John Hunt papers, 1770-1828.

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....

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...

Jones, Rebecca, 1739-1817

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Rebecca Jones was a Quaker minister from Philadelphia. She was born in Philadelphia, 7mo. 8 (old style), 1739, of pious parents of the Church of England. Her father, William Jones, was a seaman, and was lost on a voyage when Rebecca was a young child. Kary, Jones's mother, opened a school at No. 8 Drinker's Alley, which proved very successful, and she was able to give a careful education to Rebecca and her older brother Daniel. Rebecca never married. Jones was convinced of ...

Cowperthwaite, Rebecca Roberts, 1750-1827

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Rebecca Roberts Cowperthwaite was a Quaker minister from Burlington County, New Jersey. She was born the 8th of 8th Month 1750, old style (19 October 1750, new style), to Joshua Roberts and Rebecca Stokes Roberts. In 1772 she married Hugh Cowperthwaite, and the couple had 5 children over the next dozen years. Cowperthwaite was a member of Evesham Monthly Meeting, and joined Chester Monthly Meeting when it was set off from Evesham in 1803. She was recognized as a minister by the Society of Fr...

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...

Smith, Nathan Allen, approximately 1750-1825

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Nathan Allen Smith was a Quaker minister from Philadelphia. He was the son of Ralph Smith and Margery Allen, the daughter of Nathan Allen. The exact place and date of Smith's birth are uncertain, though it likely occurred within several years of his parents' marriage in April 1749. Because his mother was temporarily disowned by the Society of Friends for marrying a non-Quaker, Smith was not a Friend by birth, but joined the Society in 1786. He was soon recognized as a minister, and over the ...

Kaighn, Joseph, 1734-1797

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Joseph Kaighn was a Quaker from Camden, New Jersey. He was born in his family's home at Kaighn's Point in Camden on August 18, 1734, to Joseph and Mary Kaighn. In 1767 Kaighn married Prudence Rogers Butcher (1728-1818), widow of Joseph Butcher. He was a member of the Gloucester County Abolition Society, and at his death freed all of the people he had been enslaving. Kaighn died in 1797....

Foulke, Joseph, 1786-1863

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Joseph Foulke was a prominent Quaker minister from Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Hugh Foulke and Anna Robert Foulke, and great-grandson of Edward Foulke (1651-1741) and Eleanor Hugh Foulke (-1733). He had learned the trade of a wheel-wright but his inclinations drew him to the profession of teaching. For six years following 1811, he had charge of the Friends' School at Plymouth, Pennsylvania. Next he taught for one year at Upper Dublin. In 1818 he established at Gwynedd, on h...

Simpson, James, 1743-1811

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James Simpson was a Quaker minister who spent most of his life near the conjunction of Philadelphia, Bucks, and Montgomery Counties in Pennsylvania. He was born in 1743 to John and Hannah Simpson of Bucks County. His father died when he was around 3 years old. Over the course of Simpson's life he pursued careers as a cooper, storekeeper, and maker of brushes and brooms. In 1789 he moved to Horsham, Pennsylvania, and a year later he married Martha Shoemaker. Simpson died on April 9, 1811, at Fran...

Roberts, Joshua, 1715-1795

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Joshua Roberts was a Quaker from Burlington County, New Jersey. He married Rebecca Stokes. Roberts served as an elder of Evesham Monthly Meeting....

Jenkins, Mehetable Weymouth, 1731-1815

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Mehetabel Jenkins was traveling Quaker woman minister associated with Upper Springfield and Uwchlan Monthly Meetings, from Berwick, New England. She was born around 1731 and died on 1815. She is often associated with Sarah Jenkins. ...

Roberts, Rachel Hunt, 1791-1881

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Rachel H. Roberts was a Quaker from southwestern New Jersey. The daughter of Joshua and Esther Hunt, she married David Roberts, the son of Joseph and Susanna Roberts. She died in 1881. Her mother, Esther, was born in 1751 and after the death of Joshua Hunt, she married John Collins. Elisha and Caleb were two of Esther's seven children. She died in 1820. From the description of Roberts-Hunt family papers, 1677-1829. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 31452321 ...

Hunt, Robert, 1745-1805

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Robert Hunt was an 18th-century Quaker from the eastern part of what is now the United States. He was the youngest son of Robert Hunt and Abigail Wood, and the younger brother of diarist John Hunt. He married Abigail Pancoast, daughter of Samuel Pancoast and Abigail Copland, on December 19 1765 in the Makefield Quaker Meeting House, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The couple had eight children. Robert and his family moved from New Jersey to Maryland in 1776 and later to northern Virginia and eastern...

Wills, Micajah, -1797

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Micajah Wills was a Justice of the Peace for Burlington County, New Jersey. Wills was the son of James Wills (1694-) and Elizabeth Woolston Wills, and was perhaps born around 1721. He married Rebecca Hewlings (or Heulings), daughter of Jacob Hewlings and Dorothy Eves Hewlings. In 1765 Wills and his wife and children were accepted into membership in the Society of Friends by Evesham Monthly Meeting. In 1767 he was appointed a Justice of the Peace for Burlington County. Wills's work administering ...

Lippincott, John, 1758-

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John Lippincott was a Quaker from Burlington County, New Jersey. He was born on the 24th day of the 4th month, 1758, to John Lippincott and Anna Matlack Lippincott. Lippincott was a member of Evesham Meeting....

Cook, Charity Wright, 1745-1822

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Charity Wright Cook (1745 - 1822) was an American Quaker minister. Cook was born in Prince George's County, Maryland but moved with her family to the area of Cane Creek, North Carolina at the age of three; they moved again, probably in 1760, to Bush River, Newberry County, South Carolina. There she met Isaac Cook, a Quaker, whom she would go on to marry. In 1760 an accusation of sexual impropriety was levied against her, and as a result she was estranged from the Quaker community for eight y...

Stokes, Samuel, -1820

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Samuel Stokes was a Quaker from Burlington County, New Jersey. He was the son of Samuel Stokes and Hannah Hinchman Stokes, and married Sarah Ellis, daughter of Francis Ellis and Elizabeth Hunt; the couple had 8 children. Stokes was a member of Evesham Monthly Meeting. He died on the 12th day of the 1st month, 1820. ...

Stokes, Samuel, 1711-1781

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Samuel Stokes was a Quaker from Haddonfield, New Jersey. He was born to Joseph Stokes and Judith Lippincott Stokes on the 27the of 9th month 1711, New Style (16th of 7th month, Old Style). In 1741 he married Hannah Hinchman, and the couple had 7 children. Stokes was a member of Haddonfield Monthly Meeting. He died in 1781....

Stokes, Samuel, 1744-1802

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Samuel Stokes was an 18th-century Quaker from southern New Jersey. He was born on the 24th day of the 12th month, 1743, Old Style (6 March 1744, New Style), to Joshua Stokes and Amy Hinchman Stokes. Stokes was associated with Haddonfield, New Jersey and Haddonfield Monthly Meeting. He married Hope Hunt, and the couple had 10 children. He died on the 2nd day of the 4th month, 1802. ...

Hooton, Elisha, approximately 1749-1811

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Elisha Hooton was a Quaker from southwestern New Jersey. He was born around the year 1749 and married Esther Hunt, daughter of Robert Hunt, in 1770. Hooton was a member of Haddonfield Monthly Meeting. He died in 1811....

Brayton, Patience, 1733-1794

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Patience Brayton was a female Quaker minister from Massachussetts who traveled extensively. She was born on the 7th of the 1st month 1733 (Old Style). Arriving at Philadelphia in 1787 after completing one of her travels, she died on July 30, 1794, aged 60 years....

Ridgeway, John, 1705-1774

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John Ridgeway was a Quaker Elder associated with Little Egg Harbor Monthly Meeting from Burlington County, New Jersey. He was born the 28th of the 8th month 1705 (Old Style) to Thomas and Ann Ridgeway, the third child out of five. His first marriage was to Phebe Titus of Long Island in 1728 and his second was to Phoebe Ballanger in 1753. John Ridgeway died on May 21, 1774, aged near 70 years. ...

Wilkins, Thomas, 1700-1791

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Thomas Wilkins was a Quaker minister from Evesham, New Jersey. He was born in the year 1700 to Thomas and Susanna Wilkins. In 1727 he married Mary Core, daughter of Enoch Core and Sarah Roberts. Wilkins was a member of Haddonfield Monthly Meeting and of Evesham Monthly Meeting. He died on February 24, 1791 aged 91 years....

Neale, Samuel, 1729-1792

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Samuel Neale was a traveling Quaker minister from Cork, Ireland. He was born the 9th of the 11th mo 1729 (old style) to Thomas and Martha Neale in Dublin, Ireland. In 1751, he spoke in meeting in Dublin. The following year, he accompanied William Brown who had come from America for a visit in the ministry; Neale was recognized a minister. His first marriage was to Mary Peisley in 1757, who was a prominent woman Friend and minister. She died of an acute and sudden illness only three days later. ...

Roberts, David, 1792-1880

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David Roberts was a Quaker farmer from Moorestown, New Jersey. He was born on the 14th of the 2nd month 1792 to Joseph Roberts and Susanna Coles Roberts. In 1815 he married Rachel Hunt, daughter of Joshua Hunt and Esther Roberts Hunt Collins, with whom he had nine children. From 1858 to 1861, he served as Superintendent of Westtown School. Roberts was a member of Chester Montly Meeting. He died on December 9th, 1880....

Hunt, Robert, 1709-1764

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Robert Hunt was a Quaker from Burlington County, New Jersey. He was born the 21st of the 2nd month 1709 (old style) to Robert Hunt and Elizabeth Woolman. Robert's father died when he was seven years old, and he was raised by his Quaker stepfather, John Harvey. During his lifetime he was a successful shoemaker and tanner. With his first wife, Abigail Wood, Robert had three children (Abigail, John, and Robert); with his second wife, Martha Bate, he had four children (Elizabeth, Esther, Joshua, and...

