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The group continued to expand and from Pennsylvania, they migrated chiefly westward. [1] By 1908 they were most numerous in Pennsylvania , Maryland , Virginia , Ohio , Indiana , Illinois , Iowa , Missouri , Nebraska , Kansas , North Dakota [ 1 ] Arkansas , and California .
William Penn (24 October [O.S. 14 October] 1644 – 10 August [O.S. 30 July] 1718) was an English writer, religious thinker, and influential Quaker who founded the Province of Pennsylvania during the British colonial era.
The Ephrata Cloister or Ephrata Community was a religious community, established in 1732 by Johann Conrad Beissel at Ephrata, in what is now Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The grounds of the community are now owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and are administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission .
The Transformation of American Quakerism: Orthodox Friends, 1800–1907 (1988), looks at the effect of the Holiness movement on the Orthodox faction; Hamm, Thomas D. Earlham College: A History, 1847–1997. (1997). 448 pp. Hewitt, Nancy. Women's Activism and Social Change (1984). Illick, Joseph E. Colonial Pennsylvania: A History. 1976.
The Birth of Pennsylvania, a portrait of William Penn (standing with document in hand), who founded the Province of Pennsylvania in 1681 as a refuge for Quakers after receiving a royal deed to it from King Charles II. The history of Pennsylvania stems back thousands of years when the first indigenous peoples occupied the area of what is now ...
William Penn founded Pennsylvania. The Religious Society of Friends formed in England in 1652 around leader George Fox. Recently, church historians have debated whether Quakers may be regarded as radical Puritans since the Quakers carry to extremes many Puritan convictions.
The Shakers were one of a few religious groups which were formed during the 18th century in the northwest of England; [4]: 1–8 originating out of the Wardley Society. James and Jane Wardley and others broke off from the Quakers in 1747 [ 5 ] : 20 [ 6 ] : 105 at a time when the Quakers were weaning themselves away from frenetic spiritual ...
Under the Cope of Heaven: Religion, Society, and Politics in Colonial America Oxford University Press, 1988 online edition Archived 2012-07-21 at the Wayback Machine; Butler, Jon. Awash in a Sea of Faith: Christianizing the American People. 1990. Butler, Jon, et al. Religion in American Life: A Short History (2011) Dolan, Jay P.