The Passmores in America: A Quaker Family Through Six Generations [Illustrated] [Hardcover]

Robert Houston Smith (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0773495657 | ISBN-13: 978-0773495654 | Publication Date: July 1992

Based on extensive research in both original documents and secondary sources, this history begins with the origins of the family in late Medieval, Tudor, and Georgian England, then follows the lives of the American immigrant Passmores for the next five generations. Covers the Passmores who followed the frontier seeking homesteads as well as those who remained close to the original settlement in southeastern Pennsylvania and northern Maryland and Delaware. Of particular interest are the ways in which individuals related to their Quaker backgrounds, some standing within it, some rejecting or adapting it to the changing cultural context in America.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 336 pages
• Publisher: Edwin Mellen Pr (July 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0773495657
• ISBN-13: 978-0773495654
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,639,567 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Passmores, September 29, 2002

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This review is from: The Passmores in America: A Quaker Family Through Six Generations (Hardcover)

Thoroughly researched and documented, this book does an outstanding job of comparing previously written information (specifically Passmore manuscripts). The source notations are outstanding which makes it very easy to confirm information back to the original source. Wills, deeds, probate records and other sources are included completely. For anyone related to William Passmore, this book is a must. Although expensive, the volume of original source information well pays for itself. The years of research taken to compile this book is very evident.