VB-305 SOUTH FAMILY SHAKERS. Vol. I, 1830-1833.
(Author may be Oliver Prentiss since he is always referred to as O.P.
"Beginning with adoption of amended Covenant 6th June 1830" -- / ?q<+
12 June Samuel H. Hodgson, a N.H. doctor about 33 of age, began to set out.
An Irish woman came barefoot. Says she is a girl of 22."
15 June The Irish girl went to hunt her a husband.
22 June Two young Irishmen came and want to stay.
23 June The two Irishmen go to Albany for their clothes and come in."
30 June George Goodrich' comes, says he is a printer about --, wants to be a Shaker,
has a virgin wife in N.H. f
4 July Aaron Crandall signed Covenant,
5 July G. W. Franklin Goodrich confessed.
14 July G. W. F. Goodrich' sent away.
20 July Betsy Clark moved to West Family.
28 July "A man from Albany came to offer himself and wife as candidates to save
them from going to the poor house."
31 July "A Methodist preacher and wife came here but not after any good."
2 Aug "A man from Saratoga by name of Lacy came here for information but, not
being sick of the world, thought the way too hard. Stayed but a few minutes."
4 Aug "John Pearson from Cherry Valley, an old man of 66, who hears noises, came."
5 Aug John Pearson gone away.
20 Aug "A Scotchman came to find a home but we had no home for him."
30 Aug "Eliza Glancy, aged 29/39 last April, comes from the Office with a 4 month old
paddy. She comes to be tried or to try."
21 Sept Martha and her child go to Benjamin ?
25 Sept Thomas and Nancy Wells gojto CF to live.
Sat. Take Robert Oliver Jenkins, 11 year old boy from Albany, on trial.
Denison Walworth and woman come.
27 Sept Walworths go.
3 Oct British consul, Solomon Van Rensselaer and Pitman Cook attend our meeting.
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4 fct Lyman Wilber, 27-28, from Smyrna, Qienango Co., comes. An engineer,
Joseph Goodnow and Benjamin Wells"' sign Covenant.
18 Oct Charity Sanders (45) comes from Otsego Co. with children Harriet 11 and Laura 9.
19 Oct Martha Crandalrcomes with 3 daughters - Hester (Esther) Ann, Susan Katharine
and Sally Eliza.
24 Oct Charity confesses.
26 Oct "Samuel Hodgson goes - to settle his business if he has any."
4 Nov "Abram Baldwin is no more - he has gone to the devil as he frequently
threatened to as the devil did not let him alone."
6 Nov Benjamin Crandall comes to stay.
10 Nov Harriet Woodruff, a woman from Canada, came. She has two children at
Stillwater, one to carry."
11 Nov The Canada woman goes, to come again next week.
17 Nov The Canada woman, Jane Wright, comes with 3 children (Talcott, Cornelia, Carolina
19 Nov "Poor John Berry took an Irish hoist down the hatchway " the night before last.
28 Nov Eliza and Arethusa White, Jane & Talcott Wright confess.
Sarah Van Benthuysen to the world.
Barney and Marian Reynolds^come and confess.
Nehemiah White confesses and gives O.P. all hi& children except the baby Borilla
Barney and Mariah Reynolds go home, have leave to come next Wednesday for good.
8 Dec Barney & Mariah^and children are gathered in.
Talcott, Cornelia & Caroline Wright go to CF to live.
9 Dec ^ Arethusa White goes on foot and alone to CF to live.
10 Dec (Auliver Jenkins to the world.