Monthly Archives: May 2012

Ancestral Quaker Lineages in New Kent County, Virginia: An Exploration of Some of the Published Research

WHB – If one spends a few hours perusing the pedigree charts of persons descended from one or more of the John Johnsons identified in 17th and 18th Century Virginia, who show in the vestry or Quaker monthly meeting minutes … Continue reading

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John Johnson c. 1702-? (New Kent, Hanover Counties, VA)

1725 JOHN JOHNSON, son of JOHN JOHNSON of Hanover County and ELIZABETH ELYSON [ELLISON], dau. of GERERD ROBT. ELYSON of New Kent County, married on 6 day., 8 mo., 1725. From Rhoda Moorman Coffin, Her Reminiscenses, Addresses, Papers and Ancestry, … Continue reading

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Notes on Selected Quaker Families of Hanover County, Virginia

One of the few old colonial churches is Cedar Creek Quaker Church, which was situated in western Hanover County, Virginia, near the village of Montpelier. The church was constructed in 1770, by a man named Kimbrough. Most of the material … Continue reading

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Quaker Families of Louisa County, Virginia – Johnson and Moorman

A posting at www.louisacounty.com: “The Green Springs National Historic Landmark District contains 14,000 acres of fertile agricultural land and more than 250 original eighteenth and nineteenth century homes, barns and other outbuildings. Bounded by Route 15 and Route 22 in … Continue reading

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Benjamin Johnson (1728-1769), Bedford County, VA

[WHB: I now believe Benjamin Johnson was the brother of my 5th great grandfather, JOHN JOHNSON.] 1728 Son of JOHN JOHNSON and LUCRETIA MASSIE, born about 1728 at St Peters Parish, New Kent County? 1730 Mary Bolling Moorman born in … Continue reading

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The Quaker Johnsons of Bedford County VA and Their Antecedents

My fourth great-grandfather John Johnson, Jr, who appears to have perished in the War of 1812, is from a Quaker lineage. [See John Johnson, Jr (?-1812/3) Bedford County, VA.] Each of the following quotations appear to be relevant to the … Continue reading

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Hughes and Saunders: New Kent, Hanover, Albemarle, Fluvanna and Bedford Counties, VA

[WHB – This page is devoted to tracing the relationships of the Hughes and Saunders families in five Virginia counties.] 1649 The following excerpts are from the work of Forrest Hughes, a researcher on the Hughes family: “I am fairly … Continue reading

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Winchcombe and the Benefactors of Henry VIII’s Dissolution of the Monasteries, Part 2 (Anthony Saunders)

The following excerpts are from Knowles, David; Bare Ruined Choirs: the dissolution of the English monasteries, pp. __-223.   “These considerations [of the historic, charitable role of monasteries], and others more detailed and subtle, were set out in unforgettable phrases by … Continue reading

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