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 VIRTUOUS LIVES, 
 
 SERVICES, /^f: 
 
 AND 
 
 DYING SAYINGS, 
 
 Of feveral of the 
 
 People called QUAKERS. 
 
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 The Eighth Part. 
 By THOMAS WAGSTAFFE. 
 
 Light is fown for the Righteous, and Gladiiefs for the 
 
 Upright in Heart, Pfal. xcvii, 1 1. 
 The Rigliteous hath Hope ia his Death, Prov. xiv. 32. 
 
 LONDON: 
 
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 M DCC LXXIV,
 
 
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 THE 
 
 PREFACE 
 
 T O T H E 
 
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 READER. 
 
 TH E Memorials of the Perfons, 
 mentioned in this Work, were 
 extraded from Teftimonies concerning 
 them, or other authentic Accounts, 
 and are collected, as thofe in the itvtn 
 preceding Volumes were, with a View 
 to the Promotion of Piety and Virtue • 
 that by having the Footfleps of thofj 
 before them, who have finished their 
 Courfe well, others might be excited 
 and encouraged to follow them as they 
 followed Chrid. 
 
 A 2 le
 
 the P R E F J C E. 
 
 It is in my Heart more particularly 
 to addrefs the rifing Youth, with De- 
 fires that they may be raifed up and 
 qualified to fill the Places of thofe who 
 are gone from Works to Rewards ; that 
 ths Teftimony given us to bear may be 
 faithfully maintained, the Borders of 
 Sion enlarged, and the glorious un- 
 changeable Truth, in the Courfe of 
 Divine Wifdom, be mfore eftablifhed 
 among Men. 
 
 And firfl:,. to thofe of both Sexes, 
 who are yet in their Minority, and 
 who often feel the Touches of Divine 
 Love tendering their Hearts, and draw- 
 ing them to Good and the Love of 
 good Men, iho' perhaps (like Sajnuei 
 when a Child) they may at firfl be 
 ignorant of the Caufe thereof: Let 
 thefe therefore be in treated not to get 
 from under thefe precious Vifitations, 
 but as they feel them to arife, be careful 
 not to negle<3:, much leTs oppofe them ;. 
 
 and
 
 ne P R E F A C E, 
 
 and in due Time fuch will experience 
 them to be a Degree of that Divine 
 Light, which Ughteth every Man that 
 Cometh into the World, John i. 9. By 
 bringing all their Thoughts, Words 
 and Adlions thereto, they will clearly 
 difcern the Ground and Tendency of 
 them. 
 
 It was through the Influence of this 
 Divine Principle, many were led in 
 very early Youth to wait for and feek 
 after that Confolation which they had 
 felt, without knowing from whence it 
 came, until he who firft vifited, en- 
 larged their Underftan dings, and led 
 them to a further Degree of Know- 
 ledge, and convinced them it was of a 
 Divine Nature, and that their Growth 
 in true Virtue lay in a fleady Attention 
 thereto. 
 
 To thofe who are of riper Years, aad 
 who have been mercifully favoured with 
 
 a further
 
 IJje P k E F A C E. 
 
 a further Enlargement of this Divind 
 Life, and are in meafure turned to it j 
 the Safety of all fuch depends in wait- 
 ing for its Inftrudions, and under its 
 Heavenly Influence faithfully following 
 them. Let thefe be encouraged in the 
 Language of the Prophet : Then fiall 
 we know, if we follow on to know the 
 Lord, his Going forth is prepared as the 
 Morning ; and he floall come unto us as 
 the Rain, as the latter and former Rain 
 unto the Earth, Hofea vi. 3. 
 
 Thefe will, in true Wifdom, fee the 
 Service of their Day, feel Divine Sup- 
 port through this State of Probation, 
 and Prefervation to the End ; partaking 
 as they go along of that Peace which 
 Chrill promifed his true Folio wers> 
 Teace I leave with you, my Peace 1 give 
 unto you, not as the World giveth, give 
 I unto you, John xiv. 27. 
 
 It
 
 q-he PREFACE. 
 
 Ic was this which fupported the 
 Righteous in all Ages, and is Caufe of 
 Encouragement to look forwards ; the 
 fame Hand which fupported our Pre- 
 deceflbrs, is ftill near to help us in 
 every needful Time. Thus by filling 
 up every Duty, we may experience in 
 our Conclufion, the Truth of the Pro- 
 phet's Declaration, that The Work of 
 Righteoujne/s /hall be Peace^ and the 
 Ef^5i of Right eoiifnefsy ^ietnefs and 
 AJfurance for ever^ Ifaiah xxxii. 17. 
 
 London, the 8tl) of the 
 FiilJ Month 1774. 
 
 PIETY
 
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 PIETY PROMOTED. 
 
 The Eighth Part. 
 
 SAMUEL CATER, formerly of 
 Lit deport in the I fie of Ely, was con- 
 vinced of the Principles of I'ruth, as 
 held by the People called fakers, about 
 the Year 1655, by the Miniftry of James 
 Parnely who (though but a Youth about 
 eighteen Years of Age) was raifed up pow- 
 erfully to preach the Gofpel, and became 
 inftrumental in the fettling and eftablifhing 
 many therein, both by Tcftimony and Wri- 
 ting, and finifhed his Courfe in Colcbejler 
 Caftle before he reached his twentieth Year, 
 for his Teftimony to the Truth ; for a further 
 Account of whom, fee Vol. I. Page the 1 ft. 
 of Piety Promoted^ and a Colkdion of his 
 own Writings. 
 
 Soon after his Convincement, the faid 
 
 Samuel Cater was excommunicated by the 
 
 B Baptipy
 
 BaptiflSf among whom he had walked j and 
 by the Records of Friends Sufferings it ap- 
 pears he was divers Times imprifoned for 
 his Teftimony to the Truth : With rerpt6t 
 to his Cbrijtian Progrefs through a long 
 Courfe of Years from his Convincement to 
 his Deceafe, no particular Account appears, 
 but what is noted above. 
 
 About the Latter-end of the Seventh 
 Month 1 7 1 1, he was taken ill ; in the Courfe 
 of which Ilnefs he exprefs'd himfelf to fome 
 Friends and Neighbours who came to vifit 
 him to this Effed : That God would have them 
 to he faved^ and dcfired them to mind the 
 Grace of God that hr'ingeth Salvation^ or the 
 Light of Jefus Chrijl in their Confciences that 
 reproveth for Evil^ which he often repeated, 
 with many more luch like ExprefTions to all 
 that came to fee him in his laft Ilnefs, defiripg 
 them that were not of our Society, not to 
 take it ill that he fpoke to them, for it was in 
 true Love to their Souls, and that they might 
 mt put off Time till Strength failed^ for they 
 would find enough to do to wreflle with the 
 Fains of the Body ; therefore, fays he, prize 
 your Time. At another Time when in great 
 Pain, he defired, That he might quietly hope^ 
 and patiently wait for the Salvation of God ; 
 for neither Grace nor Glory, nor any good 
 Thing would the Lord withhold from them that 
 
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 walk uprightly. Often praifing God that be 
 
 felt the Prefence of his dear Son Jefui Chrifi^ 
 zvbo died on the Cro/s for all, to fill his Soul, 
 Again defiring, that he and his Houfe might 
 ferve the L/)rd^ let others do as they would ; 
 and remarked, diat Caleb faid, He was Four- 
 /core and five Tears of Age, and he was as 
 firong for War as hew as forty Tears before ; 
 / am^ fays he, going of Four-fcore and fix, 
 and I am as firong for the ffiritual War as I 
 was forty Years ago. 
 
 To his Daughter Elizabeth Hawhs, he 
 tvould n^y with great Zeal on Firfl and 
 Fourth Days, being Meeting Days ; Come^ 
 ' dear Child, let us wait on the Lord, that 
 thojf^^h we be abfent in Body, ive may jwt be 
 in Spirit. Often fpeaking very comi'ortably 
 to his Wife and Daughter, faying, He felt 
 little Pain, but a Difficult) of Breathing ; and 
 that he was well fatisfied with the Will of the 
 Lord. If be lived, he hoped to live to the 
 Lord ; and if it was his Lot to die, he felt 
 true Satisfaction therein, and it would be Gain 
 to him to be in his Father^s Kingdom, to behold 
 the Glory of bis Reedeemer J ejus Chrifi, 
 
 A Friend taking Leave of him, he faid. 
 
 Dear Child, the Lord be with thee and many 
 
 more. Mind, it*s an excellent Blefifing to feel 
 
 and witnefs the Ancient of Days to be with his 
 
 B 2 People^
 
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 People, without whofe Prefence we- are poor 
 nothing Creatures, and not of our/elves able to 
 do any thing to the Honour of our God, Not 
 long beiore his Departure, his Eyes being fhut, 
 he relt for his Daughter's Hand, and faid. 
 Dear Child, I find the Man*s Words fulfilled. 
 She allying what Man ? He anfwered, The 
 firji Quaker that I faw : 1 was at Work 
 upon fuch a Houfe in the Town ; he looked 
 upon me, and had me Repent, for the Kingdom 
 of Heaven was at hand : And now I can fay 
 it is at hand. Magnified be thy holy Name, 
 Lord ! Several Times exprefling he felt the 
 Kingdom nigh his Soul. The Day before he 
 died, he faid. Now, O Lord ! doth my E-jcs 
 fee thy Salvation, now let thy Servant depart 
 in Peace, Being much pent for Breath, he 
 faid, Lord, thou that gaveft me Breath, can/i 
 take it away, if it be thy Will, do fo : Not 
 my Will but thine he done, Lord my God ! 
 
