tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955103558554432375.post7322326058925576377..comments2024-03-16T04:25:42.918-04:00Comments on AnceStory Archives: The Case of Quaker Elizabeth Richardson and George Washington's Ancestral LinesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955103558554432375.post-75382448334537723122014-05-01T18:41:29.158-04:002014-05-01T18:41:29.158-04:00I wonder if she's connected to my family.kirst...I wonder if she's connected to my family.<br><br>kirsty richardsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955103558554432375.post-87690825552270806702013-12-02T16:43:58.027-05:002013-12-02T16:43:58.027-05:00Because early Quakers favored flamboyant "str...Because early Quakers favored flamboyant "street theater," such as walking into church naked to demonstrate Puritan spiritual nakedness, Puritans suspected that they were bewitched by Quaker leaders. John Winthrop also mused in his journal that Anne Hutchinson had bewitched her followers in 1637 to lure them away from proper Puritan leadership.Jo Ann Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14811596481690068086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955103558554432375.post-10880178615185145312013-12-02T16:41:30.959-05:002013-12-02T16:41:30.959-05:00Because early Quakers favored flamboyant street th...Because early Quakers favored flamboyant street theater (such as walking into church naked to demonstrate Puritan spiritual nakedness), Puritans suspected that Quakers were under the influence of Satan, or perhaps bewitched by George Fox and other Quaker leaders. John Winthrop also mused in his journal that Anne Hutchinson had bewitched her followers in 1637 and following years, luring them away from proper Puritan leadership.Jo Ann Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14811596481690068086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955103558554432375.post-5450678224355285982013-12-01T13:56:34.620-05:002013-12-01T13:56:34.620-05:00What an interesting story. How horrifying for Eliz...What an interesting story. How horrifying for Elizabeth to have experienced this. Anita HamerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955103558554432375.post-37271953320859034742013-11-30T23:13:56.350-05:002013-11-30T23:13:56.350-05:00This is tragic...I would like to know exactly what...This is tragic...I would like to know exactly what "witchcraft" this woman was supposed to have conducted...and surely she was not traveling across the Atlantic alone...where was her husband and family, also presumably Quakers? The myth of religious freedom in early America is exactly that. D RobbieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com