Hi Laurie and others, I seem to remember the day that you (Laurie) and I and some others went to the old Quaker meeting house in Portmouth and that Sheila Barker's uncle had told us that the meeting house was kept plain and the graves were not marked in the very early years because even in RI they still feared persecution. Later on the graves were marked and there were a lot of stones there but I know there were rows of unmarked graves there as well. Donna ---- LAURIE4756@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 6/9/2006 3:10:48 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > Usaf1135@aol.com writes: > > Quaker graves were usually unmarked. They did not believe in gravestones. > > > > > > I don't believe this is completely accurate, or perhaps its "era" dependent. > I have found 3 generations of Quaker ancestor stones (behind Quaker meeting > houses in Maine and RI) from 1820s-1898. All were clearly marked and made of > stone/granite. > > Laurie > > > ==== RIGENWEB Mailing List ==== > Newport County RIGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~rinewpor/ > To unsubscribe: http://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/mailist.html#unsubscribe >