What a good find! Fascinating to have a glimpse of the procedures Quakers used to "vet" potential members. Suddenly, George Hood becomes a real person, not just a name with dates attached.
All the best
Philip
Hello Philip
Good to have a bit of a character reference "a conscientious man"!
Two years later in 1838 George Hood was elected Overseer of the Poor at Selby (Newspaper source).
The current successors HSBC Archives (former Midland Bank Archives), of the former York City & County Banking Co. still have an 1840s Selby Branch List of those who they can loan to without further reference and those who could be, or are likely to be poor repayers, with my George Hood, Brewer listed, which ties in with him being "a conscientious man".
Sadly they don't have his Place of Birth!
Quite amazing what is out there to be discovered!
Regards Mark
