Author: David Hitchin
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2011-06-18
Total Pages: 118
ISBN-13: 1446144887
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is a history of the Quakers of Lewes Meeting from its origin in 1655. From being persecuted by the other inhabitants they gradually achieved respectability and then civic prominence. Their religious thinking has developed over the years, but it is still centered in the silent Meeting for Worship.
Author: Sussex Archaeological Society
Publisher:
Published: 1911
Total Pages: 392
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Ross I. Morrison
Publisher:
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781932864564
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The first Quaker to settle in Pennsylvania was John Kennerly in 1691---about twenty years before the Mennonites settled here. He was followed by Irish and Welsh Quakers. Photos of many of the meetinghouses scattered throughout the county are pictured.
Author: John Richard Buckey
Publisher:
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 394
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Calvert family originally of England later in Ireland and the United States. Thomas Calvert (1617-1685), son of John and Grace Calvert, was born at Lygasory, and died in Pennsylvania. His father, John (b. ca. 1587) of Yorkshire, England, arrived in Northern Ireland ca. 1617 from Moorsham, Yorkshire and settled in Lurgan, County Armagh, Ireland. Thomas Calvert married Jane Glassford 1647 near Belfast, Ireland. She was the daughter of Hugh Glassford and Margaret Stranmillis. Family members live in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia and elsewhere.
Author: Michael Morgan
Publisher: Algora Publishing
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 0875863388
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Libraries, archives, and museums reveal clues to the colorful characters lining the history of Delaware, from its earliest colonial days to the invention of the "beach resort" and the founding of the nation's "Summer Capital" to World War II and the present. Author Michael Morgan brings together this kaleidoscopic view of the men of the sea and the beachfront tycoons who shaped Delaware and its role in the development of America, in war, politics, and business, from the Europeans' arrival at Cape Henlopen until modern times. While the intrepid patriot Henry Fisher and the infamous serial killer Patty Cannon are not known beyond the boundaries of southern Delaware, others such as William Penn, Captain Kidd and the DuPonts enjoy more widespread reputations. Here, tales of shipwrecks and rumrunners combine with the politics of slavery and suffrage to illuminate the history of one corner of the United States, a microcosm that synthesizes light on various facets of the development of the United States in a broader context. * Michael Morgan pens a weekly column, "Delaware Diary," in the Delaware Coast Press and has authored many stories for The Baltimore Sun, Maryland Magazine, Civil War Times Illustrated, America's Civil War and other periodicals for the past 15 years. He is a frequent guest speaker at historical societies in Lewes, Georgetown, and other towns along the Delaware coast.