Individual Details
Amos Janney
(15 Nov 1701 - 1747)
Events
| Birth | 15 Nov 1701 | , Bucks, PA |  | ||
| Marriage | Dec 1727 | Falls MH, Nottingham MM, MD - Mary Yardley | | ||
| Religion | 17 Jun 1734 | recommended on certificate from Falls MM, Bucks, PA to Virginia - Fairfax MM, Loudon, VA |  | | |
| Death | 1747 | , , VA | |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Yardley (1707 - 1767) |
| Child | Mahlon Janney ( - 1812) |
| Child | Ann Janney ( - 1767) |
| Child | Hannah Janney ( - 1774) |
| Child | Abel Janney (1737 - ) |
| Child | Thomas Janney (1741 - 1743) |
| Child | Ruth Janney (1744 - ) |
| Child | Mary Janney (1744 - ) |
| Father | Living |
| Mother | Living |
Notes
Religion
"About the year 1733, Amos JANNEY from Bucks County, PA, and soon after divers other Friends settled about 40 miles lower in Virginia than Opekon,* who obtained leave to hold a meeting for Worship on First Days, which was held at the said Amos JANNEY's and other Friends houses till the year 1741, when a piece of land was purchased, and a meeting house built thereon, called Fairfax, where meetings are since held twice a week."Samuel M. Janney's History of the Religious Society of
Friends, Vol. 3, pp 248/9
*About 10 miles south of the Potomac, near the place were the town of Waterford was built.
Endnotes
1. William Wade Hinshaw, compiler, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, 1750-1930 (Baltimore: Genealogica Publishing Co., Inc., 1994) Reproduced on Broderbund Software's Family Archive CD #192..
2. William Wade Hinshaw, compiler, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, 1750-1930 (Baltimore: Genealogica Publishing Co., Inc., 1994) Reproduced on Broderbund Software's Family Archive CD #192..
3. William Wade Hinshaw, compiler, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, 1750-1930 (Baltimore: Genealogica Publishing Co., Inc., 1994) Reproduced on Broderbund Software's Family Archive CD #192..
4. William Wade Hinshaw, compiler, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, 1750-1930 (Baltimore: Genealogica Publishing Co., Inc., 1994) Reproduced on Broderbund Software's Family Archive CD #192..