 He departed this Life the 19th of the 
 Eighth Month 171 1. Aged near eighty-fix 
 
 Years. 
 
 GILBERT
 
 I 5 1 
 
 GILBERT THOMPSON, of 
 Sankey in Lancajhlre^ was born at 5^?^- 
 }?iir^ in 7'orkfhire, about the Year 1658. He 
 was in his Time a Man of great Ufe and 
 Service in the Church, and in his Station 
 of a School-mafter was eminently qualified 
 for the Inftruftion of Youth, being endued 
 with Wifdom and Skill to govern them by 
 mild and gentle Means, labouring to find 
 out their feveral Difpofitions that his Ap- 
 plication might be fuitable thereto ; and 
 being an Example of Humility and good 
 Converfation, his Labours for their Initruc- 
 tion was manifefl in their Improvement: in 
 Learning, Underftanding and Conduft : And 
 while under his Care, many of them were 
 jfo reached by Truth, and made like tender 
 Plants repleniflied with Heavenly Dew, as 
 gave Encouragement to hope they might 
 prove ufeful in due Seafon, which has been 
 verified fince in divers. 
 
 But as it's common when Truth prevails, 
 the Enemies thereof ftir up War ; fo by 
 fome envious Perfons this our Friend was 
 perlecuted for keeping a School, and car- 
 ded Frifoner to Lancajler Caftle, which he 
 
 bore
 
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 bore with Chrlftian Patience, till difcharged 
 by due Coiirfe of Law, 
 
 About the forty-firfl: Year of his Age, he 
 was called to the Miniftry, in which his 
 Labours were edifying, being pure and un- 
 mixed with enticing Words of Man's Wif- 
 dom. He travelled through moft Parts of 
 Great-Britain and Ireland^ where his Service 
 was well accepted, his whole Converfation 
 chearful, yet innocent, was agreeable to 
 the Gofpel. As if fenfible of his approach- 
 ing Conclufion, he vifited his Friends in 
 his native Country, and at London, and figni- 
 fied his great Satisfaftion therein, faying. 
 His ^ime drew near for his being divejled of 
 his earthly Tabernacle ; which proved fo, for 
 about two Weeks after his Return Home, 
 he was feized with an intermitting Fever, 
 and in about two Weeks more died, bear- 
 ing his Sicknefs with Patience, faying,- He 
 had done his Dafs Work. 
 
 He died the 2 2d of the Fourth Month 
 1719, at his Houfe at Sdnke% and was 
 buried the 25th of the fame at Penhcth, 
 Aged fixty-one Years. 
 
 JOHN
 
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 JOHN BUTCHER, of the City 
 of London, was born of religious Pa- 
 rents, in the Seventh Month 1666, about 
 two Weeks after the dreadful Conflagration j 
 his Father lived to a great Age, dying about 
 his eighty-eighth Ye;ir, and his Mother about 
 her fixty eighth Year -, both leaving a fwect 
 Memorial behind them. 
 
 He, the faid John, was by them religi- 
 oufly educated in the Way of Truth, and 
 through the Grace of God, early receiving 
 it in the Love thereof, it pleafcd the Lord 
 to endue him with a Degree of the Gofpei 
 Miniftry, and to open his Mouth about the 
 fifteenth Year of his Age, in a publick 
 Teftimony to the true Light Chrift Jefus, 
 not only in his outward, but alfo, and more 
 efpccially, in his inward Appearance by his 
 Grace and Holy Spirit ; and he gradually 
 grew therein, and became an able Minifter, 
 not of the Letter, but of the Spirit. 
 
 He travelled into divers Parts of this Na- 
 tion, being well accepted therein, labour- 
 ing for the Profperity of Truth, a Lover 
 of Peace, Unity and Concord •, and being 
 endued with a large Portion of Wifdom and 
 
 Underftanding
 
 to 
 
 Underftanding in the Things of God, was 
 enabled to fpeak to the States and Con- 
 ditions of many. He was a Peace- maicer, 
 endeavouring to heal Breaches and reconcile 
 Differences among Brethren. 
 
 He retained unfeigned Love to his Bre- 
 thren to the End of his Days, altho' aiflided 
 with great Weaknefs for fome Time before 
 his Death, which impaired his Memory ; yet 
 that true Love continued in him, was evi- 
 dent by his chearful Countenance, friendly 
 and courteous Deportment. In a Vifit of 
 fome Friends about a Year before his De- 
 ceafe, he expreffed himfclf very fcnfibly, 
 with refpedt to the Lord's tender Dealings 
 with him all along, and the Hope he had of 
 Happinefs through Chrifl. 
 
 George Whitehead and Gilbert MoUefon 
 vifiting him, he exprefTed his kind Accept- 
 ance thereof, and took it as a Token of the 
 Love and Mercy of God to him ; and figni- 
 fy'd the Lord's tender Dealing with him, 
 and helping him fmce he vifited him in hi3 
 young Years, and that the Lord was now 
 with "him-, and after remembring his dear 
 Love to Friends, as apprehenfive his End 
 drew nearj he faid. His Way was bright and 
 clear before him, and that he was truly refrgned 
 to the Will of the Lord, 
 
 He
 
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 tie died at Palmer's Green near Edmoxd- 
 ton, in Middle/ex, the i6th of the Ninth 
 Month 1 72 1, and was buried on the 2ifl: 
 of the fame in Friends Burial-ground near 
 Bunhill-fields, after a Meeting at the Bull 
 and Mouth Meeting-houfe, attended by a 
 numerous Company of Friends and friendly 
 People. Aged about fifty-five Years. 
 
 GEORGE BOWLES, formerly 
 of Giles Chalfont, within the Compafs 
 of Jourdan*s Meeting in Buck'mghamjhire^ 
 was convinced of Truth in London, about 
 the Year 168 1. He was a Man whom the 
 Lord favour'd with a good Underftanding, 
 and although he had not much human 
 Learning, yet he was eminently endued with 
 divine Gifts, whereby he was qualified and 
 made an able Minifter of the Everlafling 
 Gofpel, and under the Influences thereof was 
 enabled to declare the Dod:rine of Truth in 
 a living powerful Teftimony, to that Divine 
 Light, which leads to Salvation. His Doc- 
 trine was found, inflru€tive, very folid, and 
 free from AfFedation, tendering the Hearts 
 of the Hearers. He was not only fer- 
 viceable in Miniftry, but was eminently fb 
 in the Difcipline and Government of the 
 Church, in which he was frequently con- 
 C cern*d
 
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 €ern*d, and zealous that nothing might re- 
 main which would edipfe the Luftre and 
 Beauty thereof 5 and that all who profeffed 
 the Truth might walk worthy thereof. Thus 
 fweetly did he walk through a Courfe of 
 many Years ; and when through bodily In- 
 firmities rendered incapable ot getting to 
 Meeting, which was a Mile from his Houfe, 
 he removed to Higb-wickhamt that he. might 
 be near the Meeting- houfe. 
 
 About five Days before his Death, he 
 was feized with a ttrong Ftver, in which the 
 Lord was pleafed to be with him to the 
 Comfort of Friends, who were about him. 
 
 The Evening before his End, he was 
 open*d in Spirit to fpeak in Lamentation 
 of the unhappy State of many, who through 
 Unwatchfulnefs, and by lending an Ear to 
 the Enemy, had neglected thofe great Pri- 
 vileges God in his Mercy had offered them, 
 in order for their Everlafting Good ; and alfo 
 of the Lord's Goodnefs, declaring his Love 
 in preferving the Faithful in Ages paft, and 
 even down to this Day : And concluding 
 with a fweet Supplication to the Lord. 
 
 He departed this Life on the 18 th of the 
 Eleventh Month 1721, and his Body ac- 
 companied by Friends, was interred in their 
 
 Burial-
 
 Burial-ground at New-Jourdans, the 2 2(1 
 o^' the Tame. 
 
 CHRISTIAN BARC LAY, of 
 Ury in Scotland, Widow of Robert 
 Barclay, (Author of the Apology) to whom 
 flie was married in the Year 1669, and fur- 
 vived him thirty-two Years, was Daughter 
 of Gilbert Mollefon, of Aberdeen, IMerchant, 
 and Margaret his Wife, whofe pious Life is 
 recorded in a former Treatife of this fort : 
 She was born in 1647, and by Accounts 
 preferved was religioufly inchned from her 
 Youth, and publickly embraced the Tefti- 
 mony of Truth about the fixteenth Year of 
 her Age, and through many Hardfhips and 
 Sufferings, walked in a fteady Converfation 
 confiftcnc with her Prokfllon ; her Care and 
 Concern was great, that all who profefTed 
 the Truth might polTefs it ; grave, ferious 
 and weighty in Converfation, diligent in 
 Bufinefs, and fervent in Spirit, being often 
 attended with the Power and Prefence of 
 Divine Goodnefs, in which many precious 
 Opportunities of Refrefhment to many pre- 
 fcnt were plentifully manifefted and experi- 
 enced, both in her Company and under her 
 Miniftry, to their great Joy and Comfort. 
 
