Robert, I wonder if you know who the other passengers both on the 1657 and the 1661 chartered voyage were. I have a Joseph NORTON who married Susanna GETCHELL in 1661 in Salisbury and I'm always trying to discover his origins. A number of his children were Quakers. Thanks for any help you can give me. Mary Norton in Madison, WI On Jan 22, 2009, at 12:02 PM, Robert Burns wrote: > So much for the myth of religious tolerance in the Americas. > > At 12:01 AM 1/22/2009, you wrote: >>> ?? Christopher Holder (1631-1688, born and buried near Bristol), >>> has been >>> described as ?high-born? and ?highly educated? with ?abundant >>> means? and ? >>> kinsmen high in the church?. At 25, in 1656, he arrived in Boston >> with a group >>> intent upon introducing Quakerism in America. The whole group was >>> sent back to England immediately. He returned to America the next >> year with >>> a Quaker party which succeeded in launching the American mission. >>> He is >>> credited with organizing the first Quaker meeting in America, in >> Christopher?s >>> Hollow, near Sandwich on Cape Cod, and he preached from New >>> England to >>> Maryland.? The Boston authorities jailed him several times for >> not obeying their >>> anti-Quaker laws and in 1658 cut off one of his ears.? He may >> have helped finance >>> both the 1657 expedition and the 1661 chartered voyage which >> carried back the >>> king?s order that Boston must stop hanging Quakers > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------- > Robert Burns, Attorney & Counselor at Law > California Bar Assn. No. 91489 > 4877 Voltaire Street > P.O.B. 7263 > Ocean Beach (San Diego), CA U.S.A. 92167 > (619) 223-0441 (voice) > (847) 557-1220 (e-Fax) > If you do not have eFax Messenger or an eFax Microviewer installed > on your PC, > download a free copy at http://www.efax.com/en/efax/twa/page/download > > > E-Mail: <[email protected]> TM > URL: <http://www.oblaw.com/>http://www.OBLaw.com TM > http://www.RobertBurns.biz > > Over 28 years practicing law. > > Family Law, Personal Injury Law, Probate Law, and More > Major credit cards accepted. > > The information in this e-mail is confidential and may be legally > privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. If you are not > the intended recipient please delete. > > As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that > all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community > are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. I hope > ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and > liberality. George Washington. > > Without Freedom of Thought, there can be no such Thing as Wisdom; and > no such Thing as publick Liberty, without Freedom of Speech. > Benjamin Franklin > > Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise > whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often > a real loser--in fees, expenses, and waste of time ... Never stir up > litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does > this. Abraham Lincoln. > > The SDCBA Attorney Code of Conduct can be found > at: http://www.sdcba.org/codeofconduct.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to QUAKER-ROOTS- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message