Joshua Evans papers, ca. 1788-ca. 1804.

Mott, Jacob, 1722-1803

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Branin, Amelia Nevin, approximately 1754-1819

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Amelia Nevin Branin was a Quaker minister from southern New Jersey. She was born Amelia Neven about the year 1754. In 1773 she married Cornelius Branin of Burlington County; the couple had at least 7 children. Branin and her husband joined the Society of Friends in 1777 at Evesham Monthly Meeting. In 1788 Branin was appointed to the ministry. In 1792 the family moved to Egg Harbor in Atlantic County. Branin died in 1819 at the age of 65....

Macy, Enoch, 1743-1806

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Enoch Macy was a Quaker from the eastern U.S. He was born to Joseph Macy and Hannah Hobbs Macy of Nantucket, Massachusetts, in 1743. In 1763 Enoch married Anna Macy, daughter of David and Dinah Macy, another Nantucket Friend. The couple had at least 10 children over the course of their lives. In 1772 the family moved to Guilford County, North Carolina. Macy died in 1806....

Brown, Dorcas Barney, 1744-1830

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Dorcas Barney Brown was a Quaker from Nantucket who also lived in the Delaware Valley and upstate New York. She was born to Benjamin Barney and Lydia Starbuck Barney in 1744, and in 1770 she married William Brown. In 1773 the couple moved to the Delaware Valley, where William had grown up, and settled near Wilmington, Delaware, staying there for seven years. In early 1780 the family briefly relocated south to the area around Smyrna, but moved north again to Philadelphia ...

Brown, William, 1744-1821

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William Brown was a Quaker who spent most of his life in the Delaware Valley and on Nantucket. Brown was born in 1744 to Ebenezer Brown and Elizabeth Ives Brown of Newton, Gloucester County, New Jersey (now Camden). In 1760 he moved across the Delaware River to Philadelphia. In 1765 Brown relocated farther afield to the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts, where he married local resident Dorcas Barney in 1770. In 1773 the couple moved back to the Delaware Valley and settled near Wilm...

Coleman, Seth, 1744-1822

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Seth Coleman was a Quaker whaler and boat-builder who spent most of his life in Nantucket, Massachusetts, and Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Coleman was born in 1744 to Barnabas Coleman and Rachel Hussey Coleman of Nantucket, where he likely spent his early life. In 1768 he married Deborah Swain, daughter of Reuben and Elizabeth Swain; the couple had 13 children during their marriage of over fifty years. Coleman and his family eventually emigrated to Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, likely as part of a lar...

Mott, James, 1742-1823

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James Mott was a Quaker Merchant from New York. He was born on Long Island in Hempstead, New York, to Richard Mott and Sarah Pearsall Mott on the 8th of 8th month, 1742. In 1765 he married Mary Underhill (b. 1745), daughter of Samuel Underhill and Ann Carpenter Underhill; the couple had five children. Shortly after their marriage the couple moved to New York City, where Mott took up mercantile business. In 1776, due to Mary's declining health and the ongoing tensions over British policy towar...

Dudley, Martha Evans, 1742-1799

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Martha Evans Dudley was a Quaker from Evesham, New Jersey. She was born in 1742 to Thomas and Rebecca Evans; she was their youngest child. In 1763 she married Thomas Dudley (son of Francis). Because the marriage was conducted by paid Church of England clergy, the couple were disowned from the Society of Friends. However, they were readmitted two years later in 1765 after making an acknowledgement for their departure from Quaker principles. The couple had 10 children: Hannah (1763-1763), Job (176...

Austin, Joseph, 1749-1827

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Joseph Austin was a Quaker hatter who lived in Massachusetts, Vermont, and New York. Austin was born in 1749 to Jeremiah Austin and Margaret Congdon Austin. In 1770 he married Patience Grinnell, daughter of Daniel Grinnell and Grace Palmer Grinnell, in Dartmouth, Massachusetts; the couple were members of the nearby New Bedford Monthly Meeting. They moved to Ferrisburgh, Vermont, in 1810 and stayed there until 1822, when they moved to Dutchess County, New York. Patience died in 1824, and Joseph ...

