Reunion - 1999

Haworth Association of America was formed in August of 1899 at the 200 year celebration. Reunion gatherings continued on a three year schedule until 1911. After that date, we loose track of any further national reunions, although regional groups met very often and continue to this day. These early meetings, however, were well documented and formed the bases for family research as evidenced by "The Haworth Record" newsletter which was published by Chas. Davis from 1906 through 1915. In 1991, Roger S. Boone collated and published a family history titled "Some Quaker Families - Scarborough/Haworth". Mr. Boone was later joined by Marjorie Morgan in publishing six additional volumes, for a total of over 4,400 pages of family history data. Also in 1991, Lowell Scarbrough began publishing the newsletter "Scarb(o)rough/Ha(y)worth Events", which continues to this day.

The Haworth Association of America was re-formed at the 300 year celebration in June of 1999. The celebration was held at Kansas City on June 25-27. At that time, about 225 people from 27 states attended the event. A number of committees were formed, including "Cookbook" and "Reunion". The Reunion Committee voted to continue a reunion schedule, and selected a five year cycle with the next reunion to be held on the last weekend of July, year 2004.

In connection with the 300 year celebration, each attending person submitted an updated family history which has been recorded in a computerized data file. We plan to keep adding information to that data file (it is a time intensive effort). We also digitized other documents including George Haworth's letters and will, prior reunion proceedings, all issues of the "Haworth Record", and many documents and pictures which we obtained from those attending the reunion. Each of the presentations at the reunion were digitized and saved. All of this information was saved to a CD. We have also developed a WEB site for the Haworth Association of America. It is located at www.haworthassociation.The org, where we plan to keep providing additional family information and tie together our family activities. We would add that a number of us monitor various Haworth family history sites on the Internet where there is a great interest in family history. An interesting fact that is amazing to us is that almost every Haworth that we meet, knows his/her family history back to George.

And finally, we want to thank everyone on the various committees that made the reunion a success. Their help has significantly added to the joy of our great family.

Sincerely,

Ron Haworth                             Marilyn Winton

Kirkland, WA                             Coffeyville, KS

(Table 1) The Texas Haworth Association - Contact Gene Allen, % Carol Rodriquez, 2127 Chippendale Drive, McKinney, TX., 75050 - 972-838-4567. Gene Allen had displays for sale that included: Haworth "T-shirts", Haworth caps, and bricks with the name "Haworth" imprinted and baked into them.

(Table 2) This table was occupied by Lowell & Edith Scarbrough where they displayed the "Some Quaker Families - Scarborough/Haworth" books and the "Events" newsletters. 

(Table 3) This table was prepared by Marilyn L Winton, and had picture and historical data from her various trips. Included in the pictures were sites of the Haworth farm location in Virginia, and pictures of the original cabin site on Bum Brindle Hill. This was a farm on the 820 acres owned by John Scarb(o)rough Jr. in Upper Buckingham Township of Bucks County Pennsylvania.

(Table 4) This table had a display by Betty Haworth Lilienthal and her son James Haworth Lilienthal. They displayed and sold the booklet, "GEORGE HAWORTH and Some of His Descendants" by James R. Haworth, (father of Betty) published in 1965. These books may also be purchased at $7 each from: Betty Lilienthal, 1001 Oppenheimer Dr. #301, Los Alamos NM., 87544.

(Table 5) This table displayed the personal lines and genealogy data in a show and tell format presented by Dottie. diZerega, and others.

That evening, large groups of Haworth cousins were pictured at local restaurants (see captioned pictures).

The celebration started at 9:30 AM. The historic group picture from the 200^th Anniversary Reunion in 1899 greeted everyone on a large screen. This picture had been provided to Lowell Scarbrough by Virginia Schneider of San Lorenzo, CA. Ronald Haworth welcomed everyone to the proceedings. He then introduced Loran Haworth as the Master of Ceremonies who introduced all the ensuing presenters.

Loran Haworth - Loran read the following biography of Ronald L Haworth:

Ronald was born a birth right Quaker in San Diego, California, the son of Homer Donald Haworth and Elizabeth Green. His early childhood home was in La Jolla, CA. His grandfather and grandmother were Homer David and Josie (Henderson) Haworth who were from Vermilion, Illinois. His great grandfather M. Beriah Haworth married Anna Lewis, (Anna's mother was Mary Haworth). His great grand father was Joseph Henderson, who married Mary Dillon (Mary's mother was Charity Haworth). Ronald's father began family history research when he met his great uncle, Lindley Murray Haworth in Oregon, in 1930. A 1930 sketch by his father became the basis for their family history. Ronald graduated from San Diego State University in 1961 with a degree in accounting and is a Certified Public Accountant. He spent most of his professional life as a senior government representative at major aerospace companies. Currently, he is in private practice in Kirkland, Washington. Ronald also enjoys playing horn. Ronald's son, Ronald L Haworth, Jr. is also attending the reunion and is operating the computer system. He is employed as a computer specialist with a computer manufacturer in Redmond, Washington. The 300 year reunion was a 1995 goal that he set out to accomplish after learning about the various regional Haworth Association activities.