 C 2 Her
 
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 Her Care and Concern was great to pre- 
 vent Slacknefs or Indifferency in the Church, 
 but that Diligence might be ufed to make 
 our Calling and Eledion fure ; her daily Con- 
 cern for her Children and Grand-Children, 
 that they might be preferv'd, was evident to 
 all j her Care to alTift the Poor and fupply 
 them with NcceJQTaries, efpecially the Sick, 
 left lafting Impreffions on their Minds of 
 Love and Regard. 
 
 She was taken ill the 12th of the Ninth 
 Month 1 722, and from that Time continued 
 in a weak State, in which fhe witneffed 
 many comfortable Opportunities ; her Con- 
 cern for the Truth and Churches Profperity 
 continued with her to the laft, for Sicknels 
 feemM not to alter her Temper or Concern : 
 Many pious Exprefliais dropt from her during 
 her Ilnefs, and he who had been with her all 
 her Life long, blefled her with his Prefence 
 to the drawing of her laft Breath, which 
 {ippear'd to be in great Peace and Quietnefs, 
 the 14th of the Twelfth Month 1722. Aged 
 feventy-fix Years. 
 
 GEORGE
 
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 GEORGE WHITEHEAD, 
 of the City of London, was one who 
 in tne firft breaking forth of Truth in this 
 Nation, as profeffed by the People called 
 ^takers, was raifed up in his very young 
 Years to bear Teftimony thereto, and thro' 
 laborious and exercifing Travel, became in- 
 ftrumental in the firft planting thereof, about 
 the City of Norwich and Parts adjacent ; 
 and having been conducted through a long 
 Courfe of Years, unfpotted to his Conchi- 
 fion, for the Encouragement of all who may 
 read this Account, the following Extradt, 
 from the Teftimony of Devon/hire - bouje 
 Monthly Meeting concerning him, of which 
 he was a very ferviceable Member for about 
 fifty Years, is thought worthy a Place in 
 thefe Memoirs. 
 
 *» He was born at Sun-hig, in the Parifh 
 *' of OrtoHi in the County of Wejlmorelandj 
 ** about the Year 1636, of honeft Parents, 
 «' who gave him Education in Grammar 
 *' Learning. 
 
 " At or about the feventeenth Year of his 
 <' Age, when Friends, by the mighty Power 
 ♦♦ of God, were gathered to be a People, 
 
 « the
 
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 «« the Lord was pleafed to vifit him, and 
 ^' by the Teftimony of Truth, he was 
 *« reached unto, and convinced of the Ne- 
 •* ceflity of an inward and fpiritual Work 
 *« to be known and wrought upon the Souls 
 '* of Men ; and of the Emptinefs of out- 
 *« ward Shew and Formah'ty in Religion : 
 *' And in the Year 1654, and the eighteenth 
 *« Year of his Age, the Lord fent him forth 
 *« to preach the Everlafling Gofpel in Life 
 *« and Power -, and having palTed through 
 *' Torky Lincoln and Cambridge, travelling 
 *' on Foot, had fome Service in his Journey. 
 *« He came while a Youth into Norfolk and 
 «* Suffolky where he vifited fome few Meet- 
 *« ings of Friends and fober ProfelTors ; at 
 •« one of which, near the whole Meeting was 
 •« convinced, by the mighty Power of God, 
 « through his lively^ and piercing Teftimony 
 «« and Prayer. 
 
 «« He continued fome Months in Norfolk, 
 «' and about Norwich^ where having Meet- 
 *' ings, he preached the Everlafting Gofpel, 
 «' and thereby turn*d many from Darknefs 
 " to Light, and fron;^ the Power of Sin and 
 *' Satan, unto God and his Power ; that 
 «« People might not continue in empty Forms 
 «« and Shadows, but come to the Life and 
 ••« Subftance of true Religion ; and to know 
 *« Chrift their true Teacher and Leader : 
 ^" " And
 
 •* And great was his Service, Labour arvd 
 *' Travel in thofe Counties, whereby many 
 •' were reached unto, convinced of, and 
 " eftabliflied in the blefled Truth ; and 
 *' fome railed up to bear a publick Tefti- 
 *' mony thereunto : But he fuffered great 
 ** Oppofition, Hardfhips, long and fore Im- 
 " prifonments, and fevere Whipping for his 
 *' Ted i mony to the Truth, in thofe his ten- 
 " der Years," as by his Journal of more 
 than 600 Pages •, wherein many of his 
 Services and Travels throughout mod Parts 
 of this Nation are largely related, will 
 appear. 
 
 " He was one whom the Lord had fitly 
 " qualified and prepared, by his Divine 
 <* Power and Holy Spirit, for that Work 
 " whereunto he was called ; and whereby 
 *» he was made an able Minifter of the 
 *' Gofpel : He was a large Experiencer of 
 " the Work of God, and deep Myfteries 
 «« of the Heavenly Kingdom, and was fre- 
 *' quently opened in Meetings to declare of, 
 ** and unfold the fame in the clear Demon- 
 " ftration of the Spirit and Power, dividing 
 *» the Word aright, to the opening and 
 ** convincing the Underftandings of many, 
 *< who were unacquainted with the Way and 
 <* Work of Truth, and to the comforting, 
 •* confirming and eltablifliing of the People 
 
 ** and
 
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 and Childi-en of the Lord in their Journey 
 and Travel Zion-ward. 
 
 «« He was not only a zealous Contender 
 for, and Aflerter of the true Faith and 
 Doftrine of our Lord and Saviour Jefus 
 Chrift, in a found and intelligible Tefti- 
 mony, but alfo was valiant and fkilful 
 in the Defence thereof, againft Adverfa- 
 ries and Oppofers of the fame -, and one, 
 who through a long Courfe of many 
 Days, was careful to adorn the Dodlrine 
 of our Holy Profeffion, by a circumfpect 
 Life and godly Converfation, wherein the 
 Fruits of the Spirit, viz. Love, Joy, 
 Peace, Long-fuffering, Gcntlenefs, Good- 
 nefs. Faith, Meeknefs and Temperance, 
 did eminently fhine forth through him, 
 to the Praife and Glory of God. 
 
 *' Being thus qualify'd, and of a meek 
 and peaceable Difpofition, he was had 
 in good Efteem amongft moft Sorts of 
 People that were acquainted with him *, 
 which tended much to the opening his 
 Way in his publick Service for Truth, 
 and frequent Solicitations of the King and 
 Parliament, Bifhops and great Men in 
 his Time, for the Relief and Releafe of 
 his fuffering Friends and Brethren, under 
 lore Pcrfecutions and hard Imprifonments, 
 
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 ** ahd for Liberty of Confcience, and alfo 
 ** for Relief in cafe of Oaths : In which 
 •' Labour of Love and eminent Services, 
 *' among other Brethren, this our dear 
 " Friend was principally cxercifed, and the 
 " Lord was with him, and made way for 
 " him in the Hearts of the Rulers •, (o that 
 '* his faithful Labour was often crown'd 
 •* with Succefs, to the comforting and re* 
 *' joicing of the Hearts of many fuffering 
 ♦' Brethren. 
 
 «* He was a good Example to the Flock 
 ** in his diligent frequenting of Firft and 
 " Week-day Meetings for publick Worfhip, 
 «* and other Meetings for the Service of 
 *' Truth, fo long as his Ability of Body 
 *« remained ; willing to take all Opportu- 
 *» nities for publifhing and promoting the 
 •* Truth ; zealous to fupport good Order, 
 ** and Difcipline in the Church of Chrift : 
 ** And as he was not fuddenly for taking 
 ** hold of any, fo he was as exemplary in 
 ** not being forward to caft any off, in 
 ** whom there appeared any thing that was 
 *» good, being always defirous to encourage 
 *' the Good in all, condcfcending to the 
 *« Weak, but fldmonifiiing the Faulty, in 
 ** the Spirit of Meeknefs and Wifdom, 
 ** that they might be preferved in Love to 
 D *« Truth,
 
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 ?* Truth, and come into the Unity of the ons 
 ** Sprit i which is the Bond of Peace, 
 
 ** He was a tender Father in the Church, 
 •' and as fuch was of great CompafTion, 
 " fympathizing with the Affl:<5ted whether 
 '* in Body or Mind \ a diligent Vifiter of 
 *' the Sick, and labouring to comfort the 
 " mourning Soul j careful to prevent, and 
 •* diligent in compoling Differences. 
 
 " It pleafed the Lord to vifit him with 
 •* fome fevere Pains and Weaknefs of Body, 
 *' fo that he was difabled for fome Weeks 
 *' from getting to Meetings ; but he oiten 
 " exprefled his Dc^fires for the Welfare of 
 *' the Church of Chrift, and that Friends 
 ** might live in Love and Unity. 
 
 ** He continued in a patient refigned 
 «' Frame of Mind to the W^ill of God, 
 *' waiting for his great Change, rather de- 
 •* firing to be diffohed and be with Ch'ifty 
 ** faying, the Sting of Death was taken away. 
 
