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Subject: [LDR] TRUITS re:(Q-R] Guilford Meeting, Accomack Co., VA
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The attached appeared on Quaker Roots list. I have Larry Truitt's
book/manuscript from which this is a very miniscule excerpt, which not only
has alot on the history of the Quaker movement in the U.S., but also alot of
figures on early years on Delmarva. Not to mention basic data on the Truitts
I had to dig it out of an old, unhooked up computer, which is actually a
pretty safe place to store documents.

I wrote him an email that was returned to me, based on the email at his FTM
website to see whether this could be distributed. It has no copyright, but I
am still uncomfortable. His email bounced back, and now I need to find
another one for him.

ALSO, For all you Truitts, Bill Groves database is at Rootsweb's World
Connect site. If you go to www.rootsweb.com, enter in the very top search
mechanism, Truitt then George. Then get the results and hit the World
Connect links. I couldn't get in write now and it is late, but I believe his
email on the right hand column is simply bgroves, so look for that. He has
tons of information, some of which I have questions about.

My best,

Janet Hunter

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For Susan Clark, and others who are interested, but haven't seen the post
from Larry Truitt from April 1997 Q-R list archive, here it is:



From: Larry Truitt <>
To: "QUAKER genealogy list" <QUAKER-ROOTS@>
Subject: Guilford Quaker Meeting House and the Bogerternorton Meeting Hous
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 1997 16:54:19 -0700



I am looking for additional information concerning two Friends Meetings,
Guilford Quaker Meeting House and the Bogerternorton Meeting House. The
following information is all that I have concerning these two meetings.
The reason for my interest-- George Truitt my 8th great grandfather. It
seems from the information I have he was an early Quaker leader. Any
information will be useful.

In 1679 George Truitt (sp Trewet) and five other men, as trustees,
purchased one acre of land in the extreme northwest corner of tract A112.
This is the historic site of the Guilford Quaker Meeting House [Whitelaw]

The Quakers had first assembled in a ten-foot building in Northampton
county, Virginia. However, by this date there was standing near Guilford
Creek in Accomack county a small meeting house. At this time the owners
of the remainder of tract A112 confirmed with George Truitt and five
other trustees the conveyance of an acre of land "where now there is a
small house standing by the name of the meeting house ... that the People
of God commonly called Quakers shall have right and privilege from time
to time to meet upon said ground and in the aforesaid meeting house and
there at pleasure to meet and bury their dead." A later deed for the
balance of the patent definitely placed the lot on the branch of Guilford
Creek in the extreme northwest corner of the tract [Ames and Whitelaw].

As early as 1697, the Quaker Meeting House at Bogerternorton in
Maryland first appears in the Minutes of the Society of Friends.

Snow Hill Town was officially created during this year. Several big
productive plantations were near the town including Fairfield (owned by
the Purnell family) and Mulberry Grove (owned by the Truitt family)
[Truitt].

1689
On May 1 George (<?) Truitt obtained 140 acres of land called "Truitt's
Purchase" in Somerset county, Maryland [Coldham].

In July George Truitt purchased a 600-acre part of the "Mulberry Grove"
tract situated just south of the headwaters of the Pocomoke River and
about 6 to 8 miles northeast of Snow Hill Town and he proceeded to settle
and make his home there. The Mulberry Grove area seems to have been
the center of the "Bogerternorton Meeting" and George was indeed the
great benefactor of this Meeting [Torrence].

1700-1735
By this date Quakerism had spread to all areas of territorial Worcester
county, Maryland. Settlers including George and James Truitt at Five
Mile Branch, and others were prominent in the movement. Although
information about local Quakers at this time is fragmentary, it is known
that under the leadership of the Truitt family and others, membership was
forwarded. Followers of the "Inner Light" centered on the Bogerternorton
Meeting (also sp Pocotynorton and Pocatinorton) at George Truitt's
Mulberry Grove Plantation. The movement was accelerated by the
Virginia Quakers seeking refuge from harsh persecution resulting from the
1659-60 session of the Virginia Assembly which passed "An Act for the
Suppression of Quakers". In addition to the Bogerternorton Meeting,
during the early years, older and stronger Quaker organizations were
active in Old Somerset, the Annemessex and Monire Meetings.
Bogerternorton became the Mulberry Grove Meeting, still at George
Truitt's place, in 1699 [Truitt:377].




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