Loran Haworth then read the biography of Marilyn London Winton:

Marilyn was born in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of George A. London and wife Mildred Elaine Haworth. Her grandfather was Dr. Edgar S. Haworth, who practiced medicine in Wichita for 33 years (1926-1959). He was born in Hamilton Co., Indiana, a birthright Quaker, his grandfather Haworth having settled in the group of Friends from Ohio who founded Westfield, Indiana, a well known station on the route of the Underground Railroad. Marilyn's grandfather was very knowledgeable about his Haworth heritage and George the Emigrant. Marilyn, with her mother, began her family history research when she was 15 years old. Marilyn graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a Masters in Library Science in 1964. She had completed half the hours for a Masters in History from Boston University, when she was offered a job in West Berlin with the Army Special Services, as a civilian librarian for the US Army Hospital and an Infantry Post Library. In 1966 she moved to England with her husband Lt. Anthony Winton of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, and their two sons Richard and Edward were born in England. Marilyn lived in England and British Army posts abroad for over 23 years. She taught in American schools in Hong Kong and in Riyadh. Her years in England gave her much opportunity for research on early Quaker families from original record sources, and the Haworth's of Rossendale were one of her prime focuses. She has done genealogical research professionally in England, but returned to the U.S. nine years ago. Marilyn has been active in several lineage societies, and has served as Regent of her local Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, and as State Historian and now State Vice President for Colonial Dames of the 17th Century. She is also State Vice-President of U.S. Daughters of 1812, and National Kin-Keeper for the National Society Descendants of Early Quakers. She attends the annual national meetings of these groups in Washington DC. And in April along with her sister Rita White, they were able to visit Bucks County, Pennsylvania and take photographs of the George Haworth and John Scarborough original properties. At the same time, they also took pictures of the James Haworth land in Frederick County, Virginia. Earlier, she submitted an article on the English background of George Haworth. That article can be found in Vol. 1, Appendix A, of "SOME QUAKER FAMILIES - Scarborough/Haworth" compiled by Roger Boone, edited and published by Marjorie Morgan. Marilyn plans to publish her own book soon, pulling together all her research and findings accomplished over many years, on the background of George Haworth and his family in Rossendale, Lancashire. The book will also include her original research on the correct origins and ancestry of John Scarborough, Sr. This will cover the two generations in England previous to him, which were not before known.

Ron Haworth, regaining the podium, commented: "What a terrific crowd this is, I woke up at 2 am thinking about our reunion". I started planning this reunion in 1995. I wrote to Lowell, trying to find some group to sponsor it and Lowell nominated me, instead. A year and a half ago Marilyn volunteered. My original concept was to choose a location that was central to as many people as possible. Our first thought was to have the reunion at Tulsa, because that city was near Marilyn's home. On the day before I flew to Tulsa to meet with Marilyn for a planning conference, I got an e-mail from Will Haworth of Kansas City. Will Haworth invited us to Kansas City where we also met his brother, Mark Haworth. As a result of that meeting, Will and Mark helped us find a convention location. An in person survey by Mark resulted in the selection of this motel. I then flew back to Kansas City and confirmed a contract for our reunion. So, that is why we are here at this location. This motel submitted a fantastic proposal and this location has turned out to be perfect.

Now I will introduce the rest of the planning committee. Sue Haworth (wife of Loran Haworth) was introduced. We met three weeks ago in California at a three day planning session. Sue took over registration and I thank her so very much for all her hard work.. All the packets that we have today were produced by Sue. Standing next to Sue is my wife Betty. She has had to put up with thousands and thousands of my problems this year. Next is Wendell Haworth, Sue's brother in-law, and he helped us with the agenda. Wendell’s sister is Leona Haworth Field. She helped us also with the agenda and was an early experimenter with the CD. Kathy Mills was then introduced. Kathy and I got met on the Internet about 18 months ago and we worked on the early planning for the reunion. Kathy is responsible for all of our early advertising on the Internet. She has really been helpful on getting the word out, and has been my "sounding board" for reunion ideas. And finally, I want to thank Marilyn Winton; we burned the airways up, for about a year and a half in planning this reunion.

The June reunion date was chosen because it was a date after the school year and a date before the 4th of July when it starts to get hot and sizzling in the Midwest. I selected Kansas City because it was in the middle of the country.

Ron then covered the agenda items:

Registration: Sue put together these packets, in it is a form for questions. Sue asks that we answer the questions that are submitted. We would like you to fill it out and put it in the box on the table. We will have a panel later this afternoon to answer your questions.

Prayer: We're going to have a prayer, to be lead by Chaplain Lawrence Haworth.

Earlier Reunion Minutes: How many people have the earlier reunion minutes? We're going to have a talk by Lloyd Holbrook covering the early reunions. Lloyd is a Henderson and Lloyd found all my Henderson cousins.

England: Marilyn is going to talk about the Haworth history of England.

George's Voyage and Early Life: Wendell Haworth and his sister, Leona will brief us on George's voyage and his early life in Pennsylvania. It will be in a slide show format.

Religion: Jim Knox is going to talk about Quaker Religion.

Migration: Wanda Shelton is going to talk about the Haworth migration.

Haworth Record: I'm going to talk about the Haworth Record published by Charles Davis. There are five people who have really helped me on this part of the reunion project. One of those persons is Virginia Weidenhamer from Omaha, NE. She put me in contact with the grand daughter of Charles Davis and I was able to get a copy of every issues of the Haworth Record.

