Quakers

Carroll County Genealogical Society had an interesting speaker, he was talking about the Quakers and their migration and records. Apparently the ones that did not remain Quakers became Methodists.  There were 3 main reasons for leaving the Religion:

1. There was no Meeting in the location they lived
2. They married a non-Quaker
3. They were slave owners and this was against their belief and they would not free them.
Unlike some other Religions they did not shun members that left they could still associate but just were not welcome at Meetings. I had wondered why most of ours did not remain Quakers but now I have a better idea why they did not.  Our Hollands that I will refer to as the Red Door Store Hollands stayed with the Sandy Springs Meeting but they were not far from there. Our Brookville Hollands were slave holders and did not stay with the Quakers. Both families are cousins.

(This must be about the Hollands before they left the north east)

(image- George Fox Quaker)