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I received this as part of a newsletter. It is rather long and is available only to those who have a membership with Burke's Peerage so I am just including what I consider to be pertinent.
THE QUAKER FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
The Quaker Family History Society was formed in 1993 and is a member of the Federation of Family History Societies. It is a small but friendly organisation with a scattered membership, whose aim is to encourage and assist anyone interested in tracing the history of Quaker families in Britain and Ireland. It is based in Britain, so does not claim any expertise on the history of Quakers outside Britain. Members include family historians with Quaker ancestors, Quakers with an interest in history including that of their local meeting, and those who wish to learn about their British Quaker ancestors. It is not a Quaker organisation and membership is open to anyone interested in the history of British or Irish Quakers. About half of its members are also members of The Religious Society of Friends, commonly called Quakers....
A journal, 'Quaker Connections', is published three times a year and is circulated free to members. It contains articles on members' research, queries, book reviews and forthcoming events. A Members' Interests Directory, listing families being researched by members, was last published in November 2001. Each issue of Quaker Connections also contains details of new members interests....
The Quaker movement was founded by George Fox who first started preaching in the late 1640s. It became strong in the north and then spread to the south of England and beyond. Members were seen by the establishment as a threat and were persecuted, leading many to seek refuge abroad, but in spite of this numbers continued to grow and by the end of the 17th century about 1 in 125 of the population was a member of the Society of Friends. Thus many people, particularly those with northern English ancestry will have Quaker connections, though they may be unaware of them.
In England and Wales between 1754 and 1837 Quakers and Jews were the only people allowed to solemnise legally valid marriage outside the Parish Church (Church of England or Anglican). Unlike other non-conformists therefore Quaker marriages do not appear in Parish Register, so anyone unable to find their ancestors in Parish Registers would be well advised to check the extensive Quakers records. Quakers kept very good records, not only Minutes of Meetings, Monthly and Quarterly, but also Registers of Births, Marriages and Burials.
Along with other nonconformists, Quakers were required to surrender their pre-1837 registers to the Registrar General. However before surrendering them, they made Digests containing the information from all the entries, set out in a standard format. One Digest was made for all the Births, Marriages and Burials for each of the Quarterly Meetings (as they existed in 1842). They are arranged alphabetically and chronologically according to the initial letter of the surname. The complete sets of these are available on microfilm at Friends House Library, Euston Road, London and at the Society of Genealogists, also in London. They may also be obtainable through Mormon Family History centres. A second copy of each Digest held locally is now usually deposited in a country record office with the records of the appropriate Quarterly Meeting....
For further information consult the website: www.qfhs.co.uk.
Hello,
Those of you who have been lucky enough to get a copy of these pamphlets realize that while the author gave sources he was not specific with his reference cites.
I have been able to find information from the LDS Library on two of the people mentioned in Part XI "Laggane, Mochrum, Edinburgh."
16LA George Glendining in Edinburgh, youngest son of [14L] William
>>new material<<
Note: While I don't know of a connection there is at least this one marriage before that of John and Martha Weir listed below. It occurs to me that John and Martha might be cousins.
1643, 24 Aug George Weir m Jeane Glendunning
LDSMF# 1066688 Old parochial registers for Edinburgh, 1595-1860 Church of Scotland (Edinburgh)
1649, 20 Dec George Glendunning [16LA listed above] m Eupham Nisbet
LDSMF# 1066688 Old parochial registers for Edinburgh, 1595-1860 Church of Scotland (Edinburgh)
1652, 24 Jun Glenduning, Susanna d/o Glenduning, George Eupham Nisbet
LDSMF# 1066663 Old parochial registers for Edinburgh, 1595-1860 Church of Scotland (Edinburgh)
1654, 25 Jul Glendunning, Williame s/o Glenduning, George Eupham Nisbet
LDSMF# 1066663 Old parochial registers for Edinburgh, 1595-1860 Church of Scotland (Edinburgh)
1656, 28 Oct Glendunning, Johne s/o Glenduning, George Eupham Nisbet
LDSMF# 1066663 Old parochial registers for Edinburgh, 1595-1860 Church of Scotland (Edinburgh)
1658, 24 Oct Glendunning, Jeane d/o Glenduning, George Eupham Nisbet
LDSMF# 1066663 Old parochial registers for Edinburgh, 1595-1860 Church of Scotland (Edinburgh)
1659, 08 Nov Glendunning, Catharine d/o Glenduning, George Eupham Nisbet
LDSMF# 1066663 Old parochial registers for Edinburgh, 1595-1860 Church of Scotland (Edinburgh)
1661, 11 Aug Glendunning, Eupham d/o Glenduning, George Eupham Nisbet
LDSMF# 1066663 Old parochial registers for Edinburgh, 1595-1860 Church of Scotland (Edinburgh)
1663, 03 Feb Glenduning, George s/o Glenduning, George Eupham Nisbet
LDSMF# 1066663 Old parochial registers for Edinburgh, 1595-1860 Church of Scotland (Edinburgh)
I was unable to locate a marriage record for John and Martha Weir.