 *« He expreffed a little before his De- 
 ** parture, T'hat he had a renewed Sight or 
 *' Remembrance cf his Labours and Travels , 
 *' that he had gone through from his firjt 
 " Convincement ; he looked upon them with 
 *« abundance of Comfort and Satisfa^lon^ and 
 
 '* admired
 
 t 19 3 
 
 «■* admired how the Prefence of the Lord bad 
 ** attended and carried him through them all, 
 
 " He departed this Life in great Peace 
 ** and Quiet the 8 th Day of the Firft 
 Month 1722-3, about the eighty-feventh 
 Year of his Age, having been a Minifter 
 about fixty-eight Years, and was buried, 
 the 13th of the fame in Friends Burial- 
 ground in Bunhill-felds^ attended by a 
 large Number of his Friends and others." 
 
 THOMAS ALDAM, formerly 
 of J'Farmfworth in Tork/fjire^ was edu- 
 cated in the Way of Truth we profefs : He 
 was in his Youth early vifited with the fpiri- 
 tual Appearance thereof in his Soul, and by 
 and through Faithfulnefs thereunto he was 
 fitted and prepared for a Difpcnfation of the 
 Gofpel about the twenty-fourth Year of his 
 Age ", in which he was fervent in ftirring up 
 Friends to Faithfulnefs in the feveral Tefti- 
 monies of Truth, and which he alfo adorn'd 
 with an exemplary Life and Converfation, 
 giving Teftimony thereto by two Years and 
 an halt's Imprilbnment, about the Years 
 1671 and 1684. 
 
 D 2 He
 
 I 20 1 
 
 He was diligent in attending Meetings 
 both for Worfhip and Difcipline, in which 
 he was very ferviceable, being of a found 
 Judgment and able in Counfcl. Much might 
 be faid of his Labours, in which he always 
 fought the Prefervation of Peace and Unity 
 among Friends, and retain*d his Integrity to 
 old Age. 
 
 He was taken ill about the Seventh Month 
 1722, and from that Time kept his Room 
 under great Weaknefs of Body •, but was 
 preferved in a weighty tender Frame of 
 Spirit. And as he had always been a diligent 
 Attender of Meetings, fo at his Defire the 
 Meeting was often kept in his Room ; in 
 which he was fervent in Prayer, and bore 
 Teftimony to the Goodnefs of God to his 
 Soul •, and had a Word of Encouragement 
 and Exhortation to others, to their mutual 
 Comfort and Edification. During his llnefs 
 he was irequently vifited by Friends, to feme 
 of whom he expreffcd his Hope and CoJifidence 
 in the Lord^ that through the Mercy of God in 
 Chrijl Jejus^ be fhould have a Place of Reji 
 in the ff-^orid to come, and an Inheritance 
 among thoje who are fanSiified, 
 
 He departed this Life the 17th of the 
 Firll Month 1722-3, and was buried in the 
 Burying-place at Warmfmorth^ which hin-:felf 
 
 hi\d
 
 t 21 1 
 
 had inclofed and built a Meetlng-houfe there- 
 in, and in his Life-time given to the Ufc 
 of Friends, the 19th of the fame. Aged 
 feventy-four Years. 
 
 RICEIARD C LA RIDGE, was 
 born in the Tenth Month 1649, at 
 tarmhorough in the County of Warwick^ of 
 fober and reputable Parents, who brought 
 him up to Learning from his Childhood, and 
 in the feventeenth Year of his Age fenr him 
 to the Univcrfity of Oxford ; where alter 
 lome Years Continuance, he took his Degree 
 of B. A. and was ordain'd a Deacon. In 
 the Year 1672, he was ordain*d a Pritft, 
 and had his Indudion to the Re«5lory of 
 People ton in the (aid County of IVarivick^ 
 where he continued a publick Preacher up- 
 wards of nineteen Years. 
 
 During which Time, the Lord was often 
 plealed by the Infhining of his Divine Light, 
 to open his Underftanding, and fhewed him 
 the Inconfiftency of his then Employment ; 
 and for the Sake of a good Conlcience to- 
 wards God, he quitted his parochial Charge 
 and Tithe Revenue, and freely refign'd the 
 Service in the Year 1691, 
 
 After
 
 [ 22 I 
 
 . After which he join'd himfelf to the Bap- 
 li/}sy and was for fome Time a publick 
 Preacher among them ; but his feeking 
 Soul not finding that Satisfa(5lion which he 
 earneftiy longed for and fought after, his 
 Eye bting ftill to the Lord for the Guidance 
 and Dired:ion of his Holy Spirit, the My- 
 ftery of the pure evangelical Difpenfation 
 was clearly manifefted, and he was brought 
 to embrace the Truth as proteUed by us, and 
 made a publick Profeffion thereof in the 
 Year 1697, and was brought to a patient 
 Waiting in Silence, not daring again to open 
 his Mouth until it pleafed the Lord by the 
 immediate Operation of his bleffed Spirit to 
 influence him thereto, and make him a free 
 Minifter of the Gofpel of Chrift •, in which 
 his Teftimony was found and ediiying, pref- 
 fing all to Purity of Life, adorning iht; fime 
 in his LiiC and Converiafion ; in which his 
 Piety towards God and Love to his Neigh- 
 bour, the Truth and Juftice oi his Words 
 and Adions, made him as a Lig t in the 
 World, and gave forth a Tefcimony to the 
 Truth in the Hearts of others. In his own 
 Family he was a living Example of Virtue, 
 being an afFcftionate Hufbind, a loving 
 Father, and a kind and gentle Mafter j fre- 
 quent in Supplication to the Lord for the 
 Prefervation of himfelf and Houlhold in the 
 Way of Truth and Righteoufnefs, charitable 
 
 to
 
 t H I 
 
 to the Poor, and a frequent Vifiter of the 
 Sirk ; and in his more publick Service, hJs 
 various Treatifes wrote in Defence of Truth, 
 will ftand as lafting Monuments of his un- 
 wearied Endeavours for its Promotion. 
 
 For fome Years before his Death, he was 
 in a declining State as to bodily Health, yec 
 his Love and Zeal declined not j but he kept 
 clofe to Meetings till about a Week before 
 his Departure, when he was taken with a 
 Shortnels of Breath attended with a Fever^ 
 which continued on him to his End. During 
 the Time of his Sicknefs he exprefTed to 
 divers Friends who vifited him, his inward 
 Peace and SatisfaBion of Soul, and an humble 
 Refignaiion to the Divine Will, in an ajjured 
 Hope of a glorious Immortality, placing bis 
 whole Trufl and Confidence in the free Grace 
 and Mercj of God. 
 
 He departed this Life the 28th of the 
 Second Month 1723, aged feventy-three 
 Years, and was buried in Friends Burial- 
 ground near Bunhill- fields y accompani( d by a 
 numerous Company of Friends and others. 
 
 JOHN
 
 f 24 1 
 
 JOHN BROWN, an ancient 
 Friend in the County of Surry, M^as 
 born at Lai e ham in Midddlefex, the ift of 
 the Sixth Month 1639, ^"^ ^^^ °"^ ^^ ^^''^ 
 firft convinced in the County where he dwelt, 
 and became a Member of the Monthly- 
 Jiiecting of Kingfton upon Thames when the 
 Meeting-houfe was built, and continued a 
 Member thereof- forty-eight Years ; being 
 according to the Talent received, a zealous 
 Contender for the Faith, not fearing the 
 Pace of Man, nor turning his Back in the 
 Day of Battle ; but patiently fufFered Impri- 
 lonment in Newgate fix or feven Times, as 
 ■well as other Goals, one of which was before 
 the Fire ot London, when he was obliged to 
 carry his Bed out on his Back, when the 
 Prifon was burnt ; befides the Spoiling of 
 Goods which he many Times fuffer'd : And 
 he neither fled in the Winter, nor on the 
 Sabbath-day ; but remained fteadfafl to the 
 Truth to the Day of his Death. 
 
 He was taken ill at his Son-in- Law's Jacob 
 Forjlers^s, in Blackman -flreet^ Southwark^ 
 about the Fourth Month 1723, which he 
 endured with great Patience and Satisfa(51:ion, 
 being fenfible it was for his End, and ex- 
 '/, - ■ ^ ^ prefll'd
 
 t is 1 
 
 prefted his Refignation thereto, full of Hea- 
 venly Exprefiions and Divine Exhortations 
 to all who were about him. 
 
 He died the 6th of the Fifth Month 1 723; 
 and was buried in Friends Burial-ground at 
 Kingjion aforefaid. Aged upwards of eighty- 
 t\vo Years. 
 
 DANIEL ROBERTS, an ancient 
 Friend, of Chejham in the County of 
 Bucks 1 was born at Siddingt07i near Cirence/ler, 
 in the County of Gloucejler, about the Year 
 1656 ; his Father John Roberts ^ of the fiime 
 Place, vvas convinced in the firfl: breaking 
 forth of Truth as profefTed by us, by that 
 Servant of Chrift Richard Farnfworth, of 
 whom fome Memoirs are extant. This our 
 worthy Friend was one whom in his early 
 Age the Lord was plealed to call into his 
 Vineyard, and committed a Difpenfation of 
 the Gofpel to him ; in the Exercife of which 
 he was often made an InQrument of Edi- 
 fication and Comfort, and by his Labour 
 therein fome were convinced before his Re- 
 moval to Cheflmm -, and he not only had to 
 do, but to futfcr for his Tellimony, being 
 imprifoned in Gloucejler Caftle about two 
 Years, till difcharged about the Year 1684. 
 E After
 
 I a6 ]: 
 
 After his Settlement at Chejham^ great 
 was his Care to fliew forth an exemplary 
 Converfation of a meek and peaceable Spi- 
 rit, feeking the Peace and Unity of the 
 Church, being often opened in tender Coun- 
 fel to the Weak, yet fteady in his ■ Zeal 
 againil every Appearance of Evil. In his 
 F;miily a loving Hufband, a tender Father, 
 and a kind Mafter : To his Neighboiirs 
 courteous and kind, his honeft and innocent 
 Converfation raifmg an honourable Elteem 
 for him. 
 
