In a message dated 11/14/2008 12:48:53 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > Can anyone tell me how to interpret this entry in Hinshaw's? > > 1765, 8, 2 Rachel Gilbert rpd mou > > Was Rachel married on August 2, 1765 or was the out-of-unity marriage > just reported on that date? > My best guess was that Rachel was married prior to that date. That entry translates as "Rachel Gilbert reported married out of unity". The wedding was not "under the care of the Meeting"--it was just reported to them after the fact. It does not say whether she was disowned or retained her membership. If you can get someone to look up the original records it might have more detail in them Joyce Overman Bowman Indianapolis, IN