Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. I

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Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. I - VI (SIX Volumes)
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by William Wade Hinshaw originally published by Edwards Brothers, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1938

Almost no class of records, religious or secular, has been kept as meticulously as the monthly meeting records of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). The oldest such records span three centuries of American history and testify to a general movement of population that extended from New England and the Middle Atlantic states southward to Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia; then west to Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. The importance of these records cannot be overstated. Not until recently have the vital statistics of Quakers been recorded in civil record offices. Thus, for more than two centuries, the only vital records identifying these people are to be met with in the Quaker records themselves. Fortunately, the monthly meeting records contain extensive lists of births, marriages, and deaths, as well as details of the removal of members from one meeting to another.

Contents Of Quaker Genealogy Volume One

     Painstakingly developed from these monthly meeting records, Hinshaw's Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy is the primere puplication of Quaker genealogy. In its production, thousands of records were located and abstracted into a uniform and intelligible system of notation. The data gathered in these volumes of the Encyclopedia are arranged by meeting, then alphabetically by family name, and chronologically thereunder. This is One Volume - Volume I Covering meetings in all of the Carolinas and Tennessee which were part of the North Carolina Yearly Meetings 1680 to 1930.
     This is the first complete volume of Quaker church records for the monthly meetings of the Carolinas and Tennessee which were part of the North Carolina Yearly Meeting. The records consist of every item of genealogical value, including births, marriages, deaths, and minutes of proceedings. They are grouped together for each meeting by families, in alphabetical order, and cover 1680 through the early 1930s. The minutes relating to certificates of removal are numerous and of great genealogical interest, particularly as they give evidence either of membership in a previous monthly meeting or membership in a new meeting, thus enabling genealogists to trace Quaker ancestors from one place to another. Records contained in this volume refer to the following monthly meetings:
     Containing every item of genealogical value found in all records and minutes of the thirty-three monthly meetings which belong, or ever belonged, to the North Carolina yearly meeting of Friends (whose records are known to be still in existence).

Names of Monthly Meetings (in this file):

1. Perquimans (Piney Woods), NC	12. New Garden, NC	23. Westfield, NC
2., Pasquotank (Symons Creek), NC	13. Dover, NC	24. Deep Creek, NC
3. Suttons Creek, NC	14. Hopewell, NC	25. Mt. Pleasant (Chestnut Creek), VA
4. Rich Square, NC	15. Greensboro, NC	26. Bush River, SC
5. Core Sound, NC	16. Center, NC	27. Wrightsborough, SC
6. Contentnea (Nahunta), NC	17. Black Creek, NC	28. Cane Creek, SC
7. Neuse, NC	18. Marlborough, NC	29. Piney Grove, SC
8. Woodland, NC	19. Deep River, NC	30. Charleston, SC
9. Cane Creek, NC	20. Springfield, NC	31. New Hope, TN
10. Spring, NC	21. Union, NC	32. Lost Creek, TN
11. Holly Spring, NC	22. High Point, NC	33. Newberry (Friendsville), TN

Contents Of Quaker Genealogy Volume Two

     Painstakingly developed from these monthly meeting records, Hinshaw's Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy is the primere puplication of Quaker genealogy. In its production, thousands of records were located and abstracted into a uniform and intelligible system of notation. The data gathered in these volumes of the Encyclopedia are arranged by meeting, then alphabetically by family name, and chronologically thereunder. This is One Volume - Volume III Covering meetings in all of New York City and Long Island from 1657 to 1938.
     The second volume of the great 'Encyclopedia' is complete in itself for the New Jersey and Pennsylvania monthly meetings which were part of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. It includes all records of genealogical value, both Orthodox and Hicksite, known to be in existence for the meetings from the last quarter of the seventeenth century down to the time the work was originally published in 1938. Records and minutes of FOUR OF THE OLDEST MONTHLY MEETINGS which ever belonged to the Philadelphia Yearly Meetings of Friends ar contained. The records are of two principal classes: (1) births and deaths and (2) minutes and marriages, and they are arranged in alphabetical order, by family name, under their corresponding monthly meeting. The marriages are arranged by the names of both brides and grooms. Also provided are abstracts of Quaker certificates of removal, which enable genealogists to trace Quaker ancestors from one monthly meeting to another.
     All records brought down from dates of organizations to present time (1938). NOTE: In 1827 each of these meetings was split into two seperate groups, commonly known as "Hicksite" and "Orthodox," the records of both groups, after 1827, being included here on account that, in each case, succeeding generations of members possessed a common genealogical background. All eight groups of these meetings are still active.