 In his laft Unefs he appeared to be in a 
 fweet Frame of Mind, much to the Comfort 
 of fome Friends who vifited him, and gave 
 them good Caufe to believe he died in Peace 
 with the Lord and enter'd into Reft. 
 
 He departed" this Life the i5th of the ^ 
 Twelfth Month 1726, and was interred in 
 Frends Burial-ground the 19th of the fame. 
 Aged about 70 Years, 
 
 JAM ES~
 
 [ 27 I 
 
 JAMES OLDHAM, was born at 
 f'Farrington in the County of Lancajler, 
 about the Year 1 7 1 5, his Converlation was 
 according to the Courje of this Worlds and 
 according to the Prince of the Power of the 
 Airy the Spirit that new worketh in the Child- 
 ren of Difbedience, until about the twentieth 
 Year of his Age, when reading fome Books 
 on religious Subjedts, he perceived the Ne- 
 cefTity of experiencing Judgment becaufe of 
 Sin, and the Work of Redemption through 
 J^fus Chrift our Lord. After having been 
 lor fome Time fecking the Way to Zion, 
 according to the Degrees of Light and 
 Knowledge imparted, he was convinced of 
 the Truth profefTed by the People called 
 fakers, and became a deeply exercifed, 
 exemplary r.nd well approved Member of 
 their Society. 
 
 The Awfulnefs and Simplicity of his 
 Condud: is ftill remembred by fome, to 
 whom in their religious Infancy he was as 
 a nurfing Father, although himfelf but a 
 Stripling in refped to Years. Having tailed 
 that the Lord was gracious, he had ftrong 
 Sympathy with the fincere Travailers under 
 various Denominations j nevcrthelefs he was 
 E 2 very
 
 [ 28 1 
 
 very careful not to ^o before or beyond the 
 Guidance of Truth tor the Help of others. 
 
 Being feized with a Fever, at fome Inter- 
 vals his Underftanding was affeded •, but at 
 others the Compofure and Solemnity of his 
 Spirit was comfcTtably apparent : He ad- 
 drefled divers of his Friends in a manner 
 fuitable to their States, and fignified his fole 
 Dependance was upon that merciful Arm 
 whereby he had been vificed. The Day be- 
 fore his Deceafe, a Friend fitting by his 
 Bedfide, he bore a Ihort but powerful Tefti- 
 mony to the Love and Goodnefs of God ; 
 expreffed the Views he then had of the Divine 
 Light and Glory, adding by way of Appeal 
 to the Almighty, Oh Lord ! thou knowejl I 
 have loved thee with an unfeigned hove j or ia 
 Words of like Import, 
 
 After fome Time fpent in folemn Silence, 
 he brake forth into an audible Melody, 
 which was very affeding -, and having been 
 fingularly cautious of exprefling more than 
 he enjoy 'd, there is abundant Reafon to 
 think he was at that Seafon favoured with a 
 Senfe his Warfare was nearly accompliflied, 
 »nd of a Settlement in the Divine Prefence 
 gnd Favour for ever, 
 
 He
 
 [ 29 1 
 
 He departed this Life at the Houfe of 
 fVilltam Wagjlnffe^ in Martin* s-le-Grand^ in 
 remarkable Quietnefs as a Lamb, in the 
 Third Month 1740, agtd about twenty-five 
 Years ; and after a large and folemn Meet- 
 ing, was decently interred in Friends Burial- 
 ground in Bunhill-fields. 
 
 T-OHN FOTHERGILL, of 
 
 -J Carrend in IVenJleydale^ but late of 
 Knarejhorcugh in Tork/hire, was born of reli- 
 gious Parents, and carefully educated in the 
 Principles of Truth j being made fenfible in 
 his early Years, that neither Tradition, out- 
 ward Regularity, nor any thing {hort of real 
 inward Purification of Soul, would render 
 him acceptable in the Sight of the Lord ; he 
 therefore gave up his Heart to him, who 
 through the effectual Operation of his Divine 
 Grace, baptized and gradually purified his 
 Spirit, and prepared and fitted him to be an 
 able Minifter of the Gofpel of Peace and 
 Salvation ; to which Service he was called 
 when but young, and readily gave up, not- 
 fufiering the Things of this World to take 
 up his Mind and Time ; but kbour'd dili- 
 gently and faithfully therein, from his young 
 Years to the Conclufion of his Days. 
 
 In
 
 f 30 I 
 
 In all the Stations of Life, his Teftimony 
 'was confirm'd and adorned by a Conduft 
 becoming a Minifter of Chrift, whom he 
 ferved faithfully and with great Diligence ; 
 and by a daily inward Dwelling with the 
 Spring ot Wifdom and Light, his Mind was 
 often opened, and his Spirit fu(lain*d to fecret 
 Worfhip when his Hand was upon his La- 
 bour. His Delight was in the Law of his 
 God, to meditate therein Day and Night, 
 and to talk of his Statutes in his Houfe to 
 his Family, and thofe with whom he con- 
 verfcd ; and many Times by a Tranfition 
 from Earthly to Heavenly Things, inftrud- 
 td and edify'd the Minds of thole prefent. 
 
 In his publick Teflimony, awful and 
 weighty, being endued with true Wifdom, 
 ftrong and immovably bent againft all Un- 
 righteoufnefs ; quick in difcerning, and pow- 
 erful in dete<5ling the Myfteries of Anti- 
 chrift, who has fought to ftupify the People 
 with the Golden Cup, and thereby to fpread 
 the Power, and enlarge the Borders of the 
 Kingdom of Death. As a Flame of Fire 
 was he to the Rebellious and Stubborn •, but 
 refreflfmg as the Dew on Hermon to the 
 l*fi|ieft Travailer, miniftring Counfel and 
 
 Comfort to the drooping Soul i being not 
 only an Inftrudor, but a Father to many ; 
 zealous and wife in the Support of the Difci- 
 
 pline
 
 [- 31 1 
 
 pline cflabllfhed amongft us ; impartially 
 and honeftly doing Judgment and Juftice: 
 No Family Conncdions (not even his own) 
 could bias him from laying the Line upon 
 Offenders, nor from a fteady Endeavour to 
 keep clean the Camp of God ; in which 
 Labour he was often fuccefsful, being made 
 a Terror to evil Doers, and a Praife to them 
 that did well. 
 
 Thus conducled in every Station of Life^ 
 he became honourable amongll Men, and 
 greatly efteem'd by thofe of fuperior Rank 
 v/ho knew him i being adorn'd with that 
 Dignity which Truth confers on its faithful 
 I'ollowers. 
 
 In the Courfe of his Gofpel Labours he 
 travelled much in this Nation, in Scotland 
 and Wales : He vifited Ireland feveral Times, 
 and thrice he crofled the Seas to America 
 in the fame Service, to the Comiort and 
 Edification of the Churches, leaving Seals of 
 his Miniflry in many Places. In the Year 
 1744 he attended the Yearly- meeting at 
 London^ in Con-pany with his ancient Friend 
 Bofwell Middlelen^ lor whom he had a fin- 
 gular Efteem •, and altho* his Weaknels 
 rendred it difficult for him to attend the 
 large Meetings for Bufinefs, neverthclefs he 
 did attend them, and his exemplary, reve- 
 rent.
 
 r 32 1 
 
 rent, watchful Frame of Mind thefeinj 
 rendred his Company truly acceptable and 
 ferviccable. On his Return he attended the 
 Midfummer Qiiarterly- meeting at Tork ; 
 after which in a Letter to a Friend, after 
 mentioning the Weaknefs of his Body, 
 *' Yet," fays he, " I think my better Part 
 " is almolt uncommonly fupply'd in divers 
 *' Refpe6ls, much to my Comfort, and the 
 '* reviving of my Faith in the Heavenly In- 
 " fluence, which is Strength in Weaknefs, 
 " and will be, where his only worthy Name 
 *' hath the Praife.'* 
 
 In the latter Part of the faid Year he at- 
 tended the circular Yearly- meeting at fVor- 
 cejier, where he was enabled to bear a noble 
 Chrifiian Teftimony to the All-fufficiency of 
 that Power which had prcferved, fupported 
 and guided him in the Way that was righc 
 and well-pleafing -, and is hkewife able to do 
 the dime for all the Children of Men. And 
 after vifuing Brijloly Bath, and feme other 
 Meetings, he return'd Home by eafy Jour- 
 neys, having Meetings as Opportunities 
 offer'd •, after his Return he got to Meetings 
 for fome Weeks, and his Teftimony was as 
 lively and powerful as ever ; feveral Times 
 exprtfling his Satisfadion and inward Peace, 
 in having perform'd his laft Journey, fiying. 
 His Shoulders were a good deal lighten'^d by ity 
 
 and
 
 t 33 1 
 
 *«<i be was reconciled to his Grave if be wai 
 now to be taken away. 
 
