Tag: Salem
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The Quakening, Part 5: The Mutilation of Christopher Holder, featuring Samuel Shattuck
Christopher Holder began teaching the tenets of George Fox from nearly the moment he stepped off the Woodhouse in Newport. He found resistance from some, including the Rev. Roger Williams, who was now Governor Williams. Introduced to Catherine Marbury Scott and her husband Richard Scott, Holder was to make his first converts. Catherine Scott was…
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New England Genes: Anne Marbury Hutchinson Part 1: King James, John Cotton, William Laud, and William Blackstone
Anne Marbury, born 1591 in Alford, Lincolnshire, was the daughter of Rev. Francis Marbury, a playwright contemporary of Shakespeare, author, and early Puritan leader. I will have a blog post dedicated to him very soon, but for now just know he was imprisoned for heresy in the notorious Marshalsea Prison for his influence. Queen Elizabeth…