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To: PhilipFreneau

"Where are your ancestors buried?'

Scattered across three counties in NC; they were associated with either Westfield Meeting in modern-day Stokes County, or Cane Creek Meeting in modern-day Randolph County. Most of them died and were buried in Virginia, though. My 4g grandmother was a Reddick. We assume it was her influence behind the fact that my 4g grandfather had no slaves. His father had ten, and one of his brothers, 56. There were Quakers, and Quaker influence, in both my maternal and paternal lines, but none of my relatives today are Quaker. The last one died sometime between 1860 and 1870, or so we assume, as this comes from Census data. Record keeping blew all to heck from the Civil War right through Reconstruction, and the Census is often all there is.


447 posted on 08/23/2006 8:43:05 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: RegulatorCountry

My 5th g-grandfather (maternal) was the last Quaker in my line. He was a pacifist who helped both sides during the revolution. But four of this sons joined the revolution. My ancestor fought in the battle of Kings Mountain, NC, and other battles.

My father's ancestors include Mennonites from the Lancaster, PA area, one who was one of the earliest ministers of the Groffdale Mennonite Church in Groffdale, PA (he became minister about 1735). Other paternal ancestors were Jewish. They converted to Christianity after arriving in America in the late 1700's. Other paternal ancestors arrived in Jamestown in the early 1600's, and in New Kent County, VA about 1635.


464 posted on 08/23/2006 9:35:10 PM PDT by PhilipFreneau
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