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death of the last of them in 1725, the church of the Labadists became extinct; and it is interesting to note that the two branches of the sect went out of existence within three years of one another. Since that time many similar religious sects have been born, blossomed and faded away and passed into oblivion. But the Labadists with their peculiar religious and social beliefs and sharp tongues will always be remembered in America because many of the most prominent families of northeast Maryland and Delaware trace their ancestry back to the original settlers of the colony at Bohemia Manor.