You were not considered a member of the Dunkard, Mennonite or Amish faith until you were baptized, which would have been as a young adult. Age could vary depending on the time period, but you would typically be in your mid to late teens (marrying age). You see the same phraseology a lot in Amish and Mennonite obituaries. Cox is a common name, but there were a number of Cox families associated with the Regulator Rebellion in North Carolina in the early 1770's, who came to North Carolina as Quakers from Pennsylvania (many were kicked out of the Quaker's because of their participation in the Rebellion). These Cox families lived in the same area as the Dunkers in this early period of NC history. Bill Thomas -----Original Message----- From: Thom Sent: Monday, December 2, 2013 9:56 PM To: brethren@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BRE] Jane Cox follow up. Others may have better insight into this than I, but I think you would not be considered a "real" member of the Dunkards until you had been baptized, even if you had been born into a Dunkard family. It seems fairly common that this adult baptism would be when one was about 18-20. It seems [meaning that I don't actually KNOW this, but circumstantial evidence suggests] that one would have to be a member of the Dunkards (ie baptized) to marry in the Church. Within my familes many females married around 20, while the males tended to be closer to 30. Therefore it was common for females to be baptized shortly before marriage. Admittedly it was also common that if one married a member of a different faith (say a Mennonite marrying a Dunkard), that the woman would join the husband's church. Thom Flory -----Original Message----- From: BDunquez <BDunquez@aol.com> To: brethren <brethren@rootsweb.com> Sent: Mon, Dec 2, 2013 9:11 pm Subject: [BRE] Jane Cox follow up. After more research on Jane Cox and rereading her obit, she had been a Dunkard for 65 years. She died in Jan 1888 and was born in Jan 1800. She married Abraham Hendricks in 1820. After reading this again, she may have not been of the Dunkard faith until she married Abraham Hendricks. At the time of their marriage she would have been around 20 years old. They moved to Liberty, Adams County, Ill in late 1820 and stayed there until 1853, then they moved to Texas. They came back to Daviess Co Mo in 1855. So the Brethren Churches would be in Cape Girardeau, Mo, then Adams Co Illinois, then Daviess Co. Mo. I know there was a religious movement into Texas around 1850, and possible Abraham Hendricks came with that movement, preaching the Dunkard faith. Again, I am trying to find my Cox line, and looking for Jane Cox's father and mother. Thanks Betty ------------------------ Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN ------------------------ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Members of my family were babtized around the age of 13 including my 97 year old mother. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Thomas" <wbtst2@atlanticbb.net> To: <brethren@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 02, 2013 9:21 PM Subject: Re: [BRE] Jane Cox follow up. > You were not considered a member of the Dunkard, Mennonite or Amish faith > until you were baptized, which would have been as a young adult. Age > could > vary depending on the time period, but you would typically be in your mid > to > late teens (marrying age). You see the same phraseology a lot in Amish > and > Mennonite obituaries. > > Cox is a common name, but there were a number of Cox families associated > with the Regulator Rebellion in North Carolina in the early 1770's, who > came > to North Carolina as Quakers from Pennsylvania (many were kicked out of > the > Quaker's because of their participation in the Rebellion). These Cox > families lived in the same area as the Dunkers in this early period of NC > history. > > Bill Thomas > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Thom > Sent: Monday, December 2, 2013 9:56 PM > To: brethren@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [BRE] Jane Cox follow up. > > > Others may have better insight into this than I, but I think you would not > be considered a "real" member of the Dunkards until you had been baptized, > even if you had been born into a Dunkard family. It seems fairly common > that > this adult baptism would be when one was about 18-20. It seems [meaning > that > I don't actually KNOW this, but circumstantial evidence suggests] that one > would have to be a member of the Dunkards (ie baptized) to marry in the > Church. Within my familes many females married around 20, while the males > tended to be closer to 30. Therefore it was common for females to be > baptized shortly before marriage. > > Admittedly it was also common that if one married a member of a different > faith (say a Mennonite marrying a Dunkard), that the woman would join the > husband's church. > > Thom Flory > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: BDunquez <BDunquez@aol.com> > To: brethren <brethren@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Mon, Dec 2, 2013 9:11 pm > Subject: [BRE] Jane Cox follow up. > > > > After more research on Jane Cox and rereading her obit, she had been a > Dunkard for 65 years. She died in Jan 1888 and was born in Jan 1800. > She > married Abraham Hendricks in 1820. After reading this again, she may have > not > been of the Dunkard faith until she married Abraham Hendricks. At the > time of their marriage she would have been around 20 years old. > > They moved to Liberty, Adams County, Ill in late 1820 and stayed there > until 1853, then they moved to Texas. They came back to Daviess Co Mo in > 1855. > > So the Brethren Churches would be in Cape Girardeau, Mo, then Adams Co > Illinois, then Daviess Co. Mo. > > I know there was a religious movement into Texas around 1850, and possible > Abraham Hendricks came with that movement, preaching the Dunkard faith. > > Again, I am trying to find my Cox line, and looking for Jane Cox's father > and mother. > > Thanks > > Betty > > > > > ------------------------ > Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN > ------------------------ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------ > Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN > ------------------------ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message