds, it is Excellent good land but none cleared, Except about 20 Acres, with a small log house & Orchard Planted, We are going to clear some of it Directly, for our next Sumers fallow, we miofht have bouijht Land much cheaper but not so much to our satisfac- tion. We stayed in Chester 3 months & then Rented a Place i mile from Chester, with a good brick house & 200 Acres of Land for [?] pounds a year where we continue till next May. We have sowed about 200 Acres of wheat & 7 acres of rj'e, this season we sowed but a bushel on an acre, 3 pecks is Enough on new ground. I am grown an Experienced Plowman & my brother Abell is Learning. Jonathan & thy Son John drives for us he is grown a Lusty fellow Since thou Saw him, we have the finest Inducements for Immigration -j-> plows here that Can be. We plowed up our Sumers fallows In May & June, with a Yoak of Oxen & 2 horses & they goe with as much Ease as Double the number in Ireland. We sow our wheat with 2 horses, a boy of i- or 14 years old Can hold Plow here, a man Comonly hold and Drives himself they Plow an Acre nay some Plows 2 Acres a day, they sow Wheat & Rye in August or September. We have had a crop oats, barley & very good flax & hemp, Indian Corn & buckwheat all of our own Sowing & Planting this Last sum- Oooa o-ops mer, we also Planted a bushel of white potatoes which Cost us 5 ShiUs & we had 10 or 12 bushels Increase, this country yields Extraor- dmary Increase of all sorts of Grain— Likewise for Nicholas Hooper had of 3 Acres of Land & at most 3 bushels of Seed above 80 bushels In- crease so that it is as Plentifull a Countr>. as any Can be if people will be Industrious. Wheat is 4 Shills a bushel, Rye 2s. gd oats 2. 3 pence, barley 3 Shills, Indian Corn 2 Shills all Strike measure. Beef is 2% pence a PrUesfor pound Sometimes more Sometimes less mut- ^'"'"' ton 2%, pork 2% pr Pound Turnips 12 pence ""'"""" a bushel heap'd measure & so Plenty that an acre Produceth 200 bushells. all sorts of pro- visions are Extraordinary Plenty in Philadel- phia market, where Country people brin' Except mens busi- ness require it, they pay 9 Pounds for their Passage (of this money) to go to Ireland. There is 2 fairs yearly & 2 markets weekly ^,,.,., m Philadelphia also 2 fairs yearly in Chester & Likewise in New Castle, but they Sell no Cattle nor horses no Living Creatures but altogether Merchants Goods, as hatts, Linnen & woolen Cloth, handkerchiefs, knives, Scizars, tapes & treds buckels, Ribonds & all Sorts of necessarys fit for our wooden Country & here all youno- men and women that wants wives or husbands may be Supplyed. Lett this suffice for our fairs. As to meetings they are so plenty one may ride to their choice. I desire thee to brincr or Send me a botde of good Oyle fit for guns tliee may buy it in Dublin. Martha Weanhouse Lives very well about 4 miles from James Lindseys [Lindley's] ; we live all together since we Came into the Country Except hugh Hoaker [or Stoaker] & his family who live e'or 7 miles from us, & follows his trade. Sister Rebecka was Delivered of a Daughter y^ day the 1 1 month Last past its name is Mary. Abel's wife had a young Son 12 months Since his 76 Iinmigratio7i of the Irish Quakers What to bring to Pennsyl- name is Thomas. Dear Sister I wod not liave thee Doubt the truth of what I write, for I know it to be true Tho I have not been Long here. I wod have you Cloath yourselves well with Woolen & Linnen, Shoes & Stockings & hats for such things are dear here, & yet a man will Sooner Earn a Suit of Cloths here than in Ire- land, by Reason workmans Labour is so Dear. A wool hat costs 7 Shills, a pair of mens Shoes 7 Shills, womens Shoes Cost 5 Shills 6 pence, a' pair of mens stockings yarn costs 4 Shills, feather beds are very dear here and not to be had for money. Gunpowder is 2 Shills & 6 pence a pound. Shott & Lead 5 pence a pound. I wod have you bring for your own use 2 or 3 good falling Axes, a pair of beetle rings & 3 Iron wedges, for they are of good Service here, your Plow Irons will not answer here, therefore you had better bring i or 2 hun- dred Iron, you may bring your Plow Chains as they are also a good Iron. Letters going to you these you Accompt what to bring into the Country & also for your Sea Store or else I should not omitt it but be- sure you come with Capt. Cowman & you will be well Used for he is an honest man & has as Civell Saylors as any that Cross the Seas, which I know by Experience, the Ship has been weather bound Since before Christmas by rea- Inducements for Imniigj-ation 7 7 son of frost & Ice that floats about in the River & the Saylors being at a Loose End came down to Chester to See us & we have eiven them Dear Sister I desire thee may tell my old friend Samuel Thornton that he could mve so much Credit to my words & find no Iffs nor ands in my Letter that in Plain terms he could not do better than to Come here, for both his & his wife's trade are very good here, 'the best way for him to do is to pay what money he Can Conveniendy Spare at that Side & Engage how to come himself to Pay the rest at this Side & when he Comes here if he Can get no friend to lay down the money for him, when it Comes to the worst, he may hire out 2 or 3 Children & I wod have him Cloath his family as well as his Small Abil- ity will allow, thee may tell him what things are proper to bring with him both for his Sea Store & for his Use in this Country. I wod have him Procure, 3 or 4 Lusty Servants & Agree to pay their passage at this Side he might sell 2 & pay the others passage with the money. I fear my good will to him will be of Litde Effect by reason he is So hard of beleif, but thou mayest Assure him frorr. me that if I had not a pardcular Re- spect for him & his family I Should not have writ so much for his Encouragement, his brother Joseph & Moses Coats Came to See us Since we came here, they live about 6 or 7 miles apart & above 20 miles from where we live. 78 Immigration of the Irish Quakers Unkle James Lindly & family is well & Thrives exceedingly, he has 1 1 children & Reaped last harvest about 800 bushels of wheat, he is a thriving man anywhere he lives, he has a thou- sand acres of Land, A fine Estate. Unkle Nicholas hooper lives very well he rents a Plan- tation & teaches School & his man dos his Plantation work. Martha Hobson. Dear Sister I think I have writ the most need- ful to thee, but considering that when I was in Ireland I never thought a Letter to Long that Came from this Country, I wod willingly gi\e thee as full an Account as Possible, tho I could have ofiven thee a fuller Account of what things are fit to bring here, but only I knew other Let- ters might Suffice in that point. I desire thee may Send or bring me 2 hundred Choice Quills for my own Use for they are very Scarce here & Sister Raichell Desires thee wod bring hir some bits of Silk for trashbags thee may bring [buy] them in Johns Zane [or Lane] also yards of white Mode or Silk for 2 hoods & She will Pay thee when thee comes here. I wod have brother Thomas to bring a good Saddle (& bridle) with Crooper & Housen to it by rea- son the horses sweat in hot weather, for they are very dear here, a Saddle that will cost 18 or 20 Shills in Ireland will cost here 50 Shills or 3 pounds i^ not so good neither, he had bet- Inducements for Inwiigration 79 ter get Charles Howell to make it, Lett the tree be well Plated & Indifferent Narrow for the horses here are So Large as in Ireland, but the best racers & finest Pacers in the World. I have known Several that could Pace 14 or 15 miles in an hour, I write within Compass, as for women Saddles, the)' will not Suit so well here. I wod not have thee think much at my Irregu- lar way of writing by reason I write as it offer'd to me, for they that write to you should have more wits than I can Pretend to.^ Parke's influence seems finally to have had the desired effect, for in the spring of 1728 we find Thomas and Mary Valentine presenting a certi- ficate of removal to New Garden Monthly Meet- ing, in Chester County. Hundreds of just such favorable letters and descriptions found their way to the Old W'orld, urgently setting forth the desirabilit)- of removal to America and presenting the special induce- ments offered to immigrants in the Quaker Col- ony. These pleasant pictures of the happy con- ditions existing in Pennsylvania — the great and good character of the Founder, his wise and liberal ' The letter ends abruptly and is not signed, but it is endorsed on ttie back, "Letter to Mary Valentine from Robert Park, lo mo., 1725." It seems to be a rough copy kept by the writer. At the end of the letter is written in a different hand, " And several Letters with Long full of ac- compt of al things George Tooke or Rooke," and on the back of the let- ter the name of Round is scribbled several limes and the name of R. D. Rownd. 8o Immigration of the Irish Quakers laws, his cheap and fertile lands, the mild and healthful climate, the successful peace policy with the Indians which Penn adopted, and above all his religious toleration — filled the minds of the poor and persecuted of Europe with ardent long- intrs, and made them leave behind forever kins- folk and fatherland and risk all that was near and dear to them for the long and perilous jour- ney to the strange land beyond the sea. CHAPTER III. PLACES IN IRELAND WHENCE THE FRIENDS CAME TO make some attempt at an accurate deter- mination of the places in Ireland whence the Friends emigrated, an examination of records of all the monthly meetings in Pennsylvania has been made for all certificates of removal brought over by Irish Friends between the years 1682 and 1750. With these data as a basis, supplemented by additional facts from authentic manuscripts, county histories, genealogies, and other works, I have compiled the following statis- tical table showing as nearly as possible, the num- ber of adult Friends that came over from each meet- ing, county, and province of Ireland, during the above-mentioned period. The meetings were not as careful to record all certificates of removal brousfht over durino- the first two decades of the colony, as they should have been ; but later a faithful account was kept. The table shows that from Ulster came 172 adult members ; from Leinster 183 ; from Monster 42 ; and from places which are not specified 43. This makes a total of 440 adult persons from twenty-nine or more meetings. If, however, 6 81 82 hmnigration of ike IrisJi Quakers we count the children and the women whose names evidently have not been recorded, and like- wise those persons of whose emigration we have no record, we may safely estimate that at least between 1,500 and 2,000 Irish Friends came to Pennsylvania between 1682 and 1750. County Armagh in the Province of Ulster sent ninety -five colonists, more than any other county. Dublin Meeting sent fifty-four, more than any other meeting, Grange Meeting, in a country- district near Charlemount, County Armagh, comes next with forty-one ; then follows Ballynacree, an obscure county meeting near Ballymoney, County Antrim, with thirty-five. The Friends from Ulster and those from Leinster, with the exception of Dublin, were almost wholly from the country dis- tricts. Some few were tradespeople, but the majority were yeomen or farmers, and when they came to Pennsylvania, they bought farms and en- racjed in agriculture. The Quaker colonists from Munster, on the other hand, were nearly all tradesmen from the cities and towns. They, with the emigrants from Dublin, settled for the most part in Philadelphia. STATIST showing, as nearly as possible, the number of adult Friends that migrated to Pennsylv inclusive. Compiled from MS. records of all the monthly me«ungs of PennsylTania, ai (See Bibliography. ) M OO M 1 S i 00 00 f 1.- ^. P. ' i 1^ i e.. *• i ** 1 " 1 Ulster Province 17- Co. Antrim 63 ... ...l ■•■ 1 1 1 ■"i r i I 1 ■■■| i 1 ! 1 ...i..j... 1 Co. Armagh 95 I ... -> 2 ... Grange (Upper) Mtg. 4 1 ... I ... ... I 1 , 1 3 I Co Caz'ati 5 ...1 i... Co. Meath 9 i Leinster Province 1S31 Co. Carlow 38 2 1... 7 I 1 8 Dublin 54 '1 4 I I I I I 2 Co. Kildare I I King's Co. S I Queen's Co 25 6 3 ... 3 Mountrath Mt2 3 . ... Co. West Meath 30 I 2 Co. Wexford. 13 Wexford Mtg ... 3 2 I Co. Wicklow 14 Ballvcane Mtg. 12 I I Kilcommon Mtg 2 MuNSTER Province 42 Co. Cork 22 Cork Mtg 22 1 4 J I 3 ... ... Co. Limerick 3 Co. Tipperarv 12 Cashell Mtg 7 4 3 Kilcommonbegg Mtg. 2 Clonmel Mtg 3 Co. Waterford. 5 Waterford Mtg 5 I 3 2 3 16 3 ,20 Meetings not Specified 43 ... 3 4 2 2 I I 3 2 3 2 s 4 5 I 12 4 2 ^ '* Total 440 21 " IC lAULE, rom each province, county, and meeling of Ireland, between the years 1 682 and 1750, >lemenled by county histories, genealogies, Kriends' records in Ireland, and other MSS. R R R R R R R R R R R C I I I : I i I i ! I - / >,■; ,< 'inic» lot tj ^ ■ ^"''^ / A M ^.'A^ y'-^"" ->^ ■'•....,/< a,. ^ ■.. ->-l:fe.,. '/<<.-• 4*^- X-^Xy «--'\*i ■1 71 B, /,•/■:'.•.■> ((■I h y-yi^jfs.^ Certificate of Removal Brought to Pennsylvania by George Marsh, an Irish Friend, in 1728 Ways and Means of Migration 85 draw Suitable ones for him and his Son John allso one for Thos Willson accordine to his Behavour y' they may be signed next meeting. W'iUiam Pigion Samuel Douglas & Benj^ Mar- shill is desired to attend next Quarterly meet- ing & Jacob Marshill & James Pillar is desired to draw Suitable papers to Said Meeting." The common form of the certificate may be seen in two of those drawn up at this meetine : ^ " From our Monthly Meedng of men & women friends held at Grange Near Charli- Certificate mount in the North of Ireland y^ 2 of 4 mo. %/alT'' 1736 To friends & Brethren of pensylvania or elsewhere in America Greetine. Dear Friends whereas our friend Joshua March [Marsh] & his Wife Did Acquaint us Some Time Ago tliat they had a mind to trans- port themselves & family to pensylvania or Some place in America and Desires of us a Certificate we therefore Do Certify that He the S"* Joshua & his wife was of an orderly Life & good Conversation Both amongst us their Brethren as amongst their Neighbours where they Dwelt & now Leaveth us in Unity they had also the privilege of Sitdng in our Meeting of Disapline likewise their three children Viz Jonathan peter & Abigail were of Orderly Lives ■ Book of Certificates of Removal Received by Goshen Monthly Meeting, Penna. , p. 39. 86 Immigration of the Irish Quakers & Conversation whilst here & is free from mar- riaq'e or any Entanglement that way & all the Above friends have left this place free from Debts or Defraud to any man & we have Cause to hope & believe that they will So behave themselves for y' future y' they may Deserve y*" Religious notice & Care of friends for their good. Signed by order & on behalf of our Sd Meet- ing by Mary Greer Thos. Nichalson William Gray Eliz. Greer Joseph Kerr Jacob Marshall Abigail King Benj^ Marshill Jno. Whitsitt Mary Pow James pillar Thomas Greer Ann Sloan James Dawson Tho. Griffith Mary Pillar francis Robson Israel Thompson Eliz. Dawson Sam' Gray Wm. Vance Abigail Gray J ona' Richardson Ruth Delapp ' From our Men & Womens Meeting held at Certificate Grang-c Near Charles Mount in Ireland v"^ 2 of of John * -' Marsh y' 4th mo 1 736 to fricuds of pensylvania or Elsewhere In America Greeting Whereas our friends John March [Marsh] & his wife Did sometime ago Acquaint us that they had to transport themselves to pensylvania or Some place In America & Desires of a Certificate we ^Book of Certificates of Kemmial received by Goshen Monthly Meeting, p. 52. Ways and JlTcaiis or Aligration Z"] therefore do Certifie y' the Said John h &JMarc his wife hath behaved themselves Orderly amongrst us their Brethern & Sisters Also was of a peaceable Life & Conversation amongst their Neighbours having Left us & our Neigh- bours Clear of Debt They had Also privilege to Set in our Meetings for Decipline & we hope they will So behave as will deserve the Religious Notice & Care of our friends & Brethern whose it may Please Divine providence So to order their Lot to Settle & Remain. Signed by order & on behalf of our Said Meeting by Mary Greer Thos. Nichalson Jacob Marshill Eliz. Greer Jos. Kerr John Whitsitt Abigail King Benj^ Marshil Thos. Greer Mary Pow James Dawson Thos Griffith Ann Sloan James Pillar Israel Thompson Mary pillar Wm Vance Eliz. Dawson The Marshes, father and son, purchased land and settled with their families in East Nantmeal, Chester County, and soon after their arrival presented their cer- tificates of removal to Goshen Monthly Meeting. Whereupon the following action was taken by the meeting : \ Jc/^ed^/l Minutes ot Mens Meeting-, S Mo. iS. 1736. — "'John Marsh Prixluce*.! a Certificate to this Montlily Meetino- rn>m die Monthly Meeting ot" friends held at Grange near Charlemount in y' North of Ireland dated y* s"* ot y* 4 mo : 1 736 in behalf of himself & wife [Eliiabedi] which [is] to friends Satisfaction ^ ordered to be re- corded."" Minutes of Women's Meeting. — ■• At our Montlily Meeting held at Goshen the Eighteentli Day of tlie Eightii Month [i 736] Elizabetli Marsh Produced to diis Meeting a Certificate from Friends in Ireland jointly with her Husband which we accept on her Behalf '" Minutes Mens Meeting. — "At our Montiily Meeting held at Goshen y' 15* day of y* o"*' mo 1736 Joshua March [Marsh] Produced a Certificate to tliis Monthly Meeting from the Mondily Meeting of friends at Grange in Charlemount in the Xordi of Ireland dated y* ^'^ of y' ^ mondi last in behalf of himself ^ wife [Elizabeth] C\: 3 of his children \-iz. Jonathan. Peter & Abigail whicli is to die Satisfaction of friends here & ordered to be Recorded."" Minutes of \Vomen"s Meeting. — *• At our Monthly Meetinc held at Goshen Ways and Means of Migration 8£ the Fifteenth Day of the X:rth Month ^1736] . . . Elizabeth Marsh Pre .Meet- ing a Certificate fron the Monthly Meeting of Grange in Irek ' '- - ■■ Meeting A ' " on her behalf The principal ports whence the Ir ' — > embarked for Pennsylvania v/ere Be.;--;: ^^.,..:.. 7. -\.. :. Cork, and Waterford. Frequently vessels were sailing directly from the Irish ports, but more often passage was taken in vessels which had sailed from Whitehaven, Liverpool, or Bristol, in England, and which touched at the Irish ports for passengers and cargo.' Philadelphia was the principal port of entr\', but many settlers landed at New Castle, on the Delaware, and some few at points in Marj'land and Virginia. At times obstructions were placed in the way obetnetkBa of Irish emigrants, as appears from the following *^^°^SBiiBa letter written to Proprietor Penn, in 1763, by a sea captain at Dublin : - 1 Sometimes vessels sailing from Eng": - -- j .- . .-j^z^cz, were driven into Iridi ports by contraiy ■?. - .-.czis of removal dated 6 Mo. 6, 1709, broagiit on: ;.phia by Martha Grffitls, " whose Husband of Lst- /rtown in Jaimaca and hath wrote to his wife • ting willing to goe by An opatnnity of .S: j - by Contrary winds bound to Jaimaca." •The original, which is in the Penn M55. of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and which is printed in the Penna. ilng., XXI., 485-7, is addressed : " To Sr Penn, Knight Proprietor of Peosilvania now in Lon- Aaa," and is endorsed, " \jsxua from an Irish Capt". abost Ships being stopd going to Pensilva ". 90 Immigration of the Irish Quakers Dublin, May 3, 1736. "Hon^Sr. "As you are the proprietor of pensylvania . . . I would beg Liberty to inform your Worship of some of the Dehculty w"'" poor people that are flying from the opprcsion of Landlords & tyeths ... to sevcrall parts of America Viz : When Last our Irish parlement was sitting there was a Bill brought in respecting the Transportation to America which made it next to a prohibition said Bill gready allarmed the people perdcularly in the north of Ireland and least a second should suckceed greater num'' than usual made ready but when said Land- lords found it so the fell on with other means by destressing the Owners & Masters of the Ships there being now ten in the harbour of Belfast. The methoud they fell in with first was that when anny of said ships Advertised that they were Bound for such a Port & when they would be in redeness to seal & thire willingness to agree with the passengers for which & no other Reasons they Esued out thire Warrants and had severall of said Owners & Masters apprehended & likewise the printers of said Advertisements & Bound in bonds of a thou- sand pounds to appear att Carrickfergus assizes or be thrown into a Lowthsome Geoal and for no other reason than Encuraging his Majesty's Haj's and Means of JMigrafion g i subjects as they were pleased to call thire In- dectment from on plantation to another. . . But the Judge was pleased to Discharge them. But yett a more Hellish contrivance has been thought of & is put in practice by Col^. Geo. Maartney of Belfast he will not now when said ships and passengers was redy to seal so much as allow the poor people to carry thire old Bed Cloathes with them allthow ever so old under pretence of An Act of the British parlement made the tenth & Eleventh Years of the Rean of King William & Repealed in ye year 1732 and said Ships . . . [are] obliged to lay this affair before the Com^^- of Dublin I & Hkewise most of the mert'. in this Town are affraid of success even with the Com"- will be obliged to lay it before the Lord Lieut, of this Kingdom & if that should feal than nothing less than his Majesty's Gratious Interpotion can effect . . . but a loss what does that in the meantime when no less then ten ships has been these 18 or 20 days and no aperance of getting away and advanst charge the seson passing and which is yet much moveing 17 or 18 hun''. many ot which are in most deplorable circumstances not being so much as able to pay thire passage and all of them destitute of howses to put thire heads into or of means wherewith to support themselves maney of which has depended on 92 Immig7-ation of the Irish Quakers their Friends in America from home they yearly have Accts and one [torn] they only depend for thire information. But our Landlords here affirms that these Accts are all of them Forgerys & Lyes the Contrivances of the pro- prietors Trustees & Masters of the American Ships. . . . "Your Hon" Most Hum'' & Most obt Ser "John Stewart." "N. B. I did not think proper in the body of the Letter to acquamt Your Hour y' of those ten Ships there is eio;-ht bound for Dalour [Delaware] & verry connciderable with them. I am &c. "John Stewart." Dangers of The voyage was a long and trying one, espe- voyage cially SO when attended by rough weather. The length of the passage varied all the way from six weeks to three months. Vessels were often driven far out of the course by contrary winds and carried as far south as the West Indies. Danger- ous diseases, such as small-pox, were of frequent occurrence, and many passengers died at sea. During the French W^ars, vessels were often at- tacked and the passengers imprisoned or sub- jected to loss of property and to harsh treatment. As an instance of this, may be cited the case of Wa^s and Means of Migration 93 Samuel Massey and family who sailed from Cork in 1 7 10, intending for Philadelphia, but the vessel was seized by the French and they were carried off to the Island of Antigua in the West Indies.^ Finally, after much suffering and hardship, they reached Philadelphia, but so impoverished that they were unable to pay for their passage from Antigua, and Philadelphia Monthly Meeting had to assist them to the extent of thirty pounds. The French had taken even their certificate of removal, and Massey had to request the meeting in Cork to send a duplicate certificate. - In 1728, Robert Parke, while on the return Robert voyage from a business journey to England and pfajofa Ireland, notes in his diary^ that there were a num- voyage from ber of cases of small-pox aboard, several persons dying with it. Under date of June 11, 1728, he says: "This day one Margaret Darlington took the small pox and three of her children being 'In a certificate of removal, dated 7 Mo. 12, 1752, received at Wil- mington Montlily Meeting, Delaware, Ballycane Meeting, County Wick- low, states that Elizabeth Robinson removed with her husband, Francis Robinson, from Ballycane some years before and has now requested the said certificate. " We also some years ago Gave he[r] a certificate to the same purpose which with her Daughter was taken by the french and mis- carried. " 2 See MS. Records of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting : Book of Certifi files Received sxiA. Men's Minutes, 1682-iyn., Vol. I., 288-289 '■> Renna. Mag., VII., 473, note ; Philadelphia />;>;:(/, LII., I01-2, 106-7. Sarah, wife of Samuel Massey, was a daughter of Thomas Wight, of Cork, the original author of Rutty's Rise and Progress of the Quakers in Ireland, printed in 1 75 1. 3 Cited by J. P. Parke. See footnote, page 71. Ireland, 1728 94 Immigratio7i of the Irish Quakers down in it. Our true course is judged to be south." It seems that even in those days the sailors were ready to exact tribute from the unwary landsman. On June 14th, Parke writes : "This day Samuel Ask and I paid our observing muggs on the fore staff." It is inferred from this that the sailors demanded a mug of grog from any one who took an ob- servation of the sun by means of the " fore staff" or "cross-staff," the predecessor of the sextant. Another curious incident of the voyage is thus quaintly recorded in the diary, as of July 3 : "At 12 last nitrht we seen a lig-ht riy-ht a starn which some caled the half way house and said, ' There lived one Peg Trotter.' Then all hands were called upon deck to se the said house and if possible to purchase some buttermilk for the passengers. It caused great rejoicing among all hands fore and aft. It contained a light upwards of one hour and half. The above light we put out on purpose to encourage the passengers, it being the imitation of y* half way house. It was a pitched barrel fixed in a large tub." A Favorite One of the favorite vessels with the emigrants was the Sizargh of Whitehaven, Jeremiah Cow- man, master. The Parkes, Jacksons, and many other Irish Friends, settlers in Chester County, came over on her. Robert Parke says in his let- ter of 1725 : " Be sure you come with Capt. Cow- man & you will be well used for he is an honest Vessel Ways and Illcans of Migj'ation 95 man and has Civell Saylors as any that Cross the Seas, which I know by Experience, the Ship has been weather bound Since before Christmas by reason of frost & Ice that floats about in the River & the Saylors being at a Loose End Came down to Chester to See us." The following advertisement of this vessel ap- peared in the American Weekly Mercury ^ a newspaper printed at Philadelphia, September 2. 1731: "For BRISTOL directly. THE Ship Sizar gh, Nathan Cowma^i Master she being almost Loaded, and intends to Sail in Ten Days for the above Port, if any Persons have a mind to take Passage on Board the said Ship they may apply to said Master on Board where they may agree on reasonable Terms and be kindly used." The meetings in Pennsylvania, and particularly immigrants Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, extended a pater- Assisted by ^ . . ■' .*' _ _ ^ Meetings nal care over immio^rant Friends, advisino- them as to settlement and frequently rendering needed financial assistance, especially in the payment of passage money, as in the case of Samuel Massey, just referred to. As early as 1685, Philadelphia Monthly Meeting took action in the matter, as ap- pears by the following extracts from the Minutes : ' Files of this newspaper are in the collection of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. 96 Immig}'aiio}i of the Irish Qnakej'S 9 Mo. 2, 1685. — "It being taken notice of by several friends of this meeting, that this meet- ing is greatly burthened and oppressed by the increase of the poor, more than any other place in the province by reason of people's general landing here, the meeting appoints Ed- ward Luffe to mention the same at the Quar- terly meeting for their conversation & advise for assistance." II Mo. 4, 1685. — "The testimony of advice to friends from Frances Taylor before she de- ceased, was read and ordered to be Recorded, and as to that part of her advise for counselling such as come over from Encrland, at their first arrival, what course to take, to manage what they bring and also relating to their settle- ment," a committee of thirteen is appointed " to Enquire as Ships come in, and as occasion pre- sents Give account to the monthly and Quar- terly meeting." At Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, 8 Mo. 25, 171 1, "The widow of Mark Carlton applies her- self to this meetine for advice in relation to her affairs, being lately come from Ireland. In order, therefore, Anthony Morris and Richard Hill are desired to assist her with the best advice they are capable of" And, 7 Mo. 24, 1736, "A Certificate from the Mens Meeting at Coote Hill in Ireland lVaj}'s and Means of Migration 97 dated the 21st Second Month 1736 on behalf of Isaac [Isaiah] McNiece who intends to settle in this City was read and well received, the Meet- ing being apprised that he labours under some Difficulty to raise Money to pay his passage Consent to lend four Pounds which Sum John Jones is directed to let him have and take his Obligation payable in twelve Months." Many of the Irish Friends who came to Penn- sylvania were young men just starting out in the world, and it was quite common for them to bring with them letters of introduction from well-known Friends in Ireland to prominent Friends in Penn- sylvania, requesting assistance for the young im- migrants in securing business positions. A letter of this character is preserved among the Pember- ton Papers of the Historical Society of Pennsyl- vania. John Barclay writes from Dublin, June I 7, 1 743, to Israel Pemberton, of Philadelphia : " I send this by Thos : Henderson 3d Son to our late Friend Patt!' Henderson^ who left a great Family of Children behind & this Young Man inclined to go to your Country, he has • Patrick Henderson, the author of a work called Truth and Inno- cetice. The Armour and Defense of the People called Quakers, was a pro- minent minister among the Friends in the North of Ireland. In I707> accompanied by Samuel Wilkinson, he travelled on a gospel mission throughout the limits of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. " Patrick Hender- san," writes James Logan to William Penn, "is I think Scotch by birth, and is a most extraordinary young man as ever visited these parts.'' — Bcrw- den, II., 227. 7 98 Imtnigration of the Irish Quakers Emigrants Assisted by Meetings in Ireland The Coat of Passage been of a Sober Conversation so far as I know of, the Ship going away Sooner than his Mother & he expected, they did not aslc for a Certifi- cate from Mountmelick Meeting in time, but I believe there will be one Sent after him '^. next Ship. He has no great stock I believe to trade with therefore I should think it would be advis- able to get him into Some Friends Counting house." The meetings in Ireland also gave assistance to their needy emigrant members. An instance of this is found in the Minutes of the Preparative Meetinor of Grange, near Charlemount. At the meeting 2 Mo. 3, 1741, "Patrick Holm & his wife also Hugh Kenedy & his family having Laid before our meeting their Intention of Removino- to America, they being poor friends & in want of help therefore this meeting agrees that William Delap doe Lay out y^ Sum of fiveteen pounds Ster : to help to pay their fraughts and other necessaries for y" Jurnay untill he be paid y" Same out of y" Interest Left to poor friends of this meeting also John Whitsit James Pillar W'illiam delap Thos Greer & Benj" Marshill are Desired to Draw Suitable Certificates for ye S"* Hugh Kenedy and for Jacob Hinshaw & his wife who Intends y' Same Journy." The cost of passage varied somewhat accord- ing to the time, but was, as Robert Parke states Ways and Means of Migration 99 in his letter, about £g. Some of the ways of pay- ing the expense of the sea voyage are suggested by Parke. He says : "I desire thee may tell my old friend Samuel Thornton ... to Come here for both his & his wife's trade are Very good here, the best way for him to do is to pay what money he Can Conveniently Spare at that Side & Engage himself to Pay the rest at this Side & when he Comes here if he Can get no friend to lay down the money for him when it Comes to the worst, he may hire out 2 or 3 Children & wod have him Cloath his family as well as his Small Ability will allow, thee may tell him what things are proper to bring with him both for his Sea Store & for his use in this Country. I wod have him Procure 3 or 4 Lusty Servants & Agree to pay their passage at this Side he might sell 2 & pay the others passage with the money." It was a frequent occurrence for poor emigrants to sell themselves into temporary servitude, usually for a term of four years, in order to de- fray the cost of their transportation to Pennsyl- vania. On engaging passage the emigrants made an agreement or indenture with the shipmaster that they were to be sold after their arrival, and were known on this account as indented servants or redemptioners. It is evident from certificates of Redemptioners removal and other manuscripts that many Friends, particularly those from Ireland, arrived in this I oo Immigration of the Irish Quakers manner.^ The redemptioners could not be sold out of the Province without their consent freely given in open court or before a justice of the peace. At the end of their service, if their be- havior merited it, they received a suit of clothes, a set of tools of the occupation in which they were engaged,- and frequently a sum of money, and those who had come over with first purchasers were allowed by Penn to take up fifty' acres of land at a rent of one half-penny an acre per annum.^ Many of the Irish Friends brought over indented servants and disposed of them to advantage in the colony, where there was a great demand for laborers. William Pim writes in 1732, from Ches- ter County, Pennsylvania, to his uncles in Ireland, that he had lost a servant, "Jo: Gavin, by the small-po.x," and adds, "I am in expectation of Ja : Nicholson in a little time, ^, whom I expect an acct from Ireland & if he dont bring- me a servant or servants I shall be in great want, for I am soe now. I hired an Indifferent hand lately at Hus- bandry & it cost me 36' for 4 weeks (and diet)."'' ' Mungo Bewlcy, a minister, who made a religious visit to Pennsylvania in 1732, in writing from Kdenderry, Ireland, to Isr-iel Pemberton, of Philadelphia, under date I Mo. l6, 1742-3, says : " I now Send these lines by the Hands of Samuel & Joshua Fayle the sons of a Poor Friend belonging to our Meeting who is for transporting theinselves into your Coun- try as Ser\'ants as also a Certificate from our mens meeting recommending of them." The Fayles were probably grandsons of William Edmundson. 'John Fiske's Dutch ami Quaker Colonics in America, 11., 325-6. 'Futhey and Cope's History of Chester County, 154, 430. * See Pim Family in Appendix. Ways and Means of Migration i o i When Robert Parke returned from his business trip to Ireland, in 1 728, he brought withhimsix servants, there being sixty-seven others on board the vessel. Among the earliest and most prominent of the Robert Irish Friends to brino- in servants was Robert ^"''"^''^ . . . . Redemp- Turner, who arrived at Philadelphia in 1683, with twners. his family and a cargo of seventeen redemptioners. Fortunately, a list of these, with their time of ser- vice and other interesting particulars, has been preserved and is given herewith : ' "In the Lion of Leverpoole, — Robert Turner late of Dublin in Ireland, merch' came in y' Lion of Leverpoole, John Crumpton M^ arrived here [Philadelphia] the 14'*' ^ 1683 [Child] Martha Turner. Servants. Time of Service. Robt. Threwecks... 4 ys. Henry Furnace 4 Robt. Telford 4 4 4 4 John Reeves Row: Hambridge... Richard Curlis 4 John Furnace 4 Daniel Furnace P Robert Threewecks n Lemuel Bradshaw.. 4 Robt. Lloyd 4 4 2 Wm Louge Hen. HoUingsworth Aiolce Cales 4 6 Kath: Furnace Jos. Furnace 4 Payment in Money. ^8 6.10 3 6.10 3 3 2.10 4 3 Acres of Land. so 5° 50 50 SO 5° SO so 50 SO SO SO SO 50 SO SO SO Time of Freedom. 14^ 14?; I4T- 14T I4T I4'¥ 16S7 1692 1695 14™^ 16S7 1685 16S7 1689 1687 '"Families who arrived at Philadelphia, 16S2-1687," in Penna. Mag., VHL, 334. I02 Immigration of the Irish Quakers James Logan's Hunaway Servant Owino[- to harsh treatment and to dissatisfac- tion with their condition of servitude, the redemp- tioners were continually running away, and much of the business of the provincial courts con- sisted in hearing the complaints of masters and servants. The colonial newspapers are filled with advertisements of rewards offered for the re- turn of bond servants, such as the following^ by James Logan, the most eminent of the Irish Quakers in Pennsylvania : " RUN away from James Logan's Plantation near German Town the 28th Instant, an Irish Servant Lad, named Patrick Boyd, aged about 17 or 18 years, with streight dark Hair, a freckled Face and a smooth Tongue, cloathed with a double-Breasted Pee-Jacket. a brownish Kersey Coat, a Pair of Leather Briches, and a good Felt Hat ; but he had other Cloaths with him. Also a fine short Fowling Piece of a Car- bine Length, or less. He went in Company with one Miles MacWard. Whoever takes and secures him shall be well rewarded for their Trouble." ' From the American Weekly Mercury, issued at Philadelphia, Thurs- day, March 3, 1721. A facsimile of this early newspaper (Hist. Soc. of Penna. ) was published by the Colonial Society of Pennsylvania, 1900. PART III. THE IRISH FRIENDS IN PENNSYLVANIA CHAPTER I. PLACES OF SETTLEMENT AS the population of the Province increased by birth and immigration, the richest lands of the old settlements along the Delaware were purchased and placed under cultivation, with a resultant rise in value ; and the later comers, if unable to purchase the best lands, or if not satis- fied with the less desirable lands, had to seek out fertile plantations in the forest wilds beyond the pale of the settlements. The latter course was usually pursued by the greater part of the later immigrants, excepting those who settled in the towns ; for to a large extent these people had but small means with which to establish themselves in the new country. Although some few Irish Friends came over during the first decade of the Colony and secured good lands in the old settlements, the greater part of them arrived later, after the best lands had been seated, and having little other capital than strong- arms and brave hearts, the farming element in particular were obliged to leave behind the culti- vated districts and push into the wilderness to fell the forests and clear the land for the upbuilding of the frontier homes. 105 1 o6 Immigration of the Irish Quakers Distribution of The table given herewith shows that fully ninety tbe Irish Friends [)cr cent, of the Irish Friends presented their certifi- cates of removal to Philadelphia Monthly Meeting and to the monthly meetings of Chester County, then including Delaware County. Chester County heads the list with nearly si.\ty-five per cent, of the total number, or two hundred and eighty-three adults, eighty-two of these being re- ceived at monthly meetings in what is now Delaware County. Philadelphia follows with twenty-six per cent, of the whole, or one hun- dred and seventeen adults. After Philadelphia Monthly Meeting comes New Garden, with one hundred adults ; then Kennett, formerly Newark, with eighty-two ; and Chester, with sixty-three. A large number of the Irish Friends remained within the limits of the monthly meetings to which they brought their certificates, but many of them made only a temporary home until a more suit- able location could be found. The tradespeople, who were chiefly from Dublin, Cork, Waterford, Limerick, and Wexford, naturally settled in Phila- delphia, where conditions seemed most favorable for their occupations and for their former mode of life. On the other hand, the farmers, or yeomen, who came largely from the country districts of Ulster and Leinster, and who constituted the greatest part of the migration, mostly sought out farms away from the towns. DISTRIBUTK A Statistical Table, showing, as nearly as possible, the number of adult Friend M 1 s 00 1 a 1 P. M M t M s M M R. I RlIPKS CciUNTY 12 Buckingham Mo. Mtg 2 Wrightstown Mo. Mtg 4 Middlelown Mo. Mtg 5 Montgomery County' 14 Abington Mo. Mtg 10 Gwynedd Mo. Mtg 4 Philadelphia County H7 Philadelphia Mo. Mtg 117 Delaware County* 82 RadnorMo. Mtg 3 Chester Mo. Mtg 63 Concord Mo. Mtg 16 Chester County 201 Kennett Mo. Mtg 82 New Garden Mo. Mtg loo Bradford Mo. Mtg 7 Goshen Mo. Mtg 12 4 I 6 3 I I ... 3 I 4 2 6 3 ... 7 II 8 I 3 I I ... 2 ... ... ... 2 4 4 Sadsbury Mo. Mtg 6 York County * 8 Warrington Mo. Mtg 8 21 II 4 2 I ^ 3 4 2 7I S Total 440 S 12 ^ 1 Formed from Philadelphia County in 1784. 2 Formed from Chester County in 17S9. 3F THE IRISH ijUAKERS. o migrated from Ireland to each monthly meeting and county in Pennsylvania, during the period 1682-1750. • H vO 00 — 1 .* M £ ■s 01 I ? M ro R R R H 03 r. s: I 2 I 2 2 I I 00 2 I. S, I 2 4 I 4 ■■■■ I I 4 I 2 I I I 2 2 2 3 I I 7 2 6 I 2 I I 2 4 18 2 2 ... I I 6 II 4 I [ 2 2 7 10 I I I I S I 14 2 I I I 2 ... I I 5 I I 3 I ... 7 6 I 7 2 2 7 7 37 5 ... 3 3 I 4 3 3 I 2 2 2 I I I 2 5 ... I I I ... - >■• ... ... ... 7 ... 2 2 I 2 3 3 5 2 3 I 3 10 3 IS 21 2 2 I "? 7 12 9 7 12 6^ 13 3 7 5 3 7 33 12 ro 4 4 16 6 4 I 14 'Formed from Chester County in 1729. < Formed from Lancaster County in 1749. Thomas Fairmans Mansion and Penn Treaty Elm At ShackamaxOn, now Kensington, PHruAOELPHiA Bank Meeting House. Philadelphia, IG85-I789 Places of Settlement 107 Philadelphia, as the metropolis of the new Prov- Philadelphia ince, became better known in the Old World than any other part of Pennsylvania, and a large pro- portion of the steady stream of Quaker colonists which poured into the country made this city its objective point ; and of the nineteen monthly meetings established in Pennsylvania prior to 1750, as the writer's investigations have shown, Philadelphia Monthly Meeting easily ranked first as to the number of certificates of removal re- ceived. The first Quaker settlers on the west side of the Delaware, within the present limits of Phila- delphia, attended business meetings of the So- ciety at Burlington, in New Jersey, but as their numbers increased they established a meeting of their own early in the year 1682, at Thomas Fair- First Meeting , 1 . r-L I !'■•<. at Shacka- man s house at hhackamaxon, now Kensington, „,„^„„ where in the autumn of the same year William Penn is reputed to have made his Great Treaty with the Indians. Later in this memorable year a meeting was founded in the city proper, and a temporary house of worship called "the boarded meeting-house " was erected. This structure, it is supposed, was located on Front above Arch Street, where afterwards the Bank Meeting House was built, in 1685. The Bank Meeting House was intended for Bank Meet- First-day afternoon meetings, and the Center ^"^ io8 Immigration of tlic Irish Quakers Square Meeting House, built in 16S5-86, where the City Hall now stands, for the more important Center First-day morning and business meetings ; but as Square Meet- j.}^g Center Square was in the midst of the forest, ing House , i • t far from the center of the town s population along the Delaware, the meeting was not well attended, the Friends preferring to wait for the afternoon meeting at the Bank Meeting rather than take the long walk to the morning meeting at Center Square, so that in a few years the meeting here was abandoned. In 1695 the Great Meeting House was built at Great Meet- the southwest comer of Second Street and High tng House ^^low Market) Street, opposite the spot, where several years later the historic Old Court House was placed. This meeting house with some ad- ditions was used until 1754, when it gave way to a more commodious building. Here for more than a century were held the most important busi- ness and religious meetings of the Society in the City.i The Irish Friends of Philadelphia, with the not- able exceptions of James Logan, Thomas Holme, Robert Turner, and some others, seem to have taken but a small part in meeting and civil affairs, and in associating with other nationalities appar- 'Proud's Pennsylvania, I., 229; Watson's Annals of Philadelphia, 299-300, 335-338; Michener's Retrospect, 50-52; Jacob R. Elfreth's " Philadelphia Meeting Houses," in The American /nV«(/ (Philadelphia) Vol. Vll. (1900); Minutes of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. The Great Meeting House and Old Court House, Philadelphia Places of Settlement 109 ently soon lost those characteristics which had been acquired in their Irish environment. For this reason little will be said of them collectively, but attention will be given to those Irish Friends who removed to the country districts, usually to settle, clanlike, near each other, and who inter- married and for generations preserved much of their racial identity. Several families of Irish Friends produced cer- Bucks County tificates of removal to the Monthly Meetings of Falls, Middletown, Buckingham, and Wrights- town, in Bucks County, but they were too few in number to deserve further mention than is given in the Appendix. A few Irish Friends came to the Monthly Meet- Montgomery ings of G\vynedd and Abington, in what is now Montgomery County, but their number was also small. Althoutfh no certificates from Ireland were re- seika county ceived at Exeter' Monthly Meeting in Berks County, yet many Irish Friends, who had first set- tled in New Garden and other places in Chester County, removed there and settled within the limits of the meetings of Exeter and Maiden Creek. Conspicuous among these Friends were : Moses ' The Particular Meeting of Oley, later called Exeter, was established by Gwynedd Monthly Meeting, in 1721, and the Monthly Meeting in 1737- Among the first Friends to settle here was George Boone, originally from Eradwinck, near Exeter, Devonshire, England, grandfather of Daniel Boone, the celebrated Kentucky pioneer. — Howard M. Jenkins' Gwynedd, 80, 325 et sei/. 1 1 o Immigration of iJtc Irish Quakers Delaware County Chester Monthly meeting First Meet- ing in Penn- sylvania at Upland, 167s Starr, from County Meath, justice of the peace and first representative from Berks County into the Provincial Assembly; Benjamin Lightfoot, justice of the peace and sheriff of Berks County, 1752- 1754; Francis Parvin, from County West Meath, justice of the peace and representative to the Pro- vincial Assembly ; and Nehemiah Hutton (son of Thomas), from County Carlow. As the table shows, eighty-two adult Irish PViends arrived at the three monthly meetings in what is now Delaware County, sixtj'-three being received at Chester Monthly Meeting, sixteen at Concord Monthly Meeting, and but few at the Welsh Monthly Meeting at Radnor, or Haver- ford, with its subordinate or particular meetings of Haverford, Radnor and Merion (Montgomery County). Robert Wade, an English Friend, the first mem- ber of the Society to locate on the west side of the Delaware, settled among the Swedes and Dutch on the west bank of Chester Creek at Upland, later called Chester, in 1675, and in that year William Edmundson,' then on a religious visit to the American colonies, held a meeting at his house.'- This was the first F"riends' meeting held in the Province of Pennsylvania.'- A meeting was prob- ably held regularly after 1677, by which time ^Journal, lo8. •Ashmead's Delaware County, 334; Dr. Smith's Delaware County, 103-4. Places of Settlemejit 1 1 1 several other Friends had arrived in the neigh- borhood.^ No doubt the First-day and mid-week meetino-s continued to be held at Robert Wade's house, known as Essex House, until 7 Mo. (Sep- tember) II, 16S2, shortly before the coming of William Penn, when the Monthly Meeting "agreed y' a meeting shall be held for y^ service & worship of god every first day at y'' court house - at Vpland." ^ It was at the landing place opposite the famous Arrival of Essex House that the Proprietor first touched the penn,i6S2 soil of the Province which bears his name. Penn sailed from^ Deal, in England, 6 Mo. (August) 30, 1682, on board of the ship Welcome, of three hun- dred tons burden, Robert Greenaway, com- mander, in company with about one hundred pas- sengers, mostly Friends from Sussex, among whom was at least one party of Irish Friends, Irish Friends Dennis Rochford, with his family and two serv^ants, ■• weuome" originally from Enniscorthy, County Wexford.^ Great distress was experienced during the passage in consequence of the breaking out of small-pox, ' Futhey and Cope, History of Chester County, 230. *This court house was doubtless "y' house of defence att upland" ordered to be completed and fitted up for the use of the Upland Court, in 1677. — Dr. Smith's Delaware County, 114, 137. 'Futhey and Cope, Chester County, 231. •The London Gazette of September 4, 1682, announced that on August 31, " sailed out of the Downs three ships bound for Pennsylvania on board of which was Mr. Pen, with a great many who go to settle there." — Stone in IVinsor, III., 480. 5 Futhey and Cope, Chester County, 23. 1 1 2 Imniig7-atioii of the Irish Quakers of which thirty of the emigrants died, among them being two of Rochford's daughters. In this trj'ing situation, writes Richard Townsend, one of the pas- sengers, Penn's "care was manifested in contribut- ing to the necessities of many, who were sick of Memorial Stone at Chester, Marking Landing Place OF William Penn, 1682. the Small-pox." ' Otherwise the voyage was pros- perous, the vessel arriving, 8 Mo. (October) 27, at New Castle, where Penn landed and with much ceremony received from the inhabitants " turf and twig and water," the feudal signs of his posses- sion of the Three Lower Counties.'- The next ^ Proud, I., 228. ' Hazard's Annals of Pennsylvania, 597. Places of Settlement 1 1 3 day the Welcome stood up the Delaware and cast- ing anchor off the mouth of Chester Creek Penn landed, and was hospitably received and enter- tained by Robert Wade at Essex House. ^ As early as 1687, steps were taken for the First Meet- buildinpf of a meeting-house at Chester, but this ^"f House at c' •=> _ _ _ ' Chester, idgj was not finally accomplished until in 1693, when a stone structure was erected on the east bank of Chester Creek. The first " monthly meeting of friends belong- ing to marcus hooke & vpland held then at Robert Wad's house," occurred "the 19 day of y" 11 month, 1 68 1," and was the first monthly meeting established in Pennsylvania. The Monthly Meet- Monthly ing was sometimes held at Chester, possibly at \abiisiud i6Si Robert Wade's house or perhaps at the old Court House, where the Particular Meeting of Chester was held ; but at a Monthly Meeting held 1 2 Mo. 7, 1686, it was " order'd y' y" monthly meeting from hence forthe be kept at Walter fossett's^ house [in Ridley Township] untell farther order." ^ Proud, I., 204-206; Dr. Smith's Delaware County, 13S-139 ; Ash- mead's Delaware County, 20. 2 Walter Faupett, with his wife Grace, arrived at Chester as early as 16S4. For a time I thought it probable that he had come from Ireland, whence came the other Faucetts of Chester Monthly Meeting, but Gilbert Cope, of West Chester, Pa., informs me that Walter Fawcet, of Haverah Park, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, was married, 3 Mo. 23, 1675, in a Friends' Meeting, at Henry Settle's house, Harefield, in Nether- dale, Yorkshire, to Grace Atkinson. Besse notes in Sufferings of the Quakers (II., 156) that in 1683 one "Walter Fawcett, for being at a 114 Immigration of the Irish Quakers \< K^W' Places of Settlement 1 1 5 Thus it continued until 1693, when it began to "circulate" at the houses of John Simcock, in Ridley ; Robert Vernon, Thomas and Randall Vernon, and John Edge, in Nether Providence ; George Maris, Joseph Stedman and Bartholo- mew Coppock, Jr., in Springfield ; and Caleb Pusey,^ at Chester Mills, near Chester. After 1 700, meeting-houses having been erected for the par- ticular meetings constituting Chester Monthly Meeting — especially for Chester, Springfield, Providence and Middletown — the Monthly Meet- ing circulated more at the meeting-houses, finally meeting at Askwith [four miles southwest of Haverali Park], had taken from him two Oxen worth ;^9," and that in 1684 " For Meetings at Skipworth, were taken from Walter Fawcett, two Oxen worth £<) " (II., 159). Besse also notes (II., 122) : " May 27d, 1670. At a Meeting of Quakers at the House of Thomas Fawcett, at Hawes in Wenslydale [' Wenslydale North- Riding, in the County of York'] : Ilis Fine ..^20" ; and June, 12, 1670, at a meeting at Bainbrigg Pastures, Yorkshire, Thomas Fawcett had a fine taken from him (II., 123). Walter Faucett settled on the north-east side of Ridley Creek, his land extending to Crura Creek, and took a prominent and active part in civil affairs and in meeting work, being a min- ister among Friends. In 1685 he was appointed one of the Peace Makers for Chester County — then an office of considerable responsibility — and also served one year as a member of the Assembly. For many years Chester Monthly Meeting was held at his house, notwithstanding that it was kept as a tavern or inn for at least part of the time. His wife Grace having died in 16S6, he was married to Rebecca Fearne, of Darby, in 1694. He died in 1704, leaving two sons — John (who married Grace Crook) and Nathan, by his first wife ; and three daughters, Rebecca, Mary and .Sarah, by his second wife. In 1698 he paid a religious visit to England (Dr. Smith's Delaware County, 462). •Caleb Pusey's house, built in 16S2, is still standing at Upland, near Chester, in a good state of preservation, and is the oldest building in Pennsylvania. 1 1 6 It7tmigration of the Irish Quakers becoming settled at Providence^ (near the pres- ent Borough of Media). Concord y\ particular meetinof was established by Chester Monthly , , , , ,t • -5, . , . , , Meeting Monthly Meetmg at Chichester, in the latter part of 1682, and a meeting-house was built in 1688 on Chichester a tract of two acres of land given to the meeting by James Brown. This building was destroyed by fire in 1768, and the present house erected the following year.- Concord Coucord Particular Meetingr was regfularly es- tablished in 1685; for at Chester (now Concord) Quarterly Meeting, 9 Mo. i, 1685, "It is agreed y' y" meeting formerly held at John Gibbons house should from this time forward be held one first day & one fourth day at John Gibbons' & another first day & fourth day at Nicholas New- land's, until further order." At the meeting 6 Mo. 2, 1686, it was "Agreed y' y" meeting formerly ordered to be one first day at Nicolas Newland's^ and y° other first day at John Gibbon's be from this time removed & kept at Nicholas Newlands only, till further order (viz.) y^ first & fourth days meeting." 9 Mo. 4, 1695, " '^ ^^^^ agreed that Concord meeting which was moveable be now fixed at the new meeting hoiise."^ It would seem ' Futhey and Cope, Chester County, 230-231. ^ Ibid., 232-233; Ashmead, 450-1. ' Nicholas Newlin and his son Nathaniel who were from Mountmcllick Meeting, Queen's County, Ireland, settled in Concord in 1683, and were the most prominent Friends of Concord Meeting. « Futhey and Cope, Chester County, 232. CO to z O O I o (0 D O I a z < I o Places of Settlement 1 1 7 from the latter extract that the meetino--house was erected as early as 1695. In 1 728 the old wooden meeting-house was replaced by a brick building. In 1788 this structure was consumed by fire and the present meeting-house erected.^ Birmingham Meeting, in Birmingham Township, Birmingham Chester County, was subordinate to Concord ^"^ '"^ Monthly Meeting until its erection into a monthly meeting in 1 8 1 5. The meeting was first held " att John Bennet's house," in 1 704. The first meeting- house was built about 1721 on an acre of ground " near the Great Road," conveyed to the Meeting by Elizabeth, widow of Richard Webb, for a con- sideration of £;}). The present meeting-house was built in 1763, Benjamin Hawley noting in his diary of that year that he "went to the Raising of y" meeting-house." Three of the prominent Irish members of this meeting were John Fred, from County Carlow ; his son Nicholas Fred ; and Samuel Hollings- worth (son of Valentine Hollingsworth), justice of the peace and representative to the Provincial Assembly.- In its earliest days the Monthly Meeting was The iVonthiy known as Chichester, then as Chichester and Con- EstabUshed cord, and finally as Concord Monthly Meeting. '6S4 At the Quarterly Meeting at Chester, 12 Mo. 4, ' Ashmead's Delaware County, 484. ^ Futhey and Cope, 162, 233-4. I I S InDiiigratioii of the /risk Quakers Meetings in New Castle County on Delawaie Newark Meeting 1683-4. it was ordered that " Chechester Monethly Meateing be y'' second second day of eavery moneth," and according to the records of the Monthly Meeting, "The fearst monthly meeting held by friends in Chichester [was] on y' 1 7''' of the first month, in y"" year 1684." At the Quar- terly Meeting, 6 Mo. 2, 1686, it was " Ordered that y" monthly meeting formerly held at Chechester be from henceforth kept one month at Chechester and one month kept at Concord & y" next monthly meeting to begin at Concord, until farther order." After 1729 it was held altogether at Concord.^ The meetings in New Castle County " on Dela- ware" received an important migration of Irish Friends, and although now within the State of Delaware, in those early days were in that part of Penn's possessions known as " The Territories " or "Lower Counties" of Pennsylvania ^ ; there- fore they come properly within the range of our study. About 1682, several Friends with their families arrived and settled near each other on the east side of Brandywine Creek, in New Castle County. Among these were: Valentine Hollingsworth, from Parish of Segoe, County Armagh, justice of the peace and for many years a representative to ' Futhey and Cope, 232. 'Thwaites, Colonies, 210. Places of Settlement 1 19 the Provincial Assembly ; his son-in-law, Thomas Conway, or Connaway, from Lisburn, County Antrim ; William Stockdale,^ justice of the peace, probably from County Tyrone, Ireland; Adam Sharply,- possibly related to Ralph Sharply, of Belfast ; John Musgrave, from north of Ireland, later a settler in Lancaster County and a rep- resentative to the Provincial Assembly ; Morgan Drewett, who came from London to Burlington, 1 Ha may have been nearly related to William Stockdale, a minister, of County Tyrone, who came over to Philadelphia on the ship Friendship, in 1684, and served as a member of the Provincial Council. 2 Adam Sharply and wife Mary were active in the affairs ot Newark or Kennett Monthly Meeting. Their children, Benjamin and Charity, were bom II Mo. 10, 1686-7. Adam died 9 Mo. 27, 1694, and was buried in Friends' burial ground at Newark. Rachel Sharpley, probably a daughter, was married about 8 Mo., 1686, under the auspices of Newark Monthly Meeting, to Thomas Pierson, Deputy Surveyor, of New Castle County, and died 7 Mo. 2, 16S7 ; burial at Newark. [Records of Nra'ark Monthly Meeting.) A daughter, Abagail, was married, 12 Mo. 23, 1692-3 to Alphonsus Kirk, and died in 1748. There was also a William Sharply, probably a son (authority of Gilbert Cope). Possibly Adam Sharply was related to one Ralph Sharply mentioned, by Ruttv (343), who states that a meeting was settled at Belfast about 1671 or 1672, " and Ralph Sharpley came from England and resided there ; but apostatizing into evil Practices, lost his condition and corrupted others, which with the removal of some to America proved a means of that meet- ing being lost." Nodoubt this was Ralph Sharply, the Friend, of Derby- shire, of whom the following account is found in Besse (I., 137): "On the 2lst of the Month called August [1659] Ralph Sharpley" and others, " going toward the Meeting at Ashburn, were, by Order of two Justices, set in the Stocks above an Hour. After they were released thence, Ralph Sharpley was concerned to preach to the People, for which he was sent to the House of Correction," for two days, and finally committed to "Derby Goal, where he was kept ten Days." In 1661 for attending a meeting at Eyam in the High-Peak he was imprisoned and subjected to cruel treatment [Besse, I., 138-139). 1 20 Immigration of the Ii'isli Quakers New Jersey, in 1677;^ and Cornelius Empson.- They held meetings for worship at the houses of Valentine Hollingsworth and Cornelius Empson.^ Valentine Hollingsworth lived on a largeplantation of nearly a thousand acres on Shelpot Creek, in Brandywine Hundred, about five miles north-east of the present City of Wilmington, Delaware, and in 1 687, he gave " unto ffriends for A burying place half an Acre of [his] land for y' purpose there be- ing Some already buried in y^ Spot, ffriends have referred fencing of it." ^ A meeting-house was afterward built on this plot and the meeting known as Newark, from the name of the plantation, which in the original survey of 1684 was called '' New Worke," doubtless a corruption of Newark. A meeting was continued here until 1754, when the Friends "being suited with a better conveni- ency, it was laid down." '^ NewCasiu \^ i gg^^ "John Hussey, John Richardson, Ed- ward Blake, Benjamin Swett and other Friends, being- settled in and near New Castle, held meet- ings at each other's houses. ... In 1705 a lot of ground was purchased, and a meeting-house built."" Very few Irish Friends settled here. ' Dr. Smith's Delaware County, 456. 2 From Yorkshire. — Gilbert Cope. 3 Samuel Smith in Hazard's Register, VII., cited by Muhcner, 95. * Minutes of Xewark Monthly Meeting. ' P'uthey and Cope, C/iesterjOounty, 233 ; Michener, 95. 'Samuel Smith in Hazard's Register, \'II., cited by MicAentr, 95. Places of Settlement 1 2 1 The meeting was discontinued in 1758, its mem- bers attending Wilmington Meeting.^ A meeting was held at the house of William Cox, at Hockessin, in Mill Creek Hundred, in ti°ckessin Meeti ng New Castle County, as early as 1730, but was not regularly established until 1737. The meet- ing received its name of Hockessin from an In- dian village formerly near the place. Among the first settlers were John Baldwin, William Cox, and the Irish Friends, Henry and John Dixon. In 1738, a meeting-house was built, and enlarged in 1745.- A meetino- for worship was established in ^f^timmgton •=' ... Meeting the newly founded town of Wilmington in the early part of 1738, and held for a few months at the house of William* Shipley, one of the founders of the town, until later in the year a small brick meeting-house — now a part of Friends' School at Fourth and West Streets — was erected. In 1748 a larger house was built. This in turn was succeeded by the present structure, erected in I Si 6. The monthly meeting was formed in 1750 by a division of Newark Monthly Meeting.^ Quite early in its history, Wilmington received Irish ^ AIii:hencj\ 95 . '^ Ibid., 103 ; Fttthey a>id Cope, 239. ' Michener, 73 ; Futhey and Cope, 240 ; A Sketch of the Early His- tory of Wilmington, by Margaret Tatnall Canby, in Literary Era (Phila- delphia), VIII. (1901), 242-45; Friends' Intelligencer (Philadelphia), LIV. (1897), 569; Scharfe's History of Delaware, II., 711. 1 2 2 iDimigration of tlic Irish Quakers Friends as settlers, and at the present day as a great center of commerce and industry no small part of its large population springs from Irish Quaker stock. Cenite About 1 687, the brothers George and Michael Meeting , ^ . * Harlan, from Parish of Donnahlong, County Down ; Thomas Hollingsworth, son of Valentine Hollingsworth ; Alphonsus Kirk, from Lurgan, County Armagh ; William Gregg, probably from the north of Ireland; William Dixon or Dixson, from Parish of Segoe, County Armagh ; and other Friends setded on the west side of Brandy- wine Creek, in Christiana Hundred, New Castle County, near the present village of Centerville, and became the founders of what later was known as Centre Meetingf- For several years during the summer months they attended Newark Meeting at Valentine Hol- lingsworth's, but in the winter season were allowed to hold a meeting of their own at the homes of some of their number, doubtless most of the time at the house of George Harlan. At Newark Monthly Meeting, lo Mo. 7, 1687, was granted " y' Places of Settlement i 2 3 request of friends beyond Brandywine to have a meeting there this winter Season"; and 10 Mo. 2, 1689, "George Harlan Desireing y' Concurrance of ffriends on behalf of y" familys on y^ other side of Brandywine for y* holding of a Meeting this winter Season amongst themselves by reason of the dan- gerousness of y" ford to which y^ Meeting agrees & Consents."^ 9 Mo. 7, 1702, "ffriends on y^ south side of Brandywine haveing requested y' they may have Every other first day a meeting on their side y" Creek this meeting having taken it into Consideration allows thereof and for y*" more cer- tain knowledge and settlement of our meeting it is thought Expedient and necessary y' our meetings be kept only at two places viz' at Newark, at Valentine Hollingsworth's, one first day, and on y^ other side of Brandywine y^ other first day." The records indicate that a meeting-house was not built until about 171 1. At the Monthly Meet- ing, 5 Mo. I, 1710, "Its agreed upon y' Al- phonsus Kirk is to be allowed 7s. 6d. ^ acre for what Land y" meeting have occation for not Exceeding six Acres." 9 Mo. 3, 171 1, "This meeting appoints George Harlan, Thos. Hol- lingsworth Alphonsus Kirk and Sam" Graves to take y° oversight of y" building of y^ Center meet- ing house requesting y" w"** all Convenient speed to let out y" work to some workmen in order y' it ' JMinutcs NeiL'ark Monthly Aleetins. 124 Immigration of the Irish Quakers may be y" more speedily done and return an ace" to y^ next meeting how they proceed." ^ About 1795, the wooden structure erected at this time was replaced by the present brick building.- One of the most prominent of the early ministers of this meeting was Christopher Wilson, who came over from Ireland in 1712, and settled in New Castle County. Chester Chester County," one of the three original ounty (^Q,^,r|j.jgg Qf ^iig Province established by Penn in 1682, received the larger part of the Irish Quaker mioration and deserves a full measure of our atten- tion. Pearly in the eighteenth century the tide of migration began to move into the backwoods, and we find Friends from the old settlements in New Castle County and what is now Delaware County pushing their way through the forests and develop- ing new locations in the wild but fat and fertile uplands of Chester County. For a time these ' Fulhey and Cope, 233. * Ellwood Michener's sketch of Centre Meeting in an issue of the Ktn- nett Square (Pa.) Advanee, about 1890. 'With the kind permission of Gilbert Cope, the surviving author, the writer has oljtained the main facts of this section on Chester County from Futhey and Cope's excellent History of the County, and that work is llie authority used unless otherwise indicated. Places of Settlement i 2 5 Quaker pioneers made the long and often danger- ous journey to attend the meetings of the old settlements, but as other members settled near them, meetings of their own were erected, held at first in private houses, later in rude log meet- ing-houses, and ultimately, keeping pace with the development of the country, in more substantial buildinos of brick or stone. o Four monthly meetings, Newark, New Garden, Bradford, and Goshen, were held within the present limits of Chester County previous to 1750. New- ark Monthly Meeting, the parent of New Garden and Bradford, was established in New Castle County, in 1686, and included not only the meet- ings of New Castle County, but all those of southern Chester County, until the erection of the Monthly Meetings of New Garden in 171S, and Bradford in 1737. Goshen Monthly Meeting, formed from Chester Monthly Meeting in 1722, included within its bounds nearly all the northern meetings of the County. Newark Monthly Meeting, since 1760 known Newark or as Kennett Monthly Meeting, held its first ses- Mont^Meet- sions, according to the minutes, in 1686, at the i^g house of the widow Welsh in New Castle, and continued there until 6 Mo. 28, 1687, when it was decided "y' it may be more Convenient] for y'= present, that it be kept twice over y^ other Side of Brandywine y' third ... to be kept at New- I 2 6 Immigration of the Irish Quakers castle."^ The Monthly Meeting was held mostly at Valentine Hollingsworth's after 1689, but cir- culated to various houses up to 3 Mo. 6, 1 704, when " This meeting Orders that our next Monthly Meeting be held at y' Center w'*" is sup- posed to be George Harlans ould house." It was held last at Newark in 1707, but after Center Meeting House was built it was usually held at the latter place for some years. At length it be- came settled at Kennett, and on that account dropped the old name of Newark - Kenneii Samucl Smith, in his history of the Pennsylvania Meeting rneetings,'^ says that in 1707, "Vincent Caldwell, Thomas Wickersham, Joel Daily, Thomas Hope, Guyan Miller [an Irish Friend], and others, being settled in Kennet and the east end of Marl- borough, had liberty to keep a meeting for wor- ship sometimes in private houses. In the year 1 7 10 a piece of land was purchased and a meet- ing-house built, which was enlarged in 17 19; in 1 73 1 it was further enlarged." One of the most eminent ministers of this meeting was Thomas Carleton, a native of King's County, Ireland. ' Minutes Newark Monthly Meetitig. * Futhey and Cope, 232-3. 