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Mary Nichols (1687 - 1770)

Mary, the wife of Thomas Nichols, was born in England about 1680. the time of their marriage is unknown, but they obtained a certificate for themselves and children from a meeting at Rugby, Staffordshi...

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Hannah Scott MP (c.1645 - 1697)

From Kemble Stout's book, Genealogy of the Kemble (Kimble) Family in America The first husband of Hannah Chaffen was Lawrence Aplin who was with Thomas Stokes and a large group of men and women in 16...

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Mary E. Sullenberger (UNKNOWN) (c.1862 - d.)

known as "Pennsylvania Dutch" within´ the Cromer Family descendants. Possibly Quaker.

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Elizabeth Beeson MP (1718 - 1794)

•Name: Elizabeth HUNTER •Given Name: Elizabeth •Surname: Hunter •Sex: F •Birth: 14 Jan 1717/18 in Randolph County, North Carolina •Death: 1794 in Randolph County, North Carolina Father: Jac...

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Mary Coate (deceased)

In the book, "Genealogy of the Herbert Hoover Family," by the Helda Hoover Family, 1967, there is a paragraph which refers to a Marmaduke Coate "...ransomed Mary Coppock from the Indians who had captur...

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Hannah Coppock MP (1762 - 1820)

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Elizabeth Hunt (1785 - 1860)

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Martha Tomlinson (1787 - 1873)

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Rachel (English) Tomlinson (1809 - 1876)

Find A Grave shows her dob as Dec. 12, 1709 and dod as Apr. 11, 1876.

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Margritt Darnall MP (1665 - 1724)

DR. DAVID DARNALL WAS IN CONSTANT TROUBLE WITH MARYLAND AUTHORITIES OVER RELIGIOUS ISSUES, BEING DESCRIBED AS A MILITANT NON-CONFORMIST. THE ISSUE SEEMED TO BE ABOUT HIS WIFE BEING A QUAKER AND HIS DEF...

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'Great Mary' Starbuck (Coffin) MP (1645 - 1717)

"Reverend" Mary Coffin was born February 20, 1644/45 in Haverhill, Massachusetts just two years after her parents' arrival from Devonshire, England. She moved to Nantucket Island with her father, Trist...

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Sarah Folger MP (c.1658 - 1729)

ii. Sarah Gardner probably was born about 1650 to 1653 at Nantucket, Massachusetts.(16) She married Eleazer Folger in 1671.(17) He was born in 1648 at Edgartown, Massachusetts.(18) Eleazer died in 1716...

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Elizabeth Cole MP (c.1658 - 1688)

Elizabeth Shattuck was born about 1658 in Boston, Massachusetts. Family parents: William Shattuck b: 3 MAY 1628 in Boston, MA d: 1675 in Burlington NJ & Hannah Hayden b: ABT 1634 in Boston, MA ...

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Damaris Shattuck MP (c.1606 - 1674)

Damaris Shattuck Gardner was born about 1606 in England (alternately given as about 1587) and died on 28 November 1674 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. Damaris was a Quaker. Family Parents: Not veri...

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Sarah Gardner MP (1631 - 1724)

Sarah Shattuck , born Abt. 1631; died 1724 in Nantucket, MA Parents: William or Samuel Shattuck (1584-1637) and Damaris Shattuck (b. ca.1597-1674) Married: Richard Gardner Abt. 1652 in Nantucke...

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Elizabeth Anthony MP (1720 - c.1825)

Elizabeth Clark, the daughter of Christopher and Penelope (Johnson), married Joseph Anthony who was born in Henrico County, VA in 1713. Joseph served as a Patriot and took the oath of Allegiance in Hen...

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Sarah Ward MP (c.1715 - 1792)

from Babcock Book by Gwendolyn Garland Babcock The town of Lynchburg had been settled in the 1750s by a group of Quakers led by John Lynch and his family. John's father, Charles Lynch, had run aw...

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Susanna Hollingsworth MP (1755 - 1830)

Susannah Wright Hollingworth (1755-1830) was a Minister for the Society of Friends. A quote from her grandson in 'Annals of Newberry,' p. 342: "Her piety, equanimity and kindness, particularly towa...

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Charity Cook MP (1745 - 1822)

Charity Wright Cook (1745-1842) was a minister of the Friends Society. She traveled to England, Ireland and the Continent to preach. Extracted from the “Charleston Courier of 1807”: “A Quaker Woman...

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Sarah Bray (c.1733 - 1803)

She was a Quaker and was described as half Indian (possibly 1/4 Indian) -------------------- Name: Sarah MAYNER Surname: MAYNER Given Name: Sarah AKA: Sarah MAYNER, Sarah MAYNARD Sex: F ...

