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From: Thomas Hamm <>
Subject: Re: Congregationalist/Quaker Church?
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 10:35:33 -0500 (EST)


>The simple (simplified?) explanation: the Religious Society of
>Friends (Quakers) was 'founded' in the 1650s in England. The
>Congregational churches in New England are the institutional
>descendants of the Puritan churches of New England.
>Hope this helps,
>BJ Hinshaw
>-----Original Message-----
>From: <>
>To: <>
>Date: Friday, October 02, 1998 10:37
>Subject: Congregationalist/Quaker Church?
>
>
>>Hi - this question came from my friend and cousin, Melanie.
>Does anyone have
>>an answer for her?
>>
>>Can anyone tell me if the Congregationalist Church and the
>Quaker Church
>>were the same thing in 1635?
>>
>>Melanie Spychalski
>><>

I can't resist adding a little to this. In 1635, many people who would
later become Quakers were Puritans, both in New England and Old England.
By the 1650s, however, the Puritans of New England were among the most
determined opponents of Friends. It was the Puritans who hanged four
Quakers in Boston from 1659 to 1661.

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