Samuel and Hannah Brock are buried in a "Friends Cemetery", am I sure they were Quakers?

Question

I'm sorry. I just don't know. I that Quakers = "Friends" but I just don't know if I can assume that "Friends Cemetery" means all people buried in in (19th century) are Quakers. No culture at all on the subject (again, sorry if the question is ridiculous).

And, if they are Quakers, is that enough to allow me to add the Quaker template box in the profiles? I guess not - I suppose that needs more knowledge of their life? And otherwise, what could I do to improve the profiles to give them a chance to attract the attention of Quaker project volunteers?

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Hi Isabelle, your question is not ridiculous at all.  A Friends Cemetery is generally for Quakers, but a deceased person's religion cannot be assumed based only on burial in the cemetery.  Quaker burial grounds may not be strictly limited to members of the Society of Friends.  Some Friends cemeteries specifically reserve a portion of their burial grounds for others in the community, such as Sadsbury Friends cemetery.  Philadelphia has Quaker burial grounds dating back to 1683, and the website about those early burials also states that they were not entirely "select" - limited to members of the Society of Friends.  That web site also mentions that Quakers keep records of the burials, so those records may b helpful.

Answer 2

Did not find much,but did find this,From Archives Ontario Canada.

They Had a daughter Rachael,born abt 1820.She had been married before,

name Rachael Gibbs,married Henry Fee,Oct.2 1878 she 58,he 65.

Fenelon,Ontario Canada.Has mothers name spelled Beadle.

Reference ID 010707,GS FILM # 1863653,Didital Folder # 004529123,Image # 01226

Friend Cemetary,that area was heavily populated by Mennonites.

Answer 3

Isabelle, here is my Great Grandmother: 

http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Baily-29 .

Here is a link to WikiTree Quaker Project:

http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Quakers .

We try to find & add Tags as to witch Monthly Meeting place that they attended. Enjoy, JPVIV :)

 

Answer 4

I'm not sure if Capt. Samuel Brock and his wife Hannah nee Bedell ever became Quakers, but in 1820 his daughter Deborah became interested in the Quaker religion and she and most of her sisters married Quakers.<ref>[[Joy A. Parker[[http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/p/a/r/Joy-A-Parker/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0519.html] ]]</ref>

It's reported elsewhere that their son Isaac also became a Quaker, but I can't reference the source at the moment.

Answer 5

I’m pretty sure that Quakers did not have any rules prohibiting the burial of non-Friends because one of my ancestors had a Revolutionary War battle at the site of his mill and it was reported that the dead, both Revolutionaries and Tories were laid to rest side by side in the nearby Friends Cemetery. That being said, I think it would have been rare for non-Friends to seek burial in a Friends Cemetery. For one thing, early on Friends had a tradition of no monument stones (which were considered vain and worldly), and even as they began to erect stones in the 1800s, they had rather strict rules about their size that likely would have been unappealing to non-Quakers.  If your ancestors were buried in a Friends cemetery in the 1800s they very likely were Quaker.