Hopewell, Virginia, Friends Memberships, 1759-1776

Source Information

Ancestry.com. Hopewell, Virginia, Friends Memberships, 1759-1776 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1997.

Original data: Hopewell Certificates of Membership and Removal, 1759-1776

About Hopewell, Virginia, Friends Memberships, 1759-1776

This contains the names of individuals who were admitted and removed from the Hopewell Friends from the years 1759-1776. The Friends (Quakers) held their monthly meetings at Hopewell, Virginia, during which they recorded the historical and genealogical events of their fellow Friends in the area. This database includes the names of the individuals, the date, the location, and if removed from the society, the reason why.

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