Names of Monthly Meetings (in this file) and dates of organizations:

1. Salem Monthly Meeting (N.J.) 1676

2. Burlington Monthly Meeting (N.J.) 1678

3. Philadelphia Monthly Meeting (PA.) 1682

4. Falls Monthly Meeting (PA.) 1683

Contents Of Quaker Genealogy Volume Three

Painstakingly developed from these monthly meeting records, Hinshaw's Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy is the primere puplication of Quaker genealogy. In its production, thousands of records were located and abstracted into a uniform and intelligible system of notation. The data gathered in these volumes of the Encyclopedia are arranged by meeting, then alphabetically by family name, and chronologically thereunder. This is One Volume - Volume III Covering meetings in all of New York City and Long Island from 1657 to 1940.
Volume III, Containing every item of Genealogical value found in all Records and minutes (known to be in existence) of all meetings of all grades ever organized in New York City and on Long Island (1657 to 1940). Including both Hicksite and Orthodox groups of the New York yearly meeting of the Society of Friends. The material in this pdf consists of data of genealogical interest recorded in the books of four Monthly Meetings covering the activities of the members of twenty-two Meeting for Worship and other meetings in New York City and on Long Island. These records are supplemented by vital records found in many Family Bibles of early Long Island Friends; also by Burial Registers and Tombstone data from several Burial Grounds, Quaker and non-Quaker, graciously furnished by the Long Island Historical Association, Brooklyn, NY.

Names of Monthly Meetings (in this file) and dates of organizations:

1. New York (Orginally Flushing) Monthly Meeting (NY) - 1672

2. Westbury Monthly Meeting (LI) - 1672

3. Jericho Monthly Meeting (LI) - 1789

4. Flushing Monthly Meeting (Second Generation) (LI) - 1805

Contents Of Quaker Genealogy Volume Four

Names of Monthly Meetings (in this file):

1. Westland, Washington County, PA	12. Carmel, Columbiana County, OH	23. Gilead, Morrow County, OH
2. Redstone, Fayette County, PA	13. Alum Creek, Delaware County, OH	24. West, Mahoning County, OH
3. Sewickley, Westmoreland County, PA	14. Flushing, Belmont County, OH	25. Greenwich, Morrow County, OH
4. Concord, Belmont County, OH	15. Somerset, Belmont County, OH	26. Plymouth, Washington County, OH
5. Plymouth-Smithfield, Jefferson County, OH	16. Sandy Spring, Columbiana County, OH	27. East Goshen, Mahoning County, OH
6. Middleton, Columbiana County, OH	17. Goshen, Logan County, OH	28. Columbus, Franklin County, OH
7. Short Creek (Mt. Pleasant), Jefferson Co., OH	18. Upper Springfield, Columbiana Co., OH	29. Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH
8. Salem, Columbiana County, OH	19. Deerfield (Pennsville), Morgan Co., OH	30. Adrian, MI
9. New Garden, Columbiana County, OH	20. Plainfield, Belmont County, OH
10. Stillwater, Belmont County, OH	21. Marlborough, Stark County, OH
11. Providence, Fayette County, PA	22. Chesterfield, Athens County, OH

Contents Of Quaker Genealogy Volume Five

This volume completes the Ohio Quaker genealogical records. It contains the genealogical records found in all original books known to exist of the twenty-one monthly meetings listed below. These records now belong to and are under the jurisdiction of the Wilmington Yearly Meeting, Clinton County, Ohio, and/or the Indiana Yearly Meeting, Richmond, Indiana. All twenty-one meetings are located in south-central, western, and southwestern Ohio. Records of meetings formerly held in these areas, but now laid down (including Hicksite), are included. Ohio Yearly Meeting was established in 1813 by Baltimore Yearly Meeting and took jurisdiction over all meetings in Ohio, western Pennsylvania, and Indiana. (Indiana Yearly Meeting was established in 1821 and took jurisdiction over western Ohio and all of Indiana.) The monthly meetings included in this volume are as follows:

