From roots-in@bw-3.rootsweb.com Sat Sep 26 04:18:01 1998 Received: from bl-4.rootsweb.com (rootsweb.com [204.212.38.29]) by bl-30.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id EAA20331; Sat, 26 Sep 1998 04:18:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bw-3.rootsweb.com (roots-in@bw-3.rootsweb.com [208.1.40.115]) by bl-4.rootsweb.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id EAA22649 for ; Sat, 26 Sep 1998 04:18:00 -0700 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by bw-3.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id EAA23495 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sat, 26 Sep 1998 04:09:28 -0700 Received: from bl-30.rootsweb.com (bl-30.rootsweb.com [207.113.245.30]) by bw-3.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id DAA23248 for ; Sat, 26 Sep 1998 03:11:32 -0700 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-30.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id DAA02531; Sat, 26 Sep 1998 03:20:04 -0700 (PDT) X-Envelope-From: rbeery@osf1.gmu.edu Sat Sep 26 03:20:03 1998 Received: from bl-4.rootsweb.com (rootsweb.com [204.212.38.29]) by bl-30.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id DAA02525 for ; Sat, 26 Sep 1998 03:20:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from osf1.gmu.edu (osf1.gmu.edu [129.174.1.13]) by bl-4.rootsweb.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id DAA20134 for ; Sat, 26 Sep 1998 03:20:01 -0700 Received: from localhost (rbeery@localhost) by osf1.gmu.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id GAA26315; Sat, 26 Sep 1998 06:20:01 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1998 06:20:00 -0400 (EDT) From: Raymond E Beery To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com cc: RBeery@aol.com Subject: DUNKARDS In-Reply-To: <199809252153.OAA21187@bl-30.rootsweb.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: roots-in@bw-3.rootsweb.com Jeannie Carlisle asked about the Dunkards. You'll find out all about them as you read the history of the Pennsylvania Dutch. My ancestors were Mennonites and Dunkards. Here's what the Beery History has to say: >From 1710, the Swiss and German Mennonites shared settlements around Lancaster PA with another religious group of Germans who were also of the "plain people" and came to be known in this country as the German Baptist Brethren or, colloquially, as Dunkers or Dunkards. The name officially chosen in 1908 was Church of the Brethren. The Dunkers had originated in Germany in 1708 and like the Mennonites, were victims of persecution and immigrated to Pennsylvania, chiefly in the years 1719 and 1729. Their religious views closely paralleled those of the Mennonites, and so the two groups lived in the same area with congeniality. Pennsylvania Dutch became the spoken language of these people for many generations, and German was the only written language for several generations. The Church of the Brethren is an active church in America still today. And, the Amish are an offshoot of the Mennonites, still preserving the old ways and speaking a dialect of German. Ray Beery, Vienna VA rbeery@gmu.edu -or- RBeery@aol.com