John Horney was born in Caroline County Maryland
He married Mary Chipman the daughter of Perez and Margaret Mangrove Chipman. By occupation John Horney was a farmer in Guilford County, N.C. The family was Nicholites or new Quakers by faith. The Nicolites was established by Joseph Nichols who "believed in the light that shines, in the understanding of man and woman that discovers to them betwixt good and evil, right and wrong and reproves for evil and justifies for well-doing, to be the only means of grace, to enable us to work out our salvation, and as he believed so he preached.
The Nicholites "spent a great deal of their leisure in the pleasures of the day-dancing, fiddling, horseracing, and attendance of fairs where they were noted for their 'frolicking and merriment'. ALTHOUGH JOSEPH NIHCOLS had been preaching for several years prior to 1766, that year was one of major external influences on both Nichols and the Nicholites. In that year the Quaker, John Woolman, made the first of his famous walking tours through the upper South. Journeying through Delaware and the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Woolman made some major attacks on the institution of slavery as he was spreading Quaker teachings. Shortly after Woolman's visit the Nicholites, almost as a group, manumitted their slaves.
Woolman's style of clothing was also adopted by the Nicholites. There is no evidence that the Nicholites wore the undyed clothes before Woolman's journey, but within a few years the Nicholites were to become well known for this custom. A third influence of Woolman's is believed to have been his peace testimony, for Woolman opposed slavery. The Nicholites during their brief history also possessed "a very strong peace testimony."
Ref:Nabb Research Center General Resources - Special Collections & Exhibits, Delmarva Heritage Series, by Dr. William H. Wroten, Jr.
He married Mary Chipman the daughter of Perez and Margaret Mangrove Chipman. By occupation John Horney was a farmer in Guilford County, N.C. The family was Nicholites or new Quakers by faith. The Nicolites was established by Joseph Nichols who "believed in the light that shines, in the understanding of man and woman that discovers to them betwixt good and evil, right and wrong and reproves for evil and justifies for well-doing, to be the only means of grace, to enable us to work out our salvation, and as he believed so he preached.
The Nicholites "spent a great deal of their leisure in the pleasures of the day-dancing, fiddling, horseracing, and attendance of fairs where they were noted for their 'frolicking and merriment'. ALTHOUGH JOSEPH NIHCOLS had been preaching for several years prior to 1766, that year was one of major external influences on both Nichols and the Nicholites. In that year the Quaker, John Woolman, made the first of his famous walking tours through the upper South. Journeying through Delaware and the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Woolman made some major attacks on the institution of slavery as he was spreading Quaker teachings. Shortly after Woolman's visit the Nicholites, almost as a group, manumitted their slaves.
Woolman's style of clothing was also adopted by the Nicholites. There is no evidence that the Nicholites wore the undyed clothes before Woolman's journey, but within a few years the Nicholites were to become well known for this custom. A third influence of Woolman's is believed to have been his peace testimony, for Woolman opposed slavery. The Nicholites during their brief history also possessed "a very strong peace testimony."
Ref:Nabb Research Center General Resources - Special Collections & Exhibits, Delmarva Heritage Series, by Dr. William H. Wroten, Jr.
John Horney was born in Caroline County Maryland
He married Mary Chipman the daughter of Perez and Margaret Mangrove Chipman. By occupation John Horney was a farmer in Guilford County, N.C. The family was Nicholites or new Quakers by faith. The Nicolites was established by Joseph Nichols who "believed in the light that shines, in the understanding of man and woman that discovers to them betwixt good and evil, right and wrong and reproves for evil and justifies for well-doing, to be the only means of grace, to enable us to work out our salvation, and as he believed so he preached.
The Nicholites "spent a great deal of their leisure in the pleasures of the day-dancing, fiddling, horseracing, and attendance of fairs where they were noted for their 'frolicking and merriment'. ALTHOUGH JOSEPH NIHCOLS had been preaching for several years prior to 1766, that year was one of major external influences on both Nichols and the Nicholites. In that year the Quaker, John Woolman, made the first of his famous walking tours through the upper South. Journeying through Delaware and the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Woolman made some major attacks on the institution of slavery as he was spreading Quaker teachings. Shortly after Woolman's visit the Nicholites, almost as a group, manumitted their slaves.
Woolman's style of clothing was also adopted by the Nicholites. There is no evidence that the Nicholites wore the undyed clothes before Woolman's journey, but within a few years the Nicholites were to become well known for this custom. A third influence of Woolman's is believed to have been his peace testimony, for Woolman opposed slavery. The Nicholites during their brief history also possessed "a very strong peace testimony."
Ref:Nabb Research Center General Resources - Special Collections & Exhibits, Delmarva Heritage Series, by Dr. William H. Wroten, Jr.
He married Mary Chipman the daughter of Perez and Margaret Mangrove Chipman. By occupation John Horney was a farmer in Guilford County, N.C. The family was Nicholites or new Quakers by faith. The Nicolites was established by Joseph Nichols who "believed in the light that shines, in the understanding of man and woman that discovers to them betwixt good and evil, right and wrong and reproves for evil and justifies for well-doing, to be the only means of grace, to enable us to work out our salvation, and as he believed so he preached.
The Nicholites "spent a great deal of their leisure in the pleasures of the day-dancing, fiddling, horseracing, and attendance of fairs where they were noted for their 'frolicking and merriment'. ALTHOUGH JOSEPH NIHCOLS had been preaching for several years prior to 1766, that year was one of major external influences on both Nichols and the Nicholites. In that year the Quaker, John Woolman, made the first of his famous walking tours through the upper South. Journeying through Delaware and the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Woolman made some major attacks on the institution of slavery as he was spreading Quaker teachings. Shortly after Woolman's visit the Nicholites, almost as a group, manumitted their slaves.
Woolman's style of clothing was also adopted by the Nicholites. There is no evidence that the Nicholites wore the undyed clothes before Woolman's journey, but within a few years the Nicholites were to become well known for this custom. A third influence of Woolman's is believed to have been his peace testimony, for Woolman opposed slavery. The Nicholites during their brief history also possessed "a very strong peace testimony."
Ref:Nabb Research Center General Resources - Special Collections & Exhibits, Delmarva Heritage Series, by Dr. William H. Wroten, Jr.
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