Webster, Priscilla Evans, 1773-

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Priscilla Evans Webster was a Quaker from southwestern New Jersey. She was born in 1773 to Joshua Evans and Priscilla Collins Evans. In 1800 she married Josiah Webster. The date of her death is unknown, but must have occurred before Josiah's remarriage in 1809....

Russell, Judith Barnard Swain, 1753-1833

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Judith Barnard Swain Russell was a Quaker from Nantucket who later moved to North Carolina. Russell was born Judith Barnard to Francis and Elizabeth Barnard of Nantucket on March 9, 1753. In early 1774 she married Paul Swain. The couple had three children, two of whom lived to adulthood. Paul died in 1779, and in 1786 Judith and the children joined a group of Nantucket Quakers emigrating to North Carolina. They settled in Stokes County and became members of Deep River Monthly Meeting. In 179...

Evans, Ann Thompson Kay, 1737-1806

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Ann Thompson Kay Evans was a Quaker from southwestern New Jersey. She was an elder in the Society of Friends and wife of radical minister Joshua Evans. She was born Ann Thompson in 1737 as a member of Salem Monthly Meeting. Ann married Joseph Kay of Haddonfield Monthly Meeting in 1758. Joseph died in approximately 1767, and after a decade Ann remarried to widower Joshua Evans in 1777. During her husband's travels in the ministry in the 1790s, Ann received a number of letters from Friends he m...

Hastings, Joshua, 1735-1816

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Joshua Hastings was a Quaker who spent much of his life in Philadelphia and North Carolina. Hastings was born in 1735 to John Hastings and his second wife Sarah Powell Hastings, likely in Philadelphia. In 1758 he married Ann Edgerton at the Gloria Dei Church. The couple's decision to be circumvent their Quaker monthly meeting and be married by a Lutheran priest earned them the censure of their congregation, though they continued as members of the meeting after acknowledging their conduct. In 177...

Dicks, Zachariah, -approximately 1810

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Zachariah Dicks (sometimes also known as Zacharias) was a Quaker minister and abolitionist who spent much of his life in North Carolina. Dicks was born in southeastern Pennsylvania to Nathan and Deborah Dicks, likely in 1728. Dicks joined the Society of Friends in 1754 at Warrington Monthly Meeting in York County. The following year he moved to New Garden Monthly Meeting in Guilford County, North Carolina, and 1756 he married Ruth Hiatt. The couple had eight children: Deborah, Martha, Nathan, ...

Russell, Timothy, approximately 1742-1819

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Timothy Russell was a Quaker who lived in Nantucket and North Carolina. He was born to William Russell and Mary Coleman Russell of Nantucket on the 29th of 10th month 1742 (it is unclear if this date is old-style or new-style). In 1767 Russell married Sarah Macy, daughter of David and Dinah Macy. Over the next 18 years the couple had 7 children: Mary (1769-), William (1774-), Hepzibah (1776-), Miriam (1777-), Timothy Jr. (1780-1803), George (1782-), and David (1785-). In 1773 Timothy, Sarah, ...

Hallock, Isaac, 1753-1850

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Isaac Hallock was a Quaker man from Dutchess County, New York. Hallock was born around 1753 to Peter and Ann Hallock. In 1780 he joined the Society of Friends through Nine Partner Monthly Meeting, where he became an overseer, elder, and clerk of the meeting. In 1783 he married a woman named Ruth, possibly Ruth Allen, daughter of Jedediah and Eunice Allen. Hallock died in 1850. ...

Whitall, Joseph, 1770-1847

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Joseph Whitall was a farmer and Quaker minister from Woodbury, New Jersey, who served as an early superintendent of Westtown School. Whitall was born to Benjamin and Elizabeth Whitall of Woodbury, New Jersey, on March 17, 1770. Around the age of 19, at his father's urging, he went to Trenton to pursue training as a lawyer. While there he began attending Quaker meetings and felt drawn to their principles. Soon Whitall felt and complied with a spiritual obligation to give up the study of th...

