First Quakers in America, 1655
"...the first Quakers to reach the American hemisphere were women, who in deep seriousness regarded themselves as apostolic messengers under divine call and direction. They were Mary Fisher and Ann Austin. Their first place of landing and of missionary activity was the island of Barbadoes, where they arrived near the end of the year 1655...
In the month of July 1656, Master Simon Kempthorn, in his ship Swallow, sailing from Barbadoes, brought these two women into Boston harbour.
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