Friends have never endorsed any set creed.  However, they have a long tradition of living testimony in the areas of peace, simplicity, equality, and human rights based on their belief that there is ". . . that of God in everyone."

George Fox (1624-1691), the founder of the Quaker movement, was known as a "seeker." Dissatisfied with the emphasis that the established church in England placed on outward ritual and creed, he and others of like mind turned inward in quest of a religion of personal experience and direct communion with God.

Friends have a very rich heritage in Virginia with Quakers arriving as early as 1655.  George Fox traveled through eastern Virginia and North Carolina in 1672-1673 meeting with Friends who had come to this country.  In spite of active persecution, Quakers flourished in Virginia through the eighteenth century and early nineteenth century.  At that time, many Virginia Quakers moved west in search of communities more in keeping with the Quaker testimony against slavery.

There are records of several Quaker Meetings in this area during the seventeenth century, including Skimino, which was started around 1690 at Skimino Creek just west of Williamsburg.  The records indicate the Skimino Meeting continued until about 1827 when the last families moved to Ohio.  There are no records of other meetings in this immediate area until 1981, when the Williamsburg Friends Meeting was started.