Resurrecting Family Histories and Biographies for Members of the Society of Friends in Ireland

John Boles, a Case Study

Peter J.F. Coutts, Alan Watson (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

118 Seiten

2024
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-69400-2 (ISBN)

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This case study of John Boles (1661-1731) illustrates how one can write comprehensive biographies of Irish Quakers, most of whom have hitherto remained anonymous. Sources are analysed, genealogical charts constructed, and individuals' contributions are discussed in historical and socio-economic contexts.

Irish Quaker biographers have focused on ministers, the influential and wealthy; many biographies are also unstructured and selective, leaving gaps in the narrative. The current work uses the life and family of John Boles (1661-1731), a Quaker stalwart for 50 years, as a case study for the biographer, introducing the major sources and showing how they can be deployed to 'resurrect' the contributions of the anonymous Quaker majority. As the biography is developed, information is explored and analyzed to construct reliable genealogical charts; information is culled from Friends' records to document the contributions and failures of family members in the context of their Quaker meetings; land records are consulted to measure and assess their gradual accumulation of wealth and the historical context is discussed as a backdrop to their evolving socio-economic status - all topics essential for comprehensive Quaker biographies and family histories.

Peter J.F. Coutts, Ph.D. Otago University, New Zealand (1972), foundation Director Victoria Archaeological Survey, Ministry for Conservation and Environment, Victoria, Australia, and later Honorary Senior Research Fellow, History Department, Latrobe University (retired 1986). He has published many books and articles dealing with Australian, New Zealand and Philippine archaeology and from 2004 books and articles on Irish Quaker history and genealogy, including "Families in Transition: Four Prominent Irish Families Abandon the 'Inward Light'" (Quaker Studies, Vol. 27 (2), pp. 133-182 (2022)). Alan Watson, retired banker (and descendant of John Boles), now interested in Irish Quaker genealogy. Joint author, with Peter Coutts, of The Watsons of Kilconnor, County Carlow, 1650-Present (2019, Northampton, England).

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List of Maps, Figures and Tables

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Abstract

Keywords

1 Introduction

2 Quaker Biographies

3 The Case Study: John Boles and His Family

4 Members of the Family Settle in North Cork

5 Family Interaction with Friends

6 John Boles (132), Landlord, Farmer, and Friend

7 Summary and Conclusions

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Erscheinungsdatum	05.06.2024
Reihe/Serie	Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences / Brill Research Perspectives in Quaker Studies
Verlagsort	Leiden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	229 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Christentum
ISBN-10	90-04-69400-5 / 9004694005
ISBN-13	978-90-04-69400-2 / 9789004694002
Zustand	Neuware