Mary Melton (bef. 1702 - abt. 1750)

Born before 10 May 1702 in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent, Virginia Colony

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Mary Melton was a Virginia colonist.

Mary Melton, daughter of Richard Melton, was baptized 10 May 1702 in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent, Virginia Colony. ^[1]

Name: Mary Melton Event Type: Christening Event Date: 10 May 1702 Event Place: St. Peter's Parish, New Kent, Virginia, United States Event Place (Original): St Peter's Parish, New Kent, Virginia, United States Sex: Female Father's Name: Richd. Melton No image available Citation "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRRC-935: 28 January 2020), Richd. Melton in the entry for Mary Melton, 1702.

"Con His Mou". Quakers were only allowed to marry other Quakers, and to marry someone NOT a Quaker constituted 'marrying out", or "against discipline".. when you did marry out you were then 'disowned' by your meeting, which meant that you were no longer a Quaker..." condemned his marrying out of unity", is the same thing...different meetings said things different ways but the result of ALL, is that the person was disowned.

When Quakers married out of unity and were disowned, they were still free to attend meetings...this wasn't shunning, like the Amish faith practices.....and, generally speaking, they were still received by their families...but were no longer members of the Quaker faith. If the non-Quaker spouse decided, later, to join the Friends, then the disowned spouse could be reinstated...this was the only way to again belong to the faith.

Your ancestor, when he asked his two oldest children (the others not yet born) be "received on request from" him, means that he wishes his meeting to accept his children as members.

The Quaker faith played such a large part in the lives of its members that anyone researching Quaker ancestors needs to do some reading and research on the faith....it will be a big help to you in understanding the workings of Quakersim, its preparatory/monthly/yearly meetings; locate the various meetings in whatever area your folks lived in, etc. The Quakers were wonderful record keepers and with some basic understanding of the faith, you'll be able to trace a family from state to state, meeting to meeting. Re: Meaning of "con his mou" and other terms By Sandra Ferguson June 30, 2008 at 11:06:35 [1]

Sources

1. ↑ "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRRC-93P : 28 January 2020), Mary Melton, 10 May 1702.