Langdon, I read your reply with great interest. Thank you for sharing your information and insights. You know, I have been reading about the persecution of nonconformist religions in Great Britain and even the Baptist and Quaker persecutions in New England. When I read about the church started in Rhode Island by some of the Baptists who fled Puritan Mass., I couldn't help but think about the persecutions Paul went through in the New Testament. These people, and others, went through much the same thing- and in a time period much too close for comfort. I hadn't read that it was so bad that almost every adult Quaker was imprisoned in England. That's amazing- and horrific. Again, Thank you for taking the time to share this information with me. Cathey