Quaker Ancestors

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Quaker records can provide a wealth of information about our ancestors. Do you have Quaker ancestors? Let's trade information and resources.

Photo Paula Hinkel, (c) 2005. Taken in Horsham, Pennsylvania.
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  • Pearson Family

    England to Pennsylvania to Bush River, South Carolina, to Miami County Ohio to Wabash County Indiana, to Waverly, Coffey County, Kansas in 1860s.

    By Carol Anne Kuse

    Oct 26, 2015

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  • William Buckman (1650-1716)

    My 7 greats grandfather William Buckman, a native of Billinghurst, Sussex, England immigrated with William Penn on the Good Ship Welcome from England to Pennsylvania in 1682 when the colony was founded. This qualified me for membership in the WELCOME SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA. His mother Joan Bagham,…

    By Alvin Eugene Collins

    Jun 21, 2011

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  • Philadelphia Quaker Meeting or member records

    Trying to find evidence that a branch of my Wilson family was Quaker. Family story is Levi Wilson was a frequent speaker at the Philadelpia Friends Meeting House. I do not know if it was the father Levi or the son Levi so time frame is 1860s - 1910s. Would like to glean as much about the entire…

    By Linda K. Lewis

    Jul 10, 2009

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  • How do I find out if a marriage was within the Quaker faith?

    I have an ancestor, Jane Cox b. Nov 1824 in Randolph Co., North Carolina who married a John Johnson. On the North Carolina Marriage collection 1741-2004 database on Ancestry.com, it lists a marriage date of 11 Sept 1859. How can I find out if he was a Quaker? The Cox line appears to be part of the…

    By Tracy Glatz

    Jul 9, 2009

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  • Meeting House minutes

    Where do I find the minutes of a meeting house . this family was from Burlington, New Jersey. then Butler Co. Ohio.

    By Denise Hamilton Jhanson

    Jul 23, 2009

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  • How far back to Quaker Records go?

    My first know ancestors are Robert and Isabel Potter. Isabel was said to be a quaker. They lived in Rhodeland and she died when MA soldiers ran them out of their house and they were forced to live in the Wilderness during the winter.

    By Martha Rapp

    Jul 13, 2009

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