3 Hazard's Kegistet, VII. m z z m H H m m Z n I o c 31 I > s o 3] o z O I O o c z H Places of Settletnent 1 2 7 In 1699, William Penn directed Henry Holling-s- Manor of worth, deputy-surveyor of Chester County, to lay Letiua-s" out a tract of 30,000 acres of land for his two "^^1^°^ children, William and Letitia Penn. This survey included all of the present Township of New Garden and the oreater part of Kennett, with several thousand acres in the northern part of New Castle County. The large survey was divided, the eastern part, consisting of 15,500 acres, being conveyed to Letitia Penn, and the western part, of 14,500 acres, to her brother William Penn, Jr. Letitia's tract was confirmed to her by her father's patent, dated October 23, 1701, in consideration of one " Bever skinn" yearly and "the fatherly love and natural affection I bear to her my said daughter." This tract received the name of the Manor of Steyning, also called Letitia's Manor, with the privilege "To have and to hold a Court Baron with all things whatsoever to a Court Baron belonging, and to have and to hold view of ffranck pledge for the conservation of the peace and the better Govern- ment of y^ tenants holding or hereafter to hold of the said Mannor." Letitia Penn, who had come over to Pennsyl- vania with her father on his second visit in 1699, returned with him to England in 1701, before her departure by power of attorney authorizing James Logan and Edward Pennington to dispose of land 128 ImmiUnor ok Stlnmnc, Later New Garden Township Places of Settlement 'oi A. Toughkenamon Hill line. l6. Thos. Edmunds and Thos B. Middle division line. John. C. Pennsylvania and Delaware 17. Reece Meredith. State line. 18. Anthony Houston. 1. Mary Rowland. 19. Vacant. *2. John Miller. 20. William Rutledge. *3. Robert Johnson. *2I. Simon Hadly. 4. Evan Evans. *22. Benjamin Fred. *5. Joseph Sharp. *23. John Lowden. *6. James Lindley. *24. Thomas Milhous. *7. Thomas Garnett. *25. James Starr. *8. Joseph Sharp. *26. Francis Hobson. »9. John Sharp. *27. Gayen Miller. *io. Michael Lightfoot. *28. Joseph Hutton. *li. John Wily. 29. William Huse. *I2. Thomas Jackson. 30. John Thomas. *I3. William Halliday. 31. John Evans. 14. Abram Marshall. 32. Vacant. *I5. John Miller. The tracts, as may be seen, were mostly rec- taneular. In the north-east corner we find Rob- ert Johnson, from County Carlow, with 200 acres, confirmed to him in 171 5 ; Evan Evans, probably a Welshman, with 500 acres in the north-west corner, which he sold some time prior to 1 716 to Thomas Garnett; Joseph Sharp below him on White Clay Creek, 200 acres, tory of the land, as laid out in this draft, from the first to the present owners, which appeared in the weekly issues of the Kennett Square {V&.') Advance , during the years 1S9S and 1899. Elhvood Michener, who is a prominent member of New Garden Monthly Meeting and a son of the late Dr. Ezra Michener, author of A Retrospect of Qiiaierism, so frequently cited in this work, is the custodian of a large collection of Friends' rec- ords kept in a safe at his residence in New G.irden, and as a surveyor and conveyancer for many years in the Township, he has had exceptional op- portunities for the compilation of these sketches. What makes the sketches of special value is the fact that he has made use of the original title deeds, many of which have not been recorded. 134 Immigraiiofi of the Irish Quakers granted in 1717 ; James Lindley, 200 acres, lying north of the Toughkenamon^ Hill. The remain- ing land north of the hill, about 1,050 acres, was vacant. From the hill a line ran south through the middle of the Manor, following the course of the present road from Toughkenamon to New Garden Meeting House, almost to the circular line. Taking the east side we have first, Mary Rowland, 700 acres, including the beautiful valley which extends from the present village of Tough- kenamon to Kennett Square. Ne.xt south of this tract 800 acres were divided among John Sharp, doubdess a brother of Joseph Sharp, on the east side 300 acres ; Joseph Sharp, 200 acres, confirmed to him in 17 14, but sold by him the next year ; and Thomas Garnett, with 300 acres. South of these on the Kennett line were William Tanner, probably an Irish Friend, with 200 acres, which passed finally into the hands of Thomas Milhous, an arrival from Dublin, in 1729; John Lowden, from County Carlow, with 300 acres ; and Benja- min Fred, with 300 acres, the latter almost touch- ing on the circular line. Below Benjamin Fred came Simon Hadly, from County West Meath, 1 " Dochcanaraon IliU" is mc-nlioned in the original survey of the Manor, in 1700. The name is of Indian origin and is said to mean " Fire- brand hill." Places of Settlement 135 with a large tract, the greater part of which ex- tended into New Castle County. He was ap- pointed a jus- tice of the /'^~\(^f peace in New f fj i'^fU7?2^ Castle County, ^-^ in 1726.^ Be- tween these and the middle line were Michael Lightfoot, (300 acres), who arrived in 171 2, be- came an eminent minister of the Society, and some years later removed to Philadelphia, at the time of his death being Treasurer of the Province ; John Wily, from County West Meath, with 200 acres ; Thomas Jackson, with 200 acres ; and continuing southward, William Halliday, with 200 acres. John Miller owned 1,013 acres which extended from the middle line to London Grove Township on the west, and from Toughkenamon Hill to New Garden Meeting House. He lived on White Clay Creek, on or near the site of Avondale, and built a trrist mill — the first in that region — which did the o-finding for the inhabitants many miles around, even, it is said, as far as Lancaster. New Garden Meeting was held at his house as early as 1712. He also owned a smaller tract of land. No. 15, the greater part of which extended into New Castle County. He was appointed a representative to the Provincial As- ' Penna. Arc/lives, 2d Series, IX., 649. , 136 Ivnnigration of the Irish Quakers sembly in 1714, but died the same year.' Next south of Miller's large tract, Joseph Hutton held 250 acres on the west line, and James Starr 350 acres on the middle line. Of 900 acres south of these, Francis Hobson, from Grange near Charlemont, held 200 acres in the north-east corner and the remainder was purchased by Gayen Miller. From this southward there was a vacant tract of several thousand acres. Of the twenty-two persons taxed in New Gar- den in 1 7 15, fifteen were Irish Friends, as follows : Mary Miller, 9s.; Michael Lightfoot, 2s.; William Halliday, 2s. yd.; Margaret Lowden, 2s.; James Lindley, 4s. 6d.; Thomas Jackson, 3s.; James Starr, 3s.; Francis Hobson, 2s.; Joseph Garnett, 2s.; Robert Johnson, 2s.; John Sharp, 3s. 6d.; Joseph Sharp, 2s.; John Wiley, 2s. 4d.; Thomas Garnett, 3s. 9d.; Benjamin Fred, 2s. id. New Garden At first the Friends of the New Garden settle- Meeting picnt attended Kennctt Meeting, but soon they were allowed to hold a meeting of their own, as evidenced by the following extracts from the Minutes of Chester Quarterly Meeting : 12 Mo. 2, 1 71 2. — "Newark monthly meeting requests that there may be a first & fifth Days meeting settled at John Miller's. This meeting, considering thereof, thinks fitt to Refer the fur- ther Consideration thereof to the ne.xt Quarterly meeting." ' Penna. Arc/iives, 2d Series, IX., 686. CO I i 5 z O o > *: o o ? * z Q > f/3 aj C) 1 1 c m -1 I z m 2 n m m CD H C 2 -t O --I I *^ o r m 2 m D O I I o o c z H -< Places of Settlement 1 3 7 3 Mo. 4, 1 7 13. — "This meetino-, Considering further of settleing a meeting at or nere John Mil- ler's, Do allow that a first and fifth Dayes meeting be kept at John Miller's Dwelling House for this Ensuing Quarter, or until further order, and the said meeting to belong to Kennet Preparative Meeting for the Present." 6 Mo. 3, 1 713.—" Also the said Meeting Re- quests that the ffriends of the meeting kept at John Miller's may have Liberty to Build a meeting house near Michel Lightfoot's, which this meet- ing, takeing into Consideration, do allow the same ffriends of that meeting so to do, and not to Ex- ceed half a mile from the said Michel's." A meeting-house was built probably later in this year, on a rectangular tract of six acres, in the south-east corner of John Miller's original plantation. James Miller, of New Garden, yeo- man, son and heir of John Miller, for a considera- tion oi £\, 1 6s., granted the six acres, by deed of 10 Mo. 26, 1 71 7, to Simon Hadly, James Starr, Thomas Jackson, and Michael Lightfoot, evidently in trust for New Garden Meeting, for by deed of December 12, 1723, the latter Friends formally transferred the land to the Meetino-.i At Newark Monthly Meeting 10 Mo. 3, 1715 " ffriends belonging to Newgardin first day's meet- ing, having requested of this meeting the Liberty ' Original deeds in possession of the Meeting, 1 38 I))iniigratio}i of the Irish Quakers of houldino; a prepiritive meeting at the meeting house of Newgarden, this meeting aproves their Request and grants them the Liberty of houkling such a preparative meeting." New Garden Meeting House From a drawing by EUwood Michener, 1S50 In 1 743 the south end of the present brick house was erected in the room of the former log one. The north end was added about the year 1790. New Garden Ncw Garden Monthly meeting, formed from Monthly Meet- Newark Monthly Meeting, in 1718, included the ing Erected, _ •' . 1718 meetings of New Garden, Nottingham, London Places of Settlement 1 39 Grove, and others subsequently formed to the westward, and was first convened 5 Mo. 12, 1718. It was held sometimes at Nottingham, now in Cecil County, Marjdand, until the establishment of Nottingham Monthly meeting, in 1730: and afterward alternated to London Grove, until the erection of London Grove Monthly Meeting, in 1792. The first clerk of the Monthly Meeting was James Starr, who served until 1726, when he was succeeded by Benjamin Fred.^ Adjoining New Garden on the west is London London Grove Grove Township to which also came many Irish °^°^ '^ Friends. This township was organized in 1723. On August 12, 1699, William Penn sold to Tobias Collet, Daniel Ouare, Henry Goldney, and Michael Russell, Friends of London, among other lands, 60,000 acres, not then located, and granted a warrant, dated 6 Mo. (August) 17, 1699, for the survey thereof These persons admitted others into partnership with them, and formed a com- pany, generally known as the London Company, London for the improvement of their property, the number °"'f"^"^ of shares eventually reaching 8,800, and the share- holders several hundred. As a part of the 60,000 ' At the Monthly Meeting, 2 Mo. II, 1719, " Caleb Piisey is Appointed to procure a Book to Enter y= records of ye Monthly Meeting in, & one to records births cSt Burials, & also one To Record Marriage Certificates & Cer- tificates of Settlements In." 9 Mo. 12, 1720, " Caleb Pusey According to Appointment hath Procured Three Books for yc Use of this Meeting, which are brought heere & att present to be Lodged att Thomas Light- foots." 1 40 luimigration of tlic Irish Quakers acres, a survey in Chester County, was made of 16,500 acres, which inchided nearly all of the present Township of London Grove and the greater part of the Townships of Franklin (for- merly a part of New London) and London Britain. This tract was rectangular, being over three miles wide, and about eight and six-tenths miles long. That part of London Grove which lies directly north of New Garden, containing 718 acres, was subsequently added to the former survey, so that the London Company owned, altogether, 17,218 acres in Chester County, for which a patent was granted June 25, 1718. Much of the land was originally leased for a term of years, with stipula- tions that a certain number of acres should be cleared and plowed yearly, orchards planted, etc. The following advertisement was probably cir- culated soon after the land was taken up : "The PkurRimoRs Oi" Tiik Pe.\silvani.\ Land Company In London Do Hereby Give Notice "To all persons that are willing to settle upon lands in Pensilvania, and the territories there- unto belonging, "That they will Give to Every such Person or Persons I-'ifty Acres of Land to them and their Heirs for ever, Free and Clear of all manner of Quit-Rents : Ten Families to Settle together for the Conveniency of Good Neighbourhood in every Place of Settlement 1 4 1 Five Thousand Acres. This Encouraofement we promise to Give to a Hundred Famihes ; and so soon as each Family have Built them a Cottage, and cleared Ten Acres of Land, every Family so settling shall have Deeds executed by the trustees, and sent them over upon Certificate for that purpose first obtained under the Hands of this Company's Agent or Agents Residing in Pensil- vania. " Samuel Carpenter & Tho. ffairtnan are the Comp's Agents." Under the direction of the Company's agent, John Estaugh, of Haddonfield, in New Jersey, Isaac Taylor, Deputy-Surveyor of Chester County, surveyed many tracts for settlers on the Company's lands. Like those of New Garden the subdivis- ions in London Grove were mostly rectangular, and a laree number of them seem to have been laid out in 1718 and 1719. Many of the settlers obtained deeds for their lands, dated March 14, 1722-3, from Collet, Ouare, and Goldney. John Cane, a Friend, who with his wife Ann came over from County Armagh about 1713, was one of the first settlers of London Grove, but he did not long sur- Vive to enjoy his ^^ Qyi^hn^ new home. John /y Allen, who was an Irish Friend, arrived as early as 17 14 and lo- 142 Imyttigration of tlie Irish Quakers cated in the Township on the north-west line of New Garden. Here he built and operated one of the earliest mills of that section. In 1719 he purchased from Thomas Garnett an adjoining tract of 200 acres over the line in New Garden, being part of the 500 acres granted to Garnett by Evan Evans, as previously stated. Below Allen we find Joseph Sharp with a tract of 100 acres, which joined his plantation in New Garden. Joseph Sharp, a tanner by trade, was appointed one of the overseers of the poor in the newly- organized Township of London Grove in 1723. His son, Samuel Sharp, a resident in London Grove, served as a member of the Continental Congress. In 1722, James Lindley, of New Gar- den, purchased 400 acres and in the next year became the first constable of the Township. Jeremiah Starr, of Oldcastle, County Meath, brother of James Starr, of New Garden, arrived with his family in the year 171 7, and took up a tract of land in London Grove, a little north-west of Avondale. He represented Chester County in the Assembly from 1 738 until 1 743, when he be- came Collector of Excise, a position he held until Of the forty-two taxable persons in London Grove in 1724 there were ten Irish Friends : John Allen, 8s.; Joseph Sharp, 13s.; Jeremiah Starr, 4s. ' Pcnn'a Archives, 2nd Series, IX., 690-1,674. o z D O z O 31 o < z o I o c CO ° O *j m 5 O 5 O z H -< Place of Settlement 143 6d.; James Lindley, 19s.; Robert Cane, 4.S.; John Cane, 7s.; Moses Harlan, 4s.; Michael Harlan, Sr., 13s. 4d.; Michael Harlan, Jr., 2s. 4d.; Joseph Garnett, is. 8d. London Grove Meeting was established by au- London Grove thority of Chester Quarterly Meeting in 1 714, and '^^ '"^ was held at the house of John Smith, son-in-law of Caleb Pusey, in what is now East Marlborough, until 1724, when a meeting-house was erected in the north-east corner of London Grove. In 1743 this was replaced by a larger house. An addition was made to this building in 1775, for Richard Barnard, a member of the meeting, notes in his diary under date of 10 Mo. 19, 1775, that he was " At London Grove, raisinsj adition to meeting house."' This structure was removed in 1818, and the present meeting-house built.'- North of Kennett, New Garden, and London Marlborough Grove was Marlborough Township, named from ^"^^^""p Marlborough, in Wiltshire, England, and organized in 1 704. The eastern part was laid out about 1700, in right of purchases made in England, as was also some of the western part. The Town- ship was divided into East and West Marlborough in 1729. ' MS. Diary of Richard Barnard, in possession of a descendant, Milton Barnard, Northbrook, Chester County. ^"Historical Sketch of the Friends' Meeting-house at London Grove," by Thompson Frame, in Philadelphia Friend, 7 Mo. 27, 1901. (Vol. LXXV., p. II.) 1 44 J)iiniigratio)i of tJie Irish Quakers The only resident Irish Friend mendoned in dic! list of twenty-eight persons taxed in the Joseph Township in 171 5, was Joseph Pennock, a nadve Pennock ^j- (^loprnel, County Tipperary. He removed to what is now West Marlborough Township as early as 1 7 14 and settled on a large tract of 1250 acres, of which he became proprietor by virtue of a grant from William I'enn to his grandfather, George Collett, of Clonmel. In i 738 he built a mansion called " Primitive Hall," which is still standing in a good state of preservation. Pen- nock took a prominent and active part in meet- ing and civil affairs, serving as a member of the Provincial Assembly almost continuously from 1 7 16 to 1744.^ For many years he was a jus- tice of the peace,- and in 1736, during the Cre- sap War, rising from the dispute over the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland, he was one of the five men appointed by Gover- nor Thomas Penn to investigate a conspiracy hatched by agents of Maryland among the set- tlers of New Garden and London Grove. By the Minutes of the Board of Property, i Mo. 6, 1724-5, we find that " Joseph Pennock requests the Grant of acres of the tract called S'r John t'^^.gg's [Fagg's Manor], if to be disposed of " ^ This land was probably in Uiat part of Fagg's ^ Penn' a Archives, 2nd Series, IX., 686-691. « Ibid., 678-9. i/biJ., XIX., 726. Places of Settlement 145 Manor which later was erected into Londonderry Township and which adjoined London Grove on the west. At this period the Manor was exposed to the encroachments of the Scotch-Irish squatters, who caused the authorities much annoyance by the irregularities of their settlements. John Tay- lor, the surveyor, notes in his memorandum-book that on April 3rd, 1730 he " went and warned the Irish off Fagg's Manor." In the following letter to James Steel, manager of the land-office, in Philadelphia, Pennock evidently is writing of the tract requested of the Board of Property, and, not having a patent, doubtless has been having trouble to hold his land against the squatters. The letter^ is given with the quaintness and phonetic speUing of the orieinal. & nock's Letter, 1725 malborah y' 9"" of y' j^' 1725 " ffrend James Steel I am ondar Som consarn Joseph Pen- of minde relatinof to Simkoks affair, when I was at Chester I met with James Logan whoo tould mee (to y' best of my rememborens) y' y^ Proprietors family was at present so distrackted or unsettled y' y' Commishonars nu not how to form a pattin [patent] or make titols to Land y' thay had Set Som days & had Com to no Conclution about it. it has Cost mee som pounds olredy to de- ' The original MS. is in the collection of a descendant, Mrs. William H. Miller, of Media, Pa. 10 1 46 Immigration of the Irish Quakers fend the Land bot if I cannot hefe a patten which would be my Gost foundetion I will quit it for its more adviseble to drop it with those skars olredy rescfd then bee obliged heer after to Retrete with wounds. I met J. L. y' next day on y" rode hee tould mee y' hee would doo what hee Could in my affair which is incorri^inc;. Now whot I Request of y" is "jriresent my kind Respekts to J. Logan & Let him no my resolutions y' if I Can hefe a patten am redy to defend y' Land if not most Quit it for it would be vanity in mee to has- sord my Estete at blind mans bof undar f>tens of defending a skrip of y" Proprietors. I intrcte y" when y" knows y" resolt favor mee with a line which will delvar mee from y' payn & greatly oblige thy asurecd ffrend j ^^-^^ocYi " Joseph Pennock's son Nathaniel Pennock also served many years in the Assembly, until in the memorable year of 1 756, with the beginning of the war against the Indians, he and other Friends resigned their seats declaring that they could not be a part of a government openly at war. In the movine and drifting about which was continually occurring among the settlers, other Irish Friends made their way to the Marl- boroughs, among the earliest of whom were Ezekiel and William Harlan of the numerous pro- geny of the I larlans, Thomas Jackson, who came '^ • cTl^hfi^ Places of Settleme7it 1 47 over from New Garden Township as early as 1 7 18, and Samuel Beverly, from Ballinacree Meet- ing, County Antrim. Crossing the northern boundary of Marlbor- Newun xowr- ough we come to a township the whole of which by an wsh was owned by an Irish Friend, Nathaniel Newlin, of Q"^''" Concord, and named in his honor Newlin Township. This tract, consisting of seven thousand seven hundred acres, through the center of which flows Brandy- wine Creek, was purchased by Newlin, evidently as a land speculation, from the trustees of the Free Society of Traders, by deed of June 10, 1724, for a consideration of ;^8oo, and at once negotiations were entered into for the sale of portions of it. Soon a difficulty arose with the Indians, who NewiMs had a village on the north side of the Brandywine JfiJ"l/in. in the east end of the tract, and laid claim to the '^""^ land one mile wide on each side of the Creek ; but Newlin and the purchasers from him paid no attention to their demands. Thereupon, in the summer of 1725, several of the tribe led by the chief Checochinican proceeded to Philadelphia and appeared before the Provincial Assembly, through their interpreters, one of whom was Eze- kiel Harlan, making complaint of the encroach- ments upon their lands. The Assembly carefully considered the case, but made no satisfactory ad- justment before adjourning. 148 hnmigration of the Irish Quakers At the beeinnintj of the next session in the fol- lowing year, the Indians again appeared and urged their claims. The subject was again taken up and James Logan on behalf of the Commis- sioners of Property reported that they had " used such means as they thought most likely to satisfy" the Indians, "and continues them in the quiet possession of their claims, and for that end . . . had agreed and accommodated the matter with Nathaniel Newlin." Newlin was then summoned before the Assembly, and declared in writing that " neither he nor his heirs will, by any means, dis- turb or molest the Indians in their possessions or claims." With these assurances the Indians ex- pressed themselves as satisfied, and after shaking hands with Newlin in a friendly manner, quietly returned to their homes. The work of settlement, however, seems not to have been retarded, and in 1729 the chief Checo- chinican, on behalf of his people, appealed once more to the government, writing that notwith- standing Newlin's promise that they should not be disturbed in the free and peaceable enjoyment of their lands on the Brandywine, some of their lands had been sold, and they had been forbidden even to make use of timber growing thereon for the building of cabins. What action, if any, was taken upon this complaint has not been learned, but not long after, the greater part of the Indians Places of Settlement 149 removed from the County, and all trouble grow- ing out of their claims ceased. Newlin Township, Chester County, in 1730 The following is a list of the first purchasers 1 50 Immigration of the IHsh Quakers from Newlin: George Harlan, 169 acres for ^50, 14s.; Stephen Harlan, 20^/^ acres for /20, 10s.; Joseph England, 200 acres for ^30 ; Mordecai Cloud, 326 acres for £,<^'], i6s.; Abraham Mar- shall, 120 acres for ^36; Joel Daily, 228 acres for £b%, 8s.; William Dean, 124 acres for ^37, 4s.; George Lashly, 75 acres for ^22, los.; and Ralph Thompson, 75 acres for ^19, 19s., 9d., a total of 1337 acres for ^383. The purchasers were also to pay a yearly quit rent of one shilling per hundred acres. On the death of Nathaniel Newlin in 1729, those portions of the Township yet unsold were divided among his children as follows: John, 946 acres; Nathaniel, 1,620 acres; Jemima, wife of Richard Eavenson, 913 acres; Kesia, wife of William Baily, 85 1 acres ; Mary, wife of Richard Clayton, 895 acres ; and to children of deceased daughter Elizabeth, who had married Ellis Lewis, Pikeland Township Granted to Joseph Pike, an Irish Friend, of Coik I.I acres. Newlin was not the only township in Chester County owned by an Irish Friend. By patent dated December 3, 1705, William Penn granted to Joseph Pike,' a wealthy Quaker merchant, of 'Joseph Pike, the author of several works relating to 1-riends (see Joseph .Smith's Calalogiif of Friends' Boots, II., 414), son of Richard and Elizabeth Pike, was bom II Mo. 15, 1657, on a farm called Kil- creagh, seven miles west of Cork. The father, Richard Pike, was born about 1627, in the town of Newberry, Berkshire, England, of parents of good reputation "and having some estate in houses there " ; and about Places of Settlement 1 5 1 Cork, a tract of over 10,000 acres of land, lying north of the Great Valley, which was organized under the name of Pikeland Township, and in 1838 divided into East and West Pikeland. Joseph Pike died in 1729, and by his will, dated 1727, and proved in the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Armagh, devised Pikeland and a tract of over 1,500 acres in Cain, on the south- ern part of which is now Cain Meeting House, 1648, he " came over to Ireland a Corporal in a Troop of Horse in Crom- well's Array." He married Elizabeth Jackson, bom in London about 1636, of parents of good repute, " some of her connexions having been chief magistrates of that city," and settled near Cork. Richard and Elizabeth Pike were among the Friends convinced by the ministry of Ed- ward Burrough at Cork in 1655. In 1664, they removed from the farm of Kilcreagh to Cork and kept a shop. Richard died 4 Mo. 1668, while a prisoner for his Quaker principles, and was the first Friend interred in the burial ground of the Society outside the south gate of Cork. Elizabeth died in 1688. Their children were : Elizabeth, married Henry Wheddon, merchant, and died in 1693; Joseph; Ebenezer ; Richard; Sarah; and Benjamin, who died the same day as his father. Joseph Pike was married in 1682, to Elizabeth Rogers, eldest daughter of Francis Rogers, a minister of the Society. After his marriage he joined his brother Richard in opening a linen-draper's shop in Cork, the first of the kind in the city. His business affairs fi-equently took him to England, Holland, and Flanders. On one of these journeys he accompanied William Penn to Holland and attended the yearly meeting at Amsterdam. Thomas Story notes in his journal (p. 533) that in 1716, while on a religious journey to Ireland, he visited Joseph Pike, of Cork, among whose guests one day at dinner were the young Countess of Kildare, her maiden sister, and three others of the gentry. Joseph and Elizabeth Pike had fourteen children, of whom seven survived : Richard ; Mary, married Thomas Beale, son of Joshua, of Mountmellick ; Elizabeth, married to Joshua Beale, brother of Thomas ; Rachel ; Samuel ; Benjamin ; and Anne. — .\utobiography of Joseph Pike, Friend^ Library, II., 351-414; Leadbeater, 169-184; Rutty, 316-318. 1 5 2 Immigration of the Irish Quakers to his wife Elizabetli. The widow Pitce lield the lands until her death in 1733, when they came into possession of her son, Richard Pike. I le died about 1752, and by his will' bequeathed all his estate in Pennsylvania to his kinsmen, Sam- uel Hoare and Nathaniel Newberr)', merchants of London. In 1756, Hoare purchased Newberry's interest and became the sole owner. The land was then offered for sale in small tracts. Amone the first settlers were Samuel Lightfoot (son of Thomas), a surveyor, and builder of the first mill in that neighborhood ; Michael Lightfoot ; Thomas Milhous, who removed there from New Garden Township about 1 744 ; and Timothy Kirk, of the Kirks of Lurgan, County Armagh. The Great A number of Irish Friends removed to the rich limestone lands of the Great Valley, which ex- tends from east to west across the center of Chester County, and most of them became mem- bers of Bradford Monthly Meeting and of Cain Particular Meeting. Bradford Monthly Meeting, consisting of the Particular Meetings of Bradford and Cain, was formed from Newark Monthly Meeting in 1737. ^"'" __ ^ meeting " at Calne in y' Valey " was held as early as i 7 1 6, and a meeting-house was probably ' Richard I'ike, of Stoke Newington, Middlesex, England, made his will .September 2, 1752 (proved April 5, 1755), and mentions his nephews, Joshua and Joseph Ueale, sons of Joshua, of Cork, and Samuel Hcale, son of sister, Rachel Beale, and niece, Sarah Beale, daughter of Joshua. VaUey Meeting Places of Settlement i 5 3 erected the same year on John Mendenhall's land. In 1726, it was decided to build another meeting- house " upon the further side of y" mounten." Some years later Richard Pike, a Friend, of Cork, who owned over 1,500 acres in Cain Township, conveyed to Thomas Parke and Robert Miller, of East Cain, for the use of Friends, a lot.'of ground on which a meeting-house had been built with his consent ; whether this was the second or a third location has not been determined. In 1801 the meeting-house was enlarged to accommodate the new Quarterly Meeting of Cain. Cain Township, originally including the territory East Cain now embraced in Cain, East Cain, West Cain, """"" East Brandywine, West Brandywine, and a part of Valley Township, and the Borough of Downing- town, and that part of Coatesville lying east of the west branch of Brandywine Creek, was named from the town of Calne, in Wiltshire, England, and was organized as a township about 17 14. In 1728 it was divided into the Townships of East and West Cain. In East Cain settled WiUiam Pim, from Queen's County, for many years clerk of Bradford Monthly Meeting, overseer and elder of Cain Meeting, and justice of the peace ; his sons Thomas and Rich- ard Pim ; Thomas Parke, from County Carlow, an elder of Cain Meeting, purchaser of 500 acres of land at the site of Downingtown or near by, where 1 54 Immigration of the Irish Quakers Coalesi'ille Named/or an Irish Quaker Phoenixville First Settled by Irish Quakers some of his descendants of the name yet reside ; Robert Valentine (son of Thomas Valentine and grandson of Thomas Parke), from County Car- low, an eminent minister of the Society of P'riends, who made a religious visit to Great Britain at the close of the Revolution ; Thomas Coates, son of Moses Coates, from County Carlow ; Thomas Pain, from Queen's County ; Joseph Wilkinson, son of Francis Wilkinson, from Ballinacree, County Antrim ; and Evan Wilkinson, probably the latter's brother, from Ballinacree, a settler in West Cain. Moses Coates, grandson of Moses Coates, the emigrant from County Carlow, was married in 1770 to Hannah Musgrave, daughter of Thomas Musgrave, an Irish Quaker, of Sadsbury, Lan- caster County, and became the owner of a tract of land now occupied by the Borough of Coates- ville, which was laid out and named in his honor by his son Dr. Jesse Coates. In 1 731, Moses Coates, a Friend, originally from County Carlow, purchased 600 acres, and James Starr, one of the first settlers of New Garden, 350 acres, in Charlestown, now Schuylkill, Township, on the north side of French Creek at its junction with Schuylkill River, and became the first settlers at the site of Phoenixville. Judge Pennypacker, who has written an interesting history of the be- ginnings of this town, relates that previous to his Places of Settlement 155 purchase Moses Coates "had lived for about a year upon the other side of the Schuylkill, where stands the present village of Mont Clare, a locality he selected because the Indians were there less numerous. At night he slept with a loaded gun at his side, and a servant lay at the door of his hut with a pitch fork. Upon longer acquaintance, however, he found the Indians disposed to be friendly, and his fear of their hostility being dis- sipated he changed his place of residence"^ to the other side of the River. Here he "blazed paths through the wilderness about his home, by cutting chips from the sides of the trees, so that his children should not be lost." ^ In 1732, James Starr erected a mill which was EastNantmeai placed under control of his two sons, James and ^""^^•"p Moses ; and this was the first use of the water power of French Creek. ^ A near neighbor of the Starrs and Coates was Thomas Valentine, orig- inally from Ballybrumhill, County Carlow, who settled across the Schuylkill in New Providence Township, now Montgomery County. In the summer of i 736, Joshua Marsh and his son John Marsh, with their families, from Grange near Charlemont, arrived and settled among the Welsh in East Nantmeal Township. Two years later they were joined by Joshua's son-in-law, ^ Annals of Phoenixville, 20. ^Ibid., 71. »/^/,/,, 21. 156 Immigration of the Irish Quakers Thomas McMillan, and family from Ballinacree, County Antrim. The only other Irish Friends known to be in the locality were their nearest neii^hbors, William and Timothy Kirk, sons of Alphonsus Kirk, of New Castle County, William Kirk for many years serving as overseer of Nant- meal Meeting. These Friends brought their certificates to Goshen Monthly Meeting, thereby becoming members thereof and attended Uwchlan Partic- ular and Preparative meetings until the establish- ment of Nantmeal Particular Meeting and the erection of a meeting house there in 1741, when Nantmeal became their place of worship, al- though they still attended preparative meetings at Uwchlan. A meeting-house was built at Nantmeal in 1777. This was burned about 1795, and another house was built. For many years the meet- ing has been extinct. Uwchlan Particular Meet- ing was established in 1 7 1 2, and the Preparative Meeting two years later. The present meeting- house was built in 1756. About 1750, the Marshes and McMillans joined the early westward movement and migrated to Warrington Township, York County, becoming members of Warrington Meeting. Nottingham Among the Irish Friends who made their way to the Nottingham settlements, now in Maryland, Places of Settlement 157 were : Roger Kirk, son of Alphonsus Kirk, of New Castle County; his kinsman, Roger Kirk, UwcHLAN Meeting House, Chester County, Built 1756 son of Timothy Kirk, of Lurgan, County Armagh ; Benjamin Chandlee, originally from County Kil- dare; and Eli Crockett, from Ballinacree, County Antrim, a settler at Bush River Meeting. 1 5 8 Immigration of the Irish Quakers The Friends of Nottingham were residents of Chester County, until about i 765, when the run- ninaf of the famous Mason and Dixon line broutjht them within the limits of Cecil County, Maryland. In 1 701, a company of friends, prominent among whom were John Churchman, Andrew Job, Wil- liam and James Brown, and Henry Reynolds, re- moved from the old settlements in the vicinity of Chester and settled on a tract of some 18,000 acres of land called Nottingham on Octorara Creek. In 1 705, they had a meeting settled among them, held at the home of William Brown, until the erec- tion of a meeting-house in 1708-9. This build- ing was replaced by one of brick in 1724. John Churchman notes in his journal that in 1748 the latter was destroyed by fire, and until a new meet- iniT-house could be built the meetings were held in a private house. When rebuilt, a stone addi- tion was made to the original brick-work. The wood-work was again destroyed by fire in 18 10. In 181 1 the present structure was erected, and although one-half stone, has always been known as the "Brick Meeting." Nottingham Meeting constituted a part of Con- cord Monthly Meeting until in 171 5 it was trans- ferred to Newark Monthly Meeting. On the erection of New Garden in 17 18 it became a part of that Monthly Meeting, thus continuing until Places of Settlement 1 59 1730, when Nottingham Monthly Meeting, con- sisting of the meetings of East Nottingham, West Nottingham, and Rush River, was established. The first of the Irish Friends to settle in what Lancaster County is now Lancaster County were John Musgrave and his son, Moses Musgrave, who as early as 1 713 had taken up land in the almost uninhabited region on Octoraro Creek within the present liinits of Sadsbury Meeting, the father purchasing 600 acres and the son 3CX) acres.' John Musgrave, as we have stated before, came over from the north of Ireland in 1682, as an indented servant to Valentine HoUingsworth, and served his time with his master in New Castle County.- He was an active participant in the local affairs of his neigh- borhood, and in 1730 and 1731 represented Lan- caster County in the Provincial Assembly.^ For a decade the Musgraves were probably the only Irish Friends in Sadsbury, or indeed in all the County, there being no others mentioned in the tax lists of 1 718 for either Sadsbury or Cones- toga;^ but about 1723 an advance-guard of a larger migration, conspicuous among whom were Andrew Moore and Samuel Jackson, from Ballin- acree. County Antrim, arrived and located near > Peiin'a Archives, 2d Series, XIX., 561, 569, 637, 70S. 2 Deposition of John Musgrave in Pennsylvania-Maryland boundary dispute, cited in McFarlan-Slern Genealogy, 59. ' Penn'a Archives, 2d Series, IX., 775. *Futhey and Cope, 203, 171. 1 60 Immigration of the Irish Quakers the Gap at the end of the Great Chester Valley. Soon these pioneers were joined by other mem- bers of the Society, many of them remaining in Sadsbury, and others, under the leadership of Hattill Varman, from County Wexford, pushing farther to the westward and forming a settlement in Leacock. Such a large proportion of these Friends were from Ireland that the meedngs, which were soon established, were frequently known as the Irish meetings. Edmund Peckover, a Friend of the ministr)-. from England, who visited these "back-settlers" in 1742, speaks of them as "Friends from Ireland" who have "three or four meetings ; though Friends are but thin to what they are in other parts of the province."^ In addition to those just mentioned, the follow- ing were some of the immigrants to this region : Thomas McClun or McClung, from County West Meath ; William McNabb, from Oldcasde, County Meath ; Neal O' Moony, John Boyd and sons Wil- liam and Samuel, James Hunter, Samuel Wilkin- son, and William Courtney, from Hallinacree, County Antrim ; William Evans, from County Wicklow ; John Griffith and son Christopher, from Grange near Charlemont ; Jonas Chamberlin, from King's County ; James Love and Thomas Nevitt, from County Cavan ; Isaac Steer and sons John ' Minutes of London Yearly Meeting, IX., 322, cited by Btrwdcn, 11., 243- >- H Z O O 0) o I o z CO CO o < U3 Places of Settlement 1 6 1 and Nicholas, from County Antrim ; James Smith, from County Armagh ; Thomas Bulla and Law- rence Richardson, from Grange, probably near Charlemont ; and Thomas Lindley (son of James Lindly), a representative to the Provincial As- sembly. Meetings of an informal character were held in Sadsbury Sadsbur)' in 1723,^ but a regular meeting was not " ^^'"^ established until the following year, when "Samuel Miller and Andrew ]\Ioore made application, on behalf of themselves and their friends settled about Sadsbur)', for liberty to build a meeting, which being granted by the Quarterly Meeting, they built one in 1725, which goes by the name of Sadsbury Meeting."^ The stone-work of the present meeting-house was built about 1760, but the wood-work was burned during the period of the Revolution.^ In 1729, "Sadsbury' Preparative Meeting re- Leacock quested on behalf of Friends who live beyond -^^^^'^"s Pequea, to have a meeting at the house of Hat- tell Varman [in Leacock Township] every sixth- da}' of the week ; which this meeting allows."* The regular First-day meeting at Leacock was estabHshed in 1732 and held at Varman's house. In 1 749, the meeting was removed to Lampeter ' Futkey and Cope, 239. s Samuel Smith in Hazard' s Register, VII. 'Ellis and Evans, History of Lancaster County, 1036. * Minutes New Garden Monthly Meeting, cited by Michener, 130. II 1 62 hmnigration of the Irish Quakers Township and the name of the meeting changed to Lampeter, sadsbury In I ']■},'], the Meetings of Sadsbury and Leacock, Meetine which up to this date had formed a part of New Garden Monthly Meeting, were erected into Sads- bury Monthly Meeting, sessions being held alter- nately at the two places. The Meetings of New- berry, Warrington, Huntington, and Menallen, in what is now York and Adams Counties, formed a part of Sadsbury Monthly Meeting, until 1747, when a monthly meeting of their own called War- rington was established. York and 'phe founding of the Sadsbury settlements ini- Counties tiated that westward migration of Friends which durino- the several succeedinof decades moved across Lancaster County to the west side of the Susquehanna and gave rise to the meetings in that part of the County which in 1749 became York County. By 1 727 thismovement had reached the east bank of the Susquehanna, at Hempfield, now Columbia, where in that year settled John Wright, Robert Barber, Samuel Blunston, and others. Here it was delayed for a time by the Cresap War rising from the boundary dispute be- tween the Penns and the Lords Baltimore, but soon it crossed to the west side of the River, and as early as 1738 at Newberry had begun the first of that belt of Quaker settlements extending across the northern sections of what is now York and Places of Settlement 1 63 Adams Counties. The Irish Friends were not in the vanguard of the York County migration, but during the middle decades of the century they ar- rived in large numbers and figured prominently in the affairs of the settlements. New^berry ^ Meeting, during its first three or Newberry four years called Manchester Meeting, was in- " "^ eluded in Manchester Township, until in 1 742 with the organization of Newberry Township it fell in the latter.- The first settlers came from the meetings in southern Chester County and New Castle County and presented their certificates of removal to Sadsbury Monthly Meeting. The Sadsbury minutes contain an interesting account of the beginnings of the York County meetings and we shall let the records tell their own tale. 3 Mo. 7, 1739. — "There being Divers families of friends of late Settled on the West Side of Sus- quohanno. Some of them have produced Certifi- cates to this Meeting from Kenet Meeting, where they formerly Dwelt, their being four Mentioned In one Certificate bearing Date ye 10''' of ye 2 "° 1738^ Vizt Nathan Husy [Hussey], Ann his wife, John Garrison [Garretson] & Content his wife, John Day and Ann his wife Christopher Husy [Hussey] & Ann his wife & another Certificate from the ' The spelling of this name in the old records is about equally divided between Newberry and Ne^ubury, but the former is the accepted form at the present day. 'Gibson's History of York County. 1 64 Immigration of the Irish Qtiakers same place bearing date y^ 4th of y^ 5"° 1738,^ Recommends Joseph Benett & Rebecka his wife All w?'' this Meeting receives in Membership with us. " The Friends of that Settlement being desirous of a Toleration from this meeting to keep meet- ings of worship Every first day and fourth day of of y^ week for six months time w'''' request Is Granted." 9 Mo. 5, 1739. — "The New Meeting Settled on the west Side of Suckahana haveing had Some time past a tolleration from this meeting to hould meetings of worship Every first Day and fourth day of the week and y" time being Expired att the request of several of them, being in this meet- ing, friends allows them twelf monts longer to be held as afore." Until some years later, when a meeting-house was built, this meeting evidently was held at the house of John Day, for the early marriages'- are known to have taken place there. 6 Mo. 5, 1745. — Andrew Moore, Calvin Cooper, Jonas Chamberlin, and Thomas Bulla are ap- ' The minutes of Newark or Kennett Monthly Meeting indicate that these certificates were dated on the first days of the months mentioned. 'The first Quaker wedding in what is now York County was that of Rodert Ilodgin, carpenter, of Manchester, later Newberry Township, who was married 5 Mo. 29, 1 740, at the house of John Day, in said township, to Theodate .Seal, widow of Joseph Seal, 'llie following list of witnesses to the marriage certificate is of interest as showing who were the settlers at that date : Places' of Settlement i6 = pointed to visit the meetings on the west side of the Susquehanna, " to see how they fare in the Truth and report to next meeting." 8 Mo. 7, 1745, — "Friends Expressed their Satisfaction in respect of a visit to friends on the West Side of Susquehana." 9 Mo. 4, 1745. — "Friends of New- bery Requests to have a meeting settled ; its sent to y" Quarterly Meeting for aprobation." i Mo- 3, 1745-6. — "The Request that went to Last Quarterly Meeting was Granted, i. e. that New- berry Meeting has Liberty to hold Meeting of Worship every first day and fourth days of the week as Warrington has on Every first day and fifth days of the week ; and those two Meetings Rebecca Bennett Hannah Fincher Mary Cocks Rebecca Cocks Ester Davis Anne Garratson Martha Garratson Sarah McAnabley Elizabeth price Margrett Carson James Clemson Francis ffincher Joseph Bennett James Alison Jun' Wm Garretson Joseph Garretson Wm Griffith James Moore Thomas Riley Caisia Belley Jacob Youngblod Wm Baley James Baley John Baley James Aleson Sen' Charles M°anele Patrick Carson Robert Hodgin her TheodateX Hodgin mark Anne Hussey Nathan Hussey John Hussey Christopher Hussey Content Garretson Ann Day John Day Thomas fioland Pet' Worall Thomas Cocks John Noblet Ann Noblet Ann Hussy Margret Hussy John Garretson Wm Cocks Samuel Cocks 1 66 Immigration of the Irish Quakers to make up one preparative meeting, to be held at each place turn about." 2 Mo. 7, 1 746. — "New- berry preparative meeting recommends John Day and William Garretson for overseers in that meet- ing which is approved." The original Newberry Meeting land, which is in the present village of Newberrytown, consisted of a hexagonal tract' of 42 acres and 61 perches, surveyed April 10, 1767, to John Garretson and Joseph Hutton, in trust for the Society of Friends. Our information about the early meeting-houses is very meagre, but the first building, which is said to have been of logs,' was probably erected on this tract. The old burial ground,^ which at the time of the writer's visit to the place in 1897 was an almost impenetrable wilderness of briers and sumac, is all of the plot that is now owned by the Society. The remainder of the land and the meeting-house,^ which according to the inscribed stone in the west gable was erected in 1792,^ was •The original draft of the tract is in possession of Joel V. Garretson, of Flora Dale, Adams Co. , Pa. 'Gibson's Yori County. "At Warrington Monthly Meeting, 5 Mo., 21, 1S40, "Newberry Friends inform they have enclosed a graveyard at Newberry meeting-house ; they propose closing the former one [in Newberrytown] it being full." * This is a substantial structure of stone, similar in appearance to the old meeting-house at Warrington, and is now occupied as a dwelling, but there has been no material chtinge in its exterior. 'At Warrington Quarterly Meeting, 8 Mo., 26, 1793, in answer to the second' annual query, report was made that "one new Meeting house [has been] built in the room of an old one at Newberry." Places of Settlement 167 sold about 181 1, by authority of a special act of the State Legislature,^ and the meeting was moved to another location about two miles from the town. Here a stone meeting-house was built on a five- acre lot sold to Jesse Wickersham and George Garretson, in trust for the Society, by Samuel Garretson and Alice his wife, by deed of 10 Mo. 4, 1811." The meeting is now extinct, and at the time of my visit in 1897 the meeting-house was in a sad state of decay, but recently it has been re- covered with a slate roof and thoroughly repaired.^ In 1897, the graveyard presented a well-kept ap- pearance and was enclosed by an iron fence. The Newberry community received a consider- able body of the Irish Friends, but not so large as did Warrington and Menallen. Some of those who located at Newberry were : Timothy Kirk and his sons Jacob, Timothy, Caleb, Ezekiel, and Jonathan Kirk ; Robert Whinery, originally from Grange, probably near Charlemont ; Robert Miller and his son Samuel ; George Boyd ; Joshua Low ; Joseph and John Hutton ; William Wilson ; and several members of the Hobson family. 'At Warrington Monthly Meeting, 12 Mo., 19, 1810, "Newberry preparative meeting infornas they have agreed to sell the land where the present meeting House is built and to purchase other in a more convenient and central place." 2 Deed in possession of Menallen Monthly Meeting, recorded in Deed Book LLL, p. 51, Recorder's Office, York, Pa. ' Dr. William H. Egle's historical Nota and Querits, lio-i 13, annual volume for J900, Harrisburg, Pa., 1901. 1 68 Inunigj'ation of the h-ish Quakers Warrington Warrington Meeting, in Warrington Townsliip, °^ about nine miles south-west of Newberry and mid- way between the present villages of Wellsville and Rossville, was regularly established' in 1745," and a log meeting-house' erected the same year on a tract of 29 acres and 156 perches, •' near the ' It is probable that meetings were held in the vicinity of Warrington as early as 1740, for on the 22d of 8 Mo. of that year a marriage was held "at y" house of William (Jarretson," who resided in Warrington. This was the marriage of James Frazier to Rebecca Cox, datiyliter of Thomas Cox. The following is a list of the persons who signed the mar- riage certificate : Elcazer Mires Christopher Hussey Ann Cox JaMF::S FrAZIER Joseph t}arTctson John (iarrelson Anne Noblett „ oshua Kenworlhy Joseph Bennett Content Garrctson KFRECCA rRAZIER 'rancis Fincher John Earl Theodate Hodgin Thomas Cocks Edward Mulleanoux Samuel Underwood Mary Crage Alexander Frazier Wm. Griffith John Nohlitt Anne Waankin Mary Cocks Andrew Rogers Charles Phillips Ester Daviss Alexander Frazier Wm. Garrctson Anne Garretson Isaac Cox Daniel Early Rebecca Rogers John (.'ox George Alford Kebecca Bennett John Fincher Jane Fincher Nathan Hussey 'Minutes of Salisbury Monthly Meeting \ Samuel Smith in Hazard'' s Register, VII., 134. ' The following paper drawn up at that time is of interest as showing who were the subscribers to the fund for the building of the first meeting-house : " We the Subscribers knowing the Necessity of Publick Worship, & be- ing Destitute of a pice of Land to Set a Meeting House on Do Each of us Promise to pay the Respective sums under written in order to get a War- rent for 25 acres of Land adjoyning Stephen Ails Land, as witness our Hands : John Earl, 55 ; Alexander Underwood, 3s ; Thomas Cox, 5s ; Joseph Garretson, 5s; William Garretson, Ss ; Christopher Hussey, 5s; James Frazier, 4s ; Isaac Cox, 3s ; Samuel Underwood, 3s ; Thomas Cook, 3s ; Richard Wickersham, 3s ; William Underwood, 3s ; Peter Cook Is. 6d." — MS. among title papers of Menallen Monthly Meeting. This log meetinghouse stood a little southeast of the present stone building, on a part of the tract that has since been enclosed in the grave- yard. The foundations were di.scovered in the latter 80' s by persons dig- ging in the graveyard. > z o H o Z z a I o c 0) 0) < -< o O O c z H < (O o Places of Settlement 169 Land of Stephen Eyles [Ailes] on a Branch of Conewago" Creek. A warrant, dated July 5, 1 745, was issued for the land to be held in trust for the Society of Friends, but owing to an irregularity, the land was later, by proclamation, declared vacant and afterward granted by patent, dated i Mo. 22, 1767, from John Penn, Lieutenant-Governor, to William Garretson, William Underwood, William Penrose, and Peter Cleaver, in trust for the So- ciety, the consideration being ^9, 12s, gd.^ In 1769,'- a new stone meeting-house was built near the old one.^ In 1 782, it was found necessary to enlarge the building to almost double its original size in order to accommodate the Quarterly Meet- ing, and a stone addition was made to the north end.'* The following year the old end was thor- oughly repaired and given a new floor and a new • Patent (Recorded page 207, Patent Book A. H., Vol. 7, Department of Internal Aflfairs, Harrisburg, Pa. ) and other title papers in possession of trustees of Menallen Monthly Meeting. 2 A stone bearing this date may be seen in the south gable. 'At Western Quarterly Meeting, held in Chester County, 8 Mo. 21, 1769, Warrington Monthly Meeting reported "One new Meeting House built at Warrington near the old one." George McMillan, an Irish Friend, of Warrington, son of Thomas McMillan, from Ballinacree Meeting, County Antrim, notes in the credit column of his Account Book ( 1 769-1795), which is in possession of the writer, a descendant, that in March, 1769, there was " due by subscription to Wm. Garitson for bilding a New meeting house in Wamton, £}," and in January, 1770 "by ditto, £\." In the debtor column he notes : " May 5th, 1769, Pay'' to Wm. Garitson for said subscription first by haling timber with wag[on] one day, los ; by an order from Jacob Williams £\,o, 1\ dito by Cash to Pay for Lime £l ; dito by Cash May 5th £l, los." * Minutes of Warrington Monthly Meeting. 1 70 Immigraticni of the Irish Quakers roof.' With the exception of a slate roof and other repairs effected in the latter 8o's the old structure remains substantially as it was in 1782, and is still surrounded by a strip of the primitive forest. On account of the westward emigration the regu- lar meeting was discontinued about the middle of ' Benjamin Walker, a member of the Meeting, who resided on an ad- joining farm to the south, was on the building committee, and in his Diary ( 1 780-1 786), a copy of which is in my collection, gives a detailed account of the work of construction. 4 Mo. 13, 1782, he is "one to provide Nesareys and go on with Building an addishing to our Meeting house." 5 Mo. 16, they " agreed with y' Carpenters to Do y' work for the Meet- ing house ; flowring [flooring] 6s by y'^ Square, Lining y' walls 7s-6d, Galo- reer [gallery] 12s by Square, Sash yd p' Light, Sheters [shutters] 4s apeace, Doars los. Window Cases 43-6d, Doars 5s 6d." 6 Mo. 13, 5th day, " at Meeting this Day we agreed with John & Jonah Thomas to Build a Stone End to the Meeting house and with y" Carpenters." For several months afterward we find Walker turning aside from his many other duties and actively engaged in pushing forward the building of the meeting-house. One day (7 Mo. 30) he goes to York for lime ; another he is hauling stone; and another (8 Mo. 7), he drives "to the pigeon hills for Lime 35 Bushels." 8 Mo. 8, " Ditto and hailing Comer Stone from Klihu Underwood." 8 Mo. 27 he is " hailing the -Summer Beam." By 9 Mo. 6, 6th day, the stone work had so far progressed that our diarist notes, " At our Meeting f[or] Suflfrings Raising y' New End of y* meeting house." 10 Mo. 14, he hauled "Shingles from y' Meeting house to Wm. McMuUins [brother of George McMillan] to Soak." By 10 Mo. 21, no doubt the shingles were sufficiently soaked, and evidently he is returning them, when he writes under this date, " hailing Shingals for y" Meeting house." The addition was soon completed, and, I Mo. 2, 17S3, we lind the committee settling with " the Masons for Building y' new meeting house and ther is Due to them jf 44-4-0." Repairs on the old end were begun the following summer. 5 ^'°' ^7i 1783, they were " Striping the old Roof of[r]," and 6 Mo. 20, " hailing Sleepers for the Meeting house." 8 Mo. It, they were " taking up the Meeting house floorc." 9 Mo. 26, Walker went "to Manahan to Allin Tarbuts for a Load of Boards for y* Meeting." II Mo. 17, they settled "with the Carpenters that Built the Meeting house; it Came to ^^47- 15-7;^." Places of Settlement 171 the nineteenth century, and now meetings are held on only one First-day each year. A large number of Irish Friends made their way to the Warrington settlement. Among them were Thomas Wilson, from Grange, near Charle- mont, about 1748, a little later removing to Fair- fax Meeting, Virginia ; Thomas Blackburn, from Ballyhagen, County Armagh, about 1749; the brothers George, John, and William McMillan, from Nantmeal, Chester County, about 1750; John Marsh and sons John, Joshua, Jonathan, and W^illiam, also from Nantmeal, about same date ; Peter Marsh, brother of John, from same place about same date ; William Nevitt, a minister in the Society, from Moate, County West Meath, about 1751 ; William Hutton, from New Garden, Chester County, about 1751 ; Samuel Hutton, from Exeter, Berks County, about 1753 ; Nicholas Steer, from Sadsbury, about 1759; John Boyd and son William, from Sadsbury, the former about 1765 and the latter about 1754; James Love, from Sadsbury, about 1761; Francis and Thomas Wilkinson, with their mother, Elizabeth, widow of Joseph Wilkinson, from Chester County, about 1760; Francis Hobson,* from Ballyhagen, County Armagh, about 1 764 ; Aaron Coates, from Bradford, Chester County, about 1767; William Pillar, from Grange near Charlemont, about 1767, •Ancester of Richmond P. Hobson, U. S. Navy, hero of the Merrimac incident oflf Santiago, in the Spanish War of 1898. 172 Immigration of tJie I risJi, Quakers Huntington Meeting returning to Ireland about 1769 ; William Chand- lee, from Deer Creek Meeting, Maryland, about 1773 ; and Peter Milhous, from Chester County. About nine miles south-west of Warrington, in Latimer, now Huntington, Township, Adams County, is Huntington Meeting House, situated on a wooded ridge overlooking Bermudian Creek, some two miles south-east of the Borough of York Springs, formerly Petersburg. Unauthor- ized meetings were held in the neighborhood as early as 1745, for at Sadsbury Monthly Meeting, 9 Mo. 4, 1745, William Garretson was directed to read three papers of acknowledgment "at Hunt- ington Meeting." These meetings evidently convened at the house of John Cox, where nearly all the early marriages' are known to have oc- * Minutes and Afarriai^f Book of Sadsbury Alonthly Meeting. The first marriage at Huntington was that of Nicholas Wiennan, son of William Wierman, of Huntington, to Sarah Cox, daughter of John Cox, of the same place, 8 Mo. 24, 1745. The signers were : Alexander Underwood Rebecca Kenworthy Nicholas Wierman William Underwood Sarah Cook Martha Garretson Naomi Garretson Hannah Cox Ann Hussey Mary Garretson Naomi Cox Rachel Beals Hannah Wireman Pricila Wireman Sarah J'roclor Elizabeth Brown Elizabeth Fowel Jane Underwood Olive Underwood Ruth Underwood Joseph Cox John Powell John Wireman Thomas Powel Jacob Seals Valintine Isickers Benj. Underwood Richard Underwood John Pope William Wireman Joshua Kenworthy John Beals Caleb Beals Sarah Wierman William Wireman Gertruyed Wireman John Cox Thomas Cox William Cox Samuel Cox Ann Cox Joseph Garretson Henry Wireman Benjamin Cox Places of Settlement i73 curred. The Meeting was not regularly estab- lished until 1750/ The Meeting land, consisting of a rectangular tract of five acres, called " Zion," was conveyed to trustees of the Meeting by William Beals, by deed of 12 Mo. 9, 1766, and was part of 50 acres granted to Beals by the Proprietors' warrant of June 24, 1763.' The present edifice, erected in 1790,=* has recently been covered with a slate roof and otherwise placed in a good state of preserva- tion, but regular meetings have long ceased to be held. In the early years of the Huntington settle- ment, few if any Irish Friends located there, but in the latter half of the century several families made it their home. The first location of Menallen^ Meeting was Menaiien /- T T • <.u Meeting about seven miles west of Huntmgton, on the east side of Opossum Creek, in Menaiien, now Butler, Township, Adams County. 6 Mo. 4, 1 746, Sadsbury Monthly Meeting " tolerates the Friends 1 Minutes of Sadsbury Monthly Meeting, 2 Original deeds in custody of the trustees of Menaiien Monthly Meet- ing ; recorded in Patent Book N, 34, p. 403- Department of Internal Af- fairs, Harrisburg, Pa., and in Deed Book KK, pp. 252, 485. Recorder's Office, York, Pa. 3 At Warrington Quarterly Meeting, 8 Mo. 23, 1790, report was made that a new meeting-house had been buHt " at Huntington in place of an old one." •This name, doubtless of Irish origin, is spelled in all possible ways in the old records hut Menaiien is the form used at the present day. 1 74 Immigration of the Irish Quakers of Monalin to have Meetings of Worship to be kept on First Day and Fifth Day until Further Orders." 2 Mo. i6, 1748, "friends of Minallen requsts to have their meeting settled," and later in the year the meeting was regularly established.^ The Meeting land, consisting of 20 acres and 153 perches, was not granted until May 26, 1788.- It is not known when the first edifice was built, but Nicholas Scull's map of the State shows that one had been erected as early as 1758.^ In 1838, the original site was abandoned^ ; the •One of the first marriages at Menallen was that of Samuel Pope, of Tyrone Township, to Elizabeth .Stevenson, of Menallen Township, 7 Mo. 4, 1 75 1. The signers were as follows : Jacob Hinshaw William Wright Richard Proctor Charles Pidgen Daniel Winter Walter Carson Thomas Hamilton Richard Sadler William Young John Wilson Nicholas Bishon Anthony Blackburn Edward Whitehead Micbal Willson John Shepherd Sarah Underwood Mary Wood Elizabeth McGrew Elizabeth Uicks Rebeca Blackburn Elizabeth Pope Richmunday Shepherd Sarah Ruddock Jane Shepherd Sarah Shepherd Eamey Cox Agness Carson Elen Carson J.ine Young precila Wireman Samuel Pope Elizabeth Pope John Pope William Shepherd Alex'. Underwood Jno. Blackburn John Mickle William Delap Finley McGrew Jno. Wright Thomas Blackburn Robert More John Cox Richard Chesnon 2 Patent granted Feb. 8. 18IJ, recorded in Patent Book M, No. 8, page 533. Department of Internal Affairs, Marrisburg, Pa. ^ Penna Archives, 3d Series, Appendix. « By indenture (Deed Book S, page 478, Recorder's Office, Gettysburg, Pa.), dated April 24, 1852, the Friends leased 3 acres and 6 perches of Places of Settlement 175 old log meeting-house was taken down, removed about three miles to the north-west, and rebuilt in a more convenient place,* near Flora Dale, about one mile south of what is now Bendersville.' In 1884, the old log house gave way to the present brick building, erected to the rear of the former one on a plot of 84 perches, purchased in 1871.^ The Meeting is still well attended, and with the excep- tion of Fawn Meeting, in the south-east corner of York County, is the only surviving meeting of the original York County. In its early years Menallen Meeting was dis- tinctively an Irish meeting, the majority of its members being from Ireland. Among them were John Blackburn,* Judge of the York County Court in 1764, County Treasurer in 1759 and 1766,^ and the tract tc the Dunkers or German Baptists, at the rate of one dollar annually for a term of fifty years. Upon this plot the Dunkers erected a wooden meeting house and laid out a burial ground. The Friends con- tinued to make their interments in the original graveyard until 1853, when a piece of land adjoining the new site was purchased and another graveyard opened {Land Title Papers, in possession of Menallen Meeting). ' The land for the new location, consisting of I42.4 perches, was con- veyed to the Meeting by Nathan Wright and Elizabeth, his wife, by deed of May 15, 1839, for a consideration of ;Jl7.75 and with the condition that should it cease to be used as a place of worship it should revert to the original tract. — Land Title Papers. ^ History 0/ Adams County, 226, 31 1. 'Menallen Meeting land is now an L-shaped tract of I acre and 142 perches. * In 1755. he joined the forces sent to subdue the Indians and was disowned by the Society. 5 Gibson's YorA County, 304, 494. 1 76 Ivmiigration of the Irish Quakers member of Assembly. Daniel Winter, William Delap. Joseph Hewitt and son George, from Bally- hagen Meeting, County Armagh ; John Wright, from Castleshane, Count}' Monaghan ; John Mor- ton, from New Garden, Chester Count)' ; Thomas Nevitt, from Sadsbur\' ; William Xewlin, and Moses Harlan,^ son of George, from Chester Count)' ; George Wilson, Solomon Shepherd, and Jacob Hinshaw, from Grange near Charlemont ; Robert Mickle, from Dublin ; and Francis Hobson, J'- York Meeting The Friends were among the earliest settlers at York, the countj'-seat of York Count)', but a meeting seems not to have been held there until 1754. Under date of 12 Mo. 21st of that year, Warrington Monthly Meeting minutes state : " Our Friends in and about York, living remote from any of our meetings. Requests the liberty of holding a meeting among themselves for this winter season, which this meeting has good unity with." A regular meeting was established in 1764, and on October 29th of the following year a lot of ground on the north side of Philadelphia ' Moses Harlan obtained a patent for 855 acres of land on the upper fork of the Conewago Creek, in Menallen Township, Oct. 9, 1745. He and Margaret, his wife, by deed of July 2f, 1747, conveyed to John Blackburn, 258 acres thereof. The will of Moses Harlan, of Menallen Tow^nship, was dated 10 Mo. 10, 1747 and proven March 29, 1749. He mentions bis son-in-law John Blackburn ; grandson Jacob Cox, son of daughter Mary Cox ; grandsons Thomas and Moses Blackburn ; and grand- daughter Dinah Cox Places of Settlevietit 177 Street was purchased from Nathan Hussey and Edith his wife.^ Upon this lot a brick meeting- house was erected in 1766.- By will, dated i Mo. 25. 1773, Nathan Hussey bequeathed to the Meeting a lot adjoining on the west. About 17S6 the meeting-house was enlarged to its pres- ent proportions, an addition being made to the west end. The Societj^ in the city is now almost ex- tinct and rcijular meetinos have been discontinued. Among the most prominent of the Irish Friends to settle in York were the Loves and Kirks. We see, then, that the Irish Friends first lo- Expansion of cated in the original counties of Philadelphia and ou^erism"^ Chester. Thence, with the expansion of the Province, many of them joined the southward and westward migrations of Friends, which durino- the third and fourth decades of the eighteenth centurj' began from the Quaker strongholds of the original settlements. For three-quarters of a centur)' one of these Southuard streams of Quaker migration injected a new and vigorous element into the Quakerism of the South.^ ^ Deed Book CC,page /jj, Recorder's 065ce, York. *The following Friends subscribed to a paper, dated I Mo. I, 1766, contributing to the building fund : Nathan Hussey, William Willis, Joseph Updegraif, Joseph Garretson, William Matthews, Harman Upde- graff, Jesse Falkner, James Lxjve, John Collins, and Joseph Collins. At Western Quarterly Meeting, S Mo. II, 1767, report was made that " Friends in and about York have now built a Meeting- House." ' For the principal facts of the southward movement I am indebted to Dr. Stephen B. Weeks' Southern Quakers and Slavery^ which is a most thorough and scholarly treatment of the subject. 12 1 78 Immigration of the Irish Quakers The movement reached the Monocacy region of Maryland about 1725. Here it rested for a time, and then crossed the Potomac River and struck Hopewell, north of what is now Winchester, in Frederick County, Virginia, in 1732.^ In that year a company of Friends from Pennsylvania, under the leadership of Alexander Ross, an Irish Friend, settled on a tract of 100,000 acres of land, called Hopewell, on Opequan Creek, in the beau- tiful Shenandoah Valley, obtaining a charter for the land from the government of Virginia. A meet- ing called Opequan, afterward Hopewell, was es- tablished two years later ; and Hopewell Monthly Meeting, including the meetings of Hopewell and Monocacy, in 1735.^ Among the Pennsylvania Friends of Irish name who made their way to Hopewell we find the Kirks, Hollingsworths, Wil- sons, Greggs, Hiatts, and Steers. About the same time with the founding of the Hopewell settlement a branch of the same migra- tion moved from Maryland into Loudon and Fair- fax Counties, Virginia ; thence to the southern counties of that colony ; and by 1 743 it had gotten as far as Carver's Creek in Bladen County, North Carolina. During the next twenty years Friends swarmed into the central sections of the latter state and founded Cane Creek, New Garden, and ' Weeks, 70, 96. ^Jaunty, III., 248; Minutes of Chisler Quarterly Meeting ; sketch 01 Hopewell Meeting, Friends' Intelligencer, LI II., 461-3. Places of Settlement 179 a large number of other monthly meetings. About 1 760, the movement was once more on its way southward, and by the time of the Revolution had spent itself in the founding of a series of meet- ings in South Carolina and Georo-ia. Among the Friends of the Carolinas we find the Starrs, INIcCools, Steers, Greggs, Musgraves, Sharps, Hobsons, Newlins, Hadlys, Harlans, Hol- lingsworths, Coates', Dixons, Stanfields, Jacksons, Johnsons, Lindleys, Milhous', Hiatts, Hinshaws,^ and many other families of Irish name, formerly from Pennsylvania. By the end of the eighteenth century the south- ern Friends had taken such a firm stand against the institution of slavery, that they were no longer able to come into economic competition with their neighbors who utilized slave labor. Their situa- tion was rendered still more uncomfortable by the hostile attitude assumed by these slave-holding neighbors, and the passing of the century wit- nessed a great exodus of the Society to the newly opened free Northwest Territoi'y. Thousands of Friends, including many of Irish name originally from Pennsylvania, left their old homes to escape the hated system, and following several routes through Virginia and Kentucky, poured into the new country'. ^The Hinshaws settled at Cane Creek, in North Carolina, several of them coming directly from Clrange near Charlemcnt, Ireland, and others from Warrington, York County, Pennsylvania. 