Events Newsletter: Lowell Scarbrough will talk about the Events Newsletter. Lowell publishes newsletter. He also has the seven volume "SOME QUAKER FAMILIES - Scarborough/ Haworth", collated by Roger Boone, and edited and published by Marjorie Morgan. We want to thank the publishers of these books. I have a "thank you" note on Lowell's table and I'd request that everyone here sign the thank you note. There are three blank pages and we're going to attach them to cards and send a card to Marjorie and Roger. Everybody, please remember to sign the thank you notes.

Later in the afternoon, I want to identify about five different regional reunion groups. I'm going to have each say, "hi." We're are also going to have a question and answer period, and at about 5 PM, we're going to have a group picture.

The photographer will come back in 2 hours and deliver the pictures. The price is $10 each. We need 30 pictures to break even (there was laughter at this comment). By the way, the picture on the screen is the picture of the reunion 100 years ago. (comment from the group, "Oh Wow") This picture was provided by Lowell. He sent me his best quality picture and I copied it into the computer. From the group: "Was this picture taken in England?" No, this picture is at the Friends Church in Plainfield, IN. and if you read the minutes of that reunion, you will find that their total expenses for their reunion was about $13 (laughter). (Note: total expenses for this reunion were $13,384)

On Sunday we are going to have a church service at 11 AM. Pastor Bob Haworth from Milton-Freewater Oregon will conduct a service. We hope that it will be like what the Quakers would do, but not quite.

Then we will break and have lunch after the service. After that, we will have final words and conclude the reunion.

About the CD: The CD kind of evolved over time. My son first said, "we’ve got to have a computer projector at the reunion, right?" Well yes! So, I recorded all the presentations that will be made today in a computer format, and then put these on the CD. My son is using the CD for all the presentation, and you can buy that same CD for $10. The CD has the family database in two file formats; a GEDCOM file and Family Tree Maker (version 4.0) file. Earlier, I met with Kathy Mills (via the Internet) and we figured out how to do the database. I probably entered over 4,000 family names in the database. Everybody at the reunion has sent me their family history, and these are all in the database. In your packet I printed your personal history. I wanted to put them on the wall but the walls aren't big enough. (laughter) However, I published a copy and the printed reports are on the display table. George’s son, James Haworth, wins the popularity count by a margin of 10 to 1. That is, most of us come from the James Haworth line. There are a few of us here that come from Stephanus, and Absalom, and there are two people attending today that came from George’s son, Charles. We also have on the table (on your right) a copy of the HAWORTH RECORD newsletters, which are also contained on the CD.

Well that's all I have. But let me take a minute to introduce the people at the display tables. Ron then introduced Glen Haworth, Lowell Scarbrough, and James Lilienthal.

Loran Haworth then returned to the podium.

Loran asked everyone that came from the James Haworth line to raise their hand. Almost everyone raised their hands. Loran responded by saying "It's just amazing, you guys must like to get together" and their was laughter.

Loran then introduced Chaplain Larry Haworth from Chicago, IL.

Chaplain Haworth: I am a Vice President of the Christian Life Ministry and an Army Chaplain for 24 years. I am now retired and a chaplain for Viet Nam organizations. I looked for a Quaker or George Fox prayer and couldn't find one. However, after looking into what Quakers do, I found out that they are mostly being quiet. Well, I'm a Baptist, (laughter) and I never heard of a Baptist who kept quiet. My new friend, Dennis Taber, at this reunion is a United Methodist. I understand he was born into the Quakers. So I checked with him and he said it's all right, go up and have a few moments of silence. So after talking with Ron, we decided to bow our heads for a few seconds of silence in honor of our heritage, and then ask God's blessing on this event and then I shall lead us as we pray together. Chaplain Haworth then lead the group in prayer. (Note: there were seven ordained ministers attending the reunion)

Loran returned to the podium. Loran said that it is interesting to say "Chaplain Haworth"; and with the many Haworth chaplains that are here today, I have been saying it often. It's also amazing to note all the professional people here; there are people from all different backgrounds and professions here today. If I ever need a lawyer, and there's so many here (laughter), I know where to find one. I've just been blown away by the numbers of professionals who are here today.

I'd like to introduce Lloyd Holbrook. Lloyd is to speak about the back ground of the previous reunions, the connectivity of that reunion to today's reunion. Lloyd was born in Washington, Kansas in 1935, son of Ina and Perl Holbrook. His grandfather, John M. Henderson was born in Danville, IL., and his great great grandfather was Nathaniel Henderson, who married Ann Golden, the daughter of William Golden and Sarah Haworth. Sarah was the daughter of Richard and Ann Dillon Haworth, and granddaughter of James and Sarah (Wood) Haworth. Lloyd graduated from Kansas Wesleyan University in 1959. He received a Masters in Music Education from Wichita State University in 1967, and a Masters in Library Science from Emporia State University in 1976. He taught music for about 20 years in Kansas schools, and was Librarian in Goodland, KS city schools for 18 years. He is now retired. He has been a church organist for about 40 years. There is a little bit of musical background there. Lloyd has been interested in family history since his visit to Georgetown, IL in the 1960s. Lloyd and his cousin Lucille compiled a book about the Hendersons in 1985.

Lloyd Holbrook:

Well, I want to preface my remarks this morning by saying that when I first offered to help in some way with this reunion, I thought afterwards that I should have said to Ron, anything but speaking. Because, my mind not only wanders, but sometimes it leaves completely. (laughter) Especially when I am speaking!!

