Try starting with Jay Worrall, The Friendly Virginians: America's First Quakers (1994), which contains quite a bit of useful information. Brent Tarter The Library of Virginia [log in to unmask] Visit the Library of Virginia's web site at http://www.lva.lib.va.us -----Original Message----- From: Bodman, James [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 27 March, 2001 3:29 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Quakers in Virginia Could someone please supply me with information regarding the Quakers, who arrived in VA in 1655, and how they learned the building trades? I believe the Winston family brought architectural pattern books with them from England. However, none of the architectural pattern book samples, in William Pain, Asher Benjamin or Owen Biddle's pattern books match the architectural patterns used. -----Original Message----- From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 1:09 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Catholics in Virginia There seems to have been a sudden Catholic interest in Virginia in 1687. There is supposedly a monument to a Jesuit priest killed in Stafford County that year while trying to work among the Indian population and two Jesuits were active in Norfolk the same year. The Jesuit priest in Stafford County may have been brought in by George Brent. Two Jesuits were arrested for missionary work in the 1630s in the area that eventually became Westmoreland County. Apparently they had come from the Settlement at St. Marys in Maryland. Bill Russell To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html