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Keziah Bray (1761 - 1836)

She was the daughter of Richard JONES and Jemima HUFF, who came from Chester Co., PA to the Monocacy MD or Fairfax VA area, then moved to Surry Co., NC. ----------------- U.S. and International Mar...

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Elizabeth Bond (1755 - 1848)

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Sarah Hannah (1693 - 1758)

Also referred to as Jean Morgan. Unsure of exact name.

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Catharine Cox MP (c.1731 - 1785)

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Mary Harrold (1692 - 1740)

(THE GREENE COUNTY PIONEER. Vol. 4-1. March 1988. p. 42. "Bales Family Records" excerpted from EARLY SETTLERS OF LEE COUNTY, VA AND ADJACENT COUNTIES, Vol. 2, compiled by Hattie Byrd Muncy Bales, Media...

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Jane Brown (Richards) MP (c.1690 - c.1728)

From "Martha's Extended Family" family tree page on Jane Richards: Jane Richards[1] F Marriage* She married Mercer Brown circa October 1710 in Pennsylvania.[2] Family Mercer Brown b. 27 Feb 1686,...

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Hannah White MP (1709 - c.1752)

From "Martha's Extended Family" family tree page on Hannah Piggott: Hannah Piggott[1],[2],[3] F, b. 14 October 1709 Father* John Piggott b. s 1683, d. 29 Mar 1738 Mother* Rebecca Wellsford b....

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Mary Davis MP (1793 - 1890)

From "Martha's Extended Family" family tree page on Mary Barker: Mary Barker[1],[2],[3] F, b. 24 November 1793, d. 30 January 1890 Father* Abner Barker b. 11 Aug 1768 Mother* Lydia Osbo...

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Mary Piggott MP (1739 - 1810)

From "Martha's Extended Family" family tree page on Mary Hadley: Mary Hadley[1],[2],[3] F, b. 31 March 1739, d. 31 October 1810 Father* Joshua Hadley b. 6 Mar 1703, d. c Oct 1760 Mother* Pati...

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Sarah Piggot (Davis) MP (1766 - c.1834)

From "Martha's Extended Family" family tree page on Sarah Davis: Sarah Davis[1],[2] F, b. 28 February 1766, d. after 1834 Father* John Davis b. 28 Nov 1735, d. 21 Nov 1806 Mother* Mary Chamne...

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Hannah BEALS (1759 - 1828)

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Minerva Brown (1831 - 1924)

Find a Grave Birth: May 7, 1831 Death: Dec. 19, 1924 Minerva Jane(Bolles)Atchley,oldest child of Reuben and Susan(Lowery)Bolles,was engaged by the Federal goverment during the Civil War to carry ...

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Mary Butterfield (1695 - d.)

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Esther Taylor MP (1680 - d.)

From "Martha's Extended Family" family tree page on Esther Baker: Esther Baker[1],[2] F Marriage* She married Thomas Yardley before 1703.[3] Marriage* She married William Brown on 5 December ...

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Jemima Tomlinson MP (1778 - 1851)

Another source has her death as 1854. JAT -------------------- Family Data Collection - Individual Records about Jemima Bray Name: Jemima Bray Parents: Henry Bray, Keziah Huff Birth Place: Ca...

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Elizabeth Tomlinson (c.1725 - c.1751)

Elizabeth Watson of Balinamolah, County Kildare daughter of William Watson, late of Balinamolah. Elizabeth most likely died during the trip from Ireland. Josiah got a grant( from South Carolina) of 450...

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Martha Tomlinson (Coppock) MP (1755 - 1844)

From: Prehistoric West Brancy - 100th Anniversary; By: Eli Jay (Approximately 1906); Pages: 14-15. COPPOCK. Two Coppock familes, John and Abigail, and Joseph and Jane, are on the Registry of Bush Riv...

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Martha Coppock (Lester) MP (c.1719 - 1797)

Family Data Collection - Individual Records about Martha Lester Name: Martha Lester Parents: Peter Lester, Mary Duncalf Birth Place: Berkeley, SC Birth Date: 1719 Marriage Date: 1740 Death ...

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Rebecca Coppock (1685 - 1708)

•Name: Rebecca Minshall •Given Name: Rebecca •Surname: Minshall •Sex: F •Birth: 1 Jun 1685 in Chester , Pennsylvania •Note: 1st da 4th mo 1685 Jun •Death: 29 Jul 1708 in , Chester, Pennsylv...