1 80 Iinmigratiofi of the Irish Qtiakers u^estward The direct westward migration/ as previously narrated, reached Sadsbury, in Lancaster County, about 1723. By 1727 it was on the east bank of the Susquehanna, where it halted for a decade ; then with the close of the Cresap War it moved in full force upon York County. Here its west- ward course was checked for a time by the great barriers of the South Mountain and the Allegheny ranges, and by the French occupation of the west- ern country, and the movement was deflected southward into Maryland, Virginia, and the Caro- linas ; but with the close of the French and Indian War, at the Peace of Paris in 1763, the rich allu- vial lands of the Monongahela Valley or Redstone Region in Western Pennsylvania, which with the Mississippi Valley had now come into possession of the English, were thrown open to settlement, and once more the tide of migration was west- ward bound. From the original York County the migration passed to points in the Cumberland Valley, most detachments moving through Shippensburg. Here the migration divided. One branch, taking the less mountainous and, for a time at least, the more popular route, proceeded down the Cum- berland Valley into Maryland and then followed the devious course of the valley of the Potomac to ■This sketch of the westward movement of the Quakers from Pennsyl- Tania is drawn from a mass of material, chiefly from the original manu- script sources, which I have collected preparatory to a more extended study of the subject. Places of Settlement i8i Fort Cumberland ; thence, advancing along the line of march of the ill-fated Braddock, it crossed the great ridge of the Alleghenies, and passing again into Pennsylvania made its v^ray over Laurel Hill through Beesontown,' to Redstone Old Fort, later Brownsville, on the Monongahela, where it was diffused over the valley of that river. The other branch, crossing an almost continuous series of mountain ridges, advanced directly westward along the old military road from Shippensburg by way of Fort Littleton and Bedford^ to Redstone, where the two branches were aeain united. So far as known, the first Friend to settle in the Redstone region was Henry Beeson, who removed from Berkeley County, Virginia, in i 768, and be- came the founder of Beesontown, now Union- town.^ He was soon joined by other Friends from Virginia, Maryland, and a little later by those from the eastern part of Pennsylvania ;^ and by 1773, when the ministers John Parrish and Zebu- Ion Heston,^ on their return from a mission to the ' Now Uiiiontown, Fayetle County. ^At Dunnings Creek, near Bedford, settled Thomas Blackburn, of Men- alien, ancestor of the numerous progeny of the name in Bedford County (See History of BeJ/ord Coiin/y, 282). Benjamin Walker, of Warrington, York County, notes in his diary, 12 Mo. 5, 1783 : " to Bedford then Thos. Blackburns on Dennings Creeck Lodged." 3 Ellis, History 0/ -Fayette County, 279; Friends^ Intelligencer, LIV. , 347, footnote. * Veech, The Monongahela of Old, 99. ' Heston's grand-nephew John Lacy, afterward Brigadier-General in the Continental .^rmy, accompanied them and has left some account of the journey in his Memoirs. {Penn a Mag., XXV., I et ief.) 1 82 Immigration of the Irish Quakers Ohio Indians, visited the region, several small Quaker settlements had been made/ In 1776, report was made to Warrington and Fairfax Quarterly Meeting that about eighteen families " have removed from 'different parts of this & the neitrhborino- Provinces & settled over the Alligahania Mountains"^; but the War of the Revolution having now begun in earnest the work of settlement was greatly retarded. In this same year of 1 7 76, the British commander at Detroit began to incite the Indians to attack the frontier of Pennsylvania, and the assaults of the red men upon VVheeling and the neighborhood of Pittsburgh in this and the following year caused such alarm among the settlers that large numbers, including some Friends, returned to their former homes. Margaret Cook, a minister, on her way to this county in the spring of 1778, mentions in her Journal that she and her companions " met some going back with their fleetings ^ driving as if the Indians were just behind them, and the road was so filled with pack horses that it was difficult getting along." ^ Later in this year the Quarterly Meeting was informed " that many of the Fami- • Journal of John Parrish, Penn\i Mag., XVI., 446-8. *MS. copy of Minutes, Library Hist. Soc. of I'enn'a. 'Flitlings, — household effects in the course of removal. * I'rietids' Intelligtncet; I. IV., 347. On her return journey she notes that, 5 Mo. 20th, on the Alleghany Mountains, they "met a company go- ing to fight the Indians." Places of Settlement 1 83 lies of Friends settled there have removed back to the Meetings from whence they went and they were much dispersed."' After the victories of George Rog^ers Clark in 1778-79, and the subjugation of the Indians, the Redstone settlers feared attack no longer, and many of those who had fled now returned ; but the remainder of the war period was marked by few accessions of emigrants, a census of the Friends in these sections in 1780 showing only seventeen families or about one hundred and fifty persons.- The close of active hostilities, however, witnessed a great inpouring of immigrants along the two routes. In 1782, a meeting for worship and a preparative meeting were established at Westland, about six miles west of Redstone Fort. By 1785, the Quaker population had so increased that another meeting for worship was erected at Redstone, and these two meetings were formed into a monthly meeting called Westland. Other meetings soon followed, and in 1 793 a new monthly meeting- called Redstone was organized. Among the Irish Friends in the van of the movement, as mentioned by Parrish in h\s Journal of 1773, were Joseph and Anthony Blackburn and Simon and James McGrew, living between the two Sewicklys ; Solomon Shepherd and his brother ^ Minutes, 2 Ibid. 1 84 Immigration of the Irish Quakers John, located near Fort Ligonier, — all from Men- alien ; and Barnabas McNamee and Thomas Greesf, near Redstone Fort, the former from Not- tingham and the latter from Kennett. Joshua Brown, travelling in 1787, speaks of Joshua Dixon, of Fallowfield, in what is now Washington County'; and Peter Yarnall, who made a visit in 1789, mentions Alexander and Finly McGrew, of near the Sewicklys, and Henry Dixon on the Mo- nongahela.^ Other Quaker arrivals of Irish name, as shown by the records of Westland and Red- stone Monthly Meetings, were the Huttons, Pen- nocks, Hobsons, Newlins, McMillans, Whinerys, and Kirks; in fact, few Irish names were unrep- resented in this and the later great mitjration to the Middle West. By the opening of the nineteenth century the Friends became infected more strongly than ever with the prevailing spirit of migration, and again we find them on the westward march. A stream of migration more powerful than any of the pre- ceding, arising to considerable extent from new sources in eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and even New York, now flowed in a steady current through the two well-worn channels to the gate- way of the Redstone region, where, gathering new ' MS. Journal of Joshua Blown, Friends' Library. 142 North Six- teenth Street, Philadelphia. * Journal of Peter Yarnall, Comly's Fri-nds' Aliscellany, vol. 2, pages 252-261. Places of Settlement 185 strength, it moved to the River Ohio and spread out over the broad and fertile plains of the Old North- west. Here, mingling with the great stream of Quakers from the South, it gave rise to many new meetings, almost if not equaling in number those of the Atlantic seaboard, and became an important factor in the formation and development of the great commonwealths of the Mississippi Valley. CHAPTER II. SOCIAL LIFE OF THE IRISH FRIENDS O' Introductory /^~\ F the social Conditions among the Irish Friends in early Pennsylvania some idea will have been formed from the preceding chapters, particularly from Robert Parke's long letter' ; now let us consider this phase of our history more in detail, dwelling especially upon some of the more important sides of country life. The diaries, wills, and inventories of the time, and the ancient records of Friends, abound in quaint and interesting items reflecting the man- ners and customs of the period, and it is these rich stores chiefly that have been drawn upon. On many points, however, authentic material was not at hand, and this in part accounts for the some- what inadequate and fragmentary character of portions of the chapter. Irish Friends The Irish Friends were an active and enlerpris- iveii Adapted j^g people, particularly well adapted for pioneer Li/e life, doubtless more so than the English and Welsh Friends ; for the unsetded state of Ireland through so long a period, — that of the Cromwellian Settle- ment, the raids of the Rapparees, the troubles ' Pp- 71-79- l86 vironment Social Life of the Irish Friends 187 between James II. and William III., and the re- ligious persecutions and other causes of emigra- tion — had inured them to privation and hardship and prepared them to contend with the difficulties of the new country. Although the majority of these Friends were of Mostly of English stock, yet those families that had been in tj'uf Modified Ireland for a generation or more had become by insit eh- modified by their Irish environment and by con- tact with their restless and aggressive Celtic- and Scotch-Irish neighbors, developing habits and characteristics that distinguished them from the English Friends of the Province. These characteristics crop out in the old meet- ing records, which show that the younger Irish Friends especially were impulsive and full of spirit, chafing under the restraint of the strict and repressive discipline of the Society as enforced in those days ; and it is quite common, as we shall see, to find them "marrying out by y" priest" and otherwise breaking the rules. In this con- nection it is also worthy of note that in those meetinofs in which the Irish element was strong- there was a tendency to be more liberal in belief and less string-ent in the administration of some of the rules of discipline. In those neighborhoods where the clan spirit was strong, and where most of the marriages oc- curred among their own number, these Friends 1 88 Immigration of the Irish Quakers The Arrival Hospitality 0/ Old Settlers Small Capi- tal of Immi- grants Household Goods Brought from Ireland Temporary Home near Landing Place The Settlement preserved much of their Irish identity for genera- tions ; but by the early years of the nineteenth cen- tur}- they had lost much of this peculiarit)' and were becoming rapidly absorbed in the new composite American race. On their first arrival from Ireland, and before their own homes could be provided, immigrant Friends did not want for food and shelter ; in that era of simple kindliness and free-hearted hospi- tality the old settlers were ever ready with open door to receive the newcomers and to assist and counsel them in choosing a location. The great body of these Friends brought only small capital with them, but they were young and vigorous and the favorable opportunities offered here enabled the most of them to begin a fairly comfortable settlement. Men with families usually brought their household goods with them, purchasing in the Colony, horses, cattle, and such other neces- saries that could be bought to better advantage on this side of the water. It was customary for those Friends who in- tended to establish themselves upon inland planta- tions, first to provide temporary' homes for their families near the place of landing, and then to go, often several in a company, prospecting for farm land in the interior. Ties of kin and of friendship had an important bearing on the selection of lands ; those who had Social Life of the Irish Friends 1 89 been kinsmen or old friends in Ireland naturally selection 0/ desired to locate near each other in Pennsylvania, ^^'T^, . . ' Arfeclea by and in consequence we find such distinctive Irish Ties 0/ Kin Quaker settlements as those of Newark and "pricdskip Centre in New Castle County, New Garden in Chester County, Sadsbury in Lancaster County, and Menallen in the original York County. Once the land was selected and steps taken to joumeyto secure the title thereto, usually by warrant^ from ■* ''' the Proprietary, haste was made to remove the families thither so that the settlement might be well advanced before the winter season had begun.- Pack-horses, almost the only means of transportation, were now made ready with saddles and pillions, and the women and children and farm and household effects were loaded upon them, the men frequently travelling on foot, leading the horses and driving the flocks and herds before them. Thus equipped the little procession would set off through the dark and lonely woods, follow- ' The planter applied at the land office for the warrant, which was issued by the Proprietary, or the Commissioners, and addressed to the Re- ceiver-General, authorizing that official to have a survey made on terms described in the document. The warrant then passed to the Surveyor- General, who made a copy, returning the original to the warrantee to be held as evidence of title until the patent was issued. The Sur\-ey or- General gave the copy of the warrant with an order to the Deputy -Surveyor of the county in which the land was located, directing the suney to be made. After the Deputy-Surveyor had completed his measurements, he reported to the office of the Surveyor-General, who then issued a patent to the pur- chaser of the land. It usually happened that the patent was not issued until some years after the warrant. 2 In this connection see Robert Parke's letter, pages 71-79. 190 Immigration of the Irish Quakers Clearing the Land House Building The Clap- board House ing the Indian trails and the paths marked by blazed trees to the new abode. The site of the dwelling on the plantation was generally near a spring of water, either on low ground or on the warm southern slope of a hill, for the sake of protection from the bleak and piercing winds of winter. With an energy and enthusiasm born of the thought that they were no longer tenants but absolute owners of the soil, the whole family now worked to win a home from the unconquered wilds. The trees fell quickly under the sturdy blows of the woodman's sharp- edged axe, and soon a little clearing appeared amidst the encircling forest. The next concern was the erection of a house. This first habitation was only a rude cabin built of timber hewn and sawed by hand from the fallen trees ; but before many years had elapsed, with the large increase that blessed his labors, the farmer was enabled to erect a more comfortable and commodious dwell- ing of brick or stone, often making it an addition to the original house. There were several methods of constructing the first wooden house. One of those suggested by Pennin his Directions to Such Persons as are iuclitied to America,^ issued about 1682, was doubtless followed by many of the early settlers. He writes :- ' Reprinted in J'cttna. Mag., IV., 329-342 ; see also Oldmixon's Brit- ish /iinpire in Aiiieria (printed in 1 70S), reprinted in Hazard's Register (Phila,, 1S30), v., 177. ij>cnna. Mag., IV., 334-5. Social Life of the Irish Friends 1 9 1 To build then, an House of thirty foot long and eighteen foot broad, with a partition neer the middle, and an other to divide one end of the House into two small Rooms, there must be eight Trees of about sixteen Inches square, and cut off, to Posts of about fifteen long, which the House must stand upon, and four pieces, two of thirty foot long, and two o< eighteen foot long, for Plates, which must lie upon the top of those Posts, t!ie whole length and breadth of the House, for the Gists to rest upon. There must be ten Gists of twenty foot long, to bear the Loft, and two false Plates of thirty foot long to lie upon the ends of the Gists for the Rafters to be fixed upon, twelve pare of Rafters of about twenty foot, to bear the Roof of the House, with several other small pieces ; as Wind- beams, Braces, Studs, etc. which are made out of the Waste Timber. For Covering the House, Ends, and Sides, and for the Ijoft, we use Clab- board, which is Rived feather- edged, of five foot and a half long, that well Drawn, lyes close and smooth : The Lodging Room may be lined with the same, and filled up between, which is very Warm. These homes usually endure ten years without Repair. . . . The lower flour is the Ground, the upper Clabboard. This may seem a mean way of Building but 'tis sufficient and safest for ordinary beginners. Dankers and Sluyter' the Dutch Labadists, on their journey from New York to the Delaware, in 1679, met with this form of house at the Falls of Delaware, now Trenton, New Jersey, and have left the following description : Nov. 17th. — Most of the English, and many others, have their houses made of nothing but clapboards, as they call them there, in this manner : they first made a wooden frame, the same as they do in Westphalia, and at Altona, but most so strong ; they then split the boards of clapboard, 50 that they are like cooper's pipe staves, except they are not bent. These are made very thin with a large knife, so that the thickest end is about a pinck (little finger) thick, and the other is made sharp, like the edge of a knife. They are about five or six feet long, and are nailed on the outside of the frame, with the ends lapped over each other. They are not usually laid so close together, as to prevent you from sticking a finger be- ween them, in consequence either of their not being well joined, or the boards being crooked. When it is cold and windy the best people plaster ' Memoirs sf the Low^ Islam/ llistoiical Society, L, 172. 192 Immigration of t/ic Irish Quakers them with clay. Such are most all the English houses in the country, ex- cept those they have which were built by people of other nations. Now this house was new and airy ; and as the night was very windy from the north, and extremey cold. This description is confirmed in " An Account of East Jersey, in 1684" : ' " They build not only of Wood, but also of .Stone and brick, yet most of Country Houses are built of Wood only Trees split and set up on end on the ground, and coverings to their Houses are mostly Shingles made of Oak, Chestnut and Cedar Wood, which makes a very neat covering : " The most common form of the early dwell- ing, however, was the more permanent log The Lng Cabin," built of squared logs, placed horizontally House ^j^g upon the other and notched together at the corners. The interstices between the logs were filled in or "chinked" with stones or wedges of wood, and then plastered over with mortar or clay. The roof was covered with boards or oak shingles, either pinned by wooden pins or pegs or held in place by "weight timbers."^ Says Ash- ' Hart's American I/islory told by Contemporaries, I., 569. ^Dankers and Sluyter {^Memoirs L. I. Hist. Soc., I., 175) in their journey of 1679, give an account of the log house of Jacob Hendricks, a Swede, of Burlington, New Jersey, stating that it was '^ made according to the Swedish mode, and as they usually build their houses here, which are block houses, being nothing else than entire trees, split through the middle, or squared out of the rough, and placed in the form of a square, upon each other, as high as they wish to have the house ; the ends of these timbers are let into each other, about a foot from the ends, half of one into half of the other. The whole structure is thus made, without a nail or a spike. The ceiling and roof do not exhibit much finer work, except among the most careful people, who have the ceiling planked and a glass window. The doors are wide enough, but very low, so that you have to stoop in entering. These houses are quite light and warm ; but the chim- ney is placed in a corner." 3 Isaac Weld, Travels through the States of North America, in 1795, 21-22; Peter Kalm, Travels into America, in 1748, p. 166; Lodge's Social Lije of tlie Irisli Friends 193 mead : ^ "Locks in ordinary use were unknown ; the doors [were hung- on wooden hinges or straps of hide and] were opened by strings, which on be- ing pulled from the outside raised heavy wooden latches within, to which they were made fast, and intrusion was prevented when the inmates pulled the latch-strings in at the outer doors. From this common practice originated the ancient saying descriptive of generous hospitality, ' the latch- string is always out.' " A stone chimney of immense size, capable of Equipment of receiving a whole cord stick on the hearth, was ^^^^ built into one end of the house. The great fire- place was used for cooking and heating. Here were to be found frying-pans, chafing-dishes, and The Hearth spits, and suspended over the andirons by pot- hooks from an iron bar or crane, were the pots and kettles, which were so highly prized by the settlers that they were frequently bequeathed by will. George Harlan, of Kennett, in his will of 1 714, devised to his son Aaron a "great brass kettle," and William Halliday, of New Garden, in 1 741, left "unto my Daughter Deborah Lindly my big pott that I brought from Ireland." We may be sure that his bequest was all the more highly regarded because it had come over sea. Colonies, 24S ; Ashmead's Delaware County, 179; Alice Morse Earle's Home Life in Colonial Days : Acrelius, History A^e70 Sweden in Memoirs Hist. Soe. Penna., XI., 157. ' Delaware County, 179. I", 1 94 Immigration of the Irish Quakers llalliday also gave to his daughter-in-law, Mabel Halliday, "a gridle." The great hearth fire was the center of attrac- tion in the long winter evenings. Its dancing flames filled the room with good cheer, throwing into the shadow the bare and homely outlines and lighting up with gentle touch the prominent fea- tures, — the rude furniture, the floor bare save for a rug or two, the overhanging beams, the mantel bright with pewter and brass,' and the walls un- adorned excepting perhaps for a map or sampler or a fowling-piece. Here by the fireside the household and perhaps a few neighbors would assemble to enjoy the evening fire and to chat of affairs of common interest and to exchange the marvelous stories current in those days ; but no one has equalled the gentleWhittier in giving the spirit of this scene of domestic peace and contentment : Shut in from all the world without, We sat the clean- winged hearth about. Content to let the north-wind roar In baffled rage at ])ane and door, Wliile the red logs before us beat The frost-line back with tropic heat ; And ever, when a louder blast Shook beam and rafter as it passed, The merrier up its roaring draught The great throat of the chimney laughed ; The -house-dog on its paws outspread Laid to the fire his drowsy head, ' Dublin Half Year Meeting, in writing to Friends on tlie Delaware, in 1681, advise them to avoid " flourishing needless Pewter and Brass " in their kitchens. Social Life of the Irish Friends 195 The cat's dark silhouette on the wall A couchant tiger's seemed to fall ; And, for the winter fireside meet, Between the andirons' straddling feet. The mug of cider simmered slow, The apples sputtered in a row, And, close at hand, the basket stood With nuts from brown October's wood. What matter how the night behaved ? What matter how the north -wind raved ? Blow high, blow low, not all its snow Could quench our hearth-fire's ruddy glow.' A study of the inventories of the estates of inventories some of the deceased Irish Friends shows quite accurately the character and extent of their pos- sessions, and enables us to form a fairly clear idea of the furnishings of the houses and of the stock and implements of the farms, and to com- pare the wealth of the settlers with that of their neighbors.^ The inventory^ of "all & Singular y' M» Goods & Chattels Rights & Credits of John Goods, 1714 Lowdon Late of New Garden in the County of ' Sncnu-Bound. 2 Extracts from the inventory of George Harlan, of Kennett, made Oct. 29, 1714 : wearing apparrell £'i\ 1 Bed 1 Bolster 2 pillows & pillow Cases ; 2 |i of Sheets ; I Rug and I blanket ; I Bedstead ; I Chest ; I Table ; I Couch ; I old wanning pan ; two Chests ; 6 pieces of pewter ; 1 Bress Skillet ; I frying pan ; 3 floats 3 pails I Churn I wooden bottle ; I Gun ; 2 Cows I black i Red ; I Stone horse ; I Dark brown meare Called Midge & this years horse Colt ; I Black Ridgelin (?) ; I Dark Brown mare with a bay yearling ; saws, augers, planes, axes, etc ; one old Bed tick and Bolster ; one Bay mare about 15 years old in the woods ; one Brown Bay Horse Colt about I year old ; I bay horse one bay mare ; one Sorril Colt ; I Grey Mare and Colt [Total value of estate £, 270. 8. 2.] 'Made 3 Mo. 10, 1714, by James Starr and Michael Lightfoot. — Papers No. 3, Register's Offict; West Oi ester. Pa. 196 Immigration of the Irish Quakers Chester, weaver," made in 17 14, after Lowden had been in this country about three years, indi- cates how bare and meagre were some of these homes : One Cow and Calf ; a horse ; wheat 6 acres ; a ffealher Bedd and Bedding; a fflock Bedd and Bedding; Course Sheets; Table Linnen Wareing Apparell ; I.innings ; 2 Saddles and a pair of Boots ; Iron Tools ; Gunn and Gunn Barrell ; Small irons ; Twoo potts ; Pewter & two Brass Candlesticks ; two Chests ; An Old Box ; Some Wooden Vessels ; A Spade ; Three Hundred Acres of Land. [Total value of estate £, 205- 2-0]. The absence of the items of furniture such as chairs, tables, and bedsteads, from this and other inventories of the time, seems due to the fact that much of tlie furniture was of such crude construction, that it was not considered worthy of inclusion in the list. John Miller, yeoman and miller, one of the largest land owners of the New Garden settlement, died in the same year as John Miller's Lowdou, but seems to have been more well-to-do. Inventory j-jjg househood goods WCfC : ^ Three Ruggs ; two pare of Sheets ; fourteen yards of Cloath ; two pil- lows ; two bed ticks ; three bedd steds ; twelve napkins & two table Cloaths ; twelve felt hats ; one Chist ; I beef barrcU ; I brewing Ceivc ; one washing tub & a half bushell ; two dozen of trenshers fourteen nog- gens and three platters ; one Couch & two t.ibles ; three putcr dishes ; twelve plates ; one tankard a Saltseler & a mustard cup ; two brass and one Iron Candlestick ; one beef barrell ; A Copper kettle & three Iron 'Inventory made " y» 12''' of y i' i'"" 17111 "by Simon Hadly, Thomas Garnett, Michael Lightfoot, and James Starr. — Papers No. 9, Register's Office, West Cliesler, Pa. Social Lrfc of titc Irish Friends 197 potts; an old Gunn barrel! & a spitt ; nine Sickles'; a spade & two Shovles ; Seven bars of Lead ; Some barr Iron ; two Crooks & two Smooth- ing Irons ; four old bells. From the articles of this list we can well picture a Neu< to ourselves the appointments of a New Garden /j/,i,"'- dinner table in 1 7 1 4. The rough home-made ^«*'^. ^7^4 board with its supporting trestles was covered with snowy cloth — board-cloth — and napkins of linen, spun, woven, and bleached by the good house- wife, doubtless, in her old home in Ireland. The dishes were mostly of wood with some few pieces of pewter, always kept bright and shining. The center-piece was the salt-cellar, which in many colonial homes divided the guests, seated "above the salt," from those of lesser note, placed "below the salt." Large shallow pewter platters were heaped high with meats and vegetables. Wooden trenchers served as plates, and wooden noggins as drinking cups ; and mustard cup, wooden tank- ards for water or liquor, and pewter porringers likewise graced the board. There were no cov- ered dishes, saucers, glass or china, although earthenware was to be found on some tables. 1 From evidence of old diaries the sickle seems to have been used in Chester County up to the Revolution, and then the grain-cradle was intro- duced. Richard Barnard, of East Marlborough, on a visit to Deer Creek, Harford County, Md., notes in his manuscript diary, 6 Mo. 4, 1775, that he " observed a Creadle to Cradle wheat," and on 7 Mo. loth we find him engaged " about Cradle to Cradle wheat." On the 24th of the same month Samuel Hunt (see Fuihey and Cope, 338), of East Cain, records that " Leathe Ingram began to Cradle Oats at Is. 6 d. pr acre & I Pint of Rum a Day." 198 hnmigraiion of the Irish Quakers Knives were used, but forks did not come into general use until later, so that the hands had to be constantly employed for holding the food, and on that account napkins were a necessity.^ Outfit oj From other items enumerated in Miller's in- ventory, we may judge ot his general equipment for farming : Six Cows & two Calves ; two yoak of oxen ; one Bull ; a two-year old hefer 2 year old bulocks & I hefer; twenty Sheep & Eight Lambs; three Horses a mare & Coult ; whate in y* bam ; a field of y* wheat & barly ; one Stack of oats ;'flower & wheate in y* mill ; the mill and Bolt- ing mills and four hundred ackers of Land ; three hundred ackers of Land near y* Meeting hous ; The Housing & plantation Containing three hun- dred ackers ; Joyners Small tools ; oagers & hand Saws ; two old whip Saws & a Cross Cut Saw ; one Cart & gears belonging to it ; two plows & three I rons ; three pitching & three Grubing axes ; two old Squaring axes & two hand 'axes ; one grinding Stone ; an old Mare & Colt. [Total value of estate over ;^938. ] John Fred's The inventory" of John Fred, cooper, of Bir- inventory, mingham, Chester County, an arrival from County Carlowin 1713, was made 2 Mo. 21, 1720, and is of particular interest as showing the arrangement of the furniture in the various rooms of the house. To Cash £?• ; To Wearing Apperall £t;^. lo s. & Tht Lower Room : bed and furniture ; Chairs Table & Chests ; Books ; a warming pan. The first Room above Stairs : A bed and furniture ; another bed & beden ; a dressing table & desk. The Second Room above : bed & furniture ; a Desk Chest & other things. ' See Alice Morse Earle's charming book, Home Life in Colonial Days, 76-107. * Made by William Brinton and William Home. Papers 86, Office oj Register of Wills, West Chester, Pa. 1720 Social Life of the Irish Friends 1 99 The Kitchen : Pewter and brass ; Tongs & fire Shovel ; pans potts & pott hooks & Rakens ; box and heaters ; Earthen weT & Lumber. The Seller : Several things & vessels. pother Articles'] : Sheets and pillow Cases ; Table Cloaths and Nap- kins ; a San'ant Man and Maide, ^21 ; a Sadie ; Cart and gears & plow and Tacklen ; falling axes & grubing axes ; Wlieat in house & Mill ; green wheat ; two hores & Maire and Coult ; five oxen ; two Cows ; three heifers cS: three yearlings ; a grinding Stone buckett & Chaine harrow teeth and Crow Iron ; the plantation & Land Containing I46 acres, ^600. [Total value, £%26, 16 s.] The warming-pan, which in this inventor)- was The valued at 12s., was used to make the bed com- 'f'^">""s- pan fortable on a cold night ; the pan was filled with hot coals, and, held by its long wooden handle, was thrust into the bed and rapidly moved back and forth to keep from scorching the linen sheets. In the item " Sarvant Man and Maide," men- Redemp- tioned in the will as John Kitchien and Mar- garet Mathews), we have further evidence of the system of redemptioners or indented servants that played such an important part in the economic history of the colony.^ Evidently by this time ' Some wills and other inventories of Irish Quakers mentioning indented servants were those of Joseph Coeboum, of Aston Township, now Dela- ware County, 1723, " A Woman Sarv' 3 years ;^8 " and " A nagro man called Tobitt ;^30," the latter no doubt held as a slave ; Thomas Jackson, of Marlborough, Chester County, 1727, "my two Sarvants Samuel Hughes and Elizabeth Driskle [/15]," Joseph Kelly [/lo], and Wil- liam Kean, 20 £" ; Ann Marshill, of New Garden, "late from Ireland," 1729, "a Sarvant Man w'' She Sould to ^ffra : Hobson," £9:, and "ye halfe of y" time of a sarvant girl," £i,\ James Miller, of New Garden, 1732, " a Sarvan man," \2£ ; Joseph Hutton, of New Garden, 1735, " 2 Servant Women," £\f, ; Neal Moony, of London Grove, 1751, "a Boy," £\o; William Pirn, of East Cain, Chester, County, 1751, " a Servant Lads time, £<)." lioners 200 Immigration of the Irish Quakers carts had come into use on the farm. The dress- ing table is rather an unexpected luxury. There is much of similarity in all these lists, but I shall give yet another including a number of articles not enumerated in the preceding lists. James Lind- It is the inventory ^ of James Lindley, smith, of ley's Estate, London Grove, Chester County, who had the most considerable estate of any of those men- tioned : I'urs and apparel! ^22. 12s ; 7 Heds and I'urniture thereto belonging ; I Chest of iJrawers 2 Chests 2 Boxes and I Looking glass ; 4 Table Cloaths 13 Sheets and 1 Warming pan ; 2 Pieces of Stufl and I Sett of New Curtains ; fflax, I hackle, Chains, Salt box, Iron pots & Candle sticks ; 2 mens Saddles 2 weomans Sadies I Pillion & 2 Bridles ; Wool Cards, Sole Leather, Pewter, Brass Tin, & wooden ware ; to Baggs, Mault, Indian Com, Salt, Wheels, & a half Bushel! ; Irons in the Kitchen, Coopers ware & Earthen ware &c ; Dressed Skin, Books Iron, Steel 2 whip saws & I Cross ; Carpenters Tools, Pincers, Hows, Plows, Harrows & Ox Chains ; Grinding Stones, Coles, Bells, Shovells, and forks &c ; A Cart with the Geers and Chains, hooks, and hors .Slioes; Oak Boards, Scantling, 3 Guns & Bullet Moulds ; Grubing Axes, Well Chain, Wolf Trap, falling axes &c ; Sickles, Sythes and Doe Trough ; Com in the Bam, and Corn in the Mill ; Com in the Ground, and Hay in the Meadow ; i6 horses. Mares and Colts ; 27 Cows, Oxen and Young Cattle ; 10 Sheep and Swine ; Smiths Tools in the Shop ; one Ser\ant Man ; 5 Bonds and one Bill ; Book Debts ; Plantation and Improvements. [Total value i^ni5.9s.8d.] The bells mentioned, no doubt, were those at- tached to cattle and sheep in order to trace the animals in their wanderings through the woods. This is the only reference to a " Looking glass" that I have noted in the inventories. The best 'Made 10 Mo. 23, 1726. — Papers Ko. 22g, Register's OJjfice, ll'est Chester, Pa. Social Life of the Irish Friefids 201 beds were filled widi feathers, but many persons of the poorer sort had to be satisfied with ticks filled with chaff William Pim, of East Cain, in 1 75 1, had a " Beadstead, Curtains and Rods." The tall "Grandfather" clock was seldom met ne^crand- with in the early years, but later it was not un- ^''""""^'°''' common to find it in the homes of the prosperous farmers. In 1723, Joseph Coeburn's "Clock & Case" was appraised at ^10, and in 1728, Thomas Jackson, of Marlborough, Chester County, had a clock and case valued at £\2, and also a watch. The manner of purchasing one of these clocks, George shown in the manuscript account book of George ^^1'"""^ McMillan (a native of County Antrim, Ireland), of Warrington, York County, <7jO/yr^ ^;^^^ IS an mterest- f ^^ ^ ing example of the system of barter common in new coun- tries where money is scarce. In i Mo., 1774, we find this Friend buying a clock case from Thomas Kirk, an Irish Friend, of York ; he notes on the credit side of the account under that date : £. s. d. Thomas Kirk Credit by one Clock Case and Lock 2 II o and on the debit side at another date : I. .. d. Thomas Kirk, Upon Balance o 3 o dit by 3 yards of Thick Cloath I 5 o AIlso by 2 bushels of Indin com o 6 o dito by wooU o I o By Cash o 16 o 202 Immigration of the Irish Quakers This case McIMillan took to Rudolph Spangler, clockmaker and silversmith, of York, later a cap- tain in the " Flying Camp " of the Revolution, and had it fitted with clock works. He then re- cords in his credit column : /. >. d. Rudy Spangler Credit by one Clock Set agoing at 12 oclock 31" of 3'' month 1774 12 and a little later in the same year in the debit column : c s. d. Rudolph Spangler Dr by 18 bushels of Inden Com 2 14 o and I b of dry apels & I of beans o 8 o Dito By 2200 and 55 Shingels S I 5 Dito by 1800 Shingles 4 I O 12 4 5 This ancient clock,' measuring about seven feet in height and bearing on its face the inscription, " Rudy Spangler, York-town," is preserved as a precious heirloom in the McMillan family^ and is still an excellent timekeeper. Dress The dress of the Friends in the early years of Pennsylvania differed but little from that of the other settlers of the same class. It was not until the close of the first quarter of the eighteenth century that F"riends began to make an effecti\e protest against extravagance in apparel and to adopt a more formal costume'- of "home-spun ' It is now in possession of Smith Bell McMillan, of Signal, Ohio, a descendant of the original owner. 2 .\t Falls Monthly Meeting, Bucks County, in 1 701 one of the mem- bers being reported " very poor and in necessity " a committee was ordered " to get [for him] a good pair of leather bricbes and a good warm coat and waist coat, one pair of stockings and shoes." Grace Church Street Friends Meeting, London, about 1750 Burlington Meeting House. New Jersey 1683-1787 Social Life of the Irish Friends 203 drab and gray." The clothing of the planters was generally simple and substantial, coarse cloth and deerskin being used for that of the men, and linsey and worsted for that of the women. The costume of a man consisted of leather breeches, loner collarless coat reachinof to the knees, waist- coat, neck cloth, woolen yarn stockings, low buckle shoes, and a flat felt or beaver hat. Often in summer, breeches made of a coarse linen called osenbrig were worn. Robert Parke, in his letter of 1725, writes : In Summer time they wear nothing but a Shirt & Linnen Trousers, which are breeches and stockings all in one made of Linnen, they are fine Cool wear in Summer. Wigs were worn by many Friends Penn at- tended carefully to his wigs, and purchased several during his short stay here. In a letter from Lon- don in 1702, he writes to Logan : " Did not a fine new wig come to thy hands for me ? It cost me fifty shillings sterling."^ In 17 19, Jonathan Dickinson, a Friend, in writing to London for his clothes, says: "I want for myself and my three sons, each a wig, light good bobs." ^ The Friends to a larore extent had laid aside their "Wip^grs" some time before the middle of the century, but the fashion was kept up in general society until 1755 ; then, with the return of Braddock's de- ' Penn and Logan Correspondence, I., 114, Menioirs of the Hist. Sac. of Pa. ^Bolles, 11., 320-1 204 Immigration of the Irish Quakers feated army, who had lost their wigs in flight, the custom was abandoned. Some of the wealthy Friends of Philadelphia had large and costly wardrobes for that time, as, for example, that of Robert Turner, one of the richest of the settlers, enumerated m his inven- tory,' made after his death, in 1 700 : upper Room above Stairs : 2 pairs of hair Plush Breeches lined w"* lether, /j. los j l Jacket & one Dublett Ditto /s. los ; I '^' of Old Black Lether Breeches £l ; 2 ^ of Leather Summer Breeches £l ; I ^r of Shagg Breeches los ; I Course Broad Cloth Coat new, £2. los ; I old Shagg Coat 153 ; I Old Grey Coat, los ; I Old Cloth Searge Coat Turned, 15s; I Old Jackett, los ; 2 Wusted fTustian Jacketts £1.4^', l lining frock, 6s; I do. new, los; 2 white swan skin wast coats, £1.45; 2 I'air loosed Stockings ; 3 P' yarn ditto 8s ; 2 ^' of Stirrup Stockings & I ^' of Socks, 4s ; I leather Belt, 3s ; 2 Old Caster hatts, 8s ; I ^' of New Shoos cS: one l)° old, los ; I gray Jackett & and a Neck Hood, 6s ; I fus- tian Wastcoat, los ; 5 P' of Sturrup Stockings, lis. 8d ; 9 Shirts at los., £4. los ; 7 handkerchiefs, los. 4d ; 5 Neck Cloths & 8 Night Capps, 13s ; 2 Very old Jacketts two Old Coats three pair of Breeches & three ^' old Stockings, los ; I light Coulered Broad Cloth Coat not new, £2. Ss ; 2 new Caster- hatts. In 1726, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting took a decided position on the subject of plainness of apparel, the women in particular being advised to greater simplicity in such matters as follows : "That immodest fashion of hooped petticoats, or the immitation of them, either by something put into their petticoats to make them set full ' Ofice of Registtr of Wilts, Philadilphia. ' The caster hat, at the end of the seventeenth and beginning of the eighteenth century was distinguished from the "beaver" and was said to be of rabbit's fur. In 168S, "Of Hats . . . the Caster is made of Coney Wooll mixt with Polony Wooll." — R. Holme m Armory, HI., 129 (cited in Murray's Oxford Dictionary). Social Life of tiie Irish Friends 205 or wearing more than is necessar)', or any imitation whatsoever, which we take to be but a brancli springing from the same corrupt root of pride. And also that none of our friends accustom themselves to wear gowns with superfluous folds behind but plain and decent ; nor without aprons ;' nor to wear superfluous gathers or plaits in their caps or pinners ; nor to wear their heads dressed high behind ; neither to cut or lay their hair on their foreheads or temples. And that ffriends be careful to avoid striped shoes, or red or white heeled shoes or clogs ; or shoes trinmed with gaudy colors. Likewise that all ffriends be careful to avoid all superfluity of ffumiture in their houses, and as much as may be to refrain using gaudy flowers or striped calicoes and stufls. And .also that no ffriends use that irreverant practice of taking snuff, or hand snuft-boxes one to the other in meetings. Also that ffriends avoid the unnecessary use of fans in meetings, lest it divert the mind from more inward and spiritual e.xercise which all ought to be concerned in. And also that ffriends do not accustom themselves to go with breasts or bare necks. ^ Thehighdegree of interdependence and division workon of labor that characterizes ourmodern life was quite f^^P""^ unknown in these early days. At that time every farm house was a little factory and every farmer an adept in many branches of labor, and independ- ent to a considerable extent of the outside world. In summer the farmer and his sons were busily engaged in clearing and planting the land ; in winter, if the weather were too severe for outside work, they applied themselves to indoor labors, making shoes for the family, beating out imple- ments of iron or constructincr household furniture and utensils. ' It was the custom of the women to wear green aprons. 2Scharfe and Wescott, History of Philadelphi ■ , II., 86l 2o6 Immigration of the IrisJi Quakers The wife and daughters were even more fully occupied than the men. They not only attended to a score or more of domestic duties — cookinof, washing, dairying, candle-making, soap-making, spinning, knitting, and weeding the garden — but also frequently assisted the men in the work of the field ; and in truth they might say with the old adage, Man works from sun to sun, But woman's work is never done. The women devoted much time to the home- spun industries, picking, carding, and spinning wool, and swingling, hatcheling and spinning llax ; and from their own homespun they manufactured the clothing of the family. The large stores of linen that were produced by this industr)' were folded away with lavender in wooden chests, and were a source of much pride to the colonial house- wife. Beautiful specimens of the linen made by the Irish Friends are still treasured as heirlooms in the families of descendants, and attest that the an- cient skill in the handicraft for which Ireland is famous was not forgotten in the foster land. Markets The produce of the farm was carried to Phila- delphia, Chester, and New Castle, on horseback, and sold or exchanged for articles to be found at shops, fairs, and markets. Parke writes, in 1725: "There is 2 fairs yearly & 2 markets weekly in I'iiiladclphia also 2 fairs yearly in Chester & Likewise in New Castle, but they Sell and Fairs Social Life of the Irish Friends 207 no Cattle nor horses no Living Creatures but al- together Merchants Goods, as hatts, Linen & woolen Cloth, handkerchiefs, knives, Scizars, tapes & treds, buckels, Ribonds & all Sorts of neces- sarys fit for our wooden Country." He humor- ously adds : " & here all young men and women that wants wives or husbands may be Supplyed. Lett this suffice for our fairs." The early settlers were much annoyed by cer- wna Animals tain of the wild animals that preyed on their flocks and herds. Fo.xes and wolves were the most persistently destructive, but black bears also fre- quently stole into the farm yard and carried off fine porkers. In 1721, a bear was killed near Darby, now Delaware County, and yet ten or fifteen years later, when Nathaniel Newlin (son of Nathaniel), of Concord, married Esther Midkiff, of Darby, her parents were inclined to make objec- tions because Newlin lived in the backwoods of Concord where bears abounded. Mrs. Deborah Logan relates that one night in 1740-41, one of these animals was seen at the old Loran home in o Chester.^ The family of Alphonsus Kirk, the early Irish Quaker settler, of New Castle County, had a thrilling experience with a bear. A grand- daughter of Alphonsus Kirk, Rachael Price, a min- ister of Birmingham Meeting, Chester County, tells the story in her Recollections .-"^ ' Ashmead, History of Delaware County, 212. 2 The i^;7>«a' (Philadelphia) for 18S5, Vol. LVIII., 315. 2o8 hmnigration of i/ic IrisJi Quakers A Bear Story My father, William Kirk (son of Alpbonsus and Abigail Kirk) was born 1st mo., 1708. He and his youngest brother Timothy, had many ad- ventures together when they were young ; they used frequently to meet and talk these over, which was very entertaining to us children. One oc- currence, however, which took place in their childhood, and which I heard my father relate, struck my infant mind with horror and dismay. It so happened that my grandmother was left at home with only these two little boys when a large bear came up near the door before she saw it. It was a double door, and she had only time to shut the lower part before he had his feet upon it, and she could not get the upper door shut quickly, as there was something hanging on it that prevented the door from closing. She pushed it against his paws with all her strength and called to the little boys to bring her the a.\e which was in the house, but they could not find it; then she told them to bring her the rolling pin, with which she beat his feet until he withdrew them, when she could get the door fastened. He then attempted to climb on a shed which was over the door, and which extended to a window in the second story. She seeing his determination told her little sons to go to the cellar and get into a chest that was there, but not to shut down the lid so tightly they could not breathe, while she went up stairs to keep him out, if possible. The shed was built of round saplings, which were covered with brush (wood) and a light snow. .Some of these rolled under the clumsy creature and let him fall through. They had killed a beef that day, the smell of which had probably attracted him ; she threw some parts of it to him which he devoured with great eagerness, appearing to be very hungry, and then went off. The next morning several men went in search of him ; his foot being wounded the blood upon the snow enabled them to track him, so that they soon came up to him. Grandfather's .stout dogs attacked him with violence, but the bear seeming likely to gain the victory, he went to their assistance with his axe. In the meantime the eldest son and the rest of the company came up, and seeing the scuffle but not that his father was there, [the son] incautiously raised his gun in order to fire, but his companions called to him in time to prevent it. They soon succeeded in killing the bear. Social Colonial farm life was not all a monotonous Intercourse rQi,ncl of labor and care ; time was also found for social enjoyment. The Irish Friends, as well as other members of the Society, were eminently a sociable people, and despite the hard travelling. Social Life of the /risk friends 209 visited each other continually. All the events of community — harvests, huskings, raisings, vendues, meetings, weddings, funerals — brought the widely scattered neiijhbors together in social mincrlino^. On such occasions a spirit of sincere and hearty good-will and neighborliness generally prevailed, and in time of distress and need there was never lack of help and sympathy. A great event among the Friends was a wed- it^eddings ding. The first and important preliminary to the marriage was " to pass meeting," or obtain the consent of the monthly meeting. To this end the contracting parties appeared in two monthly meet- ings and declared their intentions. Then, after a searching inquiry by a committee, if the couple were found to be " clear of all entangflements," they were lett at liberty to accomplish their marri- age, according to "y' good order," of Friends. As an example of a "passing" of the Irish Friends the following extracts from the minutes of New Garden Monthly Meeting, Chester County, are given : Att our Monthly Meeting of New garden held att New garden the gth gf ye gih jjjQ . iyi8 . . . Thomas Jackson of New garden Alice [alias] Marlborough, & Mary Willy of New garden. Appeared Att this Meeting & Signified Their Intentions of Taking Each Other In Marriage it Eeeing y"^ first time, Therefore this Meeting Appoints John Smith & Rob- ert Johnson To Make Enquiry concerning his Conversation & Clearness on y' Account of Marriage, & to give an Account To y' Next Monthly Meeting, On the same date the Women's meeting ap- pointed 14 2 10 Immigration of the Iri^h Quakers Margaret Johnson & Sarah Worsley to Make Inquiry into her [Mary Wily's] Clearness of Marriage with any other and of her Conversation. One month later the couple again declared their intention: Att our Monthly Meeting held att New garden y* 13"' of y° 10 — 1718 Thomas Jackson & Mary Willy Appeared att this. Meeting & Signified y' they Continue their Intentions of Taking Each other In Marriage It beeing y* Second time, & y"' friends Appointed To Make Enquiry Concern- ing his Conversation & Clearness, have (-iiven an Account that they find Nothing but y' he is Clear from All others [The Women's Meeting at the same time " finde nothing to hinder her Intentions of Marriage"], Therefore this Meeting Leaves them to their Liberty to Accomplish their Said Marriage According to y' good order Used Amongst friends, Robert Johnson & James Lindley is Appointed [The Women's Meeting appointed Margaret Johnson and Sarah Worsley] to See y'' orderly Accomplishment Thereof, & give an Account To y" Next Monthly Meeting. The form of the marriage ceremony is illus- trated by the following certificate^ : ^J•|^f imbcreat ' ITiomas Jackson of y" Township of Marlborough In y' Marriage County of Chester & province of Pensilvania & Mary Willy In y'' Town- Cerlificale ship of New garden & County & province Aflbresaid Maveing Declared Their Intentions of Takeing Each other In Marriage before Several! Monthly Meetings of y° "(people Called Quakers In y" County of Chester According to y' good order Used Among Them whose proceedings Therein After a Dileberate Consideration Thereof & Consent of Parents & Relations Concerned They appearing Clear of all others were approved of by the Said Meetings. ftow UbiB 3b tlo Ccrfiflc whom It May Concern That for y' full Ac- complishing of Their S'| Intentions this Twenty fifth day of y* 10 ^ caled December In y' Year of our Lord one Thousand Seven hundred & Eighteen They y' 8*1 Thomas Jackson & Mary Wily apeared In a Publick & ' Certificate recorded page l, Vol. I of New Garden Marriage Book. •At New Garden Monthly Meeting, 9 Mo. 7, 172.^, " lienjanin ffred is appointed by this Meeting to write y' Marriage Certificates for friends be- longing to New Garden preparative meeting and James Wright for Noling- ham." Social Life of tlie Irish Friends 21 I Solemn Assembly of y' anbres'l People & otliers Melt Together Att y" I'ub- lick Meeting house att New garden Afforesaid & In a Solera Manner he y" S^ Thomas Jackson Taking her y' S'> Mary Wily by y" hand did openly Declare as foUoweth friends In y" fear of y" Lord & before This Assembly I Take this my friend Mary Wily To be my wife ^f*romising w' y" Lords Assistance To be Unto her a Loving & faithfull husband Until death Separate Us & Ihcn & There y" Abovesaid Mary Wily Did declare friends In y= fear of y" Lord & in y"' presence of this Assembly I Take Thomas Jackson to be my Husband Promising w' y" Lords Assistance To be unto him A Loving & faithful wife Untill death Separate us or words to This Efiect & for a further Confirmation thereof They y' S'J Thomas Jack- son & Mary Wily She according To y" Custom of Mairiage Assuming y" Name of her Husband did Then and There Sett their hands & we whose Names are hereunto Written beeing Present Among others at y' Solemniza- tion of their Sd Marige & Subscription In manner afforesaid as witnesses hereunto have Also to These presents Subscribed our names y" day & year Above written : Thomas Lightfoot Thomas Jackson Sarah Lightfoot Mary Jackson Martha Willy John Willy Abigail Willy Joseph Willy Rnth Martin Arthur Jones Mary Button Benja" Fredd Margarett Johnson Samuel Jackson Rebecka Starr Joseph Hutton Deborah Starr Samul-. Lightfoot Mary Head Jacob Lightfoot Rachel Fredd Nehemiah Hutton Alice Wickersham Benjam° Fredd Ann Jackson John Fredd Deborah Holyday Jeremiah Stan- Sarah Worsley Thomas Jackson Mary Miller Deborah Chambers Martha Miller Sarah Miller Mary Power Margaret Miller At the next Monthly Meeting the committee reported on the marriage as follows: Thomas Wickersham Caleb Pusey Francis Swayne Benjamin Holme Abram Marshall Simon Hadly John Chambers William Holiday Gayen Miller John Smith Robert Johnson James Lindley Ellinor Lindley Tho : Jackson James Johnson James Stan- Michael Lightfoot 2 1 2 Immigration of tlie Irish Quakers Att our Monthly Meeting of New garden held atl Notingham the lo"" of y« II 'J^^: 1718-19 The friends y' were Appointed To See y* orderly Accomplishment of Thomas Jackson & Mary Willeys Marriage, Make report That it was Ac complished orderly. It often happened that marriages were not cele- brated with that high degree of good order which the committee thought necessary at such func- tions. There seems to have been a constant ten- dency, especially after the fourth decade of the century, to bring some of the ways of the "world's people" into the marriage ceremony. In 1761, at Warrington Monthly, a marriage was reported orderly, except for the couple^ " having a man & maid to wait on them, which practice this meeting doth not approve." In 1773, at the said Monthly Meeting, a groom- was complained of for having "assistance in taking of his Gloves." In 1775, the nuptials of Richard Atherton and Phebe Hob- son seem to have passed off to the satisfaction of the men Friends of the meeting, but the women members were scandalized at the presence of "assistants to pull off the glove "and hat." In 1785, Friends had a concern as to the "practice of keeping on the Hat at the time of Solemnizing Marriage."* Many young Friends, impatient of the slow and troublesome process of passing meeting, would ' Richard Carson and Mary Passmore. 2 Nehemiah Hutton who married Rachel Varnall. ' Minulei of Warrington Monthly Meeting. Social Life of the Irish Friends 2 1 3 hasten off to "ye priest" or to a magistrate, and be married without any delay or formality. Ancient church registers, notably those of the Old Swedes' Churches of Philadelphia and Wilmington, record the marriages of many young runaway Quaker couples. The monthly meeting minutes abound in the record of such infractions of discipline, and the elders of the meeting were ever busy laboring and dealing with the delinquents. If the offend- ers would not confess their faults they were " dis- owned " or expelled from the Society. At New Garden Monthly Meeting, in 1730, a complaint was made that " Mary Moore ^ is gone out from friends & is Marryed by a Justice of y° peace Contraiy to freinds advice to her." For this she was disowned. At the same meeting in 1 736, " John Mickle is married out by y" priest," and was disowned. Again, in 1737, "Sadsbury preparative Meeting informs y' John Musgrove Jun' is married out of y" Unity of friends (by y^ priest.) ' " He was then ex- pelled. At Warrington Monthly Meeting, in 1767, Sarah Delap made a written acknowledgment " for keeping company with a young man not of our So- ciety and attempting marriage with him by a priest to the great grief of my tender parents." She was then re-instated. Even those members who were present on the occasion of a marriage by " ye 1 Married Thomas McCollum. 2 1 4 Immigration of the Irish Quakers priest " were dealt with for misconduct. Such complaints as this are frequent in the minutes : New Garden Monthly Meeting, 12 Mo. 22, 1734-5, is informed " y' Thos. Jackson Jun"' went a Long with Stephen Hayes when he went & gott mar- ried by y' priest." Warrington Monthly Meeting, in 1779, had a difficult love affair to settle. John Uclap made objections to the marriage proposals of Joseph Garretson and Rebecca McMillan, declaring that he had a prior claim to her "which he is not will- ing to give up, and it appears that she kept com- pany with him a considerable time after she al- tered her mind." The meedng finally decided against poor John, and the marriage was duly con- summated without any further interruption from him. The bride would ride to meeting behind her father or next friend seated on a pillion, but after the ceremony the pillion was transferred to the husband's horse, behind his saddle, and witli him she rode home.^ After the wedding the com- pany were invited to return to the home of the bride's father, where a bountiful repast was served. Great preparations were made for the wedding dinner, and Friends had frequently to be cau- ' Reminiscences of William Worrall, a centenarian, by John F. Watson, Mtmoirs of the I/islorical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1827, Vol. II. Social Life of Ihe Irish Friends 2 1 5 tioned against lavish entertainment on such occa- sions. At Warrington, in 1767, a marriage was reported orderly, "Except some unnecessary pro- vision." ' Courtship among Friends was a solemn affair, Courtship and must be pursued in a most decorous and cir- cumspect manner. Before declaring his affec- tions, the young man must first have the consent of the young woman's parents. This permission granted, he came "a courting," but he must strive by his grave and staid demeanor and "solid con- versation" to make an impression on the object of his regards. If however, he did not first obtain the paternal sanction, he was dealt with by the meeting. In 1726, George Robinson ^ had to sign the following paper before he was allowed to proceed with his marriage : Whereas I have Made My Mind Known to Mary M'Koy Upon y' Account of Marriage before I had her parents Consent Contrary to y" order of friends for which I am Sory as witnes my hand George Robinson ' In 1725, Thomas Chalkley " was at a Marriage at Horsham (at which was present William Keith, our Governor) and I was concerned to speak . . . After this Meeting I return'd Home without going to the Marriage Dinner, as I generally avoided such Entertainments as much as I could, having no Life, or liking to them, being sensible that great Companies and Preparations at Weddings, were growing Inconveniences among us." — p. la,"] , Jotirnal, London, lyS'- 'George Robinson, of Cecil Co., Md., son of George and Catharine (Hollingsworth) Robinson, " of Newark In y' County of New Castle upon Delaware" was married 2 Mo., 14, 1726, at Nottingham to Mary, daugh- ter of Robert Mi^Koy, of Cecil Co., Md. — New Garden Marriage Book, 33. 2 1 6 Immigralion of the Irish Quakers Again, in 1732, when Robert Johnson, son of Robert Johnson, of New Garden, and Katharine Hadley, daughter of Simon Hadley, of New Castle County, declared theirintentionsof marriage for the first time, they were not permitted to proceed until Robert produced the following acknowledgment : Whereas I have Endeavored to dravir out ye affections of my friend Katherine Hadley before I had ye Consent of her parents, which s'' Action of mine being Contrary to ye Rules of friends & I knowing in my Self it not to be Right Wherefore I do Condemn all Such practices & do take ye blame on my Selfe & desire y' i"riends may pass it by & hopes I Shall be more Carefull for time to come of giving any just offence to friends as Witness my hand this 26 day of y<' sixth mo"" 1732 Robert Johnson Funerals A funeral was always an occasion for a great gathering of Friends. Thomas Chalkley notes that in 1725 as many as a thousand persons were present at a funeral.' The body was placed in a plain coffin and borne to the meeting-house, where after a short meeting in memory of the deceased, interment was made in the adjoining graveyard. The company then repaired to the house for din- ner, which was almost as elaborate a repast as that served at weddings. Friends were warned to " keep out of superfluity at maredges and bueriels." The funeral expenses of fames Lind- ley, of London Grove, as shown by the accounts filed by his executors, were ^4. los., and " y« Coffin," £1. 8s. The funeral charges of Thomas ^Journal, 153. Social Life of the Irish Frie?ids 2 i 7 Jackson, in i 728, were ^'3. In the estate accounts of John Lowden, of New Garden, is the item : " for y^ funerall of William Johnson," ^5. In the accounts of Ann Marshall, deceased, of New Garden, "late of Ireland," are recorded these charges: "A Coffin ^i ; Sider at y= funerall los ; ye Grave Diging, 3s. 6d." A few items gleaned from executors' accounts Physicians' show what physicians' fees were in this early period. *''''^" George Harlan's estate " paid Isaac 'Taylor for Physic as ^ his receipt Dated y^ 25 ; i "° 1715 ^8. 18. o." Ann Marshall was ill thirteen weeks but her estate had to pay " to ye Doctors " only 2s. In Thomas Jackson's account were items: "to Doctter Curry, ^3"; "to Doctter Dellwood, £2. 4. 7 " ; to Doctter Taylor, 7s." The meeting was one of the strongest forces in Meetings fot the social life of the Friends. Twice a week, on "First-day " and usually on "Fifth-day," it brought together the members from their scattered hold- ings for worship, and at the close afforded oppor- tunity for a short season of quiet and genial con- verse. Of the two meetings for worship, that of the Sabbath had the better attendance. On Fair First-day mornings steeped in Summer calm Warm, tender, restful, sweet with woodland balm, family parties, either walking or riding,^ might be 1 Some young Friends in going to meeting evidently did not always carry themselves with that degree of " gravity and moderation " that was 2 1 8 Immigration of the Irish Quakers seen wending their way to the plain little meeting- house, embowered amid the trees. Reining up by the horse-block at the door the riders dis- mounted, and before entering the edifice would linger, perchance, for a few words of friendly greeting with the neighbors. There was no peal of bells to call them to the house of praise, but at the appointed time the company took their places on the hard, unpainted benches, the men on the one side and the women on the other side of the house. After a few moments of silent and reverent worship, seeking The Soul's communion with the Eternal Mind, — from the raised seats of the gallery, where sat the ministers and elders facing the body of the meet- ing a minister would arise to deliver his spiritual message. Frequently the speaker was a travel- ling Friend, from England or Ireland or other dis- tant parts. Perhaps it was Thomas Chalkley, Gentlest of skippers, rare sea saint,' , or Thomas Lightfoot, who expected of them by their elders, but took advantage of the ride to show ofi the paces of their fine young horses. As early as 1681, Friends of Dublin Half Year Meeting had a concern as to this departure from " y' path of truth" and sent an epistle, signed by William Edmundson, Abraham Ful- ler, and Amos Strettell, to Friends on the Delaware, urging that "all young Men and others in Riding to or from Meetings or other occasions refrain from Galloping and Riding after an aiery flurting manner." — Amelia Mott Gummere, Friends in Burlington, Pcnna. Mag., VII., 354. ' Whittier in Snow- Bound. Social Life of the Irish Friends 2 1 9 Did like Noah's dove. Sweetly declare God's universal love,' or John Fothervill, "an antient man tall and Well Shap'd Very Zealous against Sin and Iniquity " - ; or perchance it was quaint and eccentric old John Salkcld, of Chester, of whom a contemporary writes, in 1739 : Salkeld from silent sitting slow would rise And seemed as with himself he did advise. His first words would be soft, but might be heard ; He looked resolved, yet spoke as if he feared Proposed his theme, and sometimes would repeat, Lest some should not observe, or should forget : Thus louder then he strained his cheerful voice, The sounds grow tuneful and their hearts rejoice.* It not infrequently happened that some good Friends, wearied with the arduous duties of the week, would drop off into restful slumber. But woe betide these offenders of good order and the testimony of truth, if John Salkeld chanced to be present at the meeting ! Their dreams were then of short duration. On one occasion, it is related, when he noted several members overcome with drowsiness, he suddenly sprang to his feet, ex- claiming, "Fire! Fire!" Everyone was awake ' Samuel Keimer, of Philadelphia, writing in 1723. — Scharfe and Wescoll, II , 867. ^ MS. Diary (ijj6-iys^) of John Smith, of Burlington, N. J. 'Lines attributed to Joseph liricntnall, a Friend, of Philadelphia. — The Salkeld J'amily, Business Meciings 2 20 Immigration of the Irish Quakers immediately and one of the excited sleepers cried out, "Where? Where?" "In Hell!" responded |ohn, "to burn up the drowsy and uncon- cerned." ' The close of meeting was announced by the shaking of hands by two gallery Friends, the signal passing down seat by seat through the house. After a friendly and genial chat the Friends dispersed, many of them taking guests home to dinner. The business meetings of the Society, from the point of view of social opportunity, were of greater moment even than the meetings for worship. The latter were usually only local in extent, but the former, especially the quarterly and yearly meet- ings, brought together large numbers of Friends from many distant points and thus enlarged and broadened the range of social intercourse. The business meeting was usually preceded by a meet- ing for worship, at the close of which wooden shutters were drawn down from the ceiling, leav- ing the women to conduct their branch of the meeting separate from that of the men. Quarterly The Quarterly Meeting, which continued often "'"'^ for several days, and in early times "circulated" to various fixed places in a district, occupied a conspicuous place in the life of the I'riends. The ' The Satkeld Family, a rare little pamphlet of 8 pp. , printed in Dela- ware County, in 1867. Social Life of the Irish Friends 2 2 i season was looked forward to with pleasant an- ticipation by young and old as a time not only for religious worship but for social pleasure. Great preparations in the way of cooking and baking were made for Quarterly Meeting guests. Whole families would often come from great distances to "Quarterly" and visit around in the neighbor- hood during the progress of the meeting. