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39 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY LOCAL LANDMARK APPLICATION <br /> Among others settlers were Thomas Wilkinson and his son, Francis, who came directly from <br /> Ireland.. Thomas was received by the Cane Creek Meeting in 1752, but within months the <br /> Meeting disowned him for being "a sower of discord" among his neighbors. Others who arrived <br /> in the Eno River Valley were Alexander McCracken, Isaac Low (or Lowe), a miller, Robert <br /> Burnside, Samuel Chambers, and James Thompson. Chambers, Thompson, and Francis <br /> Wilkinson all became Overseers of the Eno Meeting." <br /> Of particular importance to the Eno Quakers was the arrival of Joseph Maddock(1722-1796) and <br /> his wife, Rachel Dennis Maddock, in 1754 from Pennsylvania. Joseph Maddock, who acquired a <br /> 507-acre tract of land was a miller, a carpenter, a horticultural i st, and a magistrate. Most <br /> importantly, he became the undisputed leader of the Quaker settlers on both sides of the Eno. <br /> The Maddocks arrived in North Carolina with their children and a miller's apprentice, Quaker <br /> John Frasier, who acquired a 300-acre land grant immediately east of Maddock's tract. Maddock <br /> proceeded with having his mill constructed, and evidently it was in operation by August 4, 1755, <br /> for on that date he requested that the Orange County Commissioners of Roads open a public road <br /> to his new mill, which was the first to serve the county seat. The .Maddocks were the nucleus of <br /> another large family clan that was intertwined with multiple other families, the most important of <br /> which was the energetic Stubbs family, One of Joseph and Rachel Maddock's daughters married <br /> Thomas Stubbs Jr. (1730-1767), and another married John Stubbs (1732-1803).9 <br /> In deeds and other records, most Quakers were identified as planters or yeomen, but they usually <br /> had other occupations in addition to farming. These were far-ranging and, in addition to the <br /> "Engstrom, 10-[1. <br /> 19 Engstrom, 11. <br /> 17 <br />