Church control and family structure in a Moravian community of North Carolina, 1753-1857
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Jo-Ellen Patterson (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- John Scanzoni
Abstract: The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship of church authority and family structure in the Moravian Communities of Salem, Bethabara, Bethania, Friedberg, Friedland, and Hope, North Carolina, during the years 1753 until 1857. A time line indicating changes in church control was developed. Events, including changes in church controlled resources such as military policy, land ownership, social customs, and economic conditions, were depicted on the time line. Family structure was measured using demographic data, including age at marriage, lifespan, number of children, number of marriages, and marital status, for each Moravian. Individual Moravians were stratified by time period and community in which they lived. Analysis of variance was used to compare differences between Moravians in each time period and/or community for each demographic variable. Chisquare tests were used to compare proportions of Moravians in marital status categories for each time period and community. Data were obtained from the records kept by Moravians which were stored in the State Archives of North Carolina in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Church control and family structure in a Moravian community of North Carolina, 1753-1857
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Dissertation
- Language: English
- Date: 1981
- Subjects
- Moravians $z North Carolina $x History $y 18th century
- Moravians $z North Carolina $x History $y 19th century
- Families $x Religious life