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, the central au- V'-ariy thority, to which all the other meetings of Pennsyl- ' " '"^ vania, Delaware, and parts of New Jersey and Maryland were subordinate, was the most impor- tant of the meetings and had the largest attend- ance. The meeting lasted for upwards of a week each year, oscillating for a time between Philadel- phia and Burlington, but finally settling down to regular sessions in Philadelphia. Country Friends took advantage of Yearly Meeting week to bring to town farm products, to exchange for articles to be found in the shops and markets. The visitors were always received and entertained with gener- ous hospitality by the city members. The Monthly Meeting, local in its character, was jironihiy the real working body of the Society, in matters ^'''"'^'"^ relatincr to the individual members. It " under- took to see that justice was done between man and man, that disputes were settled, that the poor were supported, that delinquents, whether as to the Society's own rules or those of the State, were 2 2 2 Immigration of the Irish Quakers reformed, or if reformation seemed impossible, were ' disowned ' by the Society, that appHcants for membership were tested and finally, if satisfac- tory, received, that all the children were educated, that certificates of sfood standing were orranted to members changing their abodes, that marriages and burials were simply and properly performed, and that records were fully and accurately kept. Under these were the Preparative Meetings."' Meeting The Friends in general maintained a high ^"^ ° standard of conduct and morality, but among the young members, especially in the later genera- tions, there was a falling off in this respect and a tendency to drift into the ways of the world's people. The monthly meeting was constantly engaged in laboring with offenders. Some additional e.xtracts from the meeting records throw light on disciplinary action and af- ford further interesting glimpses of the manner of life among the Irish PViends. Card-piayini; The Friends had a strong testimony against "oan in ^"^'^ ' kicked practices " as card-playing and dancing, their sentiments being expressed by Thomas Chalkley, who denounces cards as "en- gines of Satan " and declares " that as many Paces as the Person takes in the Dance, so many Paces or Steps they take towards Hell."'' But in spite ^ A Quaker Experiment in Government (21-22), by Isaac Sliarplcss, President of Haverford College. * Journal^ 225, Social Life of the Irish Friends 223 of all such protests many young members were found playing cards and engaging in such "vain and vicecious Proseedings as Frollicking Fiddling and Dancingr." At New Garden Monthly Meeting, 4mo. 1 2, 1725: " New Garden Preparative Meeting has Acquainted this Meeting y' Neheniiah Hutton has been found In Company keeping & playing Cards which lias brought reproach upon truth & friends, & this Meeting has put him upon to Draw iip Something for y* Clearing of truth Against y® Next Monthly Meeting which he Acknowledges and is willing to do " Joseph Hadley being Also in Company w' Nehemiah Hutton and had y' Cards In his hand which he is Sory for y' he did not leave y* Company. It is y* Mind of this Meeting y' he condemn the Same So far as he is Guilty" 6 Mo., 6, 1725. " Nehemiah Hutton has given in a paper Condemn- ing himself for his playing at Cards which paper this meeting receives & orders him to read y' S'? Paper in y' place where he was playing & in y* Presents of Benjamin ffred & Willf Halliday & that they give an Account to y" next Monthly Meeting & that he is desired to forbear coming to meet- ings of business until friends be better Satisfied with him as to his conver- sation and .Sincerity to truth." Joseph Hadley was dealt with in the same way. At Warrington Monthly Meeting, in 1769, Timothy Kirk acknowledged his error in dancing, and in 1777, Elizabeth Blackburn expressed her sorrow for "having Endeavored to dance." The Friends, in common with other people of the early part of the period under our study, seem to have indulged freely in strong drink. The Tem- Drinking. perance movement, which was initiated by Friends, was of later origin. So long as members kept sober no complaint was made, but when they got 2 24 /mini oration of the Irish Quakers so deep in their cups as to become foolish and be- ligerent they were promptly taken in hand by the meeting. It was thought that no crop could be gar- nered, no building raised, in fact no difficult work accomplished, without the use of stimulants. On all social occasions liquor was freely passed around. In 1725, Chester Quarterly Meeting, which in- cluded nearly all the meetings of what is now New Castle County in Delaware, and the counties of Delaware and Chester in Pennsylvania, made some attempt to correct abuses that had sprung up. " It was desired [that] y" friends take care at Burralls not to make great provision as to provide strong Liquors and hand it about ; but lett Every one take y' is free to take it as they have ocation and not more than will doe them Good." The next year the Yearly Meeting took up the subject and adopted strong resolutions against the practice of giving liquor at public vendues, as it excited bidders and created an incautious rivalry. Thee,xpenditurefor rum was frequently the largest item in vendue accounts. At the vendue of Ann Marshall, of New Garden, as shown in her ac- counts of 1729, there was paid "To John Read for Rum at y' Vendue 13s. 4d.," while "ye Gierke " received only 4s. and "William Rowan Cryer at y* Vendue" only 10 s. In 1733, a writer in the Pennsylvania Gazette complains that Social Life of the Iri^h Friends 225 " It is now become the practice of some other- wise discreet women, instead of a draught of beer and toast, or a chunk of bread and cheese or a wooden noggin of good porrige and bread, as our good old English custom is, or milk and bread boiled, or tea and bread and butter or milk or milk coffee &c that they must have their two or three drams in the morning." Here are some cases of intemperance of Irish Friends brought before New Garden Monthly Meeting : 10 Mo 12, 1724. — " Whereas Joseph & Nehemiah H being both overtaken in Drink in y' County of New Castle & have condemned y" Same Under their hands which papers were read heere to y" Satisfaction of this Meeting & Appoints Benjamin fired to read y" Same in y' Next first dayes Meeting." 10 Mo 12, 1724. — " Thomas Jackson of Thomas Town in Marlborough has appeared at this meeting as desired & has Signified y* it was not y® greatness of y* quantity of drink but beeing unwell for Some time before which he thinks was y" cause of this Sickness but for y' Clearing of truth he is willing to give in a paper, therefore he is desired to bring it y'' next Monthly Meeting." 2. Mo. 10. 1726. — " Dear friends whereas it Accidentally hapened y' 1 was overtaken In Licquor and I do believe y' my being before unwell & weak of body was Some occasion of it & I am Sory for it as witness my hand. THOMAS Jackson." 4 Mo. 24, 1732. — London Grove Preparative Meeting reports "y' Joseph P was over taken with Strong Drink at Darby & and he being feavored with a deep Sence thereof have given this Meeting a paper " of acknowledgment. 11 Mo. 25, 1734. — New Garden Preparative Meeting reports "y' James M Sen' was overcome with Strong Licqor & did Strik & abuse his wife." He was disowned, 12 Mo. 22, 1734-5. 8 Mo. 30, 1736. — Mary B ly has "been Adicted to Drunkenness for some years past & has been visited and Admonished against it Divers times yett Does not Desist from it." Disowned 9 Mo. 27, 1736. •5 2 26 hnniigration of the Irish Quakers In harvest time neighborinij families assisted each other, the women often workins^ in the fields with the men. Says Parke : " The [y] also make great Preparations against harvest both Roast & boyled, Cakes & Tarts & Rum stand at the Lands End, so that they may eat and drink at Pleasure." Fre- quently refreshments of cider and rum were too much for Friends, and exciting scenes attended the harvest. We have an instance of this in Warrington Monthly Meeting records of 1748. A PViend made the following acknowledgment : I was overtaken with the effects of spirituous liquor in the harvest field, reaping for John Rankin in Red Land Valley [near Lewisberry, York County] last harvest. It was a hot day, I drank more than I should have to drive out the sweat to make me in better capacity to follow my work, but it produced the contrary effect, so that I was for a time light in the head and I talked foolish. At New Garden Monthly Meeting, 5 Mo. 29, 1729, London Grove Preparative Meeting made report : yt Will'" Lowdon was a fighting with Michacll Harlan Jun ye Last Harvest for w^ he is Sorry & has Given a paper Condemning ye Same which this meeting Takes as Sattisfaction. In 1754, Warrington Monthly Meeting ex- pelled Robert W , on complaint of John Farmer who said that R. W. came " to his house full of drink and did abuse him and his family, and when he provoked some of them to strike him he took warrants for the whole family, considerably to their damage." Social Life of tJie Irish Friends 227 Again, in 1758, John W , of Menallen Disorderly Meeting, made the following acknowledgment : " Whereas, some lime ago I went to the Burial of one of my Neighbours ; from the Grave yard I went a few miles where I heard there was a Gather- ing of men, Expecting to see some men I had business with, and notwith- standing I have made profession of the blessed truth for many years past, thro' unwatchfulness Committed that great Evil of taking more strong drink than I ought to have done, the Effect of which brought on another Evil, for Rideing home in Company with some of my Neighbours, a differ- ence fell out amongst us where I received, as 1 thought at that time, provo- cation Enough to do as I did, (but I am far from thinking so now, ) which was the putting of my hat and Jacket in order to have satisfaction," etc. In 1758, James McG , of Menallen, pro- duced an acceptable acknowledgment for being overtaken with strong drink ; " the adversary hav- ing got the advantage I took the undue liberty of singing Idle songs along with a company that was Engaged in that Exercise." His paper was read on "First-day" at Alenallen Meeting. Here are some further cases of disorder in which Irish Friends were concerned : At New Garden Monthly Meeting, 2 Mo. 26, 1729, Nottingham Pre- parative reports " that Roger Keirk son of Alphancius Keirk was a Rassel- ing for a weger which he seems to aveade." 4 Mo. 28th, it is reported " y' he said he hoped to be more Carefull but did not appear at this meet- ing nor is not willing to Condemn it any further." 7 ^^o- 27th, he appeared at the meeting but being of " Rather a Cavelling Contentious Spirit than otherwise this meeting thinks it of Necessity to disown him." u Mo. 31,1729, New Garden was informed that John C — n in Contro- versie with Thomas L — ly did through provecation Curse & Swear, and that y' s"* L — ly Did use Scurrilous vain & unbecoming Language to John C — n. ' ' An acknowledgment from these offenders was accepted, but the privilege to sit in business meetings was withdrawn. 2 Mo. 25, 1730, "John C — n & Thomas L — ly was a fighting." The former was then disowned, while the latter expressing his sorrow was retained in membership. 2 28 Immigration of the Irish Quakers Report was made to New Garden Monthly Meeting, ii Mo. 28, 1737-8, that certain Friends appointed to read a testimony against John St — r, of Sadsbury Meeting, for not complying with " y' Award of y" friends Chosen by him & his brother " in a dispute, shewed it to s'' John, and that he & and his father Joyned in running out against friends & said y* Testamony was a parsil of lies that they had made up amongst themselves and when a friend stood up & began to read it at y' breaking up of a first day meeting according to y" Direction of y" monthly meeting, Isaac St r [father of John] stood up & bid hira Leave of reading it for it is a parsil of lies & sleped to y* friend & Catched y° paper & tore it to pieces, whereby y" reading of it was stoped at that time." Isaac St — r was then dealt with "for his Con- tempt of y" Authority of y' meeting " and was re- quired to bring in a written acknowledgment of his fault. Care of One of the duties of the monthly meeting was to investigate cases of alleged mistreatment of indented servants. At New Garden, 12 Mo. 25, 1726-7, Sadsbury Preparative Meeting made a Complaint against James Musgrave Son of Jn° Musgrave of Sads- bury for Strikeing a .Servant man of Caleb Perces [Peirce's] the which he Seems to Justifie therefore this meeting appoints Saml' Miller & Caleb Perse to Endeavour to bring him to a Sence of his Evill Action. Indented Servants Caseoj One of the most interesting cases concerning Lowden indented servants that Friends were called upon versus _ ' Smith to settle was that of I^owdcn versus Smith, brought before New Garden Monthly Meeting. It seems that William Lowden, probably after the death of Social Life of the Irish Friends 229 his father, John Lowden, in 17 14, was bound as a servant, until the age of twenty-one, to John Smith, of Marlborough, son-in-law of Caleb Pusey. As young Lowden approached his majority a dif- ference arose between him and his master as to the date of expiration of the term of service. Evidently there were not exact data at hand to de- termine the point. Thereupon, 3 Mo. 9, 1724, the matter was brought up for the Monthly Meet- ing to decide. At this meeting, as a first step in the proceed- ings, a committee was appointed "to write to y° Monthly Meetings of y*" Grange In y'' County of Antrim «& to New Garden In y" County of Carlow both In Ireland for y" Ages of y' Children of John Lowdon." At the next Monthly Meeting, held 5 Mo. nth. Friends being Informed Alt our Last Monthly Meeting of A Differ- ence between John Smith and William Lowden about y' Age of William Lowden he being bound to John Smith Until! he come of Age & y' Last Meeting .Appointed Thomas Jackson James Lindley Benjamin ffredd Si- mon Hadly Joseph Sharp & Michael) Lightfoot to See they could help them to Accommodate it, And Now these friends gives this Meeting An Account that they Mett with them & they could not fully End it, but John & William Mutually have Chosen four friends whom they have left it to fully to determine. The young man, becoming impatient of the delay of tne arbitrators, probably left his master before the proper time, for on 9 Mo. 7, 1724, just three days before what later proved to be his twenty-first birthday, 230 Iimnigration of the Irish Quakers A Concern coming Upon this Meeticg concerning Wm : Lowdens dis- order In not Leaving his Difference he had w' his Master to y' Arbitrators as he had agreed to do, Therefore we now desire y' Visiters to speak to him to bring him to a Sence thereof that he may condemn y" Same & y' they give an account to y" Next Monthly Meeting. No further mention of the matter is to bef ound in the minutes until 7 Mo. 11, 1725, when the de- sired evidence from Irish ret^nsters — showing the vakie of such records — had arrived : " This Meeting has received an account from y" Mens Meeting In Ireland held at James Moores Sen' In y' County of Antrim Concerning y' Age of Wm. Lowden which account is Satisfaction to John Smith & William Lowden & to this Meeting Also, A Coppy whereof here followeth, Uo fri^:n^6 of y' Monthly Meeting held at New Garden In Chester County in y' Province of pensilvania In America, S>carls beloved friends & brethren In y fellowship of y" gospell & unity of y'^ Church in our Lord jesus Christ do we brotherly Salute you w' fervent desires for your growth prosperity and Establishment in y' blessed truth, wherein we give you an Acco^ y' we read y° Letter from Eli Crokett dated y" 6 : y 12"' day 1724 Directed to James More SenT & Jun^ giving an Account of Strife y' hath hapened In relation to y' age of Willi.im Lowden desireing a Certificate Signed by our Mens Meeting In determination thereof, Therefore pursuant to y Said Advice we y' After named Sub- scribers do hereby Certifie you y' y' register book of y" Grange Meeting was brought to our Mens Meeting & Every Individual! & particular person Subscribing to this Certificate did there read & find y" following Account upon record (viz. ) William I.owdon Son of John I.owdon was born y 10'* of y* 9 : 1703 & we do further Certifie y^ we believe y" Same to be true Signed In behalf of our Mens Meeting held at James Moores Sen' this 2l«of y <)l^: 1724 John ""'Ranclls I!enj° Boyd James Dean Thomas Krwin Allex^ Dean William Moore James Moore Jim' James Moore James Istariot Samucll Willkison Lewis Refnrd ffrancis Willkinson William Willkinson Wm Robinson Social Life of the Irish Friends 231 I Mo. 12, 1725-6, "The Matter of Difference y' have been between John Smith & William Lowden is Knded to y' Satisfaction of friends The S^ William havinij oiven Satisfaction w'''' is as followeth To y° Monthly Meeting of New Garden to be held att New Garden y" la"" of y' i" mo* 1725-6 Dear friends whereas Some time Ago, there was a Difference happened between my Master John Smith & My Self about what time I was to be free from his Servitude, & I hearkening to Much to y' Affirmations & presentations of others, though Contiary to y"' Credible Accounts y' came from friends, as taken out of y' register book for births belonging to y" Grange Meeting in Ireland y' placeof my birth did put my S'' Master & other friends to great Exercise & trouble as also y' I refused to Stand to y' friends Judgment y' was Appointed by y" Meeting to Deter- mine y' Difference for all which I do hereby Ackcowledge my Self to blame and desire this Meeting to Accept thereof promising by y' Lord's Assist- ance to be So careful! for y" time to come as no More to give friends any Occasion against me for I Desire to Live y"^ rest of my dayes in unity w' friends. William Lowden. The records show that during the several wars Military in which the Province was involved, not a few •'^'^''*" Friends departed from their peace principles and enlisted as soldiers. In the period of the French and Indian war, we have an instance in the War- rington minutes. i Mo. 17, 1756, " Menallen Meeting informs this meeting that John Black- burn [an Irish Friend, sometime Judge of York County] and John Pope, at a report of Indians doincj mischief at a OTeat distance from them went out in a warlike manner to meet them Contrary to our Peaceable principles." For this breach of discipline the offenders finally expressed their 232 Imniigratio7i of the Irish Quakers sorrow and were continued in membership. Widi the opening of the Revolution, however, Judge Blackburn was reported to the Monthly Meeting, 2 Mo. 10, 1776, as having " inlisted as a soldier" and was subsequently disowned. Other members of the same family also joined the American ranks. 6 Mo. 7, 1777, Joseph Blackburn "hath Knlisted to be a soldier." 7 Mo. 12, 1777, Thomas Black- burn, Jr., and Anthony Blackburn, jr., have "as- sociated or joined in the Military Exercises." As President Sharpless points out in his valu- able monograph,' the Society of Friends in the struggle for independence took a neutral position and stood firmly by their testimony against war. They were "friends of liberty, but opposed to war, desirous of maintaining their civil rights, but by other means than illegality and revolution, and unwilling to afford aid to the British ; divided in their sympathies, but largely united in the stand that they could take no part in the strife of the day. . . . When war and revolution became in- evitable . . . they issued a declaration of neu- trality.^ They were neither Tories nor revolu- tionists." In considering the question of Quaker sympathies in the conllict, the author con- tinues : " About four hundred, perhaps, actively espoused the American side by joining the army, ' The Quakers in the Revolution. ^ Ibid., Preface. Social Life of the Irish Frietids 233 accepting positions under tlie revolutionary gov- ernment, or taking an affirmation of allegiance to it, and lost their birthright among Friends as a result. Perhaps a score in a similar way openly espoused the British cause, and also were disowned by their brethren. These members very likely rep- resented proportions of silent sympathizers." ^ The Revolutionar}' government of Pennsylvania Revointion- was resolved that if the Quakers and other non- '"'-^'^".'^" ~ and I'lnes combatants would not fight they should at least pay the expenses of those who did. The Friends accordingly were ordered to pay heavy war taxes. This, however, they refused to do on the ground that they could not consistently contribute to the support of war, and those members who obeyed were dealt with by the meeting. Thereupon, the tax collectors seized the property of Friends to the value of the taxes and the fines imposed for non-compliance. An example of such exactions, covering the period 1 778-1 790, is recorded by George McMillan, an Irish Friend, of York County, in his manuscript account book, and it is of such interest that I venture to print it in full : On the 22'"' of i"' mo 1778 btwen one and two oclock in the after- George Mc- noon Came henry I^ewis James Perkeson and John Witherow to my hous Millan's and Lewis told me he had an Execution for me for substotuk money telling Fines he would teak my horses If I did not Pay him Producing an Execution bearing deal 22 of 1st mo 1778 for 100 doUers with Cost and Cost acruing for Substetut money aledged to be Laid out for me the while I refused to Pay he Saised on 2 of my horses and bore them of for Sail, which was ' Sharpless, The Quakers in the Revolution, 204-5. 2 34 Irmnigration of the Irish Quakers done 26 of Instant January and one sold the other Returned worth £T,a silver money the — day 6 month 1778 Came James I'argeson and John Moody to my hous and asked me for old or Provence tax of i -2-6. And then Sarched my drawers and took 3 Pound ten Shillings Without Giveng the Reazen how it came to be So much on the — day of the 3 month 1779 Came John moody and opened my Desk in my absence and took for a steat lax ^5 a muster fin jf3-I2s and an Inden Subtetut fine £,i, Demanded took the Lick Sum of Congress money and again on the — day of 1 1 month 1779 the Saim moody Came and Searched as Before and found 37 dolers and (?) of Congress and took it in my absence for a tax ^9 and some other demands (6d per doller on the 18 day of 4 mo 17S0 Came John may to my house [I being in the field at work] went into my Roome Serched my desk and took ;^95 19s 9d of Congress money and then went to the Loft to seize on wheat, and on 27 of 5 mo he came ocompaned by d m°curdy S henderson and 2 Persons more and took 12 li: of: wheat for a Demand of tax and 4 fold reat ■' id Per doller On the 28"' of 12 mo 1780 Came thomas Shanks Searched my Drawers and took 74 dollars Demanded for the 7 mo Volenteers (worth I Per doller on 24 of I mo 1 78 1 Came James Gray, opened my drawers and took 76-8-3d of conantal Corancey and Lcved on a Stack of hay for a demand of 224 Pound for a 4 months tax and on the 26 of the 2°'' mo took and bore away a Stack of hay worth 6 ])ound on the 14 of 3'' mo Came william Potter with a Guard and in a rude manner Executed my bodey or tJoods Serched my hous took and bore away £,(1^ for a tax Demanded for the Place in manahan 4^;^^ ( I d per doler on thcl7'' of 3 mo Came John moodey Serched my Drawers took and bear away ;^8l-2s-6d and on the 9 of 5 mo following Came Acompaned by J. perkinson and Seized on wheat and on the 14 Instant came Said moodey a J p with a waggen and bear of 15 of wheat Said to be for 2 taxes amounting to Czii^ ^^^ '^ be sold at 76^^ dollers Per bushel " On 20"* of 6 mo 1782 Came John may and opned my desk drawer found my Pocket book and took twenty dollers silver a guiney and half of gold and 40 S of stat corancey and on 29 of 7 mo following in Lick maner and took 7 dallcrs for a demand of 3 taxees and a draft tax of 39 shillings. On — day of 8 month 1782 Came John Cane and in a forcible and Law- less maner took 3 bushels of wheat demanded for a class tax for the Place in Managhan March 27-1783 Came a Son of tho Shank Serched my desk and took one Pound five Shillings and three Pence demanded for a muster fine — Social Life of the Irish Friends 235 Coart week — day of April 1783 Came Samuel Moodey acompaned By andrew Roos and his waggon and took 20 bushels of wheat for a demand which John Moodey maid for a 4 months tax — On 15 of imo 1784 Came James Perkinson and John may Searched my hous found a pocket book and took 18 dollers and 2 Crowns for a lax demanded on 12 of 5 mo 1784 Came James Perkinson and James fegan and maid Search for and found money in the Desk drawer ^£ and 7s. 6d for a tax demanded 1783 feb Samuel Nelson colector for manahan Sold and bear off 10 b of wheat and 15 of rye for a demand of 3^ tax 1783 About christmus Daniel williams and Caused my Grean to be thrashed in manahan with Great weast and Sold and bore away 15 bushels of rye — 10 of wheat and 5 of Spels Sold all for 4'-!'' per bushel 6-2-6 for a tax of about 4-17-0 3 mo 1784 Came yong Shank and opened my drawer and took and bore off — 4 dollers for a muster fine demand of 1-8-0 12 mo 1784 Daniel McCurdey went to William Michels and Saized on and took Eight Dollers of my money for a tax in manachan 12 mo 1785 Came George Elly and Serched the desk and took 3-00-0 Also a ross 1-6-0 Jan 1790 Came John may and took 2 l9 7 But little data on early schools attended by schools Irish Friends have been gleaned, but the evidence ^"^^^ indicates that from the earliest days of the Colony provision of some sort was made for education in nearly all Quaker neighborhoods. In 1725, Parke mentions an Irish Quaker pedagogue. " Unkle Nicholas Hooper," he writes, "lives very well he rents a Plantation & teaches School & his man dos his Plantation work." Reading matter in the country districts was confined chiefly to the Bible and Friends' books. Among the most popular of such works was 236 Immigration of the Irish Quakers " — painful Sewel's ancient lome Beloved in every Quaker home." At New Garden Monthly Meeting, 3 Mo. 6, 1721, " The following- friends have Subscribed To Take The following Books beeing a history of The Rise & Progress of Truth Composed by William Sewell : Caleb Pusey i James Lindley I Jeremiah Starr "i James Starr \ Michael Lightfoot ) Jeremiah Brown I Simon Hadley 1 Andrew Job I Henry Reynolds I Thomas Lightfoot I Daniel Worsley I James Miller of Kenit I William Brown Sen' I Samuel Littler I Joseph Haines I Thomas Jackson of Marlborough I John Churchman I William Beals I For y" Monthly Meeting 4.' ' Nearly all the inventories of the period contain the item of books. In 1751 the inventor)' of Wil- liam Pim, of P2ast Cain, Chester County, included the following : " To a number of Books, 8 s. 3 d ; To a Large Bible, 2 s. 10 d ; To Sewels History, 16 s ; To Crisps Sermons & banks Journal, 8 s." %M fjF 9 1 ifC^Li^ 2 s 3 ^^H^l^^^^^^^^^' ' . ^ ' James Logan The Irish Quaker Governor of Pennsylvania CHAPTER III. SOME PROMINENT IRISH FRIENDS OF PENNSYLVANIA THE most eminent of the Irish Friends and James one of the most important personages of the Province, was James Logan, the faith- ful friend and efficient secretary and agent of the Proprietor, William Penn. He was born of Scotch parentage, 8 Mo. (October) 20, 1674, at Lurgan, County Armagh, Ireland.^ His father, Patrick Logan, a native of East Lothian, Scot- land, whose ancestry has not yet been satisfac- torily determined, was graduated from the Uni- versity of Edinburgh, with the degree of Master of Arts,^ and became a clergyman of the Estab- lished Church, serving for a time as chaplain to Lord Belhaven '■' ; but later he joined the Society of Friends and removed with his family to Lurgan, where he took charge of a Latin school. '^(z/^My ' Penn and Logan Correspondence, I., liii., Memoirs of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Vol. IX. ^ Proud, \., ^^z. 'Keith, Provincial Councillors of Pennsylvania, 5. 237 2 38 Immigration of the Irish Quakers His Auto- biography Anctitry Kditcation and Appren- ticeship The Family Flees to Scot- land, 16S9 His Father Teaches Friends' School at Bristol About all that is known of James Logan's early life is contained in his aiitobiojrraphy, which, as it has never been published — so far as I can learn — is here printed in its entirety : My Father was bom in E Lotbain in Scotland : was educated for the ^'^"■SXi ^ ^''^ " Chaplain for some time ; but turning Quaker, he was obliged to go to Ireland & to teach a Latin School there — Me had several children,' of whom none are now living, nor have been, more than tliese 50 years past, saving my B' W'" who took his degree of Doctor of Physick in Holland — and is now the chief Physician in Bristol — and my- self — My Mother was Isabel Hume D&ugh' of James Hume — a younger Brother of the Mouse of St Leonards, of the Shire of Mers (as I think) in the South of Scotland. He was Manager of the I-state of the Karl of Murray — who owed, but never paid him ^^1500 Stcrl. iho the said Earl lodged for some years in his House in the Shire of Fife — My Grandmother, before she married, was lielhia Dundas,' Sister of the Laird of Dundas, of Didiston, alx>ut 8 miles west of Edinburgh a fine seat, and the Earl of Murray assisted my Grandfather in carrying off my Grandmother — She was nearly related to the Earl of Panmat [Panmure] &c. Having learned Latin, Greek, and some Hebrew, before I was 13 years of age — in my 14th I was put Apprentice to a Linncn Draper — one as con- siderable with his Partner as any in Dublin. But the Prince of Orange, landing before I was twund (tho' I served my Master 6 months) in the winter 16.S8, I went down to my Parents — and the wars in Ireland coming on. In the Spring I went over to Edinburgh with my Mother — after which my Father soon followed, who being out of employment — repair'd to London, & was there gladly receiv'd by our friends — Deputies to the Geni Meeting from Bristol in that City — as their schoolmaster ' — for the ' Hannah Ix>gan, daughter of Patrick Logan, of Lurgan, died 7 Mo. 15, 1678, and was interred in the burial place at Monreanerty. — MS. Lurgan Meeting Records. 'Isabel, sister of Bethia, and daughter of William Maulc of Glastcr, grandson of Lord Panmure, married James Dundas, of Dudingston in West Lothian. — Robert Douglas, Peerage of S(otland, p. 544 (Edinburgh, 1764) and Baronage of Scotland, p. 178 (Edinburgh, 1798). 'In the Bristol Meeting minutes of 4 Mo., 1690, is the following refer- ence to Patrick, father of James l^gan : " Paul Mix)ne acquaints this meet- ing that Patrick Logan, a Friend, late of Ireland, and now at Ix>ndon — • Some Prominenl Irish Friends 239 I^lin language, and I followed him the next year ; but tho' the wages were good, and well paid, he could not brook the Mothers taking upon them to direct his treatment of their children, and thereupon soon disliking it, having ordered my Mother to return to IreP to take care of what they had left there. In 1693 after above 3 years stay there, pretending to go over for my //,\j Father Mother,' but with a real design never to return He left me in his school. Returns to not full 19 years of age— ordering me on the receipt of his Letter Signifying Ireland and my Mother would not come over, that I should give up the school & re- I^eaves Son turn to him. But our Friends would not give me up, I therefore continued *" (-""''S' ench Master to learn the Pronunciation, without which I was sensible I should never be able to speak it. But otherwise I never paid one penny for Learning any thing whatsoever, and tho' I had my course of Humanity — as it is called in Ireland from my Father, I can safely say, he never gave me the least instruction whatsoever, more than he gave to the other scholars — good scholar, and an apt schoolmaster to instruct youth in Latin, &c. , is a present out of employment, and, upon some discourse of it among Friends at London, is in some expectation that he may be serviceable to Friends' children at Bristol, upon consideration of which this meeting is desirous to promote it, in hopes it may be serviceable to our youth." In 9 Mo. following the treasurer was desired to hand Patrick Logan " £%o, and to pay Jno. Harwood's note of carpenter's work for the said school." — Wil- liam Tanner, Three Lectures on the Early History of the Society of Friends in Bristol and Somersetshire, London, 1858, p. 124. •At Ulster Province Meeting, 2 Mo. 13, 1695, "Some Books being brought To Patt* Loagan Sent him from George Keeth & friends being Sensiblee of y" hurt which ensued if y' Said Books Should be received amongst any professing Truth have Therefore Concluded y' Said Books Shall be viewed and Pres"* [perused] by Some Sencible friends and y« Errours noated in y" margent and Then Sent back To George Keeth To London for prevention of his Sending any more Such factious Books and That a Letter be also Sent with y' Said Books on behalfe of y" Province Meeting To George Keeth." 240 Immigration of the Irish Quakers Rtfa^es in But to return ; After the Peace, having first agreed in Bristol, to go over Shipping, with another Factor to Jamaica, I went over to Ireland to see my Parents ' : i6gy and having told them my intention of going over to that Island, my Mother was so averse to it, that she affirmed s!ie would much rather see me dead — On this I was obliged to change my measures, & began with a cargo, from Dublin, to enier on a trade between that place and Bristol, which I followed for about 8 months. Becomes When in the spring of 1699, our old Proprietor [William Penn] sent for Penn's Secre- me, and made me his proposals to come over to Penn' as his Secretary, and lary, 1690 desired me to take time & advice upon it — Some of my Friends advised me to accept, & some others as strenuously against it ; but in some few days I went over to Bath — with my fr'' K* Hackel, & accepted of it. Comes to In 8" 1699, being then at Sea, in our voyage hither — I was 25 ys. of Pennsylvania age — The Proprietor continued here 2 years wanting about 5 weeks, and left me in more offices that I was fit to undertake & got tliro'. But had I left his whole business — at the time of his departure, I might — consider- ing my singular good fortune — or the kind Providence that has ever at- tended me — for which I can never be sufficiently grateful, I might I say with great ease have doubled my present fortune — & equaled what the Prop" son Tho' charged me with having — according to an information he had rec'' viz : — £ 60,000 but I am fully content with what I have tho' not half so much — The old Proprietor was willing to give me what I would ask, for my ten years service, & considering his melancholy circum- stances in 171 1 I set it at £ lOO a year cur"' for all manner of services whatsoever, But told him I would stay in his service no more than 2 years — liut he was seized with an apoplectic fit in less than I year which tied me down to his business, vastly it proved to my loss — as my Letters de- signed at first for our Proprietor Thos Penn fully demonstrate — ' Public Life Penn brought Logan to Pennsylvania on his second coming, in the Canterbury, in 1699, and immediately plunged him into the affairs of the 'William Penn wrote to James Logan from London. .\ Mo. 21, 1702 : "Of thy Family. — Thou ha.sl heard of the death of thy fatlier and marriage of thy mother with one not a Friend ; an exercise W. I'd [William Kd- mundson] &c told me so at our Yearly Meeting." — Penn ami Logan Cor- respondence, L, 117. •From a copy (No. 108) in the Smith MSS., Vol. I, 1678-1743 (F. 7287^), Ridgeway Branch, Philadelphia Library Company. Some Prominent Irish Friends 241 Colony. Young Logan soon showed such marked capacity for business and administration that his services became indispensable, and Penn, on his departure for England in 1701, not only continued him as Secretary of the Province but gave him a general charge both of the government and property, saying, " I have left thee in an uncom- mon trust with a singular dependence on thy justice and care."^ The Proprietor's confidence was not misplaced ; Governor 0/ for though beset by many troubles and vexations, ^'"''^'""^^ Logan ever remained true to his trust, and dis- charged his duties with fidelity and judgment. His life becoming more and more occupied with public affairs, for the next forty years he was always holding some high office — Commissioner of Property, member of Provincial Council, Judge of Common Pleas, Mayor of Philadelphia, Chief Justice; and, in 1736-38, as President of the Provincial Council, acting as Governor of Penn- sylvania.'- He became the devoted leader of the Proprie- Leader of tary Party in the long and bitter political conflict P'oP''^^<^^y that was waged after Penn's return to England, and zealously guarded the Penn interests and prerogatives against what were deemed the en- croachments of the Popular Party of the Assem- ^ Penn and Logan Corresfondetice, I., 59. 'See Wilson Armistead's Memoirs of James Logan, London, 1 85 1. 16 Relations with the Indiaiis 242 Immigration of the Irish Quakers bly, led by David Lloyd, and of the Church Party, led by Colonel Robert Ouarr)-. It is true that in these earlier years of his life Logan did at times become heated in partisan controversy, to such an extent as to make himself unpopular ; but later in life he was generally respected for his learning, character, and ability. He remained a Friend all his life, but differed from the great body of the Society in his belief in defensive war. Like his friend Penn, Logan knew how to win and keep the confidence of the Indians. It was largely due to him that friendship and alliance be- tween them and the Province was so long main- tained. He often had them as guests at Stenton, his beautiful county-seat, near Germantown. On some occasions, it is said, there were as many as three or four hundred, who would remain for days enjoying the hospitality of the plantation ^ The high regard in which he was held by the Indians was expressed by Cannassetego, chief of the Onon- dagas, in a speech at the making of a treaty be- tween the Six Nations and Governor Thomas and the Council, at Philadelphia, in July, 1742 : Brethren, we called at our friend James Logan's on our way to this city, and to our grief found him hid in the bushes and retired through infirmities from public business. We pressed him to leave his retirement, and pre- vailed with him to assist once more on our account at your council. He is a wise man and a fast friend to the Indians, and we desire when his soul goes to God you may choose in his room just such another person of the ^ Armislead, 1 76. w H m z H O z Some Prominent Irish Friends 243 same prudence and ability in counseling, and of the same tender disposi- tion and affection for the Indians.' It is not only as a statesman but also as a man Literary of letters and science that James Logan is con- """' ^ spicuous in our colonial annals. The fortune which he acquired in commerce and in trade with the Indians enabled him to spend his later days in scholarly retirement at Stenton,- in the enjoyment of his library' and in writing. He carried on an extensive correspondence with the most learned men of Europe and America, and wrote numerous ' Cited in Westcott's Historic Afansions, 149. ^ The picturesque and dignified old mausion of Stenton, built by Logan in 172S, is one of the most interesting examples of colonial architecture ex- tant. Thanks to the loving zeal of the Pennsylvania Society of the Colo- nial Dames of America, it has recently been carefully restored, and under their trusty guardianship it has been opened to the public. The house, still surrounded by ample grounds and reached by a fine avenue of hem- locks, is a two story brick structure with two great towering chimneys and a heavy roof set with dormer windows. Passing up the curious circular stone steps, firmly clamped together with iron, one enters the great hall, paved with brick and wainscoted to the ceiling. In one corner is an open fireplace, and in the rear the stately double staircase. On either hand are lofty rooms, also handsomely wainscoted. The large fireplace in the room to the left has in it a back- plate of iron inscribed ''J. L. 1728." In another room the fireplace still retains some of its original blue and white Dutch tiles, of most gro- tesque pattern. One of the most attractive rooms is the library, in which the book-loving master of the place spent much of his time. This is a large, finely lighted apartment, taking up half of the front of the house in the second story. Indeed, the ancient house is full of delights for the antiquary and the lover of the olden time. From garret to cellar there are all sorts of quaint nooks and comers, mysterious cupboards and closets and secret staircases ; and leading from the cellar to the stables is a long under- ground passage, the subject of many a strange legend. 244 Immigration of the Irish Quakers works, many of which are still imprinted. His letters and writings show that there was almost no topic in science or literature that he could not dis- cuss with the scholars of his time. " Sometimes Hebrew or Arabic characters and algebraic for- mulas roughen the pages of his letter-books. Sometimes his letters convey a lively Greek ode to a learned friend ; and often they are written in the Latin tongue."' His friend Linnaeus, in com- pliment to his botanical knowledge, named after him a natural order of herbs and shrubs, the Lo- ganiacerc, containing some thirty genera in three hundred and fifty species. He published Latin essays on reproduction in plants, and on the aber- ration of light ; translated Cato's Disticha and Cicero's De Sencchite, and issued many other works which are Hsted in Joseph Smith's monu- mental Catalogue of Friends Books} His corre- spondence with the Penn family, from i 700-1 750, which is a mine of historical information, reveals his carefulness and intellectual breadth. Says Professor Tyler, " Occasionally one finds in it a passage of general discussion, in which the clear brain and the noble heart of the writer utter them- selves in language of real beauty and force."'' > J. F. Fisher, in Spark's Works of Franklin, VII., 24-27, note. 'See also Ilildeljurn's Issues of the Pennsyhania Press. 'Moses Coit Tyler, A History of American Literature (New York, 1881), II., 234. So})te Prominent Irish Friends 245 He bequeathed to the City of Philadelphia his private library of 3,000 volumes, comprising all the Latin classics and more than a hundred folios in Greek. These books formed the foundation of the Loganian Library which later was included in the Philadelphia Library Company.^ "In personal appearance," says Watson,^ Personal "James Logan was tall and well proportioned, with a graceful yet grave demeaner. He had a good complexion, and was quite florid even in old age, nor did his hair, which was brown, turn gray in his decline of life, nor his eyes require spec- tacles. According to the customs of the times, he wore a powdered wig. His whole manner was dignified, so as to abash impertinence ; yet he was kind and strictly just in all the minor duties of ac- quaintance and society." William Black, a Vir- ginia gentleman, who visited Logan at Stenton, in 1744, says of his host, that he " seem'd to have some Remains of a handsome . . . Person and a Complection beyond his years, for he was turn'd off 70."' From his correspondence with Penn we learn unsuccessful of Logan's early disappointment in love. It '^°'"''^'"f' seems that he had formed an attachment for Ann Shippen, daughter of Edward Shippen, the first ^ Ar7fiistead, 174-5. ''■Annals of Philatitlphia, I., 524. ^Journal of William Black, Penn' a Mag., I., 407. 246 Immigration of the Irish Quakers Mayor of Philadelphia, but the fair Ann was in- clined to listen to the vows of another suitor, Thomas Story, the eminent minister. The prog- ress of the love affair soon became the town-talk, and even reached the cars of Penn in pjigland.' "I am anxiously grieved for thy unhappy love," writes Penn to Losjan, under date, 11 IMo. 16, I 704-5, " for thy sake and my own, for T. S. and thy discord has been of no service here, any more than there ; and some say that come thence that thy amours have so altered or influenced thee that thou art grown touchy and apt to give rough and short answers, which many call haughty, &c. I make no judgment, but caution thee, as in former letters to let truth preside and bear imper- tinencies as patiently as thou canst."- To this Logan replied, 12 Mo. 11, 1704-5, "I cannot un- derstand that paragraph in tliy letter relating to T. S. and myself; thou says our discord has done no more oood there than here, and know not who carried the account of it for I wrote to none that I know but thyself in yber, 1 703. . . . Before that we had lived eighteen months very good friends, without any manner of provocation, only that I had about three or four months before spoke something to Edward Shippen. . . ."^ ' See Thomson Wescott's Historic Mansions of Philadelphia (Pbiladel- phia, 1895), 144-5. 'Penn and Logan Correspondence, I., 35S. »/*(■' Wright, in 1719; Joseph, m. Elizabeth Eastlack, in 1723 ; James, m. Sarah Eastlack, in 1732 ; Sarah, m. Ezekiel Siddon ; Mary, m. Arthur Powell ; and Rachel, m. Benjamin Cooper, in 1718.' 'See Judge Clement's First Settlers in A\-iuton, 139-I48. (His own corrected copy at Hist. Soc. of Pa.). 277 278 Imrnigration of the Irish Qiiakeis James Atkinson. — " 16S2, 9 ^„ The Antelope of Bellfast arrived here [Philadelphia] from Ireland. James Altkin- son arrived here and Jn° Ashbrooke his servant." {Penna. Mag., VIII., 329). He produced a certificate, dated 8 Mo. 23, 1681, from Friends at Drogheda [Ireland] to Philadelphia Mo. Mtg. At Phila. Mo. Mtg.. I Mo. 6, 1683. " Several Certificates were brought into the meeting & Produced, amongst which there was a certain Certifi- cate, dated from Clanbrazill [probably Lurgan Meeting] in the County of Armagh in Ireland, touching one James Atkinson (who now resides at Griffith Jones's) his coming into this province con- trary to the Consent of friends of the meeting whereunto he be- longed, whom friends by the aforesaid Certificate signifyed to be very much in Debt, and C». " AttheMo. Mtg., 5 .Mo. 3, 1683, " Agreed that Thomas Holme, Thomas Wynne and Griffith Jones do satisfy by a few lines, the friends of the meeting at Canbrazill concerning James Atkinson, as touching his departure out of England and Ireland into Penn- sylvania " In 1684, he married Hannah, widow of Mark Newbie, of Newton Meeting, .N J. James Atkinson, of Philadelphia, shop- keeper, being aged, made his will 2 Mo. 16, 1711 (probated Sept. 6, 1711) and mentions son Thomas. In 1655, William Edmundson (Jrurnal. 20) says, " We came to a Widow Woman's House, one Margery Atkinson, a tender, honest Woman, whose House [near Killmore, County Armagh] I had been at before : She was convinced of the Truth and re- ceived us lovingly. So we had a Meeting there ; the tender People thereabouts generally came to Meeting, most of them re- ceived the Truth . . . We settled a Meeting there, which became large." In 1660, for a demand of 8s. 4d. tithes, Mar- gery Atkinson had taken from her two cows worth ^3, los. (Besse II.. 467). Dennis Rochford, son of William Rochford, was born in Emstorfey [Enniscorthy] Co. Wexford, Ireland, about 1647. He became a Friend about 1662. According to Besse's Siifftr- j«^i (II., 476) he and other Friends being "assembled in their usual Meeting-place in Bride-street [Dublin, in 1669,] were taken thence" and committed to prison for five weeks, and also im- prisoned in Wicklow "Gaol," in 1670, for attending a meeting at the house of Thomas Trafford, in Wicklow {Ibid., 479). He " went into England and landed in Whitehaven in Cumber- land the 30th of the 3d month, 1675 ; dwelt in Brighthelmston in Philadelphia Monthly Meeting 279 Sussex 3 years and kept a grocer's shop, and came into the prov- ince of Pennsilvania with Mary his wife. Daughter of John Heriott, of the parish of hostper poynt [Hvirstpierrepoint] in Sussex in Old England (she was Born on the 14th of the 3d month [16] 52) in the ship called the Welcom. Robert Greenaway comander, with two servants, Tho : Jones & Jeane Mathews : the said Dennis' two daughters, Grace and Mary Rochford, dyed upon the seas in the said ship ; Grace being above 3 years old and Mary being 6 months old : the said Dennis Rochford Landed with his family in Pennsilvania about the 24th day of the Sth month 16S2 [not so early by a few days] Mary Rochford the second daughter of Dennis & Mary Rochford was born in the Province of Pennsilvania at Egely poynt, in the county of Phila- delphia, the 22th of the Sth mo. 1683, between 10 & 1 1 at night, she being the second daughter of that name ' ' (Hist, of Chester Co. , 23 ; Pcnna Mag., VIII., 334). Dennis Rochford settled in Concord Township, Chester (now Delaware) County, where he had located a large tract of land. In 1683, he represented Chester County in the Provincial As- sembly (Dr. Smith's Hist, of Delaware Co., 497). Later, ap- parently, he removed to Philadelphia, where his name appears on the minutes of the Monthly Meeting, 5 Mo. i, 1684. Robert Turner and family, from Men's Meeting in the City of Dublin ; dated 5 Mo. 3, 1683. He be'ng " an Antient ffriend of this meeting" and "a Widdow man." See notice of him, pages 257-262. Philip England, certificate dated 3 Mo. 21, 1683, from Men's Meeting, Dublin, Ireland. Benj.amin Chandlee, unmarried, son of William Chandlee, of Kilmore, County Kildare, Ireland, from Edenderry Mtg., King's County, Ireland, dated 11 Mo. 18 [year omitted, but probably about 1701 or 1702]. Signed by William, Jr., and Nath. Chandlee. Benjamin Chandlee, son of William, of Kilmore, County Kil- dare, Ireland, came to Philadelphia and learned the trade of a clock and watchmaker with Abel Cottey, whose daughter Sarah he married, 3 Mo. 25, 1710, and about 1715 settled on a tract of land in Nottingham, Chester County, which had belonged to his father. There he built a smithy and made brass cow bells, then much needed. In 1741, they removed to Wilmington, Delaware, where he died about 1745. (See further account in Hist. Chester Co., p. 496.) 28o Immigration of tlie Irish Quakers In 1676, in County Meath, one William Chanley, of Killncross, Parish of Trim, had his goods seized for tithes. — S/ock per annum, 3 horses, 4 cattle, 10 sheep, and 2 servants. He died about 1785, being survived by his wife and eight children : Jane, m. Thomas Dell Weaver ; John, d. 2 Mo. 17, 1 819. m. about 1784, Abigail Engle ; James, m. IJetty Crosley ; Thomas, m. 5 Mo. 11, 1797, Mary Worrilow ; George, m. Catharine Fairlamb and went to Ohio ; Mary, d. unmarried ; Sarah, m. William Hawkins ; Ann, m. Joseph Dickinson. — See Cope's Smedlcy Genealogy , 209-10. CONCORD MONTHLY MEETING In Delaware County. Established in 1684. John Fred and family, " late of Ireland," received 5 Mo. 13, 1 7 13, dated 12 Mo. 25, 17 12-13, '^''om Carlow Meeting, County Carlow, Ireland. Children Nicholas and Rachel, are clear in a relation to marriage. Benjamin Fred, son of John, late of Ireland, unmarried, received 5 Mo. 1713, dated 10 Mo. 21, 1712. He returned to Ireland on business in 17 13, and remained perhaps a year. — Hist. Chester Co., p. 553. % Concord MontJily Meeting 309 John Fred, of Parish of Drumlane, County Cavan, was married n Mo. 6. 1685, at Behurbet to Catherine Starkey, of County Cavan. Children of John and Catharine Fred, of Drumlaine, County Cavan: Benjamin, b. 9 Mo. 5, 1687 ; Mary, b. 8 Mo. 2, 1691, d. II Mo. 27, 1704, buried at New Garden ; Nicholas, b. I Mo. 2, 1694 ; Abigail, b. 2 Mo. 4. 1696, buried 6 Mo. 28, 1697 ; Rachel, b. 5 Mo. 29, 1698; Sarah, b. 7 Mo. 15, 1700, at Coo- lattin [Cooladine] ; John, b. 12 Mo. 20, 1703, at Coolattin. {Records of Carlow Monthly Meeting.') In 1 67 1, in County Armagh, John Fred had his goods seized by the "priest" of Loughall for tithes [Stockdate, 4). William Edmundson {Journal, 280) states that in 1706 he came "to En- niscorphy [Enniscorthy] and the next Day went to John Fred's and had a large Meeting in a Barn, it being on first Day of the Week." John Fred and his family settled in Birmingham, Chester County, where John died March, 1 719-1720, and his widow in 1723- Catharine Fred, the widow, whose will was made 8 Mo. 23, 1723 (probated 9 Mo. 12, 1723), mentions her cousins Mary Hutton and Deborah Starr and her brother-in-law, Thomas Jack- son. Benjamin Fred, son of John, was m. 4 Mo. 20, 1721, to De- borah, daughter of Simon Hadly, of New Castle County, and re- moved to New Garden, where he died in 1752, leaving no chil- dren. His sister Rachel married 4 Mo. 20, 1721, James Miller, son of Gayen, of Kennett, and after his death married James Miller, son of James and Catharine. Nicholas Fred, son of John, married about 1720, Ann, daughter of Joseph Need, of Darby. He lived in Birmingham and was in- terested in a mill there. Had children : Mary, John, Joseph, Catharine. Joseph Fred was married 10 Mo. 18, 1753, to Sarah, daughter of Joshua Hadly, then of Virginia. He removed to the neighbor- hood of New Garden, and had children : Mary, Ann, Benjamin, Joseph, Joshua, Thomas, and Nicholas. — Futhey and Cope, Hist. Chester County, 553-4. John Vaston, "late of Ireland," received 8 Mo. 10, 1715, dated 2 Mo. 27, 1714, from Dublin, Ireland. Abraham Widdos, received 2 Mo. 7, 17 18, from Mount- mellick Meeting, Queen's County, Ireland. He married Elizabeth Pyle, in 1720, and in the same year was recom- mended as a minister. 3 1 o Immigration of the Irish Quakers Daniel Moore and wife, late of Ireland, received ii Mo. 7, 1722, from a " Select meeting held at Balynacree," County Antrim, Ireland. John Neviets, late of Ireland, received 3 Mo. 3, 1725, dated 3 Mo. i, 1724, from Dublin, Ireland. Joseph Gawin, received 2 Mo. i, 1731, dated 3 Mo. 10, 1730, from Monthly Meeting at Edenderry, King's County, Ireland. John Jackson, received i Mo. 5, 1732-3, dated 3 Mo. 10, 1730, late of Ireland, from Edenderry Meeting, King's County. Amos Boaks, unmarried, received i Mo. 5, 1732-3, dated 2 Mo. 30, 1732, from Monthly Meeting at Mountrath, Queen's County, Ireland. Amos Boake, of East Cain Township, Chester County, made his will Oct. 9, 1750, and it was probated Nov. 2, 1751. He mentions his wife Sarah, his brother Abel Boake and his daugh- ter Anne Boake. Thomas Marshall, received i Mo. 7, 1736-7. " friends in Ireland Sent a few Lines of Recomendation to friends here [Concord] Concerning a Servant boy that Came here and is in the Servis of William Trimble his name is Thomas Marshall he came with the Consent of his Mother & rela- tions which was Signed by the Consent of friends of Dublin Meeting." George Wilson, received i Mo. i, 1 741-2, dated 3 Mo. 14, 1740, wife [Ruth] and children, from [Grange] Meet- ing, near Charlemont, County Armagh, Ireland. George Wilson,' b. about 171 5, and Ruth Douglas, widow, b. about 1709, were complained of, 11 Mo. 3, 1738, by the meeting at Grange near Charlemont, for marriage by a ■•priest," ■' V' S'' Ruth Duglass being formerly married orderly amongst us." They produced an acknowledgment, 3 Mo. 14, 1740, and there- ' In 1681, John Wilson, a Friend, of Antrim, had bis goods seized for tithes. Nezvark or Kennett Monthly Meeting 3 1 1 upon a certificate of removal to Pennsylvania was signed for them. This certificate was received by Concord Monthly Meeting, now Delaware County, I Mo. I, 1741-2. About 1747, they removed to what is now Adams County, bringing a certificate, dated 3 Mo. 4, 1747, from Concord to Warrington Monthly Meeting, 2 Mo. 16, 1748, and settled on a farm in Menallen Township, near the site of Bendersville (formerly called Wilsonville), where he died 9 Mo. 15, 1785, and his wife Ruth, 7 Mo. 12, 1784. Children : Alice, b. 7 Mo. 10, 1741 ; Benjamin, b. 7 Mo. 20, 1743; Sarah, b. i Mo. 15, 1745 ; Lydia, b. 2 Mo. 30, 1747. Of these, Benjamin Wilson m. 12 Mo. 14, 1774, at Menallen Meeting, Sarah, daughter of Thomas and Jane (Edwards) Bowen. Children were : (i) Ruth, b. II Mo. i, 1785, d. 5 Mo. 7, 1848, m. James Mather; (2) Mary, b, 9 Mo. 13, 1780, unmarried ; (3) Alice, b. 12 .Mo. 6, 1782, d. 8 Mo. 12, 1834, m. John Wright; (4) Sarah, b. i Mo. 29, 1785, d. 2 Mo. i, 1B55, m. William Gar- retson (removed to Bedford County); (5) George, b. 3 Mo. 10, 1778, m. 5 Mo. 30, 1798, m. Sarah Wright, daughter of John and Elizabeth. John Wilson, of Grange Mtg. near Charlemont and Mary Wilson, of Lurgan Mtg. were married at Lurgan, 9 Mo. 6, 1700. John Wilson and Alice Whitefield, both of Grange Mtg. near Charlemount, were married 11 i\lo. 16, 1705, at Grange. — Min- uies of Ulster Province Mtg. At Ulster Province Meeting, 9 Mo. i, 1701, it is reported that John Wilson has offered a convenient place to build a meeting house in the town of Antrim. " Att a Province mens meeting held at Richard Boyes [Parish of Ballindery, Co. Antrim] ye 24th 1 1 Mo. 1701, Thomas Wilkin- son advises this meeting yt ye Lord Masserdden is willing that friends have yt part of John Willsons houlding in Antrim to build a meeting house upon." NEWARK OR KENNETT MONTHLY MEETING Of Chester County, Pa., and New Castle County, Delaware. Established in 16S6. Valentine Hollingsworth, wife Ann, and children came over to Pennsylvania in 1682, from Balleniskcrannell, Parish of Sego, County Armagh, Ireland, and settled in New Castle County on Delaware. 3 1 2 Immigration of the Irish Quakers Henry Hollingsworth, son of Valentine, came over from Ireland in 1683, in the Ship Lion, as an indented servant to Robert Turner. — Fenn' a Mag. VIII., 334. Valentixr Hollingsworth,' son of Henry Hollingsworth, of Belleniskcrannell. Parish of Segoe, County Armagh, Ireland, and Catharine, his wife, was born at Belleniskcrannel, ' ' about the sixth month in the yeare 1632"; was married 4 Mo. 7, 1655, to Ann Ree, daughter of Nicholas Ree,^ of Tanderagee, County Armagh. She was born about 1628, at Tanderagee, and died 2 Mo. i, 1671. He then was married a second time, 4 Mo. 12, 1 672, to Ann Cal- vert, daughter of Thomas Calvert, of Dromgora, Parish of Segoe, County Armagh, and Jane his wife. The following is a copy of the marriage certificate : " ttbiS is to CCrtifle the truth to all people that \'alentine Hollen- worth^ in y' psh of Sego in y' county of Armagh, and Anne Cal- vert of the same psh having intentions of marriage according to the ordinance of God, and Gods joining, Did lay it before mens meeting before whom theire marriage being propounded, then y meeting desired them to wait some time, w'^" they did, so the meeting makeing inquiry between the times whether y'' man be free from all other women, and the woman free from all other men, and so the second time they comeing before the mens meeting, all things being found clear, so they being left to theire freedome. A meeting of the people of god being appointed and assembled together at the house of Marke Wright, in the psh of Shankell the twelfth day of the fourth month in y' yeare 1672 whene they tooke one another in marriage in the presence of god and of his people ' The records of this family in Ireland are from the registers of I.urgan Meeting, County Armagh. There is, of course, no foundation for the tra- dition that Valentine Hollingsworth married Catharine, daughter of Henry Cornish, High Sheriff of London, who was executed in 1685. It is prob- able that the Hollingsworths went over from England to Ireland with other planters early in the seventeenth century, but there is no proof to show that they came from Cheshire, as stated by some historians of the family. For an extended record of descendants of Valentine Hollingsworth see HoUingnvorth Gintalogical Memoranda, by William B. Hollingsworth (Baltimore, 1884); also see McFarlah-Slern Gentalogy, 6-II, 56-60, History of Chester County, 605. 2 In j68l, one John Rea, of Parish of Mahcrlin, County Down, had his goods seized for tithes. — Stockdale, 170. 'Page 85, Marriage Book of Lurgan Monthly Meeting. Netuark or Kennctt Monthly Meeting 3 1 3 according to y' law of god, & we are witnesses of the same whose names are hereunto subscribed y' day and yeare aforesaid Val; Holengworth Anne Holengworth 1672. ffraocis Robson William Williams Jo: Calvert Chris: Hillery Hugh Stamper George Hodgshon Jam: Hanson dorothy Hiliery Roger Webb Will pearson Kic: Harison Elis: Gnus Robert Hoope Marke Wright John Wright Alice Williams Michael Staise Timo : kirk James Bradshaw An. Bradshaw Tho. Wederall Rob Chambers Tho: Calvert debora Kirk Will dixon Antho. Dixon fergus Softly Alice Wright dina Kilke Mar>* Walker" William Stockdale' gives the following account of Hollings- worth's persecutions for tithes : 167 1, County Armagh, "Valentine HoUingsworth had taken from him for Tithe, by Thomas Ashbrook Tithmonger twenty nine stooks of Barly, and three stocks and a half of Oats, all worth one pound one shilling ;'' 1672, "Valentine Hollingsworth for Tithe by Edw^ard O'Maghan, 26 stooks wheat. 3 car-loads Hey, 26 stooks of Oats, 26 stooks of Barley, Value £z, i8s ;" 1673, corn and hay, valued at £2 ; 1674, wheat, hay, oats, barley, valued at ^3 4s. In 1682, Valentine Hollingsworth and his family, accompanied by his son-in-law, Thomas Connaway, and by John Musgrave, an indented servant, sailed from Belfast for the Delaware,'^ and, as we have already stated, ^ settled on a large plantation of nearly a thousand acres on Shelpot Creek in Brandywine Hundred, Xew Castle County, about five miles northeast of the present city of Wilmington. He was prominently identified with the affairs of Friends, the early meetings being held at his house. In 1687, he gave "unto ffriends for a burying place half an Acre of land for y' purpose." A meeting-house was afterward built on this plot and the meeting known as Newark, from the name of the planta- tion, which in the original survey was called "New Worke." Valentine Hollingsworth was appointed a Justice of the Peace for New Castle County, in 1685, and represented the county in the Assembly in 1682-3, 1687, 1688, 16S9, 1695, and 1700.* He died subsequent to 1710, and his wife Ann died 8 Mo. 17, 1697. They were interred in Friends' ground at Newark. ' A Great Cry of Oppression, 3, 15, 27, 37. 2 Deposition of Samuel, son of Valentine Hollingsworth, made before the Mayor of Philadelphia, June 4, 173S (printed in Mc Parian- Stem Genealogy, 58-59). 'See page 120. * Penna. Archives, and Series, IX., 648, 651, 652, 653. 3 1 4 hnmigration of the Irish Quakers The children of Valentine Hollingsworth by his first wife, Ann Ree, were as follows : 1. Mary Hollingsworth, born I Mo. 25, 1656, at Bellenisk- crannell, married, first, 4 Mo. 28, 1682, at the house of Francis Robson, Parish of Segoe, County Armagh, to Thomas Conway or Connaway, of I'arish of Lisburn, County Antrim. They came to the Delaware with her father in 1682, and settled near him in New Castle County. Thomas Connaway died 11 Mo. 30, 1688-9, ^"d his widow, in 1693, married, secondly, Randal Malin, widower, of Upper Providence, now Delaware County (originally of Great Barrum, Cheshire, England). Randal Malin became a Quaker minister and in 1727 removed with his wife and family within the limits of Goshen Monthly Meeting. I5y her first husband, Thomas Connaway, she had three chil- dren ; (i) Elizabeth, b. 7 Mo. 9, 1687, m. ist Charles Booth, 1705, and 2d, Thomas Babb, in 1720; Ann, born about 1688, m. Philip Taylor, 6 Mo. 10, 1705 ; Sarah b. about 1689, m. 3 Mo., 1 7 10, to John Yearsley, b. in England about 1685, son of John and Elizabeth. By her second, Randal Malin, she had three children: Hannah, b. I Mo. 7, 1695-6, m. Daniel William- son, Jr., about 1716; Rachel, b. 5 Mo. 24, 1702, m. John Cain or Cane, 9 Mo. 7, 1722 ; and Katharine, who married Tate, in 1721. 2. Henry Hollingsworth.ib. 9 Mo. 7, 1658, at Belleniskcrannell, is thought to have come over to Pennsylvania as a redemptioner to Robert Turner, in 1683. Subsequently he lived for a time with his father in New Castle County. In 1688, he returned to Ire- land for a wife and on 6 Mo. 22d of that year was married to Lydia Atkinson, of Parish of Segoe, County Armagh, whom he shortly after brought to Pennsylvania.' For a number of years he was Deputy Surveyor of Chester County. In 1695, he resided in Chester, and was Sheriff of the County. He also represented New Castle County in the Provincial Assembly. In 1700, and for some time after he was Clerk of the Courts, and Coroner of Chester County. He removed to Elkton, Md., about 1712, in which year he was appointed (3 Mo. 9 by Lord Baltimore) Sur- veyor of Cecil County. His manuscript commonplace book, which is a medley of receipts, poetry, astrolop;y, alchemy, chem- istry, some of which is in Latin, is in the collection of the Hon. Samuel W. Pennypacker, of Philadelphia. He died 2 Mo. or 3 Mo. 1721. His children were: Ruth, m. George Simpson, I2 ' See Smith, IJislory of Delawari County, 469. •The original marriage certificate is in possession of Miss Margaret Gil- pin, of Cecil Co., Md. Newark or Kennett Monthly Meeting 3 1 5 Mo. 24, 1706 ; Stephen, who m. Ann , was a INIagistrate in Cecil County, Md., in 1730, removing subsequently to Virginia, where, in 1734, he obtained a grant of 472 acres of land on the west side of the Shenandoah River, in Orange County ; Zebulon, b. 1696, d. Cecil County, 8 Mo. 8, 1763, m. 4 Mo. 18, 1727, Ann, daughter of Col. Francis Mauldin ; Catharine m. Dawson, of Kent County, Md. ; Abigail, m. Richard Dobson, in 1720 ; and Mary. 3. Thomas Hollingsworth, b. 3 Mo., 1661, at Belleniskcranneli, d. 1732-3, in Winchester, Va. He resided for a time in Rock- land Manor, New Castle County but later removed to Winchester, Va. His first wife Margaret (by whom he had one son Abram, born I Mo. [9, 1686), died in 8 Mo. 1687. He then married I Mo. 31, 1692, Grace Cook, of Concord. Children by second wife: Elizabeth, b. 11 Mo. 8, 1694, m. — ■ — -Stroud, in 1718 ; Hannah, b. i Mo. 17, 1697, m. William Dixon, in 1718 ; Thomas, b. 12 Mo. 23, 1698, m. Judith Lampley in 1723 ; Jacob, b. I Mo, 4, 1704, m. Rachel Chandler, 1729 ; Sarah, b. 8 Mo. 7, 1706, m. John Dixon, in 1724; Joseph, b. 3 Mo. 11, 1709, m. Martha Houghton, in 1730, and removed to Virginia ; Grace, b. 3 Mo, 9, 1712. 4. Catharine Hollingsworth, b. 5 Mo., 1663, at Belleniskcran- mell ; d. 6 Mo. 29, 1746; m. 11 .Mo. 2, 1688, George Robinson,' who was born in the north of Ireland, about 1666, came to the Delaware in 1687, and died 9 Mo. 8, 1738. Their children were : Mary, m. Thomas Jacobs, 8 Mo, 13, 1710; Ann, m. Jonathan Ogden, in 1720; Valentine, m. Elizabeth Booth, in 1740. At Newark Monthly Meeting (women's branch), 12 Mo. 4, 1698, "Wee have ordered that Katherine Robinson bee purser to this meeting Given in Collection £z,.\o's." The children of Valentine Hollingsworth by his second wife, Ann Calvert, were : 5. Samuel Hollingsworth, b. I Mo. 27, 1673, ^^ Belleniskcran- neli ; d. 1748 ; m. in 1 701, Hannah Harlan, daughter of George and Elizabeth Harlan. He lived in Birmingham Township and held several important public offices. In 1729 and 1738, he was appointed Justice of the Peace for Chester County. From 1725 to 1728 he represented the county in the Provincial Assembly. Chil- dren : Enoch, m. ist Joanna Crowley, 10 Mo. 23, 1725, 2d ■See Philadelphia Fritiid, XXIX., 404. About 1735, George Rob- inson, of Brandywine, New Castle County, aged about 69 years, deposed in the Penna.-Md. boundary dispute that he " has dwelt in the said County about 49 years." — No. 775, Miscellaneous Papers (/djj-780^). Three Lower Counties, Hist. Soc. of Peyina. o 1 6 Immigration of the Irish Quakers Elizabeth Chads, widow of William Pyle ; John. m. Mary Reed, in 1732 ; Samuel, m. Barbara Shewin, in 1738, and died in 175 i ; George; Elizabeth, m. Henry Green, in 1734. 6. Enoch Hollingsworth, \). 6 Mo. 7, 1675, at Belleniskcran- nel ; died in New Castle County, 8 Mo. 24, 1687. 7. \'alentine Hollingsworth, b. II Mo. 12, 1677, at Bellenisk- crannell ; d. 1757; m. in 1713, Elizabeth Heald. 8. Ann HoUingsworth, b. 10 Mo. 28, 1680, at Belleniskcran- nell ; m. James Thompson in 1700. 9. John Hollingsworth, b. 2 Mo. 19, 1684, in New Castle County ; d. in 1722 ; m. Catherine Tyler, in 1706. 10. Joseph Hollingsworth, b. 5 M. 10, 1686, in New Castle County. 11. Enoch Hollingsworth, buried 9 Mo. 26, 1690. Thomas Calvert,' son of John Calvert,' "of Moore Some' (neere Gisbrough)," Yorkshire, and wife Grace, was born in 161 7 ' Rc^iten Lurgan Mtttittg, County Armagh. 'It is possible that John Calvert was of the same kin as the Calverts, Lords Baltimore and Proprietors of Mar)'land ; for he came into Ireland prior to 1617, from Moorsham, Yorkshire, only about twenty-five miles from Kilpin, in the same county, where about 15S0 was born George Cal- vert, the first Lord Baltimore (son of Leonard Calvert, a well-to-do country gentlemen, by Alice Crosland, his wife, and grandson of John Calvert). — See " George Calvert " in Dictionary of National Biography and pp. 1-4, George and Cecilius Cahert ("Makers of America" Series, by William Hand Browne, N. Y., 1S90). In the latter part of the seventeenth century there was a presumption that such a relationship existed; for on June 4, 1735, Samuel Hollingsworth, of Chester County, made a deposition before the Mayor of Philadelphia, in connection with the boundary dispute between the Penns and Ixird Balti- more, that in 1683 one Colonel Talbot and a party of I^rd Baltimore's surveyors were the guests one night at the home of his father, Valentine Hollingsworth, in New Caslle County ; and that in the course of conversa- tion during the evening "the said Talbot enquiring into the Place from whence this affirmat's fifalher and Mother came and the m.iiden name of his mother, which was Calvert, the said CoUonel Talbot invited this affirm- ant's ffather to come down and live in Maryland, assuring him his Lord- ship would be very kind to him on account of his wife's having been a Calvert." — McFarlan-Slem Genealogy, 58. Mary Calvert and William Whitesite, were married 3 Mo. 27, 1696, by Friends' ceremony at the house of Thomas Calvert near Carrickfergus. ' " Great Afoorsham, a township in the parish of Skelton, East Division of the liberty of Langbaurgh, of the county of York, 6 miles (E. by S. ) from Guilsbrough, containing 338 inhabitants." — Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England. Newark or Kennett Monthly Meeting 3 1 7 at Lygasory, near Lurgan, County Armagh, and about 9 Mo. 11, 1647, married Jane Glasford, daughter of Hugh Glasford and wife Margaret, of " Stranmillis (nere Belfast)," County Antrim. At Ulster Province .Meeting, 4 Mo. 7, 1680, £\. 13. gd. was paid to Thomas Calvert for the apothecary at Carrickfergus, evidently (or attendance on Friends confined in Carrickfergus jail ; for on 6 .Mo. 6, 1 68 1, L. Alyson and T. Calvert were directed to supply the wants of prisoners there, £z. los being appropriated for the purpose. In 1681, Thomas Calvert, of Parish of Carrickfergus, County Antrim, had some hay and oats, valued at iis., taken for tithes.' Children of Thomas and Jane Calvert : 1. John, born 8 Mo. 6, 164S, near Belfast. 2. Ann, born about 9 Mo. 1650, in Kilhvarhn, near Hills- brough. County Down. 3. Margaret, born about 4 Mo. 24, 1661, at Killurigan, Parish of Sago, County Armagh. 