It is quite remarkable in this day and age to be able to trace a family line back 9 or 10 generations, while many people today can not even name their 8 grandparents, due to our mobile and changing family structure. As you know, the first reunion was held during two days in Plainfield, IN, at the close of the Western Yearly Meeting of Friends, in September of 1899. The idea of a reunion started with William Perry Haworth, who lived between 1850 and 1933. He grew up in Vermilion County, IL and lived close to many others of that same Haworth name. While researching my own family, Henderson in Vermilion County, I had noticed the many, many, names of Haworth. In fact, in the two little towns of Georgetown and Elwood, there were 85 Haworth surnames in 1860 when William Perry was only 10 years old. So he undoubtedly knew a great many of those people. In 1886, William Perry visited the Ohio home of his father and he became acquainted with a lot of the Ohio families. He saw letters of years ago, read papers about the family, and learned about the immigration of George in 1699. From that time on, his interest developed and he made this statement. "If God should permit me to see 1899, I will take it upon myself to have a reunion of the family at that time." Now this was a period of 13 years period during which time he was inquiring about the family. He sent out leaflets, and he was wanting the names and birth places, and dates of all these family members and he sent those to Haworths of as many names as he could find. Then on 1887, he made a visit to Emporia, Kansas. There, he received information about the Tennessee branch of the family. It is a result of this interest and inquiry over a period of 13 years that William Perry Haworth organized the first reunion in 1899. By that time he had developed a chart of 700 names.

During that first morning session on September 21st, 1899, there were devotions, an opening song "Crown Him Lord of All", scripture and prayers. And by the way, in these first reunions 1899 and 1902, they were singing Quakers. (laughter) A permanent organization committee was appointed to develop the name of the organization and nominate officers; and also, program, business, finance, registration book, resolutions and arrangements committees were appointed.

Reverend Haworth spoke about the origin and object of the reunion, and also discussed the spelling of the name and they concluded that the "y" had been introduced into the spelling some time in the last 40 or 50 years in North Carolina. That would make it roughly 1849/1859 when that "y" was first introduced into the spelling of the name. They then adjourned to take a picture of the four generations present, which you see on the computer screen today. They had arranged previously for a photograph committee and at that time, the photographs were 45 cents, if mailed. (laughter) A little inflation here!!

At the afternoon session, the Permanent Organization Committee presented the name "The Haworth Association of America", which was accepted and officers were elected. President was William Perry Haworth, who was at that time from Ottawa, Oklahoma Territory. Secretary was Miss Mary M Petty, Greensboro, North Carolina. Treasurer was Charles F. Haworth, from Ridgefarm, Illinois. A Vice President for each State was elected at that time. The Program Committee report was adopted and the programs thereafter started as outlined with devotions, songs, scriptures and prayer. They decided to print the minutes of this meeting and at that time they decided they would print them in the Plainfield, newspaper, which at that time was the "Plainfield Progress". I attempted to find a copy of that news article but was not successful. However, I did find a little item in the Danville Republican of September 28th 1899, which told of the reunion and a copy of that news article can be seen on the exhibit table and on the CD. Resolutions were made, letters from England were read, and papers about the branches of the family were read. Reminiscences also were related by the people, in attendance. There was an evening meeting that first day and it was devotional in character.

The second day of the meeting followed the established order once again. Papers were read about the family. Minutes of the previous meeting session were adopted. The Finance Committee reported an assessment of 25 cents for gentlemen, only 10 cents for ladies. They agreed to meet again in three years and each State was to hold a reunion every year.

Calvin Haworth remarked about the badges worn at that first reunion, saying "badges make us feel acquainted". You can see examples of these badges or ribbons in the photograph of that first reunion, which is on display on the computer screen. James Haworth, the oldest Haworth attending in 1899 sang the song "Tarry With Me, Oh My Savior". The meeting closed with prayer and a reading of the closing session minutes, and agreed to meet again in three years, which would be in 1902. Right after that meeting they did have a closing song, joining hands in an unbroken chain while they sang, "Blessed Be the Ties that Bind".

In 1902, the meeting was held here in Kansas City, at the Friends Church at 416 W 15th St., where William Perry Haworth was pastor at that time. Attendees were present from six states; Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and the Oklahoma Territory. That first gathering again followed the established order of the Plainfield Meeting. However, a Haworth choir sang two songs. One entitled, "Happy Greetings" and the other was titled "Don't Forget the Old Folks". (laughter) The full group also sang the song, "America". Welcome and responses were given and an outline of work to be done was proposed by President Rev. Haworth. The first session was an evening meeting.

Then the following day, the meeting opened with songs and devotions. Committee reports were given, letters read, and of special interest were two letters of George the emigrant, dated 1699 and 1701. These letters, possessions of Miss Emma Newlin, of Plainfield, Indiana were read. Judge J. H. Henderson of Indianola, Iowa, read the paper titled "The Advantages of Family History". Then, they adjourned to take a picture at 2 o'clock that afternoon. For that 1902 meeting, I have not seen a copy of that picture. Following the picture taking, minutes were read and adopted, and letters from the state associations were read and they then adjourned.

