NOTE: It was pointed out to me that Hinshaw's extracts were based on the notes of the Keeper of the Records for NYYM, John Cox, Jr. The process allowed several places for errors to occur: John Cox, Jr. had notoriously unclear handwriting; transcription errors occurred in his original notes; misinterpretaions occurred in transcribing those notes; typos occurred in the typescript of the book. This means that anything you find there should be checked in the original records and not taken for granted as accurate. Dates are especially vulnerable, as are assumptions about family relationships and the spelling of names. ("Maper" should have been "Mapes" for example) In addition, John Cox, Jr. apparently wasn't interested in "convincements" (the word we use instead of "conversions") and, thus, as I understand it, many Friends who were accepted by application do not appear. On the other hand, he added numerous references from family Bibles and other non-Meeting sources, so there are marriages noted which may not actually have been sanctioned by the Meetings and children listed who may not have been birthright members.

This information should always be in mind when looking at anything except the original source. Most researchers have only the best intention in mind but they are only human.