Byrd, Rebecca Young, approximately 1758-1834

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Rebecca Byrd was a an English Quaker minister. She was the daughter of John and Jane Young of Shrewsbury, and when 26 she became a minister (in 1784). She formed a strong friendship with minister Deborah Darby, in company with whom she journeyed all over Great Britain and Ireland, and together they visited North America for three years from 1793-1796. Their encounter with Stephen Grellet at a meeting in Newton, Long Island, played a role in his conversion to Quakerism. In 1800 Rebecca married...

Harvey, John, 1724-1792

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John Harvey was a Quaker from Mansfield, New Jersey. He was born on the 9th of the 5th month, 1724, to John Harvey and Elizabeth Woolman Hunt Harvey. He married Ann Tilton, daughter of Daniel Tilton, in 1758. Harvey was a member of Burlington Monthly Meeting. He died on March 30, 1792. associated with Upper Springfield Monthly Meeting and Burlington Monthly Meeting....

Harvey, John, -1754

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John Harvey was a Quaker elder associated with Burlington Monthly Meeting. He married Elizabeth Woolman Hunt in 1718 and died July 5th, 1754. ...

Hoskins, John, approximately 1728-1814

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John Hoskins was a Quaker from Burlington County, New Jersey. Born around the year 1728, he married Mary Raper, daughter of Joshua and Sara Raper in 1750; the couple had eleven children. His daughter Sarah married minister Thomas Scattergood (1748-1814) and his daughter Mary married twice, first to Samuel Newbold (1771-), and then to minister Isaac Bonsall (1765-). His daughter Abigail married educator John Griscom (1774). Hoskins himself was a member of Burlington Monthly Meeting, where he serv...

Matlack, William, 1752-1805

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William Matlack was a Quaker from Burlington County, New Jersey. He was born on the 15th day of the 5th month, 1752, to William and Mary Matlack. Matlack was a member of Evesham Monthly Meeting. He died on the 12th day of the 10th month, 1805 in Chester county, Pennsylvania. ...

Conrow, Esther Hunt, 1783-1808

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Esther Hunt Conrow was a Quaker from Burlington County, New Jersey. She was born to John and Esther (Warrington) Hunt on the 30th of the 1st month, 1783, the ninth child out of ten. In 1805, she married Darling Conrow, son of Darling and Sarah Conrow. The couple had two children together named Sarah and Nathan. Conrow was a member of Evesham Monthly Meeting and Chester Monthly Meeting. She died on September 2, 1808....

Hunt, Samuel, 1765-1791

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Samuel Hunt was a Quaker from Burlington County, New Jersey. He was born on 27th day of the 1st month, 1765 to John and Esther (Warrington) Hunt. Hunt was a member of Evesham Monthly Meeting. After a bout of severe illness he died on the 20th day of the 9th month, 1791....

Tatem, John, 1739-1821

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John Tatem was a Quaker minister from Deptford, New Jersey. He was born to John Tatem on the 17th of 6th month 1739, New Style (6th of 4th month, Old Style). Tatem was received into membership in the Society of Friends by Haddonfield Monthly Meeting in April 1762. Later that year he married Sarah Ward, daughter of George Ward. The couple had 4 children together, two of whom lived to adulthood. Sarah died in 1778, and in 1780 John remarried to Elizabeth Cooper, daughter of David Cooper and Sibyl ...

Hunt, Joseph, 1768-1856

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Joseph Hunt was a Quaker from Burlington County, New Jersey. He was born to John Hunt and Esther Warrington Hunt on the 8th of the 2nd month 1768, the third child out of ten. In 1794, he married Agnes Haines, daughter of Issac and Deborah Haines. According to John Hunt’s journal, the couple had a male child born in April 1796, and a daughter named Deborah. Hunt was a member of Evesham Monthly Meeting. He died in the year 1856. ...

Comly, John, 1773-1850

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A birthright Friend, John Comly was the son of Isaac and Asenath Hampton Comly of Byberry. In 1803, John married Rebecca Budd of Mt. Holly, New Jersey. Over the course of his lifetime, John Comly worked as a farmer, an educator, a surveyor, a conveyancer, and published a number of books, including a grammar, spelling book, primer, and reader. He was also an acknowledged Quaker minister. From the description of Papers, 1830-1884. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 192...

Roberts, John, 1713-1770

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John Roberts was a Quaker from Evesham, New Jersey. He was born 9 January 1713, New Style (29 10th month 1712, Old Style), to John and Mary Roberts. Roberts was a member of Evesham Monthly Meeting. He died on the 15th day of the 9th month, 1770....

Foster, William, 1707-1778

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William Foster was born on the 13th day of the 12th month, 1706 (Old Style). He was the son of Josiah and Mary Foster and his siblings were Rebekah and Hannah. He was married to Hannah (Core) Foster. The couple had 12 children, Sarah, Elizabeth, Hannah, Rebekah, Amy, Mary, Josiah, Martha, Abigail, Phebe, William, and Lydia. He died on the 1st day of the 11th month, 1778....

Wigham, John, 1749-1839

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John Wigham was a British Quaker minister. He was born to William Wigham (-1777) and his wife Rachel Teasdale Wigham (about 1722-1813) at Hargill House in Cornwood, Northumberland, on the 3rd of May, 1749 (new style). At the age of 16 he began associating with the family's servants, and his father, seeing their merriment as a threat to Wigham's spiritual life, encouraged him to find a wife in the hopes that a good marriage would put him on a better path. Around 1769 he married Elizabeth Donwiddy...

Walker, Robert, 1717-1785

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Robert Walker was born the 17th of the 3rd month 1717 (old style), the son of John and Sarah Walker of Batley, Yorks. He was appointed an Elder when young and was very serviceable in meetings for discipline. He became a clothier. He married in 1743, at Liversedge, Hannah Firth, daughter of Jacob Firth of Liversedge, Torks. They lived at Gildersome, near Leeds. In 1751 he was called to the ministry, in which he appeared with few words and mostly in his home neighborhood until 1756, after wh...

Hunt, Hannah, 1785-1839

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Hannah Hunt was a Quaker from southwestern New Jersey. She was born on the 4th of the 5th month 1785 to John Hunt and Esther Warrington Hunt, the last child of out of ten. Hunt was a member of Evesham Monthly Meeting, Chester Monthly Meeting, and Upper Springfield Monthly Meeting. She died on August 19, 1839 and was buried in Moorestown, New Jersey....

Hunt, Benjamin, 1780-1822

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Benjamin ("Benne") Hunt was a Quaker from Burlington County, New Jersey. He was born the 19th of the 11th month 1780 to John and Esther (Warrington) Hunt. In 1806 he married Phebe Cowperthwaite, daughter of Hugh Cowperthwaite; the couple had seven children together. Hunt was a member of Evesham Monthly Meeting and Chester Monthly Meeting. He was killed on November 27, 1822, just after his 42nd birthday, while digging for marlstone. As his father recorded in his journal, "About one o'clock, the b...

Thornton, James, 1785-1858

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James Thornton was a Quaker farmer from Byberry, Philadelphia. He was born in April 1785 to Joseph Thornton and Hannah Haines Thornton. His father died when James was 5, and his mother remarried 7 years later to widower Peter Yarnall, who died a year after the wedding. In 1818 Thornton married Rebecca Stokes, daughter of Dr. John H. Stokes and Ann Evans. He died in 1858....

Foster, William, 1751-1784

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William Foster was a Quaker from Burlington County, New Jersey. He was born on the 14th day of the 7th month, 1751, to William and Hannah Foster. Foster was a member of Evesham Monthly Meeting. He died on the 20th of the 11th month, 1784. ...

Conrow, Darling, 1783-1845

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Darling Conrow was a Quaker associated with Burlington County, New Jersey and Chester Monthly Meeting. He was married first to Elizabeth Brown with whom he had 9 children, Sarah, Matthew, Susannah, Phebe, Esther, Lydia, Darling, Elizabeth, and Thornton. He later married Esther Hunt in 1805. He was disowned by Byberry Monthly Meeting in 1813. He died on the 3rd day of the 2nd month, 1845....

Thornton, Joseph, 1756-1790

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Joseph Thornton was a Quaker minister from the Philadelphia area. He was born on the 15th day of the 10th month, 1756, to James and Mary Thornton of Byberry, Pennsylvania. In 1783 Thornton married Hannah Haines and moved to her hometown of Evesham, New Jersey. Thornton died on the 24th day of the 5th month, 1790....

Hunt, Abigail, 1770-1823

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Abigail Hunt was a Quaker from Burlington County, New Jersey. She was born the 6th of the 10th month, 1770, to John Hunt and Esther Warrington Hunt. She was a member of Evesham and Chester Monthly Meetings. Hunt died on December 29th, 1823....

Roberts, Enoch, 1789-

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Enoch Roberts was a Quaker associated with Chester Monthly Meeting and the City of Philadelphia in the state of Pennsylvania. The son of Jonathan, he was born the 5th of the 10th month, 1789. In 1814, he married Rachel French, daughter of George and Rachel of Burlington County; the couple had eight children together named Charles H., Mary, Susan F., Almira, Edward H., Rachel, William Penn., and Henry C. ...

Roberts, Enoch, 1768-

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Enoch Roberts was a Quaker from Burlington County, New Jersey. He was born on the 12th of the 12th month 1768 to John Roberts and and Phebe Andrews Roberts. His first wife was Hannah Shute (m. 1792), daughter of Samuel and Rebecca Shute of Chester, with whom he had two children named Amosa and Arthur. After Hannah's death, Enoch remarried to Anne Thorne, daughter of Thomas and Abigail Thorn of Waterford; the couple had two children, both of whom died young. Roberts was a member of Evesham Monthl...

Miller, Mark, 1740-1800

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Mark Miller was a member and elder of the Society of Friends associated with Gloucester County, New Jersey as well as Salem Monthly Meeting. He was born on the 28th day of the 6th month, 1740 (Old Style). The son of Ebenezer and Sarah Miller, his siblings were William, John, Sarah, and Rebekah. He was married first to Mary Redman and then to Phebe Foster. He died on the 9th day of the 11th month, 1800 at the age of 61. ...

