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From: Barbara Eggleston <>
Subject: Re: Temperence "Tempy"Evans
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 08:02:19 -0800
In-Reply-To: <002c01c0764e$b93ec840$67e04ed8@default>


Regarding your Smith family. Lots of Quakers got classified as Tories
during the ARW. They went to Canada afterwards. Have a Smith who married
into my Quaker family--perhaps from New Brunswick, but probably married in
Ontario. Eventually everyone came back here.
Barb
At 05:02 AM 1/4/01 , you wrote:
>Good morning, Margaret...
>
>There's nothing like walking into a FHC and telling the volunteers
>you are searching for Smith and Brown families! They laughed.
>One told me that if I have been living right, my Smith family might
>be Quakers...that they kept wonderful records. We all laughed.
>I started seeing signs that maybe I was living right after all. I asked
>questions about the Quaker files...and would you believe I found
>my earliest families were Quaker settlers in Phila?
>
>Then, one volunteer reminded me that Brown was often taken
>from the name Braun. Thus, my brickwall came tumbling down.
>My Brown family had come from Germany and changed their
>name before going to NC. So, be sure and check a name
>change. I was so lucky to find that someone had done and
>extensive search on our Brown family. However, I was not
>able to purchase the book.
>
>Good luck with your Brown search. Also, don't forget that
>they were also early Quaker settlers, too.
>
>Kay
>************
>-----Original Message-----
>From: <>
>To: <>
>Date: Thursday, January 04, 2001 12:32 AM
>Subject: Re: Temperence "Tempy"Evans
>
>
> >Kay - Thanks for the reply. None of my Evans went to Arkansas but the
>name
> >William might be a lead. I know what you mean - I am researching a Brown
> >family also. It seems like all my names are either so obscure you can't
>find
> >them or there are so many of them you can't wade through them to get to the
> >ones you need. I do appreciate your help. With warm regards, Margaret
> >
> >
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