Reunion in North Carolina, in year 2000
Since interest in genealogy seems to increase around the holidays, when everyone is thinking about their families, I thought it would be a good idea to go ahead and post a notice about the annual reunion in North Carolina.
This will probably be held on Sunday, June 11th, at 1 PM, as it is held on the second Sunday of the month of June.I will post another message when the date is definite.The location may well change for the year 2000, to another location in Greensboro, western Guilford County, or eastern Forsyth County.Charles Benbow's descendants have lived in this area for 250 years.
This is not a large reunion, but we had over 50 people there last year, with a number of those being new faces from other states, and we hope to increase the number to 75-100 this year.While most of these people are descendants of Charles Benbow, brother of Gershon, we welcome all Benbow cousins, whether they are descended from Gershon's line or other Benbow immigrants.We're all part of the same family!
This is a casual affair.There is no need to let us know you're coming.But do show up with a covered dish or bucket of fried chicken in hand, because we share a picnic lunch together, and then we talk about the family and whatever topics are current concerns for us.Bring your food and a chair to sit in.
While you're in the area, you can visit the New Garden Meeting House and cemetery, Guilford College's Friends Historical Collection (a major Quaker library), Jamestown's Mendenhall Plantation.There are other historical sites around the Greensboro area, particularly for those whose ancestors lived here; and you can even drive down to Bladen County and see the Quaker graves at Carver's Creek Methodist Church, about two hours away, if you're so inclined.The North Carolina State Archives are in Raleigh, about 90 minutes away.And there are always the wonderful furniture outlets and stores in High Point next door.There are a number of things to do in the area, and you can even, if you're from far away, combine the event with a week at the wonderful North Carolina beaches, about three to four hours away, depending.
Please send me an e-mail, if you'd like to be added to the mailing list for this reunion.I'd like to have snail-mail addresses as well as e-mail, since the invitations go out in postcard form.At least they do for now.We may have to adapt that to the 21st century style of communication.
Katherine Dick Benbow, Historian for the Descendants of Charles Benbow, who immigrated in 1718