Warrington, Abraham, 1755-

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Abraham Warrington was Quaker from Burlington County, New Jersey, and a member of Evesham Monthly Meeting. He was born on the 22nd day of the 2nd month, 1755, to Thomas Warrington and Mary Roberts Warrington. He married Rachel Evans (daughter of Joshua Evans and Priscilla Collins) and the couple had 6 children. ...

Roberts, Enoch, 1718-1782

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Enoch Roberts was a Quaker from Burlington County, New Jersey. He was born on the 27th of the 10th month 1717 (old style) to John Roberts and Mary Elkinton Roberts, the third child out of eight. His first marriage was to Rachel Coles, daughter of Samuel, with whom he had seven children. In 1778, he married Agnes Hewlings, widow of Jacob Hewlings. Roberts was a member of Evesham Monthly Meeting. He died on September 12 1782....

Claridge, Richard, 1649-1723

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Richard Claridge (1649 – 28 April 1723) was an English Anglican priest and Quaker convert. The son of William Claridge of Farnborough, Warwickshire, he was educated at Farnborough grammar school. In 1666 he became a student at Balliol College, Oxford, moving two years later to St. Mary Hall. While at the university he gained the reputation of being an "orator, philosopher, and Grecian". He graduated B.A. in 1670, and in the same year was ordained a deacon, being licensed to the curacy...

Roberts, Samuel, 1746-1821

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Samuel Roberts was a Quaker from Burlington County, New Jersey. He was born to Enoch Roberts and Rachel Coles Roberts on 7 June 1746, New Style (27th of 3rd month, Old Style). In 1772 he married Hannah Stiles, daughter of Robert Stiles; the couple had nine children together. Roberts was a member of Evesham Monthly Meeting and Chester Monthly Meeting. He died in October 1825....

White, Joseph, 1713-1777

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Joseph White was a Quaker minister from Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He was born at Fallsington, Pennsylvania to William White and Sarah Bye White on the 8th of 2nd Month 1713 (28th of 11th month 1712, Old Style). White began to preach in the twentieth year of his age. Being an orphan, he was brought up by relatives who so well performed the task that Samuel Foulke said of him, "though he had only a mechanic education, he was admirably raised, and endowed with gifts natural and divine". White tra...

Stevenson, Mary Bunting, 1730-1788

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Mary Bunting Stevenson was a Quaker minister from Springfield, New Jersey. She was born to John and Alice Bunting on the 13th day of 12th month 1729, Old Style (24 February 1730, New Style). She married William Stevenson and was a member of Upper Springfield Monthly Meeting. Mary Bunting Stevenson died on the 4th day of 4th month 1788....

Buzby, Hannah Stokes Haines, 1742-1815

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Hannah Stokes Haines Buzby was a Quaker from Burlington County. She was born to Samuel Stokes and Hannah Hinchman Stokes on the 18th of 2nd month 1742, old style (April 29, 1742, New Style). Hannah was the third of seven siblings. She married Ephraim Haines, son of Nehemiah Haines and Ann Brown Haines. After his death, she remarried to Thomas Buzby (1739-1816), son of Thomas Buzby and Margaret Haines Buzby; the couple had a son named Benjamin. She died November 29, 1815. ...

Hollinshead, Edmund, 1749-1809

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Edmund Hollinshead was a Quaker from Burlington County, New Jersey. He was born on the 1st of the 9th month 1749 (old style) to Edmund and Agnes Hollinshead. In 1789 Hollinshead married Hannah Foster, daughter of Josiah Foster; the couple had seven children. He was a member of Evesham Monthly Meeting and Chester Monthly Meeting. Hollinshead died on October 15, 1809....

Bassett, Deborah Dunn, 1745-1805

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Deborah Dunn Bassett was a Quaker minister from Salem County, New Jersey. She was born the 6th of 4th month 1745, Old Style (15 June, New Style) to Zaccheus and Deborah Dunn. In 1765 she married Isaac Bassett, and the two had a daughter, also named Deborah. Bassett was a member of Salem Monthly Meeting and of Pilesgrove Monthly Meeting, after it was split off. She began to appear in the ministry sometime in the decade after her marriage. Bassett's health suffered in her old age, and she died on ...

White, Samuel, 1742-1818

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Samuel White was a Quaker from the Delaware Valley who spent much of his life in southwestern New Jersey. He was born in 1742 near Fallsington, Pennsylvania, to Quaker minister Joseph White and his first wife Martha Lippincott White. Near the end of 1777 White moved across the Delaware River to Evesham in Burlington County, New Jersey. In 1784 he married Tabitha Reeve of Evesham. In 1793 Samuel, Tabitha, and their children moved to the vicinity of Horsham, Pennsylvania, but they returned to Eves...

Hunt, Joshua, 1754-1792

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Joshua Hunt was a Quaker teacher associated predominantly with Brownsville, Pennsylvania. He was born on the 1st day of the 2nd month, 1754, to Robert and Martha (Bate) Hunt of Moorestown, New Jersey. In 1778 Hunt married Esther Roberts, and the couple stayed in New Jersey for the next dozen years. However, in 1790 Joshua, Esther, and their five children moved to Brownsville (then called Redstone), a small but growing town on the Monongahela River in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. After returning...

Morris, Sarah, 1704-1775

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Sarah Morris was a Quaker minister from Philadelphia. She was born on the 16th of 11th month 1703, O.S. (27 January 1704, N.S.) to Anthony and Elizabeth Morris of Philadelphia. When Morris was seventeen, her father on his deathbed said of her that "she never had disobeyed him, and was his Comfort." Her first religious tour was made with Margaret Ellis as companion. In 1764 accompanied by Joyce, wife of Anthony Benezet, and Elizabeth Smith, the maiden sister of Samuel and John Smith, of Burlingto...

Crisp, Stephen, 1628-1692

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Stephen Crisp of Colchester, England, was a Quaker activist, traveling minister, and prolific writer. Crisp is credited with establishing the Quaker faith in the Low Countries. He was born in Colchester in 1628 to Stephen and Elizabeth Crisp. In 1648 he married his first wife, Dorothy, who died in 1684. Crisp was convinced to join the Society of Friends in 1655 after hearing the ministry of James Parnell. In 1658 he began to publish Quaker tracts, and by 1659 he had taken the role of minister...

Atkinson, Samuel, 1768?-1841

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Samuel Atkinson was a Quaker minister associated with Burlington Monthly Meeting in Rancocas, New Jersey. He was born sometime in 1768 to Jonathan and Mary Atkinson of the Township of Northampton in the County of Burlington and died on October 20, 1841. He was married to Hannah Graft, daughter of Robert and Sarah Graft....

Hilliard, Reuben, 1769-1812

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Reuben Hilliard was a Quaker minister from Burlington County, New Jersey. He was born in 1769 in Burlington, New Jersey, to Samuel and Hannah Hilliard. Reuben worked as a laborer in the nearby town of Evesham, and eventually became superintendent of his aunt's farm in Rancocas. Around 1793 he was briefly imprisoned for refusing to pay a militia fine, and soon afterwards he began to speak at Rancocas Meeting. In 1795 Hilliard was recognized a minister by Burlington Monthly Meeting. He made religi...

French, Charles, 1753-1834

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Charles French was a Quaker from Burlington County, New Jersey. He was born on the 25th of the 10th month, 1753, to Charles French and Ann Clement French. He was a member of Evesham Monthly Meeting, but left the Society of Friends in 1781. Two years later he married Sybilla Stokes, daughter of Joseph Stokes and Atlantic Bispham. He died in 1834 and was buried at Trinity Episcopal Church in Moorestown, New Jersey....

Roberts, William, 1753-1829

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William Roberts was a Quaker from Burlington County, New Jersey. He was born to Joshua Roberts and Rebecca Stokes Roberts on the 11th of the 8th month 1753. In 1788 Roberts married Elizabeth Grinslade, daughter of John and Elizabeth; the couple had seven children. Roberts was a member of Evesham Monthly Meeting. He died the 17th of 7th month, 1829....

Law, William, 1687-1761

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William Law was a Church of England priest who lost his position at Emmanuel College, Cambridge when his conscience would not allow him to take the required oath of allegiance to the first Hanoverian monarch, King George I. Previously William Law had given his allegiance to the House of Stuart and is sometimes considered a second-generation non-juror (an earlier generation of non-jurors included Thomas Ken). Thereafter, Law first continued as a simple priest (curate) and when that too became imp...

Evans, Rebecca Cowperthwaite, 1778-1861

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Rebecca Cowperthwaite Evans was a Quaker from Burlington County, New Jersey. She was born on the 22nd day of the 8th month, 1778, to Hugh Cowperthwaite and Rebecca Roberts. She married John Evans in 1799. Rebecca died on the 15th day of the 4th month, 1861....

Sleeper, John, 1731-1794

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John Sleeper was a Quaker minister from southwestern New Jersey who spent much of his life in Otsego County, New York. He was born in on the 14 of 10th month (O.S.), 1731, to Jonathan and Hannah Sleeper of Mount Holly, New Jersey. In 1754 he married Hannah Haines, daughter of Nehemiah and Ann Haines, from the nearby township of Chesterfield; the couple had 12 children together. Sleeper and family remained in Burlington County, New Jersey, until 1775, when they removed to the present site of L...

Collins, Job, 1782-1814

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Job Collins was a Quaker from Burlington County, New Jersey. He was born on the 18th of the 10th month 1782 to John Collins and his wife Ruth. In 1805, Collins married Mary Ballinger, daughter of Levi Ballinger and Hannah his wife; the couple had five children named Hannah, Lydia, Levi, Clayton, and William. He was a member of Evesham Monthly Meeting and Chester Monthly Meeting. Collins died April 20, 1814....

Simpson, James, 1775-

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James Simpson was a Quaker minister from the border of Philadelphia and Bucks Counties, Pennsylvania. He was the son of minister John Simpson and his wife Ruth. James was married twice, first to Susanna Satterthwaite in 1803, and second to Ann Balderston in 1823....