Names of Monthly Meetings (in this file):

1. Miami, Warren County, OH	8. Mill Creek, Miami County, OH	15. Westfield, Preble County, OH
2. Fairfield, Highland County, OH	9. Clear Creek, Clinton County, OH	16. Green Plain, Clark County, OH
3. West Branch, Miami County, OH	10. Union, Miami County, OH	17. Springborough, Warren County, OH
4. Center, Clinton County, OH	11. Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH	18. Dover, Clinton County, OH
5. Elk, Preble County, OH	12. Newberry, Clinton County, OH	19. Hopewell, Clinton County, OH
6. Caesar's Creek, Clinton County, OH	13. Lees Creek, Highland County, OH	20. Wilmington, Clinton County, OH
7. Fall Creek, Highland County, OH	14. Springfield, Clinton County, OH	21. Van Wert, Van Wert County, OH

Contents Of Quaker Genealogy Volume Six

    Painstakingly developed from these monthly meeting records, Hinshaw's Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy is the magnum opus of Quaker genealogy. In its production, thousands of records were located and abstracted into a uniform and intelligible system of notation. The data gathered in these volumes of the Encyclopedia are arranged by meeting, then alphabetically by family name, and chronologically thereunder. Volume 1: NORTH CAROLINA Volume II: NEW JERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA Volume III: NEW YORK Volume IV: OHIO Volume V: OHIO Volume VI: VIRGINIA. If as the publisher suggests, 50% of our pre-1850 US ancestors were Quaker, than every researcher needs a personal copy of each and every Volume!
    The sixth volume of this monumental reference work deals with Virginia Quaker genealogical records. The Virginia Yearly Meeting (later disbanded and attached to Baltimore Yearly Meeting) comprised thirteen monthly meetings and all particular meetings ever established within the state of Virginia with the following exceptions: (1) those particular meetings west of the Blue Ridge in the Valley of Virginia and those immediately south of the Potomac (belonging to Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and later Baltimore Yearly Meeting), and (2) the nine particular meetings in the extreme southwestern part of the state (belonging to North Carolina Yearly Meeting). As in the preceding volumes, births, marriages and deaths are arranged by monthly meeting, then alphabetically by family name and thereunder chronologically, with all names listed in the index at the end of the book. Records contained herein refer to the following monthly meetings: Chuckatuck, Pagan Creek, Western Branch, Black Water, Upper, Henrico, Cedar Creek, Camp Creek, South River, Goose Creek (Bedford Co.), Hopewell, Fairfax, Crooked Run, Goose Creek (Loudoun Co.), and Alexandria.
    Completed under tremendous difficulty (Hinshaw died shortly after compilation of the material), the sixth volume of this monumental reference work deals with Virginia Quaker genealogical records.
    Virginia Yearly Meeting (later disbanded and attached to Baltimore Yearly Meeting) comprised thirteen monthly meetings and all particular meetings ever established within the state of Virginia with the following exceptions: (1) those particular meetings west of the Blue Ridge in the Valley of Virginia and those immediately south of the Potomac (belonging to Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and later Baltimore Yearly Meeting), and (2) the nine particular meetings in the extreme southwestern part of the state (belonging to North Carolina Yearly Meeting).
As in the preceding volumes, births, marriages, and deaths are arranged by monthly meeting, then alphabetically by family name and then chronologically, with all names listed in the index at the end of the book. In addition to the records of the monthly meetings named below (at which the vital statistics were meticulously recorded), this volume includes separate sections containing the marriage bonds of Campbell and Bedford counties. Records contained herein refer to the following monthly meetings:

Names of Monthly Meetings (in this file):

1. Chuckatuck	6. Henrico	11. Hopewell
2. Pagan Creek	7. Cedar Creek	12. Fairfax
3. Western Branch	8. Camp Creek	13. Crooked Run
4. Black Water	9. South River	14. Goose Creek (Loudoun County)
5. Upper	10. Goose Creek (Bedford County)	15. Alexandria

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