The Welcome Society
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
This page updated on January 2, 2011