Healy, Christopher, 1773-1851

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Christopher Healy (1773-1851) was a prominent Quaker minister who travelled throughout England and America in service of the gospel. Healy was a convinced Friend who was born in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, and was buried in Fallsington in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He married twice, first to Sarah Sheffield and after her death, to Sarah Miller. Between his two wives, he had 23 children. He was opoosed to both Elias Hicks and Joseph John Gurney. From the description of Journal, ca...

Murray, Lindley, 1745-1826

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Lindley Murray was born at Harper Tavern, Pennsylvania, on 7 June 1745. His father, Robert Murray, a member of an old Quaker family, was one of the leading New York merchants. Murray was the eldest of twelve children, all of whom he survived, although he was puny and delicate in childhood. When six years old, he was sent to school in Philadelphia, but soon left to accompany his parents to North Carolina, where they lived until 1753. They then moved to New York, where Murray was sent to a good sc...

Matlack, Joseph, 1767-1814

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Joseph Matlack was a Quaker minister from Burlington County, New Jersey. He was born on the 21st day of the 8th month, 1767, the son of William and Mary Matlack. He married Anne Shute, and the couple had 6 children. Matlack was a member of Evesham Monthly Meeting and Chester Monthly Meeting. He hanged himself in 1814 after showing signs of tetanus. His official death date is the 26th day of the 8th month, 1814. ...

Atkinson, Elizabeth, 1731-1796

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Elizabeth Atkinson was a Quaker minister and member of Mount Holly Monthly Meeting in Burlington County, New Jersey. She died on the 6th day of 2nd month, 1796, at the age of 64 and 6 months, after serving as a minister for about 20 years....

Bonsall, Mary Hoskins Newbould, 1765-1814

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Mary Hoskins Newbould Bonsall was a Quaker associated with Burlington Monthly Meeting. She was born on the 9th of the 5th month 1765 to John and Mary (Raper) Hoskins. In 1791 she married Samuel Newbold of the Township of Chesterfield in the County of Burlington, son of John and Mary Newbold. In 1807, she remarried to widower Isaac Bonsall, first superintendent of Friends Hospital, of Uwchlawn Township, son of Edward. She was the sister-in-law of John Griscom, Thomas Scattergood, and Joseph Richa...

Bispham, Joshua, 1706-1795

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Joshua Bispham, son of Joseph and Hannah Bispham of Bickerstaffe, Lancashire, was born there the 11th of April 1706, and married Mary Lawrence the 29th of February 1729. Intending to join his brother Benjamin in North America he sailed with his wife from London the 13th of December, 1736, in the ship "Mary and Hannah," captained by Henry Lavage. During the voyage, on the 22d of March 1737 a daughter was born, whom they named Atlantic. They landed at Philadelphia the 26th of April 1737, after a v...

Cowperthwaite, Hugh, 1744-1808

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Hugh Cowperthwaite was a Quaker from Burlington County, New Jersey. He was born the 13th of the 9th month 1744 to Thomas Cowperthwaite and his wife Mary Burden. In 1772 Cowperthwaite married Rebecca Roberts, daughter of Joshua and Rebecca Roberts; the couple had five children. He was a member of Evesham Monthly Meeting. Cowperthwaite died September 8, 1808....

Griffith, Abraham, 1713-1798

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Abraham Griffith was a Quaker minister from the Delaware Valley. He was born approximately on 2nd month 12 O.S., 1743 (April 23 N.S.) to Abraham and Hannah Griffith, near Gwynedd, Pennsylvania. Griffith moved around Montgomery County over the course of his life, and eventually settled in nearby Burlington County, New Jersey. He died on October 24, 1798, after serving as a minister for roughly 66 years. ...

Burroughs, Samuel, 1742-1793

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Samuel Burroughs was a Quaker from southwestern New Jersey. He was born to Samuel and Ann Burroughs on the 4th day of 5th month, 1742, old style (July 15, new style). In 1766 he married Sarah Lamb, daughter of Jacob and Lydia; they had seven children named Abel, Samuel, Eber, Thomas, Lydia, Sarah, and Samuel. Burroughs was a member of Haddonfield Monthly Meeting and Upper Evesham Monthly Meeting. He died on April 29, 1793....

Miller, Ebenezer, 1725-1800

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Ebenezer Miller was a Quaker minister from Salem, New Jersey. He was born on the 15th of 9th month 1725 (old style), and his family joined the Society of Friends before he reached the age of majority. In 1770, Miller moved from Greenwich to Salem. Miller was a member of Salem Monthly Meeting. He died on the 11th day of the 7th month, 1800, after serving as a minister for about 35 years....

Hollinshead, Edmund, 1708-1781

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Edmund Hollinshead was a Quaker minister from southwestern New Jersey. He was born on the 22nd day of the 2nd month, 1708, (old style) to John and Agnes. Hollinshead married Mary Morgan, and couple had 8 children. He was a member of Evesham Monthly Meeting. Hollinshead died on the 5th day of the 5th month, 1781....

Cowperthwaite, Joseph, 1793-1822

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Joseph Cowperthwaite was a Quaker minister from Burlington County, New Jersey. He was born on the 5th day of the 5th month, 1793, to Job and Anne Cowperthwaite. Cowperthwaite was a member of Chester Monthly Meeting. He died in 1822 after a prolonged illness....

Lloyd, John, 1725-1797

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John Lloyd was a Quaker minister from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He was born to Thomas and Mary Lloyd of Philadelphia on the 4th of the 11th month, 1725 (new style). He married Susanna Field in 1750. Lloyd died October 30, 1797. ...

Borton, Isaac, 1737-1807

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Issac Borton was a Quaker, from Gloucester County, New Jersey. Son of John Borton, he was born on the 12th of the 9th month 1737, Old Style (November 23, new style). In 1761 Borton married Mary Hooton, daughter of Samuel Hooton; the couple had eight children together. He was a member of Haddonfield Monthly Meeting and Upper Evesham Monthly Meeting. Borton died September 26, 1807 and was buried at Cropwell (today known as Maple Shade)....

Burroughs, Joseph, 1736-1814

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Joseph Burroughs was a Quaker from Burlington County, New Jersey. He was born to Samuel and Ann (Gray) Burroughs on the 24th of the 2nd month 1736 (new style). In 1765 Burroughs married Mary Pine, daughter of Bery Pine; they had a son named William. He was a member of Haddonfield Monthly Meeting and Chester Monthly Meeting. Burroughs died June 9, 1814 in his 79th year....

Vickers, Thomas, approximately 1721-1793

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Thomas Vickers was a Quaker minister from southeastern Pennsylvania. He was born around 1721 to Abraham and Mary Vickers of Plumstead, Pennsylvania. Vickers married Rebecca Dillon of Bedminster, Pennsylvania, in 1746; the couple had eight children together. In 1775 Thomas, Rebecca, and their four youngest children moved to Bradford in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Vickers lived there for the rest of his life, with the exception of short move to Exeter from 1782 to 1783. He frequently made religi...

Coles, Job, 1748-1828

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Job Coles was a Quaker from southwestern New Jersey. He was born to Kendall Coles and Ann Bud in 1748. Coles married Elizabeth Tomlin and the couple had at least one child, Samuel. He was a member of Haddonfield Monthly Meeting. Coles died on the 9th day of the 10th month, 1828....

Fothergill, Samuel, 1715-1772

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Samuel Fothergill (1715–1772), was a Quaker minister from Yorkshire, England. He was the sixth son of John Fothergill and his wife Margaret, well-to-do Quakers of considerable means at Carr End, Wensleydale, Yorkshire. He was born in November 1715. He was educated at Briggflats, near Sedbergh, and afterwards at a school at Sutton in Cheshire, kept by his uncle, Thomas Hough. At the age of seventeen he was apprenticed to a Quaker shopkeeper at Stockport. As soon as his apprenticeship was over,...

Drinker, Elizabeth Hart, 1737-1794

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Elizabeth Hart Drinker was a Quaker minister from Philadelphia. She was born in 1737 to John Hart, and in 1760 she married Daniel Drinker (1735-1815). Elizabeth first appeared in the ministry around 1775, and over the next two decades she visited many of the meetings in the area associated with the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. In 1793 Drinker set out for England on a religious visit in company with George and Sarah Dillwyn. Her health declined and she eventually died in London on the 10th day of...

Cowperthwaite, Job, -1813

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Job Cowperthwaite was a Quaker from Burlington County, New Jersey. He was born to Thomas Cowperthwaite and Mary Burden. Cowperthwaite married Anne Vickers in 1777, and the couple had fifteen children. He was a member of Evesham Monthly Meeting and Chester Monthly Meeting. Cowperthwaite died Mary 15, 1813. ...

Lippincott, Caleb, 1740-

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Caleb Lippincott was a Quaker from southwestern New Jersey. He was born to Nathaniel and Mary Lippincott on the 19th of 2nd month, 1740. In 1764 he married Anna Venicomb, daughter of Francis Venicomb of Northampton, New Jersey. In 1775, he was married a second time to Zilphah Shinn daughter of James Shinn of Hanover in the County of Burlington. Lippincott was a member of Haddonfield Monthly Meeting. He died around 1800....

Matlack, William, 1725-1795

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William Matlack was a Quaker from southwestern New Jersey. He was born on the 11th of the 9th month 1725. In 1748 he married Mary Turner; the couple had ten children. Matlack was a member of Evesham Monthly Meeting. He died May 15, 1795. ...

Roberts, John, 1744-1827

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John Roberts was a Quaker from Burlington County, New Jersey. He was born on 3 August 1744, New Style (23rd day of the 5th month, Old Style), to Joshua Roberts and Rebecca Stokes Roberts. In 1768 Roberts married Phebe Andrews, and the couple had 6 children. Roberts was a member of Evesham Monthly Meeting ad of Chester Monthly Meeting. He died on the 22nd day of the 1st month, 1827....

Cooper, James, 1754-1819

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James Cooper was a Quaker minister from Gloucester County, New Jersey. He was born on the 7th day of the 2nd month, 1754 to James and Deborah Cooper. Cooper was a member of Woodbury Monthly Meeting. He died on the 1st day of the 8th month, 1819....

