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Tag Archives: Society of Friends (Quakers)
Sarah (JOHNSON) KUHN: “Mum” – Harvesting Photos – 52 Ancestors (Ancestor 31)
Sarah JOHNSON was my matrilineal great-great-grandmother. I have found or heard so much about her that I could probably write this story half asleep with my eyes closed. Yet, I wish I knew more. Birth and Early Childhood Sarah was … Continue reading
Anderson JOHNSON (1770-1857) : Devout North Carolina Quaker, Persecuted – 52 Ancestors (Ancestor 124)
Anderson JOHNSON was born the fifth child of ten into a Quaker family on “the 7th day of the 6th month in the year of our Lord 1770,” in North Carolina, probably in what was then Surry County, and what … Continue reading
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Tagged #52ancestors, BOWLES, BROOKS, ELLYSON, ELMORE, HUFF/HOUGH, Hunting Creek, JOHNSON, North Carolina, SANDERS, Society of Friends (Quakers), TUTTEROW/TUTTERROW/TUTOROW, Virginia, WRIGHT
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Strangeman JOHNSON had to PARTAY, PARTAY! – 52 Ancestors (Ancestor 126)
Do you remember back in January when I wrote about Strangeman (pronounced STRONG-muhn)? Do you remember that he had been disowned from the Society of Friends (Quakers) in 1796, but the Hinshaw abstracts did not give a reason? Well, I … Continue reading
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Thomas JOHNSON, Almost a Veteran – 52 Ancestors (Ancestor 62)
My 3rd great grandfather Thomas JOHNSON was born on the 3rd day of the 1st month of the year 1794 (for us, this is 3 January 1794). He was the first child of devout Quakers Anderson and Sarah (BROOKS) JOHNSON.
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Tagged #52ancestors, BROOKS, JOHNSON, Military, Society of Friends (Quakers), War of 1812
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Diggin' Up Graves 