Photo: Quaker cemetery at Shelter Island, New York. Credit: Bridge and Tunnel Club https://www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com/bigmap/outoftown/longisland/suffolkcounty/shelterisland/quakercemetery/index.htm

Quaker Letter from 1660 Reveals Troubled Time

By Melissa Berry on June 16, 2021

Melissa Berry continues her story about the persecution of Quakers by the 17th century Puritan authorities, focusing on a letter written in 1660... (Read More)

Photo: Nathaniel Sylvester monument on Shelter Island, New York. Credit: The Great Ancestral Hunt; Laura George.

Nathaniel Sylvester, ‘Lord of Shelter’ for 17th Century Quakers

By Melissa Berry on April 28, 2021

Melissa Davenport Berry writes about Nathaniel Sylvester, who sheltered persecuted Quakers on his island home, Shelter Island, in the 17th century... (Read More)