Roberts, Joshua, 1770-1815

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Joshua Roberts was a member of the Society of Friends associated with Chester, New Jersey and Chester Monthly Meeting. He was born on the 24th day of the 2nd month, 1770. He married Rachel Roberts and the couple had 5 children, Job, Charles, Clayton, Joel, and Elizabeth. Roberts died on the 31st day of the 1st month, 1815....

Newbold, Mary Foster, 1741-1809

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Mary Foster Newbold was a Quaker minister from Burlington County, New Jersey. She was born to William and Hannah (Core) Foster on the 23rd of the 2nd month 1741. She married Clayton Newbold, and the couple had twelve children together. Newbold was a member of Upper Springfield Monthly Meeting. She died on March 31, 1809....

Evans, Caleb, 1737-

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Caleb Evans was a Quaker from southwestern New Jersey. He was born to Thomas and Rebecca Evans on the 2nd of the 12th month of 1736, old style (February 13, 1737, new style). In 1756, Evans married Abigail Thorn, daughter of Robert Hunt and sister of minister John Hunt. The couple had seven children together. Over the course of his life Evans was a member of Haddonfield Monthly Meeting and Evesham Monthly Meeting, but he was disowned by Evesham Monthly Meeting in 1769 for infidelity to his wife....

Gibbs, Lucas, 1773-1807

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Lucas Gibbs was a Quaker from Burlington County, New Jersey. He was born on the 6th day of the 9th month, 1773. He married Mary Hance in 1796 and the couple had 9 children. Gibbs was a member of Evesham Monthly Meeting. He died on the 24th day of the 11th month, 1807....

Lippincott, Samuel, 1770-1844

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Samuel Lippincott was a Quaker minister from Burlington County, New Jersey. He was born the 10th day of the 11th month, 1770 to Samuel Lippincott and Theodosia Hewlings Lippincott. Lippincott was a member of Evesham Monthly Meeting. His spouse's name was Anne or Anner Haines. Lippincott died on the 8th day of the 2nd month, 1844....

Evans, Thomas, 1693-1783

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Thomas Evans was a Quaker minister and peacemaker from Burlington County, New Jersey. He was born to William and Elizabeth Evans on the 22nd day of the 4th month 1693. His first marriage was to Esther Haines; the couple had three children together. In his second marriage to Rebecca Owen, he fathered five children. Evans was a member of Evesham Monthly Meeting. After serving in the ministry about sixty-five years, he died on January 21st, 1783, near the age of 90....

Reeve, Hannah Foster, 1734-1813

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Hannah Foster Reeve was a Quaker minister from southwestern New Jersey. She was born to William Foster and Hannah (Core) Foster on the June 7, 1734, New Style (27 3rd month, Old Style), the third daughter out of twelve children. In 1765 she married Mark Reeve, son of Joseph Reeve of the township of Fairfield. Hannah Foster Reeve was a member of Upper Evesham Monthly Meeting. She died August 6, 1813....

Cattle, Jonas, 1741-1828

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Jonas Cattle was a Quaker overseer who moved from Evesham Monthly Meeting to Redstone Monthly Meeting in 1788. He was born on the 23rd of the 2nd month 1741, son of James Cattle. In 1775 he married Elizabeth Roberts, daughter of Enoch Roberts; the couple had six children. He died February 3, 1828....

Evans, John, 1774-1841

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John Evans was a Quaker from Burlington County, New Jersey who was a member of Evesham Monthly Meeting. He was born to Enoch and Mary Evans on the 17th of the 2nd month 1774. In 1799 Evans married Rebecca Cowperthwaite; the couple had six children together. He died March 18, 1841....

Hunt, John, 1778-1824

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John Hunt was a Quaker from Burlington County, New Jersey. He was born to John Hunt and Esther Warrington Hunt on the 26th of the 5th month 1778. In 1805 Hunt married Ann Brown, daughter of Joseph Brown of Mansfield Township; the couple had six children together. He died June 30, 1824. 1806, when she moved to Upper Springfield Monthly Meeting....

Lindley, Jacob, 1744-1814

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Jacob Lindley was a male Quaker minister from Chester County, Pennsylvania. Lindley was born in New Garden to Jonathan and Deborah (Halliday) Lindley in November 1744. He became active in the ministry around 1774, and advocated non-violence during the American Revolutionary War. Lindley also worked for temperance and the rights of African Americans. In addition, he was involved in the Society of Friends' work with Native Americans and took part in the 1793 Sandusky River Council. In 1783 Lindley...

Roberts, Ebenezer, 1776-1854

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Ebenezer Roberts was a Quaker minister from Burlington County, New Jersey. He was born on August 20th, 1776 to John Roberts and Phebe Andrews. Roberts was a minister and member of Evesham Monthly Meeting and Chester Monthly Meeting. He traveled as a minister throughout the mid-Atlantic region alongside Ann Edwards and Rebecca Matlack. In 1801 Roberts married Rachel Dudley, and the couple had 5 children. He died on April 15th, 1854....

Jackson, William, 1746-1834

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William Jackson was a Quaker minister from London Grove, Pennsylvania. He was born July 25, 1746 (new style), to William Jackson and Catherine Miller Jackson. In 1775 Jackson accompanied John Churchman on a religious visit to meetings on the eastern shore of Maryland, and in 1776 he was recommended as a minister. In 1781 he traveled in the ministry to parts of New Jersey, New York, and New England. Jackson married Hannah Seaman of Long Island, New York, in 1778 or 1788 (records conflict). The co...

Evans, John, 1739-1821

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John Evans was a Quaker from Evesham, New Jersey. He was born to William and Sarah Evans on the 19th of the 4th month 1739. In 1763 Evans married Martha Foster; the couple had three children together. He died in 1821. ...

Roberts, Samuel, 1758-1834

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Samuel Roberts was a Quaker associated with Chester Townships in his early residence and Evesham later on in life. He was born to Joshua and Rebecca Roberts on the 9th of the 1st Month 1758. He was the youngest child born to the couple; his siblings included: Joseph, John, Joshua, Rebekah, and Joshua and William (twins). In 1781 he married Elizabeth Shute, daughter of Samuel and Rebekah Shute, and together they had nine children (Joshua, Samuel, Hugh, Rebecca, Benjamin, Hope, Anna, Nathan, Hanna...

Warrington, Rebecca Walton, 1734-1812

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Rebecca Walton Warrington was a Quaker from Burlington county, New Jersey. She was born to Benjamin and Rebecca Walton on the 24th of the 11th month 1733, Old Style (4 February 1734 by the Gregorian Calendar). She married Joseph Warrington, and the couple had four children. Warrington was a member of Evesham Monthly Meeting. She died on the 7th of 7th month, 1812....

Brown, Clayton, 1763-1847

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Clayton Brown was a Quaker minister from Burlington, New Jersey. He was born on the 20th day of the 12th month 1763, the son of Samuel and Ann Brown. His first marriage was to Elizabeth Satterthwaite in 1791. His second marriage was to Esther Ballinger in 1816, which made him the son in law of John Haines. He died on the 30th day of the 6th month, 1847....

Smith, Samuel, 1737-1817

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Samuel Smith was a Quaker minister from Philadelphia. He was born to Robert and Phebe Smith of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, on the the 13th of 6th month 1737, New Style (2nd of the 4th month, Old Style). Because he was of too delicate a constition for laborious work, he moved to Philadelphia in 1763. In the same year he married Mary Woolston, the daughter of John Woolston of Middletown. Smith grew to oppose the free use and sale of alcohol. He was recognized as a minister in 1770. Smith traveled ...

Routh, Martha Winter, 1743-1817

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Martha Routh or Martha Winter (25 June 1743 – 18 July 1817) was a British Quaker minister and writer. Martha Winter was the last child, born in Stourbridge in 1743, to Henry and Jane Winter. She had nine siblings, although only five survived childhood. By the age of 24, she was the head of a Quaker boarding school in Nottingham after starting to teach there when she was seventeen. She was made a minister in 1773 and, after her marriage to Richard Routh in 1776, she devoted herself to Quaker mi...

Valentine, Robert, 1717-1786

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Robert Valentine, Pennsylvania Quaker minister, was born in Ballybrumhill, Ireland. His parents came to Pennsylvania in the late 1720s or early 1730s, settling in Chester and then Delaware Counties. In 1747 Robert Valentine married Rachel Edge (1725-1779). In 1764, the Concord Monthly Meeting recommended him for ministry. He was a well-known public figure who maintained contacts with many leading Quakers in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Ireland, and England. As a "public Friend," he travel...

Redman, Mercy Davis, 1722-1778

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Marcy Davis Redman was a Quaker minister who lived in Haddonfield, New Jersey. She was born the 17th of the 2nd month 1722 to David Davis and his wife. In 1747 she became the second wife of Thomas Redman (1714-1766) and the couple had a son named Joseph who did not live to adulthood. Redman began speaking in the ministry in the 27th year of her age, traveling to different meetings along the East Coast of North America. She died March 15, 1778, at 56 years....

Justice, Joseph, 1763-1825

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Joseph Justice was a Quaker minister who lived in Burlington County, New Jersey. He was born on the 10th of the 5th month 1763. In 1787 he married Esther Warner. Justice died June 25, 1825. ...

Coles, Kendall, 1723-1804

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Kendall Coles was a Quaker from southwestern New Jersey. He was born to Samuel Coles and Mary Kendall in 1723. Coles married Ann Budd. He was a member of Haddonfield Monthly Meeting. Coles died on the 10th day of the 2nd month, 1804....

Mifflin, Warner, 1745-1798

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Warner Mifflin (August 21, 1745 – October 16, 1798) was an American abolitionist and an early advocate of reparations for slavery. Born and raised in Virginia, Mifflin established himself as a planter in Delaware in 1769. As a member of the Society of Friends, he was strongly opposed to slavery and became dedicated to assisting slaves who tried to free themselves, to defending free blacks from abuse, as well as encouraging Quakers and others to free their slaves. Early life and family Mifflin ...

