Welcome to the online source of information
about the Rogerene Quakers of Ledyard, Connecticut.
A brief introduction to the history of
Quakertown is contained in Vintson Ackley's "Rogerenes of
Ledyard"
Information about Quakertown people, places,
and history.
NEW ! Now including "Remembering Quakertown," Doris Whipple's memoir of her childhood
Sites providing information about the history
of the Rogerenes; or genealogical information about Quakertown
families
Excerpts from books relevant to Quakertown;
links to ordering info. for books and articles
UPDATED ! Old and new photographs of Quakertown and its
people, including Beers's 1868 maps of
Quakertown area.
The complete texts of the following
books:
The Autobiography of Jonathan Whipple -- Written ca. 1870-71, and unfinished; stories of life as a Rogerene Quaker in Southeastern CT in the early nineteenth century
The Battle-Axe -- The
Rogerenes' view of established churches, of hypocrisy and
true religion; first published 1811, by Timothy Watrous, Jr.