During the evening session papers, a paper was read about the Tennessee branch of the family. A poem titled "A Love Offering", written by Dr. Hannah M. Haworth Walser, was read. But the full title of that poem was, "A Love Offering to the Tri-annual Meeting of the Haworth Family of America, at Kansas City, Missouri, August 26th, 1902". President W. P. Haworth made remarks about the pronunciation of the name. (laughter) Saying, in England it was Haw, as in hawthorn. A Constitution and by-laws were presented by the Permanent Committee, which were read and adopted. This concluded that evening session.

The last meeting session of August 28th, 1902 opened with a song, "Lead me Savior". Minutes were read and adopted. A decision was made to print the proceedings of the two national meetings of 1899 and 1902. And that's what I am basing my remarks on here today. It is a-little publication, and it is really a reprint called, "Haworth Family Association 1899. In the treasury reports for that 1902 meeting, they had receipts of $25.40, and expenditures of $26.40. They went a little in the hole there.

Three resolutions were reported: (1) the value of genealogical history was recognized, (2) state association's help was urged, and (3) thanks were given to the 15^th Street Friends Church for providing the meeting site. Rev. W. P. Haworth spoke on "The Philosophy Of Human Life", and Professor Erasmus Haworth gave a paper on "The Future of the Haworth Family in America".

That 1902 reunion closed with the song, "God Be With You Till We Meet Again", and they adjourned to meet again in three years, which would be 1905.

Now, I do not have anything about the 1905 meeting. I did find a newspaper clipping which I believe to be about the 1905 reunion. The article said that about a hundred people attended and that they were going to Troost Park for an afternoon meeting but bad weather canceled that plan. The article then said they were to take a trip down the river in a steamboat.

One note: In my copy of the proceedings, there was a note that there was a request of the Executive Committee to arrange for the next national reunion to be held in St. Louis, in 1904. This was during the Exposition to be held there from April 3 to December 1 of that year. Whether this meeting occurred, I do not know. And, I do not have any information about the 1905 reunion (see the "Haworth Record" for mention of this reunion)

Jumping ahead several years to 1926, while researching in "The Georgetown news", a newspaper of Georgetown IL, I found an item about a Haworth Family Reunion which reads as follows:

"The annual reunion of the Haworth family was held at Turkey Run, Indiana, on Sunday. August 29, 1926, 132 being present from Georgetown, Mckendree, Vermilion Grove, Danville and Monmouth, IL, and Covington, Cayuga, Perryville, Newton, Indianapolis, Monrovia, Morrsville, Richmond, Martinsville, and Danville, in Indiana. A. W. Haworth of McKendree, was chosen President and Flora Edgerton of Plainfield was Secretary-Treasurer. A family history was read going back to 1641." Now, whether this was a national reunion or perhaps a regional meeting, I don't know. But 1926 would have been a tri-annual year if it was indeed a national reunion.

I hope that this gives you a little bit of an idea about the previous reunions of the Haworth family. I want to emphasize that we can be very thankful for all of that early work of our ancestors so it can be recorded and preserved for our family history; so that we are able to gather together at this reunion 100 years later and enjoy all the stories and visiting, and view the letters, documents and photographs which have been preserved and presented before this meeting. I also want to give special thanks to Ron Haworth, and Marilyn Winton, and the local committee, who has so graciously been responsible for the organization of this very fine reunion. Thank you.

Loran returned to the podium. You make a great and fine story teller, Thank you very much Lloyd. (clapping)

During the planning committee session up in California earlier this month, I found out that you don't mess with Marilyn. (laughter) What I mean by that is (laughter) when I use the word professionalism what I'm referring to is that when it comes to dotting the I's, crossing the T's, and making sure that things were absolutely correct, Marilyn will pounce on it if it is not right. And I want to say that I think she speaks with a whole lot of authority. I'd like to welcome her here at this time. Thank you. (clapping)

However, as it turned out, I am bigger than they are; but they are older. We are all originally from Sunnyside Washington. Wendell is retired from the Air Force, and is now residing in Omaha Nebraska with Judy and their three grown up boys.

Leona is from Othello Washington, and her husband Stanley is here today with her. They have one boy and two girls. I'd like to have them come up at this time. I'd just like to say one thing while they're coming up; this next presentation covers George’s voyage to America. We thought we could add a little bit of life and understanding to what it must have been like to come across on that voyage.

Wendell - Thank you Loran. I would like to welcome you this morning to the big, wide, wonderful world of George Haworth. Hayworth, Hay you, whatever name comes to mind. But first I would like to say thank you to my wife Judy for getting me here this weekend, and to Leona who is surprised to be helping me. Also a special recognition to Marilyn, for even at the last minute this morning, as Loran pointed out, for making sure things were accurate. I did some last minute changes to my slides, being sure they were correct and so on. Also to the folks who have done all the compiling of the Scarbrough Records, the Haworth Records, and things like that you see on that far table, because they were absolutely essential ingredients for us to reach this point this morning.

Wanda: I was going to be silly when I got up here and say, WOW, look at all the Haworths. I have chased Haworths on paper for 20 years, but I have never seen this many Haworths in one place before. But I've got to be serious. The map that you see on the screen was taken from "Quakers On The American Frontier" by Elliott and it was reproduced in a little "how to" book titled, "How To Do Quaker Research" by Barry. I just copied out of the book so it's nothing original.