Bownas, Samuel, 1676-1753

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Samuel Bownas was a minister who was born on November 20th, 1676 in the UK. Bownas was apprenticed to Quaker minister Samuel Parat at the age of 13. He sailed to the U.S. and landed in Maryland in 1702. His rivalry with George Keith, a quaker turned Anglican, landed Bownas in jail, but he would be released in late 1703. He remained in the U.S. for several years before returning to England in 1706. He married his first wife (name not given) in 1707 but she died in 1719. He moved to Bridgeport, wh...

Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784

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Anthony Benezet, born Antoine Bénézet (January 31, 1713 – May 3, 1784), was a French-American abolitionist and educator who was active in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. One of the early American abolitionists, Benezet founded one of the world's first anti-slavery societies, the Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage (after his death it was revived as the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery); the first public school for girls in North America; and t...

Scott, Job, 1751-1793

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Job Scott was a Quaker minister from Providence, Rhode Island. He was born to John and Lydia Scott on the 18th day of the 10th month 1751. Scott married Eunice Anthony and the couple had six children together. In 1774 Scott first spoke as a minister and he travelled widely in ministry in North America, England, and Ireland. He died of small-pox in Ballistone, Ireland, on November 22, 1793. ...

Redman, Thomas, 1714-1766

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Thomas Redman was a minister born in Philadelphia, PA in 1714. He was associated with Haddonfield, NJ and Haddonfield Monthly Meeting. He was married twice, first to Hannah Gill and then to Marcy Redman. He had three children, Mary, Sarah, and Thomas....

Potts, Joseph, 1742-1804

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Joseph Potts was a Quaker minister from southeastern Pennsylvania. He was born the 3rd of 1st month 1742, Old Style (14 March 1743, New Style) to John Potts and Ruth Savage Potts of Douglass, Pennsylvania. In 1764 Potts married Mary Morris of Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania; the couple had 11 children together. He died in 1804....

Redman, Thomas, 1742-1823

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Thomas Redman was born in 1742 to Thomas and Hanah (Gil) Redman. A New Jersey Quaker, he was imprisoned in 1776 for refusing to take an oath. His stepmother, Mercy Davis Redman (1722-1778) was a Quaker minister. John E. Redman was one of his seven children. Thomas Redman died in 1828. From the description of Family papers, 1760-1806. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 32535195 ...

Churchman, John, 1705-1775

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John Churchman was a traveling Quaker minister who lived in Nottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania. He was born to John and Hannah Churchman on the 15th of the 8th month 1705. In 1729/30, he married Margaret Brown, daughter of William and Esther Brown; the couple had a son named George. A minister of 42 years (since 1733), Churchman died on July 24 1775 near 70 years of age and was buried in East Nottingham. He had spent upwards of four years in the European Islands....

Lippincott, Thomas, 1756-1821

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Thomas Lippincott was a Quaker from Burlington County, New Jersey. He was born to John Lippincott and Anna Matlack on the 14th of the 11th month, 1756. In 1782 he married Lydia Burr, daughter of Joseph Burr of the Township of New Hanover; the couple had six children together. He died October 15 1821 and was buried in Westfield in the 65th year of his age. ...

Forster, William, 1784-1854

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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 re...

Roberts, Joseph, 1742-1826

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Joseph Roberts was a Quaker from Burlington County, New Jersey. He was born to Joshua Roberts and Rebecca Stokes Roberts on 19 September 1742, New Style (8th of 7th month, Old Style). In 1771 Roberts married Susanna Coles, daughter of Kendall and Anna Coles; the couple had 9 children together. He was a member of Evesham and Chester Monthly Meetings. Roberts died 22 February 1826....

Allinson, Samuel, approximately 1739-1791

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Samuel Allinson was a Quaker attorney and surveyor-general associated with Burlington and Haddonfield Monthly Meetings in N.J. born to Joseph and Elizabeth Allinson in 1739 (approximately). In 1764 he married Elizabeth Smith and the couple had 2 children together, named William and Mary. In 1773, he married Martha Cooper, daughter of David and Sibyl Cooper. The couple had seven children together named David, Elizabeth, James, Sibyl, Margaret, Samuel and John. In 1776, Allinson wrote the Acts of ...

Tomlinson, Ephraim, 1695-1780

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Ephraim Tomlinson was a Quaker from southwestern New Jersey. He was born on 9 September 1695, New Style (29 6th month, Old Style). Tomlinson's parents lived at some distance from European settlements, and he claimed to have regularly walked ten miles to meeting as a child. In 1727 he married Sarah Carbut. Tomlinson was devout in his religious observations and was eventually appointed an Elder of Haddonfield Monthly Meeting. He died on the 2nd of 8th month, 1780, and was buried at Haddonfield....

Dudley, Thomas, 1741-1829

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Thomas Dudley was a member of the Society of Friends in New Jersey. He married his wife, Martha Evans, in 1762. Their daughter Rachel died young in 1791. Their other children were Hannah, Job, Thomas, Jemina, Susannah, Martha, and Evan....

Jones, William, -1782

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Williams Jones was a Quaker Minister from Mansfield, New Jersey. In 1747 he married Elizabeth Atkinson; after her death, he remarried to Elizabeth Powell in 1750. Jones died June 18, 1782. ...

Collins, Job, 1752-1827

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Job Collins was a Quaker Elder who lived in the Township of Evesham, New Jersey. He was born to Francis and Ann Collins on the 13th of the 6th month 1752. In 1774 he married Mary Collins (1753-1776), daughter of Jonathan and Hannah Haines; the couple had a daughter named Sarah together. In 1778, Collins remarried to Elizabeth Ballinger Mason (1755-1831), widow of John Mason; the couple had ten children together. Collins was a member of the Upper Evesham Preparative Meeting of Ministers and Elder...

French, Robert, 1749-1811

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Robert French was a Quaker from southern New Jersey. He was born the 21st of the 5th month, 1749, to Robert French and Hannah Cattle. In 1785, French married Hannah Warrington, daughter of Thomas Warrington, and the couple had one daughter named Mary born in 1786. Hannah died the same year Mary was born. In 1803, French remarried to Elizabeth Stokes. He was a member of Chester Monthly Meeting and Evesham Monthly Meeting, and served as an Elder. French died on the 10th of the 2nd month of 1811, i...

Story, Thomas, 1662-1742

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Thomas Story (1670?–1742) was an English Quaker convert and friend of William Penn, whose writings were very influential to Quakers. In 1698, he visited colonial America, lectured to Quakers there, and held positions in the Pennsylvania colony. Born around 1670, he was son by his first wife of Thomas Story of Justice Town in the parish of Kirklinton, near Carlisle, and younger brother of George Warter Story. After being educated at the Carlisle grammar school, and acquiring skill in fenci...

Foulke, Elizabeth, approximately 1758-1820

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Elizabeth Foulke was a Quaker minister from Philadelphia. She was born around the year 1757 to Judah Foulke and Mary Bringhurst Foulke. Elizabeth never married. She died in 1820 at the age of 63. ...

Cooper, David, 1725-1795

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David Cooper (December 12, 1724 – April 1, 1795) was an American farmer, Quaker, member of Society of Friends, a pamphleteer and an author of abolitionist ideals in the latter 1700s. A native of New Jersey, he lived the greater part of his life in and around Gloucester and Salem, New Jersey. Cooper was outspoken on the issue of slavery and was devoted to the abolitionist movement before, during and after the American Revolution. As a devoted Christian and Quaker, he made numerous comparisons bet...

Reeve, Benjamin, 1737-1801

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Benjamin Reeve was a Quaker minister from southern New Jersey. He was born on the 2nd of the 7th month, 1737 (old style), the third child of Joseph and Eleanor Reeve. Reeve served as a minister in Greenwich and was also a well-known peacemaker. In 1761 he married Ruth Brick, and in 1764 the couple moved to Salem, New Jersey. Reeve died on the 24th of the 5th month, 1801, in his 64th year. ...

Hollinshead, Jacob, 1732-1819

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Jacob Hollinshead was a Quaker from Chester township in southern New Jersey. He was born on the 27th of the 12th month 1732, the son of Jacob and Mary Hollinshead. Hollinshead died on the 4th day of the 12th month 1819 at 87 years. He was steady and constant attender of Friends meetings as long as he was able to go. ...

Buzby, Hannah Warrington, 1734-1819

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Hannah Warrington Buzby was a New Jersey Quaker born on the 18th of the 11th month 1734, to Henry Warrington. She married Joseph Buzby; the couple did not have any children. Buzby died in 1819 around the age of 85. ...

Thorn, Thomas, 1740-1809

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Thomas Thorn was a Quaker from Haddonfield, New Jersey. He was born to William and Mary Thorn on the 10th of the 1st Month 1739, old style (March 21, 1740 by the Gregorian calendar). He married Abigail Burroughs around 1759 and the couple had ten children together. Thorn served as an elder of Haddonfield Monthly Meeting. He died on the 17th of the 9th Month, 1809. ...

White, Josiah, 1705-1780

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Josiah White was a Quaker minister from southwestern New Jersey. He was born to Josiah and Hannah (Powell) White at Alloway's Creek, Salem County, New Jersey, 6mo. (August) 21, 1705, and was the grandson of Christopher and Esther (Biddle) White. A dispute in law with neighboring landowners of Salem County, in which White felt unjustly treated, led him to remove to Evesham, Burlington County, and his certificate of removal, dated at Salem, to Burlington Monthly Meeting 4mo. (June) 30, 1729, s...

Darby, Deborah, 1754-1810

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Deborah Darby (25 August 1754 – 14 February 1810) was a British Quaker minister and traveller based in Coalbrookdale, Shropshire. Darby was born in 1754 in Upperthorpe, Sheffield. She was one of the six children of Hannah (born Wilson) and John Barnard who was a tanner. She was brought up with a good education and knowledge of the Christian faith. In 1776 she married Samuel who was the son of Abraham and Abiah Darby of Coalbrookdale. The Darby family are credited with enabling the Industrial...

