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Title: Society of Friends (Quaker) Disownment Records
Post by: jmorrey on Tuesday 19 August 14 04:10 BST (UK)

I understand that the annotation "Parents not in Unity" on a Quaker birth record can mean the parents were disowned from the congregation for having (1) married outside the Quaker faith or (2) having a child out of wedlock.  Such an annotation appears on the birth record of a man I suspect is the younger brother of my ancestor.  No known birth record for my ancestor exists.  My theory is that my ancestor's birth was in fact the reason the parents were disowned.  Do records of disownment still exist, and if so, and where might I go to find them?  This would have occurred in the Nantwich or Sandbach quaker congregations in about 1783.

Title: Re: Society of Friends (Quaker) Disownment Records
Post by: stanmapstone on Tuesday 19 August 14 08:49 BST (UK)

You could try http://www.quaker.org.uk/search-catalogue

Stan

Title: Re: Society of Friends (Quaker) Disownment Records
Post by: Westy11 on Friday 25 October 19 20:58 BST (UK)

I have found that the Minutes of Meetings often describe the date/s and action/s taken when a member was being subjected to some action by the Friends. I have found these Minutes very useful resources.

Westy