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Alice Mathis

1752-
Born: Little Egg Harbor, Burlington, New Jersey, United States
Died: New Jersey, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States

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  • Story: Alice Mathis And Samuel Falkinburg

    <p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; text-align: justify; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'century schoolbook'"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small">&nbsp;</span></font><span style="letter-spacing: 0px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small">&nbsp;&nbsp; Samuel is frequently cited as marrying Alice Mathis (b. 1752) daughter of Nehemiah Mathis and Elizabeth Cranmer. If the dates of birth for Samuel and Alice are correct, then Alice was twelve years older than Samuel. Frequently, all nine children of Samuel Falkinburg Sr. are attributed to his union with Alice. This is almost certainly not the case. In fact, it appears that the only child of the union between Samuel and Alice was a son, Samuel Jr., born between 1781 and 1790</span></font></span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small">.</span></font></p> <p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; text-align: justify; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'century schoolbook'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Burial records of the Society of Friends indicate that Alice died unwed</span></font></span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small">. It is most likely that Samuel Jr. was born out of wedlock. &nbsp;We know that Samuel Sr. was disowned by the Friends, with no reason given.</span></font></p> <p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; text-align: justify; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'century schoolbook'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px"><strong><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; </span></font></strong><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small">&quot; 13 da, 9th mo, 1786.&nbsp; Samuel&nbsp; Falkinburge&nbsp; disowned.&quot; </span></font></span><span style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'century schoolbook'; letter-spacing: 0px"><em><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small">[1]</span></font></em></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; text-align: justify; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'century schoolbook'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small">What did it mean for a Quaker to be disowned, and what were the reasons for such action? Disownment meant that the person no longer had the right to attend the Monthly Meeting.&nbsp; For the Society it meant that they no longer took responsibility for the behavior of that individual. While some groups like the Anabaptists coupled disownment with shunning, for the Quakers there was no stricture of family and social relationships following disownment.&nbsp;</span></font></span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small">Any behavior which was contrary to the tenets of Quakerism could result in discipline.&nbsp; The top five reasons for disownment were:</span></font><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small">&nbsp;</span></font></p><blockquote style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: none; padding: 0px"><blockquote style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: none; padding: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px"><em><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small">Marrying contrary to discipline</span></font></em></span><span style="white-space: pre"><em><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small"> <br></span></font></em></span></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: none; padding: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px"><em><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small">Fornication with fiance(e)</span></font></em></span><span style="white-space: pre"><em><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small"> <br></span></font></em></span></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: none; padding: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px"><em><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small">Other fornication</span></font></em></span><span style="white-space: pre"><em><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small"> <br></span></font></em></span></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: none; padding: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px"><em><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small">Drunkenness</span></font></em></span><span style="white-space: pre"><em><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small"> <br></span></font></em></span></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: none; padding: 0px"><em><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small">Inattendance</span></font></em></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: none; padding: 0px"><em><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small">Military activity</span></font></em></blockquote></blockquote><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span style="letter-spacing: 0px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small">By far the most often cited&nbsp;</span></font></span><span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'century schoolbook'; letter-spacing: 0px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small">reason (37% of all cases) is marrying a person outside the faith of the Quakers. </span></font></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px"><em><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small">[2] </span></font></em><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small">During the revolutionary period, engaging in military activity was also a common reason for disownment. When the Friends found a member delinquent, there was a set procedure to adjudicate the charges.&nbsp; In order to avoid disownment, the accused had to admit to, and condemn the offense.&nbsp; Failing to do this, the accused chose disownment, and the Society dismissed their responsibility for the behavior of the individual.&nbsp;</span></font></span><span style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'century schoolbook'; letter-spacing: 0px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small">It is likely that Samuel Falkinburg was disowned by the Friends for fathering Alice Mathis&rsquo; child (Samuel Jr.) out of wedlock. Alice likely avoided disownment by repenting.&nbsp; There appears to be no record of the birth of Samuel Jr. in the Minutes of the Little Egg Harbor Monthly Meeting.&nbsp; </span></font></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small">Who cared for this baby born out of wedlock? Was the child cared for by his mother or grandmother? &nbsp;Living as he did in the eighteenth century, it does not seem reasonable that Samuel would have reared the child. All evidence points to the fact that Samuel Falkinburg Sr. did not go to Pennsylvania with his parents, but remained in Little Egg Harbor Township. &nbsp;</span></font></span></p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><div>&nbsp;</div><div><span style="letter-spacing: 0px"><span style="font-size: small">[1]&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size: small">Meldrum, Charlotte, </span><em><span style="font-size: small">Early Church Records of Burlington County</span></em><span style="font-size: small">, vol 2, (Heritage Books, 2007) &nbsp;p. 231.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: small">&nbsp;</span></div><div><span style="font-size: small">[2]&nbsp;Marietta, Jack D., </span><em><span style="font-size: small">The Reformation of American Quakerism</span></em><span style="font-size: small">, 1748-1783 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1984) pp. 6-7.&nbsp;</span></div><div><span style="font-size: small">&nbsp;</span></div><div><span style="font-size: small">URL for second reference:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: small">http://books.google.com/books?id=iQs6AbUEzOgC&amp;lpg=PP1&amp;dq=The%20Reformation%20of%20American%20Quakerism&amp;pg=PA6#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false</span></div></font><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

 
 
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