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Mary Garrigues (1798 - 1885)

Not much is known about Mary Ann Pierce (Pearce), except that the Pearce family were Quakers who settled in Chester County, Pennsylvania. 1681--Edward Pierce part of a group of men granted land by Wi...

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Mary Garrigues (1724 - 1788)

Once they arrived in Philadelphia, the Garrigues family became Quakers, and married Quakers. We don't know how important her religion was to Mary Ralph, but we do know that women in early Quaker hist...

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Sarah Brazelton (c.1735 - 1796)

•Name: SARAH SHEPHERD •Surname: SHEPHERD •Given Name: SARAH •Sex: F BIOGRAPHY: Sarah was the daughter of Solomon Shepherd and Jane Wilson. Solomon came from Ireland when young, 1729-1730. 1 Aug...

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Jane Shepherd (c.1715 - d.)

American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) about Jane Shepherd Name: Jane Shepherd Birth Date: 1710 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Volume: 157 Page Number: 502 Reference: Ten "Series" of "Pe...

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Abigail Thornborough (Brown) MP (c.1719 - 1780)

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Rachel Brown (Froud) MP (c.1684 - d.)

Ben M. Angel notes: This person is added based on: 1. Apparently an Ancestry file (MF/F7115908, Sh 13) Referred to by the Charlebois online family tree: 2. A record of marriage in the Pennsyl...

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Mary Pennington (1624 - 1682)

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Mary Hiatt (1696 - 1786)

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Susanne Frazier (1802 - d.)

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Louisa Mendenhall (Thornberry) MP (deceased)

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Margery Mendenhall (1655 - 1742)

Margery (Mendenhall) & Thomas Martin were married 30 Nov 1675 in Reading and Warboro MM, England. Fred K. dwhite11@frontiernet.net

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Joane Strode MP (1631 - c.1682)

Joan Stroads/Strode/Stroud was born in 1634 in Mildenhall, WIltshire, England. She died in 1682/1683 in Marridge Hill, Ramsbury Parish, Wiltshire or Mildenhall, England. She was buried in Ramsbury,Wi...

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Elizabeth Mendenhall MP (1665 - 1708)

Birth: Feb. 3, 1664 - Bromsgrove, England Children: Aaron Mendenhall (1690 - 1765)* Spouse: John Mendenhall (1659 - 1743)* Death: Nov. 15, 1705 - Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA. Burial: Concord Frie...

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Elizabeth Fry of Norwich MP (1780 - 1845)

Elizabeth (Betsy) Fry (21 May 1780 – 12 October 1845), née Gurney, was an English prison reformer, social reformer and, as a Quaker, a Christian philanthropist. She has sometimes been referred to as ...

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Susan B. Anthony MP (1820 - 1906)

Biographical Summary #1: "...Susan B. Anthony (February 15, 1820 - March 13, 1906) was born in Adams, Massachusetts. "...Quaker, teacher, temperance and abolition organizer, outstanding women's rig...

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Lucretia Coffin Mott MP (1793 - 1880)

Lucretia Coffin Mott was born 3 January 1793 in Nantucket, Massachusetts and died on 11 November 1880 near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was an American Quaker, abolitionist, social reformer, and pro...

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Betsy Ross MP (1752 - 1836)

Elizabeth "Betsy" Griscom (1 January 1752 - 30 January 1836), popularly known as Betsy Ross , was the eighth of seventeen children born to Samuel Griscom (1730 - 1793) and Rebecca James (1730 - 1793) i...

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Mary Dyer MP (1611 - 1660)

The Quaker Martyr Mary Barrett Dyer (c. 1611[1] — June 1, 1660) was an English Puritan turned Quaker who was hanged in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony (now in present-day Massachusetts), for repeate...

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Catherine Coffin MP (1803 - 1881)

From Documenting the American South - Levi Coffin On 28 Oct. 1824, Coffin married Catherine White at Hopewell Church, Guilford County. In 1826 they moved to Newport (now Fountain City), Wayne County,...

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Margaret Fell (1625 - 1702)

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Charity Mendenhall (Beeson) MP (1715 - 1809)

Daughter Charity Beeson married Mordecai Mendenhall, son of John and Susannah Pearson Mendenhall, and brother of Martha Mendenhall, who married Charity's brother Edward. There is much more on Charity...

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Jane Bond (1760 - 1792)

•Name: Jane BEESON •Given Name: Jane •Surname: Beeson •Sex: F •Birth: 22 Mar 1760 in New Garden MM, Guilford County, North Carolina •Death: 9 Jan 1792 in New Garden MM, Guilford County, North...

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