Hull, Henry, 1765-1834

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Henry Hull was a fuller and Quaker minister from Stanford, New York. Hull was born in 1765 to Tiddeman Hull and Elizabeth Franklin Hull of Purchase, New York but moved with family to Stanford at a young age and was educated at William Rickman's school in New York City. In 1785 he married Sarah Hallock, daughter of Edward and Phebe Hallock. Around the same time he became a minister in the Society of Friends. In this capacity he traveled extensively in the United States and Canada. In 1810 Hull se...

Ferris, Zachariah, approximately 1717-1803

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Zachariah Ferris was a tanner and Quaker minister from Wilmington, Delaware. He was born to Zachariah and Sarah Ferris of New Milford, Connecticut, about the year 1717. Between 1739 and 1741 Ferris moved to Wilmington, Delaware, as did his brothers David and John. There he worked as a tanner. In 1741 Ferris married Elizabeth Scott, daughter of Patrick and Eleanor Scott. The couple had five children, three of whom (Hannah, John, and Elizabeth) lived to adulthood. Ferris was an active minister in ...

Howard, Horton, 1770-1833

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Horton Howard was a printer, author, public official, and Quaker minister from North Carolina and Ohio. Howard was born to Bartholomew and Ruth Howard of North Carolina in 1770. Howard's family were enslavers; his parents kept about 26 people in bondage. However, Howard inherited at a young age and he made the decision to free these people (legally transferring them to the yearly meeting to skirt North Carolina's laws against manumission). In 1791 Howard married Anna Mace; she died several years...

Moore, Samuel, 1742-1822

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Samuel Moore was a Canadian Quaker. Moore was born in Rahway, New Jersey, in 1742. In 1763 he married Rachel Stone (1742-1813). Because of his loyalist sympathies during the Revolutionary War, Moore and his family were forced to flee north in 1777, first to New York, and then to Nova Scotia. They settled near Annapolis, Nova Scotia, and remained there until around 1812. The family then moved to Ontario, making a detour to visit Moore's hometown, where Rachel died in 1813. Moore himself died in 1...

Titus, Daniel, 1762-1826

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Daniel Titus was a Quaker from Long Island. He was born in 1762 to Henry Titus and Sarah Birdsall Titus near Westbury, New York. In January 1783 Titus married Amy Willets, daughter of Samuel Willets and Jane Powell Willets. That summer the young couple moved to Harrison, New York, where they lived for 13 years and had four children. In 1796 they returned to Long Island, first settling near Jericho, where a fifth child was born, then moving closer to Westbury in 1798. Daniel Titus died in 1826....

Delaplaine, Joseph, 1725-1799

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Joseph Delaplaine was a merchant and Quaker minister from New York City. Delaplaine was born about 1725 to Joshua Delaplaine Sr. and Esther Zane Delaplaine. He was recognized as a minister around 1750. To quote the memorial to him published by New York Monthly Meeting, "Although he travelled but little, he laboured much, in word and doctrine, and was often eminently favoured in the exercise of his ministerial gift, evidencing ... that his mind was fervently devoted to prom...

Arnold, Benjamin, 1746-1802

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Benjamin Arnold was a Quaker from North Carolina. Arnold was born in 1742 to William and Mary Arnold of Pasquotank Monthly Meeting. In 1768 he married Sarah Cannon of Perquimans Monthly Meeting, and over the next two decades the couple had seven children. In 1772 Pasquotank Monthly Meeting recognized Sarah as a minister, and two years later the meeting appointed Benjamin as an overseer. The couple and their children moved to Contentnea Monthly Meeting in 1777, where they remained for t...

Hull, Tiddeman, 1734-1795

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Tiddeman Hull was a Quaker merchant who lived in New York City and the surronding area. Hull was born in 1734 to Captain John Hull and Damaris Cary Hull of Jamestown, Rhode Island. As a young adult he moved to Purchase, New York, where in 1758 he married Elizabeth Franklin (also spelled Franklyn). The couple had eight children, including Tiddeman Hull Jr. (1759-1826) and Henry Hull (1765-1834). In 1770 the family moved to New York City, where Hull was extensively engaged in business as...