4. Elizabeth, born 4 Mo. 26, 1664, in County Armagh ; m. 10 Mo. 25, 1701, at Ballyhagen Meeting, Thomas Toppen, of Bally- hagen, County Armagh. John Calvert,^ son of Thomas Calvert, of Drumgor, Parish of Segoe, County Armagh, Ireland, and Jane, his wife, was born 8 Mo. 6, 1648, in Stranmillis. near Belfast; was married 3 Mo. (May), 29, 1673, at the house of Roger Webb, to Judith Stamper, daughter of Hugh Stamper and Bridget, his wife, of Lurgan, County Armagh. Judith Stamper was born 3 Mo. 12, 1652, at " bowlton wood,"^ County Cumberland, England. John Calvert removed with his family about 1683 to Pennsyl- vania, and settled in Upper Providence Township, now Delaware County, where he owned 300 acres of land, granted to him by William Penn, i Mo. 13, 1683. An adjoining tract of 300 acres was also granted at the same time for Thomas Calvert, the father, who probably did not come to this country. Still another tract of 100 acres, contiguous to the above, was granted on the same date to Margaret Calvert, probably the daughter of Thomas. On 2 I William Stockdale, A Great Cry of Oppression^ 167. ^ Records of Lurgan Meeting: Gilbert Cope, Sniedley Genealogy, 122. ^"Bolton (All Saints), a parish in Allerdale ward below Derwent, county of Cumberland, 1% (N. by W. ) from Ireby, containing, with the township of Bolton High-side, and Bolton Low-Side 1245 inhabitants, of which number 352 are in Bolton High-Side and S93 in Bolton Low-Side, ... A copper battle-axe was lately found in the moss at Bolton Wood, four feet below the surface." — Lewis, Topographieal Dictionary of Eng- land. 3 1 8 Immigration of the Irish Quakers Mo. II, 1691, it was ordered that a patent for the whole tract should be made to John Calvert, to whom it was made appear to belong.' At Chester Monthly Meeting, 4 Mo. 6, 1687, men- tion is made of a difference between John Calvert and Thomas Hollingsworth (stepson of John Calvert's sister Ann, who married Valentine Hollingsworth) about dividing their lands in Upper Providence. Children of John and Judith (Stamper) Calvert : I. Ruth, b. 6 Mo. 2, 1674, at Lurgan, Ireland ; m. about 1697, Edward Paviour, of Upper Providence. II. Isaac, b. 9 Mo. 2, 1676, at Lurgan. III. Thoma?, b. 9 Mo. 27, 1678, at Lurgan, bought a lot in Chester, in 1700, and sold it in 1702. IV. Joshua, b. 8 Mo. 18, 1680, at Lurgan. At a Chester County court, held 6 Mo. 25, 1702, the sheriff made a return of an execu- tion on the estate of John Calvert, which was sold to Thomas, Joshua, and Thomas Calvert for ^243. Joshua was constable of Upper Providence in 1704. In 1724, he had 370 acres of the Calvert land in Upper Providence. The remainder seems to have been in possession of Daniel Calvert. Joshua Calvert m., in 1709, Deborah, daughter of George and Elizabeth Harlan, and is thought by Gilbert Cope to have been the parents of Thomas Calvert, who married Sarah Williamson, about 1739, lived in Edgmont, now Delaware County, and probably in East Marlborough, Chester County. V. Daniel, b. 5 Mo. 6, 1685, in Pa.; m. about 1709, Elizabeth Pritchett. VI. Mary, b. 12 Mo. 19, 1687, in Pa. VII. Judith, m. 10 Mo. 8, 1725, Daniel Broom, of Marple, now Delaware County. John Musgrave, born about 1669, came over from Belfast, with his master, Valentine Hollingsworth, in 1682, and served his time for four years in New Castle County. Later he removed to Sadsbury, Lancaster County, and on June 4, 1735, tben aged about sixty-six, made a deposition in connec- tion with boundary dispute between Pennsylvania and Maryland.' John Musgrave, of Lancaster County, made his will in 1745. Mentions children : John, James, Thomas, Abraham, Esther, wife of John Griffith, .Martha, wife of Benjamin Miller, Sarah, wife of Theophilus Owen, and two other daughters who married John Ferree and Thomas Powell. ^ Pinna. Archives, 2d Series, XIX., 66. ^ McFarlan and Slcrn Genealogy, 58-59. Nezvark or Kennett MontJily Meeting 3 1 9 Tho.mas Conway, or Connaway, of Lisburn, County Antrim, was married 4 Mo. 28, 1682, at the house of Francis Robson, Parish of Segoe, County Armagh, to Mary Hollinpsworth, daughter of Valentine (^Records of I.iirgan Mi'e/ing), and in the same year came over and settled near his father-in-law, in Brandywine Hun- dred, New Castle County. The records of Newark Jilonthly Meet- ing give the date of birth of a daughter, Mary Conaway, as 7 Mo. 9, 1687, and the date of Thomas Connaway's death as 7 Mo. 17, 1689. In 1693, the widow, Mary Connaway, married Randal Malin, of Upper Providence, and in 1727 removed and settled with her husband within the limits of Goshen Monthly Meeting. William Dixson and Isabelle Rea, both of Parish of Sego, County Armagh, Ireland, were married at the house of Roger Webb, Parish of Sego, 5 J\Io. 4, 1683. Among those who signed the marriage certificate were Henry Dixson, Rose Dixson, Thomas Harlan, and Isabelle Logan. — Marriage Book of Lurgan Mo. Mtg., Ireland. This, no doubt, is the same family that came over to New Castle Co., prior to 1690. Henry Dixson, it is said, kept an inn at New Castle and had three children : (I.) William was married about 1690 to Ann Gregg, daughter of William Gregg,' who, it is believed, also came from the north of Ireland. William was a weaver by trade and settled on Red Clay Creek, in Christiana Hundred, New Castle County. He made his will i Mo. 31, 1708, and it was probated .Sept. 20, 1708. He mentions his wife Ann, and appoints his brothers, Michael Harlan and John Gregg, 1 William Gregg settled on a tract of 400 acres of land in Christiana Hundred, New Castle County, surveyed to hira 3 Mo. 11, 1685. He died " ye 1st of ye 7th month and was buried on his own plantation 1687." Children: Richard; Ann; John, b. circa 1668, d. 1738, m. 11 Mo. 1694, to Elizabeth Cooke [John Gregg, of Christiana Hundred, New Castle County, yeoman, aged about 67 years, made a deposition about 1735, "that he has dwelt in the s"" County about" 51 years (No. 175, Miscellaneous Papers, i6jj~iSoj, Three Lower Counties, Hist. Soc of Penna. )]; George. It is presumed by the writer that William Gregg came from the north of Ireland with the Hollingsworths, Dixsons, Sharp- lys ; but no doubt the point could be fully proven if a diligent investigation were made in Ireland. One William Gregg, of Toberhead Mtg., and Ann Wilkinson, of An- trim Mtg., County Antrim, were married at Antrim, 11 Mo. 5, 1702 ; and George Gregg, of Toberhead Mtg. and Alice Richardson, of Ballyhagen Mtg., were married 8 Mo. 12, 1714, at Ballyhagen. — Minutes of Ulster Province Mtg. William Edmundson attended a meeting, in 1700, at the house of Thomas Gregg, at Toberhead, Co. Antrim. — Journal, 223. 320 Inwiigration of tJie Irish Quakers as advisors. The widow, Ann Dixson, then married John Hough- ton, of New Castle County. (II.) Diiialt married Michael Harlan, 1 iMo., 1690, at Newark Mt^. (HI) /?<"'' married in 1690, Thomas Pierson, widower, Deputy Surveyer of New Castle County. (See account of Thomas Pierson by the writer in Penna. A/a^..'xXl.. 506-7.)' George and Michael Harlan. — " George Harlan y" Sone of James Harlan of Monkwearmouth was baptized at Monkwearmouth [Co. Durham] in old England y'^ iith day of I i\Io. 1650." "Michael Harlan came from the north of Ireland with his Brother George, about the year 1687- and ye beginning of the year 1690 he married Dinah ye Daughter of Henry Di.xon and Settled first Near ye Center Meeting house in Christiana Hundred & County of New Castle on Delaware and afterwards removed into Kennett in Chester County, where they lived Many years." — Records of Kennett or Newark Mo. Mlg. George Harland, of Parish of Donnahlong, Co. Down, Ireland, and Elizabeth Duck, of Lurgan, Parish of .Shankill. Co. Armagh, were married "at the house of Marke Wright in ye Parish of Shankell," 9 Mo. 17, 1678. Signers to marriage certificate : Henry Hollingsworth Wm Porter George Harland John Calvert Timothy Kirk Elizabeth Harland Roger Kirk Alphonsus Kirk deborah Kirk Elinor Hoope Robert Hoope Thomas Harland — Marriage Book of Lurgan Mo. Mtg., p. 91. Thomas Harland, of Donnahlong Parish, Co. Down, Ireland, son of James Harland, was born "nigh Durham In Bishoprick," England, and was married 2 Mo. 7, 16S0, at the house of Francis Robson, Parish of Sego, Co. Armagh, Ireland, to Katharine, daughter of George Bullock, of Lurgan. Among signers to mar- riage certificate were : Isabella Harland, Elizabeth Kirk, deborah Kirk, Roger Kirk, George Harland, Timothy, Alphonsus and and Robert Kirk. The wife Katherine Harland died 3 Mo., 1690, and Thomas was married again, 11 Mo. 8, 1702-3, to Alice Foster, of Lisnegarvy. Children by first wife, Catherine : Ananias, b. 4 Mo. 19, 1682, at Donochlong ; Rebecca, b. 9 Mo. 24, 1683 at Donochlong ; Patience, b. 6 Mo. 18, 1685, at Donochlong; Christian, b. 12 'See "Gregg-Dixon-Houghton, of New Castle County, Delaware" in Historical and (Jenealogical Department of the /.//^jarj' Ajvi (A. I). 1898) Vol. v., p. 331. (Library of Hist. Sec. of Penna., I'hila. ) Newark or Kemiett Monthly Meeting 321 Mo. 16, 16S7, at Donochlong ; Catherine, b. 9 Mo. 12, 1689, at Donochlong. Children by second wife, Ahce : James, b. 9 Mo. 3, 1703, at Corking, Co. Down ; Thomas, b. 5 Mo. 4, 1705, at Corking; Abigail, b. 2 Mo. 24, 1708, at Corking. Patience Harland and James Alderdice, both of Lurgan, Co. Armagh, were married at Lurgan Meeting, Jan. 6, 1707. Marriage certificate signed by : Thomas, Christian, and Catharine Harlan. {Records of Lurgan Mo. M/g.) I have seen no evidence to show that any of the family of Thomas Harlan came over to Pennsylvania. George Harlan settled at first about where the village of Cen- treville. New Castle Co., Delaware, now is, and the early meet- ings were held at his home. Later he removed farther up Brandywine Creek, and purchased 474 acres of land in Kennett, now Pennsbury, Township, Chester County. While living here he had for his neighbors over the creek, in a great bend, a settle- ment of Indians. After they had gone away he obtained, in 1701, a warrant for 200 acres of land in the bend of the creek, granted "in regard of the great trouble and charge he has bore in fenc- ing and maintaining the same for the said Indians while living thereon." He died in 1714, and was buried by the side of his wife at Centre Meeting House. In his will, dated 2 Mo. 21, 1714, probated 8 Mo. 2, 1714, George Harlan mentions his brother Michael Harlan, his ser- vant Mary Mathews, and directs that his body be interred in the new burying ground on Alphonsus Kirk's land. — Hist. Chester Co., p. 587 ; Chester County Wills. " George Harland [County Down, in 1680] had taken from him for Tithe, by Daniel Mac Connell . . . twelve stooks and a half of Oats, three stooks and a half of Early, and five loads of Hey, all worth ten shillings ten pence." — William Stockdale's A G>-eat Cry of Oppression. Children of George 1 and Elizabeth Harlan : Ezekiel, b. 7 Mo. 16, 1679, m. (i) Mary Bezer and (2) Ruth Ruffington ; Hannah, b. 2 Mo. 4, 1681, m. Samuel Hollingsworth, in 1701 ; Moses, b. 12 Mo. 20, 1683-4, m. 1712, Margaret Ray, a native of Lurgan, Ireland, and made a final settlement in Menallen Township, now Adams County ; Aaron, b. 10 Mo. 24, 1685, m. Sarah Heald, in 1713-14; Rebecca, b. 8 Mo. 17, 1688, d. 8 Mo. 17, 1775, m. WiUiam Webb, i Mo. 22, 1709-10 ; Deborah, b. 8 Mo. 28, 1690, m. Joshua Calvert, in 1710 ; James, b. 8 Mo. 19, 1692, m. Eliza- beth , in 1716; Elizabeth, b. 8 Mo. 9, 1694, m. Joseph Robinson, in 1713 ; Joshua, b. 11 Mo. 15, 1696-7, m. Mary Heald, in 1719. > Mrs. Ida Saxton McKinley, widow of the late William McKinley, President of the United States, is a descendant of George Harlan. 21 32 2 Immigration of the Irish Quakers Children of IMichael and Dinah (Dixson) Harlan : George, b. lo Mo. 4, 1690, m. Mary, widow of Alexander Stewart, and daughter of Joel and Ann Baily ; Abigail, b. 9 Mo. 23, 1692, m. Richard Flower, 12 Mo. 17, 1724-5 ; Thomas, b. 4 Mo. 24, 1694, m. Mary Carter, in 1720; Stephen, b. 2 Mo., 1697, m. Hannah Carter, 7 Mo. 26, 1723 ; Michael, b. 2 Mo. 7, 1699, m. Hannah Maris; Solomon, b. 10 Mo. 7, 1701 ; James, b. 1703, m. Su- sanna Oborn, 10 Mo. 19, 1733; Dinah b. 8 Mo. 23, 1707, m. Thomas Gregg, 2 Mo. 20, 1729. — See Hist. Cliester County, 587.1 Thomas Child, from the neighborhood of Lurgan, Ireland, died 10 Mo. 8, 1694, at the house of Valentine Hollings- worth, in New Castle County. See George Harlan's letter on pages 62-3. Lydia Hollingsworth, wife of Henry. In 1687, Henry HoUingsworth returned to Ireland, and, 8 Mo. 22, 1688, married Lydia Atkinson, of the Parish of Segoe, County Armagh, who shortly afterward came over to New Castle County with her husband. Alphonsus Kirk, son of Roger and Elizabeth Kirk, of Lur- gan, Ireland, settled in New Castle County, in 1689. The following account of the Kirk family is found in the records of Lurgan Meeting : • ' Roger Kirk and Elizabeth his wife dwelt in Neshag in ye prsh of Skelton and in ye County of York [England]. Came to ire- land with his wife and five children in y« yeare 1658 (being a Couper by traide) since w^h time he hath dwelt at Tolly gaily nere Lurgan in ye County of Ardmagh and had by his wife Chil- dren as followeth ' ' : Christian (daughter) b. 10 Mo. 21, 1645 ; Deborah b. 3 Mo. 27, 1650; Timothy, b. 3 Mo. 27, 1652; Roger, b. 2 Mo. 20, 1654 ; Dinah, b. 10 Mo. 14, 1656 ; Alphonsus, b. 5 Mo. 14, 1659 ; Robert, b. i Mo. 28, 1662, at ToUegally, Parish of Shan- kill, County Armagh ; Elizabeth, b. 4 Mo. 1 2, 1664, at same place. Timothy Kirk, of Parish of Shankill and Catharine Robson of Parish of Sego, County Armagh, were married 3 Mo. 17, 1676, at house of Mark Wright, Parish of Shankill, County Armagh. Among signers to certificate were : Val. and Ann Hollingsworth, Judith, John, and Thomas Calvert, and Robert Hoope. In 1680, Timothy and Roger Kirk, of County Armagh, had their goods taken for tithes. (Stockdah-, 144.) ' A. H. Harlan, of New Burlington, Ohio, is about to issue an elaborate genealogy of the Harlan family. Newark or Kennett Monthly Meeting 323 The following is a list of the children of Timothy Kirk : Deborah, b. 7 Mo. 5, 1677 ; Samuel, b. lo Mo. 15, 167S ; Jacob, b. 10 Mo. 30, 1680; Sarah, b. 8 Mo. 9, 1682; Joseph, b. I Mo. 23, 1685 ; Rosier, b. 2 Mo. 31, 1686 ; John, b. 10 Mo. 31, 1687 ; Ruth, b. 7 Mo. 29, 1690 ; Jane, b. 7 Mo. 18, 1692. Roger Kirk, son of Timothy, came to Pennsylvania from Ire- land, as early as 1712, and about 1714 married Elizabeth Rich- ards, of New Garden, Chester Co. He settled in Nottingham, that county, and died 3 Mo. 28, 1761. His children were : Mary, Timothy, William, Elizabeth, Deborah, Rebecca, and Samuel. (For details of this branch of the family see a Historic Genealogy of the Kirk Family, by Dr. Charles H. Stubbs, printed in 1872 ; also Potts, Our Family Ancestors, 262, and Hist. Chester County, 624.) Deborah Kirk, of Parish of Shankill, County Armagh, and Francis Hillary, of Parish of Donnahlong, County Down, were married, 7 Mo. 8, 1682, at the house of Roger Webb, in Parish of Segoe, County Armagh. (^Records of Lurgan lileeting.) Robert Kirk and Ann Halliday declared their intentions of mar- riage, 2 Mo. 25, 1696. Samuel Kirk and Mary Johnson, both of Lurgan Meeting, were married at Lurgan, 4 Mo. 24, 1702. {Minutes of Ulster Province Meeting.) Alphonsus Kirk, son of Roger and EUzabeth, and uncle of the Roger Kirk (son of Timothy) who came to Pennsylvania about 171 2, took passage from Belfast, 11 Mo. 11, 1688, and landed at Jamestown, Va. , i Mo. (Mar) 12, 1689. He arrived in New Castle County 3 Mo. 29, 1689. bringing with him a certificate of removal, dated 10 Mo. 9, 1688, from the meeting at John Rob- son's [Lurgan Meeting] stating " that he hath lived with his father from his infancy until now . . . and since his convincement he hath belonged to our Meeting." This document was signed by the following members of the Meeting : Robert Hoopes, Jno. Robson, William Porter, Timothy Kirk, Jno. Hoop, Robt. Kirk, Mark Wright, William Crook, Thos. Wainwright, Jno. Webb, James Webb, William Williams, Jacob Robson, and Thomas Walker. The father and mother, Roger and Elizabeth Kirk, added a postscript certifying " that we are willing our son above named should take this journey herein mentioned . . . and if it be his portion to marry we do give our consent, provided it be to a Friend, and in unity with Friends, according to the order of truth." (Certificate is printed in full in Friends' Intelligencer, of Phila- delphia, 3 Mo. 30, 1872, Vol. XXIX., p. 71.) He was married 12 Mo. (Feb.) 23, 1692-3, to Abigail, daugh- ter of Adam and Mary Sharpy, of Shelpot Creek, New Castle 324 Immigration of the Irish Quakers County on Delaware. He settled in Christiana Hundred, near what is now Centreville, in that County. Centre Meeting House was built on his land. He died 7 Mo. 7, 1745, and his wife in 1748. Their children were : Roger, b. i Mo. 21, 1694, d. i Mo. 19, 1762 ; Elizabeth, b. 4 Mo. 23, 1695, m. Daniel Brown ; Jonathan 1 b. 1 1 Mo. 15, 1697, d. 9 Mo. 1, 1735 ; Mary, b. 8 Mo. 31, i68g, d. 9 Mo. i, 1699 ; Deborah, b. 1 1 IVIo. 1699, d. 7 Mo. 23, 1704; Abigail, b. 7 Mo. 1701, d. 7 Mo. 29, 1704; Timothy b. 3 Mo. 6, 1704, d. 8 Mo. 19, 1704 ; Alphonsus, b. 8 Mo. 2, 1705, d. I Mo. I, 1730-1 ; Adam, b. 3 Mo, i, 1707, d. 10 Mo. 8, 1774 ; William, b. I Mo. 4, 1708, d. 3 Mo. 2, 1787 ; Timothy, b. 5 .Mo. I, 1711 ; d. 5 Mo, 2, 1786. Of these children Roger removed to Nottingham, and William and Timothy settled in East Cain or Pikeland. William was twice married, and had nineteen children, of whom one was Rachel Price, a minister of the Society. {/list. Chester County, 624.) See pages 207-8. Jacob Kirk, son of Timothy, and grandson of Roger Kirk, was born 10 Mo. 30, 1680, and according to the minutes of Ulster Province Meeting, was married 7 Mo. 20, 17 16, at Hillsborough Meeting, to Rebecca Robison, of Lisburn Meeting, County An- trim. He produced a certificate of removal from Ballinderry Meeting, County Antrim, to New Garden Monthly Meeting, Chester County, 11 Mo. 31, 1729, and settled on Conestoga Creek, in Lampeter Township, Lancaster County. He died prior to 1744, leaving at least three children : 1. Jane Kirk, m. (i) Joseph Miller, 2 Mo. 18, 1738, (2) William Richards, 5 Mo. 10, 1759. 2. John Kirk, d. 1798-9, m. Ann Wollaston, of Wilmington, Delaware, 3 Mo. 7, 1744, and had children: Jacob, John, Jeremiah, Sarah, m. John Owen, Rebecca, m. Evan Griffith, Catharine, m. Joshua Wollaston, Jane, m. William Steady. John Kirk was a resident of Lampeter Township, Lancaster County. He was a slave-owner, but manumitted his slaves about 1779. 3. Rebecca Kirk, who is mentioned in the meeting records as " Rebecca Kirk ye younger," m. (i) James Miller, i Mo. 6, 1749, 'The Records of Old Swedes Church, Wilmington Del. (Printed by Hist. Sec. of Pa., 1890), page 260, stale that in 1720 "The Quakers', Alphonsi Kirk and wife Abigail's son Jonathan, 21 years old, [was] baptised in St. James' Church, July loth." Jonathan Kirk and Mary Anderson were married by license, Aug. 16, 1720 {Ibid., 258). Nov. 19, 1721, James Kirk, three weeks old, son of Jonathan and Mary (p. 266), and on Jan. 26, 1723, EMzabeth Kirk, born Jan. II, 1723, daughter of above, were baptized (P- 279). Newark or Kennett Monthly Meeting 325 and had children (Rachel, Sarah, Hannah, Jane) ; m. (2) Isaac Richards, II Mo. 10, 1763. — (See Potts, Our Family Ancestors, 263.) Nathaniel Cart.mill and wife Dorothy came from Ireland to Pennsylvania, in 1685 and settled within the limits of Newark Monthly Meeting. They had at least two children : Martin, b. I Mo. 19, 1685, at sea on the voyage from Ireland ; and Thomas, b. 2 Mo. 29, 1689, disowned 12 Mo. 4, 171 5, for marriage out of Society {Records of Newark Mo. Mtg.). In 1689-90, Nathaniel Cartmill and Timothy Atkinson were each granted 200 acres of land in the Manor of Rockland, New Castle County, at a rent of one penny per acre, "being unwilling such good Husbandman should leave the Government" (Minutes of the Board of Prop- erty, Penn' a Archives, 2d Series, XIX., 25). At Newark Monthly Meeting, 7 Mo. 3, 171 5, Nathaniel Cartmill was dealt with for consenting to his son's marriage out of the Society ; for this breach of order he produced a satisfactory acknowledgment. In 1669, Godfrey and John Cantrell, of Queen's County, Ireland, had goods taken from them for refusing to contribute money for the church at Rosenallis (Besse's Sufferings of the Quakers, II., 477)- Gayen Miller, who first appears in Chester County in 1702, is thought to have been a near relative of John Miller, of New Garden. As stated on page 128, he purchased 200 acres at the site of Kennett Square, and in 1712 acquired 700 acres in New Garden. He also secured several other tracts. He took his seat in the Provincial Assembly in 1714. He died in 1742, leaving a will, dated 3 Mo. 31, 1742 (proved Aug. 31, 1742), in which he mentions "my cousin James Miller," probably a son of John Miller of New Garden. Children of Gayen Miller by his wife Margaret : I. James Miller, b. 11 Mo. 5, 1696; d. 1732; m. Rachel, daughter of John and Katharine Fred, 4 Mo. 20, 1721, and had children: Sarah, b. 1723, m. John Jackson; Deborah, b. 1725, m. Joseph Sharp; James, b. 1728, m. (i) Sarah Way and (2) o 26 Immigration of tJu Irish Qtcakers Phebe Jones ; Jesse, b. 1730, m. Lydia Baily. Rachel, the w-idow, m. ;d,' James Miller, son of James and Katharine, and died 12 Mo. 3, 1748-9. 2. \\'illjam Miller, b. 8 Mo. 30, 1698 ; d. 1767 ; m. Ruth Row- land, 7 Mo. 30, 1724, and had children : Mary, m. James Miller, 1744; Hannah, m. William Whiteside; Margaret, m. Jonathan Hanson, .\pril 23, 1766. 3. Robert Miller, b. 3 Mo. 3, 1703 ; m. Ruth Haines ; and had children: Margaret, b. 1726, m. William Bentley ; Solomon, b. 1727, m. Sarah Matthews; Dorothy, b. 1729, m. George Mat- thews; Patience, b. 1730-1, m. (i) Bishop and (2) James Davis; Hannah, b. 1734, m. Curtis Lewis; Warwick, b. 1735, d. 1777, m. Elizabeth Price; Isaac, b. 1737-8, d. 1752; Jacob, b. 1739; Rebecca, b. 1742, m. Jas. Allen; Joseph, b. 1744; Rachel, b. 1746, m. Joseph Johnson; Sarah, b. 1748, m. John Boyd (2): Benjamin, b. 1752 ; James, b. 1754, m. Hannah Pim. 4. Sarah Miller, b. 9 Mo. i, 1704 ; m. Joshua Johnson, son of Robert, and had children (James, Lydia, Margaret, William, Sarah, Joshua, Hannah, Robert, Dinah, Rebecca, and David). 5. Star)- Miller, b. 3 Mo. 7, 1707 ; m. William, son of Samuel Beverly, 2 Mo. 22, 1730, and had children (Samuel, James, Mary).' 6. Patrick Miller, b. 12 Mo. 28, 1708 ; m. (i) Patience Haines, 9 Mo. 5, 1735, ^^^ ^<^ children 0oseph, Ruth, Mar)-, Patience) ; m. (2) Anne , in 1745, and had other children (Susanna Anne). 7. Samuel Miller, b. 4 Mo. 14, 171 1 ; d. Nov, 1764; m. Mar- garet HaUiday, 4 Mo. 29, 1732. No issue. 8. EUzabeth Miller, b. 5 Mo. 7, 1713 ; m. Joseph Dickinson, 8 Mo. 25. 1732, and had children (.Margaret, Sarah, Gayen, Eliz- abeth, Mar>-, Hannah, Deborah, Joseph, Daniel, James). 9. Joseph Miller, b. 7 Mo. 14, 1715 ; d. 1741 ; Jane Kirk, 4 Mo. 18, 1738. 10. Benjamin Miller, b. 6 Mo. 4, 1717 ; m. 10 Mo. 7, 1738, Martha (Musgrove) Walter, widow of John Walter, and daughter of John Slusgrave. He settled in Lancaster County. 11. John Miller, b. 11 Mo. 6, 1 720-1, m. Margaret Smith, 8 Mo. 28, 1 74 1. Settled in Lancaster County. 12. George MiUer, b. 5 Mo. 19, 1723. He married "out of meeting" about 1744.1 John Miller, wife Mary (received 4 Mo. 4, 1709), and chil- dren from Grange near Charlemont, in 1709. ' Potts, Our Family Ancestors, 250-253. Newark or Ken7iett Monthly Meeting 327 John Miller,' son of John Miller, bom at " Breckenbrough, in y Parish of Kerbyw-ilk in Yorkshire," in 1633, went over into Ireland as a planter, in 1657, and married Ann, daughter of Wil- liam Clibborn, who was bom in 1630, at Cowley, in the County of Durham, England. Their children were : WilMam, b. 1659, at Moate, Margaret, b. 1662, Shurrch ? d. 1668; John, b. 1665, at Moate ; Thomas, b. 1667, at Ballynalinch ; Abraham, b. 1670, at Glin, County West Meath ; and Isaac, b. 1672, at Glin, County West Meath. (Potts, Our Family Ancestors, 245-6.) One John Miller, possibly a son of the above John Miller, mar- ried Mar)% sister of Andrew Ignew and as early as 1693 was liv- ing within the limits of Grange Meeting near Charlemont, County Armagh, Ireland. He and his family arrived in Chester County, Pa., in 1709, and, as we have seen on page 13;, settled on a large tract of land in New Garden Township. He was a prominent member of New Garden Meeting and was elected to the Provin- cial Assembly in 17 14, but died that same year. Marv- Miller, his widow, died in 1730. In her will, dated 5 Mo. 12, 1730, probated August 10, 1730, she mentions her ' ' Kinsman John Too ' ' and leaves ^30 ' ' to pay y^ passage of or Charges of three of my brother Andrew Ignews ^ Children in Com- ing to this Countn.', provided they Come in y* Space of two years after my decease. Children of John and Mary (Ignew) MiUer : 1. James Miller, b. i Mo., 1693, near Charlemont, County Armagh ; m. 3 Mo. 24, 1722, Ann Cain (daughter of John and Ann) who was bom in County Armagh. They had issue : Marv-, b. 1724 ; Ann, b. 1726 ; Sarah, b. 1727 ; John, b. 1730 ; Joseph, b. 1732; Susanna, b. 1734-5; Hannah, b. 1737; WiUiam, b. 1739 '• James, b. 1745. 2. Mary Miller, who died in 1736, m. Joseph Hutton, in 1714, and had issue : John, Thomas, Joseph, Susanna, Samuel, WilUam, Benjamin, Xehemiah, Ephraim. 3. William Miller, b. 2 Mo., 169S, " within the virge of Grange Monthly Meeting, County Tyrone, Ireland"; d. 1768; m. Ann Emlen, 4 Mo. 15, 1732, and had issue : John, b. 1733 ; Hannah, b. 1734; WiUiam, b. 1737; ^larv-, b. 1741 ; Ann, b. 1743; Joshua, b. 1746. 1 In 1677, one Robert Miller, of County Antrim, had goods seized for tithes. — StockdaU , 76. In 1681, Robert Miller, of Parish of Denniskean, County Antrim, had his goods taken for tithes. — Ibid., 166. ^In 1672, Andrew Ignew, of County Antrim, had his goods seized for tithes, and in 1673 was imprisoned at Carrickfergus. In l5Sl, Andrew Ignew, of BalUnderry Parish, County Antrim, had his goods taken for tithes. — Stockdale, A Great Cry of Oppression, 13, 36, 169. 328 Immigration of the Irish Quakers 4. Joseph Miller, d. 7 Mo. 30, 1727 ; m. Ann, daughter ot Joseph Gilpin, 10 Mo. 31, 1724, and had children: John, b. 1725 ; Isaac, b. 1727. 5. Sarah Miller, m. Nehemiah Hutton, 1723. 6. Elizabeth Miller, b. i Mo., 1704, in Ireland; d. 2 Mo. 8, 1783; m. William Chambers, 8 Mo. 22, 1729, and had ten children. 7. Martha Miller, m. (i) John Jordan and (2) Nathaniel lioul- ton. 8. Elinor Miller, m. Richard Chambers, 4 Mo. 19, 1729, and had eight children. 9. Susanna Miller, m. Joseph Jackson, 2 Mo. 18, 1734. James Starr, from Catterlaugh [Carlow] Meeting, Ireland, received 4 Mo. 7, 171 2. John Starr, whose father is said to have served in the Parlia- ment Army as a captain of infantry, and to have removed to Ire- land, resided at Old Castle, County Meath. By Mary, his wife, he had children: John, b. 7 Mo., 1674; James, b. 10 Mo. 28, 1676; George, b. 2 Mo. 16, 1679; Mary, b. 7 Mo. 15, 1682; Elizabeth, b. 9 Mo. 12, 1684 ; Susanna, b. 9 Mo. 23, 1686 ; Jere- miah, b. 8 Mo. 17, 1690; Moses, b. 8 Mo. 27, 1692 ; Isaac, b. 9 Mo. 23, 1697. Of these, James Starr, of Coothill, was married 6 Mo. 22, 1705. to Rachel Laybourne, daughter of Joseph Laybourne, of Black Hadleigh, County Durham, England, deceased, and of Rachel, his wife, nowof Ardnahue, County Carlow, Ireland. She was born 8 Mo. 7, 1686, at Ramestown. James was a farmer in County Cavan, whence he came to Pennsylvania in 1712, and settled in New Garden, Chester County. In 1714 he was chosen clerk of Newark Monthly Meeting and overseer of New Garden Meeting. Upon the establishment of New Garden Monthly Meeting, in 17 18, he became the clerk and served until 1726. In 1 731, he removed with his family to Charlestown Township, Chester County, and located at the' present site of Phoenixville. His children were Mary, Joseph, John, James, Rachel, Moses, Samuel, and Susanna. Jeremiah Starr, son of John, m. 11 Mo. 10, 1716, Rebecca, daughter of Isaac and Ann Jackson, and toward the close of 1717 came to Chester County and settled in London Grove Township, a little northwest of the Borough of Avondale. Moses Starr, son of John, m. 6 Mo. 2, 1715, at Old Castle Meeting, Deborah, daughter of Merrick King, of that place. They came over with Jeremiah and his family, and after a time settled at Maiden Creek, Berks County. He was the first and for many years the old representative of Berks County in the Pro- vincial Assembly. Newark or Kennett Monthly Meeting- 329 Isaac Starr, the youngest brother, also came to Pennsylvania, and was married 12 i\Io. 20, 1723, to Margaret, daughter of Thomas Lightfoot, by whom he had several children. For further details see Nisi, of Chester County, 729, Record of the Jackson Family, 72-73, and Cope's Smedley Genealogy, 146. Merrick King, of Old Castle Meeting, and Mary Starr, of Bally- haes Meeting, were married 3 Mo. 2, 1699, at John Starr's. John Starr, " ye younger," and Sarah Martin, both of the meet- ing near Ballyhaes, were married 6 Mo. 1 1, 1706, at John Bell's. Richard King, of Old Castle Aleeting, and Elizabeth Starr, of Ballyhaes Meeting, were married 12 IVIo. 24, 1702, at Killagh Meeting. Thomas Martin and Susanna Starr, both of Ballyhaes Meeting, were married 7 Mo. 10, 1710, at John Bell's near Ballyhaes. — Records of Carlo-cv Meeting. In 1679, John Starr and William Haddock, of Parish of Ma- gheragall. County Antrim, suffered persecution for tithes. — Stock- dale, A Great Cry of Oppression, 120. Margaret Ray, unmarried, from Lurgan Meeting, County Armagh, Ireland, received i Mo. 7, 17 13. Married Moses Harlan. Edward Thompson, received 3 Mo. 5, 171 1, from Ireland. Thomas Garnett, wife Sarah, and brother Joseph Garnett, received 3 Mo. 5, 171 1, from County Tyrone, Ireland. Thomas Garnett and Sarah Baker, both of Grange Meeting, near Charlemont, County Armagh, were married 4 Mo. 16, 1708, at Grange Meeting. (Minutes of Ulster Province Meeting.) Thomas Garnett resided in New Garden, Chester County, until about 1717, when he removed to Kent County. Maryland. A son George was born 2 Mo. 29, 1710. Joseph Garnet m. in 1716 Margaret, widow of John Lowden. Joseph Sharp, received 6 Mo. 4, 1711, from Ireland. Elizabeth Hobson, dated 9 Mo. 22, 1710, from Friends in Ireland; received 2 Mo. 5, 1712. In 9 Mo., 1712, she married John Hope, of Kennett. Francis Hobson, received 2 Mo. 5, 17 12, from Grange near Charlemont, Ireland. Francis and Lawrence Hobson were among those convinced by the preaching of William Clayton and William Edmundson in the neighborhood of Grange near Charlemont, in 1655. {Rutty, 33° Immigration of the Irish Quakers 91.) In 1666, Francis Hobson, of County Armagh, had taken for tithes, goods valued at £j. los. (^Bcsse, II., 475), and in 1670, goods valued at ^'3. 5s., for refusing to contribute to the repair of the " Parish Worship-house at Kilmore," County Armagh. {Ibid., II., 479.) In 1671, he had taken for tithes, wheat, barley and oats, valued at ^3. 14. {Siockiiah', 4.) In 1673, •" County Armagh, "Francis Hobson was sued in the Bishop's Court at Ardmagh for £2 Tyths of Milch-Money, by George Walker, Priest, and by Warrant from two Justices of the Peace, upon a definitive Sentence, was taken by David Mulligan, Constable, the 2d Day of the sixth Month, and committed to the Goal of Ardmagh, and was Prisoner two Years and four Months, and about the 13th of the tenth Month, 1675, died in the said Goal." {A Compendious Vifiu, 79-80.) One Francis Hobson, of Drumilly, Parish of Loughgall, County Armagh, and Mary Harding, of Lissacurran, Parish of Shankill, said county, were married 11 Mo. 29, 1694. {Ltirgan Meeting Records.) Francis Hobson, the emigrant, of 1712, born about 1686, pur- chased 200 acres of land in New Garden, Chester County, by deed of May i, 1713, in which he is styled weaver, for the sum of ^40. This land is still held by descendants of the name. In 3 Mo. (May), 1716, he was married to Martha Wainhouse, from Dublin. He died 9 Mo. 29, 1766, in his eightieth year, and his widow II Mo. 25, 1775, aged eighty-three. Their children were : Francis, b. 9 Mo. 12, 1720, removed to what is now Montgomery County, and died 9 Mo. 29, 1792, in Limerick Township, m. 8 Mo. 17, 1744, to Martha Shaw ; Mary, b. 12 Mo. 19, 1724, m. 4 Mo. 18, 1747, to Robert Boyce, of New Garden ; John, b. 7 Mo. 7, 1726; Joseph, b. 10 Mo. 23, 1731, d. 12 Mo. 11, 1797, m. 4 Mo. 15, 1767, at London Grove Meeting, to Ehzabeth Foster; Martha, b. 2 Mo. 19, 1738, d. 6 Mo. 30, iSii, m. to Samuel Miller, Jr. (See History of Chester CoutUy, 605.) Joseph Hutton, received 4 Mo. 7, 1712 from Catterlaugh [Carlow] Meeting, Ireland. Thomas Hutton ' of Killeagh, County Cavan, Ireland [wid- ' In 1658, John Hutton and other Quakers were taken from a meeting at Cavan and imprisoned eleven days. — [Btsse II., 464.) In 1677, John Hutton, County Meath, had seized for tithes two out of sixteen Iambs, two "clamps of Turfe," four "Fleeces of Wool," three loads of hay, one load of barley, nine loads of oats, eleven "sheaves of Beare," four " car loads of Beare," etc., valued at £^. lis. — Slocida/e, S4. In 1680, Joseph Leybourn, County Carlow, had seized for tithes, nine "sheaves of Beans," eight "sheaves of Beare," fourteen " Kishes of Turfe," etc., valued at l2i.—{Slockcia!e, 158.) Newark or Kcnnett Mont lily Meeting 331 ovver] was married, 3 Mo. 23, 1703, at New Garden Meeting, County Carlow, to Rachel Layboiirne, of Ardnahue, County Cavan, widow of Joseph Laybourne {Records of Carlow Meeting). See Thomas Hutton's letters, pages 64-7. Joseph Hutton, son of Thomas, settled in New Garden, Ches- ter County, and in 1 714 married Mary, daughter of John and Mary Miller. He died in the autumn of 1735, ^^^ his widow in the following winter. They had children : John, Thomas, Joseph, Susanna, Samuel, William, Benjamin, Nehemiah, and Ephraim. John, b. 6 Mo. 31,1715, m. 3 Mo. 6, 1 741, at London Grove, Chester County, Ann Harry, and removed to Warrington, York County, about 1753 ; Thomas, b. 12 Mo. 20, 17 15, m. 3 Mo. 9, 1739, ^' London Grove, Elizabeth Harry ; Joseph, b. 5 Mo. 28, 1720, m. 9 Mo. 5, 1747, at New Garden, Chester County, Betty, daughter of Henry Willis, and about 1753 removed to Newberry Township, York County ; Samuel, b. 2 Mo. 15, 1724, removed to Menallen Township, now Adams County, about 1753, and m. 5 Mo. 9, 1753, at Menallen Meeting, Mary, daughter of John Wright; William, b. 12 Mo. 14, 1725, m. 9 Mo. 15, 1750, Deborah, daughter of John Todd, of London Grove, and removed to Warrington Monthly Meeting, York County, about 1751 ; Ben- jamin, b. 12 Mo. I, 1728-9; Nehemiah b. 6 Mo. 27, 1731, m. II Mo. 8, 1753, Ann Hiett. Children of Joseph and Betty (Willis) Hutton: Joshua, b. 7 Mo. 25, 1748, m. 5 Mo. 13, 1772, at Newberry Meeting, York County, Rachel, daughter of Timothy Kirk, of Newberry ; Rachel, b. 8 Mo. 21, 1750; Joseph, b. 10 Mo. 30, 1755; Susanna, b. 6 Mo. 18, 1758, d. 4 Mo. 27, 1762 ; Betty, b. 2 Mo. 20, 1761 ; Simon, b. 2 Mo. 17, 1765. In 16S1, in County Ccrlow, Gregory Russell and Joseph Leybourae had taken from them for tithes 28 " fleeces of Wooll," 9 lambs, also hay and corn, wheat, "Beare," beans, white peas, "Turfe," "potatoes," "a Goose," all valued at £1. " The said Gregory and Joseph carrying home their Hay James Now- lan struck Gregory with a Pitchfork, and Joseph Leyboum holding up his arm to save the blow, the other run the Pitchfork in his Arm, and Joseph reproving them for their rude and uncivil carriage, one of them struck him three blows with a Spade, and the said Nowlan said, if any did oppose them he would kill thera, and Joseph telling them he could not pay Tithes for Conscience sake, one of them said, there was no Conscience used in these times, with many other uncivil reproachful words not fit to be mentioned." — ^Hd., 191-2. In 1678, in County Carlow, John and Gregory Russell had their goods taken for tithes. The officers "pulled John Russell off a Corn Stack, and tore his Coat, and swung his Wife about by the Arm until they tore her Wastcoat and her Shift, and threw her into the Weeds, she being great with Child." — Ibid., IIO. 332 Immigration of the Irish Quakers Children of William and Deborah (Todd) Hutton : Levi, b. 6 Mo. 5, 1752, d. 10 Mo. 3, 1753; Tamer, b. 2 Mo. 3, 1754; Susanna, b. 12 Mo. 17, 1755 ; Levi, b. i Mo. 31, 1758. d. 2 Mo. 22, 1844, m. Martha. Nehkmiah Hutton, unmarried, from Coothill, County Cavan, Ireland, received 11 Mo. 5, 17 16. Nehemiah Hutton, another son of Thomas Hutton, also came to Pennsylvania, and, 5 Mo. 25, 1723, m. Sarah, daughter of John and Mary Miller. They made their final settlement within the limits of Exeter Monthly Meeting, Berks County. Their chil- dren were : Susanna, b. 1 1 Mo. 20, 1724 ; John, b. 2 Mo. 7, 1727 ; James ; Mary ; Sarah ; Abigail ; Deborah ; Martha ; and Tamar. John Hutton, brother of Joseph and Nehemiah, married in 1724, Sarah, daughter of Michael Lightfoot, and had a son Thomas and other children. {History of Chester County, 609 ; records of New Garden and Warrington Mo. Mtgs.) Michael Lightfoot, received 4 Mo. 7, 17 12, from Catter- laugh [Carlow] Monthly Meeting, Ireland. John Wiley, received 4 Mo. 7, 1712, from County West Meath. Unmarried. Married Martha Nevvby in 17 13. One John Wyly, of Hillsborough Mtg., and Sarah Walker, of Grange Mtg., near Charlemont, declared their intentions of mar- riage at Grange Preparative Mtg., 3 Mo. 24, 1727. At Ulster Province Meeting, 6 Mo. 29, 1696, Thomas Wyly, of Coleraine, was mentioned as having been to London Yearly Meeting. Samuel Miller and Jane Wyly, both of Lisnegarvy Mtg., were married 9 Mo. 21, i6g8, at the house of Richard Boys. William Wyly, of Coleraine Mtg., and Ruth Courtney, of Lisnegarvy Mtg., were married at the house of Richard Boys, 5 Mo. 12, 1704. — Minutes of Ulster Province Mtg. In 1677 and 1679, John Wyly, of Parish of Ahalee, suffered per- secution for tithes. — Stockdale, A Great Cry of Oppression, 76, 120. In 1681, Robert Willy, of Parish of Ballinderry, County Antrim, had taken barley, oats, hay, wheat, and maslin ; value ^3. — Ibid., 168. In 1681, John Wyly, of Parish of Killoan, County Antrim, had his goods taken for tithes. — Ibid., 166. Allen Wyly and Sarah Adams were married in 1694. — Minutes of Ulster Province Meeting. Thomas Wily, son of Allen Wily, of New Garden, Chester Newark or Kennett Mo7ithly Mcetmg 333 County, Pa., and Rachel, daughter of Thomas Rowland, were mar- ried 9 Mo. 13, 1729, at New Garden Meeting. At Lisburn Meeting, County Antrim, lo Mo. 28, 1676, "John Wily layd before us his intentions of mariadg with An Boyes & their proceeding hath been Soe orderly that we can not but lett them proceed to the Six weeks mg." At Lisburn Meeting, 4 Mo. 16, 1684, Robert Mickle and John Wiley "layd before Frds. their going to Pensillvania. " 7A/-I £(^fo fl Christopher Wilson, received 4 Mo. 7, 17 12, from County West Meath, Ireland. Unmarried. He was born about 1690, in Yorkshire, England, of parents who were members of the Church of England. When he reached manhood he became a Friend and removed to Ireland. In 17 1 2, he came over as a servant and settled in New Castle Co., Delaware, where he married Esther Woodward, 8 Mo. 22, 1719, and left numerous descendants. About 1728 he became a minis- ter of the Society of Friends. He died 7 Mo. 11, 1740, in the 50th year of his age (See A CoUection of Mt-moriah, Phila., 1787, p. 102-3). "About a Month agoe I agreed with Christopher Wilson a Weaver who dwells at John Griggs for a parcel of Land on ye lower Side of Brandywine," 200 acres next below Valentine Hollingsworth. — James Steel to John Taylor in a letter, dated Philadelphia, 11 Mo. 7, 17 18, among the Taylor Papers, Corre- spondence, i68j-iy2j. Historical Society of Pennsylvania. John Sharp, received 7 Mo. 6, 171 2, from Ireland. John Sharp and Joseph Sharp, probably brothers, were no doubt nearly related to Anthony Sharp, a native of Gloucester- shire, England, who became a Friend and removed to Dubhn in 1669. John Sharp m. 2 Mo. 16, 1726, at New Garden Meeting, Ann Bryan, of New Garden. He died about 174S. His widow then married, 3 Mo. 30, 175 1, at New Garden Meeting, John Nichols, of Kennett, and died about 1782, her will being proved that year. Children of John and Ann (Bryan) Sharp were : I. John, b. 5 Mo. 19, 1730. 334 hnmigration of the Irish Quakers II. Elizabeth, b. 4 Mo. 23, 1732, m. 5 Mo. 2, 1754, at New Garden Meeting, James, son of John Nichols, of Kennelt. III. George, b. 2 Mo. 27, 1735, ^- Dec. 9, 1761, m. (ist) about 1763, at Old Swede's Church, Wilmington, Delaware, Abigail, daughter of Thomas and Dinah Gregg, of Kennett (children by ist wife — Thomas, Samuel), and (2d) Sarah (Chambers) Gregg, widow of Benjamin Gregg (children by 2d wife — Abiah, Eh, Jesse). IV. Benjamin, b. 7 Mo. 25, 1738, m. 2 Mo. 3, 1762, Hannah, daughter of William and Hannah Wiley, of Kennett. V. Mary, b. 8 Mo. 26, 1740, m. about 1758, John Woodward, Jr. VI. Thomas, b. 11 Mo. 12, 1747, d. March, 176S, m. Rachel. Joseph Sharp, of Newark or Kennett Monthly Meeting, tanner, came from Ireland about 171 1, and settled in London Grove, Chester County ; m. 9 Mo. 4, 1 713, at Concord Meeting, Mary, daughter of Nicholas and Abigail Pyle. By deed of March 25, 1 7 14, he purchased two tracts of land of 200 acres each in New Garden. He died in 1746. Children of Joseph and Mary (Pyle) Sharp : I. Abigail, b. 5 mo. 26, 1714, d. 9 Mo. 27, 1726. II. Elizabeth, b. 5 Mo. 25, 1717, d. 10 Mo., 1719. III. Mary, b. 7 Mo. 17, 1710, d. 10 Mo., 1719. IV. Elizabeth, b. 12 Mo. 19, 1720, m. Jeremiah Douglass. (Children, Joseph, Mary, Elizabeth.) V. Sarah, b. 6 Mo. 5, 1723, d. 10 Mo. 22, 1723. VI. Joseph, b. 8 Mo. 19, 1724, m. Deborah Miller, and re- moved to Iredell County, S. C. \'ll. George, b. 9 Mo. 4, 1726, d. young. \'III. Abigail, b. 2 Mo. 1729, m. (ist) William Sharpless, (2d) Moses Palmer. IX. Mary, b. 6 Mo. 21, 1731, d. 6 Mo. 30, 1731. X. Samuel, b. 8 Mo. 30, 1734, d. about 1819, m. Mary, widow of Isaac Starr, and daughter of Richard and Abigail (Harlan) Flower. See Cope's Sharpless Family, 182. Elizabeth Sharp, received 5 Mo. 4, 17 13. John Lowden and wife Margaret, from Ireland, received 4 Mo. 6, 1713. John Lowden, of Antrim Meeting, and Margaret Tanner, of Carricksfergus Meeting, were married at the house of John War- dell, " neere Carrickfergus," 4 Mo. 20, 1699. {Afiiiu/i-s of Ulster Province Afeeling.) Sometime after 1703 he removed to New Garden, County Carlow, whence in 171 1 (Samuel Smith in Hazard' s Register. VII., 3), he came to Chester County, Penn- Newark or Kennett Monthly Meeting 335 sylvania, and settled in the township of New Garden, which it is beheved he was instrumental in naming for his old home in Ireland. He was an eminent minister of the Society and made religious visits to New York and New England. He died i Mo. 19, 1714, at Abington (near Jenkintown, Pa.). His widow, Margaret, was mar- ried to Joseph Garnett, in 1716. A son William Lowden was born 9 Mo. 10, 1703, in County Antrim (seepage 230). Richard Lowden, another son, was married 4 Mo. 5, 172S, at Samuel Blunston's house, in Hempfield (now Columbia, Lancaster County) to Patience Wright, daughter of John, of Hempfield. A daughter Mary mar- ried Updegraff. By deed of 1734, WiUiam Lowden, yeoman, Richard Lowden, cordwainer, and Mary Updegraff, children of John Lowden, de- ceased, sold a part of the Lowden tract in New Garden. Thomas Jackson, received 4 Mo. 6, 1713, from Mountmel- mellick Monthly Meeting, Queen's County, Ireland. Thomas Jackson, son of Nicholas Jackson, of Kilbank, in Seathwaite, Lancashire, England, was born at that place. He removed thence to Ireland, and married Ann, daughter of Francis and Judith Man, born at Mountmellick, Queen's County. He leased some land at Dreighet, Parish of Arkhill, Barony of Car- berry, County Kildare, about 1709, which hesold to WilUam Knott. They came to Pennsylvania in 171 3, sailing from Dublin on the 25th of I Mo., and settled in New Garden Township, Chester County, where by deed of Jan. i, 17(3, he purchased 200 acres of land. About 171 1 he removed to Marlborough, Chester County, where he died in 1756. Children of Thomas and Ann Jackson : John, b. 9 Mo. 14, 1703, at Ballinolarbin, King's County (children — George, Sarah and David); Judith, b. 12 Mo. 27, 1705, m. Daniel Every; Mary, b. 12 Mo. 8, 1708, at Timahoe, County Kildare, m. Jacob Wright, of East Marlborough (son of Jacob), 2 Mo. 8, 1741, at London Grove Meeting (no issue) ; Thomas, b. 6 Mo. 10, 1710, at Drechet, King's County, m. Lydia, daughter of John Smith, of Marlborough, 3 Mo. 17, 1738 (children — Ann, Caleb, Mary, and Joshua) ; Ann, b. 7 Mo. 5, 1714, at New Garden, d. 7 Mo. 28, 1757 ; Jonathan, b. 12 Mo. 16, 1717, at New Garden, m. Mary Hayes, 10 Mo. 3, 1743 (children — Mary, Thomas, Sarah, Ann, Elizabeth and Ruth); Elizabeth, b. 10 Mo. 8, 1720, m. Henry Chalfant, son of John, of West Marlborough, 8 Mo. 15, 740, at London Grove (children — Jonathan, Thomas, Henry, Ann, Elizabeth, Jacob, Mary, Abner, and Caleb). For further account itt Jackson Genealogy, 285-88. 336 Immigratio7i of the J risk Qicakers James Lindley, and wife Eleanor, from Carlow Meeting, Ire- land, received 8 ]\Io. 3, 1713. Eleanor Lindley was a sister of Thomas Parke. James Lind- ley purchased 200 acres of land in New Garden, in 17 13, and 400 in London Grove, in 1722, in the deed for which he is styled blacksmith. Thomas Lindley, a brother, perhaps, was a black- smith in Philadelphia, but owned land in Cain Township, Chester County. The children of James and Eleanor Lindley were Thomas, b. 2 Mo. 25, 1706; Rachel, b. 5 Mo. 11, 1707 ; James, b. 4 Mo. 30, 1709; Margery; Robert, b. 4 Mo. 32, 1713 ; William, b. 12 Mo. 20, 1714, d. 10 Mo. 26, 1726; Alice, b. 2 Mo. 25, 1716; Mary, b. 9 Mo. 4, 1717 ; Jonathan, b. 3 Mo. 11, 1719, m. De- borah Halliday, 2 Mo. 15, 1741 ; Elizabeth, b. 8 Mo. 4, 1720; Hannah, b. i Mo. 11, 1723; Eleanor, b. i Mo. 11, 1727-28. James Lindley died 10 Mo. 13, 1726, and his widow married Henry Jones. Thomas, the eldest son, married Ruth Hadley, and went to Orange County, North CaroUna. The children of Jonathan and Deborah Lindley were Jacob (who became an emi- nent minister of the Society of Eriends), b. 9 Mo. 18, 1744, ni. II Mo. 14, 1782, to Hannah, widow of William Miller; James, b. 10 Mo. 18, 1746; Jonathan, b. 9 Mo. 18, 1750; Deborah, b. b. 12 Mo. 26, 1753 ; Ruth, m. 11 Mo. 6, 1800, to David Wilson. — History of Chester County, 637. John C.\ne, and wife Ann, from Ballyhagen Meeting, County Armagh, Ireland, received 10 Mo. 5, 1713. They settled in London Grove, Chester County, where he died shortly after. His widow is supposed to have married Todd. Children of John and Ann Cane ; John, m. 9 Mo. 7, 1722, Rachel, d. of Randal and Mary Malin ; Ann, m. in 1722, James Miller ; Margaret (.'), m. in 1720, John Todd ; Robert (?), m. in 1730, Ann Dixon. — History of Chester County, 492. William Halliday, and wife Deborah (from Dublin, received 12 Mo. 7, 1 7 13) from Moate Meeting, County West Meath, Ireland, received 12 Mo. 6, 17 13. One James Halliday and Hannah Leaze, both of Lurgan, were married at Lurgan ^Ieeting, 8 Mo. 27, 1703 {Minutes of Ulstet Province Meeting. ) William and Deborah Halliday had six children : Robert, b. 7 Mo. 16, 1702, in Ireland ; Rachel, b. 10 Mo. 25, 1704, m. Andrew Moore, of Sadsbury, 4 Mo. 24, 1725 ; Jacob b. 8 Mo. 18, 1706, d. 5 Mo. 24, 1721 ; Margaret, b. 11 .Mo. 13, 1709, ni. Newark or Kennett Monthly Meeting 337 Samuel Miller, son of Gayen, 4 Mo. 29, 1732 ; Sarah, b. i Mo. 14, 1713 ; Deborah, b. 2 Mo. 28, 1716, m. Jonathan, son of James Lindley, 2 Mo. 15, 1743, and had four children (Jacob, b. 9 Mo. 18, 1744, m. Hannah Miller, and was an eminent Quaker minister; James b. 10 Mo. 18, 1746; Jonathan, b. 9 Mo. 18, 1750; Deborah, b. 12 Mo. 26, 1753). Robert Halliday, son of William and Deborah, m. ist Miriam Haines, daughter of Joseph, of Nottingham, 4 Mo. 3, 1730; m. 2d, in 1739 o'' 1740. Mabel Anderson, a Friend from Ireland. They had two children : (1) Jacob, m. ist to Patience, daughter of Thomas and Hannah Painter, of Concord, 4 Mo. 13, 1768, and 2d to Ann . He died 3 Mo. 22, 1822; she died about 1836 or 1837. (2) Phebe m. 10 Mo. 24, 1765, Isaac Jackson, son of John and Sarah (Miller) Jackson. — Jackson Gene- alogy, 221-2. At a meeting of the Board of Property, 12 Mo. 2, 1726, "Alex' Mongumry requests (By his Brother-in-Law Wm. Halli- day) the Grant of a piece of Land near Octoraro Creek, for a Settlement." — Peniia. Archives, 2d Series, XIX., 745. John Allen, from Ireland, received, 2 Mo. 3, 17 13. John Allen, b. 8 Mo. 3, 1694 ; d. 9 Mo. 16, 1771 ; m. in 1719, Amy Cox, and settled in London Grove Township, Chester County. Children: (i) John, b. 2 Mo. 8, 1720; d. 10 Mo. i, 1754; m. 9 Mo. 12, 1740, Phebe Scarlett, and lived in London Grove (2) Rebecca, \>. 8 Mo. 8, 1722 ; m. (ist) Alexander Mode and (2d) William Chandler. (3) Emey (Amy), b. 6 Mo. 8, 1725 ; m. Philip Ward. (4) Elizabeth, b. 2 Mo. 29, 1728 ; m. Simon Dixson. (5) William, b. 8 Mo. 3, 1730; m. 5 Mo. 24, 1758, Sarah Greave. (6) Joseph, b. 5 Mo. 12, 1733; m. 11 Mo. 13, 1755, Deborah Hill. (7) Mary, b. n Mo. i, 1738; m. Moses Fraizer. (8) Phebe, b. 2 Mo. 9, 1739; d. 10 Mo. 19, 1787. (9) Benjamin, b. 8 Mo. 4, 1742 ; m. 12 Mo. 20, 1764, Hannah Green- field. — History of Chester County, 463. One William Allen and Martha Mackie, both of Ballyhagen Meeting, County Armagh, were married, i Mo. 6, 1700, at Bally- hagen Meeting. — Minutes of Lister Province Meeting. William Taylor, from Ballytore, County Kildare, Ireland, received 10 Mo. 4, 17 14. 338 Immigration of the Irish Quakers RouERT Johnson, and wife Margaret, from Carlow Meeting, Ireland, received 12 Mo. 5, 1714. Robert Johnson and wife Margaret, nee Berthwaite, settled on a tract of 200 acres of land in New Garden, where he died in 1732, leaving children : I'enjamin, James, Joshua, Robert, Abi- gail, and Ann. Of these Joshua, b. 7 Mo. 29, 1696, at Coleboy, County Wicklow, m. Sarah, daughter of Gayen and Margaret Miller. (Children : James, Lydia, Margaret, William, Sarah, Joshua, Hannah, Robert, Dinah, Rebecca, and David.) Robert Johnson, Jr., m. Katharine, daughter of Simon and Ruth Hadly, and Imd children : Hannah, Simon, Caleb, Lydia, Stephen, Jona- than, and Isaac. — History of Chester County, 615. Martha Wainhous, from Dublin, dated i Mo. 17, 17 14; received 12 Mo. 4, 1715. Thomas Lightfoot, from Moate Meeting, County West Meath, Ireland, received 6 Mo. 4, 1716. ^^:o(¥¥^ Thomas Lightfoot,' a highly esteemed minister of the Society of Friends, was born about 1645, perhaps in Cambridgeshire, and may have been the son of another Thomas Lightfoot who suflered persecution for his Quaker belief at Cambridge, in 1653,2 and was a companion of George Whitehead in his religious journeys. In 1692, the younger Thomas was living in the neighborhood of Lisburn Meeting, County Antrim, Ireland ; for on 8 Mo. 27 of that year he was appointed on a committee to buy the Friends graveyard at Lisburn from Robert Richardson. In 1694, he re- moved from the north of the Island to Moate Meeting in County West Meath. 3 Thence in 1716* he came to New Garden, Penn- sylvania. Early in 1724 he paid a religious visit to New Eng- land. He died at Darby, now Delaware County, 9 Mo. 4, 1725, " greatly beloved " says his intimate friend Thomas Chalkley,' 'Gilbert Cope, Genealogy of the Smcdley Family, 1 94-6, Iliitory of Chester County, by] ; A Collection of Memorials, dT,-^ (Phila. 1787); BoTuden, 11., 260-1. *Besse, I., 85. 'At Ulster Province Meeting, 5 Mo. 31, 1697, Thomas Lightfoot is mentioned as having the custody of £\^ of meeting funds. * Proud, \\., 188. ' Journal, 163. Newark or Kennett Monthly Meeting 339 "for his Piety and Virtue, his sweet disposition and hvely Minis- tr)-." The name of his hrst wife is thought to have been Mary, after whose death he married Sarah Wiley, a widow, about the time of his removal to West Meath. Toward the close of 1724 he was married to Margaret, widow of John Blunston, of Darby, to which place he removed. He had at least nine children : 1. Catharine, m. 1700, James Miller, and arrived in Philadel- phia in 1729, where she died a few days later. 2. Michael Lightfoot,' b. about 1683, m. in Ireland, Mary Newby, daughter of John Newby, of Dublin, and came to New Garden, Chester County, in 1712. He was appointed an elder in 1725, and recommended as a minister in 1728. He travelled extensively in religious service in America, Great Britain, and Ireland. In 1743, he removed to Philadelphia to take the post of Provincial Treasurer, an office he held until his death, 12 Mo. 3, 1754. His children were: Sarah, b. 4 Mo. 30, 1707, m. John Hutton ; Elinor, b. 10 Mo. 16, 1708, m. 3 Mo. 2, 1734, at New Garden, Francis Parvin ; Mary, b. i Mo. 20, 1710-11, m. Samuel Clarke; Katharine, b. 6 Mo. 12, 1714; Thomas, b. 5 Mo. 16, 1716 ; WilUam, b. 3 Mo. 22, 1720. m. Jane George. 3. William Lightfoot, m. 2 Mo. 24, 1706, Isabel Holmes, of Lahinchey, King's County, Ireland. He made a visit to his rela- tives in Pennsylvania, in 1725. 4. Abigail, m. Joseph Wiley, in Ireland, in 1715, and came to Pennsylvania with her father. Children : Sarah, b. 1 1 Mo. 6, 1716 ; Ann, b. 9 Mo. 6, 1718 ; John, b. 1 1 Mo. 19, 1721. 5. Elizabeth, b. i Mo. 11, 1695-6, at Bally Kieran, County West Meath, m. 2 Mo. 1717, Arthur Jones, of Merion Meeting, Penna. 6. Sarah, b. 5 Mo. 29, 1698 ; d. 1702. 7. Samuel Lightfoot, b. 2 Mo. 5, 1701, m. 7 Mo. 30, 1725, at New Garden Meeting, Chester County, to Mary, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah (Abbott) Head, and afterwards settled in Pikeland Township, Chester County. He was a prominent sur- veyor and Justice of the Peace ; d. near Chester, 2 Mo. 26, 1777. Children : Benjamin, b. 6 Mo. 28, 1726, also a surveyor ; Thomas, b. 2 Mo. 7, 1728, d. 10 Mo. 5, 1793 ; Samuel Abbott, b. I Mo. 7, 1729-30, d. 7 Mo. 30, 1759, at Pittsburgh ; William, b. I Mo. 20, 1732, d. II Mo. 25, 1797. 8. Margaret, b. 12 Mo. 18, 1702; m. 12 Mo. 20, 1723, Isaac Starr, of New Garden. 'Cope, Genealogy of Smedley Family, 1 95 ; Proud, II., 232 ; Bowden, 11., 387. 340 Imniigratioti of the Irish Quakers g. Jacob Lightfoot, b. lo Mo. 16, 1706, at Bally Kieran, near Athlone, Ireland; m. 3 Mo. 21, 1735. ^' Darby Meeting, Mary, daughter of Obadiah and Sarah (Bethel) Bonsall, of that place. He took a certificate from New Garden to Chester, in 1733, and removed thence, about 1735, to Maiden Creek, Berks County, where he died 6 Mo. 17, 1781. His wife, who was a minister among Friends, died at Maiden Creek, 8 Mo. 10, 1777. Chil- dren : Joseph, b. 6 Mo. 30, 1736, d. 9 Mo. 27, 1784, m. Deborah, daughter of Nehemiah Hutton ; Sarah, b. 10 Mo. 28, 1738, d. 7 Mo., 1775, m. Francis Parvin, 5 Mo. 16, 1759; Thomas, b. 7 Mo. 21, 1742, d. 12 Mo. 24, 1821, m. Hannah Wright, 5 Mo. II, 1774; Ann, b. i Mo. 3, 1745, d. 4 Mo. 17, 1807 ; Grace, b. 7 Mo. 17, 1748, d. 9 Mo. II, 1784, m. William Tomlinson, 5 Mo. 12, 1773. Joseph Wiley, son-in-law of Thomas Lightfoot, Moate Meet- ing, County West Meath, received 6 Mo. 4, 1716. Simon Hadley, and wife Ruth from Moate Meeting, County West Meath, received 6 Mo. 4, 17 16. They came from Ireland about 171 2, and settled in New Castle County, near the New Garden line. A house which he erected in 1717 was still standing in 1881. Children : Joseph, b. 8 Mo. 25, 1698; Deborah, b. 2 Mo. 25, 1701 ; Joshua, b. 3 Mo. 6, 1703; Simon, b. 12 Mo. 23, 1704-5; d. 11 Mo. 4, 1 730-1 ; Hannah, b. 11 Mo. 16, 1709-10; Ruth, b. i 2 Mo. 6, 1711-2; Katharine, b. 2 Mo. 25, 1715 ; Ann, b. 12 Mo. 7, 1717-18. The mother died 12 Mo. 18, 1750-1, and was buried at New Garden, after which Simon married Phebe, widow of Richard Buffington, of Bradford, Chester County. (//«/. Chester County, 576.) John Starr, received 8 Mo. 5, 17 17, from Old Castle Monthly Meeting, County Meath, Ireland. Tho.mas Jackson, received 10 Mo. 7, 1717, from Old Castle Monthly Meeting, County Meath, Ireland. Newark or Kennett IMotithly Meeting 341 Thomas Jackson, of Old Castle, County East Meath, linen-draper, by deed of Jan. 19, 1715, purchased from Ebenezer Pike, of Cork, merchant, land in Pennsylvania (Phila. Deeds, F. 7, p. 326). By first wife he had four children : Ruth, who married Joseph Martin, Isaac, Samuel, and Benjamin. He came to Pennsylvania about 1717, and was married a second time, 10 Mo. 25, 1718, at New Garden Meeting, to Mary Wiley, of New Garden, probably a step-daughter of Thomas Lightfoot. He died in East Marlborough, in 1727. At New Garden Monthly Meeting, 7 Mo. 28, 1728, "Mary Jackson acquainted this Meeting that she intended to go to Ire- land to Visit her Relations and Requested to have a Certificate." Her certificate was signed 8 Mo. 26, 1728. Mary, widow of Thomas Jackson, of East Marlborough, made her will 8 Mo. 28, 1729, and it was probated Dec. 20, 1729. She states that she is now ' ' at Sea aboard the Sizargh, of Whitehaven, Jeremiah Cowman, Master, Bound for Philadelphia, I now being Indisposed in Body." She mentions her sons-in-law, Samuel, Isaac, and Benjamin Jackson ; her brother, John Wiley, in Penn- sylvania (to whom she leaves £.\o) ; and her daughter-in-law, Ruth Martin, in County Cavan, Ireland (to whom she bequeaths £io). Witnesses to the will were : James Miller, Lambert Emer- son and Robert White. In the accounts of her estate is a record of "Cash P"^ Nathan Cowman," ^^3.4.4. Joseph Martin, and wife Ruth, received 10 Mo. 7, 171 7, from Old Castle, County Meath, Ireland. At New Garden Montly Meeting, 8 Mo. 11, 17 18, a certificate to Philadel- phia was signed for them. Moses Starr, and wife Deborah, received 10 Mo. 7, 1717, from Old Castle, County Meath, Ireland. Jeremiah Starr, received 3 Mo. 3, 17 18, from Carlow Meeting, Ireland. Samuel Kirk, unmarried, received 12 Mo. 6, 17 19, from Lurgan Meeting, County Armagh, Ireland. William Whitaker, received 10 Mo. 2, 1721, from Dublin, Ireland. Edward Thornbury, received 9 Mo. 6, 1725, from Lurgan Meeting, County Armagh, Ireland. Thomas Wilson and family received 7 Mo. 3, 1726, from Ballynacree Meeting, County Antrim, Ireland. 342 hnmigration of the Irish Quakers George ^L\rsh, son of Joshua, unmarried, received 7 Mo. 6, 1727, dated 5 Mo. 22, 172S, from Grange Monthly Meeting, near Charlemont, County Armagh, Ireland. Miriam Andrews "produced a Certificate from lurgan [Meeting, County Armagh] in the north of ierland," to the woman's branch of Newark Mo. Mtg., 7 Mo. 6, 1729. As her husband, William Andrews, did not produce a certifi- cate, it is presumed he was not a Friend. In his will,' dated 1 1 Mo. 23, 1747-4S, probated March 25, 1748, he is mentioned as yeoman of Christiana Hundred, Xew Castle County, upon Dela- ware. He speaks of his "servant, James Xash, a man bought of George Robinson," and bequeaths his property to his wife Miriam and children, Ruth, Ezekiel, Hannah, and John. The Andrews were related in some way to the Hollingsworths ; for "At a meeting of the Commissioners of Property 8 b'2 d 1731 * * * Samuel Hollingsworth (on behalf of his Kinsman \Vm. Andrees) request the Grant of about 100 Acres of vac' Land in Kennet, between the Land late Ezekiel Harlan's and James Wallis." Miriam Andrews, of the Borough of Wilmington, widow of William Andrews, in her will, dated 6 Mo. 20, 1750, probated Sept. 5, 1750 (G. I, p. 419), mentions her " cosin Jane Hartley wife of Thomas Heartly," her sons Ezekiel and John Andrews and daughters, Hannah West and Ruth Andrews, the latter to be placed as an apprentice with Elinor Robinson. The children of William and Miriam, as shown by meeting records, were as follows : 1. Ezekiel, b. 11 .Mo. 21, 1729; d. 3 Mo. 4, 1772; m. 5 Mo. 8, 1761, Rebecca Robinson. Their son, James Andrews, re- moved to Darby, now Delaware County, Pa., married Martha Bunting, and had a son James, who married Hannah Lloyd. 2. Hannah, b. 5 Mo. 14, 1732, m. 8 Mo. 19, 1749, Joseph West. 3. Ruth, b. 7 Mo. 23, 1734. 4. John, b. 6 Mo. 2, 1736, m. Sarah Ferris. In 1671, Christian Anderson for tithe had taken by the " Priest of the Parish of Kilmore," County Armagh, wheat, barley, oats, maslin, and hay to the value of ^4. 1 5s. 6d. — Stockdale, A Great Cry of Oppression, 4. William MacCool, received 7 Mo. 6, 1729, from Bally- nacree, Antrim County, Ireland. ' Book G. I, page 109, Register's OflSce, Wilmington, Del. Newark or Ke7inett Monthly Meeting 343 John Clark, son of Walter, received 7 Mo. 6, 1729, dated 3 Mo. 27, 1729, from Grange, County Antrim, Ireland. Samuel Clark, unmarried, son of Walter Clark, received 8 Mo. 4, 1729, dated 3 Mo. 27, 1729, from Grange, County Antrim, Ireland, where he was ' ' born and bred. ' ' Original in possession of Gilbert Cope, West Chester Pa. Samuel Clark, of Marlborough, Chester County, Pa., son of Walter Clark, of Grange, County Antrim, Ireland, was married, 8 Mo. 6, 1727, at New Garden, to Mary, daughter of Michael Lightfoot. John Clark, son of Walter Clark, received 4 Mo. 5, 1731, from Grange, County Antrim, Ireland, dated 3 Mo. 27, 1729. Original in possession of Gilbert Cope, of West Chester, Pa. Thomas Christy, received 9 Mo. 4, 1735, from Ballyhagan Monthly Meeting, County Armagh, Ireland. In 1675, in County Antrim, Alexander Christy, for tithe by "John Charlton, Tithmonger (being his Landlord) at the pay- ment of his Rent, eight shillings, and would not receive the rest, unless he would give eight shillings more ; and because Alexander would not, for one pound of Rent due he took a Cow from him worth one pound ten shilUngs." — Stockdale, 49. Samuel Clark, unmarried, dated 4 Mo. 26, 1735, from Lis- burn Meeting, County Antrim, Ireland, formerly of Grange, County Antrim, "having for some time past dwelt at Hillsborough which is a branch of our Meeting." Orig- inal in possession of Gilbert Cope, West Chester, Pa. Mary Varman (a young woman), daughter of Hattill Var- man, dated i Mo. 8, 1729-30, from Monthly Meeting at Cooladine, probably in County of Wexford, Ireland. OuivLii McCooL, " ye Bearer Widow & Relict, to John Mc- Cool Deceased," dated 2 Mo. 7, 1729, from Ballynacree Meeting, County Antrim, Ireland. Original in possession of Gilbert Cope, West Chester, Pa. The McCools ap- parently removed to Kent County, Marjdand. Elizabeth Clark, unmarried, daughter of Walter Clark, received i Mo. 6, 1735-36, dated 3 Mo. 10, 1735, from 344 Immigratioti of the Irish Quakers Antrim Meeting, Ireland, endorsed, 4 Mo. 26, 1735, by Six Week's Meeting in Lisburn, County Antrim, Ireland. She "was born and Educated at Grange within the Lim- mits of this Mens Meeting, and her parents were friends in Unity with us, (whose memory is dear unto many of us)." Her father died a " Good Many Years agoe, & Some more than three Years Since her Mother also Dyed, on which account she found it Nessasery to Remove from Grange to some of her Relations at Dublin and Hillsborough after her mother's death." "She dwelt for Some Years past at Hillsborough as within mentioned." Original MS. in possession of Gilbert Cope, of West Chester, Pa. She married Benjamin Jackson, in 1736. About 1655, "a Meeting was settled at the Grange, below Antrim (Co. Antrim), at the house of Gabriel Clark, an honest, religious, antient man, who received Truth as also his Wife and Family." — Rutty, p. 91. Gilbert Cope, of West Chester, Pa., has a very full and interesting manuscript account of Gabriel Clark and family. At Ulster Province Meeting, 2 Mo. 14, 1705, it was stated that "Walter Clark hath built a meeting house at Grange for y' Ser- vice of truth and use of friends." In his will, dated 5 Mo. 7, 1705, James Greenwood mentions his brother-in-law, Walter Clark. Nathaniel Clark and Elizabeth ( jreenwood, both of Grange Mtg., Co. Antrim, were married there, 10 Mo. 22, 1701. — Min- utes of Ulster Province Meeting: At Ulster Province Meeting, 2 Mo. 14, 1705, report was made that "Walter Clark hath built a meeting house at Grange for y" Service of truth & use of friends." In 1716, Thomas Story \joumal, 537) mentions that he came to "Grange to Walter Clark's." Mabel Anderson, unmarried, received i Mo. 4, 1737-8; dated 3 Mo. 12, 1737, from Ballyhagan, County Armagh, Ireland ; "with ye Consent of her Mother and Relations Consent." She goes "in company with her uncle William." Original certificate in possession of Gilbert Cope, West Chester, Pa. She was married, about 1740, by a "priest" to Robert Halliday, of New Garden, who was not a Friend. Mary Varman, unmarried, from Ireland, received 4 Mo. 24, 1732- Newark or Kennett Mojithly Meeting 345 Sarah Pringle, from Ballyhagen Meeting, Ireland, received II Mo. 4, 1734-5- Robert Whinerv, unmarried, from Grange, Ireland, re- ceived 5 Mo. I, 173S. Robert Whinery,' weaver, came from Grange, near Charlemont, about 1738, and seems to have settled at Wilmington, Delaware, his certificate from Grange being received at Newark or Kennett Monthly Meeting, 5 Mo. i, 1738. About the latter part of 1740, he was married by a Presbyterian minister to Isabel , who was not a Friend. Wilmington Preparative Meeting made report of this infraction of the Society's rules to Newark Monthly Meeting, I Mo. 7, 1 740- 1. After some delay Whinery was induced to make the following acceptable acknowledgment, which was read in a First-day Meeting at Wilmington : "To the Monthly Meeting of Newark held at Kennett y1 4th: of y'. 5th; Mo. 1741. Dear friends : These May inform you that Contrary to >■; principle of truth in my own heart as well as the Repeated & Continued Caution & Advice of my friends, I have accomplished my marriage out of y= good order Established amongst them by a Presbyterian Minister which hath been cause of Sorrow to me ; Which act I hereby Condemn & take y' blame to my self with desires of your Prayers for my future preservation in the way of Peace ; from your friend "Robert Whinery." In 1749, Robert Whinery was assessed in Kennett Township, Chester, but about 1750, he removed with his family to York County, settling within the limits of Newberry Meeting, his cer- tificate of removal from Newark, dated 7 Mo. i, 1750, being received at Warrington Monthly Meeting, 10 Mo. 21, 1752. Rob- ert Whinery' s membership in the Society of Friends was discon- tinued in 1754. ' John and Elinor Whinery were present at a marriage at Ballyhagen Meeting, in 1702, and Matthew Whinery was at a marriage at the same place, in 1703. Thomas Whinnery and Katharine Smith, both of Parish of Kilmore, County Armaugh, members of Ballyhagen Meeting, were married at Bally- hagen Meeting House, 11 Mo. 23, 1706. Among the signers were Thomas Whinnery, Katharine Whinnery, Mary Smith, Sr., Mary Smith, Rose Smith, Francis Hobson, John Smith, James Smith. In 1749 and 1750, one Patrick Whinnery was licensed as a peddlar in Chester County, Pa. In his petition to the court he stated that he had been a weaver, but having broken a thigh had "fallen into a consumption." — Hist. Chester County, 432. He was assessed as a single freeman in Kennett Township in 1747 and 1749, and in East Marlborough Township, in 1750, 1753, and 1754. 346 Immigration of the Irish Quakers By deed of May 19, 1771, Robert Whinery, of Newberry Township, York County, weaver, and Isabel, his wife, conveyed to their son Thomas a tract of 290 acres of land which had been granted to Robert by warrant of April 4, 1768 {Rt-coriier s Office, ViirJt, Pii). In his will, dated Jan. 7, 1785, probated Sept. 23, 1791, Robert Whinery mentions his children, Hannah McCreary, Thomas, William, and Catharine Whinery, and grandchild Sarah McCreary. I. Hannah Whinery, m. McCreary. Child, Sarah. II. Thomas Whinery, of Newberry Township, m. 12 Mo. 18, 1 77 1, at Newberry Meeting, Phebe, daughter of Robert Mills, of same place. Among those who signed the marriage certificate were Robert, Isabel, Ann, and William Whinery, Robert and Mary Mills. Children were: Thomas, b. 10 Mo. 5, 1779, m., about 1807, Ruth Miller, who was not a Friend. (She and her daughter Phebe, b. 1808, were received as members of Warring- ton Monthly Meeting, in 1808. This family removed to Warren County, Ohio, in 1809, taking a certificate of removal to Centre Monthly Meeting.) III. William Whinery, of Newberry Township, York County, m. about 1776, Abigail McMillan, daughter of John and Jane (Boyd) McMillan. In 1791, William Whinery and his six chil- dren — Robert, John, Thomas, William, James, and Jane — were received as members of Warrington Monthly Meeting. About 1806, this family removed to Columbiana County, Ohio, and made a location in Butler Township, near the present town of Winona, a certificate of removal to Salem Monthly Meeting, Ohio, being signed by Warrington Monthly Meeting, i Mo. 11, 1806. Children were : Robert, m. 10 Mo. 14, 1801, at Newberry Meet- ing, Phebe, daughter of Thomas and Phebe (Penrose) Leech (they removed westward about 1803 and settled near Winona); John received a certificate to Middleton Monthly Meeting, Ohio, in 1S04, and settled near Salem, Columbiana County ; Thomas, m. 9 Mo. 12, 1805, Lydia, daughter of Jediah and Jane (Penrose) Hussey (removed to near Salem, Ohio, about 1806) ; William, m. Margery Carroll ; James, b. 3 Mo. 10, 1787, m. .Sarah Carroll in Ohio (children, b. near Salem, Ohio, were Elizabeth, William, Joseph, Zimri, Dr. John C, Thomas, James, Edward, Eliza, Abigail, Ellwood, Newton, Sarah, and Isabel) ; Cieorge ; Jane, m. David Burson ; Zimri, m. Judith Wright ; Sarah, m. David Comley ; Abigail m. Benjamin Pettit. IV. Catharine Whinery. Neiv Garden Monthly Meeting 347 NEW GARDEN MONTHLY MEETING In Chester County. Established in 1718, from Newark or Kennett. Samuel Beverly and wife Jennet, received 12 Mo. 9, 1722-3, from Ballynacree Monthly Meeting, Ireland. "Samuel Beverly and Jannett Hunter, both of Ballymony meet- ing," were married "at James Moors, ye 19th ^'- 1703/4 as by certificate may appear." {Minutes Ulster Province Meeting.) They settled in East Marlborough, Chester County, and were ac- companied by two children, William and Mary. William married Mary Miller in 1730, and dying before his father, left a son Samuel, who in 1753 married Ruth Jackson, daughter of Samuel Jackson, East Marlborough Twp., Chester Co. Mary Beverly, daughter of Samuel and Ruth, became the wife of William Cause and the mother of Jonathan Cause, principal of the celebrated Unionville (Chester Co.) Academy, which was attended by Bayard Taylor, the distinguished author and traveller. — Hist. Chester Co., p. 481. John Hutton, received 9 Mo. 9, 1723, from Dublin, Ire- land. See Joseph Hutton, pp. 330-2. Samuel Miller and wife Margaret (b. 1683), received 10 Mo. 14, 1723, from Ballynacree Monthly Meeting, County Antrim, Ireland. They settled at Sadsbury, and were among the organizers of Sadsbury Meeting. He died in 1774. Children: Mary, m. William Cooper, 8 Mo. 18, 1730, and had children (Robert, Cal- vin, and William) ; Elizabeth m. William Reed, 8 Mo. 19, 1738 ; Robert, m. Sarah McClung, i Mo. 7, 1 741-2, and had childreri (Margaret, b. 1742; Samuel, b. 1744; Mary, b. 1747; Sarah, b. 1749; Robert, b. 1755).