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Title: Quaker records - Durham
Post by: Wattsy on Monday 18 November 13 19:00 GMT (UK)

Hi

Just a quick request. Whilst checking the Quaker records for Durham I have noticed that beside some death/burial records there appears a note saying "not in unity".  Does anyone know what this means.
Many thanks.

Wattsy

Title: Re: Quaker records - Durham
Post by: stanmapstone on Monday 18 November 13 19:16 GMT (UK)

The practice of "disownment" — proclaiming that someone was not in unity with the main body of Friends — had been in use since the earliest years, but now it had additional applications. Previously acknowledged members could be disowned for various faults, including disorderly walking, bankruptcy, and marrying non-Quakers, though as the discipline was applied by Monthly and Quarterly Meetings, practice varied.
http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/History_of_Quakers_in_Britain_and_Ireland