Quaker Naming Patterns for Children

Of the four migrating groups from England discussed by David Hackett Fischer in his book, Albion’s Seed, the Quakers show the most distinctive pattern in the naming of their children. The Puritans in New England relied heavily on biblical names for their children, and most often named the oldest children of either gender for the …

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Early Bonsall Family of Delaware County, PA

The quoted information below was part of a larger article that discussed the earliest settlement of the area ….As the Bonsall family is now so widespread and especially so numerous in Delaware county and vicinity, it may be of interest to many readers of the PROGRESS who are of that name, or, at least, connected …

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Swarthmore College – Class of 1888

Graduating Class of 1888 Atkinson, Alice M. – Holicong, Pa.Brown, Thomas J. – Lincoln, Va.Cawley, Frank – Woodstown, N.J.Colson, Jessie L. – Daretown, N.J.Conrow, Sadie M. – Cinnaminson, N.J.Dudley, William J. – Washington, D.C.Ervien, Robert P. – Shoemakertown, Pa.Fell, Lawrence – Holicong, Pa.Fullerton, Joyeuse L. – Wenonah, N.J.Gawthrop, Emma – Wilmington, Del.Hall, Alice – West …

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Swarthmore College – Class of 1920

These names were taken from the 1919 and 1920 Halycon yearbooks from Swarthmore College. The locations given after the names are the home town addresses of each student. Ainsworth, Eric: Swarthmore Albright, William Blaine: Philadelphia Arthur, Doris Aylmer: Rosemont Atherholt, Elizabeth Middleton: West Chester Baily, Miriam Edith: Northbrook Ballinger, Grace Agnes: E. Walnut Lane, Germantown …

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Swarthmore College – Class of 1919

These names were taken from the 1919 and 1920 Halycon yearbooks from Swarthmore College. The locations given after the names and major concentrations are the home town addresses of each student. Abell, Walter Halsey English Folsom Adams, Alice Naomi Psychology Swarthmore Ainsworth, Marcus Engineering Swarthmore Ashmead, Charles Colliday Electrical Engineering Beesley’s Point, NJ Atkinson, Eleanor …

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Swarthmore College – Class of 1918

These names were taken from the 1919 and 1920 Halycon yearbooks from Swarthmore College[efn_note]Halcyon yearbooks[/efn_note]. The locations given after the names and major concentrations are the home town addresses of each student. Allen, James Everett Chemical Engineering West Chester Andrews, Eliazabeth Holbert English Rutherford, NJ Atkins, Helen Marie Public Speaking Merchantville, NJ Atlee, Clara French …

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Pipe Creek Friends Cemetery (Quaker)

The Pipe Creek Friends cemetery is surrounded by a sturdy stone wall located behind the meeting house. The cemetery was cataloged by the Carroll County Genealogy Society and showed 209 burials in the cemetery, with the most recent being from 1983. Our listing of the Pipe Creek Friends cemetery, including photos of the majority of …

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