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DaddyCatALSO t1_izjxvo8 wrote

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That's when lots of my Reformed and Lutherna ancestors came to Pennsylvania, following the Plain Folk already ehre

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bremen_ t1_izl4pmf wrote

Plain Folk = Quakers, I assume?

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DaddyCatALSO t1_izm55w5 wrote

No the Quakers oriignaiuted in England, I mean t the Mennonites, Amish, Ephrata 7th Day Baptists, Schwenkfelders etc. , evne the Moravians were almsot plain-style int hsoe days. The Brehtren/Dunkards cmae over later becuase they originated later

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bremen_ t1_izmhq92 wrote

I originally thought Amish, but always assumed they came over at the same time as the wider PA Dutch.

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