Offley, Daniel, 1756-1793

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Daniel Offley was a Quaker minister from Philadelphia. He was born to Daniel Offley, Sr., and Rachel Offley on November 29, 1756. Offley was recognized as a minister around 1780, and in 1786 he accompanied Samuel Emlen on a religious visit to many of the islands in the Carribean. In 1789 he married Ann Newbold of Burlington County, New Jersey. Offley died during 1793 the Yellow Fever epidemic in Philadelphia. While many fled the city, he remained and made visits to the sick. He caught the dis...

Reeve, Mark, 1724-1788

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Mark Reeve was a Quaker minister from southern New Jersey. He was born to Joseph and Eleanor Reeve on 12th month 28, 1723, old style (10 March 1724, new style). In 1761 he married Hannah Foster, daughter of William Foster, under care of Evesham Monthly Meeting. As a minister Reeve traveled widely in North America. He advocated zealously for the end of slavery. Mark Reeve died on the 25th day of the 10th month, 1788, in the 65th year of his age. ...

Ross, Thomas, approximately 1709-1786

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Thomas Ross was an Irish-born Quaker minister who spent much of his life in southeastern Pennsylvania. He emigrated as a young man from Tyrone, Ireland to Wrightstown, Bucks County, Pa. He never married. He was a sweet-spirited and acceptable minister among Friends, and traveled somewhat in religious service in America before going to England in company with Rebecca Jones and her party in 1784. He remained there for two years, and never returned. A serious fall on the voyage, occasioned by a sud...

Buzby, Joseph, 1729-1811

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Joseph Buzby was a Quaker from Burlington County, New Jersey....

Hunt, William, 1733-1772

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William Hunt was a Quaker minister born near Philadelphia who spent much of his adult life in Guilford, North Carolina. William was a very sober, religious child, and began to preach at the age of fifteen. Finding himself somewhat vain of the gift, which was encouraged by the elder Friends, he held his peace for some time, and finally began all over again, becoming eventually one of the foremost ministers of his denomination. He married early, before his majority, Sarah Mills, in 4mo.1753. Jus...

Lippincott, Elizabeth A.

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Matlack, Asa, 1783-1851.

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Matlack, Ann R.

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Roberts, Josiah, 1783-1841

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Josiah Roberts was a New Jersey Quaker, born in 1783 to Joseph and Susannah (Cole) Roberts. In 1808, he married Mary French, the daughter of Robert French. Josiah Roberts was a member of Moorestown Monthly Meeting of Friends until his death in 1841. From the description of Family papers, 1731-1910. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 32600664 ...

Evans, Jonathan, 1759-1839

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Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830

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Elias Hicks was an eminent Quaker minister from Jericho, Long Island, N.Y. He was a farmer, partner in a tannery, and had a knowledge of surveying. Elias Hicks was born on March 19, 1748, a birthright member of Westbury Monthly Meeting, New York, and the son of John and Martha (Smith) Hicks. At thirteen he went to live with his older brother and was apprenticed to a carpenter. During this time, he became increasingly devoted to religious principles. In 1771, he married Jemima Seaman, th...

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...

Rogers, William, 1731-1812

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William Rogers was a New Jersey Quaker born to William and Ann Rogers in 1831. In 1754 he married Sarah Warrington, daughter of Henry Warrington. After her death Rogers remarried in 1767, this time to the recently widowed Grace Eayre (born Grace Allen). He died in early December 1812 and was buried at Evesham, New Jersey....

Hunt, Esther Warrington, 1743-1833

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Esther Warrington Hunt was a Quaker from Burlington County, New Jersey. She was born to Henry Warrington and his second wife Elizabeth Bishop Warrington on December 20, 1743 (old style). On March 17, 1763, she married John Hunt....

Collins, Esther Roberts Hunt, 1751-1820

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Esther Hunt (September 4, 1751 – February 2, 1820) was a pioneer who lived on America's frontier as a wife, a mother and a leader in her Quaker faith. Born Esther Roberts, she was the youngest of five children of Enoch Roberts (1717–1782) and Rachel Coles (c. 1715 – 1758). The Roberts family lived at Evesham Township, New Jersey. Esther's mother died when she was about seven years old. Esther Roberts and Joshua Hunt were married on November 19, 1778 in the Friends Meetinghouse at Moorestown Tow...

Hunt, John, 1740-1824

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John Hunt was born in 1740, the son of Robert and Abigail (Wood) Hunt of New Jersey. His father was a first cousin to the John Woolman (1720-1772). In 1763, John Hunt married Esther Warrington in the Chester meeting house, under the supervision of Evesham Monthly Meeting. He was a Quaker minister for more than 50 years and died in 1824. His memorial, published in 1841, highlighted his public testimony concerning pride and superfluity, and stated that he was particularly concerned with temperance...

Collins, Elizabeth Ballinger Mason, 1755-1831

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Quaker minister born to Joshua and Naomi Ballinger, 1755-11-15. Her father died in 1761, and Elizabeth had to "live out" from home, and had some "trying seasons." In 1773 she married John Mason, and had two children with him before his death around 1777. She soon remarried, this time to widower Job Collins, son of Francis and Ann, on 1778-05-14 and had 10 children with him. Died 1831-01-02. From the Dictionary of Quaker Biography (Haverford College). ...

Lippincott, Joshua, 1732-1813

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Joshua Lippincott was a New Jersey Quaker. He was born the 2nd of 7th month 1732 (old style) to Freedom Lippincott and Elizabeth Wills. He married Rachel Dudley (1736-1795), daughter of Francis and Rachel Dudley, on 1756-06-03. Lippincott was recognized as an elder of Upper Evesham Monthly Meeting. He died on the 2nd of 7th month 1813....

Willis, Robert, approximately 1713-1791

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Robert Willis was a Quaker minister from New Jersey born about 1713. He married young, and after a period of religious searching he joined the Society of Friends in his twenties. Willis began taking steps towards the ministry in 1758, and after his wife's death in 1759 he devoted himself to religious activities. He spent much of the rest of his life as a traveling minister, mostly but not exclusively in the Mid-Atlantic area. In 1770 he set out for the British Islands, and spent the next four ye...

Warrington, Joseph, 1730-1803

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Joseph Warrington was a Quaker from Burlington County, New Jersey. He was born to Henry Warrington and Elizabeth Bishop on April 20th, 1730 (old style), along with a twin brother named Benjamin. Warrington married Rebecca Walton in 1768, and died in April 1803....

Wills, Aaron, 1734-1805

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Aaron Wills was a Quaker from Burlington County, New Jersey. He was born to Daniel Wills and Elizabeth Woolston on 23 June 1734 (old style). In 1758 he married Rachel Warrington, daughter of Henry Warrington and Elizabeth Bishop. Wills died on 29 April 1805....

Collins, John, 1750-1817

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John Collins was a Quaker from Burlington County, New Jersey. He was born in early 1750 (late 1749 old style) to Francis and Ann Collins and married Ruth Burdil, born 1750 to Arthur Burdil. Ruth died in 1805, and in 1807 Collins remarried, this time Esther Hunt (née Roberts), widow of Joshua Hunt, who was also native to Burlington County but had lived for over a decade in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. Both Collins and his second wife were recognized as elders of Chester Monthly Meeting. He died ...

Simpson, John, 1740-1811

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John Simpson was born in 10 month 23, 1739 (old style), and his parents, members of the Society of Friends, settled in the verge of Buckingham Monthly Meeting when he was an infant. He married Ruth Whitson and around 1764 was recognized as a minister. Ruth died in 1803, and he married second Ann Ingham. He traveled widely in the ministry throughout the United States, moving to Ohio in 1809. In 1810, he requested a certificate of transfer from Falls Monthly Meeting to West Branch, Ohio. A letter ...

Jordan, Richard, 1756-1826

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Richard Jordan was a well-traveled Quaker minister who lived in Virginia, North Carolina, and New Jersey, and who traveled in Europe from 1800 to 1802. Jordan was born in Norfolk County, Virginia, to Joseph and Patience Jordan, on 19 December 1756. In 1786 the family moved to Rich Square, North Carolina. Jordan eventually married Pharaby Knox, and the couple settled on a farm near his parents. In 1781 he began to speak in the ministry and made visits to other Quakers in North Carolina. In 1797 h...

Cox, John, approximately 1754-1847

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John Cox was a minister in the Society of Friends. Cox was born around 1754 to John and Abigail Cox of New Jersey. He married Hannah Smith, daughter of John Smith and Hannah Logan. After Hannah's death in 1783, Cox remarried, this time to Ann Dillwyn, and spent much of his life at a home in Burlington County that Ann had inherited from her father called "Oxmead." While he was recognized as a Quaker minister, Cox traveled little. Like many Quakers, he devoted much of his time to civil service and...

Reeve, John, 1730-1816

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John Reeve was a Quaker minister from New Jersey. He was born to Joseph and Eleanor Reeve around the year 1729. About the 28th year of his age, came forth in the ministry, to the satisfaction of Friends. He visited the meetings of Friends in New England, New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey generally; and some of the Meetings in the Southern States. He bore a Testimony against the prevailing spirit of the World, the superfluity thereof, and the sorrowful deviations amongst us, from our Princip...

Roberts, Rebecca Stokes, 1720-1815

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Rebecca Stokes Roberts was a Quaker minister who lived in Burlington County, New Jersey. She was born to Joseph Stokes and Judith Lippincott Stokes early in the spring of 1720. In 1741 she married Joshua Roberts (1715-1795), son of John Roberts and Mary Elkinton Roberts; the couple had 7 children together. Roberts first spoke in meeting for worship in 1773, and she was eventually recognized as a minister. She died November 23, 1815....

Edwards, Ann, 1773-1820

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Ann Edwards was a Quaker minister active in Chester Monthly Meeting in southeastern New Jersey. Edwards was born into a non-Quaker family and later became a "convinced Friend," i.e., a convert to Quakerism. The date of her conversion is unknown, though it must have preceded her recognition as a minister in 1808. Edwards's family did not follow her into membership in the Society, with the exception of her sister Elizabeth, who became a member in 1815. Edwards was particularly active as a mini...