— Potts, Our Family Ancestors, 247-8. One Samuel Miller and Jane Wyly, both of Lisnegarvy Meet- ing, were married at the home of Richard Boys (Ballinderry, County Antrim) 9 Mo. 21, 1698. Eli Crocket, unmarried, received 12 Mo. 8, 1723-4, from Ballynacree Meeting, County Antrim, Ireland. He and John Crocket had arrived as early as 1722. On 6 Mo. 8, 1724, Eli was made overseer of Bush River Meeting, in Maryland. 348 Immigratioti oj the Irish Quaker's One Eli Crocket and Elizabeth Wilkison, both of Ballymoney Meeting, were married 11 Mo. 4, 1715, at the house of James Moore. — Minutes of Ulster Prov. Mtg. In 1676, Gilbert Crockett, of Bellirushane Parish, County Antrim, suffered persecution for tithes. — StockdaU-, 75. In 1681, t'lilbert and Eli Crockett, of Parish of IJellyrashean, County Antrim, had goods seized for tithes. — Ibid., 166. Eli Crockett, of Ballymoney, was on a committee of Ulster Province Meeting, in 1695. Andrew Moore, received 6 Mo. 8, 1724, from Ballynacree Meeting, County Antrim, Ireland. "Andrew Moore' and Margaret Wilson, both of Dunclady Meeting," were married " att y" house of Kathrine Henderson in Dunclady [County Antrim] y° 27"' day of y" 557 171 5 as by y' certificate may appear." {Alinutes of Ulster Province Meeting, Ireland.^ Andrew Moore, according to his biographer and descendant, Dr. Passmore, was born 6 Mo., 1688, in County Antrim, and was a son of James Moore, of Ballynacree, County Antrim. His wife Margaret died probably about 1722 or 1723, shortly before his emigration. He and his family arrived at New Castle on Dela- ware, S Mo. 3, 1723, and settled on a tract of land lying in Sadsbury Township, Chester and Lancaster Counties. Here he engaged in milling and farming and was an active and influential member of Sadsbury Meeting. He was married a second time, 4 Mo. 24, 1725, to Rachel, daughter of William Halliday, an- other Irish Friend. He died 7 Mo. 5, 1753, and was interred in Friends' burial ground, at Sadsbury Meeting House. Children were as follows : 1. James, b. 3 Mo. 6, 17 16, came to Pennsylvania with his father in 1723 ; m., ist, 2 Mo. 16, 1741, at New (harden Meeting, Ann, daughter of Jeremiah and Rebecca (Jackson) Starr ; m. 2d Mary, daughter of Joseph Wildnian, of Bucks County ; m. 3d Ann, daughter of Caleb Jackson ; m. 4th Ann, daughter of John Minshal. He died 8 Mo. i, 1809. 2. Mary, b. in 1718, m. 1st in 1742, William Carson, and re- sided for a time in Menallen Township, now Adams County ; m. 2d James Hamel, of Tyrone Township, now Adams County. ' In 1897, Dr. John .\. M. Passmore, of Philadelphia, issued an elaborate and carefully prepared genealogy of Andmu Moore ntid his Desitnilanls, in two large octavo volumes of 1600 pages. In the liglit of the above mar- riage record it would seem that lie had come to a wrong conclusion in stat- ing, on page 7, that Andrew Moore had married Margaret, daughter of Gaycn and Margaret (Henderson) Miller. New Garden Monthly Meeting 349 3. Margaret, b. in 1719, m. Alexander Love. After living some years in York County they removed to near the present town of Yorkville, South Carolina, where Alexander became a prominent citizen, serving as a member of the Provincial Congress of S. C. 4. Thomas, b. 1722, d. 8 Mo. 12, 1728. 5. William, b. 10 Mo. 27, 1726; m. 5 Mo. 20, 1749, at Sads- bury, Rachel, daughter of William Marsh. 6. Robert, b. 9 Mo. i, 1728 ; d. 3 Mo. 25, 1732. 7. David, b. in 1731 ; d. 5 Mo. 20, 1744. 8. Andrew, b. 12 Mo. i, 1733 ; m. 9 Mo. 26, 1754, at Sads- bury, Rebecca, daughter of Jeremiah and Rebecca (Starr) Jack- son. He died 5 Mo., 1801. 9. Joseph, b. 7 Mo. 13, 1736 ; m. 1 Mo. 22, 1756, at Sadsbury Meeting, Jane, daughter of Henry Marsh. He died 7 Mo. 13, 1805. 10. Robert, b. 10 Mo. 22, 1739, i^- "' ^^o- 'o. 1768, at Sads- bury, Mar)', daughter of Moses Brinton ; d. 2 Mo. 9, 1826. 11. John, b. 10 Mo. 3, 1742; m. 5 Mo. i, 1765, to Sarah, daughter of William Downing, d. 6 Mo. 28, 1821. 12. David, b. 10 Mo. 13, 1745 ; m. 10 Mo. 5, 1768, at Sads- bury, Martha, daughter of Joseph Williams ; d. i Mo. 16, 1829. 13. Rachel, b. 3 Mo. 12, 1742; m. 11 Mo. 12, 1761, at Sads- bury, John, son of Thomas Truman ; d. 7 Mo. i, 1828. 14. Sarah, m. II Mo. i, 1769, at Sadsbury, William Truman, son of Thomas. (Moore Genealogy.) William Lightfoot, received 8 Mo. 9, 1725, from Moate Monthly .Meeting, County West Meath, Ireland, to "visit his father &: relations." A certificate for him to return to Ireland was signed 10 Mo. 11, 1725. Isaac Jackson and wife, received 9 Mo. 10, 1725, dated i Mo. 28, 1725, from Carlow Monthly Meeting, County Car- low, Ireland. Anthony Jackson, born at Eccleston, Parish of St. Michael, Lancashire, England, removed, in 1649, with his elder brother, Richard Jackson, sometime soldier in the Parliamentary Army, and settled at Lurgan, County Armagh, Ireland. Here they were among the first converts to Quakerism in Ireland. In 1655 they removed to Cavan, where Anthony probably resided the re- mainder of his life. In 1670, and as late as 1681, he is men- tioned in Basse as suffering persecution and imprisonment for non-payment of tithes. Isaac Jackson (1665-1750), son of Anthony, was married 2 350 Immigration of the Irish Quakers Mo. 29, 1696, at Oldcastle Mtg., Co. Meath, to Ann Evans, daughter of Rowland Evans, of Balliloing, Co. Wicklow. After residing for some years at Oldcastle and Clonerany, Co. Wex- ford, they removed, about 1706-07, to Ballytore, Co. Kildare. From here they removed to Pennsylvania, taking passage at Dub- lin on the Sizargh, and reached New Castle, on Delaware, 9 Mo. II, 1725. They proceeded at once from New Castle to the home of a son-in-law, Jeremiah Starr, who had married a daugh- ter, Rebecca Jackson, at Ballytore, 11 Mo. 10, 1716, and had settled in London Grove Twp., Chester Co. An e.xtended record of the descendants of Isaac Jackson's ten children will be found in Halliday Jackson's Jackson Family and in History of Ches- ter County, p. 610. SiSMORE Wright and wife, received 9 Mo. 10, 1725, from Ballycane Monthly Meeting, County Wicklow, Ireland. Children of Sismore and Margaret Wright, born in Ireland, as follows: Isaac, 12 Mo. 4, 1718 ; Thomas, 5 Mo. 11, 1719 (d. 3 Mo. 29, 1802, in Berks County); Margaret, 10 Mo. 18, 1720; Ann, 4 Mo. 21, 1723. New Garden Monthly Meeting, 2 Mo. 26, 1735, signed a certificate for this family to North Wales (Gwynedd) Monthly Meeting, and they settled within the limits of Exeter Meeting, in Berks County. One Mark Wright, son of Rowland Wright, of "Sheep Pastor, (nere) Gisborough," Yorkshire, England, and wife, " Ayles," was born 2 Mo. 25, 1619, at "Sheep Pastor." About 1647, " he married Ann, daughter of Thomas Carlyle, " of New- ton (nere Whittby)," England. Came to Ireland 6 Mo., 1654. Children : Jane, b. 9 Mo. 1651, at Numebeck, Yorkshire ; Ayles, b. 4 Mo. 1653, at same place ; John, b. 3 Mo. 1656, at Lygatory, Parish of Shankill, Co. Armagh ; Ann, b. there 8 Mo., 1658; Mark, b. there 4 Mo., 1660; Jane, b. there 1662. — Lurgan Records. Jonathan Garnett and wife Mary, received 10 Mo. 30, 1727, from Grange Monthly Meeting, near Charlemont, County Armagh, Ireland. Thomas Valentine, received 2 Mo. 27, 1728, from Carlow Monthly Meeting, Ireland. Thomas Valentine, of Ballybrumhill, County Carlow, Ireland, son of George Valentine,' of same place, was married, 9 Mo. 22, 171 5, at Kilconner, to Mary Parke, of Ballylean, daughter of ' In 1677, in County Wexford, George Valentine had his goods seized for \i'Cats.—Slockdate, 89. New Garden Monthly Meeting 3 5 1 Thomas and Rebecca Paike, of same place {Records of Carlow Monthly Meeting). They made their first settlement after their arrival in this country in New Garden Township, Chester County, where in i729and 1730 Thomas was assessed. A little later they removed to New Providence now Montgomery County, where he died about 1747, leaving children, Robert, John, Thomas, Jona- than, and perhaps others. Robert Valentine,' son of Thomas, b. 7 Mo. 21, 17 17, at Bally- brumhill ; d. East Cain, 7 Mo. 21, 1786; m. 4 Mo. 4, 1747, at Cain Meeting, Rachel, daughter of John and Mary Edge. She was b. 6 Mo. 29, 1725 ; d. i Mo. 31, 1779. They were both buried in Friends' ground at Uwchlan, Chester County. Children were : Thomas, Mary, Robert 2 (m. Ann Bond), Rachel (m. Joseph Malin), Jane, Sarah, Phebe (m. Abraham Sharpless), George (m. Phebe Ashbridge), John, .Susanna (m. George Massey). Robert Valentine became an eminent minister of Friends and travelled extensively in that service, including a visit to Great Britain at the close of the Revolution. Thomas Valentine, son of Thomas, m. Nov. 23, 1750, his cousin Rebecca Robinson and d. 1762, in Charlestown Township, Chester County, leaving children, Thomas, William, Mary, Rachel, and John. Jonathan Valentine, son of Thomas, b. about 1730 ; m. in 1755 or 1756, Lydia, daughter of John and Lydia (Pusey) Bald- win. They settled in East Cain, where Jonathan died about 1811. Children: Absalom, Jehu, John, Jonathan, Elizabeth, Mary, Lydia (m. Jesse Evans) and Thomas.^ Francis Parvin, received 6 Mo. 31, 1728, from Moate Monthly Meeting, County West Meath. Francis Parvin* (whose ancestors according to tradition re- moved from Yorkshire to Ireland) of Ballykilroe, County West Meath, was married, 12 Mo. (Feb.) 16, 1723-4, at Edenderry Meeting, King's County, to Deborah Pearson, of Drighen, County Kildare.5 About 1728 they came to Pennsylvania, the wife dying shortly after the arrival. He settled for a short time in New Garden, and then about 1732 removed to Chester. On 3 Mo. 2, 'Some of this branch of the family removed to Bellefonte, Centre Co., Pa., and were largely interested in iron manufacture. 2 For a full record see SmeJley Genealogy. '^History of Chester County, 7S0-51. * Francis Parvin was a Justice of the Peace and also represented Berks County in the Provincial Assembly. 5 Marriage certificate in possession of a descendant, Jeremiah Starr Parvin, Leesport, Berks County, Pa. 352 Immigration of the Irish Quakers 1734, he was married at New Garden, to Eleanor, daughter of ^Iichael Lightfoot, of New Garden, and removed about this time to Maiden Creek, Berks County, where he died 7 Mo. 6, 1767, and his wife Eleanor, 12 Mo. 17, 1775. In his will dated 6 Mo. 20, 1767 (probated Sept. 3, 1767), he provides for his wife Eleanor ; leaves to his son Francis a tract of 120 acres of land, including " my dwelling house with Tanyard"; to son Thomas Parvin, 143 acres in Maiden Creek ; to sons Benjamin and John 143 acres each, in Maiden Creek ; to son William "My Grist & saw mill" and about 136 acres in same township ; remainder to be equally divided among son Pearson Parvin and daughters Mary Pearson, Ann Wright, and Eleanor Parvin. Children of Francis Parvin : ' I. Thomas Parvin, m. 4 Mo. 17, 1754, at Goshen Meeting, Chester County, Mary, daughter of Isaac Starr, of Goshen. II. Francis Parvin, Jr., son of Francis, by his first wife Deborah, m. 5 iMo. 16, 1759, at Maiden Creek Meeting, Berks County, Sarah, daughter of Jacob and Mary Lightfoot, of Maiden Creek. She died 7 Mo. 1775, and he m. secondly, Susanna (d. 10 Mo. 23, 1808). He made a visit to Ireland, 1752- 1754. Children by first wife: Deborah, b. 4 Mo. 23, 1760 Mary, b. 7 Mo. II, 1762 ; Hannah, b. 9 Mo. 10, 1764, d. 3 Mo I, 1769 ; Sarah, b. 10 Mo. 4, 1766 ; Francis, b. 2 Mo. 27, 1769 Hannah, b. 10 Mo. 21, 1771, d. 8 Mo. 18, 1790; Jacob, b. 7 Mo. 10, 1775, d. 12 Mo. 14, 1813. Children by second wife Thomas, b. 10 Mo. 10, 1782, d. 6 Mo. 30, 1799; Susanna, b I Mo. 29, 1785 ; d. 3 Mo. I, 1870; Elizabeth, b. 10 Mo. 9, 1786; d. 12 Mo. 26, 1787; Elizabeth, b. 12 Mo. 8, 1788; d. 10 Mo. 3, 1 86 1. III. Pearson Parvin, b. 12 Mo. 3, 1734-5. IV. Mary Parvin, b. 3 Mo. 19, 1736; m. Benjamin Pearson, 1752. V. John Parvin, b. 2 Mo. 8, 1738 ; m. Mary, daughter of Law- rence and Edith Pearson, 5 Mo. 4, 1768, at Maiden Creek Meeting. VI. William Parvin, of Maiden Creek, m. 7 Mo. 17, 1765, at Maiden Creek Meeting, Mary, daughter of ^Ierrick and Phebe Starr. VII. Ann Parvin, b. 9 Mo. 3, 1742 ; m. Benjamin Wright, 1766. VIII. Eleanor Parvin, b. 8 Mo. 2, 1746 ; m. Isaac Wright, 1768. — Records of Exftcr Monthly Meeting. Thomas Parvin, unmarried, received 6 Mo. 13, 1728, from Moate Monthly Meeting, County West Meath, Ireland. ' In 1680, in Cciunly West Mcath, one " Francis Pervin of ISollykilroe in the Uaroiiy of Clonlonnon," had four lambs, valued at 8 s., seized for tithes. —Slociiiale, 1 53. New Garden Monthly li feeling 353 Lawrenxe Richardson, unmarried, received 6 Mo. 31, 1728, from Grange Meeting, Ireland. Hattill Var.man and wife Abigail, from Cooladine Meeting, County Wexford, dated 2 Mo. 28, 1728, received 3 Mo. 31, 1729. In 1672, one " Henry Vernam, for 20 s. demanded of him for Tithes, was prosecuted in the Ecclesiastical Court, and committed to Wexford Goal, at the Suit of Miles Swinney, Priest of Encyscorf, was kept prisoner there about a year and nine months, till the 6th of October 1673, and then released by the Bishop of Loughlin and Femes, but before his discharge the Priest had sent his Ser- vants with Cart and Horses, who took away more than half the Man's Corn to the\'alue of 5 1." — Besse's Suffering of 1 he Quak- ers, II., 480; Stockdale, A Great Cry of Oppression, 10. In 1685, Henry and Edward Varman, of Parish of Castle Ellis, County Wexford, by their attorney, John Fuller, of West Jersey, conveyed to John Hugg, of West Jersey, a tract of land in the Irish Tenth of West Jersey, that had been granted to Henry Var- man, April 9, 1682, by Joseph Sleight, of Dublin.' Hattill Varman, 2 b. 1670, in County Wexford, Ireland; d. 12 Mo. 27, 1747 ; buried at Leacock ; came to Pennsylvania in 1728, and settled in Leacock Township, Lancaster County. His wife, Abigail, d. 3 JMo. 14, 1760. Children: Mary, m. 10 Mo. 7, 1733, at Leacock, John Beeson, of Leacock, son of Richard ; WiUiam ; Grace, m. ist 11 Mo. 5, 1742, at Leacock, to Joseph Edgerton, of Newton, Gloucester Co., N. J. (child Abigail) ; 2d Joseph Steer; Eleanor, m. 3 Mo. 5. 1747, at Leacock, Moses Brinton, son of Joseph ; Sarah, m. 1st John Low, and 2d 7 Mo. 11, 1751, at Lampeter, John Parks, son of Richard, of Goshen. Thomas McClun, and wife Elizabeth, from Moate Monthly Meeting, County West Meath, dated 3 Mo. 11, 1729, re- ceived 6 Mo. 30, 1729. Thomas Clung and Elizabeth Hainan, both of Rathfryland Meeting, were married, 6 Mo. 19, 1714, at the house of Robert Wilson. {Minutes of Ulster Province Meeting.) At New Garden Monthly Meeting, 5 Mo. 29, 1729, Thomas McClun and family is reported as being settled ^\^thin the limits of Concord Monthly Meeting, to which a certificate was signed i Mo. 28, 1730. 1 D, p. 246, Clement Papers, Hist. Soc. of Penna. ^Priend^ Miscellany, IV., 25. 23 354 Immigration of the Irish Quakers John Stef.r, received 6 Mo. 30, 1729, dated 2 Mo. 11, 1728, from liallinderry Meeting, County .Antrim, Ireland. Samuel Morton, received 6 Mo. 30, 1729, dated 7 Mo. i, 1728, from Ballyhagen Meeting, County Armagh, Ireland. Samuel Morton (d. 3 Mo. 20, 1766), son of William and Elinor, was born in Parish of Kilmore, County Armagh, Ireland ; m. 2 .Mo. 6, 1728, at Ballyhagen Meeting, Eliza (d. 6 Mo. 12, 1763), daughter of John and Mary Blackburn, a native of County Ar- magh. Children : Margaret, b. 10 Mo. 1, 1728, at sea ; m. John Hadley ; John, b. 4 Mo. 28, 1729, d. 9 Mo., 1741, buried at Lon- don Grove; Samuel, b. 7 Mo. 27, 1732; William b. i Mo. 9, 1734-35 ; Mary, b. 9 Mo. 9, 1737; Thomas, b. 7 Mo. 6, 1740. — Records of New Garden Monthly Meethii^. William McNabb, wife Dorothy and daughters, Elizabeth and Jane, received 6 Mo. 30, 1729, dated i Mo. 5, 1729, from Old Castle Monthly Meeting, County Meath, Ireland. William McNabb settled in East Lampeter Township, I^ncas- ter Countv, where he owned a farm of 2ooacres. His son, John McNabb, in 1749, gave two acres of land to Friends' Meeting at Bird-in-Hand. Joseph Evans, wife Mary, and son Joseph, received 8 Mo. 25, 1729, from Moate Monthly Meeting, County W'est Meath, Ireland. Neal O'Money, wife Ann, received 8 Mo. 23, 1729, from Ballynacree Meeting, County Antrim, Ireland. Neal Mooney, of East Marlborough, Chester County, made his will 9 Mo. 9, 175 t, and it was probated Nov. 26, 1751. Mentions wife Ann, children Samuel, Joseph, James, and son-in-law, Henry Neal. Samuel Shaw, received 8 Mo. 25, 1729, from Lisburn Meet- ing, County Antrim, Ireland. In 1679, Martha Shaw, widow, and James Shaw, both of the Parish of Loughgall, County Armagh, had some of their effects taken for tithes. — Stockdale, A Great Cry of Oppression, 125. James Taylor, and wife, received 10 Mo. 27, 1729, from Ballynacree Monthly Meeting, County Antrim, Ireland. James O'Money, received 8 Mo. 25, 1729, from Ballynacree Meeting, County Antrim, Ireland. New Garden Motithly Meeting 355 Samuel Evans and wife, from Moate Meeting, County West Meath, Ireland, received 10 Mo. 27, 1729. Jacob Kirk, from meeting near Ballinderry, County Antrim, Ireland, received 11 Mo. 31, 1729. Thomas Milhous, and wife Sarah, from Dublin, Ireland, dated 5 Mo. 29, 1729, received 12 Mo. 28, 1729. Thomas Milhous' m. Sarah, daughter James and Catharine (Lightfoot) Miller, in Ireland, and came to Pennsylvania in 1729, settling first within the limits of New Garden Monthly Meeting, and about the year 1744 removing to Pikeland Township, Ches- ter County. Their children were : John, b. i Mo. 8, 1722-3, at Timahoe, Ireland; James, b. 7 Mo. 21, 1727; Thomas, b. 2 Mo. 27, 1731 ; Robert, b. 11 Mo. 26, 1733 ; Sarah, b. 4 Mo. 3, 1736, m. Thompson Parker ; William, b. 6 Mo. 12, 1738 {Hist, of Chester Ccnnity, 658). At Ulster Province Meeting, 12 Mo. i, 1695, one John Mill- house and Sarah Miller declared their intentions of marriage. 3 Mo. 25, 1695, Richard Millhouse and Sarah Clark declared their intentions of marriage. John Griffith,'' and son Christopher (unmarried), from Grange near Charlemont, received 12 Mo. 28, 1729, dated 2 Mo. 18, 1729. Christopher Griffith, of Sadsbury Meet- ing, produced an acknowledgement, 9 Mo. 30, 1734, for marriage out of the Society. Thomas Griffith, who may have been a son of John Griffith, was married out of the Society about 1742, to Eve . He removed to Menallen Twp., now Adams County, and died in the spring of 1769 ; was buried in Friends' burial ground at Old Menallen, where his gravestone bearing the inscription " T. G. 1769" may still be seen. Children: Mary, b. about 17JI, Rebecca, b. about 1755; Eve; Thomas; Ann; Jesse; Wm., eldest son ; Elizabeth m. Thomas Blackburn ; John, Susanna. (Records of Orphans' Court of York County, Docket B, 223, 224.) Ann Marshall, widow of New Garden, "late from Ire- land," made her will 9 Mo. 30, 1729, and it was probated Feb. 10, 1729-30. 'Thomas Milhouse and Mary Hoope, of Lurgan, were married at Lur- gan Meeting, Nov. 2, 1720. 'Thomas Griffith and Elizabeth Ford, both of Grange Meeting near Charlemont, were married at Grange, 9 Mo. 16, 1715 [Minutes Ulstet Province Meeting). 356 Immigration of the Irish Quakers She mentions her sons John and William Marshall, her friends William Halliday and lienjamin Fred, of New Garden, and desires to be buried in the Friends' ground at New Garden. Wit- nesses were lohn Griffith, Sismore Wright, and William Read. The names of her father, John Griffith, and her brother, Christo- pher Griffith, appear in the accounts of the estate. Jacob Marshall and Ann Griffith, both of Grange near Charle- mont, were married at Grange Meeting, 9 Mo. 19, 1718. — Min- utes of Lister Province Meeting. Margaret Marshall, wife of Jacob, of Grange near Charlemont, d. I Mo. 23, 1739. Jacob d. 5 Mo. i, 1743. John Marshill, son of Jacob Marshill, Jr., deceased, from Grange Meeting, near Charlemont, Ireland. He settled in New Garden and was married 8 Mo. 14, 1742, at New Garden, to Ruth Hadly, daughter of Joshua Hadly, of Mill Creek Hundred, New Castle County on Delaware. Among signers to marriage certificate were John and Christ- opher Griffith, Jacob and Rebecca Hinshaw, and William Marshill. A certificate for him and his wife to Concord Monthly Meeting, signed by New Garden, 3 Mo. 28, 1743. Samuel Stanfield, and wife Jane, from Lurgan, County Armagh, received i Mo. 28, 1730, dated 3 Mo. 7, 1729. Samuel Stanfield and Jane Andrew, both of Lurgan Meeting, were married at Lurgan, 9 Mo. 14, 171 1. — Minutes of Ulster Province Meeting. James Miller, dated 5 Mo. 20, 1729, from Dublin, Ireland, received 2 Mo. 25, 1730. James Miller, possibly a brother of Gayen and John Miller, married Catharine, daughter of Thomas Lightfoot, in Ireland, and lived for some time at Timahoe Meeting, County Kildare. They arrived at Philadelphia, in the Sizargh, of Whitehaven, 9 Mo. 10, 1729. Here the wife, who was a minister in the Society, died, 10 Mo. 17, 1729. James Miller then settled with his chil- dren in New Garden. He was married a second time to Ruth Seaton, of London Grove, 2 Mo. 10, 1734, and removed to Lea- cock Township, Lancaster County, where he died in the early part of 1749. Children of James and Catharine Miller : i. Sarah, m. Thomas Milhouse, in Ireland, and came to New Garden in 1729. 2. Elizabeth, m. Thomas Hiett, in Ireland, and came to New Gar- den in 1733. 3 James, b. about 1708, d. 1758; m. 1st Rachel Neiu Garden Mo7ilJily Meeting 357 (Fred) Miller, widow of James (son of Gayen), 1733, and had children (Thomas, Benjamin, Katharine). He m. 2d Rebecca, daughter of Jacob Kirk, i Mo. 6, 1 749, and had children (Rachel, Sarah, Hannah). 4. Mary, m. Isaac Jackson (son of Thomas), 4 Mo. II, 1730, andhad seven children ; they removed to Eno, North Carolina, in 175 1. 5. Katharine, b. i Mo. 30, 17 13, at Timahoe County, Kildare, Ireland ; d. 4 Mo. 2, 1781 ; m. Will- iam Jackson, 9 Mo. 9, 1733. 6. Ann, m. William Farquhar, 2 Mo. 19, 1733. 7. Hannah, m. James Jackson, 8 Mo. 31, 1745. No issue. — Potts, Our Family Ancestors, 248-9. William Evans, wife Hannah, and daughter Rachel, from Ballycane, County Wicklow, Ireland, received 7 Mo. 26, 1730, dated i Mo. 22, 1730. William Evans, was a son of Rowland Evans, of Balliloing County Wicklow. William Evans, of Coaladang, County Wick- low, weaver, and Hannah Eves, of Ballemurin, same county, were married i Mo. 22, 1709. Among signers to marriage certi- ficate ' were Mark, Elizabeth, Joseph, and John Eves, Robert, John, and Dorothy Penrose, and Rowland, James, Thomas, Ann, Margaret, and Elizabeth Evans. They settled on a tract of 1,000 acres at Lampeter, about five miles from Lancaster, Lancaster County. Children were : John, died unmarried, in 1782 or 1783; William, m. Catharine ; Hannah, m. James Webb, 10 Mo., 15, 1742, and died 1762, leaving children; and Isaac, m. 1st, Alice Pennock, daughter of Joseph and Mary, of West Marl- borough, 5 Mo. 5, 1756, by whom he had one child that died in infancy, and m. 2d, 2 Mo., 1760, to Anne, daughter of Francis and Mary (Jackson) Windle. — Jackson Genealogy, 69, 187. Alice Gibson, from Ireland, received 6 Mo. 30, 1729. Katharine Whitaker, from Dublin, Ireland, received 2 Mo. 25, 1730. Robert and John Mickle [brothers] , from Dublin, Ireland, dated 4 Mo. 2, 1730, received 7 Mo. 26, 1730. Robert Mickle, m. 10 Mo. 19, 1733, at London Grove Meeting, Chester County, Mary, daughter of Samuel and Jane Beverly, of Marlborough. Children : Ann, b 8. Mo. 7, 1734, m. Mc- Farlan ; John, b. 8 Mo. 12, 1736; Sarah, b. 3 Mo. 12, 1739; Jane, b. 9 Mo. 9, 1741. John Mickle, brother of Robert, m., "by a priest," about 1736, to Jane . They removed to Menallen Township, Adams County, about 1747. Children : Sarah, b. 10 Mo. 29, 1737, m. ' In 1894 the original certificate was in possession of Hannah W. Lovell, of Philadelphia. 358 Immigration of the Irish Quakers about 1760, to John Mickle, her first cousin, for which she was disowned; Elijah, b. 2 Mo. 8, 1740 (at Warrington Mo. Mtg., II Mo. 18, 1758, Menallen Meeting reported that Ehjah Mickle and John Shepperd " hath both left the parts unknown to their par- ents "); Mary, b. 10 Mo. 4, 1741, m. " out," about 1761, to Sheppard ; Hannah, b. 10 Mo. 14, 1745, m. " out," about 1765, to Rail ; Jane, b. i Mo. 16, 1747-48 ; John, b. 12 Mo. 4, 1753, m., 6 Mo. 17, 1772, at Menallen Meeting, Rebecca, daughter of Thomas Griffith; Samuel, b. 2 Mo. 26, 1756, m. about 1778, Eve, d. of Thomas Griffiith, and d. March 26, 1819. At Warrington Mo. Meeting, 4 Mo. 10, 1762, John Mickle, ot Menallen Meeting, it is apprehended, has connived at his daugh- ter's keeping company in order for marriage with one not of our Society. 6 Mo. 12, 1762, Jane Mickle charged with the same offence. 10 Mo. 9, 1762, she acknowledges that " she Carelessly went away from my own house until! my daughter Mary took the opportunity to go away with a man not in unity with friends, in order to accomplish her marriage by a priest ; I being warned to the Contrary I do now look upon my self to have been remiss in my duty." 2 Mo. 12, 1763, John Mikle reported somewhat condescend- ing. 6 Mo. II, 1763, he acknowledges that "I inadvertently went abroad at the time my Daughter Mary ran away to be mar- ried, notwithstanding I was Cautioned to take Care of her, & that she was to run away that night ; for which I am heartily sorry." 3 Mo. II, 1769, John Mickle, Sr. , was complained of by Menal- len, " for joining with others in dancing so far as to be present 6 se it & imitate it himself & also that he has for a consider- able time neglected attending our Religious meetings," disowned 7 Mo. 8, 1769 — Warringfon Mo. Mtg. Records. In 1678, Robert Mickle, of the Parish of Magherlin, County Down, for tithes, had hay, barley, wheat and oats taken to the value of £1. 6s. 6d. — Stockdale, A Great Cry of Oppression, 97. John Murray, and wife Ann, from Lurgan, County Armagh, Ireland, dated 2 Mo. 16, 1729, received 8 Mo. 31, 1730. Joseph Dixon, unmarried, from Lurgan, County Armagh, received 8 Mo. 31, 1730. Joseph Di.xson, of London Grove Township, Chester County, and Sarah, daughter of Evan Powell, of New Garden Township, were married, 10 Mo. 13, 1733, at New Garden. Solomon Shepherd,' unmarried, from Grange Meeting near Charlemont, Ireland, dated 8 mo. i, 1729, received ii Mo. 30, 1730-1. ' In 1 681, one John Sheppard, of Parish Killaman, County Tyrone, had his goods seized for tithes (^Stockdale, 178). New Gardefi Monthly Meeting 359 " Att a mens meeting held [at Grange] y» 22 aforesaid [5 Mo. 1729] Solomon Shepard y"" younger having transported himself to America as an Aprentice with Jacob Marshill & Desired of us a Certificate," etc. He settled for a time in New Garden and was married, 9 Mo. 15, 1733, at New Garden Meeting, to Jane Wilson, of New Garden. They removed to Menallen Township, now Adams Covmty, and in 1748, Solomon became a recommended minister of War- rington Monthly Meeting. He died about 1749, his will being dated July, 1748, and probated March 29, 1749. He mentions his wife Jane and children, John, Sarah, Solomon, and Elizabeth. Jane Shepherd served for several years as overseer of Menallen Meeting. In 1767 she and her daughter Elizabeth received a certificate to remove within the limits of New Garden Monthly Meeting, North Carolina. Solomon Shepherd, Jr., of Menallen Township, son of Solomon and Jane, m. 10 Mo. 19, 1763. at Menallen Meeting, to Margaret, daughter of John and Rebecca Blackburn. Sarah, daughter of Solomon and Jane Shepherd, m. 12 Mo. 20, 1758, at Menallen Meeting, William, son of John Braselton, of Frederick County, Md. Jonas Chamberlin, unmarried, from Edenderry Meeting, King's County, Ireland, dated 11 Mo. 5, 1731, received I Mo. 31, 1733. In 1660, Anne, wife of Jonas Chamberlin, was imprisoned in We.xford for two weeks. — Holme and Fuller, A Brief Relation, 17- In 1 67 1, in County Wexford, Jonas Chamberlain, was taken a prisoner "upon a definite Sentence" for 7s. small tithes, and kept in prison for nine months. In the meantime the " Priest" went with four men and abused his servants, and took away two lambs worth 5s. — Stockdale, A Great Cry of Oppression, 9. Jonas Chamberlain, the emigrant, settled in Sadsbury, Lancas- ter County. He m. 8 Mo. 9, 1734, Jane, daughter of Alexander Bane, of Goshen. He died 9 Mo. 8, 1771, and his widow, 3 Mo. 4, 1777. Children : Joshua, Hannah, Jane, Mary, Hannah, Jonas, Joseph, William, and Jane. Of these, Joshua m. 1 1 Mo. John McRannell and Elizabeth Sheppherd both of Grange Meeting, near Charlemont, were married 6 Mo. 18, 1714, at Grange. Elizabeth, daughter of Solomon Sheppard, "of Bellis," Parish of Donagh, County Monaghan, was married, 10 Mo. (Dec.) 14, 1733, in Meeting House at Castleshane, County Monaghan, to William \Vhitten, of Drummon, Parish of Mullabrack, County Armagh, Ireland. — Friends' Records of Ulster Province. 360 Immigration of tfu Irish Q:uzkgrs 2S, 1756, Mary Powel and Jonas married, 12 Mo. 3, 1766, Eiiiabeth Powei, both daughters of Joseph Powel, of Sadsburj-, Chester County. — Hisicry of Chester County, 496. Thomas Hiett, and wife Elizabeth, received 8 Mo. 27, 1733, dated 4 Mo. 10, 1733. from Moate Meeting, County West Meath, Ireland. Children bom in Ireland as foUow-s : Katharine, b. 2 Mo. 26, 172S, married 2 Mo. 13, 1749. at New Garden Meeting, to Thomas Hutton, of New Garden, son of Joseph, deceased; Ann, b. i Mo. i, 1729, married II Mo. S, 1753, at New Garden, Joseph Hutton, of New Garden, brother of Thomas. Thomas Hiett died in 1751, and 7 Mo. i, 1756, his widow, Elizabeth Hiett, married Jeremiah Starr, Jr., son of Jeremiah, of London Grove. AucE Gibson, received 11 Mo. 26, 1733, from Dublin, Ire- land. As"X Enxs, received 9 Mo. 24, 1733, from Moate Monthly- Meeting, County West Meath, Ireland. RtTH Se.\tox, received 9 Mo. 24, 1733, from Ballinderry Meeting, Ireland. Alexander Seaton, an eminent minister of Friends in Ireland, son of John Seaton, of the Seatons of Meldrum, was bom about 1652, at Cuttle-Craggs, near Lethinty, Parish of Daviot, Aber- deenshire, Scotland, and brought up a scholar, studying for some time in the college in the old town of .A.berdeen. Here in 1675, he became conWnced of the Quaker principles. From Glasgow, in 1699, he removed to Ireland, making his residence at Hills- borough, County Down. He died i Mo. 1723. — Rutty, Lead- beater, Piety Promoted. James Smith, and wife Jane, received 9 Mo. 24, 1733, dated 4 Mo. S, 1732, from Ballyhagen, Armagh County, Ireland. Samuel Hill, and wife Ann, received 8 Mo. 25, 1735, dated 2 Mo. 29, 1735, from Limerick Meeting, Ireland. JoHX WiLSox, received 8 Mo. 25, 1735, dated 3 Mo. 25, 1735, from Limerick, Ireland. Robert Smith, and wife Jane, received 6 Mo. 28, 1736, dated 4 Mo. 18, 1732, from Ballyhagen, County Armagh. JOHX Blackbltix, wife and children, received 8 Mo. 30, 1736, dated 4 Mo. 2, 1736, from Ballyhagen Meeting, County Armagh, Ireland. Xev-i Garden Montlily Meetitig 361 John Blackburn ' and family settled within the limits of War- rington Monthly Meeting, York County. He was appointed over- seer of Warrington Meeting, 4. Mo. 18, 174S, and was released i Mo. 17, 1756. He died prior to 7 Mo. 5, 175S. Children were Joseph, Rachel, and probably John, Anthony, and Thomas. John Blackburn, Jr., m. Rebecca . They resided in Menallen Township, now Adams Count)-, where he died S Mo. 24, 1767, and she, 3 Mo. 30, 1766. Their children : Margaret, b. 10 Mo. 16, 1740, m. Solomon Shepherd in 1763 ; Rachel, b. 9 Mo. I, 1742, m. II Mo. II, 1767, Nathan McGrew, son James and Mar\- ; Thomas, b. 8 Mo. 19, 1744, m. 10 Mo. 11, 1768, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas and Eve Griffith ; Moses, b. 9 Mo. 16, 1746, m. II Mo. 1 8, 1767, at Menallen Meeting, Mary, daughter of James and Mar\- McGrew ; Anthony, b. 6 Mo. 1 7, 1749, m. 5 Mo. 16, 1770, Mary, daughter of Thomas and Eve Griffith; Mary, b. 6 Mo. 19, 1751 ; John, b. 6 Mo. 21, 1753 ; Elizabeth, b. 10 Mo. 2, 1755 ; Joseph, b. 11 Mo. 7, 1757 ; Re- becca, b. 12 Mo. 12, 1760; Samuel, b. 5 Mo. 17, 1762, Abigail b. 5 Mo. 9, 1764 ; Eleanor, b. 3 Mo. 30, 1766. Anthony Blackburn, of Menallen Meeting, supposed to be a son of John, was complained of 5 Mo. 16, 1752, at Warrington Mo. Mtg., for marriage by a " priest." Joseph Blackburn, of Menallen, son of John, deceased, m. 7 Mo. 5, 175S, at Menallen Meeting, Deborah McGrew, of Menal- len. Their children were : Mary, b. 4 Mo. 30, 1759 ; John, b. I Mo. S, 1762 ; James, b. 10 Mo. 16, 1763 ; Thomas, b. 11 Mo. 10, 1765; Anthony, b. 6 Mo. 12, 1767; Joseph, b. 2 Mo. 11, 1769. Rachel Blackburn, of Menallen, daughter of John, m. 8 Mo. 29, 1759, at Menallen, Andrew Dennen. Walter Ha\T)OCK, tinmarried, received 12 Mo. 25, 1737-S, dated 2 Mo. 21, 1737, from meeting at Lisbum, County Antrim, Ireland. He resided for a time within the limits of London Grove Meet- ing ; then on 7 Mo. 29, 1 739, he received a certificate to North Wales (Gwynedd) Monthly Meeting, and settled in Richland Town- ship, Bucks Count}-. Walter Haddock, of Richland, Bucks County-, yeoman, made his will Jan. 17, 1787 (proved March 13, 1787). Appoints Wil- ' One John Blackburn and Mary Winter, both of Ballyhagen Mtg. , were married S Mo. 2, 1701, at Ballyhagen. In County Armagh, in 1667, " John Blackburn, being sued for Tythe to the value of 2s. id. 2q. in the Mannor Court of LiyughaU by Humphrey Ptttard, Priest, the said John produced the Statute against all proceedings in Temporal Courts for Tidie ; notwithstanding the Jury said" etc., Blackburn's horse, worth ^z, taken for Uthe of 25. id. 2q. — Holme and Fuller, A Britf Rz'.atwn, 26. 362 Immigratioti of the Irish Quakers Ham Penrose executor. Mentions brother John and sisters Sarah and Mary Haddock, of County Antrim, Ireland ; also mentions Richard Fossett, of Fairfax County, Va., and Jonathan, William and John Penrose, of Richland. — Bucks County Wills. Henry Haydock, of Stengmore,' Parish Clonfeakle, County Tyrone, and Mary Bullogh, of Allneoanoge (?), said Parish, were married 3 Mo. 3, 1734, at Meeting House near Charlemont. Among signers were: John Haydock, James Henderson, John Whitsite, John King, John Hinshaw, Jacob Hinshaw, Mary Hay- dock, Elizabeth IHiUogh, Sarah Greer, Alice Hinshaw, Mary Gilpin, Margaret Hinshaw. In 1673, John and William Haddock, of County Antrim, and in 1681, John Haddock, Sr., and John Haddock, Jr,. of Ballin- derry Parish, County Antrim, had their goods taken for tithes. — Stockdale, A Great Cry of Oppression, 25-26, 169. John Boyd, wife Jane, and children, from Ballynacree Meet- ing, County Antrim, Ireland, dated 2 Mo. 10, 1736, re- ceived 12 Mo. 26, 1736-7. John Boyd and Jane Bell, both of Lurgan Meeting, were mar- ried "in ye town of Lurgan ye 20th — 1707 as by ye certificate may appear." — Minutes Ulster Pro-/. Mtg. They became members of Sadsbury Meeting, Lancaster County, and resided within the limits thereof until about 1765 ; then removed to York County. At Warrington Mo. Mtg., York County, II Mo. 9, 1765, a certificate, dated 8 Mo. 21, 1765, from Sadsbury Mo. Mtg., was received for John Boyd and wife. He ' Mrs. Sarah Barcroft, of Stangmore Lodge, near Dungannoii, County Tyrone, has some ancient deeds for her property in which the name Hay- dock appears. Jacob Haydock, of Cabragh, County Tyrone, son of John Haydock, of Stangmore, same county, descended from the Haydocks of Lancashire, was married, 7 Mo. 29, 1742, to Mary Hinshaw. They had seven children : John, Rebecca, Mary, Margaret, Jacob, Joseph, and Henry. Of these children, Henry, born in 1764, m. in 1796 at Moyallon Meeting, Frances Hell, and lived at Corcraney, near Lurgan. Of Henry's eight children John, b. 1S02, d. 1859, m. Ann Crosley. Descendants of this branch have come to America in recent years. 'In 1681, one John Uoyd, of Parish of Killcad, County Antrim, had goods seized for tithes. — Utocl'i/alf, 166. In 1673, in County Londonderry, William Boyd had his goods seized for tithes. — Il/iJ., 25. Robert Henry, of Colerain, and Mary Boyd, of Antrim, were married in the town of Antrim 6 Mo. 10, 1709 {.Minnies Ulster Pm\ Mtg.) Benjamin Boyd and Jane Clark, both of Grange Meeting, m. 5 Mo. 4, 1710, at Grange {^Ibid. ) New Garden Monthly Meeting 363 made his will (Q 313, Wills at York, Pa.), Aug. 8, 1770, and it was probated Oct. 31, 1777. Mentions seven children as fol- lows ; I. William ; II. Samuel ; III. George ; IV. Sarah Leech ; V. Ann Bready ; V'l. Elizabeth Stedham ; VII. Jane McMillan ; and a grandchild, Jane Marsh. I. William Boyd became a member of Sadsbury Mo. Mtg., Lancaster County, and was married 9 Mo. or 10 Mo, 1737, to Hannah Minshall, widow. At Sadsbury Mo. Mtg., 6 Mo. 7, 1749, he was complained of "for marriage out by a priest," and II Mo. 6, 1752, produced an acknowledgment for this breach of dis- cipline. At the same Mo. Mtg., 3 Mo. 4, 1754, a certificate of removal was signed for him and his daughter to Warrington Mo. Mtg., York County. The certificate was received at Warrington 4 Mo. 20, 1754. At Warrington, i Mo. 8, 1763, a certificate to Hopewell Mo. Mtg., Virginia, was signed for him and his three children. II. Samuel Boyd was reported to Sadsbury Mo. Mtg., 5 Mo. 4, 1743, as having married out by a " priest," and was disowned 8 Mo. 3, 1743. III. George Boyd produced acertificate, dated loMo. 22, 1760, from Sadsbury to Warrington Mo. Mtg. and seems to have been a member of Newberry Meeting York County. He made his will Sept. 17, 1796, then of Warrington Township, and it was pro- bated Oct. 22, 1796. His executors were Thomas Leech and John McMillan. He mentions his wife Catharine and children, James, Ann, Jane, and Rachel. Of these children, Ann was re- ceived into membership by Warrington Mo. i\Itg, i. Mo. 7, 1792. She was complained of 5 Mo. 12, 1798, for marriage out to one Jones and sent an acknowledgment. According to her cousin James McMillan's Bible record, Ann Jones, daughter of George and Catherine Boyd, died Sept. 9, 1830. IV. Sarah Boyd, was married 2 Mo. 17, 1739, ^t Sadsbury Mtg. to Thomas Leech, son of Richard and Sarah (Cox) Leach. They removed to Warrington, Y'ork County. V. Jane Boyd was born, as her son James states in his Bible, in 1728, died 5 Mo. 12, 17S2, and was buried in the burial ground at Wanington Meeting House. She was complained of 7 Mo. 5, 1748, by Sadsbury Mo. Mtg. for marriage out to Joseph Green and produced an acknowledgment, 12 Mo. 3, 1753. Jane Green, widow of Joseph Green, of Sadsbury, was married 5 Mo. 4, 1756, at Sadsbury Meeting, to John McMillan, of War- rington Township, York County, son of Thomas and Deborah (Marsh) McMillan. He was born in 1728, in County Antrim, Ireland, died 9 Mo. 17, 1791, and was buried beside his first wife, Jane. 364 Immigration of the Irish Quakers By her first husband, Joseph Green, Jane Boyd had two chil- dren : (i) Joseph and (2) John. These two children were re- ceived into membership by Warrington Mo. Mtg., 8 Mo. 11, 1764. (1) Joseph Green, of Warrington, son of Joseph, deceased, was married 12 Mo. 16, 1773, at Warrington Mtg., to Lydia Hol- land, daughter of Henry and Lydia (Fell) Holland, of same place. A certificate for Joseph and his wife Lydia to Westland Mo. Mtg., Washington County, was signed by Warrington, 3 Mo. 7, 1795. They settled near Brownsville where they owned a farm and grist mill. Lydia Green, daughter of Joseph, married Joseph Richardson, a tanner of Columbiana Co., Ohio, and be- came the mother of the eminent physician. Dr. Richardson. (2) John Green was disowned by Warrington Mo. Mtg., (l) Mo. 14, 1775, probably for marriage out. Possibly he married the daugh- ter of one John Abbot, of Berwick Twp., York County, who made his will Jan. 27, 1786 (probated March 8, 1786) and men- tion his wife, Alice, and daughter Margaret, wife of John Green. By her second husband, John McMillan, Jane Boyd had five children : Sarah, Thomas, John, Abigail, and James. — See Mc- Millan family. Robert Boyes, from Ballyhagen, County Armagh, dated 2 Mo. 21, 1736, received i Mo. 26, 1737. One John Boyes, of Lackey, Parish of Maagharagall, County Antrim, and Mary Turner, of Lurgan, County Armagh, were married 6 Mo. 17, 1720, at Lurgan. — Luri^an Meeting Records. In 1680, Richard Boyes, County Antrim, had his goods to the value of 18s. seized for tithes. {Stockdale, 139.) In 1716, Thomas Story (Journal, 538) notes that he came to the widow Mary Boyes' at 15allinderry. Isaac Pigon, unmarried, from Meeting at Grange near Char- lemont, dated 6 Mo. 27, 1736, received 2 Mo. 30, 1737. At New Garden Monthly Meeting, 9 Mo. 25, 1738, "Isaac Pigen having reed a Letter from his father y' lives in Ireland, since our Last mo'-'' meeting which requests him to return thither as soon as possible & ye season not permitting him to stay untill next meeting, a certificate is to be prepared and signed for him." Isaac Steer, wife Ruth and daughter Katharine, the latter unmarried, dated 5 Mo. 7, 1736, received 6 Mo. 27, 1737, from Ballinderry Meeting, County Antrim. William Steer, a Friend, of County Armagh, Ireland, in the period 1665-1669, for refusing to contribute to the rei)air of the parish church of Kilmore, "had Money taken out of his Shop- New Garden Monthly Meeting 365 Box, also a Hat, and other things worth 7s. 2d, and 2s. 2d more demanded had Cloth and Pewter taken from him worth iis." — Holme and Fuller, A Brief Relation, etc., 735. William Steer, of Leggatory, Parish of Kilmore, County Ar- magh, made his will May 10, 1685, and mentions his daughter Hannah, to whom he bequeaths ^90, and his only son, Isaac Steer, to whom he leaves ^400 and the house and lands that " I have by lease from my landlord Edward Richardson." — Recorded in Friends' Records of Ulster. Isaac Steer, son of William, was married by Friends' ceremony in 1696 to Ruth Mercer, (ftlinutes of Ulster Province Meeting.) Isaac Steer, with his wife and daughter, followed their sons to Pennsylvania about 1737, bringing a certificate to New Garden Monthly Meeting, but settling within the limits of Sadsbury meeting. Children were : I. Nicholas Steer, b. 2 Mo. 15, 1702 ; settled at Sadsbury, m. Ann Lewis. Children were : Benjamin, b. 10 Mo. 17, 1745, m. Ann Everett, 9 Mo. 7, 1774; William, b. 9 Mo. 24, 1748; Hannah, b. 6 Mo. 15, 1751, m. John Gregg, 9 Mo. 7, 1775 ; Ann, b. 2 Mo. 10, 1754; Ruth, b. 4 Mo. 17, 1758. II. John Steer, m. 2 Mo. 21, 1732, at Leacock Meeting (since called Lampeter), Rachel Evans, and in 1749, removed with his family to Fairfax County, Virginia. Children : Mark ; James, m. Abigail, daughter of Joseph and Grace (Varman) Edgerton, 5 Mo. 21, 1761 ; Isaac, b. 10 Mo. 10, 1749, d. in Loudon County, Va., 12 Mo. 17, 1819, m. Elizabeth George, 6 Mo. 13, 1775 ; John, m. Mary George and removed with his family to Kentucky ; Joseph, m. Ellen George. III. Joseph Steer, b. 1709; d. 1795; m. 3 Mo., 1746, Grace Edgerton, widow of Joseph Edgerton, and daughter of Hattill and Abigail Varman. Children: Ruth, Hannah, Sarah, Mary, Joseph, and Isaac. For detailed record see Steer Genealogy , by Isaac S. Russel (New Market, Md., 1S91). IV. Catharine Steer, m. in 1743 Thomas Nevitt, son of Joseph and Mary Nevitt, of JNIountrath, Queen's County, Ireland. Faithful Rich.\rdson, from Ballyhagen, County Armagh, Ireland, received 12 Mo. 26, 1736. William Boyd, unmarried, son of John, dated 6 Mo. 18, 1733, from Meeting in Antrim, Ireland, received 6 Mo. 27> 1737- Joseph Whitsitt, young and unmarried, from Grange near Charlemont, dated 4 Mo. 7, 1738, received 11 Mo. 27, 1738-9. A certificate for him to return was signed 7 Mo. 29> 1739- 366 hnmigration of the Irish Quakers One John Whitsitte, of Grange near Charlemont, and Ruth Robson, of Lurgan Meeting, were married 6 Mo. 1 1, 1703, at the house of Ann \Vebb {MinuUs of Ulster Prcnnnce Meeting). Abstract of the will of William Whitsitt, of Dreemore, manor of Dungannon, Ireland, dated i Mo. 9, 1732. To daughter Catherine Richardson, farm in Monaghan, parish of Clovvish, interest in Soloran in estate of Lord Charlemont, and one fourth of Bernagh in said manor. To son-in-law, William Richardson, Esq., ^300. To the Quakers of the meeting near Charlemont. ^25. Mentions relatives Thomas Greeves and James Pillar. To relative Joseph Calvert ^10. To wife Mary Whitsitt, ahas Calvert, and " my only child," Catherine, wife of William Richardson, other bequests. — Re- corded in Friends' Records. One George Whitsitt, of 'Birmingham, Chester County, made his will Aug. 7, 1736, and it was probated Oct. 5, 1736. He left to his brother Thomas Bullock " my ivory head cane." Wife Rebecca Whitsitt to be one of the executors. Henry Ne.\l, son of Robert Neal, of Ireland, was married 10 Mo. 19, 1739, at Sadsbury Meeting, to Sarah, daughter of Neal O'Mooney, of Sadsbury, and resided in East Marl- borough, Chester County. Children : Ann, m. 5 Mo. 22, 1766, at London Grove Meeting, Benjamin Hutton ; William, m. 9 Mo. 24, 1766, at Sadsbury Meeting, Rachel Leonard ; Hannah, m. 3 Mo. 22, 1775, at Lon- don Grove Meeting, James Pyle. Thomas Nevett, received 3 Mo. 26, 1739, dated 2 Mo. 28, 1738, from Moat Meeting, County West Meath, Ireland. Thomas Nevitt, of Sadsbury, m. in 1743, Catharine, daughter of Isaac Steer, of Leacock, Lancaster County, and died prior to 1760. His widow Catharine was disowned by Warrington Monthly Meeting, in 1761, for marriage to Harry, who was not a Friend. Children of Thomas Nevitt : Isaac who re- moved from Warrington to Fairfax, Loudon Co., Va., about 1765 ; Mar>-, m. 11 Mo. 27, 1766, William Wickersham ; Ruth, took a certificate to Hopewell, Va., in 1766; Elizabeth, received a certificate to Hopewell, Va., 1768. Jacob Hinshaw, and wife Rebecca, received 1 1 Mo. 30, 1 741-2, dated 2 Mo. 3, 1741, from [Grange] Meeting, near Charlemont, County Armagh, Ireland. See page 98. New Garden Monthly Meeting 3^7 "Thomas Hinshaw & Mary Marshall, both of [Grange Meet- ing near] Charliamount " were " married att y« grange meeting near Charliamount y' 21st of — 1708" {Minutes of Ulster Prov- ince Meeting). In 1726, Thomas Hinshaw was appointed a rep- resentative from Grange to the Province Meeting. Jacob Hinshaw,' of Grange, in Parish of Clanfekill, County Tyrone [bom about 17 10, son of Thomas and Mary Hinshaw*] and Rebecca Mackie, of Kincon, Parish of Kilmore, County Ar- magh [born about 17 16, daughter of Joseph and Ann Mackie*], were married 9 Mo. (Nov.) 6, 1735, '"^ Friends' Meeting House, in Ballyhagen, County Armagh. Signers were : David Keel Berjjamin Mackie Michel Hampton David MCann Will"? Bedwell Patrick McCrannall William Delap Jacob Sinton ffrancis Hobson William Gray Mary Hinshaw Mary Greer Ann Mackie Jane Bell Margaret Hinshaw Rebecca Smith Abigail Gray Mary Richardson Jacob Hinshaw Rebecca Hinshaw Joseph Mackie Ann Mackie John Mackie Benjamin Mackie Benjamin Marshall William Hinshaw Robert Maddon John Nicholson Jonas McKitrick W'illiam Allen David Kell In 1741, Jacob Hinshaw removed with his family to Pennsyl- vania, bringing a certificate, dated 2 Mo. 3. 1741, from Meeting at Grange near Charlemont, to New Garden Monthly Meeting, Chester County, 11 Mo. 30, 1741. They lived for a time within the limits of New Garden and then settled at Menallen Meeting, in York, now Adams, County, taking their certificates to War- rington Monthly Meeting about 174S. From Menallen they re- moved to Monaghan Township, York County, where they were li\ing in 1758. About 1765 they removed to North Carolina and settled within the limits of Cane Creek Monthly Meeting, Orange County, producing a certificate, dated 10 Mo. 12, 1765, to Cane Creek, i Mo. 4, 1766. According to the Cane Creek records, Jacob Hinshaw, son of Thomas and Mar)-, died 3 Mo. 31, 1796, aged about 86 years, and Rebecca his wife, daughter of Joseph and Ann Mackey, died 6 Mo. 16, 1796, aged about So years. Their children were Ann (m. George NIcMiUan, in 1758, and re- mained at \Varrington), and probably Benjamin, Thomas, and William. ' Marriage Book Ulster Quarterly Meeting, T,},. ' Reeords of Cane Creek Monthly Meeting, North Carolina. 368 Immigration of the Irish Quakers Several other families of Hinshaws, who also came to America, were doubtless nearly related to Thomas and Jacob Hinshaw. Jesse Hinshaw, a son of John and Elizabeth Hinshaw, was born in County Tyrone, Ireland.' He was married (mentioned as of Dunsdead, Parish of Clanfeakill, County Tyrone), 1 1 Mo. (Jan.) I, 1745, at Friends' Meeting House, at Grange near Charle- mont, to Abigail Marshall, of Grange, daughter of Benjamin and Ruth Marshall (Marriage Book of Ulster Quarterly Meeting). According to Grange Meeting records " It Appears that Jesse Hindshaw, Absolem Hindshaw & Willm Hindshaw^ with their respective families and also Alice Hindshaw^ removed to America in the year 1768." They settled in North Carolina, bringing cer- tificates to Cane Creek Monthly Meeting, Orange County, as fol- lows : Jesse Hinshaw and family, received 2 Mo. 4, 1769, Abso- lem Hinshaw and family, 5 Mo. 6, 1769, and William Hinshaw and family, 11 Mo. 4, 1769. Children of Jesse and Abigail Hinshaw: John, b. 8 Mo. ii, 1747 ; Benjamin, b. 10 Mo. 2, 1749 ; Joseph, b. 6 Mo. 7, 1752 ; William, b. 10 Mo. 30, 1757 ;• Ruth, b. 6 Mo. 1 1, 1763 ; Abigail, b. 7 Mo. I, 1766; Jesse, b. 9 Mo. 8, 1770, m. (i) Mary (b. 6 Mo. 29, 1773, in Orange Co., N. C.) daughter of Jacob and Margaret Marshill, and (2) Elizabeth, b. 9 IVJ. 29, 1780, daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth Hinshaw. Absolem Hinshaw and Rebecca Haddock, of Parish of Killi- man. County Tyrone, Ireland, were married 4 Mo. 15, 1748, at Friends' Meeting at Grange, near Charlemont. Among the sign- ers to the certificate were John Haddock, Jesse, William and Abigail Hinshaw, and Joseph Marshill. {Marriage Book of Ulster Quarterly Meeting.) Children: Elizabeth, b. 10 Mo. 27, 1750, Absolem, b. 8 Mo. 31, 1752; Jacob, b. 8 Mo. 31, 1762; Re- becca, b. I Mo. 29, 1764. {Records 0/ Grange Meeting.) They removed to Cane Creek, North Carolina, in 1768. John Hinshaw, of Grange, Parish of Clanfeakel, County Tyrone, and Alice Greer, of Mulloughlocher, Parish of Ann, County Cavan, were married 10 Mo. (Dec.) 10, 1733, in the Meeting House at Bellyhays, County Cavan. Among signers were: John Hinshaw, Alice Hinshaw, Robert Greer, Mary Greer, Jacob Hinshaw, Deborah Greer, Susanna Greer, Thomas Greer, Benjamin Marshall. ' Records of Cant Creek Monthly Meeting, Nortli Carolina. 'At the Meeting at Grange near Charlemont, I Mo. 25, 175S, one Wil- liam Hinshaw produced an acknowledgment for marriage by a "priest." Jacob Hinshaw, son of William and Mary, died 6 Mo. 10, 1779. {Cane Creek Records.) 'One Alice Hinshaw died 9 Mo. 25, 1786. {Cane Creek Records). * Records of Grange Meeting, Ireland. New Garden Monthly Meeting 369 William Hinshaw, of Grange, Parish of Clanfekil, County Tyrone, and Mary Courtney, of Ballyinaconn, Parish Macker- allin. County Down, were married 2 Mo. (Apr.) i, 1742, at Meet- \x\% House, near Ballinderry, County Antrim. One Margaret Hinshaw signed certificate. John Hinshaw, of Grange, Parish of Clanfekil, County Tyrone, and Rebecca Wethereld, of Mulladry, Parish Kilm.ore, County Armagh, were married, i Mo. 21, 1744, at Ballyhagen. William and Margaret Hinshaw and others signed certificate. Margaret Hinshaw, of Grange, County Tyrone, and Joseph Haddock, of Strangmore, Parish of Clanfekil, said Parish, were married 5 Mo. (July) I, 1747, at Grange, near Charlemont. Signed by Jesse, William, and Abigail Hinshaw. David Glan and Dorothy Henshaw declared their intentions of marriage at the meeting at Grange, near Charlemont, 11 Mo. 13, and II Mo. 27, 1748. At the meeting, 2 Mo. 13, 1750, William Hinshaw, the younger, was disowned for marrying a young woman of Ballinderry Meeting by a "priest." Thomas Wilson, and family, received i Mo. 27, 1742, dated 12 Mo. 25, 1740, from [Grange] Meeting, near Charle- mont, County Armagh, Ireland. Mary Sidgwick, received 9 Mo. 26, 1743, dated 9 Mo. 7, 1 741, from Meeting near Ballinderry, County Antrim, Ireland. Samuel Morton, received 7 Mo. 29, 1750, dated 2 Mo. 13, 1750, from Grange Meeting, near Charlemont. One John Morton, of Minalan Mtg. and Sarah Fletcher of Lis- burn Mtg., were married at Lisburn Mtg., 3 Mo. i, 1712. — Minutes of Ulster Prov. Mtg. Jeremiah Starr and Robert Greer, unmarried, "two young men Lately arrivd from Ireland, produc'd Certifi- cates [New Garden Mo. Mtg., 7 Mo. 30, 1749] from ye Moly meeting of Coat Hill in ye North of Ireland Bearing date ye 23d of ye 2d Mo. 1749." At New Garden Mo. Mtg. II Mo. 24, 1753, Robert Greer requested a certifi- cate to return to Ireland, but at the meeting 12 Mo. 29, 1753, report is made that " ye Vessel being Ready to sail we understand he is gone without it." John Russell, dated 12 Mo. 10, 1754, from Men's Meeting, Dublin, Ireland, received 12 Mo. 27, 1755. At New 370 Immigration of the Irish Quakers Garden Monthly Meeting, lo Mo. 8, 1763, "John Russell being about to transport himself into Ireland Requests our Certificate Directed to the Men's Meeting of Dublin." Granted 11 Mo. 4, 1763. At New Garden, 10 Mo. 6, 1764, " John Russel being returned from Ireland Produced a Certificate from the Men's Meeting in Dublin, bearing date y' 29'" of y' s"" mo. last." John Russel, b. I Mo. 6, 1735, son of Thomas and Sarah Russel, of Ireland, probably of Dublin, was married 11 Mo. 11, 1767, to Hannah, daughter of John and Jane (McNab) Fincher. They resided in Chester County until 1779, when they remo\ed their certificates of membership from Kennett to Pipe Creek Monthly Meeting, Frederick County, Md., and lived for a time near Union Bridge. Their final settlement was near New Market, Frederick County, where he died 11 Mo. 14, 1815. Children were : Thomas, b. 9 Mo. 16, 1768, m. Sarah Roberts ; Sarah, b. 4 Mo. 10, 1770, m. John Roberts ; Jesse b. 3 Mo. 17, 1772, m. Content Garretson ; Mary, b. 2 Mo. 11, 1774, m. Joseph L. Scholfield ; Rachel b. 6 Mo. 30, 1776, d. aged 7 years; James, b. 4 Mo. 3, 1779, ™- Susan Janney ; Abel, b. 5 Mo. 23, 1781, m. Elizabeth Roberts ; John, b. 5 Mo. 7, 1783, m. Ann Hughes ; Hannah, b. 12 Mo. 29, 1785, d. 9 Mo. 2, 1807. — See Russell Genealogy, 1-2 (by Isaac S. Russel, New Market, Md., 1887). BRADFORD MONTHLY MEETING In Chester County. Established in 1737, from New.irk, or Kennett and Concord. Evan Wilkinson, unmarried, from Ballinacree Meeting, County Antrim, Ireland, dated 10 Mo. 2, 1736, received 5 Mo. 21, 1737. " Hath Lived within the bounds of this Meeting from his Childhood, his parents were Creditable friends among us." Original on file. Ann Wilkinson, from Ballinacree Meeting, County Antrim, received 4 Mo. 15, 1738. She was disowned by Bradford Monthly Meeting, 11 Mo. 15, 1740, for marriage by a " priest " to Ferguson Graham. Joseph Wilkin.son, unmarried, from Ballinacree Meeting, County Antrim, dated 2 Mo. 23, 1737, received 12 Mo. 16, 1737. A "Son to Francis Wilkinson Deced." Has Bradford Monthly Meeting 371 lived within " the Compass of this Meet^ from his Child- hood." Francis Wilkinson ' seems to have resided near Ballinacree, or Ballymoney, County Antrim, and besides his son Joseph, probably had other children : Evan, Ann, and Samuel, all of whom came to Pennsylvania about the same time as Joseph. At Ulster Province Meeting, 5 Mo. 2, 1698, Francis Wilkinson was ap- pointed to inquire into the "clearness" of John Hunter, of Bally- money, who desired to marry Jane Sterling, of Coleraine, County Antrim. Joseph Wilkinson came over to Pennsylvania in 1737 and was married 10 Mo. 31, 1740, to Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Fisher, of Kennett, Chester County. They resided in East Cain, in the latter county, but afterwards resided at other places. He died 9 Mo. 10, 1760, having had the following chil- dren : Frances, b. 12 Mo. 15, 1741 ; Susanna, b. 12 Mo. 29, 1743; Thomas, b. 12 Mo. 5, 1745; Elizabeth, b. 6 Mo. 30, 1748; Joseph, b. 7 Mo. 17, 1750; Mary, b. 3 Mo. 20, 1752; Ruth, b. 7 Mo. 27, 1754; Alice, b. 12 Mo. 10, 1755. The w^idow, Elizabeth Wilkinson, and her family removed within the limits of Warrington Monthly Meeting, York County, not long after the death of her husband, and she was married a second time to Joseph, son of Peter and Sarah (Gilpin) Cook, of Warrington. She died at York early in the nineteenth century and was buried in Friends' graveyard at York. Francis Wilkinson, son of Joseph and Elizabeth, m. 4 Mo. 11, 1770, Hannah Mode daughter of Alexander and Rebecca, and settled in London Grove Township, Chester County. Children : Rebecca, m. William Hoopes ; Elizabeth, m. James Trimble ; Joseph; Hannah, m. Joseph Pennock ; Francis, m. Phebe Pusey ; Susanna, m. Moses Way ; Mode ; Amy, m. Thomas Hicks ; WiUiam ; Ruth, m. John Edge. — Hist. Chester County, 763-4. 'James Moote, of Ballynacreemore, in his will dated Dec. 29, 1727, mentions his daughter Frances Wilkinson and her son William Wilkinson. In 167S and 16S1, WiUiam Wilkinson, of Antrim, had his goods taken for tithes. — Stockdale, A Great try of Oppression, 97, 166. In 1681 Thomas Wilkinson, of Antrim, had his goods seized for tithes. —Ibid., 166. Samuel Wilkinson, of Antrim Meeting, and Mary Sedgwick, of Ballin- derry Mtg., m. 4 Mo. 24, 1713, at the house of Widow Boyes. Elizabeth Wilkinson and Eli Crocket, both of Ballymoney Meeting, m. H Mo. 4, 1715, at house of James Moore. At a meeting in County Antrim, 10 Mo. 2, 1708, one Joseph Wilkinson received a certificate to take with him to England, " whither he goes to improve himself in the world." 372 hnmigration of the Irish Quakers William Purdy, unmarried, from Ballynacree Meeting, County Antrim, dated 2 Mo. 23, 1737, received 4 Mo. 15, 1738. In 167 1, in County Tyrone, one William Purdy, for tithes had taken 14 loads of "Turf," some " Hey," and barley, valued at 2s. 6d. — Stockdale, 6. In 1674 William Purdy, of County Tyrone, had taken for " Clerks Wages " "a Pick-ax," valued at 2s. 6d. — Ibid., 220. One Thomas Purdy and Ann Coots, " Als Ridge," were mar- ried at the meeting at Grange, near Charlemont, 2 Mo. 16, 1701. — Minutes of Ulster Province Aleetitii^. William Sheppard, unmarried, from Grange, near Charle- mont, Ireland, dated 4 Mo. 20, 1739, received 8 Mo. 18, 1739. He is a birthright member. His parents removed "from this neighborhood (when he y° S*" William was but young) to a small meeting Some miles Distant from us, Yet under our Care, being in y' Compas our mens meeting. Among signers were Benjamin and John Shepherd, Jacob, Joseph, and Benjamin Marshill, and Lawrence and Benja- min Hobson. Original on file. William Shepherd, of Menallen Meeting, now Adams County, son of Solomon Shepherd, deceased, of Ireland, was married 3 Mo. 31, 1749, at London Grove Meeting, to Richmunday Wood, of London Grove, Chester County. Among his children were Mary, Solomon, Thomas, and William She])herd. Thomas Paine, unmarried, from Mountmellick Meeting, Queen's County, Ireland, dated 2 Mo. 26, i73cS, received 9 Mo. 17, 1743. He "for Some-time hath made profes- sion with us and Served an Aprentiseship within y" Com- pass of our Monthly Meeting." Original on file. William Pim. Richard Pim, of Leicestershire, England, in his old age, about 1655, removed to Ireland. His son William m. Dorothy (d. 9 Mo. I, 1685 ; buried at Tineal, near Rosenallis). daughter of William Neal, and went with his family also to settle in Ireland, in the same year. John Pim, son of William, b. in Leicester- shire ; d. 5 Mo. 29, 1718, at Mountrath, Ireland; m. in 1663, Mary (d. 2 Mo. 5, 1726), daughter of William Pleadwell, and lived at Mountrath, Ireland. He had eleven children, of whom the eldest was Moses, b. 7 Mo. 19, 1664, d. 1 Mo. 5, 1716 (killed by machinery of his rope mill), m. Ann, daughter of Christopher Bradford Monthly Meeting 373 and Phillipa Raper. Ann Raper, b. i Mo. 9, 1664, at Ivan Mills, near Ballinakill, Queen's County, d. 3 Mo. 18, 1743; buried at Mountrath. William Pim, son of Moses, was born at Lackah, Queen's County, II Mo. 15, 1692; m. 11 Mo. 2, 17 15, at Mountrath, Dorothy, daughter of Thomas and Dorothy Jackson. She was born 8 Mo. 22, 1694, at Killenare. William I'im and family came to Pennsylvania in 1730, and settled in the Great Valley, near East Cain Meeting, Chester County. Here Dorothy died i Mo. 15, 1732. He married, secondly, i Mo. 13, 1733, at Concord ^Ieeting, Ann, widow of James Gibbons, of Westtown Township, Chester County. For many years he served as clerk of Bradford Monthly Meet- ing, as elder in East Cain Meeting, and as Justice of the Peace. He died 10 Mo. 11, 1751, in East Cain Township. In his will, dated 175 i, he mentions his sister, Susanna Purdy. Children of William and Dorothy (Jackson) Pim : Moses, b. at Killenare, Queen's Co., 10 Mo. 27, 1716, d. unmarried; Sarah, b. 4 Mo. 23, 1719, at Durrow, Kilkenny, m. at Cain Meeting, 9 Mo. 2, 1737, George, son of Aaron and Rose Mendenhall ; Thomas, b. at Durrow, 3 Mo. i, 1721, d. East Cain, 10 Mo. 3, 1786, m. at East Cain Meeting, Frances, daughter of James Wilkinson, late of Wilmington, Delaware (children : Moses ; Ann, m. John Edge ; William ; Thomas ; Hannah, m. James Miller ; Sarah, m. Amos Lee; John; Rachel, m. Nathan Spencer); Hannah, b. Durrow, 4, Mo. 18, 1723, d. loMo. 1756, m. Thomas Paine ; Richard, b. Arkhill, Co. Kildare, 10 Mo. 10, 1728, d. East Cain, 4 Mo. 12, 1760, m. Hannah Lewis; Mary, b. East Cain, 6 Mo. 6, 1731, d. i Mo. 30, 1732. — See Cope, Smedley Genealogy, 1 6 1-4, Hhtory of Chester County, 685. William Pim wrote a long letter,' dated 6th of 2d Mo., 1732, to his uncles, Thomas and Joshua Pim, of Montrath, Queen's Co., Ireland, in which he tells of loss of his wife and youngest child by the small-pox, then prevalent in the colony. He speaks of it as the third visitation of the disease since the settlement of the country by the Enghsh. He had lost a servant, Jo : Gavin, b) it, making three out of his family of 12 persons. "I am in expectation of Ja : Ni.;holson in a little time, ^ whom I expect an ace' from Ireland & if he dont bring me a servant or servants I shall be in great want, for I am soe now. I hired an Indifferent hand lately at Husbandry & it cost me 36^ for 4 weeks (& diet)." " This Country I find most agreeable to my Health (else it is w'*" working harder) : this country also is governed by more agreeable Laws than that." ' A full copy of this letter is injthe collection of Gilbert Cope, of West Chester, Pa. 374 Imrnigratiofi of the Irish Quakers The following letter ' was written by an uncle of the emigrant, William Pirn, to his grand-nephew, Joshua Pirn, of Usher's Island, Dublin : "TULLYLAST, CO. KiLDARE, 1 "Joshua PiM, ^ nth of ii mo. 1768. | Loving Cousin, In answer to thy request mentioned in thine of the 9th instant I send thee this : I can go no further back than to my great grandfather Richard Pirn, who before his marriage lived a considerable time, a cook, with (I think he was called) Sir John Stanhope, ancestor to the Earl of Chesterfield. I heard of but one brother that he had, called Robert Pim, who he said came into Ireland when young, of whom he heard no more. We suppose he was that Robert Pim that Sir John Temple men- tions to have been murdered by the Rebels at Graigue-ne-manch, in the County of Kilkenny. Richard Pim, before his marriage, had acquired what they call three livings ; I suppose that to be three small pieces of land with each a dwelling on it. He took a liking to a neighbor's daughter, a comely young girl of thirteen years of age, and as he and his fellow servants rode out on a merry-making, one of his fellow-servants took a pillow behind him and found her playing ball with other girls and asked her to go with them, which she did (it is probable that this was by conceit) and the said Richard married her and sent her to a boarding school for two years and then took her home at fifteen years of age. By her he had my grandfather, William Pim, and several daughters ; one married Godfrey Cantrell and one mar- ried to William Neale. My grandfather, William Pim, married Dorothy, the sister of William Neal, and dwelt if I remember right, at his grandfather Neales house in Castledunnington, in Leistershire, in the year 1641 ; and in the year 1655 Godfrey Cantrell and family came into Ireland and Richard Pim, then very old, came with him and some time after died at Godfrey Cantrell' s house, near Rosenallis (in the Queen's County), and was buried in the Church at Rose- nallis. The same year my grandfather William Pim, and William Neal and families came over and settled in the County of Cavan, where after some years my grandfather died and was buried in his orchard at his own request, tho of the profession of the church of England ; about which time William Kdmundson and Richard Jackson and some other Friends retnoved to the (lueen's Co. William Edmundson settled near Rosenallis, Richard Jackson and my father near Mount Melick. My father had his mother to take care of, and one sister, Ellen, afterwards the wife of Thomas Nevitt. My father joined partnership with Richard Jackson in ' Cope, Smtdley Genealogy, 162-64. Bradford ]\Ionthly Meeting 375 the Butchering trade, and at Mount Mehck became acquainted with my mother, Mar)', the daughter of William Pleadwell, who was born at Normanton upon Sere, in Nothinghamshire. My grandfather, William Pleadwell and his wife came into Ireland in 1655, they being Baptists, and settled near Killaloe. He had by his first wife Tobias Pleadwell, and by a second wife John Plead- well, and by a third wife Thomas Pleadwell and my mother and two other daughters, one of whom was married to William Neale ; and some time after my grandfather settled near Killaloe he was convinced by the ministry of Edward Burroughs and died not after ; and as his son Tobias Pleadwell was convinced some time before his father and settled at Mount Melick, my grandmother and her children came to dwell at Mountmelick, and in the year 1663 my father & mother married and settled at Mountmelick ; but in the year 1665 my father and several other friends were sent to prisoners for Tythe to Maryborough Gaol, where they con- tinued prisoners for several years, though he had nothing tithe- able but a garden ; so he got a ho\ise in Maryborough for my mother to dwell in and by favour of the Gaoler or Gaolers fol- lowed some business in his trade at Maryborough, and after they were discharged from the prison he took a farm at Coalnecart, part of the lands thy father now holds, and in 1678 or 1679 he went to live at Mountrath. As to the feme and place of the births and burials of my brothers and sisters I refer thee to the abstract of the monthly meeting records of births and burials of Mount Melick Monthly Meeting, which abstract, so far as relates to Mountrath meeting is mostly in my handwriting. I suppose it is in the hands of John Clendenon. Thojias Pim. P. S. Richard Jackson, before mentioned, had three sons, John, Thomas and Robert, and one daughter, Sarah, the wife of Nicholas Gribble. John I had no acquaintance with : Thomas, thy grandfather, lived at Killenare, and Robert at Mountmelick : thy grandmother, Sarah Pim, was born at Killenare. Thou may get all their genealogies out of the records of births and burials of Mountmelick monthly meeting." i ' Thomas Pim, the writer of the above letter, was the sixth son of John and Mary Pim. He resided at Mountrath until about 1735, when he went to live with his son's family at Tullylast, County Kildare. He died a few months after he wrote the letter, in his 86th year. He had two sons who had large families. My mother was his son Robert's eldest child. She was 16 years old when he died, and often spoke of him with great re- spect. His last grandchild, John Pirn, died last summer in his Sgth year. His sister, Hannah, died in her 91st year in 1849. There are now not any of his descendants of the name of Pim among Friends. — Robert Good- iody writing in 18^2. 376 Immigration of the Irish Quakers GOSHEN MONTHLY MEETING In Chester County. Established in 1722, from Chester. Joshua Marsh, wife Elizabeth, children, Jonathan, Peter, and Abigail, received 9 Mo. 15, 1736, dated 4 Mo. 2, 1736, from Grange Meeting, near Charlemont. See Marsh family. John Marsh and wife Elizabeth, received 8 Mo. 18, 1736, dated 4 Mo. 2, 1736, from Grange Meeting, near Charle- mont. Thomas McMollin [McMillan] and wife Deborah, received 8 Mo. 15, 1739, dated 3 Mo. 6, 1738, from Ballinacree County Antrim, Ireland. See McMillan family. William Vance, wife Elizabeth, dated 2 Mo. 3, 1741, from [Grange] Meeting, near Charlemont, Ireland. Thomas Parvin, received 7 Mo. 10, 1750, dated 2 Mo. 24, 1750, from Dublin, Ireland. NOTTINGHAM MONTHLY MEETING In Cecil County, Maryland. Established from New Garden in 1730. Mary Norton, daughter of Edward Norton, "of y' County of Armagh," Ireland, was married 9 Mo. 24, 1733, under auspices of Nottingham Mo. Mtg., to Richard Brown, son of William Brown, of West Nottingham. Edward Norton, of West Nottingham, Chester County, son of Edward Norton of "ye City and Parish of Armagh," Ireland, deceased, was married 8 Mo. 16, 1739, ^' Notting- ham, Mo. Mtg., to Elizabeth Brown, daughter of William Brown. Joseph McRannells, received n Mo. 27, 1737, dated 2 Mo. 27, 1737, from Grange Meeting, Ireland. Samuel Rutter, received 11 Mo. 17, 1753; dated 3 Mo. 30, 1753, from Dublin, Ireland. Sadsbury Monthly Meeting 377 Elizabeth Crainer, unmarried, dated 7 Mo. 7, 1754, from Ballyhagen Meeting, Ireland. Original certificate in Friends' Historical Library of Swarthmore College. Joseph Tremble [Trimble], son of William and Mary Tremble, of Ireland, was married 11 Mo. 31, 1744, at Nottingham Meeting to Sarah, daughter of John and Han- nah Churchman, of East Nottingham. Joseph Trimble, or Tremble, as the name was generally writ- ten, emigrated from Ireland when some fifteen years of age, probably about 1730, and served a time of farming and wagoning with William Brown, a miller, of Nottingham. In 1741 he settled on a farm near by, which remained in the family until 1856. His wife was born 2 Mo. 17, 1716, and died 8 Mo. 2, 1750, leaving three children. Joseph was married, secondly, 2 Mo. 22, 1753, to Ann Chandler, daughter of William and Ann, of Lon- don Grove. She died 12 Mo. 31, 1793. Children : William, b. 10 Mo. I, 1745, d. 5 Mo. 30, 1819 ; John, b. 12 Mo. 16, 1746, d. about 1809, near Chillicothe, Ohio; Mary, b. 7 Mo. 11, 1748; Joseph, b. 10 Mo. 29, 1754, d. 12 Mo. 5, 1831 ; Thomas, b. 5 Mo. 4, 1756 ; Jacob, b. 2 Mo. 27, 1758 ; Sarah, b. 5 Mo. 23, 1760, m. Job Sidwell ; James, b. 4 Mo. 20, 1762, d. 12 Mo. 5, 183! ; Elisha, b. 3 Mo. 18, 1765, d. 8 Mo. 28, 1848. One William Trimble, born 1705, in County Antrim, Ireland, and James Trimble, probably a brother, came over from Ireland, and in 1734-35 joined Friends at Concord Monthly Meeting. William was married 9 Mo. 13, 1734, to Ann, daughter of John and Martha Palmer, of Concord, and died 8 Mo. 5, 1795, in Concord Township, now Delaware County. James Trimble, b. in Ire- Ireland, June 24, 1707, arrived in Pennsylvania about 6M0. , 1 7 19, and died 1 1 Mo. 21, 1792, in West Bradford, Chester County. He married 10 Mo. 3, 1735, Mary Palmer, another daughter of John and Martha. For a more extended account of the Trimbles see Futhey and Cope's History of Chester County, 748-750. Barnabas McNamee, of Ireland, and Mary Pearson, daughter of John and Margaret, of Middletown, now Delaware County, were married 4 Mo. 8, 1756, at Nottingham. SADSBURY MONTHLY MEETING In Lancaster County. Established in 1737, from New Garden. Samuel Wilkison, received 12 Mo. 6, 1737-8, dated 2 Mo. 23. 