 The two lafl: Weeks he flept almofi con- 
 tinually. Day and Night, his Memory and 
 Capacity being much impair'd ; yet when 
 almoft all other Expreflions fail'd, he was 
 obrerv'd to repeat the following, in a very 
 fervent and emphatical manner : Heavenly 
 Goodnefs is near. Heavenly Goodnefs is near. 
 Thus, the mighty God who vifited him in 
 his Youth with the Difcovery of his faving 
 Power, who thereby clcanfed him from Un- 
 righteoufnefs, and fandfcify'd him to himfelf 
 as a chofen Veflfel, fupported him in all his 
 taithful Labours by Sea and Land, covered 
 his Head in all Conflifts, and by whom his 
 Bow abode in Strength, became his Evening 
 Song and Stay in the Decline of Life ; that 
 Heavenly Goodnefs he had ever prized as 
 his chiefelt Joy, remained as a Seal upon his 
 Spirit, that he had pleafed God, and was 
 accepted of him.* 
 
 He departed this Life at Knarejhoroughf 
 the 13th of the Eleventh Month 1744, and 
 was honourably buried in Friends Burying- 
 
 * Fnr a further Account of this worthy Man, fe« 
 a new Edition of his Joiunal. 
 
 JP ground
 
 t 34 1 
 
 gfoiind at Scol^^n near the faid Town, tM 
 15th of the faid Momh. Aged fixty-nine, 
 a Minifter near fifty Years. 
 
 BENJAMIN KIDD, oi Banlury 
 in Oxford/hire, was born at or near Settle 
 in the County of Tork^ and was educated 
 among Friends ; and while very young was 
 favour'd with a Vifnation of Truth, to 
 which he was faithful, and thro* the powerful 
 Operation thereof, was in er about the 
 twenty-firft Year of his Age called to the 
 Work of the Miniftry ; wherein he was emi- 
 nently qualified rightly to divide the Word 
 of Truth, and to unfold the Myfteries of the 
 Gofpcl in great Brightnefs, to the Informing 
 and Convincing many, and to the Comfort 
 and Encouragement of fuch as were under 
 Affli6lion and Diftrefs of Mind in their reli- 
 gious Frogrefs. 
 
 Ele was eminently qualified for great 
 and fingular Services in the Church, a dili- 
 gent Attender of Meetings, both for Wor- 
 fhip and Difcipline ; in both which he was 
 very ferviceable. A Man of great Sincerity 
 and Integrity, of good Underftanding in 
 Matters ufeful to Mankind, and freely com^ 
 municative j univerfal in his Benevolence, 
 
 and
 
 C 3S 1 
 
 «nd laborious to do Good to all. Deep in 
 Divine Experience, found in Judgment, wife 
 in Counfel, zealous for the Promotion of 
 Trutli and Righteoufnefs, and the Exalta- 
 tion of the Caufe of his Lord and M after in 
 the Earth ; inftruflive and weighty, yet be- 
 comingly chearful in Converfation ; exem- 
 plary in Life and Conduct, peculiarly kind 
 and fatherly towards his Friends, compaf- 
 fionate to the Poor and DiftrelTed, generous 
 and noble in his Difpofition, highly ufeful 
 and agi-eeable to his Neighbours, and gene- 
 rally beloved by Persons of all Ranks and 
 Denominations to whom he was known. 
 
 The principal Defign of thefe Obferva- 
 tions is to excite thee. Reader, to confider 
 ifi. what manner he was railed to this Dignity 
 in the Church -, and alfo to refledl, that the 
 fame Divine Principle is in thee, and if thou 
 art faithful thereto, the fame Fruits will ap- 
 pear according to thy Meafure. 
 
 About the thirtieth Year of his Age, he 
 vifited Amo'ica^ where many were convinced, 
 abd others confirmed through his powerful 
 Miniftry. His Service there was very great, 
 and much to the Edification, Comfort, and 
 Satisfadlion of Friends, as appears from fun- 
 4ry Accounts, 
 
 F 2 After
 
 [ 36 ] 
 
 After he fettled at Bankiry, he vi filed 
 Ireland and various Parts of this Nation : 
 The City of London in particular, frequently 
 partook of his pious and fervent Labours, 
 to the great Help and Confolation of many, 
 who have had juft Reafon to blefs the Lord 
 on his Behalf. 
 
 A few Months before his Death he was 
 greatly afflided with the Stone, which was 
 very painful to bear ; but at Times he got 
 a little out, and particuJary he attended the 
 Quarterly- meeting at Oxford in the Tenth 
 IVlonth 1 750, O. S. though under great Af- 
 flidion of Body, which gradually increafed, 
 together with ^Vropftcal Diforder attending j 
 through all which, his Patience and Refigna- 
 tion were very remarkable. About a Month 
 before his Deceafe, he attended the Meeting 
 at Bajibury, at the Burial of a young Man 
 whom he greatly efteemed, which he got to 
 with great Difficulty, being obliged to be 
 fupported by two Friends. In the Courfe of 
 the Meeting, he was raifed beyond all Ex- 
 pectation to preach the Golpel powerfully 
 for about an Hour, to the tendring the 
 Hearts of almoft all prefent ; many of his 
 Neighbours being there, confefled with Ad- 
 miration, to the Power by which he was 
 railed that Day, remarking. That he had 
 j^te^t a good Man all bn TCime, and that the 
 
 Almighty
 
 [ 37 1 
 
 Almighty bad crowned him in the Conclufion, 
 Alter ih s he was moftly confined within 
 Doors, and continued in great Submifllon to 
 the Divine Will, without murmuring or re- 
 pining. 
 
 A Friend from London vifiting him, found 
 him under great bodily AfHidlion, but freely 
 refign*d to the Divine Will ; cxprefling His 
 firm Hope in that Power which bad all along 
 fupporled him, and that though the greateji 
 Kindnefs to him, was to folicit a Releafe from 
 bis Pains^ yet he deftred to be content and wait 
 the Lord's Time ; and when the faid Friend 
 took his Leave of him, he exprefled himfelf 
 to him in an afFeftionate manner to his great 
 Comibrt and Encouragement. 
 
 At another Time, having delivered fome 
 excellent Exhortations to thofe prefent with 
 him, he added for their Encouragement to 
 perfevere in their Chrijiian Progrefs, 1 am 
 under no Fear nor doubtful Apprehenfwns ; 
 for I know, that for me to live is Chriji, and 
 to die is Gain, 
 
 When he was firft feized with the Hic^ 
 hough, he fcem'd full of Joy, faying, ^his is 
 a welcome Mejfenger, it is one Step nearer: 
 His Wife ftanding by, afking Why ? He 
 anfwered, // will be a glorious Change, I am 
 
 not
 
 fiDi afraid to die and to fut on Immorlalily \ 
 that will be defirable^ yet I leave it, though 
 cf Choice I had rather be dijfohed -, but the 
 Jjor^s 1'ime will be the beji Time : Often 
 laying, jueath'would be the tnoji welcome 
 Mejfenger he ever met with. 
 
 Thus this good Man finifhed his Courfe, 
 his Sun going down in great Brightnefs, at 
 Banbury f the 2 1 ft of the Third Month 1751, 
 O. S. arid was buried the 24th of the fame, 
 ^fter a large and folemn Meeting. Aged 
 about fifty-nine, a Minifler about thirty- 
 eight Years. 
 
 SARAH A R T 1 S, was born at 
 Wvodhridge in the County of Suffolk^ in 
 tiie Year 17 14, of reh'gious Parents, who 
 were both taken away while fhe was young. 
 She early difcover'd a firicere Dcfire after the 
 Knowledge of the Trurh, and the Seed 
 thereof tailing upon good Ground it took 
 Root downward ; and being humble in 
 Spirit, and patient under the Operations of 
 it, it brought forth plentiiiiUy ; fo that about 
 the twenty-fixth Year of her Age flie came 
 forth in Teftimony, in which fhe was clear 
 in her Delivery, found in Judgment, and 
 being fcalbned with Gofpel Love, it might 
 
 truly
 
 t 39 1 
 
 t^LiIy be faid, Hie was one of the wife-heartej 
 Women in. our JJrad, 
 
 1 
 She was often concern'd to vifit Particulars, 
 more especially of the younger Sort ; and was 
 often made inftrumental to the Opening their 
 prefent States, and to adminifter the Wine 
 and the Oil as the Occafion required. She 
 vifited divers Parts of this Nation and Ire^- 
 land, and her Lite and Converfation corre- 
 fjponding with the Doftrine fhe preach'd, 
 her Services therein were acceptable. 
 
 Her Ilnefs, which was a Cancer in her 
 Mcurh, was very long, and much afJe<5led 
 her Speech, that flie could not utter W ords 
 but with great Difficulty ; and as fhe lan- 
 guifhed for fome Months, and was earnelt in 
 Spirit that (he might be preferx'cd in the 
 Patience to an entire Refignation, whether 
 to live or die. 
 
 She exprefied great SatisfaiSlion in that fhe 
 had been faithful in the Difcharge ot her 
 Duty i and near her Latter- end had a great 
 Defire of being difTolved, in a full AfTurance 
 of entering into that Reft which is prepared 
 for them that die in the Lord, 
 
 She departed this Life about the forty- 
 fourth Year of her Age, and was interred in 
 
 Friends
 
 [ 40 1 
 
 l^'riends Burial-ground at ff^oodhridge, the 
 19th of the Fourth Month 1758. A Mini- 
 fter eighteen Years. 
 