1684, 10 Jan Glenduning, William s/o Glenduning, John Weir, Martha
LDSMF# 1066664 Old parochial registers for Edinburgh, 1595-1860 Church of Scotland
(Edinburgh)
1685, 30 Aug Glendinning, Catharine Glendinning, John Martha Weir
LDSMF# 1066664 Old parochial registers for Edinburgh, 1595-1860 Church of Scotland (Edinburgh)
1686, 06 Sep Glendinning, John Glendinning, John Martha Weir
LDSMF# 1066664 Old parochial registers for Edinburgh, 1595-1860 Church of Scotland (Edinburgh)
1688, 20 Mar Glendinning, James Glendinning, John Martha Weir
LDSMF#1066665, Old parochial registers for Edinburgh, 1595-1860 Church of Scotland (Edinburgh)
1690, 12 Dec Glendinning, Agnes Glendinning, John Martha Weir
LDSMF# 1066664 Old parochial registers for Edinburgh, 1595-1860 Church of Scotland (Edinburgh)
1693, 07 Feb Glendinning, Anna Glendinning, John Martha Weir
LDSMF# 1066664 Old parochial registers for Edinburgh, 1595-1860 Church of Scotland (Edinburgh)
1694, 02 Feb Glendinning, Margarett Glendinning, John Martha Weir
LDSMF# 1066664 Old parochial registers for Edinburgh, 1595-1860 Church of Scotland (Edinburgh)
1695, 22 Feb Glendinning, Marie Glendinning, John Martha Weir
LDSMF# 1066664 Old parochial registers for Edinburgh, 1595-1860 Church of Scotland (Edinburgh)
I have posted the information I received on the website. The link is near the lower right.
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~clendin/
Sharon
P.S. By the way, just because there is a provable Douglas-Glendinning connection does not mean that we are all descended from these connections. We have to prove our connections.
I want to thank Jan (Georganne) Clendenin for "turning me on" to a book entitled My Truth Lies in the Ruins. This is the first of a trilogy on the Medieval Douglas family. It takes a lot for me to be impressed with the historical background in most pieces of fiction.
My Truth deals with William "le Hardi" Duglas/Douglas, his life, his family, his truth by which he lived his life. His Truth was passed to his sons by his widow and they apparently lived according to that truth.
The second book of the trilogy is In the Shadow of My Truth and deals with the life of "le Hardi's" son, Sir James "the Good" Douglas. On page 598 the author recounts the death of Sir James at Teba, Spain where he and others participated in a battle against Moors while on their way to Jerusalem to inter the heart of Robert the Bruce.
On this page one name stuck out like a sore thumb and literally grabbed me -- "Adam FitzHugh, a loyal vassal from Eskdale ..."
I sent an email to the author and asked about the reference to Adam FitzHugh as I felt that she must have found something because the books in toto are very well researched and include illustrations of photographs of original documents executed by the principals in these stories.
I did this because Gerald Talbot Clindening's pamphlets, The House of Glendonwyn, deals with an Adam FitzHugh who Clindening identifies as the progenitor of the Glendonwyn / Glendenning / Glendinnings. He also relates the story of Adam FitzHugh being at Teba, Spain having gone there as a vassal of Sir James Douglas. FitzHugh was one of the men who took the responsibility of returning to Scotland Bruce's heart and Douglas' remains.
She, very graciously, is looking for the reference to FitzHugh which was not passed down through the Peerages, Froissart, or Fraser. She had received information from the Clan Rutherford Herald and Seneschal to the Chief and I will be posting this information on the website in the next week. A Glendonwyn daughter had married Robert Rutherford of Chatto and this information is also in Clindening's book (but without dates, etc).
Sharon
----- Original Message -----
From: Sawdustsuzy(a)aol.com
To: SharonBryant(a)cox.net
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 9:12 PM
Subject: Thomas Clendenning
Hi Sharon,
I was going through some Baltimore Co. Maryland records today and came across the name Thomas Clendenning. I found him in the Will Index showing his death in 1762. (Have ordered the microfilm for this will.) I also found him in the Deed index as early as 1754 purchasing land and then in 1758 & 1760 selling the land.
We have several Maryland record indexes at the Library and it seems that Thomas Clendenning was the only Clendinen/Clendenning showing up for that time period in Baltimore Co. MD. The next Clendenin appearance is for a William H. Clendenen in 1840 in the Will index and then a David Clendenin in the probate records in 1844.
My question to you is do you have any information on this Thomas Clendenning or do you know if anybody has researched him or is claiming him? (Maybe he's the connection to Adam and/0r James???)
In 1790 a James Clendenen appears in Harford Co. Maryland, which was created from Baltimore Co. in 1773. The 1800 census has a John & David Clendenin in Harford Co. and a Thomas Clendening in Caroline Co. MD.
I can find Family Trees claiming James, John & David Clendenen but none of them seem to go back as far as the Thomas Clendenning of the 1750s.
Anyhow........just "fishing" and wondered if you know if any of this has been researched before I waste my time digging too much.
Thanks,
Cathy