Isaac was an early Quaker in Ireland, as was his father.

Henry was an early Quaker who was imprisoned several times for his beliefs.

He was also an early Quaker who was imprisoned in January 1663/4 for his beliefs.

Benson spent 1933-34 at Pendle Hill, continuing his study of the early Quakers.

Many of the earlier Quakers emigrated from Mountmellick to Pennsylvania.

They offered a place of refuge for several of the persecuted early Quakers in New England.

As the early Quakers died and their descendants moved away from Greenfield, before 1900 weekly services were replaced by one annual service, then abandoned entirely.

They came into contact and even rivalry with the early Quakers, who were often falsely accused of direct association with them.

Like other early Quakers she was imprisoned and beaten for her outspoken preaching, which went against the established church.

Though we think of the early Quakers in Pennsylvania as modest people leading modest lives, there certainly were exceptions.