I published two deeds from Frederick Co., Maryland in the issue of
June, 1988, pp. 19-21. They proved: (a) that Jeptha (or Jephtha) prob-
ably lived there from at least 1770 to 1773, (b) was a ston mason by
trade and (c) was married at that time to a lady whose given name was
"Asanith," or "Asinath." I take credit for this find. My Pulitzer 
Prize, please!
    But a former subscriber should be credited with supplying the data 
which seems to confirm the statement made in the title.  Miss Dorothy 
Lewis of Williamsburg, Indiana, sent me the information which broke the 
case wide open. In her first letter of June 25, 1977, she requested help 
with learning the given name of the Hollingsworth who married one of her
aunts many times removed, Asenath Yarnall. After I tried to help and 
failed, I published her problem in HR Dec 1981, pp. 61-62 but got no 
response from readers. In fact, Miss Lewis had by that time stopped 
subscribing. Can't blame her. After that, her letter was filed with 
the other 50,000 here and forgotten.  I didn't even remember it when 
I found the deeds published in 1988. Only when thinning out these 
voluminous files did I run across it again and B A N G! it hit me 
like a ton of genealogical bricks!
    Background: Asenath Yarnall was the second daughter of Joseph 
Yarnall by his wife, Elizabeth, Quakers. Joseph was a son of Peter and 
Alice (Worrilow) Yarnall. They lived in Berks Co., Pennsylvania first, 
but were attacked by Indians at least twice, which may have caused 
them to remove to Maryland. (We recite from Dorothy Lewis's letter, 
which seems pretty well documented.)
    Asenath Yarnall was born 25th of first month (March) 1752. (By 
the bye, that was the last New Years ever celebrated on March 25th in 
the British dominions, the calender changed in 1753 and Jan. lst be-
came New Years and 11 days were removed from the count of time.) Her 
sister Elizabeth Yarnall was born 30 1st mo (Mar) 1750 and sister Asah 
on 16 8th mo (Aug) 1754, according to Miss Lewis. The minutes of the 
Fairfax Monthly Meeting of Friends, northern Virginia, report:

    Asenath Yarnall, now Hollingsworth, who was married out of unity
in the 5th month (May) 1767, was disowned 31 10th month 1767.

    For more, see Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, by Wm.
Wade Hinshaw (real editor: Thomas Marshall), Vol. 6, Virginia, p. 506.
It seems that Elizabeth, the mother, produced a removal certificate 
from Exeter Meeting in Penna. to Fairfax, but it was then endorsed to 
West River Meeting in Maryland. That was because Elizabeth lived in 
Georgetown (now part of the District of Columbia), Maryland. That was 
in 1766. Joseph her husband was 'there,' but had himself been ejected 
from the Friends for joining the army in 1759, so no mention of him 
in their records. The births and marriages of West River were printed
in the Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vols. 14-15, but not
the minutes. I have never seen the originals. For years the Maryland
Quaker records were held by the "Forbush Conspiracy," as a friend 
reported, and when that was mercifully eliminated, the books seem to 
have been transferred from Baltimore to Swarthmore College Library, 
where they may be inspected. The Mormons had been there decades ago to
film the Pennsylvania and New Jersey meeting records, but there was no 
agreement set up for any of the Maryland records. Therefore, no films