1737, from Ballinacree Meeting, County Antrim, Ire- land. 3/8 Immigration of the Irish Quakers James Hunter, recieved i Mo. 6, 1738, dated 3 Mo. 10. 1736, from Ballinacree Meeting, County Antrim, Ireland, John Hunter of Lisburn Mtg. and Elizabeth Matthews, of Lur- gan, were married at Lurgan, 10 Mo. 24, 1701. — Minutes of Ulster Prov. Mtg. William Hunter, County Londonderry, in 167 1, had taken 6 " stocks of Barley, 20 stooks of Oats and one load of Hey," valued at IIS. 2d. — Stockdale, A Great Cry of Oppression, I. In 1674, one John Hunter, County Antrim, had his goods seized for tithes.— //«'«'. , 35. In 1678, John Hunter, of Ballinderry Parish, County Antrim, had his goods taken for tithes. — Ibid., 95. In 1681, John and James Hunter, of liallinderry Parish, County Antrim, had goods taken for tithes. — Ibid., 169. One John Hunter, of Ballymoney Meeting, and Jane Sterling, of Coleraine Meeting were married 5 Mo. 12, 1698, at the house of Sarah Melvin in Coleraine, County Antrim. Nicholas Steer, received i Mo. 6, 1737-8, dated 3 Mo. 23, 1734, from Lisburn, County Antrim, Ireland. Thomas Bolough, or Bulla, received 4 Mo. 4, 1739, dated 3 Mo. 19, 1738, from Grange, Ireland. One Richard Bullough and Rachel Morton, both of Minnallan Mtg., were married 8 Mo. 20, 1 71 5, at Minnallan, Ireland. — Minutes of Ulster Prov. Mtg. Thomas Bollo, of Sadsbury Township, Lancaster County, Pa., yeoman, was married, 12 Mo. 10, 1742-43, at Sadsbury Friends' Meeting House, to Anne Williams, of East Sadsbury Twp., Chester Co. , Pa. , widow of Zacharias Williams. James Love, received 9 Mo. 12, 1741, dated 2 Mo. 17, 1739, from Ballyhays Meeting, County Cavan, Ireland; also a certificate from New Garden [Ireland], dated 8 Mo. 28, 1738. Married Faithful Richardson, at Leacock Meet- ing, 12 Mo. 13, 1745. Samuel Boyd, received 10 Mo. 6, 1742, dated 5 Mo. 8, 1741, from Grange, Ireland. William Courtney, dated 5 Mo. i, 1763, from Ballinacree Meeting, County Antrim. lVan-i}igton Monthly Meeting 379 WARRINGTON MONTHLY MEETING In York County. Established in 1747, from Sadsbury. William Delap and wife Ruth, received 11 Mo. 16, 1747-8, dated 5 Mo. 6, 1747, from Ballyhagen Meeting, County- Armagh, Ireland. They settled in Menallen Township, now Adams County. Children: George, b. 11 Mo. i, 1743-4; Sarah, b. i Mo. 2, 1748-9 ; Robert, b. 8 Mo. 15, 1750 ; John, b. 9 Mo. 15, 1752 ; William, b. 2 Mo. 26, 1755 ; Abigail, b. 9 Mo. 8, 1757, d. 8 Mo. 23, 1758 ; Mary, b. 10 Mo 8, 1759. Daniel Winter, received 3 Mo. 21, 1748, dated 4 Mo. 5, 1737, from Ballyhagen, County Armagh, Ireland. He resided in Menallen Township, now Adams County. Thomas Wilson, received, 4 Mo. 17, 174S, dated 4 Mo. 2, 1736, from [Grange] Meeting, near Charlemont, County Armagh, Ireland. A certificate for him and his wife to Fair- fax Mo. Mtg., Va., was signed by Warrington, 4 Mo. 17, 1749. Thomas Blackkurn and wife, received 3 Mo. 19, 1750, dated 4 Mo. 18, 1749, from Ballyhagan, County Armagh, Ireland. Thomas Blackburn, of Ballyhagen, Parish of Killmore, Co. Armagh, was married 4 Mo. 17, 1742, at Ballyhagen Meeting to Alice Hewit, daughter of Benjamin Hewit, of Clandroet, said parish and county. Marriage certificate signed by Benjamin, Robert, John, Mark, and Alice Hewitt and Antho. Blackburn. — MiD-riagt' Books of Ulster (2iiarterly Meeting, p. 64. He settled in Menallen Township, now Adams County, where he died about 1794, his will dated Jan. 6, 17S4, being probated Nov. I, 1794. He mentions his wife Alice and children, Thomas and John. William Nevet, received 8 Mo. 19, 1751, dated 1 Mo. 10, 1 7 50-1, from Moat, County West Meath, Ireland. William Nevitt, son of Joseph and Mary Nevitt, was born 9 Mo. 3, 1718, at Mountrath, Queen's County, Ireland. About 1750 he came to Pennsylvania, and settled at Warrington, York County. He m. 5 Mo. 10, 1753, at Warrington Meeting, Hannah, daughter of Peter and Sarah (Gilpin) Cook, of Warring- ton. In 1770, he made a visit to his relatives in Ireland, taking 380 Immigratioji of the Irish Quakers a certificate to Moat Meeting ; he returned in the summer of 1 77 1. In 17SS, he was " recommended " a minister of the So- ciety and in that ser\ice frequently visited meetings in Pennsyl- vania, Mar\'land. and Virginia. He died without issue. 8 Mo. 15, iSoo, in his S2d year. In his will> he mentions Isaac, Ruth, and Elizabeth Xevitt, children of his brother, Thomas Nevitt, deceased.! WiLLi.\.M PiLL.\R, dated 6 Mo. 16, 1765, from Grange near Charlemont, received 6 Mo. 13, 1767. He returned to Ireland in 1769. FiXLEY McGrew, a Scotch-Irishman, who was assessed in London Grove Township, Chester County, as early as 1729, and as late as 1735, became a member of Sadsbury Monthly Meeting, Lancaster County, in 1 746. He settled at an early date in Tyrone Township, now .\dams County, where he died about 1766. By his wife Elizabeth he had the following children : James b. 12 Mo. 27, 1744-5, m. Jane : Nathan, b. 9 Mo. 26, 1746, m. Martha Hendricks; William b. i Mo. 24, 1748-9; Finley, b. 2 Mo. 23, 1751, m. Mary Hendricks; Isabelle, b. 3 Mo. 4, 1752, d. 8 Mo. I, 1752; Peter, b. 5 Mo. 19, 1755, m. Patience Hendricks; Archibald, b. 4 Mo. 14, 1757. J.\MES McGrew, kinsman, doubtless a brother of Finley Mc- Grew, brought a certificate for himself and wife from Hopewell, Va., to Warrington Monthly Meeting, in 1750. A James Magrew, probably the same, was assessed in Lon- don Grove, Chester County in 1729 and 1734- Children of James and Mar>- McGrew: Finley, b. i Mo. 13, 1735-6, m. Dinah Cox, and removed about 1787 to the Redstone region of Pennsylvania; Deborah, b. 7 Mo. 14, 1739, m. Joseph Blackburn, in 1758 ; .\nn, b. 4 Mo. 29, 1741, m. Xewlin ; Nathan, b. 3 Mo. 10, 1743, d. 1769, m. Rachel Blackburn, in 1767; Simon, b. 11 Mo. 5, 1745; Mary, b. 11 Mo. 5, 1748, m. Moses Blackburn, 101767; James, b. 6 Mo. 25, i75i,m. Elizabeth McFerran, > Recorder's Office, York, Pa. 'William, son of William and Elizabeth Xeviit, was bom I Mo. 25, 1714, at Mountmellick. William Neviu, son of William and .\nn Nevitt, b. 2 Mo. 22, 1726, at Mountmellick Queen's County, Ireland. William Nevitt and Ann Hancock, both of Lisbum, County Antrim, m. 6 Mo. 7, 1753, at Hillsborough, County Down. IVarj-vigtoH Montldy Meeting 381 about 1774, and removed to the Redstone region, about 1794. Children of James and Elizabeth (McFeiran) Mc- Grew : Mary, b. 3 Mo. 10, 1774, m. Joel Hutton ; Na- than, m. Elizabeth Winder: Jane ; James B.; Deborah, m. Samuel McGrew ; Joseph ; Simon ,: Finley ; Thomas ; John B.; Jacob ; Archibald, m. Susanna Gilbert. FRAxas HoKOx, and wife Ann, from Ballyhagen Meeting, County Armagh, Ireland, dated 7 Mo. 4, 1764, received I Mo. 12, 1765. Francis Hobson, of DrumiUy, Parish of Loughgall, County Armagh, m. 9 Mo. 25. 1 741, at Ballyhagen Meeting, Ann, daugh- ter of Joseph Mackey, of Kincon, Parish of Kilmore, County Armagh. He died 12 Mo. 17, 1777, aged 72 years, and was buried at Menallen. Children : Marj-, m. Biackney, about 176S ; Elizabeth, m. 7 Mo. 17, 1777, at Warrington, Richard Blatchford ; Ann, m. 3 Mo. 22, 1770, at Warrington, Henry Atherton ; Francis, m. 12 Mo. 12, 1770, at Menallen, Susanna Jones (he made a trip to Ireland about 1772); Phebe, m. 5 Mo. 18, 1775, at Warrington, Richard Atherton ; Joseph, b. 1746, m. Ann , about 177S, and removed to near Richmond, Jeffer- son Coimty, Ohio, about 1800; Robert, being in ill health in 1776, was placed in care of Dr. Da\-id Jem mi son, of York, York County. Elizabeth Wright, from meeting of Grange near Charle- mont, Ireland, dated 12 Mo. 25, 1774, received 10 Mo. 14, 1775- Joseph Hewit and family, dated 4 Mo. 22, 1772, from Ballyhagen Meeting, Ireland, received 9 Mo. 12, 1772.' A son Geoge, b. 12 Mo. 25, 1750; d. 2 Mo. 15. 1S41 ; m. 11 Mo. 16, 1774, at Menallen >Ieeting, Deborah, daughter of John and Mary Morton, of Menallen. > Childroi of Jonathan and Ann Hewitt, of Menallen : Abel. b. 3 Mo. 5, 1779 ; Sarah, b. 11 Mo. ij, 17S0: Tosepli, b. 9 Mo. 25, 17S2. One John He-s-et, of BaUvhageii Meedng and Isabelle Hoope, of Lar- gan Meeting were married, 2 Mo. 16, 1 701, at Lcrgan, Ireland. One Mark Hewit, of Qandmle, Parisi Kilmore Conntv Armagg, and Marv McKecrick, of Denyane, Parish LoGghgall, County Armagh, were married I Mo. 25, 1742, at Ballyhagen. Among signeis woe: Hannah and Tonas McKetrick, John, Robot, and Benjamin Hewit, John Allen, 382 Immigration of the Irish Quakers SOME IRISH CERTIFICATES RECEIVED AT MEET- INGS IN NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE HADDONFIELD (FORMERLY GLOUCESTER) MO. MTG., N. J. Established in 1695. Mark Newby and Will : Battes, dated 6 Mo. 21, 1681, from Bellicare Mtg., County Wicklow, Ireland. Thomas Dennis. " Dwelt Amongst us about nine years." From Moat Mtg., County West Meaih, near Athlone, Ire- land, dated i Mo. 26, 1682. Jonathan Wood, wife and children, "he Being A Weaver by trade hath followed that Imployment untiU It did soo fale that he & his famely Could not Live Comfortably of itt & being his Stock but smale And farme Lytle." Two daughters and one son, dated 5 Mo. S, 1683, from Bally- hagen. County Armagh, Ireland. Thom.\s Thackara, wife Esther, and children, from Dub- lin, dated 6 Mo. 16, 1681. SALEM MONTHLY MEETING, N. J. Established in 1676. Joseph White, son of Samuel and ? White, born i Mo. 20, 1 65 1-2, in a town called Sulyrane, in North Hampshire, England. He went from England to Ireland in 1672, taking ship 7 Mo. 25. Afterwards he married " Elizabeth Church, who came from Dolbay of the Woulds in Lestershire in England to Ireland." They belong to New Garden Mtg., "their dwelling place and took Ship at Dublin in Ireland for West Jersey in ,\merika who .\fter eight weeks, two days Arrived to Elsinburgh," West Jersey, 9 Mo. 17, 1681, together with servants as followeth. " Hugh Middleton whoose father was of Lestershire and his mother of Glocestershire. " Allsoo Mathias bellore (?) his father and mother weere English people. Irish Quakers of Newton 383 " 3ly Hannah Asbury her father an Englishman her mother borne in Ireland." THE IRISH QUAKER SETTLERS OF NEWTON, NOW IN CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY Thomas Sharp, " woolstead comber," of Dublin, nephew of of Anthony Sharp, a wealthy Quaker merchant of that city, was one of the leaders of the Irish Quaker settlement of Newton, N. J. He has left the following interesting account of his immigration and settlement, written in 1718: ' " Let it be remembered y' upon yi^ nineteenth day of September, in y" year of our Lord one thousand six hundred and eighty-one, Mark Newby, \Villiam Bates, Thomas Thackara, George Gold- smith and Thomas Sharp, set saile from y' Harbor belonging to y" city of Dublin in y^ Kingdom of Ireland, in a pink called Y' oiuner s adventure, whereof Thomas Lurtin, of London, was com- mander, and being taken sick in y'^ city, his mate John Dagger, officiated in his place ; in order to transport us, and y' we might settle ourselves in West Jersey, in America. And by y« good providence of God we arrived in y Capes of Delaware y eigh- teenth day of November following, and so up y' bay until we came to Elsenburg, and were landed with our goods and families at Salem, where we abode y° winter. But it being very favourable weather and purchasing a boat amongst us, we had an opportunity to make search up and down in y' which was called y"" Third tenth, which had been reserved for y« proprietors dwelling in Ireland, where we might find a place suitable for so many of us to settle down together, being in these early times somewhat doubtful of y*^ Indians, and at last pitched down by y' which is now called Newton creek, as y*^ most invitingist place to settle down by, and then we went to Burlington, and made application to y" commis- sioners y' we might have warrants directed to Daniel Leeds, y° Surveyor General, to survey unto every of us, so much land as by y constitution at y' time was alloted for a settlement being five hundred acres, or y' we had a right to, for a taking up it under, which accordingly we obtained. "At which time also Robert Zane, who came from ye city of 'Liber A, of Gloucester County deeds, page 98, in the Office of the Secretary of State, Trenton, N. J. (See Judge Clement's First Sittlers in Newton, 24-26. ) 384 Immigration 0/ the Irish Quakers Dublin, and had been settled in Salem, four years before, joined in with us who had a right to a tenth, Mark Newby to a twentieth, William Bates to a twentieth, Thomas Thackara to a twentieth, Thomas Sharp (out of his uncle Anthony Sharp's right) a twentieth, and George Goldsmith (under ye notion of Thomas Starkey's right) a tenth ; all which of us excepting William Bates who took his on ye southerly side of Newton creek, we took our land in one tract together for one thousand seven hundred and fifty acres, bounding in ye forks of Newton creek and so over to Cooper's creek and by a line of marked trees to a small branch of ye fork creek and so down ye same as by ye certficate of it stand- ing upon record in ye Secretary's office it doth appear. And after some time finding some incoveniency in ha\ing our land in common together being at ye time settled at ye place now called Newton in ye manner of a town for fear as aforesaid at which being removed we came to an agreement to divide. George Goldsmith he chose the head of the creek, Thomas Sharp the forks or lower end of the land next towards the river by which means the rest kept to their settlements without any disadvantage to themselves. And so ye land was divided according to every man's right. * » « Given under my hand the 3rd month, 3rd, 17 18. Thomas Sharp." Thomas Sharp was Recorder and Clerk of the Courts of Glouces- ter County for many years. He was also a surveyor and made sev- eral important maps of the early settlements which are reproduced in facsimilein Judge Clement's /»i/&///6-r.f()/"A«i'/c«. Heacted as agent for his uncle, Anthony Sharp, of Dublin, who had large holdings in New Jersey. In 1684, he was made Commissioner of Highways, and in the following year was returned as a mem- ber of the Legislature. I n 1 700, he became Judge of the Glouces- ter County Courts. Thomas Sharp was married in 1684, to Sarah Fearn, of Darby. A daughter Elizabeth, m. 8 Mo. 3, 1709, at Darby, John, son of John and Mary Hallowell, and resided at Darby and New- ton. Children of John and Elizabeth Hallowell : Sarah, b. 1 1 Mo. 16, 1710, d. 7 Mo. 17, 1747, m. John Hurst; Samuel, b. 3 Mo. 10, 1713 ; John, b. 7 Mo. 10, 1715, d. 7 Mo. 26, 1778, m. Hannah Lewis ; Thomas, b. ii Mo. 13, 1717, d. 8 Mo. 29, 1788, m. Ann. Thomson; Joseph, b. 12 Mo. 28, 1721, d. 5 Mo. 8, 1792, m. Elizabeth Holcomb ; Mary, b. 2 Mo. i, 1729, d. 12 Mo. 16, 1791, m. John Elmslie. Irish ^takers of Newton 385 Isaac Sharp, son of Anthony Sharp, of Dublin, came to New Jersey about 1702-3, and settled at Blessington, now Sharptown. He was Judge of Salem Court and served as a member of the Assembly from 1709 to 1725. About 1726 he returned to Ire- land and resided on his estate called " Roundxvood," in Queen's County, where he died in 1735. He married in 1704, Margaret Braithwaite, of Salem, and had children : Anthony. Isaac (of Blessington, Salem County, N. J., died in 1770. He was also Judge of Salem Court), Joseph, Sarah, Rachel (m. Daniel De- laney, of Queen's County, Ireland, by whom she had children : Sharp, William, Martin). — American Genealogist, 146. Robert Zane, of Dublin, "Serge Maker," pioneer settler of Newton, or the Irish Tenth, in Gloucester County, N. J., probably came out with John Fenwick and his party, in 1675, for he was one of the members of the Friends' Meet- ing established at Salem that year. By deed of April 12, 1677, he became one of the Proprietors of West New Jersey. In 1679 he was married, at Burlington Meet- ing, to Alice Alday, who is thought to have been an Indian. In 1681 he became a settler at Newton. He was elected to the first Legislature in 16S2, and was returned in 1685. He died in 1694, leaving his second wife, Elizabeth (daughter of Henry Willis, of Hempstead, Long Island), and several children to survive him. Children were : Nathaniel, b. about 1673, m. Grace Rake straw, of Philadelphia, in 1697 ; Robert, m. Jane ; Elna- than ; Simon ; Mary ; Esther; and Sarah. (For further details see Clement's First Settlers of A^ewton, 11-22, and Penna. Mag., XII., 123-25.) William Bates, carpenter, of County Wicklow, who was im- prisoned in 1670, for attending'Friends' Meeting at Thomas Trafford's house in Wicklow {Besse, II., 470), was one of a company of Friends who purchased a share of West New Jersey, by deed of April 12, 1677. He sailed from Dublin in September, in 1681, in Ye Owners Adventure, and settled with the other Irish Friends at Ne^vton, where he owned 250 acres of land. In 1683 he was one of the representatives from the Irish Tenth in the Legislature of the Province of West New Jersey, and was the same year appointed constable. The next year he was again returned as a member of the Legislature, and was appointed one of the commissioners for laying out highways. He died in 1700. His children, all bom 25 386 I»i7nigration of the Irish Quakers in Ireland, were : Jeremiah, m. Mary, daughter of Samuel Spicer ; Joseph, m. Mercy Clement, in 1701 ; Abigail, m. Joshua Fearne, in 1687 ; William, said to have married an Indian girl ; Sarah, m. Simon Ellis, in 1692.' George Goldsmith, a Friend, came over from Dublin, in Ye Owners Adventure, in 1681-2, and settled at Gloucester, N. J.» His grandson, James Parrock, a Friend, of Philadelphia, ship- wright, aged seventy-six years, in a deposition made at Phila- delphia, Jan. 2, 1751, states that his grandfather had formeily lived at Ballinakill, Queen's County, Ireland, and had served in Ireland as Lieutenant in Cromwell's Army.' John Hugo, from the Parish of Castle Ellis, County We.xford, was an early settler on Little Timber Creek, in the Newton settlement, where in 1683 he purchased 500 acres of land from Robert Zane. He served as a member of the Jersey Legislature in 1685. He died in 1706. His children were: John, Judge of Gloucester County courts, 1695-1706, Provincial Councillor of West New Jersey, etc., m. Priscilla, daughter of Francis Collins; Elias, m. Margaret, sister of Priscilla Collins ; Joseph, m. Sarah ; and Charles.' Mark Nevvbie, says Judge Clement, "was a resident of the city of London, and a tallow chandler." He was a mem- ber of a Friends' Meeting, whose house of worship was in a street of that city, called "Barbican, " and removed to Dublin, in i58i. Unfortunately the Judge does not give his authority for this statement or it might be confirmed ; but this date of removal to London is at least ten years too late, for Stockdale mentions Newbie as a persecuted Quaker shopkeeper residing in Thomas Street, Dublin, in 1 67 1. Says Stockdale : ' In 1 67 1, Mark Newby, of Thomas Street, Dublin, " because for Conscience sake he could not be an observer of Holidays (so- called) he opened his Shop on the 25th of the loth month, called Christmas day." For this he "had his house assaulted by a • Oement's First SetlUrs of Nnvton, 47-56. 'Judge Clement's I'irU Settlers in Ne-uitoit, 67-70. *Jlii^ acres, called Adington, in the Manor of Maske, Warrington Township, York County, the several courses being as follows : beginning at a black oak. cor- ner of Peter Cleaver's land, thence by the same and Baltzer Smith's land, S. 42°, W. 179 P. toa white oak ; then by William Garretson's and John Underwood's land S. 23°, E. 218 P. to a marked white oak ; then by Samuel Morthland's land, N. 27°, E. 165 P. to a white oak ; thence by Jonathan Marsh's land N. 82°, W. 20 P. to a white oak ; N. 35°, E. 22 P. to a stone ; N. E. 118 P. to a white oak ; thence by Mine Bank N. 46°, W. 28 P. to a stone ; thence by Jacob Brindley's land, S. 43°, W. 55 P. to stones for a corner ; N. 30°, W. 1 19 P. to place of beginning. Abstract Will of George McMillan, of Warrington Town- ship, York County, Pcnn'a, "being Sick and weak in body but of sound disposing Mind and Memory. " Dated 7 Mo. 6, 1795 ; probated Aug. 7, 1795. Impnnis. — Just debts and funeral expenses to be paid. ' Recorded in Warrington Marriage Book, page 2g. The original MS. is in the possession of a descendant, Mrs. Emma Wickersham Pyle, 720 N. Fair Oaks Ave., Pasadena, Cal. The McMillan Family 403 Item. — To "my Son George McMillan my Plantation and Tract of Land on Beaver Creek in Warrington Township afore- said (Excepting a Grist Mill and Saw Mill and Mill Seat with a Lot of Ground including the Same)." Item. — To son Thomas McMillan said grist mill and saw mills on land adjoining William How and Abraham Griffith [at the foot of Round Top]. Item. — " I give and devise my present dwelling plantation to my two Sons Jacob McMillan and Joseph McMillan," etc. Item. — " My tract of Land in Monaghan Township to my four daughters, Rebekah, Ann, Deborah and Mary." Item. — " I give and Bequeath unto my beloved Wife Ann Mc- Millan two Beds, & bedding her choice and a case of drawers and as much of my household and Kitchen goods and furniture as She Shall Choose," ten bushels of wheat and £20 yearly, " the West- ern end of my Dwelling house including a room and Kitchen for her use during her Natural life, and also a pipe Stove for Said room and also a Sufficient quantity firewood drawed to her door & made ready for immediate use by my said Sons Jacob and Joseph ... it is my Will that the Stove in the mill at Beaver Creek be brought to my present Dwelling house and put in place of the one given to my Said Wife." Item. — Son Joseph to be sent to school and to " unite with my Son Jacob in labouring and farming my present dwelling planta- tion." Wife to receive the "profits of my Said plantation until my Son Jacob arives to the Age of twenty one Years and that then my Said Wife do receive one half of said profits, and my Said Son Jacob the other half until my Said Son Joseph arives to the Age of Twenty one Years." Item. — To sons Jacob and Joseph "my Bay and Gray horses, and my two Year old Yearling Colts to enable them to farm my Said plantation " ; also " my Waggon, plows, harrow and horse Geers." /to«.—Todaughter Ann "my young Gray mare. Saddle & bridle." Item. — To son Thomas "my Spring Colt and one Cow which is at Beaver Creek." Item. — After daughters have received in all £\ 50 remainder of estate to be divided equally " among my Eight children." Item. — To "my Said Wife my old gray mare. One Cow and her Saddle." ^rtr ! Besse, II., 4S0. f Stockdale, 40. 4o8 Immigration of the Irish Quakers At the time of the making of his wjl] John Marsh was " biclc in body" and pTohiA\y died ah>out that time, in 168!!, leaving Dor- othy, his w-ife, to survive him. Children, probably by Dorothy, his wife, were : Jos«ph, Kebecca, Sarah, Hester, andf»erhap» others. The following is a copy of the will ; "The last Will > and Testyment of John Marsh of Ardmagh in the Prsh and County of the Said Ardmagh being Sick in body but I>eTfect in Memory in Which Will And testyment and for the due pf'.'.'.'tance thereof I doe Conbt)'tute apoynt and ordeaine My be- .'y.-.-: Wife Dorothy My onely and Soale Executorcx imps — I doe desire that my body may hurytd in the burying place in the Towne land of the Munney near Killmore where many of my deare friends have Vjeen formerly buryed and as to my Worldly goods I disjx/sose of them as followeth first — I give to my eldest daughter Namely Hester five Shillings to be paid to her att the end or within one yeare from the date hereof 2dly — I give to my daughter Sara five Shilling to be paid her att the end or within one ycare as aforesaid 3dly — I give unto my daughter KeWcca one Pound to be given her alt the end or within one ycare from the date hereof 4th — I give unto Jonathan flet'.her my grandson two pounds ten Shillings to be payd unto whom 1 Shall nomynate in trust for hi* use att the end or within two yeares from the dale hereof jthly — I give unto Joshua Marsh and Margery .Marsh Son and daughter of my Son Joseph Marsh deceased the half tenement and ("harden plolt Situate lying and being in the Scjlth Street in Ardmagh which I have by lease from the prirnale of Ireland bearing dale the twentyeth day of October 1W4 with alsoe the Said lease of the Same with all the apurtenants thereunto belong- ing paying and performing for the Same all rents and other dutyes due to the bond Conieined in the .Said lease from the time they Shall rencwe the Said halfe tenement 6th — 1 give unto my grandaughter Hanna Shaw four pounds to be p/ove Said and the Said four pounds given tomy granda^h- ter Hanna aforesaid) to dispose of the fund for the use of the ' PdUic Ketwl Office, Dohlio. TJie Marsh Family 409 said Jonathan and Hanna for their best advantage and to be accountable [for ?] the same when the said Jonathan and Hanna Shall Come to age Con [torn i inch] to desire futh account Sthly — And lastly I draw and bequeath all the rest of my worldly goods and Chattells of all kindes and sorts what soeve' for the payment of my debts and for the use and maintenance or my Said beloved wife my onely and Soale executorex as witness my hand and Seale this 7th day of the nth month Called January 1688. Signed Sealed and John Marsh [Seal] delivered to my his M Marke Said exeratorex in the presents of Alexander heron Tho : King Robert Robinson William Williamson ffergus Saftlow William Landar Sam' : Unthanke." Joseph Marsh, son of John Marsh, for some breach of discip- line, was disowned from membership in the Society of Friends, 10 Mo. 5, 1674, at Lurgan Meeting, held at Roger Webb's house near Lurgan, County Armagh. In the testimony issued against him he is mentioned as late of Lisneny near Loughgall, County Armagh, widower, " who for several years past frequented our meetings." According to his father's will Joseph died prior to 11 Mo. (Jan.) 7, 16S8, leaving at least two children, Joshua and Margery. Joshua Marsh, of Drumanicannon, Parish of Sego, County Armagh, son of Joseph Marsh, was married, 6 Mo. (Aug.), 28, 1695, at Friends' Meeting place at Alexander Christy's, County Armagh, to Elizabeth Rogers, of Drumanicannon, possibly a daughter of John Rogers, whose name appears at the head of the list of men signers to the marriage certificate. Christy Rogers, who heads the list of the women signers, may have been the mother. The following interesting records of the marriage have been found : "At our [Ulster] Province Meeting held at Richard Boyes" house [near Ballinderry, County, Antrim] y^ 6th of y= 5th Mo. 1695 . . . Joshua Marsh and Elizabeth Rogers haveing apeared and Declared their Intentions of Marrage with each other before This Meeting and at present nothing appearing to Obstruct them, y<: Meeting have taken Their Intentions into Consideration and have apointed Alex^ Mathews Lawrence Allyson Margrit Christy & Aylce WiUiams To make Enquiry Concerning Their Clearness and Consent of Parents and return their answer to The next Pro- 4 1 o Ivimigration of the Irish Quakers vince Meeting, a Certificate from ye Sd Eliz : father of his Con- sent To ye Sd Intended Marage." "At our Province Meeting held at Ballyhagen [County Ar- magh] ye 17''' day of y"= 6''' month 1695 ffriends of Ballyhagen Meeting and friends of The Meeting beyond Charlemont [Upper Grange Meeting], have agreed that once in two mens Meetings Some friends from Ballyhagen Meeting goe to ye mens Meeting beyond Charlemont And also That Some friends from beyond Charlemont goe to The mens Meeting at Ballyhagen once in two mens Meetings. . . . Joshuah Marsh and Elizabeth Rogers haveing appeared ye Second time and Declared their Intentions of Marrage before this Meeting as formerly and the partyes appointed to make enquiry Concerning their Clearness and Consent of Parents have returned Their answers That they find nothing To Obstruct Them but That they may lawfully marry, So its The apoint™' of this Meeting That y Said Joshua Marsh do publish (or Cause to be Published) Their Said Intentions in two Severall Meetings at (or neer) Lurgan, and in two Severall Meetings at Monnallon, and if no Thing Then apear against Them They may at a Convenient Season Take each other in Marrage, Alex^ Mathes, John Hoope, and William Porter are desired To See y= Said Marrage be perfected in good Order." The marriage was accordingly accomplished on the 28th of 6 Mo. (Aug.), 1695. The names of the signers to the marriage cer- tificate appear in the following order in the old Marriage Record Book of Lurgan Meeting (page 12.) : ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ I Elizabeth Marsh John Rogers Roger Kirk Peter Rogers George Whaly Richard Hollin James Hallyday Alexander Mathew Lancelot Pearson John Williams Samuel! Kirk Jacob Kirk John Thirkeld George Blacker John Willson Alex"- Christy John Moorton ffrancis Hillary Kobart Kirk John Christy Timothy Kirk James Moorton Tho : Wainvvright Tho : Bullough George Black Tho : Bradshaw Christy Rogers Ellin Wollsy Margrit Blacker Mary Horner Deborah Kirk Ann Whaly Eliz : Atkinson Joan Mathew Joan Adams In addition to his share in the leased property in the town of Armagh, becjueathed to him by his grandfather John Marsh, Joshua Marsh owned a small farm in Ireland ; for in his will, made in Pennsylvania in 1747, he mentions "my farm in Bele- 77/1? Marsh Family 411 nacar in Clambrasel in the County of Armagh in the Kingdom of Ireland Containing Thirty three Acres of Land with the Rights members and Appurtnances thereof." Early in the spring of 1736. Joshua and his son John began to make ready to remove with their famihes to Pennsylvania. " Att a mens [Preparative] meeting [at Grange, near Charleniont, County Armagh] held ye 2d of ye 4th month [1736] Joshua March having an Intention to transport himself & family to America & desires from us a certificate therefore Jacob Marshill & James Pillar is desired to draw Suitable ones for him & his Son John . . . yt they may be Signed next meeting." In accordance with the request of the meeting certificates 1 were drawn up as follows : " From our Monthly Meeting of men & women friends, held at Grange Near Charlimount in the North of Ireland ye 2 of 4 Mo. 1736. To friends and Brethren of pensylvania or elsewhere in America Greeting. •' Dear Friends whereas our friend Joshua March [Marsh] & his Wife Did Acquaint us Some Time Ago that they had a mind to transport themselves & family to pensylvania or Some place in America and Desires of us a Certificate we therefore Do Certify that He the Sd Joshua & his wife was of an orderly Life & good Conversation Both amongst us their Brethren as amongst their Neighbours where they Dwelt & now Leaveth us in Unity they had also the privilege of Sitting in our Meeting of Disapline like- wise their three children Viz Jonathan peter and Abigail were of Orderly Lives & Conversation whilst here cS: is free from marriage or any Entanglement that way & all the Above friends have left this place free from Debts or Defraud to any man & we have Cause to hope & believe that they will So behave themselves for ye future yt they may Deserve ye Religious notice & Care of friends for their good. " Signed by order & on behalf of our Sd Meeting by Mary Greer Thos. Nichalson William Gray Eliz. Greer Joseph Kerr Jacob Marshall Abigail King Benj* Marshill Jno. Whitsitt Mary Pow James pillar Thomas Greer Ann Sloan James Dawson Tho. Griffith Mary Pillar francis Robson Israel Thompson Eliz. Dawson Saml Gray Wm. Vance" Abigail Gray Jona' Richardson Ruth Delapp. ' Pages 39, 52, Book of Certificates of Removal Received of Goshen Monthly Meeting, Penn'a, in the vault, Friends' Library, 142 N. l6th Street, Phila. 412 Immigratiiyn of the Irish Quakers "From our Men & Womens Meeting held at Grange Near Charles Mount in Ireland ye z of ye 4th mo 1736 to friends of pensylvania or Elsewhere In America Greeting Whereas our friends John March [Marsh] & his wife Did sometime ago Ac- quaint us that they had to transport themselves to pensylvania or Some place In America & Desires of a Certificate we therefore do Certifie yt the Said John March & his wife hath behaved them- selves Orderly amongst us their Brethren & Sisters Also was of a peaceable Life & Conversation amongst their Neighbours hav- ing Left us & our Neighbours Clear of Debt They had Also privilege to Set in our Meetings for Decipline & we hope they will So behave as will deserve the Rehgious Notice & Care of our friends & Brethren whose it may Please Divine providence So to order their Lot to Settle & Remain. " Signed by order & on behalf our Said Meeting by Ann Sloan Marj- Greer Mar}- pillar Eliz. Greer Eliz. Dawson Abigail King Benj? Marshil Jacob Marshill James Dawson John Whitsitt James Pillar Thos. Greer Thos. Griffith Israel Thompson \Vm. Vance Thos. Nicbalson Joseph Ker " In the spring of 1736, shortly after the signing of the above certificates, the Marsh family started on the long and wearisome voyage to Pennsylvania, where they arrived, it is believed, some time in August, for in John Marsh's land warrant, dated Nov. 24, 1736, he is mentioned as having been settled on the land "about three months." The two families of the father and son settled near each other on two tracts of land in East Nant- meal Township, Chester County, adjoining other Irish Friends, William and Timothy Kirk, of the Kirks of Lurgan Meeting, County Armagh. Soon after their settlement the Marshes were received as acceptable members of Goshen Monthly Meeting, Chester County, as appears from the following extracts from the minutes of that meeting : Minute of Men's Meeting, 8 Mo. 18,1736. — "John Marsh Pro- duced a Certificate to this Monthly Meeting from the .Monthly Meeting of friends held at Grange near Charlemount in ye North of Ireland dated ye 2d of ye 4 .Mo : 1736 in behalf of himself & wife [Elizabeth] which [is] to friends Satisfaction and ordered to be recorded." Minutes of Women's Meeting. — "At our Monthly Meeting held at Goshen the Eighteen Day of Eighth Month [1736] Eliz- abeth .Marsh Produced to this Meeting a Certificate from Friends TIu Marsh family 4 i ; in Ireland jointly with her Husband which we accept on her behalf." Minutes Men's Meeting. — "At our Monthly Meeting held at Goshen ye 15th day of ye 9th Mo. 1736 Joshua March [Marsh] Produced a Certificate to this Monthly .Meeting from the Monthly Meeting of finends at Grange in Charlemount in the North of Ire- land dated ye 2d of ye 4th month last in behalf of himself & wife [Elizabeth] & 3 of his children, \-iz : Jonathan. Peter & Abigail which is to the Satisfaction of friends here & ordered to be Re- corded." Minutes of Women's Meeting. — ' ' At our Monthly Meetnig held at Goshen the Fifteenth Day of the Ninth Month [1736] . . . Elizabeth Marsh Produced to this Meeting a Certificate from the Monthly Meeting of Grange in Ireland which this Meeting Accepts on her behalf." Joshua Marsh settled on a tract of two hundred acres of land which he purchased from the Penn Proprietors. The following abstract of his land title is from the records preserved in the De- partment of Internal Affairs, at the capital, Harrisburg, Pa.: No. 55. Joshua Marsh, of Chester Co., Pa., warrant for 200 acres of land " Adjoyning the Lands of John Grifnth and John Rees in the Township of Nantmill," granted October, 26, 1737 ; patented Oct. 12. 1742. 195 acres returned (.A.. 10, p. 505).' Patent Deed : (Sur\-ey, May lo, 1738.) John, Thomas, and Richard Penn, Proprietors of Penn'a., on Oct. 12, 174.2, patented to Joshua .Marsh, of Chester Co., in con- sideration of £'^6, 4s., 195 acres of land in Nantmeal Twp., Chester Co. , described as follows, — Beginning at a corner marked hickory, in a line of William Kirk's land, and from thence extending by John Griflath's land, \V. by N. 210 P. to a marked chestnut ; thence by William Bran- son's land, N. 81 P. to a post, thence by John Ree's land, E. N. E., 113 P. to a black oak marked, and N. N. W., 4S P. to a marked black oak : thence by the lands of the said William Branson, N. E. by E., 44 P. to a post ; thence by Daniel Brown's land, S. S. E. 76 P. to a marked chestnut, N. E. by E. 60 P. to a marked black oak and S. S. E. 30 P. to a marked hick- ory ; thence by vacant land, S. 60° E. 80 P. to a marked hickory- ; thence by the said William Kirk's land S. W. by W. 135 P. to a marked black oak and S. E. by S. 60 P. to place of beginning, containing 195 acres and allowance. Joshua attended Uwchlan Friends' Meeting until the establish- ment of Nantmeal Meeting in 1740, and was appointed a repre- sentative from Uwchlan Preparative to Goshen Monthly Meeting. ' See Sarvev, No. 446, Taylor Papers, HisL Soc of Penn'a. 4 1 4 Immigration of the Irish Quakers to which Uwchlan was subordinate. The minutes of the Monthly- Meeting show that he was appointed on committees to inquire into requests for certificates of removal, to oversee marriages, etc. His name appears for the last time in the meeting records, 9 Mo. I, 1745, when he signed a marriage certificate. He was taxed in East Nantmeal Township, in. 1737-8, is.; in 1739, is. 3d ; in 1 740- 1, IS. 6d.' He died probably in the spring of 1748, for his will was made August 18, 1747, and probated May 17, 1748. As his wife is not mentioned in the will, he must have survived her. The following is a copy of the will : " I Joshua M.^RSH^of East Nantmell, in the County of Chester in the province of Pennsylvania yeoman lieing in Health of body and of .Sound disposing Mind and memory in thankfullness of heart to almighty God for his mercies and favors and in Con- sideration of the uncertainty of our Time here do make and ordain this my last will and Testament in Manner following. Imprimis its my Will that after my Decease my body be buried in a Decent manner at the Discretion of my Executor hereafter Named and as for what temporal Estate it hath Pleased Clod to Bestowe Upon me in this Life, I Give Devise and Dispose of the Same in manner P'ollowing. In the first place its my Will that my just Debts and Funeral Charges be paid and Discharged Item I Give to my Son John Marsh the sum of Five Shillings Lawful Money of this Province Item I Give to my son George Marsh Five Shillings Money Aforesaid Item, I Give to my son Peter Marsh Five Shillings Money aforesaid Item I Give to my Daughter Deborah McMuUen Five Shillings Money Aforesaid Item I Give to my Daughter Abigail Atherton Five Shillings Money aforesaid Item, I (iive and Bequeath all my Personal Estate & Goods and Chattels after my Debts Funerall Charges and Legacies Aforesaid are Paid and Discharged unto my Son Jonathan his Executors and Administrators Item I Give and Devise all and Singular my Messuage Planta- tion and Tract of Land whereon I now Live in East Nantmell aforesaid with the rights members and Appurtances thereof unto my fA Son Jonathan Marsh his heirs and Assigns for Ever ' Tax Lists in County Commissioners' Office, West Chester, Chester Co., Pa. "P.ipers No. 1144, Hook 3, p. 15, Register's Office, West Chester, Pn. The Marsh Family 4 1 5 Item I Give and Devise that my farm in Belenacar in Clam- brasel in the County of Armagh in the Kingdom of Ireland Con- taining Thirty three Acres of Land with the Rights members and Appurtances thereof Unto my Said Son Jonathan Marsh his heirs and Assigns Forever. Item I Nominate and Appoint my son Jonathan Marsh to be sole Executor of this my Last will and Testament and Lastly I do Revoke and Declare to be null and void all Former and other wills and Testaments by me Made in word or writing and do De- clare this only to be my Last Will & Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal Dated the Eighteenth Day of the Sixth Month Called August Anno Dom 1747 JJCiMiiJot. cMrj/l [seal] Witnesses : David Davies . Richd Davies Ellis Davies The following inventory of the estate of Joshua Marsh was filed at Chester, then the county seat of Chester County, May 2, 1748 : "the 26"' L>ay of y 3'': mo" : in ■•j" year 1848 A true In- ventory of the goods and efects of Joshua Marsh deceased / S d "To a bed and beding 4 3 o To a chest o 2 6 To a table cloth and napkin o 2 6 To a pair of leather Briches and Sundries. ... o 18 o To a horse Saddle and bridle 4 o o To a mare 3 10 o To Books 215 o To a bedstead Barrels and Sundries 012 6 To pots and Sundries .. 1 36 To carpenters Tools o 14 o To tongs and pothangers & Sundries o 14 o To chair haccles & Sundries o 9 o To flax seed and Sundries o l5 6 To leather & Sundries • 2 9 lo To yaam 3 5 o To three bags . . 10 o To a cart and tacklings 8 o o To a Dough trough & Sundries on 6 To a harrow o 18 o 4 1 6 Immigration of the Irish Quakers To a grinding Stone o 5 o To bees I 4 o To a plow & axes and mattock i 3 o To Sheep 1 17 6 To hoggs 2 18 o To chains and Sundries o 5 o To a loom & wool i: Sundries 2 2 6 To Some wareing apparel I 1 o To Credit for wool o 5 6 To two Smoothing iron o 4 o To unbroke flax o 5 o To a plantation 200 o o Appraised by us the Day & year above written Wm Kirk John Griffiths " Joshua and Elizabeth (Rogers) Marsh had children as follows : I. Deborah; II. Joseph (?) ; II!. John; IV. George; V. Abi- gail; VI. Peter; VII. Jonathan. I. Deborah Marsh, from whom the writer descends, was married 5 Mo. 10, 1727, at Grange Meeting, near Charlemont, County Armagh, Ireland, to Thomas McMuUen [McMillan], of Grange Meeting, County Antrim. See "McMillan Family," page 399. II. Joseph Marsh, " of Crenah in the parish of Tillenesky & Countie of Tyrone ' ' (who is thought to have been a son of Joshua Marsh, since Joshua's name appears on the marriage certificate ne.\t to that of the bride's father, Francis Hobson, who heads the list of signers in the column reserved for relatives under the bride and groom's names), probably named for his grandfather, Joseph Marsh, was married 5 Mo. (July) 27, 1732, in the Friends' Meet- ing House at Ballyhagen, County Armagh, Ireland, to Ruth Hobson, " Daughter of ffrancis Hobson of Drimimilly in the parish of Loughgall & Countie of Ardmagh." Some of the signers to the marriage certificate ' were : ffrancis Hobson Sarah Hobson Joseph Marsh Joseph Hobson (and others) Ruth Marsh John Hobson Deborah M'Moollon (and others) Abigail Marsh Peter Marsh Hannah Hobson ffrancis Hobson (and others) Joshua Marsh Mabel Anderson George Rndfjers William Vance William Hobson (and others) 'Page;, Marriage Book, 1731-1786, Ulster Quarterly Meeting. The Jllarsh Family 4 1 7 Joseph Marsh is not mentioned in Joshua Marsh's will and nothing further has been learned of him. III. John Marsh, son of Joshua, married Elizabeth , prior to or about 1724, as has been stated above, came over from Ireland, in 1736, and settled in East Nantmeal Township, Chester County. The following abstract of his land title is from the records of the Department of Internal Affairs at Harrisburg : No. 52. _/<)//« il/i?;-^/;, of Chester County, 200 acres "of Land scituate in Nantmil Township, whereon He has been about three months settled & adjoining to William and Timothy Kirk," granted Nov. 24, 1736; patented Mar. 14, 1790. Acres returned 11.76. Patentees, John Marsh (Vol. A 14, p. 268), James Pugh (Vol. P 18, p. 251). Survey.' Patent Deed: Thomas and Richard Penn, Proprietors of Penn'a, on June 9, 1747, patent to John Marsh, of Chester County, Pa., in consideration of ^33. 3d., 213 acres of land and allowance, in East Nantmeal Twp., Chester County, decribed as follows : Beginning at a marked hickory by Timothy Kirk's land, S. 25° E. 100 P. to a marked hickory ; S. 65° W. 30 P. to a marked chestnut at a corner of Robert Wetherall's land, by same, S. 25° E. 44 P. to marked black oak ; E. 20 P. to marked hickory ; S. 25° 149 P. to marked black oak, by Henry Phillip's land S.E. 40 P. to post by Callowhill Manor, corner of Vincent Township ; N. 42° E. 150 P. to corner post, by John Well's land ; N. 48° W. 80 P. to marked black oak standing at a corner of John Price's land, thence by same N. 18° W. 26 P. to a marked white oak ; N. W. by W. 16 P. to a marked chestnut ; W. N. W. 126 P. to a corner post, thence by Simon Woodrow's land ; W. .S. W. 40 P. to a corner marked white oak ; thence, by the Meeting Land, N. 85° W. 80 P. to place of beginning, containing 213 acres. John Marsh and his son Joshua, on complaint of Uwchlan Pre- parative Meeting, for breach of discipline were disowned by Gos- hen Mo. Mtg., 3 Mo. 17, 1742. About 1750 John Marsh removed with his family from Chester County and settled on a tract of land adjoining his brother-in-law, Thomas McMillan, in Warrington Township, York County, Pa. The records at Harrisburg show the following purchases of land : Warrant No. 41, John Marsh, 25 acres, "adjoining Thomas McMillan & Peter Cook on Doe Run in Warrington Township," York County, granted Sept. 10, 1751 : patented May 25, 1855. — (Patent Book G. 489). Warrant No. 233, John Marsh, Sr., 24 acres, "joining his 'Also see Taylor Papers, Warrants, No. 405, Historical Society of Penn'a. 27 4 1 S Immigration of the Irish Quakers other Land & Elihu Underwood & Isaac Kole in Warrington" Twp., York County, granted Oct. 21, 1769 ; patented Dec. 14, 1822. (Survey.) Warrant No. 236, John Marsh, Sr., 26 acres, "joining his other Land granted by warrant of the 21st of October Instant in Warrington" Twp., York County, granted Oct. 30, 1769; pat- tented Dec. 14, 1822. (Survey.) John Marsh was living in 1769, but the date of his death has not been learned. His wife, Elizabeth died in or prior to 1761. As far as can be learned they had the following children : i. John ; 2. Margaret ; 3. Joshua ; 4. Jonathan ; William (?) ; Ruth (?) I. John Marsh, born in Ireland, in 1724, died 3 Mo. 10, 1804, and was buried in Friends' graveyard at Warrington Meeting House, York Co., where his gravestone, with inscription, may still be seen. He probably removed from Chester to York Co., with his father, about 1750, but his certificate of remoxal from Goshen Mo. Mtg. , dated 8 Mo. 17, 1752, was not received at War- rington Mo. Mtg., until II Mo. 18, of that year. At Warrington Mo. Mtg., 5 Mo. 20, 1758, he produced an acknowledgment for marrying " by a Justice with a young woman not Joined amongst friends." His wife Margaret was received into membership, 7 Mo. 12, 1760. By warrant, No. 125, dated June 4, 1762, John Marsh, Jr., was granted 125 acres "adjoining Peter Cook in Warrington" Twp., York Co.; patented July 11, 1795 (Z, 281). Survey. In his will, dated, Washington Twp., York Co., 4 Mo. 30, 1802, probated Apr. 2, 1804, he mentions his wife Margaret, his eleven children, and a lot of ground within fourteen rods of " Baltimore Town." Children by his wife Margaret were : (i) Jonathan, b. 6 Mo., i, 1760, d. 3 Mo. 20, 1850, removed to Baltimore, Md., about 1798, and finally to Middleton Mo. Mtg., Ohio, in 1808; (2) Elizabeth, b. 7 Mo. 27, 1762, removed to Baltimore i about 1797 ; (3) Margaret, b. 11 Mo. 28, 1764, re- moved to Baltimore about 1797; (4) Mary, b. i Mo. 16, 1767, took a certificate to Baltimore in 1801 ; (5) Rebecca, b. 3 Mo. 16, 1769, d. II Mo. 13, 1770; (6) Susanna, b. 3 Mo. 7, 1771, m. 9 Mo. 12, 1793, John Everitt, son of Isaac and Martha ; (7) John, b. 3 Mo. 7, 1771, d. 1806, m. in 1802, Catharine ; (8) William, b. 7 Mo. 28, 1775, took a certificate to Baltimore in • 797 ; (9) Rebecca, b. 8 Mo. 2, 1777, d. 4 Mo. 14, 1858, buried at Warrington ; (10) Lydia, b. 10 Mo. 20, 1779, m. John Walker, son of Benjamin, of Warrington' ; (11) Hugh, dis- owned by Warrington Mo. Mtg., 3 Mo. 22, 1809, for marriage 'See Lewis Walker and Descendants, by Priscilla Walker Streets. The JMarsli Family 419 out; (12) Hannah produced an acknowledgment for marriage out, in 1808. 2. Margaret Marsh was married 12 Mo. 30, 1756, at Warring- ton Mtg. , York Co., to Elihu Underwood, schoolmaster, of War- rington, son of Alexander. Signers to marriage certificate were : Jane McMillan Mary Morthland Elihu Underwood Rebecca Fincher John McMillan Margret Underwood Elizabeth Hussey John Harry Richard Wickersham Ruth Cook Alexander Underwood James Peckett Rebeca Morthland Sarah Underwood Charles Morthland Ann Hussey John Marsh James Jones Elizabeth Wickersham William Marsh Samuel Morthland William Morthland Ruth Marsh Jonathan Marsh George McMillan Ruth Morthland Susanah Ward Armel Fincher Petter Marsh Christopher Hussey Deborah McMillan Joseph Garretson Mary McMillan Aaron Frazer 3. Joshua Marsh seems to have disappeared from the records after his disownment. 4. Jotiathai! Marsh, of Warrington, was married, 1st, 6 Mo. 18, 1 76 1, at Warrington Mtg., to Rebecca, daughter of Hugh Morthland, deceased, and Rebecca, his wife ; m. 2d 12 Mo. 16, 176S, at Merion Meeting, Chester Co., to Ann Packer, of Haver- ford, daughter of Philip and Ann. He served a number of years as overseer of Warrington Meeting. He died in 1795, leav- ing at least four children : (i) James, by first wife, m. 9 Mo. 14, 1797, at Warrington, Edith Hussey, daughter of Record and Miriam, of W'arrington, took a certificate to Baltimore, in 1810, with wife — children, Zilla and Amos — , and finally removed to Ohio; (2) Ann, by first wife, m. 1797, to John Edmonson, of Warrington ; (3) John, by second wife, m. 5 Mo. 14, 1789, to Hannah Hussey, daughter of Record and Miriam, removed to Gunpowder Mtg., I\Id., in 1790 ; (4) Ehzabeth, m. i Mo. 12, 1792, at Warrington Mtg., to Joseph Edmondson. 5. William Marsh, supposed to have been the son of John, was disowned by Warrington Mo. Mtg., in 1763, for mairiage out. 6. Ruth Marsh, supposed to have been the daughter of John. IV. George Marsh, the first of the family to come to Penn- sylvania, produced the following certificate of removal to Kennett Mo. Mtg., Chester Co., 7 Mo. 6, 1729. He is mentioned in his father's \vill, but no further record of him has been found : i ' Original MS. in possession of Gilbert Cope, of West Chester. See facsimile, page 84. 420 Immigration of the Irish Quakers " from our Meeting at the Grange Near Charlemont the 22'' of the 5th month /y^S "Whereas George Marsh Son to Joshua Marsh hath a Minde to Transporte himselfe topensilvania in A Merica and desires our Sertificate These are therefore to Sertifie to all whome may be Concerned that the Said George Marsh is the son of honest parents whoe were Concerned to b[r]ing him up in the way of truth and in as much as he is now groone into years Capable to worke for his Liveing and having an inclination to goetoAmergea to Leave his S'' parants hath Consented thereunto and he being of apretty orderly Conversation therefore we doe recommend him to the Care of friends where he may Come for his preservation in the truth Signed in be[half] of our [torn] Meet[ing] "Post Script we doe further Sertifie that we doe believe that the Said George Marsh is free from any engagement of marriage with any woman here ' ' Robert Green Bartho : Garnett Wm. Whitesite Jacob Marshill ' James Pillar John Griffin Tho" Greer Joshua Marsh Joseph Marsh " V. Abigail Marsh was married g Mo. 4, 1741, at Nantmeal Friends' Meeting House, Chester Co., to Thomas Atherton, son of Henry and Jennet (Thclwall) Atherton. The following per- sons signed the marriage certificate : Hester Hockley Ruth Roberts Ann James Jane Kees Percy Hinton Mary Evans Ruth Evans Ann Hockley Margaret Evans Rachel liutler Mary GriHith William Williams Cad' Jones Awbrey Roberts Henry Hockley John (IrifTith Samuel John John Rees Arnold Baset Noble Butler Jacob Jenkin William Kirk Timothy Kirk Thomas Athkrton Ahigail Atherton loshua Marsh Jonathan Marsh Peter Marsh Henry .'\therton Thomas Evans Eliza Evans Thomas McMoUin Deborah McMollin Rich') Thomas Jun Hannah Thomas Elizabeth Thomas Ester Kvans William Taylor Henry 'Taylor Robert Thompson Tlie Marsh Family 421 Thomas Atherton was taxed 2s. in East Nantmeal Twp., Chester County, in 1740-1. At Goshen Mo. Mtg., 6 Mo. 18, 1740, " Thomas Atherton with the approbation of Uwchlan Pre- parative Meeting Proposes to joyn himself to our Religious So- ciety who is Received by us as his Conduct Proves Agreeable to our Our Principles." He was appointed an overseer of Nant- meal Meeting, in 1754. In 1763 he received a certificate to re- move with his wife Abigail and three children, Richard, Henry, and Elizabeth, to Warrington .Mo. Mtg., York County. The cer- tificate was received at Warrington, i Mo. 14, 1764. He died, probably in 1782, for his will' was dated Feb 2, 1774, and pro- bated Sept. 23, 1782. His wife and three children survived him. Children : (l) Henry ; (2) Richard ; (3) Elizabeth. 1. Henry Atherton, m. 3 Mo. 22, 1780, at Warrington Mtg., to Ann Hobson, of the same place daughter of Francis and Ann Hobson, Friends from Ireland. In 1784, Henry was disowned by Warrington Mo. Mtg. for attending musters. About 1790 they removed to Western Pennsylvania, and in 1794 were re- ported as living in the Glades of Stony Creek, probably in Bedford County. Children : Mary, Thomas, Francis, and Ann. 2. Richard Atherton, m. 5 Mo. 18, 1775, to Phebe Hobson, sister of Henry's wife. The committee appointed to oversee the marriage reported that the occasion had been orderly, ' ' Except having assistants to pull off the glove and hat." In 1784 he produced an acknowledgment for marriage by a "hireling Teacher." He removed within the limits of Westland Mo. Mtg., about 1790. 3. Elizabeth Atherton, m. i Mo. 16, 1777, to Alexander Elliot, of Newberry Twp., York County, son of Isaac, deceased. At Warrington Mo. Mtg., 6 Mo. 13, 1778 ; they were complained of by Newberry Mtg. for having differed and parted ; disowned 8 Mo. 8, 1778. In his Diary (1780-1786) Benjamin Walker, of Warrington, under date of 5 Mo. 22, 1781, 3d-day, notes that he was " Diging a Grave for Elizabeth EUet formerly Atherton," at Warrington Friends' burial ground. VL Peter Marsh, with the concurrence of Uwchlan Prepara- tive Mtg., requested of Goshen Mo. Mtg., 4 Mo. 21, 1740, a certificate of removal to Oley (Exeter) Mo. Mtg., Berks County. The certificate was received at Exeter 6 Mo. 28, 1740. A certi- ficate for him to return to Goshen was signed by Exeter, 8 Mo. 29, 1741. At Goshen Mo. Mtg., 6 Mo. 15, 1743, "The Repre- sentatives of Uwchlan Preparative Meeting Acquaints this Meeting that Peter Marsh Persists in keeping Company in Order for mar- riage with a young woman not of our Religious Society." At the 1 Will in Register's Office, York, Pa. 42 2 Immigration of t/ic Irish Quakers meeting 7 Mo. 12, 1743, he was reported married out of the So- ciety. He was then disowned, 9 Mo. 21, 1743, the testimony against him to be read at Nantmeal Meeting House. He was taxed in Nantmeal Township, in 1739. '" '^e tax list for 1 740-1 his named has been crossed off. He removed to Warrington Township, York County, about 1750, about the same time as his brother John and his brother-in- law Thomas McMillan, and settled on a tract of land at the foot of Round Top. A warrant (No. 36) for 25 acres of land "on a Branch of Beaver creek adjoining Robert V'eale [Vale] in War- rington Township," was granted to him May 7, 175 1 ; patented Dec. 7, 1762 (G. 489). In his will,' dated 4 Mo. 21, 1788, pro- bated April 4, 1789, bespeaks of his "meadow next Roundtop." He leaves 88 acres of land, which was surveyed May 3, 1753, to his son Jonathan, and mentions his other children, John, Mary Jones, Deborah Frazer, Jane Phillips, Lydia Brunton, Rachel Howe, Rebecca, and Esther. Deborah, daughter of Peter Marsh, born 4 Mo. 5, 1746 ; m. i Mo. 22, 1772, to Joshua Frazer, son of James and Rebecca (Cox) Frazer. A daughter, Elizabeth Frazer, married William Brinker- hoff, who when living in Ohio, in 1876, at the age of ninety-two years, gave the following interesting reminiscences* of the Marshes and Frazers : Peter Marsh's wife Margaret was a Welsh Quakeress of gigan- tic size. Deborah, the daughter, was buried beside her husband and parents at Warrington Meeting House. Joshua Frazer was first engaged to a younger sister of Deborah'sof about his own age, and they were to have been married in the spring of 1771 ; but in the fall of 1770, with an eye to securing some ready money to help him set up housekeeping, Joshua kissed his sweetheart good bye and went down into North Carolina to chop wood durinj^the winter. Here he met with such success that he concluded to stay a little longer than had been arranged for, and wrote to his in- tended to that effect. But, unfortunately for him, she never re- ceived his letter, and when he failed to appear at the proper time " the girl was mad and up and married another fcllar to wonst." Soon after, the young Joshua returned with his pockets weighted with hard earned money and his mind filled with pleasant anticipa- tions of the coming event. But, alas, for all his high hopes, the girl had gone with another man. At length, Deborah, an older sister, came to the rescue. It was true she was somewhat too old, but what better could be ' Register's Office, York, Pa. 'Notes taken at the time by Smith Bell McMillan, now of .Signal, Ohio. The Marsli Family 423 done ? So, in 1772, she became my future mother-in-law. When Joshua asked Peter Marsh for Debby, Peter replied : "Joshua, I gave thee one girl, and I'm not going to give thee another. — But, if thee will come with two horses and a side- saddle, and the girl wants to go with thee, take her right along." The test was soon made and with a happy result for Joshua, for " the girl she climbed into the saddle, she did." VII. Jonathan Marsh was married, in 1748, by authority of Exeter Mo. Mtg., Berks Co., to Mary Long, of that meeting, probably a daughter of Robert and Rachel Long. The marriage was authorized 9 Mo. 24, and reported accomplished 10 Mo. 29, 1748, so that the ceremony must have occurred between the two dates. He died shortly afterward, letters of administration on his estate being granted to his widow Jan. 19, 1749-50. The follow- ing inventory ' of his estate was filed March i. 1748-9 : " Inventory of the Goods and Chattels &c of Jonathan March Decesed apprised this 23 Day of January Anno Dom, 1748/9 by us the subscribers. ^ S d to wering apparil Riding Creator Saddle and Briddle ... 15 o o to Horce & Meare ... . 5 10 o to 4 Cows a Steear and 2 yond haffars 13 o o to 6 Hogs • 115 o to 6 Sheeps ... .. ..... ....250 to a plow harrow and Tacklens i 15 o to a Steel of a Colling Bo.'i and Sum old Cart Iron o 4 o to a Cart 8 o o to all the wheat and Ry in the Ground 12 o o to 5 .Stocks of Beeas a heay fork 22 Skikis a Grindstone 2 Sithes .... I 12 o to Lome and tacklens & horse Gears and Cart Sadie .... 2 10 o to hog meat and a podring tube and Cealor I 6 o to flax and hampe hrocken and one broken 017 6 to a womans Sadel . 1 10 o to Long wheal a pettecot Sum will and other Lumber ..060 to Sum malt Barly flaxseed a tube a basket and peal .... o 10 6 to flax yearn Toney earn and Sum Salt .3 3 o to a Bag of fatthers . . i 10 o to a Bed and Bed Cloath . . I 10 o to a Grubing howe Sum axes and old iron , . . .0180 to 3 pots a Crock and hangers a frian pan Sum other things o 18 o to 5 Bells and Bell Collars and Bre.ick iron o 15 o to Chair 2 peals 2 Bags and Ridel o 8 o to 2 wheals ... ... . 012 o to putter Earthen pans trunchers and Nogans I 6 6 to two glace ( ? ) 2 Knifes and Sum other things 030 to Sum Candels and tallow o 5 ^ 'Papers No. 1217, Register's Office, West Chester, Pa. 424 hnmigration of the Irish Quakers ^r s d to'Kneding trogh 2 Darals a Chist and the pekin on o to a table Cloth and a towel Sum tow Cloath .... 130 to Hed and Bed Cloas . . 4 10 o to 2 Books and Sum drest Cloth ... 2159 to a Stack of hay I o o 103 o 9 The above was apprised by us the Subscribers the day year above written his Enin E. Williams mark Thomas Slvcer Griffith Griffith" Elizabeth Marsh, the only child of Jonathan Marsh, was born 7 Mo. 29, 1749, after her father's death. At an Orphans' Court, held at Chester, March 20, 1749,' "Mary Marsh petitioned the Court on behalf of Elizabeth Marsh y" daughter of Jonathan Marsh dece'^ for the Court to ap- point Proper persons to be her Guardians w°'' was allow'd of and the Court appoints Thomas Downing and Samuel James to be her Guardians iS;c." Mary Marsh, the widow, spoken of as a "young woman," was married, by authority of Exeter Mo. Meeting, between the dates 2 Mo. 26, and 3 Mo. 31, 1750, to John Williams, of Xantmeal Meeting, Chester Co., the Mo. Meeting having seen that "Guar- dians [were] chosen to take Care of her Child." John Williams removed with his wife Mary, children Henry and William, and step- daughter, Elizabeth Marsh, to Exeter Mo. Mtg., in 1757, the certificate of removal from Goshen being presented 10 Mo. 27th of that year. In 1765 they returned again to Chester Co., with children, Henry, William, Jonathan, and Miriam, presenting cer- tificates to Uwchlan Mo. Mtg. Elizabeth Marsh, "now Ellis," was complained of in Uwchlan Mo. Mtg., 6 Mo. 8, 1769, for marrying a Friend before a Justice, and was disowned 7 Mo. 6, 1769. THE MACKEY FAMILY. John Mackey,^ or Mackie, of Kincon, Parish of Kilmore, County Armagh, "being weak in body, but perfect in memory," made his will 4 Mo. 11, 1699. First. He leaves to his wife the 'Records of Orphans' Court, Vol. V., 51, in office of Clerk of the Court.s, West Chester, Pa. ^ In 16S1, " John Macky [County Down] had taken from him for Tithe, by Hugh Powell and Edmond MacElcoshker, two Stocks of wheat, eleven Stooks of Oats and two Stocks of Barly, all worth seventeen shillings." — Slock Jiile, 175. The Mackey Family 425 , and William Gray to be over- ' my wife doe fully execute this third part of "all my goods & Chattells quick and dead within and without and alsoo my house & Land duering her Life and after her decease to fall to my Sons Joseph and Benjamin" to be equally divided between them. Item. "After my wifes third parte is taken off I doe give the one half of what remains to my Son William and my Son Joseph and my daughter Rebecca," to be divided equally. Ilcvn. " I leave the other halfe to my Son Benjamin and my daughter Martha" to be equally divided. Jle/n. Wife to be executrix. Ite»i. William Brownlee, Jr. seers and guardians to see that ' my will." Lastly. Directs that his " body be buried in the buering Place in the mueny belonging to the meeting of bailey hagen." Witness : Charles Brown John Alackey [Seal] Kellren Brown 7 Mo. 6, 1699, William Macky, David Kell, Joseph Mackey certify that they have " Received full Satisfaction of our mother concerning our fathers Last will." {Recordsof Ballyhagen Meet- ing-) Children of John Mackey : I. Joseph, II. William, III. Benja- min, IV. Rebecca, and V. Martha. I. Joseph Mackey,' of Kincon, and Ann Sweethen ^ [" Swee- ton " in minutes of Province Meeting], of Cloughan, both in Parish of Kilmore, County Armagh, were married, 4 Mo. 24, 1703, at Ballyhagen Meeting. The signers were : Joseph M.\cky . Sarah Sweethen Mar)' Gamer Martha Allen Hannah Sweethen Elizabeth Brownloe Marj' McKenell Elinor Garner Marger)' keel Mar}' keel Abigail Gray Mongow McKenell William Morton John Blackburn William Nickalson Robert Bams John Williamson William Gray James Tough Matthew Whinery James Stevenson Patrick Hogg John Winter William Hobson John Scott Benj : Macky ' Marriage Book Ballyhagen (Richhill) Meeting. 2 Mary Sweethen, of Cloughan, Parish Kilmore, County Armagh, was married, 8 Mo. 22, 1702, to John Lenox of Drycroency, Parish Clanfekill, at Ballyhagen Meeting ; among signers were Alexander Sweethen, John Ann Macky Richard Mathewes Alex^ : Sweethen John Lennox Thos. Toulerton William Sweethen William Hampton George Garner William .\len david kell r' 426 Immigratiol of the Irish Quakers Joseph Mackie,' of Kincon, County Armagh, " being advanced in years," made his will April 7, 1760 and it was probated April 17, 1760. Directs that he be buried in graveyard at " .M\mny Hill." To son Benjamin, " My Cheese Press and no more hav- ing already Provided for him." To grandson, John Mackie, son of William, deceased, £(y when he is twenty-one. To Hannah Wicklow one cow or £1 in case there is no cow. To Jane f'rizle, 5s. To Sarah Allen, 5s. To Martha Jackson, 5s. To Ann Hobson, 5s. To Margaret Fox, 4s. and check reel. To Jol n Keller "my clothes." Mentions sons Samuel and William Mackie. David Bell and Nicholas Raye to be executors. his John J Mackie Witnesses : hew wat ^^'^ David Kell John Kell Children of Joseph and .Ann (Sweethen) Mackey : 1. William ^lackey died prior to his father. Had a son John. 2. John Mackie, of Kincon, Parish of Kilmore, County Ar- magh, Ireland, and Elizabeth Hinshaw, of Grange, Parish of " Clanfeakill," County Tyrone, were married, loMo. (Dec.) 12, 1733, in Meeting House near Charlemont, County Tyrone. Among the signers were: John Mackie, Elizabeth Mackie, Jacob .Marshal, Thomas Greer, Benjamin Marshel, William Poell, Thomas Griffith, William Mackie, Sarah Mackie, Joseph Mar-shel, Joseph Mackie, William Allan, John Allan, Jacob Hinshaw, Wil- liam Vance, James Morton. 3. Rebecca Mackey, born about 1716, married Jacob Hinshaw and removed to Pennsylvania in 1741. 4. Margaret (?) m. Fox (?). 5. Benjamin Mackee, of Kincon, Parish of Kilmore, County Armagh, son of Joseph Mackey, and Mary, daughter of William Williamson, of Ballyhagen, said Parish, were married 2 Mo. i, 1742, at Ballyhagen. Some of those who signed certificate were : Joseph, William, John, .-^nn, John, Samuel, William and Benjamin Mackie. 6. Samuel Mackey, living in 1760. 7. Ann Mackie, daughter of Joseph Mackie, of Kincon, Parish of Kilmore, County Armagh, and Frances Hobson, of Drumolley, Parish of Loughgall, County Armagh, were married 9 Mo. 25, 1741, in Meeting House at Ballyhagen. Among signers were : Hinshaw, Dorothy Hinshaw, Elinor Whinery, Roliert Lennox, Thomas Hinshaw, John Whinery. ' Bay 4, A' Tray, Mo. 8, Public Record Office, Dublin. The Mac key Family 427 Francis Hobson, Ann Hobson, Joseph, Benjamin, William, John, Samuel, Benjamin and John Mackie, and Ruth Marsh. 8. Hannah (?), m. Wicklow (?). 9. Jane Mackie, daughter of Joseph and Ann, b. 2 Mo. 20, 1704 ; m. Frizle (?) 10. Sarah (?), m. Allen (?). 11. Martha (?), m. Jackson (?). II. WiLLiA.M Mackie (son of John), of Rockmacreany, Parish of Kilmore, County Armagh, made his will 10 Mo. 20, 1735. To be buried in the Money. £6 to poor of Ballyhagen Meeting. Mentions son-in-law, Jacob Sinton ; grandson, William Sinton ; son, Samuel Mackie ; brother Benjamin's three sons, John, Will- iam, and Joseph ; Benjamin Mackie's daughters, Mary and Jean ; sister, Rebecca Smith ; John Kell ; William, son of Joseph Mackie ; Jane Mackie, daughter of Samuel ; daughter Sarah Sinton ; grandsons, Thomas and Jacob Sinton. {Rc'cords of Bal- lyhagen Meeting.) III. Benjamin Mackey (son of John), of Rockmackany, Parish of Kilmore, County Armagh, and Sarah, daughter of John Williamson, of Ballyhagen, were married at Ballyhagen Meeting, 3 Mo. 24, 1 7 16. Among those who signed the marriage certificate were John Williamson and Jane, William, Joseph, and Ann Mac- key. They resided at Drumore, Parish MuUobrack, County Armagh. Children were : 1. John Mackie (son of Benjamin ?), of Parish Loughall, County Armagh, and Katharine Meredith, of Parish of Blaris, County Down, were married 2 Mo. (Apr.) 22, 1737, in Meeting House in Lisburn, County Antrim. Among signers were : John Mackie, Katharine Mackie, John Meredith, Jacob Hinshaw, Benjamin Mackie, John Hinshaw. 2. William Mackie. 3. Mary Mackie, daughter of Benjamin Mackie, of Drumore, Parish MuUobrack, 'County Armagh, and Robert Smith of Cora- beak, Parish Kile, County Armagh, were married 9 Mo. 21, 1739, at Ballyhagen. Among signers were : Robert Smith, Mary Smith, James Smith, and Benjamin, John, William, John, Samuel, Joseph, Ann, Samuel, Jane, and Benjamin Mackie. 4. Jane Mackie, daughter of Benjamin Mackie, of Drumore, Parish of Mullaghbrack, County Armagh, and Joseph Meredith, of Ahentriske, Parish Blaris, County Down, were married 9 Mo. 30, 1740. 5. Joseph Mackie. IV. Rebecca Mackey, m. Smith. V. Martha Mackey and William Allen, both of Ballyhagen Meeting, were married at that meeting, i Mo. 6, 1700. 428 I»imig7'afion of (Jie Irish Quakers THE MOORES OF BALLINACREE, COUNTY ANTRIM James Moore,' Quaker, was residing on an extended estate in the Townland of Ballinacree,* Parish of Hallymoney, County Antrim, Ireland, as early as 1675. In that year he had "taken from him for Tithe, by James Cunningham, Tithemonger under John Dunbar Priest of Bellimunny Parish, twelve Stooks of Barley, forty nine Stooks of Oats, and seven car-loads of Hey, all worth three pounds four shillings six pence." (Stockdale, A Great Cry of Oppression, 48, printed in 1683.) The following year the same " Priest" took his oats, barley, wheat, and hay to the value of £2. 