Halstead, David, 1750-1805

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David Halstead was a Quaker from Purchase, New York. Halstead was born to David Halstead and Patience Barnes Halstead on November 18, 1750 (7th of 9th month, Old Style). In 1773 he married non-Quaker Naomi Cromwell, daughter of John Cromwell and Ann Hopkins Cromwell. The couple had 14 children, including another David Halstead (1777-1839) who became a Quaker minister of moderate reknown. David Halstead the elder died on March 26, 1805....

Robinson, Thomas R. (Thomas Richardson), 1761-1851

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Thomas R. Robinson (1761-1851), son of Thomas and Sarah (Richardson) Robinson, was a Quaker from Newport, Rhode Island, who moved to Vergennes, Vermont, in 1792 and then to nearby Ferrisburgh. There he settled on land deeded to him by his brother William and operated a farm called Rokeby, which remained in his family until 1962. Robinson established saw, grist, and fulling mills on the Lewis Creek a few miles away and in 1810 purchased some of the first Merino sheep to be imported from Spain. He...

Robinson, Thomas, 1731-1817

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Thomas Robinson was a Quaker minister from Newport, Rhode Island. He was born in 1731 to William Robinson and Abigail Hazard Robinson. In 1753 Robinson became a commission merchant in Newport, where he had an interest in distilleries and a part in the slave trade. Distressed by what he saw in this venture, he became an ardent opponent of the slave trade and eventually promoted the idea of freedom for all enslaved people. In 1754 Robinson married Sarah Richardson (-1817). The couple had 6 ...

Rotch, Charity Rodman, 1766-1824

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Charity Rodman Rotch (1767-1823) was a Quaker minister from Massachusetts who was an early settler of Massillon, Ohio. Rotch was born Charity Rodman on October 31, 1766, to Captain Thomas Rodman (1724-1766) and Mary Borden Rodman (1729-1798) of Newport, Rhode Island. Her father's ship was lost at sea mere weeks after her birth. In 1790 Charity married her brother-in-law Thomas Rotch, a merchant from the island of Nantucket. The new couple lived on the island for several months before moving t...

Rotch, Thomas, 1767-1823

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Thomas Rotch (1767-1823) was a merchant, wool manufacturer, and Quaker minister from Massachusetts who was an early settler of Massillon, Ohio. Rotch was born July 13, 1767, to William Rotch Sr. (1734-1828) and Elizabeth Barney Rotch (1735-1824) of Nantucket. His father was part of a prosperous family mercantile firm, which Rotch joined upon coming of age. Soon thereafter, in 1790, he married his sister-in-law Charity Rodman of Newport, Rhode Island. In 1791 the Rotches left Nantucket for New...

Churchman, George, 1730-1814

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George Churchman (1730-1814) was born on October 28, 1730, in Nottingham, Pennsylvania, the son of John and Margaret (Brown) Churchman. In 1752, Churchman married Hannah James, the daughter of Mordecai and Gaynor (Lloyd) James. The couple had ten children. Churchman was a surveyor by profession, and in 1750, he succeeded his father as clerk of Nottingham Monthly Meeting, and served as clerk for 20 years. Churchman was a pioneer in the promotion of schools for Friends, including Westtown School. ...

Evans, Joshua, 1731-1798

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Joshua Evans, a Quaker farmer, minister, and abolitionist, was born in 1731, the son of Thomas and Rebecca Evans of Haddonfield Monthly Meeting, New Jersey. In 1753, he married Priscilla Collins under the care of Haddonfield Monthly Meeting. About the year 1754, he experienced a religious conversion and thereafter, devoted his life to sharing his rigorous interpretation of the gospel through an ascetic and pious life style and simple ministry. Barely educated, he was nevertheless acknowledged...