The Dunkers (Tunkers, Dippers, Dunkards or Brethren) are a denomination of American Baptists who originated in Germany in 1708, but were driven by persecution to America between 1719 and 1729. They were most numerous in Ohio. In 1790 a number who held Universalist views seceded and still remain apart. They strive to reproduce the exact order of the... Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/CXD.HTM