The next subject is Quaker religion, and organization and research sources. Now I know there's about 12 Quakers here in the audience so please say something, if there's a point that comes up that you want to make.

Our next speaker is Jim Knox. He was born in Hood River, Oregon in 1922, and graduated from Hood River High School in 1940. He was in the U.S. Army in WW II from 1942 to 1945. In 1949, he earned a BA degree in Far Eastern Studies from the University of Washington. He has a Master of Librarianship from the University of Washington in 1967. He has worked for three major U.S. Corporations; American Can Co., The Continental Can Co., and Hughes Aircraft Co. as Cost Accountant and Budgetary Analysis. And from 1951 to 1965 he was Assistant Chief Librarian in the General Reference Department. He was the Curator for the U.S. and British History at Stanford University Library from 1967 to 1993. He retired in September of 1993. Mr. Knox first became interested in family history about 36 years ago while living in Los Angeles. (clapping)

Jim Knox:- Marilyn asked me to make a few remarks on Quaker origin and beliefs. So, I thought I could say a few things, even though I'm not a practicing Quaker, in fact the last Quaker in my family was my great grandmother. And, she was disowned for marring out of unity and never went back.

Another hallmark of Quakerism was their belief in the equality of women, though this was not peculiar to the Quakers, and many of the other sects shared similar beliefs, as J. A. Sharpe observes:

To conservatives one of the most disturbing aspects of radical sectarianism was the part played by women. The small independent congregations which proliferated after 1642 often allowed their women members to debate and vote. In others women were able to preach, or failing that, prophesy. ...This was disturbing enough, but it was just one aspect of the more general spectacle of the lower orders developing ideas on religion whose immediate consequences were a direct attack on the social order. [Early Modern England. A Social History 1550-1760, page 241.]

Even among the Quakers the principle of equality of women was not established without opposition and took some time to be fully implemented. When Fox wanted to establish women's meetings there was opposition, which you can understand. The men wanted to run things - they didn't want uppity women running things. Women's meetings had been held in London initially, and they were typically restricted to the consideration of "sufferings" and like matters. Some in the hinterlands resented what they considered dictation from London as to the proper practices - though this concern was not confined to the question of equality for women. It was thought that for matters of real importance the men should decide, while the women were involved in matters of lesser import. Eventually separate and equal meetings for men and women won out, and this was the rule among American Quakers.

The final principle that I would mention is something for which the Society of Friends is well known: Pacifism. The Peace Principle or Peace Testimony as it was originally known was first announced in early 1661. The Restoration had taken place, and Charles II was back on the throne, when some Fifth Monarchists, under Thomas Venner, rose in a forlorn revolt against the monarchy. Fox moved swiftly to distance himself and the Quakers from Venner's uprising:

On January 21, two days after Venner's execution and fifteen days after his rebellion, Fox and eleven other Friends issued what later became known as the "Peace Testimony." Their haste was justified, not only because of the danger of persecution, but also because they had been told that a document granting freedom to imprisoned Quakers awaited only the king's signature.

[First Among Friends...page 193.]

Actually, some Quakers had been pacifists before that time. Fox himself was personally a pacifist, though he had been offered a commission in the army at one time. He turned it down, not because he was opposed to the use of force to establish a just society, but because he was not personally willing to serve. In fact, many of the early Quakers had served in Cromwell's New Model Army, and many of the early Quaker missionaries were ex-soldiers.

After the Peace Testimony was announced, there were some people who went along with it while others said no; "if we can use the power of military force to establish a just society, we are in favor of using force." Such feelings existed for some time, but eventually that notion went down the tubes, so far as most of the Quakers were concerned, and the Peace Principle remained strong among the Quakers in America.

After they chopped off Charles I's head in 1649, an Interregnum ensued (1649-1660). Initially a Commonwealth was established, but this lasted only from 1649-1654, when Oliver Cromwell declared himself Lord Protector. Hence the term Protectorate for the period 1654-1659. During the Civil War and the early years of the Interregnum, there had been a very considerable degree of toleration and religious freedom. And when Cromwell first came to power, his relations with the Quakers were generally friendly. But his attitude hardened, and in the five years of the Protectorate alone, nearly 2,000 Friends suffered imprisonment, and 21 of them died in jail.

At the time of the Restoration of Charles II in 1660 the Quakers came to a sort of crossroads:

The Restoration divided Quakers into two groups: those who found reassurance in Fox's message to trust in God and the inevitable workings of God's will, and those who expected the Society of Friends to take a more militant stance. [First Among Friends ... page 192.]

But Fox and those who followed his leadership felt the need to tone down their radical message:

After 1660 Friends -seldom billing themselves as "Children of Light" anymore -evolved into a sect markedly different from the creative, exuberant, and confrontational company of the turbulent and exciting 1650s. Leaving behind their enthusiastic and ecstatic escapades, they gradually withdrew from confrontations with society at large and became concerned with their internal problems. To a large degree they separated themselves from the outside world.

[First Among Friends ... page 190.]

Thus began what Braithwaite termed "The Second Period of Quakerism."

Some of the later Quaker leaders, such as William Penn and Robert Barclay, were gentlemen and men of substantial means - and thus were more comfortable with the conservative trend among the Quakers. The early Quakers had called themselves "Children of the Light," the "People of God," or sometimes "Friends of the Truth," and the last mentioned is where the name they finally took came from: the Society of the Friends of the Truth, or simply Society of Friends.

