Wakemanites

Wakemanites were a religious group in New Haven, Connecticut led by Rhoda Wakeman, who identified as a prophetess returned from the dead. Originating around 1855, the followers killed a farmer named Justus Matthews who they were told was possessed.[1] After the murder, the group became extinct.[2] The New York Times interviewed the "convinced parties" in the wake of the murder.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Blunt, John Henry (1874). Dictionary of Sects, Heresies, Ecclesiastical Parties, and Schools of Religious Thought. Rivingtons.
  2. ↑ Everybody's Cyclopedia Wakemanites entry 1912
  3. ↑ "THE WAKEMANITES.; THE WOODBRIDGE AND NEW-HAVEN MURDERS. Full Particulars of the Horrible Deers-Personal Interviews with the Convicted Parties. From Our Own Reporter. Interviews with the convinced Parties. HORRIBLE DETAILS". The New York Times. January 4, 1856.


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