Finding Your Roots

Glenn, this is another Quaker document from Swarthmore's archives. (Glenn laughing) It's dated 1843. Would you mind reading the transcribed lines about your ancestor? Middletown preparative meeting informed that John S Worell is charged with fornication, which charge he denied and that he has also married a woman not in membership with friends by the assistance of a magistrate. I like him. (people laughing) -

Henry

Your eyes- - Wow! Your eyes, it was like a cartoon. Your eyes went ding on fornication, you know? Yes, right there. So he married a woman who wasn't a friend and- Your ancestor was disowned by his own Quaker meeting for doing that. Well, I share some of that with him. Yes. Being disowned by, you know, walking away from- -

Henry

You got it. Something that was trying to control you. (peaceful music)