Is There Any Information On Irish Quakers Who Emigrated To Pennsylviania?
The book by Myers Immigration of the Irsh Quakers into Pennsylvania is a very good source for information on this topic. It is full of names and dates, places of origin and arrival in America . Note that many of the names indicate English, Scottish and other Quakers who had settled in Ireland prior to travelling to America. In Myers book many families are named and described. He also faithfully records the records taken at The Friends Meetings. Many witnesses to marriages are mentioned. Myers catalogues the Philadelphia Monthly Meetings, ( established 1682),Gwynedd (USA) Monthly Meetings, Radnor ( In Delaware) Monthly Meetings, Chester(in Delaware County) Monthly Meetings and many more, He includes extracts from the Lurgan (Ireland) meetings and mentions individual families for example The Wright family from Castleshane, County Monaghan, the McMillan or McMullen family of Antrim, the Marsh family who were recorded in Armagh from the C17 and the Mackey family of Kincon, County Armagh.
