10-07-2006, 09:53 AM
[quote BigGuynRusty]Are there any Shakers left?
They don't have kids.
BGnR
No. There aren't any remaining. Eldress Betha was the last of the Shakers living here in Canterbury, NH at the Shaker village just up the road. She passed away a few years back. They were a celibate community, and new members were "adopted" in to the community either as orphaned children, or as adults converted to the shaker faith.
Some interesting info about the differences between Shakers and Quakers is here:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~quakers/shakers.htm
Our local Shaker Village is here (more of a living historical museum now):
http://www.shakers.org
Shakers were quite creative and inventive too (guess it helped to channel those pent up sexual energies!) They invented the flat broom, the circular saw, and a variety of other tools and household items.
Another Shaker FAQ here from the Hancock Village in Pittsfield, MA:
http://www.hancockshakervillage.org/learn/faq.html
They don't have kids.
BGnR
No. There aren't any remaining. Eldress Betha was the last of the Shakers living here in Canterbury, NH at the Shaker village just up the road. She passed away a few years back. They were a celibate community, and new members were "adopted" in to the community either as orphaned children, or as adults converted to the shaker faith.
Some interesting info about the differences between Shakers and Quakers is here:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~quakers/shakers.htm
Our local Shaker Village is here (more of a living historical museum now):
http://www.shakers.org
Shakers were quite creative and inventive too (guess it helped to channel those pent up sexual energies!) They invented the flat broom, the circular saw, and a variety of other tools and household items.
Another Shaker FAQ here from the Hancock Village in Pittsfield, MA:
http://www.hancockshakervillage.org/learn/faq.html