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From: "Leslie W. Saint" <>
Subject: Re: [SAINT-L] Query: Quaker Saints and others
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 01:30:36 -0500


Nez,
There is no one answer to whether Quakers were allowed to join
fraternal lodges. From the Quaker email list I learned that it was
possible for them to be members but usually not. They refused to take
oaths which is a large part of the fraternal organizations. On the
other hand many Quakers were in the Masons, Knights of Pythias, etc. and
continued to attend Quaker meetings although they might not be able to
hold a position in the Monthly Meeting.
As for Benjamin F. Saint as a possible son of William Saint Sr. I would
have to say no. There isn't any reference to a Benjamin Saint in the IN
Quaker records.
There is another possibility. If you have access to the Green
Township, Randolph Co., IN 1850 Census, go to page 142, dwelling number
1402. There is a Joseph Saint(s), age 37, born in Germany. This is a
very hard entry to read and you might read it differently. His wife is
Elizabeth, age 37, born in NJ, with children:
1. Lorenzo, age 12, born in IN
2. Samuel, age 12, born in IN
3. John W., age 8, born in IN
4. Hannah, age 10, born in IN
5. Elizabeth J., age 4, born in IN
6. Francis M. (or W.), age 4/12, born in IN

Leslie W. Saint

Nez wrote:
>
> All and any suggestions are welcome.
>
> Am still trying to find parents, siblings for my Benjamin F. Saint b.
> Oct 1827. More and more evidence points to his being born in IN, though
> some fed.cens. say he was b. PA. Cannot pin him to Leslie's people,
> though he is of an age to be a son of William Saint b. 1781 or so of
> IN.
>
> I've searched census and LDS Quaker records (years ago). In 1850 this
> Ben F. is in Uniontown PA and was mar. within the year to Mary Jane
> Wilkinson, but I cannot pin him to any of the Saints in surrounding
> counties at that time. He and wife are the only SAINT folk found in
> Uniontown in 1850. Any suggestions are welcome. When the family moved
> to WV they were the only SAINT folk in that area.
>
> This man was a member of the masonic order in WV. I don't know much
> about Quakers. Is being a member of a masonic order compatible with
> being a Quaker? Does anyone know? This family seems to be generally
> protestant since that time, but I've not found a specific church.
>
> Also, I've located an Anthony SAINT and wife Mary in the 1850 fed.cens.
> in Luzerne Co. PA, Nescopeck Twp. He's a forgeman, b. abt 1802 in PA.
> Does anyone know anything of this fellow?
>
> Nez G.

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