 WILLIAM PITTS, of Souths 
 wark, in his young Years was early 
 vifited with a Call of Divine Grace, and by 
 adhering thereto and fubmitting to its Ope- 
 rations, he became convinced of the eflential 
 Do6lrines of Chrijlianiiy as profefled by us ; 
 and though in his Minority he was educated 
 by a Prieft, under whofe Tuition he attain'd 
 ^ confiderable Knowledge in feveral of the 
 learned Languages ; yet the tender Scruples 
 which were raifed in his Mind, under a clear 
 Convi(5tion of the Impropriety of the need- 
 lefs Ceremonies and Salutations in which he 
 had been educated, expofed him to many 
 Sufferings from his Father, from whom he 
 received unkind Treatment, which he en- 
 dured with much Patience and Fortitude ; 
 and which tended much to his Growth and 
 Advancement in religious Experience, and 
 Preparation for further Service. 
 
 From fome Minutes he left, he was under 
 fome Conflift of Mind refpefting his appear- 
 ing in the Miniftry, which continued near 
 three Years before he gave up thereto ; and 
 
 hiving
 
 t 41 1 
 
 tiavlng a clear Senfe of the Importance df 
 that weighty Service, and the NecefTuy of 
 obtaining a certain Evidence of his Miflion, 
 he waited for a Confirmation thereof, left 
 he (liould run before he was lent. In the 
 Fifth Month 1738 he was enabled to utter 
 the following Sentence, If the Trumpet gvv6 . 
 an uncertain Sounds who can prepare himfelf 
 for the Battle j which, as he has been heard 
 to fay, afforded him Injlru^ion through thd 
 future Service of his Day^ which was very 
 great, his Heart being fully given up to do 
 whatever his Hand might find to do, as was 
 evident from his own Exprcffions to feme 
 Friends who vifited him in his Ilnefs, whom 
 he encouraged to Faithfulnefs, faying. That 
 for the lajl twenty 7'ean he had never omitted 
 one Service which had appeared to be his Duty\ 
 and be had now the Comfort and Satisfa5lion 
 thereof : Or Words to that Effed: ; and great 
 were his Services, his Talents and Qualifica- 
 tions were employ'd to the Glory of the 
 Giver. 
 
 In the Fourth Month 17^0 he kt out to 
 vific Friends in Buckingham/hire, and fome 
 acijicent Parts ; but being much indilpofed 
 he returned homewards, and at the Houfe of 
 our Friend Thomas Goring y at Uxbridge^ he 
 was fuddenly taken very ill ; during which 
 he uttered the following Expreflions, Oh wy 
 G Father I
 
 [ 42 1 
 
 Father ! my Father ! be pleafed to he 'with 
 me in my AffiiBion : And he gave it as his 
 Judgment, that his Time in this JVorld would 
 be Jhorl^ and that he Jhould die of this prefeni 
 llnefs \ and faid, / am fully refigned to the 
 Will of Providence ; declaring, he coveted 
 ?iot Length of Days, and that he was very 
 fafy in Body and Mind. Being afked how he 
 did, he faid, he was very weak in Body^ but 
 I have a great Phyfician in Heaven, who is 
 very merciful to me, and near me in this 
 llnefs. At another Time, after having re- 
 peated his perfe(5l Refignation to the Will of 
 his great Mafter, faid. But if it pleafed hifn, 
 he had rather die than live, unlefs he had 
 any further Service for him to do : And he 
 could rejoice, faying, Death, where is thy 
 Sting ? O Grave, where is thy Vi^ory ? The 
 Sting of Death is Sin, and the Strength of 
 Sin is the Law ; hut Thanks be to Cod, who 
 giveth us the Vi^ory. Many Friends from 
 London and el fe where went to fee him, whofe 
 Vifits he took very kind,- and to one of 
 them he exprefled himfelf in the following 
 manner : / never coveted Riches tier Power ; 
 and indeed if 1 had obtained them, %vhat could 
 they, or all the Friendfhips of the World do 
 for me now t Nothing hut the Teftimony of a 
 fure Confcience, and the inward Senfe of Di- 
 vine Favour, can comfort my Soul in thefe 
 Moments \ and Thanks be to my Heavenly 
 
 Father^
 
 t 43 1 
 
 Father^ I feel his fupporting Arm unhrneath^ 
 and \t is a Rejl indeed^ a Jo^ that overcomes 
 all -, it makes this Bed eafy^ and enables me t9 
 hear calmly, and without Complaint^ the Dif- 
 penfalions of his gracious Providence ^ I wijb 
 for nothing ta niyfelf otherwije than it is. 1 
 accept with Satisfailion and 'Thanks the Kind- 
 fiefs of my Friends : In Compliance with their 
 Requefi, and thinking it my Duty to do what 
 may be in my Power, I take the Medicines 
 prefcribedy which though it may not feem meet 
 to Providence in his Wifdom, to render inflrU' 
 mental in the Re/loration of Health ; yet 
 through his Blejfing they have fo far fucceed- 
 ed, as to remove the Senfe of acute Pavu 
 To be thoughtful of, and prepare for this try- 
 ing Time, hav€ I frequently and earneflly 
 £xhorted others ; not without confidering and 
 knowing the many and (Irong Temptations of 
 this World ; which however, as we are obe- 
 dient to the Spirit of Chrifi, we (hall be en- 
 abled to overcome ; that in the Conclufion they 
 might have this Anfwer of Peace, this Divine 
 Confolation of Mind : And it always appeared 
 befi to me, to do this in great Love and 
 Gentlenefs, fo that J might perfwade, not force 
 them to Chrifi. When this Time comes, it 
 will be found bard Work, without any Addi- 
 tional Weight, to jlruggle on a Dying-bed with 
 the Pangs of the Body. But how much more 
 to be lamented is the Condition of thoje, whofe 
 G 2 Confcicnces
 
 t U ] 
 
 Conjciences accufe them with havwg enriched 
 them/elves by opprejfing the Poor and Help- 
 lejs ; and when in an unprepared State, after 
 a Life of Rebellion and hardened in Iniquity^ 
 fuch mufi feel the Terrors of a guilty Mind, 
 fidded to the Agonies of a perifhing Body. 
 
 A Friend who went to vifit him, a Day 
 before his Death, afked him how he did ; 
 after a fhort Paufe he faid, / am waiting for 
 piy great Change : O my Father ! he pleajed 
 to he with w*?, and comfort me in my lajl 
 Moments. The laft Words he was heard to 
 fpeak were thefe : 'There is a great God in 
 Heaven, who is Zion^s King : O Zion ! 
 Zion ! O thou great King of Kings ! Soon 
 after which he departed in great Tranquility 
 and Compofure of Mind, the 15th of the 
 Fifth Month 1760. His Body was brought 
 to his own Houfe in Blacks-fields, South- 
 wark i and from thence, after a folemn 
 Meeting at Horflydozvn, attended by many 
 Friends, decently interred at Friends Burial- 
 ground in the Park, Southwark, Aged about 
 fifty-one Years, and a Minifter twenty^twQ 
 
 Robert
 
 [ 45 1 
 
 ROBERT PLUMSTED, of 
 Grace-church-Jlreet, London, was in his 
 Youth addided to Gaiety and the delufive 
 Pleafures of this tranfuory World •, but was 
 prefer ved out of the grofs Evils thereof. 
 About the twenty- eighth Year of his Age, 
 jc pleafed Divine Providence in great Mercy 
 to manifeft to him, that if he would obtain 
 Peace he muft walk in the narrow Path 
 of Self-denial : Thus by adhering to the 
 Pidlates of Divine Grace, he was enabled to 
 deny himfelf of the Pleafures and Pomps of 
 this World, take up his Crofs, and in a 
 good degree was brought into Conformity 
 to the Leadings of Truth. Sometimes for 
 about a Year before his Deceafe, he appeared 
 in a few Words in our religious Aflemblies 
 in a tender manner, which was acceptable to 
 friends. 
 
 He was afflided with a long and painful 
 Ilnefs, in which he had at Times Acceis to 
 the Throne of Grace, and when reduced 
 very low, uttered thefe Words diftindly : 
 Lord ! as tbou haji continued me to this Mo- 
 pient, let me not depart without undoubted 
 Evidence of thy Favour, 
 
 He
 
 f 46 I 
 
 He quietly departed this Life the 14th of 
 the Seventh Month 1760, at the Hot- Wells 
 near Brijiol, and his Corps being brought to 
 London, was interr'd the 23d of the fame, 
 at Wtnchmore-hill, in Middlefex^ accompany'd 
 by many Friends, after a large and folemn 
 Meeting at Bevon/hire-houfe in London. Aged 
 thirty-fix Years. 
 
 LYDIA LANCASTER, was 
 the Daughter of Thomas and Dorothy 
 Rawiinfon, of Graithwaite in the County of 
 Lancafler, who both defcended jrom Fami- 
 lies reputable among Men ; and they both 
 came among Friends on the Principle of 
 Convincemeftt, and wjre religioufly concern'd 
 to inftrudl and example their Children there- 
 in, as the moll: precious of all Bleffings. 
 
