I'm not a Quaker historian, but being married out of unity (mou) seems to be specific to a monthly or yearly Meeting. According to the family story, my great grandfather, Joshua Thomas was read out of his Meeting for marrying my great grandmother, Annie. Her Meeting, on the other side of a schism in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, warmly welcomed my grandfather into the Meeting and they were Meeting stalwarts in Avondale, PA from there on. Grace Gifford Conway SC -----Original Message----- From: Judith F. Russell <jrussell2@charter.net> To: sc-bushriverquakers <sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wed, Jan 11, 2012 1:59 am Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Fw: Quaker Question forwarded with permission... Do you mind if I ask a couple of Quaker questions? In the Bush River MM 1794, 4, 26 under Campbell "Sarah (form Hasket) dis mou". Her marriage was to Ralph Campbell who was not a Quaker. In the New Garden MM 1809, 6, 24 "Sarah, of Bush River, S.C., rec in mbrp on minute from New Garden QM. Questions: (1) Would Sarah have been re-instated to membership thou still "mou"? She and Ralph were married until his death in 1841. (2) Sarah and Ralph were still in Newberry in the 1810 census. Why was she received in the New Garden MM in 1809? Had Bush River MM been dissolved by then? They ended up in Hamilton County, IN in 1836. Is there a place on the internet to find minutes from Richland-Carmel MM? Thanks for your help Gene Campbell ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I love the Quakers and their rules. Marry out and you are gone but if they like you new spouse and they decide to join the church, you can get back in. Better stay a good Quaker or out you will go again. They did believe in second and third chances... repent and forgive. But a rule was a rule and out you go first. I am not sure why more spouses did not join but during or before courting but that might have been thought of as insincere and a young man's folly. Some see it as "judgemental" but I see it more like, walk the talk and prove you believe by your actions. I have to respect that. On 1/11/2012 8:13 PM, brfherb@aol.com wrote: > I'm not a Quaker historian, but being married out of unity (mou) seems to be specific to a monthly or yearly Meeting. According to the family story, my great grandfather, Joshua Thomas was read out of his Meeting for marrying my great grandmother, Annie. Her Meeting, on the other side of a schism in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, warmly welcomed my grandfather into the Meeting and they were Meeting stalwarts in Avondale, PA from there on. > > > Grace Gifford > Conway SC > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Judith F. Russell<jrussell2@charter.net> > To: sc-bushriverquakers<sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wed, Jan 11, 2012 1:59 am > Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Fw: Quaker Question > > > forwarded with permission... > > Do you mind if I ask a couple of Quaker questions? > > In the Bush River MM 1794, 4, 26 under Campbell "Sarah (form Hasket) dis > mou". Her marriage was to Ralph Campbell who was not a Quaker. > > In the New Garden MM 1809, 6, 24 "Sarah, of Bush River, S.C., rec in mbrp on > minute from New Garden QM. > > Questions: > (1) Would Sarah have been re-instated to membership thou still "mou"? > She and Ralph > were married until his death in 1841. > (2) Sarah and Ralph were still in Newberry in the 1810 census. Why was > she received > in the New Garden MM in 1809? Had Bush River MM been dissolved > by then? > > They ended up in Hamilton County, IN in 1836. Is there a place on the > internet to find minutes from Richland-Carmel MM? > > Thanks for your help > > Gene Campbell > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of > the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >