An unrelated Indian group with this name was founded in 1881 by John Slocum, who believed that he had visited heaven in a coma.  This group had its origins in the work of Jane and James Wardley, and Richard McNemar wrote the earliest defense of this 
An unrelated Indian group with this name was founded in 1881 by John Slocum, who believed that he had visited heaven in a coma.  This group had its origins in the work of Jane and James Wardley, and Richard McNemar wrote the earliest defense of this group's ideals, the 1807 Kentucky Revival.  Some of their characteristics may have been adopted from the Camisards.  Joseph Meachem and Lucy Wright instituted their rules of social organization, including communal living and celibacy. One of their communities is located in Sabbathday Lake Village, Maine.  One member wrote "by turning, turning we come round right," in the poem "Simple Gifts." FTP name this Quaker sect founded by Mother Ann Lee.
An unrelated Indian group with this name was founded in 1881 by John Slocum, who believed that he had visited heaven in a coma.  
The Shakers or United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Coming