Quaker Efforts During the American Revolutionary War

During the American revolutionary war the Quakers, being pacifists, were unable to participate in any way in the war efforts, and because of this they were persecuted by both factions......they suffered physically and economically from the actions of both sides.   An organization was created to aid those "under trial and suffering", and the following members met in an open meeting once a month, for 8 years, to "encourage and sustain their members to withhold their aid and support of the war", and for visiting, by committee, many of the military and civil officers for a redress of their wrongs!

• The Western Monthly Meeting

  • Geo. Churchman

  • Wm. Cox

  • Amos Davis

  • Wm. Downing

  • Samuel England

  • John Ferree

  • Wm. Harvey

  • Isaac Jackson

  • John Jackson

  • Wm. Jackson Jr.

  • Benj. Mason

  • John Millhouse

  • Robert Moore

  • Thomas Pimm

  • Ellis Pusey

  • Samuel Sharp

  • John Sharpless

  • Wm. Swayne

• Committee of Kennet MM

  • James Bennet

  • James Bruan

  • Jonathan Gause

  • Thomas Gibson

  • David Grave

  • Christopher Hollingsworth

  • James Jackson

  • John Lamborn

  • Wm. Lamborn

  • John Marshall

  • John Parker

  • Wm. Phillips Jr.

  • Caleb Pierce

  • Joseph Walter Jr.

  • William Walter

  • John Way

  • Joshua Way

  • James Wilson

• Committee of New Garden MM

  • Joel Baily

  • Henry Chalfant

  • Jacob Halliday

  • David Hoopes

  • Isaac Jackson Jr.

  • Francis Lamborn

  • Jacob Lindley

  • Wm. Miller

  • Thomas Millhouse

  • Joseph Moore

  • Isaac Pyle

  • Joseph Pyle

  • Joshua Pusey

  • Joseph Richardson

  • Daniel Thompson

  • Thomas Wood

  • Thomas Woodward

• Committee of Nottingham MM

  • Elisha Brown

  • Jeremiah Brown

  • Wm. Brown

  • Abraham Bunting

  • Thomas Chambers

  • Joseph England

  • Wm. Haines

  • Joseph Harlan

  • Benj. Hough

  • Timothy Kirk

  • Richard Reynolds

  • Wm. Webster

• Committee of Sadsbury MM

  • Joseph Brinton

  • John Cope

  • Abraham Gibbons

  • James Miller

  • Andrew Moore

  • James Moore

  • Isaac Taylor

  • John Truman

  • James Webb

• Committee for Bradford MM

  • Thomas Baldwin

  • Richard Barnard

  • Nathan Cope

  • Samuel Cope

  • Isaac Coates

  • Samuel Fisher

  • Thomas Fisher

  • Wm. Iddings

  • William Mode

  • Abia Taylor

  • Edward Verson

• Committee of Duck Creek MM (Del)

  • Israel Ashton

  • John Barnes

  • Ezekiel Cowgill

  • Henry Cowgill

  • Joseph Cowgill

  • John Dickinson

  • Fenwick Fisher

  • Robert Halliday

  • Baptist Lay

  • Warner Miffin

  • Isaiah Rowland

  • Wm. Wilson

• Committee of Deer Creek MM

  • Joseph Husbands

  • Philip Cole

  • John Wilson

  • Wm. Cole

  • Benjamin Barnes

This page updated on February 16, 2009