Janean, Have you visited the Mount Olivet Cemetery in Frederick, Maryland. My gr gr gr grandmother Mary Anna Gifford is buried next to the Sinn site. The site is a few yards from Francis Scott Key's grave and monument. (My Gifford was a native of Massachusetts, so she had no connection with the Sinn family.) I would reckon that Sinn was a spelling variant for Chinn??? Regards, JeanBout@Juno.Com ______________________ On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 10:21:25 -0400 "Janean Ray" <JRay38@neo.rr.com> writes: > I wonder if this would be why my people (John Wilson and Elizabeth > Chinn) > got married in Frederick Co. MD I have yet to figure out, but > believe the > Chinn family was Presbyterian. Elizabeth wrote something curious in > a > letter to her son that seems like maybe they had converted or > dissented. > "Polly Chinn and Betty are living in town both strict > Method[ist]..... Mrs > Channel is well at our camp meeting last week got converted there is > a great > many converts in this place all for the better I hope....." > > Does anyone know what "camp meeting" means? Sounds like Baptist to > me. > However...... Elizabeth's great-granddaughter (my great-grandmother) > was a > Methodist. Janean > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <KDale60909@aol.com> > To: <VAFAUQUI-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 3:14 PM > Subject: Re: May 28th Court 1781 Fauquier County > > > > In a message dated 9/29/03 12:58:23 PM Mountain Daylight Time, > Cpzb4@aol.com > > writes: > > > > > > > Dissenters meaning: A person who leaves a church. A person who > disagrees > > > with a popular action or school of thought. > > > > > > > > > > And in this case, anyone who wasn't Protestant Episcopal (the > inheritor of > > the Church of England role in local government). Presbyterians, as > the > > successors to the Church of Scotland, were fairly well accepted in > the > Federalist > > period, but Baptist and Quakers were definitely outsiders. The > true > meaning of the > > First Amendment's freedom of religion clause hadn't quite sunk in > yet > (still > > hasn't, in some cases!)---at least in the House of Burgesses. They > simply > > turned the C of E glebe lands over to the Protestant Episcopal > church--prompting > > hundreds of protesting petitions from many "dissenting" Virginians > over > the > > clause about government sponsoring a single religion. Those > petitions > always > > seemed to me one of the first real "stands" for the Bill of > Rights. > > > > Many of these petitions, including several from Fauquier, are > online at > > > > http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/repehtml/rpabout.html > > > > Karen Dale > > > > > > ==== VAFAUQUI Mailing List ==== > > 2,500 Discussion Lists!!! USGenWeb and The USGenWeb Archives! > > Special thanks to go to RootsWeb,your generous donations to > > RootsWeb makes this all possible. Find out more! > > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > RootsWeb Gen. Data Coop. Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 > > > > > > ==== VAFAUQUI Mailing List ==== > Visit the Fauquier County USGenWeb Home Page! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafauqui/fqva.htm > Be sure to bookmark it!!! > > > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!