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William Forster was a traveling minister from England who was born in Tottenham to William and Elizabeth on the 23rd of the 3rd month 1784. In 1816, he married Anna Buxton, daughter of Thomas Towell and Anna Buxton and settled at Bredpole near Bridport. The couple had a son named William Edward in 1818. In the first ten years of his ministry, Forster engaged in religious visits throughout Great Britain and Ireland. In 1820, he spent five years in service in North America and then in 1837 he removed to Norwich. In the following years, he paid religious visits to Ireland, Normandy, and Indiana. He was one of the Friends who undertook to present the Address of Y.M. 1849 on the Slave Trade to the Sovereigns and other authorities in Europe. Forster died on January 27 1854 in his 70th year. His body was buried at Friendsville. Forster’s publications include: A Christian exhortation to sailors (published in 1819) and A salutation of Gospel love to those in the islands of the Pacific Ocean (published in 1860).
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Obituary of the members of the Society of Friends in Great Britain and Ireland.
p.48. William Forster, Norwich.69 1 mo. 27 1854 A minister. This beloved Friend died at the house of Samuel Low, near the Holston River, East Tennessee, North American, and was interred in Friends' burial ground, at Friendsville, in the compass of Newbury Meeting.
Piece 0402: Monthly Meeting of Shaftesbury and Sherborne (1742-1837), via Ancestry.com search, June 29 2021.
p.14. When Born: 11 of 7 1818. Where Born: Bradpole. Name: William Edward. Son or Daughter: Son. Names of Parentss: William and Anna Forster. Residence: Bradpole.
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Quarterly Meeting of London and Middlesex: Birth notes (1784-1785), via Ancestry.com search, June 29, 2021.
p.14. 1749. On the twenty third day of the third month, called March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty four, was born in Tottenham in the Parish of Tottenham in the County of Middlesex unto William Forster and Elizabeth his wife, a son who was named William...
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Dictionary of Quaker Biography, Haverford College.
FORSTER, William (1784-1854). William Forster, the second son of William and Elizabeth Forster, was born at Tottenham on 23 March 1784. "He was from his childhood sensible of the convictions of the Holy Spirit" and first spoke in the ministry in the summer of 1803, being recorded about two years later. For the next ten years he was engaged with little intermission in religious visits throughout Great Britain and Ireland, including (in 1812) a visit to the Hebrides and Western Isles. In 1816 he married Anna Buxton, daughter of Thomas Powell Buxton, and settled at Bredpole near Bridport. In 1820 he was liberated for service in North America, on which he was absent more than five years. In 1837 he removed to Norwich and among the religious visits he paid in the following years were Ireland (1843), Normandy (1844, 1845), Indiana (1846). In the winter of 1846-47 he was concerned for the relief of the famine in Ireland. He was one of the Friends who undertook to present the Address of Y.M. 1849 on the Slave Trade to the Sovereigns and other authorities in Europe. In 1852 he paid a visit to the descendants of the Vaudeis in the valleys of Piedment.
Following the decision of Y.M. 1852 to appoint a deputation to the Present of the USA on the slave trade, he embarked in September of that year with his brother Josiah, John Candler and William Holmes. After seeing the president, they travelled through many of the southern and western states. After visits to Friends at Hickory Grace and Friendsville, Tennessee, he was taken ill early in January 1854, dying on the 27th of that month, in his 70th year. His body was buried at Friendsville. His publications include: A Christian exhortation to sailors... republished London, 1819. and A salutation of Gosepl love to those in the islands of the Pacific Ocean... published London, 1860... He was a warm friend of Joseph John Gurney.
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Quarterly Meeting of Dorset and Hampshire: Marriages (1805-1837), via Ancestry.com search, June 29 2021.
p.29/30. On the Third Day of the Tenth Month, One Thousand eight Hundred and sixteen, William Forster of Tottenham, in the County of Middlesex son of William Forster of Tottenham, aforesaid and Elizabeth his wife, and Anna Buxton Daughter of Thomas Towell Buxton of Earls Colne in Essex and Anna his wife, took each other in marriage in publick assembly of the people called Quakers, in Shaftsbury in the presence of us...
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Forster, William, active 1808-1810, of North Walsham solicitor
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Vol. III. 1808-1810, and undated.includes:ff.3, 10, 13 Peter Firmin, of Dedham: Letters to T.H.Budd,etc.: 1808.ff. 5-15, 35, 88-98, 148-252 passim Thomas Hayward Budd: Correspondence with W. Windham: 1806-1810.ff. 10, 13. 1808 George Wright, at... 1808-1810
Vol. III. 1808-1810, and undated.includes:ff.3, 10, 13 Peter Firmin, of Dedham: Letters to T.H.Budd,etc.: 1808.ff. 5-15, 35, 88-98, 148-252 passim Thomas Hayward Budd: Correspondence with W. Windham: 1806-1810.ff. 10, 13. 1808 George Wright, at..., 1808-1810
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Vol. III. 1808-1810, and undated.includes:ff.3, 10, 13 Peter Firmin, of Dedham: Letters to T.H.Budd,etc.: 1808.ff. 5-15, 35, 88-98, 148-252 passim Thomas Hayward Budd: Correspondence with W. Windham: 1806-1810.ff. 10, 13. 1808 George Wright, at... 1808-1810
Vol. III. 1808-1810, and undated.includes:ff.3, 10, 13 Peter Firmin, of Dedham: Letters to T.H.Budd,etc.: 1808.ff. 5-15, 35, 88-98, 148-252 passim Thomas Hayward Budd: Correspondence with W. Windham: 1806-1810.ff. 10, 13. 1808 George Wright, at..., 1808-1810
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WINDHAM PAPERS. Vol. LXXII. (ff. 267). Correspondence of W. Windham with members of the Lukin family (continued), and with relations of his wife, etc.; 10 Feb. 1801-9 May, 1810. The names are given in the Index to the present Catalogue. Included also... 10 Feb 1801-9 May 1810
WINDHAM PAPERS. Vol. LXXII. (ff. 267). Correspondence of W. Windham with members of the Lukin family (continued), and with relations of his wife, etc.; 10 Feb. 1801-9 May, 1810. The names are given in the Index to the present Catalogue. Included also...
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WINDHAM PAPERS. Vol. LXXII. (ff. 267). Correspondence of W. Windham with members of the Lukin family (continued), and with relations of his wife, etc.; 10 Feb. 1801-9 May, 1810. The names are given in the Index to the present Catalogue. Included also... 10 Feb 1801-9 May 1810
WINDHAM PAPERS. Vol. LXXII. (ff. 267). Correspondence of W. Windham with members of the Lukin family (continued), and with relations of his wife, etc.; 10 Feb. 1801-9 May, 1810. The names are given in the Index to the present Catalogue. Included also...
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Grellet-Gurney correspondence
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Grellet-Gurney correspondence
This collection includes correspondence of members of the Grellet and Gurney families. Letters between Stephen and Rebecca Collins Grellet to her Collins and Longstreth relations relate primarily family news. Also included are letters of the Gurneys, Joseph John and his wife, Elizabeth Paul, from William Forster, and from Stephan Grellet. These letters share news of traveling ministers and discussions of spiritual issues. Also of interest are a letter of Edward Pease, a letter from Mary Anna Longstreth to John Pease, a copy of the testimony of Stephen Grellet at Burlington Monthly Meeting of Friends in 1829, and the manuscript copy of a letter from Daniel Wheeler.
John Hunt kept a diary for more than 40 years, recording Quaker concerns and daily events. This collections consists primarily of the manuscript journal, 1770-1800; fragments of 1805, 1806 & 1808; and 1814-1824. Of particular interest are the visits of prominent Quakers, including Elias Hicks and Jonathan Evans. There is also an account book, some correspondence received, and other miscellaneous materials. Correspondents include Ann R. Matlack, Asa Matlack, Elizabeth A. Lippincott, John Cox, Joseph Foulke, and Josiah Roberts.
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