--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 6/8/06 9:42:38 A.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > "...that delusion on the clause of the constitution, > which, while it secured the freedom of the press, > covered also the freedom of religion, had given to > the clergy a very favorite hope of obtaining an > establishment of a particular form of Christianity > thro' the U. S.; and as every sect believes its own > form the true one, every one perhaps hoped for his > own, but especially the Episcopalians & > Congregationalists.Cong > > My tenth Great Grandfather, Ambrose Dixon, arrived in the colony > of Virginia in 1640 from London and eventually felt compelled to > leave because he was a Quaker and he felt he was being > discriminated against for holding Quaker meetings in his home. > Lord Baltimore offered him free land in Maryland and a guarantee > not to be hassled over his beliefs. I think the predominating > denomination in Virginia at the time was Episcopalian.
A couple of my ancestors got into some kind of denominational religious difficulties here around that time and were imprisoned for a while. Don't know any of the details except that they wouldn't have been Quakers, and I believe they were in the New England area. I'm quite sure no British aristocrat offered them land if they'd just go away from where they were causing trouble, though. ;-) Baltimore was a Roman Catholic, was he not? Interesting that he'd have been more tolerant than the Episcopalians. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Everything you need is one click away. Make Yahoo! your home page now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/AHchtC/4FxNAA/yQLSAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
