origin of the term Quaker....."George Fox bade the magistrates at Derby who sought to interfere with the worship of his followers, 'to tremble at the Word of God."  and from the use of the word 'tremble', in this connection, the jeering crowd applied the epithet of 'Quakers', to the newly-formed Society.  The term has been applied to them ever since that time, by many who supposed that the 'quaking' was a characteristic either of voice or of person among the ministers of the denomination."

Origins of Quakerism in Ireland

Abbreviations used in Quaker Records

Chester County Quaker Meetings and their dates of origin

Early Cave dwellings

Christmas in  Philadelphia - 1749-50

Quaker petition 1735 signed at Quarterly meeting in Concord (names of signers)

  Welcome passengers (proven, highly probable, possible, & improbable)

The Names of the Ships of Penn's Fleet

Individual Ships of Penn's Fleet with their passengers

For Hicksite Records:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Swarthmore College
500 College Avenue
Swarthmore, PA 19081
610-328-8496
Fax: 610-328-7329
http://www.swarthmore.edu/Library/friends/
email:  libweb@swarthmore.edu



For Orthodox records:
Quaker Collection
Haverford College
James P. Magill Library
370 Lancaster Avenue
Haverford, PA 19041
215-896-1175
Fax: 215-896-1224
http://library.haverford.edu/places/special-collections

Finding Friends Meetings

Photos of PA Meeting Houses

Earlham College Obituary Index for Quakers

Gregorian Calendar

THE WELCOME SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA aims to perpetuate the memory of those who came to America with William PENN and to bring together the descendants of these Quaker travelers. Currently, the membership is composed of descendants of those ancestors who traveled with fellow Quakers to America in 1682. This includes 20 ships and 22 crossings of the Atlantic. Ancestors approved for membership (with ship's name):

• Nathaniel ALLEN, Samuel ALLEN,
• John BEZER, Elizabeth BEZER, Randle BLACKSHAW, John BLUNSTON (foregoing all on the Bristol Factor)
• Thomas BRASSEY, Friendship
• William BUCKMAN,Welcome
• Ruth BUCKMAN, Welcome
• Ellen COWGILL, Lamb
• Silas CRISPEN, John & Sara; Alis CROSDALE, Friendship
• Thomas CROSDALE, Lamb
• James DILWORTH, Lamb
• Sarah DOLE, Friendship
• William EDWARDS, Lyon
• Anthony ELONN, Unicorn
• John EVANS, Bristol Factor
• John FISHER, Lamb
• Thomas FITZWATER, Welcome
• Richard HAINES, Amity
• Cuthbert HAYHURST, Lamb
• Robert HEATON, Lamb
• Valentine HOLLINGSWORTH, Antelope
• Thomas HOLME, Amity
• Giles KNIGHT, Society
• Tobias LEACH, Bristol Factor
• Jane LYON, Submission
• Joseph MATHER, Submission
• Margery MAUDE, Submission
• Thomas MINSHALL, Friendship
• David OGDEN, Welcome
• Evan OLIVER, Bristol Factor
• Thomas PALMER, Elizabeth, Ann & Catharine
• William PAXSON, Amity
• Phineas PEMBERTON, Submission
• William PENN, Welcome
• George POWNALL, Friends Adventure
• Abrahan PRATT, Jeffrey
• John RHOADES, Bristol Factor
• Joseph RICHARDS, Amity
• John SHARPLES, Friendship
• Adam SHORT, Welcome
• Ann SHORT, Welcome
• John SIMCOCK, Mary
• William SMITH, Friends Adventure
• John SONGHURST, Welcome
• William TAYLOR, Mary
• Richard TOWNSEND, Welcome
• Robert VERNON, Friendship
• Thomas WALMSLEY, Lamb
• Nichlas WALN, Lamb
• Francis WORLEY, Welcome
• Thomas WYNNE, Welcome.


THE WELCOME Society
415 South Crosky Street
Philadelphia, PA 19146

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