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Disownment due to division-Don't forget that there were many disownments due to the division of the Hicksites and Gurneyites. I'm sure some families must have divided during this separation. Forrest, That is something I'd like to know more about. I have an ancestor who was disowned for MAU although he had been married for 30+ years and had 4 children. <Mitchell Thomas ack DeRuyter mou; see also pg 182 1832 5 30 D 453 1.1 185 236293> The wife and children had been disowned in 1729 for what I assume was the Hicksite division since they chose to follow that movement. <Mitchel Elizabeth dis Poughkeepsie 1829 5 20 P 655 2.1 13 122316> <Mitchell Rodmond dis Bulls Head-Oswego 1830 6 16 B 855 1.1 41> <Mitchell William T com Bulls Head-Oswego Dismissed; not a mbr. See also pg 136 1834 7 16 B 855 1.1 141 225763> <Mitchel Bula dis Poughkeepsie 1829 5 20 P 655 2.1 13 122315 (and for good measure) Mitchell Bulah dis Bulls Head-Oswego See also pg 295 1834 2 19 B 855 2.2 297 225755> <Mitchel Hannah dis Poughkeepsie 1829 5 20 P 655 2.1 14 122317> The wife and 3 children must have resolved the difficulties since their deaths were later listed in Friends records. I've not found further record of the husband. Does it follow that Thomas' disownment may have been because his family followed Hicksite, please? Thanks, Judy