But despite the fact that they tried to convince the authorities that they were not in the least subversive, their situation under Charles II became worse:

For more than twenty years the Quakers endured a storm of persecution such as no other religious body endured... It has been estimated that 15,000 Quakers, all told, were put in prison during the persecution and that 450 of them died there.

[Geoffrey Holmes. The Making of A Great Power, p. 149]

With the Restoration of Charles II, the Royalists were back in power, and in the so-called Cavalier Parliament, they enacted a series of restrictive and punitive laws directed at the dissenters. These included the Corporation Act (1661), the Quaker Act (1662), Act of Uniformity (1662), First and Second Conventicles Acts (1664, 1670) and the Five Mile Act (1665.) The last mentioned, provided that ejected ministers and other unlicensed preachers refusing to take the oath were forbidden from coming within 5 miles of their former parish or any city of town. The Conventicles Act made it Illegal for any person aged 16 or over to attend a meeting of more than 5 people for worship, without using the Anglican Prayer Book and liturgy. And finally, the Quaker Act provided that anyone who refused to swear an oath legally tendered, was liable to a fine of 5 or 10 pounds, 3 to 6 months in prison, and on a third conviction, transportation.

The oaths involved in these various acts were so phrased that most dissenters, and certainly any conscientious Quaker, could not subscribe to them. Although these laws were not uniformly enforced, a Friend could face the indefinite prospect of imprisonment, unless he was sufficiently well to do, to go on disgorging fine after fine. These extortionate payments could well reduce one to bankruptcy and poverty, and inability or refusal to pay the fines could result in confiscation of one's property.

Such was the prospect our Quaker ancestors faced in the latter part of the 17th century. It was not until the Toleration Act of 1689 that Quakers and other Protestant dissenters got some relief - though Catholics and Unitarians were excluded from the Act's benefits.

By the time George Haworth came to this country, persecution had pretty much ceased. I think that while he doesn't mention any specific reasons for coming, economic factors were probably the most important consideration. Then too his cousin James Haworth and his sister Mary were already in this country and may have written encouraging him to come.

Many of the early Quakers had been a rude and obstreperous lot:

...the court records of the 1650s are littered with Quakers being prosecuted for disrupting church services and insulting secular magistrates and clergymen alike. By 1660 the Quakers were losing this radicalism, but they had established their presence by publishing perhaps a thousand pamphlets and gaining 35-40,000 adherents. Unlike many of the sects, they had considerable support in the provinces and in rural areas. Typically their membership came from the middling sort...

[Sharpe. Early Modern England, page 243.]

As noted earlier, Fox and those Quakers who followed his lead tried to steer the Society in a more conservative direction, and there were a good many people who resented and resisted this trend. There was a good deal of dissension among the ranks because of the rather authoritarian manner in which Fox and Penn were now attempting to manage things:

The entire controversy had more than a little irony about it. Fox and the original Children of the Light had won a first hearing from men and women who longed to be freed from the overlordship of men asserting superior wisdom and authority, men with no use for individuals and willing to use rank power to govern. Now members of the Society of Friends were being told by the very people who had originally brought them a message of liberation that they should kowtow before a new establishment. With success and growing membership, the leaders of the Society found themselves faced with the same challenges they had earlier hurled at others in a similar position. They realized now, as they did not and could not before, that some system of authority was absolutely necessary for a religious institution to survive, even if the members of that institution eschewed it. Critics delighted in taunting Fox and his supporters on this point. [Ingle. First Among Friends ... page 260.]

Thus more structure and order was given to the meetings and to the Society. A lot of Quakers, including our people, came from the North and West of the country. They were an independent lot and resented the London Yearly Meeting telling them what to do or whom they could meet with. But they were on the losing side, and the more conservative people won out in the end.

It is a fascinating story, and I would recommend Larry Ingle's book on George Fox. Although he is telling the story of George Fox, he is very fair in presenting some of the other people who were important, but who have been largely written out of history. Some of those early leaders have been downgraded, and some things have been deleted from George Fox's Journal by later editors.

In any event, that's how we got the organization that we know in America.

That's about it, I think! (applause)

Loran:- Thanks Jim. Look, let's take a minute or two, stand up and sit down again to try and get the blood flowing again. (noise, laughing and compliance) Ok, here we go again. We'll take a break after this next session.

Ron Haworth returned to the podium. Ron asks - Where is Virginia Weidenhamer sitting today? Virginia stood and was recognized. When I was researching Virginia's name in "SOME QUAKER FAMILIES", I found that Virginia's name was on the same page as that of Charles Davis. I called Virginia and I asked her what she knew about Davis. Virginia responded by putting me in contact with Thelma Hodgin of High Point, SC. Thelma , is a grand daughter of Davis. Now Charles Davis is a very important author who had published the Haworth Record after the 200 year reunion. Thelma said that she had some of the Davis papers and agreed to copy every document that she had. Ron also introduced "Dottie" diZerega and Leona Haworth Field. Dottie and Leona also had various copies of the Haworth Record and they sent their original documents to me for scanning and copying.

