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Jonathan Friend, Lydia Collins and Their Descendants
of Friendsville, Maryland

We are pleased to announce the next book in our series on the Friend Family

Jonathan "Sugar Joe"Friend

by
Patrick T. Smith
and
Patty (Friend) Thompson
 

Jonathan Friend was the second child of Andrew Coleman Friend and Sarah Nancy Harden. Jonathan was the great grandson of "Old" John Friend, founder of Friendsville, MD. Jonathan was born in Ohio in 1820 and would move back to Allegany (Garrett) County with his parents sometime before 1830. Jonathan married Lydia Collins on March 11, 1843 and with their children lived in and around on a plot of land known as Grim's Point located southwest of present Friendsville, MD.  

This book is the promised continuation of Pat Smith and Patty (Friend) Thompson’s Friend Family Series of Garrett County, Maryland.  This reference book is comprised of over 584 pages, fully indexed and presented in an outline format. The authors openly welcome and encourage any additions and/or corrections to this information.

The authors can be contacted through the Friend Family Association of America (FFAA) at Friendsville, MD or by e-mail through the FFAA web-site (www.friendfamilyassociation.org ).  The initial cost of printing the book has been donated to the FFAA.  Proceeds from the initial copies and reprints produced by the FFAA will go to the FFAA (a non-profit organization).  All book sales are tax deductible. Each book in the initial offering will be signed by the author. 

Black and white spiral bound copies can be purchased for $60.00 (plus $10.00 S&H) or a CD at $30.00 (plus $5.00 S&H).  The CD contains a color copy of the book in a PDF format (requiring Acrobat 7.0).  Earlier versions of Acrobat can open the text, but not all the images. 

Credit card purchases can be made by using Pay Pal at the FFAA website.

Orders paid by check (made payable to the FFAA) should be sent to:

Pat Thompson,
Vice President of FFAA
5910 Lawrence Ct.
Adamstown MD 21710

Book (B/W) $60.00 (shipping and handling $10.00)  - Catalogue # FFAA0240 - Book
CD
(color) $30.00 (shipping and handling $5.00)  - Catalogue # FFAA0240 - CD

 

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The Friend Family Association of America


The Friend Family Association of America, a non-profit organization open to all, publishes the FRIENDSHIP NEWSLETTER quarterly for members, holds genealogical seminars biennially, and with proceeds from dues, donations, and the FRIENDSHIP STORE, supports the COLONEL LESTER D. FRIEND HISTORICAL LIBRARY and the NATIONAL HERITAGE MUSEUM, both located in the headquarters building in Friendsville, Maryland.

Membership is open to all persons regardless of race, creed, or place of origin.

Friendsville, Maryland was founded in 1765 by John Friend who bought the land from the Indians. It is the oldest permanent settlement in what is now Garrett Count

 

   


The Friend Family Association of America
P.O. Box 96
261 Maple Street
Friendsville, Maryland 21531
Contact us by telephone at (301) - 746-4690 (during our open season)
or by e-mail at membership (year round)

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