13s.; and thus each year down to 1682 he suf- fered a similar loss. In 1682, the birth of a son is thus recorded in the Friends' Registers : John Moore, son of James and Eliza- beth Moore, of Ballynacree, County Antrim, was born 6 Mo. 9, 1682. A Friends' Meeting (Rutty, 343) was established at Ballinacree,' ' According to the tradition in tlie family, the Moores came to Ireland from Cumberland, F.ngland, during the plantations of James I. 2 About three miles to the northwest of Ballymoney. 'Ballinacree Meeting. — .\t Ulster Province Meeting, 2 Mo. 27, 1702, " The former desire from this meeting concerning building a meeting house for y'' meeting near Ballymony being renewed & discoursed att this meeting butt for want of Some friends from y' & Colerain meetings this meeting cannot have So Satisfactory account as they could desire what methods may he taken to answer friends desire in y' matter : there- fore its y° desire of this meeting y' one or more friends from those meetings do allways hereafter attend y" pro : meeting & y' if no progress be made towards building a meeting house nor James Moore y" younger willing to accept or receive y' meeting or allow grouncl to build a meeting house upon, then y'^ mens Meet, of y' quarter is desired to endeavour to gett a convenient place about y" center of friends to build a meeting house & convcniency for friends horses. And if y" friends of those meetings are nott willing to be at y'' charge, to propose y'' Same to this meeting who is willing to help & advise y™ therein, concerning, which this meeting de- sires answer to y' next province meeting." At the Province Meeting 4 Mo. 21, 1707, " Friends of Ballymony meeting give account y' [they] are making preparation towards building a meeting house, tlio they have not yett gott y" place made Sure So they are Still desire to continue their care." Whether or not the plans for building a meeting-house were carried out at this time I have been unable to determine. In 1796, Thomas Scatter- good {Memoirs, 190) records in his journal that he " Rode to Ballynacree, and on the 22d (I Mo.) held the preparative Meeting. This meeting- house joins a dwelling, and on sitting down, it seemed like sitting in a cellar: two men, two women and three children composed it." On a visit in 1809, Thomas .Shillitoe ( Life of Friends' I.ihrary, I20-I ) says that Ballinacree Meeting consisted of parts of two families and that the Meet- The Moorcs of Ballinacree 429 near B.-illymoney, in 1673, ^f^ doubtless was held at James Moore's house, as later meetings were regularly held there. JohnC.ratton, a Quaker minister, notes in \\\i Journal (iZ^,) under date of 6 Mo. 14, 1696, that he lodged at "J Moor's " at Balli- nacree. James Moore's daughter Alice was married in a Friends' Meeting at his own house, 10 Mo. 17, 1697, to Thomas Irwin, of Lisnegarvy {Minutes of Ulster Province Meeting). 6 Mo. 13, 1698 at the Province Meeting there is mention of " y" men and womens meeting held at James Moors y' 30"* of y« ^ 1698." From this time on there are constant references to this meeting. In 1698, lames Moore, of Ballymoney, was appointed on a commit- tee of the Province Meeting to obtain subscribers for Barclay's Apology. Thomas Story, a Quaker minister, gives the following account {Journal, 537) of his visit to the Moores, in 1716 : "On the 18th [7 Mo.], the great Rains having raised the Waters, we had but a small Meeting at Dunclaudy ; but a very broken tender Time it was, and we were generally comforted. That Evening I went forward about ten Miles to James Moor's at Ballimuny ; but his Wife being ill he directed us to his Son James about a mile farther ; where we staid that night. " On the 19th I had a Meeting near James Moor's, the elder ; which was small, being Harvest, and wet weather, and not so open as the last ; and yet a good Meeting. That Evening I went over the River again to Ely Crocket's." The following is an abstract of the will' of James Moore, made in 1727, and probated by his three sons who are styled ' ' Quakers ' ' : Abstract of the will of James Moore, of Ballynacreemore, Parish of Bal- lymoney, County Antrim, Ireland, dated Dec. 29, 1727. My son Wm. Moore out of the ^^500 he oweth me by bonds to pay the following legacies: to his son John Moore £^00: to his son Clot- worthy Moore ^^50 ; to his son James Moore £$0 ; to his daughter Jean WTiittsitt ;^5o. The remaining ;if 250 I leave and bequeath to himself. I also bequeath to him the Quarter Land of Lischeighan during his natural life, then to his son John Moore and his heirs male forever, and failing male heirs in him to the next of male kindred ; also to him my silver Tankard. My son James Moore out of the ^£'500 he oweth me by bond to pay the following legacies : to the five children of my son George Moore, — ing-house was under the same roof as a dwelling. On my visit in 1900 I found that the Society at this place was extinct and was unable to locate the site of the meeting-house ; but I saw the old Friends' burial ground called the Lamb's Fold, at Enogh, near O'Hara Brook, about two miles west of Ballymoney. 1 Public Record Office in Dublin. 430 Immigration of the Irish Quakers William, James, George, Sarah, and Elizabeth Moore, £20 each when they come of age, with interest at six per cent ; to my daughter Alice Erwin's children £\oo and six small silver spoons — the ^100 to be put at interest and the interest to be paid to my daughter Alice Erwin during her life and at her death to be given to her children as she is pleased to ap- point ; to my grandson William Moore, son of John Moore, ^50. Then, I bequeath the remaining ;f 250 to himself. Also, I leave to my son James Moore my tenant right of Ballinacreemore and my part of Unckunagh, Claughy, Enogh, and Cabragh, he or his executors paying to my daughter Alice Erwin during the present lease £20 per year out of said profit rent. I bequeath to my said son James Moore the Quarterland of Beltyton ' ' and my bigg Bible and silver drinking dram coops'' during his natural life and then to his son William Moore and his heirs male forever. To my son John Moore the bonds due nie by him and the interest due on them. To my son George Moore 5s. and the debt he is due me by bonds and otherwise. Joseph Moore out of the .^550 he oweth me by bonds to pay the follow- ing legacies : to daughter Elizabeth Whitsitt ;f 100 and four silver spoons ; to the children of my daughter Sarah Henderson alias Courteny /'too at the death of their mother it being put to interest at six per cent to be paid to her during her life yearly and at her death to be divided among her children of the name of Courteny ; to my granddaughter Elizabeth Erwin ^50, with four silver spoons, and the best bed and bed " close that I now possess " ; to my granddaughter Elizabeth Crockett £20 ; to my said grandson, John Moore, the son of my son John Moore, £yi. Then I leave the remaining ^250 to my son Joseph Moore, as also my tenant right to the Quarterland of Broadmillan and the (luarterlandof Rosnashane and 29 acres of Diserderrin as now in his posses.sion during his natural life ; then to his son William Moore and his heirs male forever. To my daughter Frances Wilkinson the right of a lease I let to her son William Wilkinson and the right of the lease let to William Moore of Drumrahegle in trust for her and husband, her husband paying the rent. Sons William, James, and Joseph Moore .ippointed executors. James Moore. The following are the children of James Moore,' probably all by his wife Elizabeth : ' ' See Burke's Landed Gentry, II., 1422-3 (London, 1894). ' Robert Moore, of Ballmoney Meeting, and Jennet Miller, of Dunclady Meeting, County Antrim, were m. 6 Mo. 6, 1703, atthehouseof the Widow Henderson, in Dunclady. James Moore, of Ballyraoney Meeting, and Susanna Forster, of Antrim Meeting, were m. 5 Mo. 7, 1714, in the town of Antrim. " David Moore and Mary Wilkisson both of Ballymony Meeting" were married " att y° house of James Moore near Ballymony y'' 7th day of y' — '7«5 " Joseph Moore, of Ballymoney and Mary Henderson, of Dunclady, were m. 3 Mo. 3, 1 72 1, at the house of Katharine Henderson, in Dunclady. William Moore, son of James Moore, of Parish of I'.allymoney, County The Moorcs of Ballinacree 431 I. Alice Moore was married 10 Mo. 17, 1697, at a Friends' meeting at her father's house, to Thomas Erwin, of Lisnegarvey. Had a daughter Elizabeth and other children. II. A Daughter, who married Crockett and had a daughter, Elizabeth Crockett. III. William Moore, by his father's will, received the Quar- terland of Lischeighan. In 1702 he settled at Killead, County Antrim, and became High Sheriff of Antrim in 17 18. He mar- ried Clotworthy, and had issue : (i) John Moore, of Moore's Grove, County Antrim, High Sheritt' of Antrim in 1733, grandfather of Captain Roger Moore, of Killead, who was High Sheriff of Antrim in 1750, and who, in conjunction with Captain Thomas Thompson, in 1760, marched a contingent of 173 volun- teers from Killead and vicinity to oppose the landing of the French at Carrickfergus ; (2) Clotworthy ; (3) James ; (4) Jean, mar- ried Whitsitt. IV. James Moore, Jr., of Ballymoney Meeting, and Susanna Whitsite, of Grange Meeting, near Charlemont, were married by Friends' ceremony at the latter meeting, 10 Mo. 24, 1701. From his father he inherited the estate of Ballinacreemore, Unckunagh, Claughy, Enogh, Cabragh, and the Quarterland of Beltyton. James Moore, Jr., continued in membership with Friends, the meetings being held at his house. His son, William Moore, in- herited the Ballinacree estate. The latter died, leaving an only daughter Susanna, who married Strettle. At her death Ballinacree passed to her cousin, Samson Moore, a descendant of X. Joseph Moore. V. John Moore, of Lurgan, County Armagh, was married 4 Mo. 24, 1702, at the Friends' Meeting at Lurgan, to Ruth Hoope, of Lurgan. Children, born at Lurgan : William, b. 8 Mo. 21, 1704 ; Francis, b. 2 Mo. i, 1705 ; Eleanor, b. 2 Mo. 24, 1707 ; James, b. 5 Mo. 9, 1708 ; Robert, b. 4 Mo. 9, 1709. VI. George Moore, married, 7 Mo. 2, 1702, at Lurgan Meet- ing, Mary Hoope, of Lurgan. Had five children : William, James, George, Sarah, and Elizabeth. Antrim, " Linnen Draper," and Mary Gregg, daughter of George Gregg, of Parish of Termoneny, County Londonderry, farmer, were married 2 Mo. (Apr.) 14, 1737, at Toberhead. Signers to certificate were : William Holems Samson Brady William Gregg William Moorb William Moore Lewes Raford Samson Moore Mary Muork Andrew Spotswod John Evens Mary Hancock George Gregg William Reeves John Downing Mary Richardson Thomas Gregg Jackson Clark Elizabeth Moore William Whitsitt Ilobert Clark Elizabeth Moore William Whitsitt James Moore John Moore Joseph Moore — Marriage Book of Ulster Quarterly Meeting, 40. 432 Immigration of the Irish Quakers \'\\. Elizabeth Moore, was married, ii Mo. 2, 1705, at the meeting at her father's house, to Joseph Whitsite, of Grange near Charlemont. VIII. Sar.ah Moore, married, ist, Henderson, and 2d, 12 Mo. 9, 1708, at a meeting at her father's house, Joseph Courtney, of Grange Meeting. She had children by second marriage. IX. Frances Moore, married Wilkinson, and had at least one son, William Wilkinson. X. Joseph Moore, of Ballymoney Meeting, and Susanna Brady, of Grange Meeting, County Antrim, were married 12 Mo. 6, 1706-7, at Grange Meeting. (Alinutes of Ulster Province Meeting). Joseph Moore, by his father's will of 1727, received the Ouarterlands of Broadmillan and Rosnashane, and 29 acres of Desertderrin (now called Moore Lodge), County Antrim. Issue : (i) William, eldest son ; (2) James, of Desertderrin, an- cestor of the Moores, of Moore Fort, County Antrim ; (3) John, b. 1712, ancestor, of the Moores of Lischeihan ; (4) Joseph, b. 1 7 16, of Ahoghill, hne extinct ; (5) Samson, of Moore Lodge, High Sheriff of Antrim, 1767, died 1775 ; (6) George. (i.) William Moore, the eldest son, of Rosnashane, b. Aug. 4, 1708, m. Elizabeth Courtney, of Glenburn, and had three daughters and two sons (i. Joseph, Barrister at-Law, and 2. Wil- liam). Of these two sons, 2. William Moore of Killagan, County An- trim, High Sheriff, in 1778, m. the daughter of Rev. J. Warren, Rector of Kilrea, County Londonderry, and had two sons : (ci) Samson, of Moore Lodge, who subsequently came into the Bal- linacree estate on the death of his cousin Susanna Strettle. He was Captain in the Antrim Regiment ; married Sarah, daughter of William Warren, and died without issue in 1843, when Bal- linacree' was sold out of the Moore family, {h') William, officer in the 3d Dragoons, afterwards Captain in the Antrim Regi- ment, and High Sheriff of Antrim, 1808. He succeeded his brother Samson in the Moore Lodge estates on the accession of the latter to the Ballinacree estates. He m. 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Thomas, y//i/(5r)' (7/ Z'^/et, Arnold, 420 Ba'einan, Mary, 398 Miles, minister, visits Ireland, 16 Bates family, 3S5-3S6 Abigail, 387 William, 382, 383. 384,385-386 Baxter, Joseph, 405 Beale, Elizabeth, 151 John Bewley, custodian of Friend's records, Dublin, 34, 35 Joshua, 151, 152 Joseph, 152 Rachel, 152 Samuel, 152 Sarah, 152 Thomas, 151 Eeals, Caleb, 172 Jacob, 172 John, 172 Rachel, 172 William, 173, 236 Bears, 207-8 Bedwell, William, 367 Beeson, Henry, l8l John, 353 Richard, 353 Belhaven, Lord, 237 Bell family, 390 Abigail, 307 Archibald, a Scotch-Irish Friend, 36, 390 David, 426 Frances, 362 Isabell, 307 Jane, 362, 367, 400 John, 329, 394 Joseph, 404 Marie, 404 Sarah, 404 Bellarby, Isaac, 291 Belley [Baily?], Caisia, 165 Hellore, Mathias, 382 Bennett, John, 1 17 Joseph, 164, 165, 168 Rebecca, 163, 165, 168 Bentley, William, 326 lierks County, 109 Berthwaite, Margaret, 338 Bethel, Sarah, 340 Beverly family, 347 James, 326 Jane, 357 Jennett, 347 Mary, 225, 326, 357 Samuel, 147, 326, 357 William, 326 Bewley, Mungo, of Dublin, 48, 100 Bezer, Mary, 321 Kiddle, Clement, 306 Owen, 306 Bishon, Nicholas, 174 Birmingham, 117 Bishop, Patience, 326 Black, George, 410 William, diarist, 245, 265 Blackburn family, 360-361 Alice, 379 Anthony, 174, 183, 232, 379 Elizabeth, 223 Eliza, 354 John, 174, 175, 231, 232, 354, 359, 360,361, 379, 425 Joseph, 183, 232, 380 Margaret, 359, 3S0 Mary, 354 Moses, 176, 380 Rebecca, 174, 359 Thomas, 171, 174, 176, 181, 232. 355.379 Blacker, George, 410 Blackney, Mary, 3S1 Blake, Edward , 1 20 John, 397 Blatchford, Richard, 381 Blaugdcn, Barbara, minister, visits Ireland, 24-25 Blevin, Thomas, 407 Blunston, Samuel, 162, 335 John, 339 Marga'ct, 339 Indi ex 447 Boaks or Boakc, Amos, 60, 310 Abel, 310 Anne, 310 Sarah, 310 Bond, Anne, 351 Bonsall, Mar)', 340 Obadiah, 340 Sarah, 340 Books, 235-6 Boone, Daniel, Kentucky pioneer, 109 George, 109 Booth, Charles, 2S3, 314 Elizabeth, 2S3, 315 Borum, Klizabeth, 406 Bowen, Jane, 311 Sarah, 311 Thomas, 311 Boweram, John, 268 Boyd family, 362-364 Benjamin, 230, 399 George, 167 Jane, 362, 400 John, 160, 171, 362, 365, 393, 400 Patrick, 102 Samuel, 160, 378 William, 160, 17 1, 365 Boyes, Ann, 333 John, 292, 326, 364 Lydia, 307 Mary, 292, 364 Richard, 277, 292, 300, 307, 311, 332, 347, 364, 394 Robert, 330, 364 Boyne, After Battle of the, 30 Bradford Monthly Meeting, 152 Bradshaw, Ann, 313 James, 313.391-392 Lemuel, lOI Thomas, 410 William, 391 Brady, Samson, 431 Susanna, 432 Braithwaite, Joseph, 3S5 Margaret, 385 Rachel, 385 Sarah, 385 Branson, William, 413 Braselton, John, 359 Bready, Ann, 363 ^rian, see Bryan " Brick Meeting," 158 Ilrientnall, Joseph, 219 Hrindley, Jacob, 402 llrinkcrhoff, William, 422 Brinton, Joseph, 353 Mary, 349 Moses, 349, 353 William, 198 Britten, Jacob, 298 John, 29S John, 298 Susanna, 29S Broom, Daniel, 318 Brown, Charles, 425 Daniel, 324, 413 Elizabeth, 172, 376 Ellis, 406 James, 116, 158 Jeremiah, 236 Joshua, traveling minister, 1S4 Kellren, 425 Richard, 376 William, 158, 236, 376, 377 Brownlee, Elizabeth, 425 William, 425 Bnmton, I.ydia, 422 Bryan family, 390 Ann, 333 Thomas, 390 William, 390 llryn, Rebecca, 301 Llrj'ne, Daniel, 302 Joshua, 302 Rebecca, 302 Buckley, Samuel, 281 Bucks County, 109 Bufiington, Phebe, 340 Richard, 340 Ruth, 321 Bulla, or Bullough, Elizabeth, 362 George, 320 Katharine, 320 Mary, 362 Richard, 378 Thomas, 161, 164,366, 378,410 Bullock, see Bulla Bullough, see Bulla Bunting, Martha, 342 Burne, Matthew , 283 Burrough, Edward, minister, visits Ireland, 20-24, 37S 448 Index Burson, David, 346 Bushby, Uinah, 294 Butler, Noble, 420 Rachel, 420 Burt, Elizabeth, 406 Hannah, 405 Sarah, 406 Business Meetings, 220-222 CADWALADER, Abigail, 290 David, 290 Susanna, 290 Caldwell, Vincent, 126 Cales, Aiolce, loi Cain Meeting, 152-153 Calvert family, 316-318 Ann, 312 George, Lord Baltimore, 316 Grace, 316 Jane, 312, 317 John, 313, 316, 320, 322 Joshua, 321 Joseph, 366 Judith, 322 Leonard, 316 Mathias, 394 Marj', 366 Thomas, 312, 313, 316, 322 Camm, Henry, 283 John, 2S3 Mary, 283 Canady, Elizabeth, 297 Hugh, 296, 297 Canby, Mary, 306 Cane, Ann, 141, 327, 336 John, 141, 143, 227, 234, 314, 327, 336 Margaret, 336 Robert 143, 336 Cannassetego, Chief of the Onon- dagas, 242 Cantrell, Godfrey, 325, 374 John, 325 Card-playing, 222 Carleton, Caleb, 287 Dinah, 287 Hannah, 287 Isabel, 286 Lydia, 287 Mark, 96, 286, 287 Martha, 287 Carleton, Rachel, 296 Sarah, 287 Samuel, 2S7 Susanna, 286, 287 Thomas, 126, 286, 287 Carlyle, Ann, 350 Thomas. 350 Carolinas, Irish Friends in, 42 Carpenter, John, letter of, 67-68 Samuel, 128, 141, 2S1 Carroll, Margery, 346 Sarah, 346 Carson, Agnes, 1 74 Ellen, 174 Jane, 404 Margaret, 165 Mary, 348 Patrick, 165 Richard, 212 Walter, 174 William, 348 Carter, Hannah, 322 ^Iary. 322 Cartmill, Dorothy, 325 Martm, 325 Nathaniel, 325 Thomas, 325 Castleshane Meeting, 395 Causes of emigration, religious and economic, 42-49 Cavan Meeting established, 19 Celtic-Irish, 32-35 Center Meeting, New Castle County, 122-124 Center Square Meeting House, 108 Certificates of removal, 56, 57 Certificate of removal. The, 84-85 Chads, Elizabeth, 316 Chalfant family, 335 Henry, 335 J"hn. 335 Jonathan, 335 Chalklcy, Thomas, 21S, 389 Chamberlin family, 359 Abel, 297 Jonas, 160, 164, 359 Chambers family, 391 Catharine, 304 Deborah, 21 1 John, a Scotch-Irish Friend, of Dublin, 36, 211 Index 449 Chambers, Richard, 32S Robert, 313, 391 WilHam, 32S Chandlee, Benjamin, 157, 279 Nath., 279 William, 172, 279, 2S0 Champion, John, 3S8 Mary, 388 Chandler, Ann, 377 Rachel, 315 William, 337, 377 Charlemont, Lord, 366 Charles II., Restoration of, 25 Charlton, John, 343 ■ Checochinican, Indian chief, 147, 148 Chesnon, Richard, 174 Chester County, 124-159 Chester Meeting House, built in 1693, 113, 114 Chester Mills, 115 Chester Monthly Meeting, no, "3 Chew, Hannah, 3S7 Chichester Meeting, 116, 117 Child, Mary, 62 Thomas, 62, 322 Church, Elizabeth, 382 Richard, 29S Churchman, Hannah, 377 John, 158, 236, 377 Sarah, 377 Susanna, 303 Christy, Alexander, 343, 393, 409, 410 Ann, 401 John, 410 Margaret, 409 Thomas, 343 Clapboard house. The, 190-192 Clark family, 343-344 Elizabeth, 343 Jackson, 43 1 Jane, 362 John, 343 Robert, 43 1 Samuel, 339, 343 Sarah, 355 Walter, 343, 394 Clarridge, Samuel, 54 Clay, John, 404 29 Claypoole, James, letter-book of, 55 Tames, 252 John, 252 Clayton, Mary, 150, 289 Richard, minister, visits Ireland,- 17-1S, 149, 150 Clearing the Land, 190 Cleaver, Peter, 169, 402 Cleck, Moses, Presbyterian minister, becomes a Quaker, 36 Clement, Judge John, 42 Joseph, 386 Mercy, 3S6 Clemson, James, 165 Clendenon, John, 375 Clibborn, Ann, 327 William, 327 Clifton, Ann, 292 Cloak, Peter, 301 Cloud, Mordecai, I49, 150 Clung, Sarah, 405 Coates family, 179, 302 Aaron, 171 Ann, 372 Dr. Jesse, 154 Mo.ses, 77. 154. 155. 302 Susanna, 302 Thomas, 154 Coatesville named for an Irish Quaker, 154 Cocks, se! Cox Coeburn family, 303 Elizabeth, 303 Joseph, 199, 201, 303 Rebecca, 304 Thomas, 303 William, 303 Collett, George, 144, 280 Mary, 2S0 Tobias, 139 Collins, Ann, 402 Francis, 3S6 John, 177, 402 Joseph, 177 "Margaret, 301, 386 Mary. 402 Priscilla, 3S6 Combe, John, 393 Samuel, 47, 284 Combs, John, 394 Comley, David, 346 45° Index Concord Meeting, 1 16 Concord Monthly Meeting, Ii6, 117 Conway or Connaway family, 314, 319 Thomas, 119, 313, 3I4 Conolly, Eunice, 294 Conrey, Edward, 391 Contribution of the Irish Quakers, 275-276 Cook, Ann, 402 Edward, becomes a Quaker, 21-22 ; 24 Elmira, J., 401 Elizabeth, 319 Grace, 315 Hannah, 379 Henry, 397, 404, 405 Jane, 397 Jesse, 402, 405 Joan, 296 John, 296 Joseph, 371 Josiah, 404 Margaret, travelling minister, 1S2 Mary. 397. 405 Mary Ann, 404 Peter, 16S, 371, 379, 402, 417, 418 Ruth, 405, 419 Sarah, 1 72, 371, 379 Thomas, 168 William W., 404 Cooper family, 277, 347 Calvin, 164 Mary, 387 William, 347, 387 Cope, Gilbert, historian, 113, 1 19, 124 Samuel, 306 Coppock, Bartholomew, 115 William, 160 Cornish, Henrj-, 312 Cottcy, Abel, 279 Sarah, 270 Courtney, Elizabeth, 432 Joseph, 432 Mary, 369 Ruth, 332 Samson, 399 Sarah, 430, 432 Toby, 302 Courtney, Thomas, 302, 394 William, 37S Cointship, 215-216 Cowman, Jarrett, 398 Jeremiah, sea-captain, 69, 71, 76-77. 305. 341 Nathan, sea-captain, 95, 341 Cox, (j« Cocks) family, 172 Amy or Emey, 174, 337 Ann, 1 68 Dinah, 176, 3S0 Isaac, 16S Jacob, 176 John, 168, 172, 174 Mary, 165, 168, 176 Rebecca, 165, 168, 422 Samuel, 165 Sarah, 363 Thomas, 165, 1 68 William, 121, 165 Cradle for cutting grain introduced into Chester County, 197 Craig, Joanna, 400, 401, 405 Mary, 168, 400 Williani, 400 Crainer, ICIizabcth, 377 Crawford, Abel Lee, 404 Joseph, 401 Cresap War, 144 Crispin, Silas, 256 Captain William, 256 Crockett, Eli, 157, 347-348. 37'. 394, 429 Elizabeth, 430, 431 Gilbert, 34S John, 347 Crook, Grace, II5 William, 323 Crooks, Ann, 390 Richard, 390 Crops, failure of, a cause of emigra- tion, 48 Crosland, Alice, 31 6 Crosley, Ann, 362 Hetty, 308 Crowley. Joanna, 315 Cromwell, Henry, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, II, 25 Oliver, in Ireland, 9-10 Cromwellian soldiers in Ireland be- come Quakers, 12, 20, 21, 37 Index 451 Cromwellian Seulement, 10-12 Crumptoii, John, shipmaster, loi Cunningham, Ann, 293 Elinor, 293 Elizabeth, 293 James, 42S "Mary, 293 Cuppage, Elizabeth, 2S1 Experience, 264 Major Robert, 264 Robert, 281 Thomas, 264, 2S5 Curlis, Richard, loi Curry, Dr., 21 7 Cutler, Benjamin, 404 Rebecca, 404 Susanna, 404 DAGGER, John, 3S3 Dancing, 222-223 Darragh, Charles, 274 Lydia, 273-274, 298 William, 274 Davenport, Isaac, 301 Davis, Catharine, 396 Daniel, 398 David, 415 Ellis, 415 Esther, 165, 168 Franklin, 398 ■ James, 326 Richard, 415 Uriah, 39S Darlington, Margaret, 93 Dawson, Catharine, 315 Elizabeth, 86, 87, 411, 412 James, 86, 87, 411, 412 Day, Ann, 163, 165 John, 163, 164, 165, 166 Mrs. Rachel W., 396 Dean, Alexander, 230, 297, 299 David, 297 Elizabeth, 295 James, 230, 299 John, 299 Joseph, 297, 299 Ruth, 299 Samuel, 299 William, 149, 150 Decou, Isaac, 387 Rachel, 387 Decble, Dorothy, 291 Elizabeth, 2gl George, 291, 307 Jane, 291 Jerome, 291 Sarah, 291 Delaney, Daniel, 385 Martin, 385 Rachel, 3S5 Sharp, 3S5 William, 385 Delap family, 379 John, 214 Ruth, 86, 379, 411 Sarah, 213 William, 98, 174, 175, 367, 379 Dennen, Andrew, 361 Dennis, Hannah, 277 John, 282 Thomas, 382 Delaware County, no Delhvood, Dr., 217 Descriptive pamphlets of Pennsyl- vania induces immigration, 54 Desertderrin, 430, 432, 433 Dickinson, Jonathan, 203, 262, 288 Joseph, 308, 326 Sarah, 405 Dicks, Elizabeth, 174 Disorderly conduct, 227-22S Distribution of Irish Friends, 106 " Divine Light," 5 Dixon or Dixson family, 179, 319, 320 Ann, 336 Anthony, 313 Henry, 121, 184, 319, 320 John, 121, 184, 315 Joseph, 358 Rose, 319 Simon, 337 William, 122, 129, 313, 315, 319, 391 Dobson, Abigail, 315 Richard, 315 Domey, James, 300 Douglas, Jeremiah, 334 Ruth, 310 Samuel, 85 Downey, Hannah, 298 James, 298 45: Index Downliam, James, 407 Downing, John, 431 Sarah', 349 Thomas, 424 WilUam, 349 Drayton-in-the-Clay, 3 Dress, 202-205 Drewett, Morgan, lig Drewry, Thomas, 296 Drinker, Elizabeth, 294, 388 Henry, 294, 388 WilHam, 294 Drinking, 223-226 Driskle, Elizabeth, 199 Drogheda, Taking of by Cromwell, 10 Druett, Hannah, 270 Dublin, First meeting held at, 20 Duck, Elizabeth, 320 Dutfy, Emma, 6, 405 Judge Edward, 405 Dunbar, John, 42S Dundas, Bethia, 238 James, 238 Laird of, 238 Dungannon, Lady, 394 Dunn, Susanna, 404 Dwelling, The, 190-I93 EARL of Chesterfield, 374 Earle, John, 16S Early, Daniel, 16S East Cain Township, 153-154 Eastlack, Elizabeth, 277 Francis, 387 Hepzibah, 3S7 John, 387 Sarah, 277 East Nantmeal Township, 155-156 East Noltinghani, 159 Eavenson, Richard, 149, 1 50 Jemima, 150 Economic causes of emigration, 46- 49 Edge, Ann, 306 Jacob, 306 Jane, 306 John, IIS, 3^6, 371. 373 Mary, 351 Rachel, 351 Sarah, 306 Edgerton, Abigail, 365 Grace, 365 Joseph, 353, 365 Edmunds, Thomas, 132, 133 Edmundson family, 393 Caleb, 290 Grace, 13 Hannah, 399 John, 13, 14, 15, 419 Joseph, 419 Joshua William, 14 Mary, 2go Margaret, 14 Thomas, 15, 290 William, sketch of, 13-16 ; re- turns to England to confer with George Fox, 17; travels in the ministry and is imprisoned, 18-19; removes to County Cavan and becomes a farmer, 19; is instrumental in releas- ing Friends from prison, 26 ; assists in organizing Irish Quakerism, 27 ; champions cause of Friends during troubles between William and James, 29 ; his sufferings after Battle of the Hoyne, 30 ; his death, 31 ; mentioned, 58 \ loo, no, 218, 374, 393 Edward, Jane, 311 Elgar, Elizabeth, 39S Joseph, 39S Margaret, 39S Ellicott, Allen, 39S Elliott, Alexander, 421 Elizabeth, 421 Hannah, 298 Ellis, Elizabeth, 424 Simon, 386 Ehnslic, John, 384 Ely, George, 235 Emerson, Lambert, 34I Emigration, obstructions to, 1 89 Emlen, Ann, 327 Hannah, 247 Empson, Cornelius, 120 England in the middle of the Seven- teenth Century, 3 England, I'hilip, 279 Engle, Abigail, 308 Index 453 English, Joseph, 140, 150 Enniskillen, Siege of, 28 Enogh, 429 Equipment of House and Farm, 193- 202 Errott, Francis, 28S WiUiam, 28S Erwin, AHce, 430 Elizabeth, 430, 431 John, 295 Mar)', 296 Thomas, 230, 399, 429, 430, 431 Essex House, in, 113 Estaugh, John, 141 Eustace, Sir Morris, 26 Evans, family, 357 Ann, 350 Evan, 132, 133, 142 Esther, 420 Eliza, 420 Jesse, 351 John, 132, 133, 431 Joseph, 354 Mary, 354, 420 Margaret, 420 Rachel, 365 Rowland, 350 Ruth, 420 Samuel, 355 Thomas, 420 William, 160 Everitt, Isaac, 418 John, 418 Martha, 41S Every, Daniel, 335 Eves, Elizabeth, 357 Hannah, 357 John. 357 Joseph, 357 Mark, 294, 357 Exeter Meeting, 109 Expansion of Pennsylvania Quaker- ism southward and westward, 177-1S5 FADE, James, 45 Fagg's Manor, 144-145 Fairlamb, Catharine, 30S Fairman, Thomas, mansion of, 107 ; 141, 253 Fairs, 75, 206-207 Falkner, Jane, 397 Jesse, 177, 397 False reports go to Ireland, 71 Famine year of 1729 in Ireland, 48 _ Farquhar family, 396, 398-399 Allen, 398 Ann, 39S Benjamin, 39S Elizabeth, 398 John, 396 Mary, 396 Rachel, 395 William, 357, 39S William, 395 Faucett family, 115, 307 Grace, 113 Richard, 362 Thomas, 5o Walter, Sketch of, 1 13, II4 Fayle, Joshua, 100 Samuel, loo William 14, 393 Fearne, Rebecca, 115 Sarah, 384 Fegan, James, 235 Joshua, 386 Fell, Lydia, 364, 405 Margaret, 22 Fenny iJrayton, 3 Fenwick, John, 3S5 Ferguson, William, 395, 396 Ferree, John. 31S Leah, 398 Ferris, Sarah, 342 Fifth Monarchy men, Rising of, 25 Fincher, John, 168, 370 Francis, 165, 16S Hannah, 165 Jane, 168, 370 Rebecca, 419 Fire-place, 193-19S Fioland, Thomas, 165 First F'riends' Meeting in Penna., no Firth, John, 301 Fisher, Elizabeth, 371 Martha, 261 Thomas, 371 Fitzwater, Sarah, 263 454 hid ex Fletcher, Elizabeth, minister, visits Ireland, 19-20 Jonathan, 408 Sarah, 369 Flower, Abigail, 334 Mary, 334 Richard, 322 Food, 224 Ford, Elizabeth, 355 Forster, Susanna, 430 Foster, Alice, 320 Elizabeth, 330 Margaret, 406 Fothergill, John, 219 Foukes, Richard, first meeting in Dublin held at his house, 20 Foulk, Eneas, 402 Fox, Christopher, 4 George, sketch of, 3-6 ; men- tioned, 15 ; organizes Irish Quakerism, 27 ; suggests a Quaker Colony in America, 50 ; 394 Mary, 4 Francis, Thomas, 269 Frazier, or I'razer, Aaron, 419 Alexander, 16S Ann, 406 Deborah, 422 Elizabeth, 422 James, 168, 422 Joshua, 422 Moses, 337 Rebecca, 422 Fred or Fredd family, 308-309 Benjamin, 60,130, 132, 133, 134, 139, 210, 211, 223, 225, 229 John, 117, 198-200, 211, 308, 325 Katharine, 325 Nicholas, 117, 308 Rachel, 211, 325 Free Society of Traders induces im- migration, 54 ; 147 Freeman, John, 394 Frizle, Jane, 426, 427 Fuller, Abraham, 21S, 250, 2S1 Capt. Abraham, 433 Henry, 281 Mary, 281 Sydney Blanche, 433 Funerals, 216-217 Furnace family, 101 John, loi r'AGE, Marcus, 432 Garner, Elinor, 425 George, 425 Mary, 425 Gamett, liartholomew, 420 Jonatlian, 350 Joseph, 136, 143, 297, 329, 335 Mary, 350 Thomas, 131, 132, 133, 134, 136, 142, 196, 329 Garretson, Alice, 167, 405 Ann, 163, 165, 168, 404 Christopher, 163 Content, 163, 165, 168, 370 404, 405, George, 107 Jane, 404 John, 163, 165, 16S, 404 Joseph, 165, 168, 172, 177, 214, 403, 419 Martha, 165, 172 Margaret, 404 Mary, 172 Naomi, 172 Rebecca, 405 Samuel, 167, 405 Sarah, 31 1, 397 William, 165, 166, 168, 169, 172, i\\, 402 Gause, Jonathan, 347 William, 347 Gavin, Jo., 100, 373 Gawin, Joseph, 310 George, Elizabeth, 365 Ellen, 365 Jane, 339 Mar)', 365 Gibbons, Ann, 373 James, 373 John, 116 Gibson, Alice, 357, 360 (iilbert, Susanna, 381 Giljiin, Ann, 32S Joseph, 328 Mary, 362 Index 455 (iilpin, Sarnli, 371, 379 lilan, David, 369 Glasford, Hugh, 317 Jane, 317 Margaret, 317 Gnus, Elizabe b, 313 GrofT, Charles, 393 Goldney, Henrj', 139 Goldsmith, George, 3S3, 3S4, 3S6, 38S Goodbody, Ann, 292, 375 Gould, Anne, minister, visits Ire- land, iS Graffiti, Margaret, 263 Graham, Ferguson, 370 Graves, see Greeves, Samuel, 123 Gray, Abigail, 86, 411, 367, 425 James, 234 Samuel, 86, 411 William, 86, 394, 411, 425 Great Meeting House, Phil a., 108 Great ^Rebellion of 1641, 8-9 Great Valley of Chester County, 151, 152-154 Greave, Sarah, 337 Greaves, see Graves, Thomas, 366 Green, Elizabeth, 282, 316 Henry, 316 Jane, 363, 400 Joseph, 363, 364, 400 John, 364 Lydia, 364 Margaret, 364 William, 384 Greenway, Robert, captain of ship IVekome, III, 279 Greenfield, Hannah, 337 Greenwood, James, 344, 393 Greer family, 368, 391 Elizabeth, 86, 87, 411, 412 Jane, 300 John, 293 Mary, 86, 87, 367, 411, 412] Robert, 293, 369, 393, 420 Sarah, 362 Thomas, 86, 87, 98, 411, 412, 420, 426 Gregg family, 178, 179, 319, 334 Dinah, 287 George, 399, 431 John, 130, 365 Gregg, Lydia, 2S7 Mary, 43 1 Michael, 67-6S Thomas, 184, 2S7, 322, 393, 431 William, 122, 399, 431 Gribble, Nicholas, 375 Sarah, 375 Griest family, 404 Ann, 404 Hannah, 395 Susanna, 397 Willing, 404 Griffin, John, 420 Griffith family, 355-6, 404 Abraham, 402, 403 Ann, 395, 404 Christopher, 160 Elizabeth, 361 Esther, 31S, 401 Evan, 324 Eve, 361, 395, 398 Griffith, 424 Joanna, 400, 401, 405 John, 160, 318, 413, 416, 420 Mary, 401, 420 Ruth, 397, 405 Susanna, 398 Thomas, 86, 87, 35S, 361, 395, 398, 411, 412, 426 William, 165, 168, 400, 401, 402, 404, 405 Griffitts, Frances, 262, 288 George, 262, 288 Hannah, 263 Isaac, 263 Martha, 89, 288 Mary, 263 Thomas, sketch of, 262-263 ; 288 Griggs, John, 333 Gwynn, John, 401 Hackel, Ed., 240 Haddock {see Ilaydock), John, 368 Margaret, 369 Rebecca, 368 William, 329 Hadly or Hadley family, 179, 340 Deborah, 309, 338, 340, 356 Joseph, 223 456 Index Hadly, John, 354 Joshua, 309 Katharine, 2i6, 33S Ruth, 336 Sarah, 309, 356 Simon, 132, 133, 134-S, 137. 196, 211, 216, 229, 236, 309, 338. 340 Hainan, EMzabeth, 353 Haines, Joseph, 236 Joseph, 337 Miriam, 337 Patience, 326 Ruth, 326 Haldon, John, 300 Halhead, Miles, minister, visits Ire- land, 16 Hall, John, 389 Halliday family, 336 Ann, 323 Deborah, 211, 336, 337 Jacob, 337 James, 410 Margaret, 326 Phebe, 337 Rachel, 348 Robert, 337, 344 William, 131, 132, 133, 135, 136, 193,211,223,336,337, 348 Hambridge, Row : , loi Hamel, James, 348 Hamilton. Thomas, 174 Hammond, Alice, 396 Deborah, 397 Klizabeth, 397 John, 397 Hampton, Michael, 367 William, 425 Hancock, Ann, 3S0 Mary, 431 Hannum, Col. John, 306 Hansell, Samuel, 267 Hanson Jonathan, 326 Harding, Elizabeth, 39I Ann, 392 Dorothy, 391 John, 39t Mary, 330 HarKin family, 179, 320-332 Aaron, 129, 193 Harlan, Abigail, 334 A. H., 322 Deborah, 318 Dinah, 320 Elizabeth, 315, 318, 320 George, letter of, 62-63 ! 122, 123, 126, 1 28, 129, 149, 150, 176, 193, 195,217,315, 318, 320 Ezekiel, 12S, 129, 146, 147, 342 Hannah, 315 Isabella, 320 James, 129, 320 Joshua, 129 Margaret, 176 Michael, 122, 129, 143, 226, 287, 319, 320 Moses, 129, 143, 176, Stephen, 149 Susanna, 2S7 Thomas, 319, 320 William, 146 Harris family, 395, 397 Elizabeth, 397 Nathan, 396 Roger, 304 Sarah, 304 Harrison, James, 313 Nicholas, 313 Harry, Ann, 331 Hartley, Jane, 342 Thomas, 342 Harvey, Elizabeth, 397 Thomas, 393 Harvests, 226 Harwood, John, 239 Hatton, Lettice, 293 Hawkins, Elizabeth, 294 William, 308 Hawley, lienjamin, 117 Haydock family, 361-362 (see IKiddock) Walter, 361 Hayes, Stephen, 214 Mary. 335 Hayling, Mary, 267 Heacock, M.ary, 289 Head, Henjamin, 304, 339 Mary, 69, 211, 305,339 Sarah, 305 Ileald, Elizabeth, 316 Inde.\ 457 Heald, Mary, 321 Sarah, 321 Hearlam, Jane, 300 Hearth, 193-195 Hempfield Meeting, 162 Hetherington, Abigail, 2SS Hewitt family, 379, 381 George. 176, 397 Jacob B., 397 Joseph, 176, 381 Henderson, James, 362 Katharine, 2S6, 301, 34S, 391 Margaret, 348 Mary, 430 Patrick, 97, 301, 394 S., 234 Sarah, 391, 430, 432 the Widow, 430 Thomas, 97 William, 292 Hendrick, Jacob, Swede, of N. J., 192 Hendricks, family, 396 Hannah, 396 Martha, 3S0 Mary, 380 Patience, 3S0 Henry, Robert, 362 Heron, Alexander, 409 Herriott, John, 279 Heston, Zebulon, iSl Hibberd, Joseph, 398 Phebe, 39S Hicks, Thomas, 371 Hiett, family, 178, 179, 360 Elizabeth, 360 Thomas, 356, 360 Hill, Ann, 360 Deborah, 337 James, 296 John, 402 Margaret, 296 Richard, 96 Samuel, 360 Sarah, 389 Hillary, Christopher, 285, 313 Dorothy, 313 Francis, 285, 323, 410 Henry, 2S5 Marmaduke, 285 Mary, 281 Hillary, Nathaniel, 285 Samuel, 285 Hind, James, 304 Ruth, 304 Hinkson, Jane, 308 John, 308 Hinton, Percy, 420 Hinshaw family, 179, 366-9 Ann, 402 Dorothy, 426 Elizabeth, 426 Jacob, 98, 174, 176, 356, 362, 366, 402, 426, 427 John, 362, 426, 427 Margaret, 362 Mary, 362 Rebecca, 356, 366, 402 Thomas, 402, 426 William, 402 Hoaker or Hooper, Hugh, 75 Hoare, Samuel, 152 Hobson family, 167, 179, 1S4, 329- 330, 3S1 Ann, 421, 426, 427 Benjamin, 372 Elizabeth, 329 Francis, 132, 133, 136, 171, 176, 199.329.345. 367.381, 393, 416, 421, 426 Hannah, 416 John, 416 Joseph, 416 Lawrence, 372 Martha, 78 Phebe, 212, 421 Richmond P., 171 Ruth, 416 Sarah, 41 6 William, 416, 425 Hockley, Ann, 420 Henry, 420 Hester, 420 Hockessin Meeting, 121 Hodgen, George, 392 Hodgin, Robert, 164, 165 Theodate, 168 Hodgkinson, Ann, 392 Eleanor, 392 John, 392 Hodgson family, 396 George, 313 458 Index Hodgson, James, 396 Hogg, John, 387 Patrick, 425 Holcomb, b'.lizaheth, 384 Ricliard, 256 Holding, John, 393 Holems, William, 431 Holland, Henry, 405 Henry, 364 Lydia, 364, 405 Patrick, 301 Hollin, Richard, 410 HoUingsworth family, 178, 179, 311- 316 Ann, 311, 322 Catharine, 215 Henry, 60, lOI, 127, 130, 312, 320, 322 Lydia, 322 Mary, 319 Samuel, 117, 321, 342 Thomas, 122. 123, 31S Valentine, 62, 117, llS, I20, 122, 123, 126, 129, 159, 311, 318, 322 Holm, Patrick, 98 Holme, Benjamin, letter of, 67 ; 211 Eleanor, 256 Esther, 256 Michael, 256 Sarah, 256 Thomas, sketch of, 247-256 ; 44. 277. 278 Tryall, 256 Holmes, Isabel, 339 Hoope or Hoopes family, 392 Eleanor, 63, 320 Isabella, 3S1 John, 323 Mary, 355, 431 Robert, 63, 313, 320, 322, 323, 392, 410 Ruth, 431 Hooper, Nicholas, 73, 78 Hoopes, William, 235, 371 Hope, Thomas, 126 Hopewell Meeting, Va., 17S llorne, William, 19S Horner, Mary, 410 Horseman, Charles, 402 Eli, 402 Hospitality of Old Settlers, iSS House Huilding, 190-193 Houston, Anthony, 132, 133 Houghton, John, 320 Martha, 315 Houlton, Nathaniel, 328 How, Abraham, 403 Howe, Rachel, 422 Howell, Charles, 79, 290 Cicorge, 292 William, 287 Howgill, Francis, minister, visits Ireland, 20-24 Hoy, Ralph, 29I Hudson, Edward, 393, 394 Hannah, 294 Hugg family, 386 Jolin, 353, 386 Hughes, Amy, 370 Samuel, 199 Huse, William, 132, 133 Hunt, Samuel, diarist, 197 Hunter, James, 160, 289, 37S Jane, 306 John, 371, 378, 399 Peter, 289, 304 William, 37S Huntington Meeting, 1 72-173 Hume, Isabel, 238 James, 23S Ilurst, John, 3S4 Hussey, Ann, 163, 165, 172, 402, 405 Christopher, 165, 168, 419 Edith, 177, 4X9 Elizabeth, 419 Hannah, 406, 419 Jane, 290, 405 Jediali, 290, 405 John, 120, 290 Lydia, 346 Margaret, 165 Miriam, 419 Nathan, 163, 165, 168, 177 Record, 419 Hutchinson, I'riscilla, 302 Hutton family, 184, 327, 330- 332 Benjamin, 366 Deborah, 340 John, 64, 66, 167, 339, 347 Index 459 Hutton, Joseph, 64, 66, 131, 132, 133. 136. 166, 167, 199, 211, 225, 3fao, 395 Joel, 381 Levi, 397 Mary, 211, 309 Neheniiah, 65, 66, no, 211. 212, 22J, 225,328, 340 Samuel, 171, 395 Thomas, letters of, 61, 64-67 ; 110, 360, 394, 395 William, 171 TGNEW, Andrew, 327 ^ Maiy, 327 Immigrants, assisted by meetings, in Penna., 95-9S ; in Ireland, 9S Immigration to Pennsylvania, induce- ments for {stc William Penn), 50-So Indented servants, see Redemptioners Indians, Newlin's difficulty with, 147-149 Ingram, Leathe, I97 " Inner Light," 4 Intemperance, 223-226 Inventories, 195-201 Ireton succeeds Cromwell in Ire- land, 10 Irish Quakers on Welcome, III Irish Quakers well adapted for pioneer life, 189-187; mostly of English stock, 1S7 Irish Tenth of West Jersey, 42 Irish Friends return to Ireland on business trips, 60 Irish landholders dispossessed and driven into Province of Con- naught, in 1652, II Isickers, Valentine, 172 Istariot, James, 230 JACKSON family, 179, 335, 341, -' 349-350 Ann, 211, 328, 348, 349 Anthony, 349 Caleb, 348 Dorothy, 373 Elizabeth {see Pike), Isaac, 71, 32S, 337, 349, 357 James, 357 Joseph, 3 2$ Jackson, John, 306, 310, 325, 337 Jeremiah, 349 Mary, 211 Martha, 426, 427 Richard, 349, 374 Ruth, 347 Sarah, 337 Samuel, 159, 161, 211, 347 Richard, 349, 374 Rebecca, 328, 348, 349 Thomas, 131, 132, 133, 135, 136, 137, 146, 199, 201, 209- 212, 214, 217, 225, 229, 236, 309. 340, 357. 373 William, 357 Jacob, Caleb, 283 Elizabeth, 283 Isaac, 2S9 Rebecca, 289, Thomas, 303 Jacobs, Richard, 291 Thomas, 315 James II., Accession of, 28; Invades Ireland, 29 James, Ann, 420 Samuel, 424 Janney, Susan, 370 Jarvis or Jervis family, 38S Charles, 38S John, 388 Martin, 294, 3S8 Sarah, 294 Jay, William, 405 Jemmison, Dr. David, of York, Pa., I 381 Jenkin, Jacob, 420 Jervis, see Jarvis Job, Andrew, 158, 236 John, Hannah, 290 Samuel, 290, 420 Johnson family, 179, 326, 338 Abigail, 393 Elizabeth, 393 James, 21 1 Joseph, 326 Joshua, 326 Margaret, 210, 211 Mary, 323 Richard, 393 Robert, 132, 133, 136, 210, 2U, 216, 326 460 Index Johnson, William, 217, 298 Jones, Ann. 363 Arthur, 211, 339 Cadwallader, 420 Content, 405 Edward, 405 Francis, 303 Griffith, 27S Henry, 336 Isaac, 267 James, 419 Jane, 405 John, 97 Mary, 422 Phebe, 326 Susan, 398 Susanna, 381 Thomas, 279 Jordan, John, 32S Journey to new home, 189 KEAN, William, 199 Keimer, Samuel, 219 Keith, George, 239, 2S1 Kell, Ann, 390 David, 367, 390, 425, 426, 427 John, 426, 427 Margery, 425 Mary, 425 Kelly, Joseph, 199 Mary, 401 Kenedy (see Canady), Hugh, 98 Kennett Monthly Meeting, 125-130 Kennett, origin of name, 128 Kennett Square, 129 Kennett Township, 128-130 Kenworthy, Joshua, 168, 172 Rebecca, 172 Kerr, Joseph, 86, 87, 411, 412 Kilmore, Friends convinced at, iS King, Abigail, 86, 87, 411, 412 Deborah, 328 John, 362 Merrick, 328, 329, 394 Richard, 329 Thomas, 409 Kirk family, 177, 17S, 1S4, 322-325 Alphonsus, 119, 122, 157, 207- 208, 227, 320, 321 Abigail, 208 Deborah, 313, 320, 410 Kirk, Dinah, 313 Elizabeth, 320 Jacob, 167, 355,357, 410 Jane, 326 Rachel, 331 Rebecca, 357 Robert, 320 410 Roger, 157, 227, 320, 410 Samuel, 311, 410 Thomas, 201 Timothy, 152, 156, 157, 167, 208,223,313, 320, 331, 393, 410, 412, 417, 420 William, 156, 208, 412, 413, 416, 417, 420 Kitchien, John, 199 Koch, Jacob, 397 Kolc, Isaac, 41S Kneller, Sir Godfrey, 388 Knight, John, 286 Margery, 286, 287 Thomas, 286 Knox, Andrew, 393 T ACY, John, iSi ■'-' Dago, Mar)-, see Mar)' Fox Laird, Jacob, 404 Jane, 404 Lamb's Fold, 429 Lampley, Judith, 315 Lancaster, James, minister, visits Ireland, 16 Isabel, 407 John, 288 Lancaster County, 159-162 Lander, William, 301 Langbrce, Thomas, 393 Lashly, George, 149, 150 Lawder, or Lander, William, 408,409 Lawlessness of the Itish Catholics a cause of emigration, 45 Latchew, ICve, 396 Laybuurn, Joseph, 328, 330, 33I Rachel 328, 331 Samuel, 64 Leacock Meeting, 161 Leazc, Hannah, 336 Lecky, Jane, 305 Mary, 305 Robert, 305 Lee, Amos, 373 Index 461 Leech, Joseph, 405 Phebe, 290, 346 Richard, 363 Sarah, 290, 363 Thomas, 290, 346, 363 Leeds, Daniel, 383 Lennox, John, 425 Robert, 426 Leonard, Richard, 366 Letilia's Manor, 127-12S, 130, I32 Letters to and from Ireland 62-79, 89-92, 230, 374-375 Lewis, Ann, 365 Curtis, 326 Ellis, 149, 150 Elizabeth, 150 Hannah, 373, 384 Henr\-, 233 Lightfoot family, 338-340 Benjamin, no Catharine, 356, 39S Eleanor, 352 Jacob, 2U Margaret, 329 Mary, 343 Michael, 131, 132, 133, 135, 137, 152. 195, 196, 211, 229, 236, 332. 339, 343, 352 Samuel, 152, 211 Sarah, 332 Thomas, 60, 70, 139, 152, 211, 21S-219, 236, 329, 33S, 356 William, 60, 61, 349 Lindley family, 179, 336 Deborah, 193, 337 Eleanor, 211, 336 Jacob, 336, 337, 352 James, 75, 78, 131, 132, 133, 134, 136, 142, 143, 161, 210, 211, 216,229,236,336,337; inventory of, 200 Jonathan, 337 Mabel, 194 Mary, 352 Sarah, 211, 352 Thomas, 69, 161, 227, 291, 305, 336 Little, Elizabeth, 297 Littler, Samuel, 236 Lloyd, David, leader of Popular Party, 242 Lloyd, Hannah, 342 Robert, loi Thomas, 256 Loe, Thomas, minister, visits Ire- and converts William Penn, 27, 250 Logan, Hannah, 237 Isabelle, 237-240, 319 James, 36, 127, 130, 145, I4S ; sketch of, 237-247 ; autobi- ography, 238-240 ; Gov. of Pa., 241 ; leader of Proprie- tory Party, 241-242 ; relations witii Indians, 242; literary pursuits, 243 ; personal ap- pearance, 245 ; unsuccessful courtship, 245-247 ; marriage and death, 247 ; his runaway servant, I02 ; 266, 282 Patrick, 36, 237, 238, 239, 240 Sarah, 247 William, 23S, 247 Log house. The, 192-193 London Grove Meeting House, 143 Township, 1 32, 136-I43 Meeting, 143 Monthly Meeting, 139 Land Company, 132, 139-141 Londonderry, Friends convinced at, 18 Siege of, 28 Long, Mary, 423 Rachel, 423 Robert, 423 Longshore, William, 405 Longstreth, Ann, 302 Jane, 302 Louge, William, loi Love, Alexander, 349 Faithful, 37S James, 160, 171, 177, 378 Low, John, 277, 293, 353 Joseph, 277 Joshua, 167 Lowden family, 334-335 John, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 195-196, 217, 229, 329, 334 Margaret, 1 36, 329, 334 William, 226, 228-231, 335 Richard, 335 Lowden vs. Smith, case of, 228—231 462 Index Lucken, Margaret, 301 Ludlow, 10 Lufle, lulward, 96 Lurgan, i'dmundsons settle at, 15 ; meeting established at, in 1654, 16 Lurting, Thomas, Quaker sea cap- tain, 42, 383 MAcCONNKLI., Daniel, 321 MacElcoshkcr, Kdniund, 424 Mackey family, 424-428 Ann, 367, 381 Benjamin, 367 John, 367 Joseph, 367, 381 Martha, 337 Mary, 3S9 Rebecca, 367, 402 MacWard, Miles, 102 Maddon, Robert, 367 Malcum (see Millcum), John, 300 Malin family, 314 Joseph,' 351 Randal, 314, 336 Mary, 336 Rachel, 336 Malone, William, 64 " Little Tom," 64 Man, Ann, 335 Francis, 335 Judith, 335 Manchester Meeting, see Newberry Manor of Steyning, 127-128, 130, '32 Mantz, Elizabeth, 396 Map of Newlin Township, 149 Mark, Isabel, 286 Markets, 206-207 Maris, George, 1 15 Hannah, 322 Marlborough Township, Chester County, 143-147 Mnrlnee, Jared, 406 Marriage Certificate, The, 210-211 Marriages, 209-215 Marsh family, 406-424 Abigail, 85, 88 Elizabeth, 88, 89, 376, 399 Cieorge, 342 Henry, 349 Jane, 349, 363, 401 Marsh, John, S5-S8, 155, 171, 376, 402 Jonathan, 85, 88, 171, 402 Joshua, 84-88, 155, 171, 376, 399 Peter, 85, 88, 161, 402 Rachel, 349 Ruth, 427 William, 171, 349 Marshall (also Marshill), Abigail, 368 Abram, 131, 132, 133, 211 Abraham, 149, 150 Ann, 199, 217, 224. 356 Benjamin, 85, 86, 87, 98, 367, 372, 411,412, 426 Deborah, 293 Jacob, 84,85,86, 87,356,359, 368, 372, 411, 412, 420, 426 John, 356 Josejjh, 368, 372, 426 Mary, 367 Richard, 393 Ruth, 368 Margaret 356, 368 Sarah, 293 Thomas, 310 William, 356 Martin, Joseph, 341 Ruth, 211, 341 Sarah, 329 Thomas, 329 Maryland, Irish Kriends in, 42 Massey, Daniel, 284 George, 35 1 Samuel, 48, 93, 285 Sarah, 93, 2S4 Matthews, Mathew, or Matlics fam- ily. 391 Alexander, 409, 410 Elizabeth, 378 (jeorgc, 326 Jean, 279 Joan, 410 Margaret, 199 Marv, 321 < )livcr, 398 Richard, 425 Sarah, 32() William, 177 Index 46J Mauliiin, Col. Francis, 315 Ann, 315 Maule, Kethia, 238 William, 238 May, John, 234, 235 Mayne, lienjamin, 287 Mayson, Richardson, 393 McAdams, John, 402 McAnabley, Sarah, 165 McAnele, Charles, 165 McCann, David, 367 McClun or McClung, 34 Elizabeth, 353 Sarah, 347 Thomas, 160, 353 McCoIlura, Thomas, 213 McComb, John, 2S0, 2S1 McCool family, 33, 179 Gabriel, 389 James, 3S9 John, 3S9 Olivia, 343, 3S9 William, 342 McConnell, John, 406 McCrannall, Patrick, 367 McCreary family, 397 David, 397 Hannah, 346 Sarah, 346 McCurdy, D., 234 Daniel, 235 McFerran, Elizabeth, 3S0 McGrew family, 3S0-3S1 Alexander, 184 Deborah, 361 Elizabeth, 174 Finley, 174, 184, 3S0 James, 183, 227, 361, 3S0 Mary, 361 Nathan, 361 Simon, 183 McKenell, Mary, 425 Mongow, 425 McKetrick or McKitrick, Hannah, 381 Jonas, 367, 381 Mary, 38 1 McKinley, Mrs. Ida Saxton, 321 William, late Pres. of U. S., 321 McKoy, Mary, 215 Robert, 215 McMillan, McMollin, or McMuUen family, 34, 184, 399-406 Abigail, 346 Deborah, 363, 376, 399, 414 416, 419, 420 Enos, 397 George, l6q, 171, 201-202, 233-235. 367. 419 Jacob, 397 James, 363 Jane, 346, 363, 419 John, 171, 346, 363, 419 Mary, 419 Rebecca, 214 Ruth, 397 Smith Bell, 202 Sarah, 397 Thomas, 156, 169, 363, 376, 399. 416, 417, 420, 422 William, 170, 171^ 399 McNabb, 34 Dorothy, 354 Elizabeth, 354 Jane, 354, 370 John, 354 William, 160, 354 McNamee, JJarnabas, 184, 377 McNiece or McNice, 34 Lsaiah, 97, 295 McQuillan, 35 McRannell or McRaunells, John, 230, 359 Joseph, 376 Meetings for Worship, 217-220 Meetings for Business, 217-222 Meeting Discipline, 222-233 Melvin, Andrew, 393 Sarah, 378 Men, work of on farm, 205 Menallen Meeting, 173-176 Mendenhall, Aaron, 373 Abner, 287 Elizabeth, 302 George, 373 John, 153, 302 Rose, 373 Mento, George, 394 Meredith, John, 427 Joseph, 427 Katharine, 427 Reece, 132, 133 464 Index Mercer, Richard, 394 Ruth, 365 Method of I'uvchasing Land, 189 Michener, Dr. Ezra, 133 Kllwood, 131, 133 Mickle family, 277, 357-358, Archibald, 277 John, 174, 213, 277, 357 Robert, 176, 333, 357 William, 235 Middlcton, Hugh, 382 MidldIT, Esther, 207 MitBin, Mrs. Hannah, 396 Milhous family, 1 79, 535 Peter, 172 Sarah, 355 Thomas, 132, 133, 134, 152, 293. 355. 356 Mililcen, Mary, 29S Millcum, (Malcum or Milcomb), Ann, certilicale of, 56-57, 300 Miller family, 325-32S, 347, 356- 357 Ann, 396, 398 Benjamin, 318 Catharine, 309, 355, 398 Deborah, 334 Gayen, 126, 128, 129, 131, 132, 136, 211, 309.325. 338, 348 Grizel, 2S5 Hannah, 336 Henry, 291, 302 James, 137, 199, 236, 309, 325, 336, 339. 341. 355. 356, 373. 398, 405 Jennett, 430 John, 13!, 132, 133, 135, 136, 137, 196, 198, 325, 331, 332 Joseph, 324 Margaret, 211, 325, 338, 347, 348 Martha, 211, 318 Mary, 136, 211,331,332, 347 Robert, 153, 167, 394, 405 Richard, 355 Ruth, 346 Samuel, 167, 228, 330, 332, 347 Sarah, 211, 302, 332,338, 355, 405 William, 336 Military Service, 231-233 Mills, Mary, 346 I'hebe, 346 Robert, 346 Minnich, Daniel, 396 Minshall, Ann, 348 Hannah, 363 John, 348 Mires, Eleazer, 168 Mode, Alexander, 337, 371 Hannah, 371 Rebecca, 371 Monocacy Meeting, Md., 178 Montgomery, Alexander, 337 Montgomery County, 109 Monthly Meeting, 221-222 Moody, John, 234, 235 Samuel, 235 Moone, Paul, 238 Moony (see O'Mooney), Neal, 199 Moore family, 348-349, 428-433 Andrew, 159, 161, 164, 336 Daniel, 310 James, 165, 230, 297, 347, 348, 37', 394. 399 Jane, 401 Joseph, 401 Lawrence, 393 Mary, 213 Robert, 174 Ruth, 401 William, 2S7, 399 Moore Lodge, 432, 433 Morris, Ann, 406 Anthony, 96 James, 2.S7 Morthland, Charles, 419 Hugh, 419 Mary, 4 19 Rebecca, 419 Ruth, 419 Samuel, 402, Morton family, 354 Deborah, 3S1 Elinor, 354 James, 410, 426 John, 176, 369, 381,^410 Mary, 381 Richard, 378 Samuel, 354, 369 William, 354, 425 Index 465 Moss, Joseph, 256 Mountrath, Earl of, 26 Mulleanoux, Edward, 16S Mulligan, David, 330 Murray, Earl of, 238 Ann, 35S John, 358 Musgrove family, 179, 31S Hannah, 154, 302 lame?, 22S John, 119, 159. 213. 22S, 313, 31S, 32^ Joseph, 129 Martha, 326 Thomas, 63, 154 Myers, John T., 405 Sarah A. (Cook), 405 MANTMEAL Meeting, 156 •'■' Nash, James, 342 Naylor, James, 15 Neal family, 366 Dorothy, 372 Henry, 354, 366 Robert, 366 William, 372, 374 Nehinger, Mary, 39S Need, Ann, 309 Joseph, 309 Nelson, Samuel, 235 Nevitt or Nevet family, 366 Ann, 380 Elizabeth, 3S0 Ellen, 374 Hannah, 379, 402 Isaac, 3S0 John, 297, 310 Joseph, 365, 379 Mary, 365, 379 Ruth, 3S0 Thomas, 160, 176, 365, 366, 374, 3S0 William, 171, 379-3S0, 402 Newark Meeting, 118-120 Newark Monthly Meeting, 125-130 Newberry Meeting, 163-167 Newberry, Nathaniel, 152 Newby or Newbie family, 3S6-387 John. 339 Mark, 42, 278, 382, 383, 384, 386-387 30 Newby, Martha, 332 Mary, 339 New Castle County on Delaware, 118, 132 New Castle Meeting, 120 New Garden Meeting, County Car- low, Ireland, 130 New Garden Meeting, I'a., 136-138 New Garden Monthly Meeting, Pa., 138-139; records of, 139 New Garden Township, Chester County, 130-136 New Garden Dinner Table, A, in 1714, 197 New Jersey, Irish Friends in, 42, 383 Newlin family, 179, 184 Ann, 380 John, 58, 149, 150. 308 Nathaniel, 58, 116, 147-150, 207. 273, 308 Nicholas, 57-59, 116, 271-273, 308 William, 176 Newlin Township, Chester County, 147-150; map of, 149 Nichol, Ann, 404 Nichols, James, 334 John, 333, 334 Nicholson, James, 100, 373 John, 367, 393 Joseph, 294 Thomas, 86, 87, 411, 412 William, 294, 295, 425 Noblet, Ann, 165, 168 John, 165, 168 Norris, Isaac, 247, 262, 288 Mary, 262 Norton, Edward, 376 Mary, 376 Nottingham Meeting, 156-159 j Nowlan, James, 331 OATHS, testimony against, a cause of emigration, 44 Oborn, Susanna, 322 I Ogden, Jonathan, 315 1 O'Hara Brook, 429 jO'Heil, 35 I Old Court House, 108 I Oldest House in Penna., 115 i Oley Meeting, see Exeter 466 hidex Oliver, Margaret, 296 I Robert, 292 O'Maghan, Edward, 313 ' O'Mooney (j« Moony) family, 34, 354 Ann, 354 James, 354 ( Neal, 160, 354, 366 Sarah, 366 Opequan Meeting, j« Hopewell Organization of Quakerism in Ire- land, 27 Origin of Irish Friends, 32-37 Orrery, Earl of, 26 Outfit of Farm, 198 Owen, Griffith, 130 John, 324 Nathaniel, 266, 267 Philotesia, 266 Sarah, 318 Theophilus, 318 PACKER, Ann, 419 Philip, 419 Pack horses, 189 Palmer, Ann, 377 John, 377 Martha, 377 Mary, 377 Moses, 334 Pain or Paine, Hannah, 373 Thomas, 154, 372 Painter, Ann, 337 Hannah, 337 Patience, 337 Thomas, 337 Panmure, Earl of, 238 Parke family, 69, 70, 305-306 Abel, 72 James Pemberton, 70 Jonathan, 72, 305 Mary, 305, 350 Rebecca, 351 Robert, letter of, 69-79:93,101, 305 Susanna, 305 Thomas, 69, 153, 305, 336, 35 1 Parker, Ann, 387 Elizabeth, 297 Thompson, 355 Parks, John, 353 Richard, 286, 353 Parks, Susanna, 286 Parrish, John, iSl Parrock, James, 386 Parvin family, 351-35 2 Francis; no, 339, 340, 35 1 John, 60, 308 Thomas, 376 Passage, Cost of, 98-99 Passmore, John A. M., 348 Mary, 212 William, 287 Paterson, Ann, 392 John, 295 Katharine, 392 Robert, 392 Pearce, Richard, of Limerick, be- comes a Quaker, 24 Pearson {set Pierson), Benjamin, 352 Deborah, 35 1 Edith, 352 John, 377 Lancelot, 410 Lawrence, 352 Margaret, 377 Mary, 352,' 377 William, 313 Peckett, James, 419 Peckover, Edmund, travelling min- ister, 160 Pedrick, Elizabeth, 303 Peel, John, 2S3, Luke, 2S3 Pemberton, Israel, 48, 67, 97 James, 306 Penn, Letitia, 127, 128; j« Aubrey Sir William, 50 Thomas, 144, 240 William, converted to Quaker- ism, 27 ; founder of Pennsyl- vania, 50-53 ; his charter, 50-51; his scheme of coloni- zation. 51 ; constitution and laws, 51-52 ; growth of Penn- sylvania, 52 ; his invitation to emigrants, 52 ; his personal influence in Ireland, 53; ar- rival in Pennsylvania in 1682, III ; 139, 240 William, Jr., 127, 130 Pennington, Edward, 1 27 Pennock family, 184 hidex 4b7 Pennock, Alice, 357 Christopher, 2 So Joseph, 144-145 ; his letter, 145-146; 225, 280, 357,371 Mar>', 280 Mary, 357 Nathaniel, 146 Pennsylvania (see William Penn), inducements for immigration to, 50-So Penrose family, 2S9 Abigail, 290 Amos, 290 Dorothy, 357 Hannah, 290, 397 Jane, 290, 346 John, 290, 359, 362 Jonathan, 362 Mary, 290 Phebe, 290, 346 Robert, 350, 357 Susanna, 290 Thomas, 290 William, 169, 362 Perkinson, James, 233, 234, 235 Persecutions, 25-27 Pettard, Humphrey, 361, 407 Pettitt, Benjamin, 346 Pha}Te, Colonel, Governor of Cork, 22 Philadelphia Meeting, 107-109 Phillips family, 406 Charles, 168 Henry, 417 Jane, 422 Mrs. Annie, 396 Phoenixville, foimded by Irish Quakers, 154 Physicians' charges, 217 Pidgen or Pidgeon, Charles, 1 74 Isaac, 364 Joseph, 262 Mary, 262 William, 85 Pierce, Ann, 404 Caleb, 228 Henry, 1 28 Jacob, 2S7 Pierson, Rose, 320 Thomas, 119, 320 Piercy, Richard, 250 Pikeland Township, 150-152 Pike fam-ly, 150 Anne, 151 Benjamin, 151 Ebenezer, 151-341 Elizabeth, 150-15 1, 152 Joseph, of Cork, owner of New- lin Township, 150 ; life of, 150-151 Mary, 15 1, see Beale Rachel, 151 Richard, 150-15 1, 152, 153 Samuel, 151 Sarah, 1 51 Pillar, James, S4, 85, 86, S7, 98, 366, 411, 412, 420 Man', 86, 87, 411, 412 William, 171, 380 Pim family, 372-375 Elizabeth, 393 Hannah, 326 John, of Belfast, J. P., 35, 280 Richard, 153 Susanna, 393 Thomas, 153 Tobias, 393 William, 100, 153, 199, 201 Pittendorff, Susanna, 396 Places in Ireland whence Friends came, 81-82 Places of embarking and landing, S9 Places of settlement, 105-106 Plantations of Queen ^Iary, 7 ; of James I., 7 ; of Charles I., 8 ; of Oliver Cromwell, 10-12 Pleadnell, John, 375 Mary, 372, 374 Thomas, 375 .Tobias, 58-59, 375 William, 372, 374 Plum, George, 389 Plummer, Dr., 39S Poell, William. 426 Polk, William W., 67 Pope, Elizabeth, 174 John, 172, 174, 231 Samuel, 174 Porter, William, 62, 63, 320, 323, 410 Potter, William, 234 Potts, Jonathan, 397 468 Index Poultney, Benjamin, 306 Pow, Mary, 86, 87, 411 Powell, Arlhiir, 277 Elizabeth, 172, 360 Kvan, 35S Hugh, 424 John, 172 Joseph, 360 Mary, 360 Sarah, 358 Thomas, 172, 318 Power, Mary, 211 Price, Elizabeth, 165, 326 John, 417 Rachel, 207-208, 324 Pringle, Sarah, 345 Pritchett, Elizabeth, 318 Proctor, Richard, 174 Sarah, 1 72 Protestant workmen leave Ireland, 46 Prowell, Ann, 404 Pugh, James, 417 Purdy, Susanna, 373 Tliomas, 372 William, 372 Pusey, Caleb, 115, 139, I43, 211, 236, 303 Lydia, 351 Phebe, 371 Pyle, Abigail, 334 Elizabeth, 309, 316 Mrs. Emma Wickersham, 402 Hannah, 366 James, 366 Mary, 334 Nicholas, 334 William, 316 Quakerism, Beginnings of, 3-6 yuare, Daniel, 139 Quarry, Robert, leader of Church Party, 242 Quarterly Meeting, 220-221 O ACIAL origin of Friends of Ire- i^ land -37 Radley, Joseph, formerly Head- master of Ulster Provincial School, 34 Kaford, Lewis, 431 Rail, Hannah, 358 Rake, Grace, 385 Randall, Samuel, 25S Raney, Sarah, 405 Rankin, John, 226 Raper or Roper, Ann, 372-373 Christopher, 58, 372-373 " Rapparees," II, 30 Rawle, Francis, 262 Rea, Rce, or Ray family, 391 Ann, 312 Elinor, 391 Isabelle, 319 John, 312, 391 Margaret, 321, 329 Mary, 282 Nicholas, 312, 426 Read, Charles, 247 John, 224 Sarah, 247 William, 356 Redemptioners, 74-75, 77, 99-102, 228-231 Reed, Elizabeth, 347 Mary, 316 Rees, Jane, 420 John, 413, 420 Reeves, John, loi William, 431 Reford {^sre Raford), Lewis, 230 Religious causes of emigration, 42- 46 Removal, the certificate of, S4-85 Rents, high, a cause of emigration, 47 Reports favorable to Penn'a returned to Ireland, by ministers and others, M-60 j by letters, 60- 80 Restrictions on manufacture and com- merce, a cause of emigration, 46 I Revolution of 1689, 29 Revolutionary War, attitude of Friends in, 231-235 Revolutionary taxes and fines, 233- I 235 Reynolds, Henry, 158, 236 Richards, Elizabeth, 323 I Thompson, 131 I William, 324 Iiuii- \ Kiclinriliion, Aniic, li)l Alice, ,JI<; ('Hlliniinr. \hU Dr.'.td.l lilwiiiil, 111"; liiiililul, i()'i;. tv^ Iitiir M , <>l Miiyiitluii IJotl^c, Cilfoi.l. Ilrlilliti, .15 Jonatltiin, Kfi, ,(1 [ Jciliii, \in liiliii (iriilili, )| l.iiwrriKC, Kil, 153 Mnry, J07, jdy, 4.ji I'ntlrtur, a(>7 Ki.l.ni. ),(K Willii j(j(i KidHc, Alirc, yji I'riuu'lfi, 26(1 Kilcy, TliniiriH, 165 Kiiliinsoii fiiiiiily, (1$ ( iilliiitiiir, 215 l''li-ni)iir, J4J I'li/iilirlli, 93, 3K9 liiiiK iH, 1)3, 3K1), 3<;o ••i"H:<-, 315, \\i Jdliii, 305 IdHriili, \il I'litru'k, 2K1, \,V,i) Kclicccii, 3^4, 342 KiiIk'iI, 40K, 401) VVilljiini, 2 (II, ii>5, 306 KdliCMiti, Anilirw, 2H1 Kuliiuin liiiiiily, y\2 ('iiliiiiiinc, 322 I-riii.(i», 86; 313, 319, 320, 392, 411 Jni, 323 )"'"'. J23, 394 KiKli, 36(< Kolicilii, Aiiiic, 264 Aulircy, 42" Ivli/lllirlll, 370 I liiriiiuli, 278 J«"e. 393 ir>lin, 370 Inry, 2<>4 Kohetl, 287, 393 KoKrr, 2y t'liinii'i, 151 I Miller. 41(1 |i>, 4 lo Krhr<'i.-n, 1(18 l'r(rr, 410 Uoiikr, (iniiKr, 79, 396 'i'huiimH, 290 KoMr, Jtunrn, 30! |r. I liiiiiilloii, 43a Kil liiiiil, 402 Kolhr, I'.li/nlii'lli, 432 Kil liaiil, 432 Kowiiti, W'llliitiii, ij!4 Kiiwliiiiil, Miiiy, l|l, 132, 133, 'M Kmlii-I, SSS Kiilli, 32(1 'I lioinnii, 333 Kiidiliiik, I'ili/iiliclli, lUx Siiinli, 174 KlIllKrll fiiliiilv, (14, 371) Aiiiiii, 289 i'illr.iilictli, 393 (JrrKory, 331 loliii, 292, 331, jOy, 370 Mnry, 292 MIrllllrl, 139 Siinuiinit, 292 Kullril|{i-, Williiiiii, 133, 133 Kiilly, lir. Jiiliii, /2i IiI«'MS. of I\i\e ttiul /'iii^^teit of tltr t,>iiiikrri ill /itliiiiJ, 280 Kutlcr, SniriucI, 376 CADSIIUKY MrrllfiH. l'''l '-^ Siiiliiliiiiy Miiiillily Mrcllii|{, 162 Snillt-r, Kirliiiril, 174 Hiilkriil, Jiiliii, iiiiiiinlcr, 219 ShikIIiiiiii, l.lciiliiiniit Kiiljcrt, liO' coincn It (.liiukcr, 30 470 Iiide^. Sandwith, Elizabeth, 294 Samuel, 293 Sarah, 294 William, 293, 294, 388 Sarson, I'rancis, 393 Saul, John, 303 Scarlett, Phebc, 337 Schofield, Joseph L., 370 Schools, 235 Scotch country of Ireland, 34 Scotch-Irish Friends, 35-36 Scotch-Irish squatters in Faggs Man- or, Chester County, 145 Scott, John, 425 Seal, Joseph, 164 Theodate, 164, 165 Seale, Hindrance, 393 Seaton, Alexander, a Scotch- Irish Friend, 36, 360 Ruth, 356, 360 Sedgwick, Marj', 371 Selection of land affected by ties of kin and friendship, 189 Selford, Robert, loi Servants, Indented, see Redemption- crs Settlement, Cromwellian, 10-12 Settlement, Places of, 105-116 Shackamaxon Meeting, 107 Shanks, Thomas, 234 Shank, , 235 Sharmon, Robert, 66 Sharp family, 179, 333-335 Anthony, 383, 384, 385 Isaac, 385 James, 296 John, 132, 133, 134, 136, 333, 402 Joseph, 131, 132, 133, 124, 142, 229, 325, 329 Mary, 296 Samuel, 142 Thomas, 383-384 Shar])less, Abraham, 351 William, 334 Sharply, Abigail, 119 Adam, 1 19 Ijenjamin, 1 19 Charily, 119 Rachel, 119 Ralph, 1 19 Sharply, William, 119 Shaw, Hannah, 408 James, 354 John, 398 Martha, 330, 354 Moses, 295 Samuel, 354 Sheldon, Elea/.er, 393 Shepherd or Sheppard family, 358- 359 Benjamin, 372 Jane, 174 John, 174, 183-184, 358, 372 Mary, 372 Richmunday, 172, 174 Solomon, 176, 183, 35S, 359, 361, 372, 399 Thomas, 372 William, 174, 372 Shewin, liarbara, 316 Shipley, William, 121 Shippen, Ann, 245-247 Eldward, 245-247 Sicklemore, Captain James, becomes a Quaker, 20 ; 24 Siddall, Adam, 405 Siddon, Ezekiel, 277 Sidj;wick, Mary, 369 Sidwell, Job, 377 Sietman, Cierlrude, 395 Simcock, 145 John, 115 Simpson, George, 314 Sinton, Jacob, 367, 427 Sarah, 427 William, 427 Shars;lt, ship, 69, 04, 95 Skull', Edward, 2S2 Sleigh, Joseph, 307 Sleight, Joseph, 353 Sloan, Ann, 86, 87, 41 1, 412 Sloss, Elizabeth, 402 Slycer, Thomas, 424 Small Capital of Immigrants, 188 Smallwood, Joseph, 256 Sarah, 256 Smcdley, Samuel L. , 64 Smith family, 406 ISaltzer, 402 Elizabeth, minister, visits Ire- land, ig-20 Index 47i Smith, Francis, 12S James, 161, 345, 360, 427 Jane, 360 John, of Burlington, N. J., 1 43, 247 John Jay, 247 John, of Chester County, 211 John, 228-237, 335, 345 Katharine, 345 Lydia, 335 Margaret, 326 Mary, 345, 429 Rebecca, 367, 427 Robert, 360, 421 Rose, 345 Samuel, the historian, I26 Sarah, 295 Snowcroft, Adam, 295 Ann, 295 Social Intercourse, 208 Social Life of the Irish Quakers, 1S6-236 Softly, Fergus, 313, 408, 409 Southward movement of Quakerism from Pennsylvania, 177-179 Spangler, Rudolph or Rudy, silver- smith, of York, 202 Spencer, Nathan, 373 Spicer, Mary, 386 Samuel, 386 Spotswood, Andrew, 431 Squire, Thomas, 393 Squibb, Mary Ann, 404 Staise, Michael, 313 Stalford, Thomas, 390 Stalker, Hugh, 306 Stamper, Bridget, 317 Hugh, 313, 317 Judith, 317 Stanfield family, 179 Jane, 356 Samuel, 356 Stanford, Margaret, 14, 393 Thomas, 14, 393 Stanhope, Sir John, 374 Starky, Catharine, 309 Nicholas, 393 Thomas, 3.S4 Starr family, 179, 32S-329 Ann, 348 Deborah, 211, 309, 341 Starr, Isaac, 334, 339, 352 James, 64, 65, 131, 132, 133, «36. 137, 139, 142,154,155. 195, 196, 211, 236, 394 Jeremiah, 1 42, 211, 236, 341, 34S, 350, Z(>o, 369 John, 340 Mary, 334, 352 Merrick, 352 Moses, 65, 109-110, 155, 341 Phebe, 352 Rebecca, 211, 304, 348, 349 Statistics of migration, 81-82 of settlement, lo6 Steady, William, 324 Stedman, Joseph, 115 Stedham, Elizabeth, 363 Steel, James, of land office, 145 Steer family, 178, 179,364-365 Catharine, 295, 366 Isaac, 160, 228, 295, 364 Joseph, 353 John, 160, 228, 354 Mary, 295 Nicholas, 160-161, 171, 378 Richard, 295 Ruth, 295, 364 "Stenton," home of James Logan, 243 Stephens, Guian, 281 Stephenson, James, 298 John, 298 Sterling, Jane, 371, 378 John, 399 Stevenson, Elizabeth, 174 James, 425 Stewart, Alexander, 322 Charlotte, 397 John, sea captain, 92 Mary, 322 Steyningor Stenning, Manor of, 127- I30> 132 Stockdale, Jane, 270 Ruth, 270 William, 119, 281 ; sketch of, 267-271 Stoding, Major, Governor of Kin- sale, 22 Story, Thomas, visits Ireland in 1716, 36, 246-247 Strangman, Mary, 393 472 Index Strettell family, 263-264 Amos, 218, 263, 264, 266, 267 Ann, 267 Experience, 263 Frances, 267 Hugh, 263 John, 267 Mary, 263 Robert, sketch of, 263-267 Susanna, 431, 432 Thomas, 263 Strickland, Miles, 290 Thomas, 300 Stroud, Elizabeth, 315 Suffering of Friends in Ireland, sta- tistics of, 44 Swarthmore Hall, 22-23 Swayne, Francis, 211 Sweethen family, 425 Swett, lienjamin, 120 Swinney, Miles, 353 "pAGART, John, 297 A Mary, 297 Talbot, Colonel, 316 Tanger, Agnes, 396 Tanner, John, 282 Margaret, 334 William, 134 Tarbut, Allen, 170 Tate, Katharine, 314 Taylor, Abiah, 306 Bayard, 347 Deborah, 306 Dr., 217 Frances, 96 Henry, 420 Isaac, deputy surveyor of Chester County, 141, 217 James, 354 Jane, 404 John, surveyor, 131, 145 Joseph, 404 William, 290, 337, 420 Philip, 314 Temple, Sir John, 374 Temporary Home near Landing Place, 188 Thackara family, 387 Esther, 382 Thomas, 382, 383, 384, 387 Thelwall, Jennet, 420 Thirkeld, John, 410 Thomas, Eli, 397 Elizabeth, 420 Hannah, 420 John, 132, 133, 170, 404 Jonah, 170 Rachel, 397 Richard, 420 Thompson, Ann, 384 Capt. Thomas, 431 Edward, 303 Edward, 329 Israel, 86, 87, 411, 412 James, 316 Ralph, 149, 150 Robert, 420 Thombury, Edward, 34I Thome, Dorothy, 291 Thorton, Joseph, 77 Samuel, 77 Threwecks, Robert, lOI Thwayts, Judith, 307 Tiffin, John, minister, visits Ire- land, 17 Tithes and other ecclesiastical dues, causes of emigration, 43 Todd, Ann, 336 Deborah, 331 John, 331, 336 Tomlinson, William, 340 Too, John, 327 Toppcn, Thomaz, 317 Tough, James, 425 Toughkenamon Hill line, 132-133 Toughkenamon, origin of name, 134 Toulerton, Thomas 425 Townsend, Richard, 112 Trafford, Thomas, 27S, 385 Trimble or Tremble family, 377 James, 37 1 Joseph, 377 William, 310 Trotter, Peg, 94 Truman, John, 349 Ruth, 302 'Iliomas, 349 William, 349 Turner, Abraham, 261 Ann, 292 Elizabeth, 261, 292 Index 473 Turner, Jacob, 292 Jane, 292 John, 292 Lucy, 292 Martha, lol, 260, 261 Mary, 257, 261, 281, 364 Robert, 53, 54, 55, 60; his re- demptioners, 101 ; wardrobe of, 204 ; sketch of, 257-262; 277, 279, 281, 307, 312 Samuel, 292 Sarah, 292 Thomas, 292 Tyler, Catherine, 316 Tyrconnel, Earl of, becomes Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 28 UNDERWOOD, Alexander, 168, 172, 174, 402, 406, 419 Elihu, 41S, 419 Jane, 172 John, 402 Olive, 172 Richard, 172 Ruth, 172, 402 Samuel, 1 68 Sarah, 174, 402, 419 William, 168, 169, 172, 402 Unthank, Samuel, 409 Updegraff, Harman, 177 Joseph, 177 Mary, 335 VALE, John, 404 Robert, 402, 404, 422 Sarah, 404 William, 404 Valentine family, 350-351 John, 72 Mary, 69, 70, 79 Robert, 154, 1 55, 281 Thomas, 67, 70, 98, 79, 1 54, 350 Vance, Elizabeth, 376 William, 86, 87, 376, 411, 416, 426 Varman family, 353 Abigail, 353, 365 Grace, 365 Hattiel, 160, 161, 343, 353, 365 Henry, 353 Mary, 343, 344 Vaston, John, 309 Vendues, 224 Verner, David, 29I Samuel, 291 Vernon, Randall, 1 15 Robert, 115 Thomas, 1 15 Vessel, A favorite, 94 Vest, John, 281 Vickers, Mary, 302 Virginia, Irish Friends in, 42 Voyage, Dangers of, 92-93 WAANKIN Anne, 168 Wade, Robert, IIO, III, 1 13 Wainhouse, Martha, 75, 330, 338 Wainwright, Thomas, 393, 410 Walby, John, 292 Susanna, 292 Walhay, Ruth, 397 Walker, Benjamin, 170, 418, 421 John, 394, 418 Mary, 313 Sarah, 332 Thomas, 323 Wallis, James, 342 Walter, John, 326 Martha, 326 War, 231-235 Ward, Susanna, 402, 419 Philip, 337 William, 402 Warr or Ward, Rebecca, 305 Warden, John, 334 Warming-pan, 199 Warren, Elizabeth, 264, 281 Joshua, 264, 281 Rev. J., 432 Sarah, 264, 281, 432 William, 432 Warrington Meeting, 168-172 Monthly Meeting, 162 Watson, Joshua P., 40I Samuel, 64, 292 Susanna, 286 Wastwood, Julianna, minister, visits Ireland, 18 Watts, Sarah, 277 Waves of Migration, 83 Way, Mary, 397, 405 Moses, 371 474 Index Way, Sarah, 325 Ways and Means of Migration, 84- 102 Welsh, Susanna, 261 the widow, 125 William, 261 Welcome, ship, III Weldin, Ann, 304 Wells, John, 417 Wethereld i^iee Wederall) Rebecca, 369 Robert, 417 West, Joseph, 342 West Nottingham, 159 Westward movement of Quakerism, 177, iSo-iSs \\Tialy, Ann, 410 George, 410 Whartenby, Elizabeth, 306 Wexford, battle of, 10 Weaver, Thomas Dell, 308 Weatherby, John, 392 Webb family, 295 Ann, 366 Ezekiel, 45, 117 James, 306 James, 357 Richard, 117 Roger. 3'3. 317. 3«9. 323. 409 Ruth, 295 William, 306, 321 Wederall, Thomas, 313 Weddings, 209-2 1 5 Wheddon, Elizabeth, 151 Henrj', 151 Whinery family, 184, 345, 346, 4C0 Elinor, 426 John, 426 Matthew, 425 Robert, 167, 226, 345 William, 400 Wliitaker, Katharine, 357 William, 341 Whitall, John, 387 \\Tiite, John, 54 Joseph, 3S2 Robert, 341 Samuel, 64, 382 Whitefield, Alice, 31 1 Whitehead, Edward, 174 Whitsite, Whitsilt, or Whitside, Elizabeth, 430 George, 366 Jean, 429 John, 86, 87, gS, 362, 366, 411, 412 Joseph, 365, 432 Mary, 366 Susanna, 431 William, 316, 326, 393, 394, 420, 431 Whitten, William, 329 Wicklow, Hannah, 426 Wickersham, Abner, 404 Alice, 211 Edward, J., 404 Jesse, 167 John, 404 Lydia, 404 Richard, 168, 419 Susanna, 404 Thomas, 126, 21 1 William, 366 Widdos, Abraham, 309 Wierman, Gertrude, 172,395 Hannah, 172, 395 Henry, 172 John, 172 Mar)', 397 Nicholas, 172 Phebe, 395 Priscilla, 172, 174 Sarah, 172, 174 Susan, 397 William, 172, 395 Wigs, 203-204 Wight, Rice, 22 Thomas, first historian of the Irish Quakers, 93, 284 Wilcocks, Issachar, 296 Sarah, 296 Wild Animals, 207 Wildman, Joseph, 348 Mary, 348 Wilkinson family, 370-371, 373 Ann, 319, 370 Elizabeth, 171, 348, 371 Evan, 154, 370 Francis, 154. 171, 230, 370, 373. 430. 432 James, 373 Index 475 Wilkinson, Joseph, 154, 371 Mary, 430 Ruth, 299 William, 230, 394, 430, 432 Thomas, 171, 311, 393 Samuel, 97, 160, 230, 377, 394 Wily or Wiley, Abigail, 211, 339 Ann, 289, 339 Allen, 332 Hannah, 334 Jane, 332, 347 John, 132, 133, 135, 136, 211, 332. zzz. 341 Joseph, 211, 340 Martha, 211 Mary, 209, 212, 341 Robert, 332 Sarah, 339 Thomas, 332 William, 332, 334, 339, 394 Williams family, 424 Alice, 313 Anne, 378 Daniel, 235, 314 Enion, 424 Jacob, 169 John, 410, 424 Joseph, 349 Martha, 349 William, 313, 420 Zacharias, 37S Williamson, Alice, 409 John, 425, 427 Sarah, 318, 427 William, 409, 426 Willis, Betty, 331 Elizabeth, 3S5 Henry, 331, 385 William, 177 Wills, James, 397 Judge David, 397 Ruth (j,?£' Walhay), 397 Wilmington Meeting, ?.nd Monthly Meeting, 121-122 Wilson family, 178, 310-311,397 Alice, 397 Christopher, 124, 333 Esther, 333 George, 176, 310 Helen Gertrude, 433 John, 174, 282, 310, 360, 410 Wilson, Joseph, 433 Mary, 282 Margaret, 348 Michael, 174 Robert, 353 Ruth, 310 William, 167 Thomas, 85, 171, 341, 369, 379 Winder, Elizabeth, 381 Windle, Anne, 357 Francis, 357 Mary, 357 Winter, Daniel, 174, 176, 379 John, 425 Mary, 361 Witherow, John, 233 Wolf, Paul, 282 WoUaston, Ann, 324 Joshua, 324 WoUsy, Ellen, 410 Women, Work of, on Farm, 206 Wood, Elizabeth, 387 Ellen, 290 James, 301 Jonathan, 3S2 Joseph, 290 Mary, 174 Richmunday, 372 Sarah, 290 Woodcock, Robert, 292 Ruth, 302 Woodrow, Simon, 41 7 Woodward, John, 334 Esther, 333 Work on Farm, 205-206 Worrall, Peter, 165 Worrilow, Marj', 308 Worsley, Daniel, 236 Sarah, 2IO, 211 Worthington, Robert, 303 Samuel, 303 Wright family of Adams Co., Pa., 350, 394-398 Alice, 311, 313 Ann, 352, 391 Benjamin, 352 Elizabeth, 174, 31 1, 381 Hannah, 340 Isaac, 352 Jacob, 335 James, 210 476 hidex Wright, Jane, 391 Joel, 399 John, 162, 174, 176, 227, 311, 313. 331. 335, 394 Judith, 346 Mark, 307, 312, 313, 320, 323, 350. 391 Mary, 277, 331 Nathan, 174 Patience, 335 Rowland, 350 Sarah, 311, 405 Sismore, 350, 356 William, 174 Wynne, Thomas, 278 Yamall, Peter, travelling minister, 1S4 Phebc, 399 Rachel, 212 Yearly Meeting, 221 Yearsley, Elizabeth, 314 John, 314 York County, 162-177 Meeting, 176-177 Young, Jane, 1 74 William, 174 Youngblod, Jacob, 165 Yuruns, Alexander, 390 Zane family, 385 Robert, 383, 38s, 386 Errata and Addenda 47; ERR\TA AND ADDENDA Pages 32-33. 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