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About Thomas L. Stubbs
Quaker - History of the Religious Society of FriendsFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Religious Society of Friends is a movement that began in England in the 17th century. Members of this movement are informally known as Quakers, a word that means, "to tremble in the way of the Lord." In its early days it faced opposition and persecution; however, it continued to expand, extending into many parts of the world, especially the Americas and Africa.
The Society of Friends, while always small in membership, has been influential in the history of reform. The state of Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn in 1682, as a safe place for Quakers to live and practice their faith. Quakers have been a significant part of the movements for the abolition of slavery, promote equal rights for women, and peace. They have also promoted education and the humane treatment of prisoners and the mentally ill, through the founding or reforming of various institutions. Quaker entrepreneurs played a central role in forging the Industrial Revolution, especially in England and Pennsylvania.
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Settled in Chester County, PA about 1718. Thomas STUBBS was born 1690-1692 in Eldersfield, Worcestershire, England, and died 1739-1784 in Goshen Township, Pennsylvania. He married Mary MINOR September 03, 1720 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, daughter of John MINOR and Esther UBRUM.
Our ancestor,Thomas STUBBS, arrived in America some time prior to the year 1719, when his name first appears on the assessment list of Goshen Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. His certificate of removal has not been preserved and a search of English Quaker records fails to reveal the location of his former home. It is evident that he was one of a large number of young unmarried men who emigrated in the early days to try their fortunes in the NEW WORLD.
A vast migration of Pennsylvania Quakers began southward into Virginia and the Carolinas. This movement began about 1750 and continued for 30 years or more whereas of the nine surviving children named in Thomas STUBBS' will the eldest daughter and three younger sons had already joined in the movement. The four STUBBS' children first settled in Alamance County, in the North central part of North Carolina and had their membership transferred to the Cane Creek Meeting about fifteen miles south of the present town of Graham, North Carolina. This Meeting was formed in 1751 by former residents of Pennsylvania.
About 1768, the STUBBS' and many other families moved on to South Carolina, where some of them became affiliated with the Fredericksburg Meeting in Kershaw County, and others with the Bush River Meeting in Newberry Georgia, where the Royal governor Sir James Wright, had set aside 40,000 acres for their use, in an effort to stimulate migration to that colony. A town-site was named Wrightsborough, Georgia in honor of the Governor. Sixty-seven families were awarded two lots in July 1770, and most of them also took up farm land nearby. Other families arrived within the next few years and the Wrightsborough Meeting was set up in 1773.
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Thomas L. Stubbs's Timeline
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April 15, 1692
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Eldersfield, Worcestershire, , England
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April 15, 1692
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Eldersfield, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom
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1721
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Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
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July 20, 1722
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Bradford Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America
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November 10, 1724
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May 1726
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1729
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Chester County, Pennsylvania, Colonial America
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December 27, 1732
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Goshen Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
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1734
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Pennsylvania, United States
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