 These were "Yankee" settlers, that is to say they were descended from the English Puritans who settled New England in the colonial era.They were primarily members of the Congregational Church though due to the Second Great Awakening many of them had converted to Methodism and some had become Baptists before coming to what is now Adams County.The Congregational Church subsequently has gone through many divisions and some factions are now known as the Church of Christ and the United Church of Christ.