Evans, Enoch, 1743-1818

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Enoch Evans was a Quaker from Burlington County, New Jersey. He was born 8 May 1743 (27th of 2nd month, old style) to William Evans and Sarah Roberts Evans. In 1769 he married Mary Wilcox (1753-1785), daughter of Joseph and Sarah Wilcox; the couple had 5 children together. After Mary's death in 1785, Evans married Elizabeth Warrington Haines, widow of Edmund Haines and daughter of Henry Warrington, in 1787. Evans was recognized as an elder by Upper Evesham Monthly Meeting. He died on May 29, 18...

Swett, Benjamin, approximately 1738-1819

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Benjamin Swett (1738-1819) was a Quaker minister. He was born to John Swett around 1738, likely in Delaware. In 1759, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting granted him a certificate to visit. Swett married Mary Howell of Philadelphia in 1762, and both he and his wife later became ministers. The couple moved to Burlington, New Jersey, and later to Haddonfield, New Jersey. In 1771, Swett visited Long Island, New York, on a religious visit. In 1778, Swett accompanied John Hunt in a visit to Native Americans ...

Swett, Mary Howell, approximately 1739-1821

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Mary Howell Swett (1739-1821) was born circa 1739 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Jacob Howell. Swett was a minister, and lived at Haddonfield, New Jersey. In 1762, she married Benjamin Swett. From 1797 to 1801, Swett accompanied Charity Cook on her religious visit to Europe. Mary Swett died in 1821....

Foster, Hannah Core, 1710-1777

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Hannah Core Foster was a Quaker minister from Evesham, New Jersey. She was born to Enoch and Sarah (Roberts) Core on December 28, 1710 (the 17th of 10th month, old style). Her father died when she was very young, and her mother brought up Hannah and her three siblings. She married William Foster in 1729, and the couple had 12 children. In her work as a minister Foster visited most of the American meetings of Friends, and in 1770 she accompanied Rebecca Jones to New York Yearly Meeting on Long Is...

Lippincott, John, 1737-1780

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John Lippincott was a Quaker from Burlington County, New Jersey. He was born in 1737 to Nathaniel and Mary (Engle) Lippincott. Lippincott married Anna Matlack and had four children with her. He died in 1780....

Andrews, Isaac, approximately 1715-1775

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Isaac Andrews was a Quaker minister from Burlington County, N.J. He was born to Edward and Sarah (Ong) Andrews around 1715 in Little Egg Harbor, N.J. He was apprenticed to Jonathan Wright, near Burlington, N.J. He married Elizabeth Elfreth; the two settled at Mt. Holly, N.J., for about 5 months, then moved to Haddonfield, N.J. He was recognized as a minister as a minister in 1740. In 1746 he traveled with John Woolman to Pennsylvania, Virginia, and the Carolinas. In 1769, he went with Ephraim To...

Andrews, Isaac, 1749-1820

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Isaac Andrews (1749-1820) was a Quaker from Burlington County, New Jersey. He was one of seven children born to Isaac Andrews (-1775) and Elizabeth Elfreth Andrews. He married Rebecca Evans, daughter of William Evans and Sarah Roberts Evans; the couple had seven children. Andrews died in 1820....

Scattergood, Thomas, 1748-1814

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Thomas Scattergood (1748-1814), Quaker minister, was the son of Joseph and Rebecca (Watson) Scattergood of Burlington, New Jersey. In 1772, he married Elizabeth Bacon (d. 1780), and in 1783, married Sarah Hoskins (1751-1832). He traveled extensively in the ministry in North America and Great Britain, spending six years in the latter (1794-1800). During his travels in the American South, he spoke out against slavery. From the description of the Scattergood Family Papers, 1681-1909 (Haverford Col...

Thornton, James, 1761-1794

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James Thornton was a Quaker from Byberry, an area in Philadelphia, PA. He was the son of James Thornton (1727-1794) and Mary Knight Thornton....

Gaskill, Solomon, approximately 1728-1793

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Solomon Gaskill was a male Quaker minister from Southwestern New Jersey. He was born around the year 1728, and married Rosamond Budd in 1755. Several contemporary sources note that Gaskill lost his sight at some point in his life. He was recognized as a minister by Mount Holly Monthly Meeting in 1783. Gaskill died of fever in 1793....

Haines, Hinchman, 1767-1853

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Hinchman Haines was a male Quaker minister from Evesham, NJ. He was born in August 1767 to Noah Haines and Hannah Thorn Haines. Haines married several times, including to Mary Warrington (b. 1763) and Rebecca Lippincott (b. 1774). He began to act as a minister around 1803. Over the course of his life, Haines traveled extensively in the ministry, visiting the majority of the Yearly Meetings in the United States. He was active in the Philadelphia-area Quaker community during the Hicksite-Orthodox ...

Zane, Isaac, 1710-1794

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Isaac Zane was a Philadelphia Quaker carpenter. Born in 1710 to Nathaniel Zane in Gloucester County, New Jersey, he moved to Philadelphia around the age of 14 and lived there the rest of his life. He married Sarah Elfreth, daughter of shipwright Henry Elfreth, in 1733/34. The couple had eight children, including Isaac Zane (1743-1795) and Hannah Zane Pemberton (1734-). Zane was active in the Society of Friends, serving as an elder for roughly 40 years. He joined many other Quakers in opposing sl...

Zane, Isaac, 1753-1816

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Isaac Zane was an Anglo-American man who spent much of his life with the Wyandot tribe of Native Americans. The Wyandot allegedly captured Zane around the age of 9, and their chief, Tarhe, adopted and raised him. Upon reaching adulthood Zane served as an interpreter for the Wyandot in many of their treaties. In 1777 he married Tarhe's daughter Myerrah. Zane founded the town of Zanesfield in Logan County, Ohio, where he died in 1816. ...

Yarnall, Peter, 1754-1798

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Peter Yarnall, a birthright member of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, was born 1754, 2mo, 17 to Mordecai Yarnall and Mary Roberts Yarnall. Apprenticed to learn tanning, he transferred his membership to Uwchlan Monthly Meeting in 1771. The following year, he was dismissed by his master, enlisted in the military, and disowned by the Meeting. John Pemberton secured his release. Eventually Yarnall took up medicine under the guidance of Dr. Thomas Bond. In 1776 he joined the army as a surgeon's mate, w...

Yarnall, Hannah Haines Thornton, 1765-1822

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Hannah Haines Thornton Yarnall (1765-1822) was a Quaker minister from Burlington County, New Jersey, and Byberry, Philadelphia. She was the daughter of Edmund Haines and Elizabeth Warrington Haines Evans, and was the widow of Joseph Thornton, a Quaker minister of Byberry Monthly Meeting. Joseph was the son of James Thornton (1751-1794), also a minister, and Mary Knight. The family resided on a large property in Byberry, purchased in 1752. Hannah Haines and Joseph Thornton were married in 1783 at...

Pemberton, John, 1727-1795

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John Pemberton (1727-1795) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on November 25 (Old Style), 1727, the youngest son of Israel Pemberton Sr. and Rachel Read. Pemberton went to England for his health in 1751, and accompanied John Churchman on the voyage and on the preacher's travels in England. Pemberton first spoke as a minister in Penzance, Cornwall. He was involved in Native American issues and was present at the Treaty with the Indians at Easton, Pennsylvania, in 1757. Pemberton married Hann...

Waln, Nicholas, 1742-1813

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Nicholas Waln (1742-1813), Quaker minister, was the son of Nicholas and Mary Shoemaker Waln. He married Sarah Richardson in 1771. Their children included Joseph R. Waln (1773-1783), Jacob Shoemaker Waln (1784-1847), and William and Nicholas Waln. Waln was educated as a lawyer but, as a result of a profound religious experience in 1772, gave up his lucrative practice. Waln began to travel in the ministry in 1774 and made two religious visits to Great Britain, in 1783 and 1795. From t...

Evans, Elizabeth Warrington Haines, 1739-1805

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Elizabeth Warrington Haines Evans was a Quaker elder from southern New Jersey. She was born Elizabeth Warrington on September 14th, 1739 (7th month 3rd, old style), to Henry and Elizabeth (Bishop) Warrington. In 1763 she married Edmund Haines. The couple had two children before Edmund died in 1766: Sarah, who died at a young age, and Hannah, who became a Quaker minister and was married to Joseph Thornton and Peter Yarnall. In 1787 Elizabeth remarried, this time to widower Enoch Evans. She died i...

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. ...

Wright, Rebecca Gibbs, 1737-1811

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Rebecca Gibbs Wright was a Quaker minister from Burlington County, New Jersey. Born Rebecca Gibbs, she married Nathan Wright in 1760. In 1783 she traveled to the British Isles in the company of Patience Brayton, Martha Routh, and other ministers. Adaoted from the description of Some account of Rebecca Wright's travels in Great Britain and Ireland [manuscript], 1784-1785. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 226398810 ...

Parrish, John, 1730-1807

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Quaker minister of Philadelphia and Baltimore. Born in Maryland in 1729, the son of John and Elizabeth Roberts Parrish, he was apprenticed in Philadelphia and afterwards married Ann Wilson in 1753. Parrish travelled in the ministry to the Delaware Indians of western Pennsylvania in 1773 and again in 1784 to Barbadoes. In 1806 he wrote Remarks on the Slavery of the Black People. From the description of Notes on Abolition, circa 1805. (Swarthmore College). Wor...

Allinson, Martha Cooper, 1748-1823

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Martha Cooper Allinson was a Quaker minister from Burlington County, New Jersey. She was born to David Cooper and Sibyl (Matlack) Cooper on 10th Month 31, 1747, old style (January 11, 1748, by the Gregorian calendar). Martha married Samuel Allinson, widower of Elizabeth Smith, and the couple had seven children. Allinson died on the 9th of 3rd month, 1823....

Cresson, Sarah, 1771-1829

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Sarah Cresson (1771-1829) was born January 27, 1771, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Joshua and Mary (Hopkins) Cresson. Cresson was a Quaker minister beginning in 1791, and was “much esteemed.” She traveled frequently, and moved to Haddonfield, New Jersey, in 1807. She died September 23, 1829, in Haddonfield, New Jersey. From the description of the Sarah Cresson diary, 1789-1829. (Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections). http://archives.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/resources/hc...