You also don't have to be Quaker to be buried in a Quaker cemetery. One set of my grandparents are buried in the Friends Upton Lakes Cemetery in Clinton Corners--near the meetinghouse where they met at a grange dance. As I am just starting to look at this couple, I will keep that in mind. The DICKINSON's don't seem to have been Quakers but I haven't found much John & his Brother Joseph, (Joseph is my line) I am hoping to get back another generation from them. But Joseph is not being helpful at this time. Of course John's wife Elizabeth could have been Quaker, so that may be why they are buried in the Friends Cemetery. Did they allow you to marry outside of the church if the husband converted? Thanks, Carol L. Heap FL

Just a side-note on non-Quakers in Quaker cemetery. When I visited the one in Pleasant Valley in 1996, I foune two interesting 'differences'. One was that my Grandfather SMITH mattied 'out' to Elizabeth [BARLOW]. They had a son but Elizabeth died in a year or two. But she [a non-Quaker] is buried in the plot owned by my Quaker great-grandparents- Stephen H. ans Lydia S.[VAIL] SMITH. So,the grandparents were certainly not hard-hearted about this family tradegy. The second difference was a sign out front atating that "Spaces were available for public burials" or a statement to that effect. Charlotte J.Sheldon On Mar 26, 2008, at 6:19 AM, cheap@simon.com wrote: You also don't have to be Quaker to be buried in a Quaker cemetery. One set of my grandparents are buried in the Friends Upton Lakes Cemetery in Clinton Corners--near the meetinghouse where they met at a grange dance. As I am just starting to look at this couple, I will keep that in mind. The DICKINSON's don't seem to have been Quakers but I haven't found much John & his Brother Joseph, (Joseph is my line) I am hoping to get back another generation from them. But Joseph is not being helpful at this time. Of course John's wife Elizabeth could have been Quaker, so that may be why they are buried in the Friends Cemetery. Did they allow you to marry outside of the church if the husband converted? Thanks, Carol L. Heap FL ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYDUTCHE- request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message