With all their help, we were able to obtain every issue of the Haworth Record; every issue of these nearly 100 year documents. I then scanned these documents and put the copied files on the CD. Each issue, which often had about 16 pages of "hand" type set print, has a separate file name and can be individually accessed on the CD. You can read these documents at your leisure. Now, I want to mention a man named Jack McLaughlin. Jack, who could not attend this reunion, has been working on preparing a complete data base of every of name in the Haworth Record. He has promised to make that information available and I will make Jack's information available to all of you.

Loran returned to the podium. A couple of announcements: James Lilienthal tells us that he is out of books, but will take orders over at the table. One other announcement concerns the forms we passed out to you; the forms go into the box that is located at the end of the table on the side of the room. The forms are for questions for the panel this afternoon. Soft drinks and refreshments are at the back, and we will adjourn at this time - See you in 15 minutes.

Loran returned to the podium. We will now hear from Lowell E. Scarbrough. He is an assistant publisher of "Some Quaker Families - Scarborough/Haworth", and the editor of the newsletter, "Scarb(o)rough/Ha(y)worth Events". He is an author and a poet. (applause)

Cousins by the dozens, isn't that great? More correctly in this instance perhaps, cousins by the hundreds, or even thousands. Well - a good day to you, all my cousins and friends. It is my pleasure, as well as an undeserved honor, to stand humbly before you, a distant cousin of the family Haworth, the family which I respect and admire. At long last I have the joy of meeting, grinning, conversing with, and clasping the many honest hands, as they are proffered by the families Haworth, Scarbrough, friends and associates.

Thanks go to Charles B Davis of High Point, North Carolina, who began an earnest family search. He was successful in encouraging families to submit family lines and stories, from which he produced a monthly publication known as the "Haworth Record", (January 1906/June 1915) subsequent to the 200th Anniversary Reunion in Indiana. The Ha(y)worth family had become, and remains a tightly knit group with an unusual sense of family. They have a great attitude and respond in a friendly manner. This harkens back to the ancestor, George Haworth. In his letters to his mother and brothers, etc., he was imploring his family to please respond with a return letter. Pleading that he had no word for so long that he was indeed beside himself. George Haworth was a man of unusual sense of family and his sentimentality has obviously been passed along the blood lines to you.

It is heart warming to see so many smiling faces to have gone to such great lengths, to gather their family connections, and accomplishing these centennial commitments once again. What a glorious observation to accomplish 100 years following the Haworth Reunion in 1899, which commemorated the 200th anniversary celebrating the discovery of America by George Haworth. Now it is 300 years. Times were hard and dangerous back then, trying the very souls of men and women, often proving fatal resulting from difficult and challenging ocean crossings, Indian raids, disease and starvation, or just plain weariness from long treks across the American wilderness in the search of new ground.

As a sort of introduction, please let me say this: I have been asked if I am Quaker. I am a member of "The Religious Society of Friends" by preference. I am not a certified Quaker, because there are no meetings near enough for me to attend. I was raised a Baptist, the faith of my mother and most of our Hawkins family. Since I retired as a Stationary Engineer and moved to Warsaw, MO. more than a decade ago, I have attended worship services at the meeting sites of various denominations. No one can be sure, in which church I will worship next. Not only am I not a birthright Quaker, I am certain that like myself, my father had no knowledge of his Quaker heritage. Only did I learn the truth when I became involved in this great project, "SOME QUAKER FAMILIES - Scarborough/Haworth".

Having spoken thusly, please allow me to tell you this. About two years ago I attended a Baptist service, and Brother Cisne said, "I have a story to tell you about a Quaker farmer". The name "Quaker" jolted me to attention, and I listened intently. "This Quaker was milking his cow and the cow kept slapping him upside his head with it's tail. The farmer admonished the cow with; Cow, will thee please stop doing that? With this, the cow picked up her hind foot and placed it smack in the middle of the milk pail. The Quaker farmer arose from the milking stool and walking around in front of the cow, uttered these words. Cow, thou knowest that I will not smite thee. But what thee does not know, is that I can trade thee to that Baptist Minister who lives down the road. (laughter and applause)

The twentieth century has been a great one. The welfare and state of the human race has made dramatic advancements. So numerous are the magnificent achievements of our century that they are unparalleled by other eras. We have, and are, living in good times. It would be redundant to attempt to enumerate this progress, for we all can bear witness.

I take this opportunity to compliment the Ronald L. Haworth family, whose son Ronald L. Haworth Jr. - first conceived and envisioned the concept to emulate the Rev. William Perry Haworth, and call the family together for yet another 100 year celebration. The 300th anniversary of George Haworth's arrival in America.

I compliment Marilyn London Winton, who has worked hard and traveled far to help make this a success, as well as the rest of Ronald Haworth's volunteer board members, whom I shall not attempt to name at this time, lest I embarrass myself by inadvertently omitting someone. We are so appreciative of Marilyn for her dedication to family research in England, or where ever it leads her. As she continues to make discoveries and add documented chapters to our history.

The two who once again awoke the sleeping giant, "The Scarbrough and Haworth Families", are not with us today. The many years of research, and labor, and expense, by Roger Boone and Marjorie Morgan. The founding of the newsletter, "Scarborough/Haworth Events" by Marjorie Morgan, which enabled her to gather copious reams of additional data, as she edited, indexed, typed, and assembled the seven volume, 4,401 page, hard bound, "SOME QUAKER FAMILIES - Scarborough/Haworth". Marjorie published the newsletter for the first four years of its now ten year tenure.

June 27^th