Illustration: "Cassandra Southwick in court before the magistrates," from the Boston Globe, 23 October 1923.

17th Century Quaker Women Gone Wild (part 5)

By Melissa Berry on June 14, 2024

Melissa Davenport Berry writes about another Quaker woman who defied Puritan officials in Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1600s: Margaret Brewster... (Read More)

17th Century Quaker Women Gone Wild (part 4)

By Melissa Berry on May 29, 2024

Melissa Berry writes more about a brave Quaker woman who defied Puritan officials in Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1600s: Deborah (nee Buffum) Wilson... (Read More)

17th Century Quaker Women Gone Wild (part 3)

By Melissa Berry on May 7, 2024

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes more about three brave Quaker women who defied Puritan officials in Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1600s... (Read More)

17th Century Quaker Women Gone Wild (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on April 25, 2024

Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series describing three brave Quaker women who defied Puritan officials in Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1600s... (Read More)

17th Century Quaker Women Gone Wild (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on April 23, 2024

Melissa Davenport Berry begins a series describing three brave Quaker women who defied Puritan officials in Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1600s... (Read More)

Illustration: this replica of Arbella was built in 1930 for the 300th anniversary of the Winthrop Fleet’s arrival at Salem on 12 June 1630, in conjunction with Pioneer Village, where it is now located. Credit: the Tichnor Brothers Collection, Boston Public Library, Print Department.

300th Anniversary Celebration of New England’s ‘Winthrop Fleet’

By Melissa Berry on August 8, 2023

Melissa Berry writes about Salem’s 300th anniversary celebration of the arrival of the Winthrop Fleet in 1630, during the Puritan’s Great Migration... (Read More)

Illustration: Quaker prisoners released from the Boston jail due to the orders of King Charles II. Credit: from an illustrated version of John Greenleaf Whittier's poem "The King's Missive" published in "The Memorial History of Boston, including Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 1630-1880," 1880.

Colonial America: King Stops Quaker Persecution

By Melissa Berry on April 28, 2023

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry describes how the Puritans’ persecution of Quakers in Colonial America was stopped by King Charles II... (Read More)

Illustration: a close-up of a portrait of Rebecca Rawson, by the Freake Painter, c. 1670. Courtesy of the New England Historic Genealogical Society.

Rebecca Rawson: Rogue Romance in Colonial America

By Melissa Berry on September 24, 2021

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about the misfortune that befell Rebecca Rawson in 17th century Colonial America... (Read More)

Illustration: close-up of a portrait of Edward Rawson, by the Freake Painter, c. 1670. Credit: New England Historic Genealogical Society; Wikimedia Commons.

Puritan Edward Rawson’s Family Bible

By Melissa Berry on September 21, 2021

Melissa Davenport Berry writes about the family Bible of Edward Rawson (1615-1693), chosen the first secretary of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1650... (Read More)

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