Quakers in Colonial Maryland

Finding the records to document Qauker activities and meetings in Maryland in the colonial can be a bit of a challenge - many of the very early meetings also disappeared early, leaving very little in the way of records. Many of these early meetings only ever met in the homes of their members and many never had either meeting houses or burial grounds, offering few clues to the modern researcher of their history. In many cases, the only clue to their existence may lie in the records of their superior meetings. As an example of the potential for research to be found in old records, here's a sample of the meetings mentioned from the records of the Women's Yearly meeting from the Eastern Shore in Maryland. This particular listing is from 1693.

• South River
• West River
• Herring Creek
• Cliffs
• Patuxent
• Upper Machodocks
• Chester
• Bayside
• Tread-Avon [Third Haven]
• Tuckahoe
• Great Choptank
• Little Choptank
• Manny [Monie]
• Annamessex
• Muddy Creek
• Massawadox [Viriginia]
• Pocksbynorton

Please note that the spellings of these meetings are as best as can be deciphered from the very old records.