Shakers

Shakers is a living tradition within Christianity. Also written United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing.

Origin

Founder named in the sources: Ann Lee. No founding year is given below, because the sources read do not agree on one and a date has not been chosen for them. Ann Lee brought the sect from England to the American colonies in the 1770s; Britannica records the first Shaker community at New Lebanon, New York, in 1787. Teachings included celibacy, public confession and the dual male-female nature of God. No founding year for the sect itself is given by the sources consulted. [CORRECTION] Parent cleared. The first pass set parent to 'Religious Society of Friends' while the entry itself disclaimed it ('origin rather than affiliation... the parent assignment here is provisional'). In a tree where parent encodes derivation, a disclaimed parent reads as a sourced descent claim. Origin in the Manchester revival is recorded here instead.