This is something I've been burying my head in the sand over, but now I feel I've got to try harder to get to the bottom of! Maybe you know the answer already?
It's to do with the Quaker dating system.
1st Month = January
2nd Month = February etc
No problems there, but............
What about before 1752?? If our year began 25th March, then which month did the Quakers consider the 1st month? March or April?? I would imagine April, but that's only a guess, based on nothing in particular!
Secondly, a long while ago I had been given details of a marriage by a County Record Office, stating a marriage took place 24th April 1752. I now have in front of me a copy of the actual page from the records of the Quaker Monthly Meeting and the date is given as 24th day of the ninth month 1752. Now as 1752 was the first year to begin in January (wasn't it?), I would take the ninth month to be September. I can't see any way that it could be forced to be April under any circumstances! Who else thinks I'm right?
It's to do with the Quaker dating system.
1st Month = January
2nd Month = February etc
No problems there, but............
What about before 1752?? If our year began 25th March, then which month did the Quakers consider the 1st month? March or April?? I would imagine April, but that's only a guess, based on nothing in particular!
Secondly, a long while ago I had been given details of a marriage by a County Record Office, stating a marriage took place 24th April 1752. I now have in front of me a copy of the actual page from the records of the Quaker Monthly Meeting and the date is given as 24th day of the ninth month 1752. Now as 1752 was the first year to begin in January (wasn't it?), I would take the ninth month to be September. I can't see any way that it could be forced to be April under any circumstances! Who else thinks I'm right?
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