They had no agenda, no expectations in return – merely doing what they felt was their moral duty, to help another fellow human in distress. My mom told me our line of Hennessy was Pennsylvania Dutch, and my grandfather Hennessy was a Methodist Minister. I have the genealogy from his father to me and my children and grandchildren and possess a 275 page genealogy of his descendants in America.

Young children, and sometimes older ones, were taught basic reading and writing at home. That’s as far back as I can go, so far.This is the first letter from Ireland I have received as I have just joined in and luckily the topic follows part of the Family History on my Mother’s side. “When William Callahan was born on March 26, 1788, his father, Daniel, was 33 and his mother, Rebecca, was 26.

Quaker families cared about their children, but not in the sentimental manner that would later become fashionable in the 19th century. Quaker Records Dublin Abstracts of Wills Edited By P. Beryl Eustace and Olive C. Goodbody .

In 1692, Quakers in Dublin established a second substantial Meeting House at Sycamore Alley, off Dame Street and with enlargements over the years acquired a frontage on Eustace Street. The authorities of the day dithered in their reaction to the crop failures and starvation, first denying – then insisting, that starving and weakened people take part in labour projects to “earn” their food. Amongst the manuscripts preserved at the Meeting House of the Religious Society of Friends, Eustace Street, Dublin, are the six collections of Wills and Inventories from which we have prepared Abstracts. […]Thanks to the LOANS to the fishermen in the village of Helvick, Ring, Co. Waterford, my POWER ancestors survived the famine. William Michael O’Callaghan got changed to Callahan here.My family is from County Cork also. […] Letter 2: A Story of County Cork, Quakers, Famine and the state of Pennsylvania. The earliest information found for my Grandfather was when he was found in a destitute state 1882 at the age of eight and a half in Wellington New Zealand. Especially for Dublin "Friends" or members, be sure to contact the Dublin Historical Library – officially the Historical Library of Ireland Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends which is located in Quaker House, Dublin.

I currently live in Pa. His Ancesters Dorothy write a book on heenan.not many heenans listed from North as most from South ireland.My great great grandfather was Jeremiah riordan from county cork and he married Julia oconner from sameThey had son John Jeremiah riordan who married Hannah mcspaddenJust wondering if we are related as my maternal great great grandfather was Jeremiah Reardon (spelled O’ Riordan) born around 1835 in Currow, Kerry County and married Johanna Quill O’Riordan born around 1841 in Ballyvourney, Cork.My paternal grandfather was a Quaker from somewhere in Pennsylvania.I lived near a colony of present day Quakers when I was in Pennsylvania and two of the children I had charge of went to their school, even though they were Jews. To facilitate frequent meetings membership was confined to the Dublin area, while a further group of twenty-one would be nominated as ‘corresponding members’ and from the Quaker community outside Dublin. As a result, there are many commemorative plaques recalling the support of the “Society of Friends” in this part of the country.The Religious Society of Friends (later known as the Quakers), were founded in England about 1647AD, and established a power base in the north of that country. They are very interesting.I just discovered letters about my grandmother’s family. Marrying a non Quaker or marching with a gun …in the records I have searched , those two items were the most common reasons for expulsionThere was a heenan in southwest penn,listed a original settler. His wife’s name was RebeccaHello! Following discussions with their Irish counterparts Quakers in … They were known for entrepreneurship, setting up many businesses in Ireland, with many families such as the Goodbodys, Bewleys, Pims, Lambs, Jacobs, Edmundsons, Perrys and Bells were involved in milling, textiles, shipping, imports and exports, food and tobacco production, brewing, iron production and railways industries.In 1692 the Quakers opened a meeting house in Sycamore Alley, off Dame Street in Dublin, these premises expanded with the purchase of property backing on to The Quakers were known for setting up relief measures in their localities during the Great Famine The Society was one of the six religious denominations recognised by article 44.1.3 of the The Ireland Yearly Meeting is unprogrammed and is more conservative than Britain Yearly Meeting. If you go to the small village of Shanagarry in East Cork today, you will find the fine ruins of Shanagarry Castle. Click here to read the letter. The movement quickly spread to Dublin and the first substantial Quaker Meeting House was built in 1686 in Meath Place. All research I have carried out shows that there are many people in Ireland with the name of Patrick Clarke. ). The purpose of IQFA is to give practical and spiritual help and support to the Christian concerns of Irish Friends desiring to be guided to do God’s work in helping build His kingdom on Earth. Copyright 2020 by A Letter from Ireland. Children’s education was to be "guarded," protecting them from non-Quaker influences. Mike.My irish reletives landed in Dubuque Iowa? Quaker Records . : Executors my kinsman Thomas Williams of Newmarket and Peter Wainwright of Skinner's Alley, carpenters. Clearfield Company Inc. Introduction . I’m confused about when the pacifism was lost and the Methodism acquired. While close to death, William I won’t write much more on the history of this new province – as I am sure there are many readers here who would do a better job!My guess is that he converted to Quakerism sometimes after arrival in the US. This database contains the results of a study of the immigration of the Irish Quakers to Pennsylvania between 1682 and 1750.

In the autumn of 1846 soup kitchens were set up by Quakers in towns such as Waterford, Enniscorthy, Limerick, Clonmel and Youghal. They set up a number of soup stations, keeping whole families alive.

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