 That powerful Hand v/hich can alone 
 give the Increafe, mercifully extended an 
 excellent Blefling to feveral 01 their Children, 
 and particularly to this their Daughter •, and 
 as it opened the Heart of Lydia of old, fo it 
 opened hers, to receive the Heavenly Mef- 
 facre. In her young Years flie became fenfi- 
 bly acquainted with the Lord, and witneffed 
 his gracious Dealings with her, in order to 
 ' redeem
 
 [ 47 1 
 
 •redeem her to himfelf, and make her ^ 
 fanflified Veflel to place his Name in. 
 
 About the fourteenth Year of her Age, 
 fl:ie had a View of the Will of Providence to 
 engage her in the minifterial Service ; under 
 which Concern fhe continued about ten Years, 
 growing in Wifdom and Experience that 
 ihe might come forth in the right Time, 
 endued with proper Qualifications: In this 
 Time of deep Travail and Heavenly Difci- 
 pline, flie }earn*d to fay with the Prophet 
 Jjaiah, Chap. 1. Verf. 4. He wakeneih me 
 Morning by Mornings he wakeneth mine Ear 
 ig hear as the Liarned. 
 
 About the twenty-fourth Year of her Age, 
 /he came forth in a living powerful Tefti- 
 mony, and grew therein ; the bleffed Author 
 of all fpiritual Riches having abundantly 
 replenifli*d her with the Treafures of his King- 
 dom, fhe foon became an able Difpenfer 
 thereof to the Churches, having a Word in 
 due Seafon to divers States •, and like the 
 wcll-inftrufled Scribe, brought out of the 
 Treafures committed to her. Things new and 
 eld. And as fhe was eminently favour*d by 
 her great Lord and Mailer, fhe became 
 humbly devoted to his Requirings j when 
 called forth into the various Parts of hi* 
 
 Vineyard,
 
 r 4n 
 
 Vineyard, fhe freely gave up to fpend atid 
 be fpent for his Caufe and Name's Sake. 
 
 She vifited this Nation or the greateft Pare 
 of it feveral Times, Ireland and Scotland 
 twice, alfo the Continent of America ; in all 
 which flie was render'd inftrumental to build 
 up many in the mofl Holy Faith ; particu- 
 Jarly in America fhe left many Seals of her, 
 Miniftry, both in the Edification and Help 
 of thofe who were of the Society, and the 
 Convincement of others, gathering them to 
 the great Shepherd of the Flock. 
 
 Her Openings into the Myfteries of th« 
 Kingdom were deep and inftrudive, adapted 
 to the State of thofe amongft whom Hie 
 laboured i clofe and with Authority to the 
 Negligent and Carelefs -, yet all her Miniftry 
 was attended with that Love and Tendernefs 
 which accompany'd her Lord and Mailer, 
 who came to feek and to fave that which was 
 lofi. She was favour'd with a moR excellent 
 Utterance, her Gefture awful, her Voice {o- 
 ]emn •, and all her Demeanour in the Exer- 
 cife of her Gift, becoming the Dignity of 
 the Gofpel- Miniftry. She was fignally fa- 
 vour'd in Supplication, having near Accef^ 
 in Spirit to the Throne of Majefty and Grace, 
 before whom fhe worfhipp'd with calm Re- 
 joicing and aWiuI Reverence. 
 
 Thus
 
 I 49 1 
 
 Thus through a Courfe of many YearSi 
 fhe retain*d her Zeal and Integrity, and in 
 her old Age ftrong in the Power ot an end- 
 Jefs Life ; great indeed was her Growth in 
 religious Experience, even to the Stability of 
 Salvation, and an AlTurance that fhe fliould 
 never fall, yet accompanied with the deepeft 
 Humility. Filial Love which cafts out 
 , Fear was the Covering of her Spirit, and 
 refted almoft conftantiy upon her for feveral 
 Months before her Removal. 
 
 About fix Weeks before her Departure,' 
 (ht thus exprcffed herfelf to a Friend Ihe had 
 favour'd with an intimate Acquaintance : My 
 natural Strength is not fo much impaired as to 
 give me Reafon to expert a fudden Removal 
 from this World \ hut I feel fo conflantly Day 
 and Night the virtuous Life^ and my Father's 
 Holy Prefence is Jo conflantly with me, and 1 
 enjoy fo much the fpiritual Communion and 
 fellowfbip of Saints, as to give me an Appre- 
 henfion I am not far from mine Everlajling 
 Home : To which fhe fweetly added, A glo^ 
 rious Crown and Everlajling Song is before me. 
 (The Friend to whom fhe thus exprefTed 
 herfelf being deeply alfeded with the Senfe 
 of the over-fliadowing of the Holy Wing at 
 that Inflant of Time} She further added, Jf 
 the Foretafle be fo joyous, what are the Riches 
 of the Saints Inheritance bepnd the Crave ! 
 
 H She
 
 t 50 I 
 
 She was fupported to labour in the Gofpc! 
 almoft to the Conclufion of her Days, having 
 attended the Funeral of an ancient Friend, 
 William Backhonfe, feveral Miles off on the 
 Firft-day of the Week, and preached the 
 Gofpel in the Demonftration of its own 
 Power -, and finifhed her Courfe the Seventh- 
 day following, and as (he lived fo fhe died, 
 in great Favour with God and Man, full of 
 Days and full of Peace. 
 
 She died at Lane after, the 30th of the 
 Fifth Month, and was honourably interred in 
 FViends Burial-ground, the ift of the Sixth 
 Month 176 1. Aged about feventy-feven 
 Years, and a Minifter about fifty - three 
 Years. 
 
 WILLIAM BACKHOUSE, 
 was born in the Year 1695, at Tea- 
 land near Lane after, of religious Parents, his 
 Feather dying when he was about two Years 
 old, a Prifoner in Lancafter Caftle, for his 
 confcientious Teftimony againft the Payment 
 of Tithes, the Education of his Children 
 devolved folely on his Mother, who was 
 religioufly concerned in this Duty,- both by 
 Precept and Example, and it pleafed Divine 
 
 Providence
 
 t s« 1 
 
 Providence to blefs her Endeavours with 
 Succefs therein. 
 
 About the twenty- fixth Year of his Age 
 he came forth in a pubHck Teftimony, and 
 by taitiiful Obedience to the Requirings of 
 the Heavenly Giver, he witnefTed an En- 
 largement in his Gilt, and was an acceptable 
 Minilter. 
 
 He vifited the Churches in mod Parts of 
 this Kingdom, Scotland^ Irelandy and the 
 Continent of America^ much to the Comfort 
 and Satisfadion of Friends, he being fur- 
 nifli'd with fufficient Strength for the Service 
 of the Day \ being found in Dodilrine, tend- 
 ing to Information, Inftruction and Edifica- 
 tion *, exemplary in attending Meetings both; 
 for Worfhip and Difcipline, in the latter of 
 which he was highly ferviceable, being a 
 Lover of Peace, of a loving courteous Dif- 
 pofition to all, an affedionate Hufband, a' 
 tender Parent, and kind Neighbour, which 
 procured the Love and Efteem of them all. 
 
 In his laft Ilnefs, being a gradual Decay 
 of Nature, it pleafed the Almighty to fa- 
 vour him with many precious Earnefts of a 
 bleflfed Inheritance, divers Friends who vifit- 
 ed him, were in a good degree made fenfible 
 thereof j in fome of thefe Opportunities he 
 11 2 was
 
 [ 52 ] 
 
 was engaged in a lively manner, though in 
 deep Humility, to commemorate the gra- 
 cious Dealings of the Lord with him in the 
 Courfe or his Pilgrimage, and thankfully to 
 rejoice that he had labour'd in his Day to 
 perform what he believed required of him ; 
 iind could make his Appeal to his Heavenly 
 Mafter, faying, Altho* I have had the World 
 to flruggle voilh for the Support and -prudent 
 Provifton for my Family^ yet thou knowefl O 
 Lord ! I have been more concerned for thy 
 Honour and the good of Souls, than for any 
 ether Conftderaiions. 
 
 Though greatly bleffed in his neareft Con- 
 nexions of Life, yet being wean'd from this 
 "World and its Enjoyments, he waited with 
 great Patience and Refignation for his Diffo* 
 Jution. 
 
 He departed this Life the 2 ift of the Fifth 
 Month 1 76 1, and was buried at Teal and the 
 24th of the fame. Aged fixty-fix, a Mini- 
 iter above forty Years. 
 
 H A N N A H
 
 [ 53 1 
 
 HANNAH SMITH, Wife of 
 John Smith, of Philadelphia, was the 
 Daughter of James and Sarah Logan, and 
 born there on the 21ft of the Twelfth 
 Month 1719-20. 
 
 By the Care of her Parents flie was in a 
 great Meafure preferved from the Levities 
 incident to early Youth, and by the Oppor- 
 tunities of Improvement afterwards, fhe ac- 
 quired fuch Qualifications as gain*d her much 
 Refpeft and Efteem ; and tho' the affluent 
 Situation in which her Parents were placed, 
 yielded flattering Profpedts of the Eafe and 
 Gaiety of the World, the durable Riches of 
 true Religion appear'd to her a Treafure of 
 much more Conftfquence, and not to be reiin- 
 quifhed for Shadows and Delights that die in 
 the Enjoyment. Thus at a Period when the 
 flippcry Paths of Vanity in a Succeflion of 
 increafmg Allurements are apt to enfnare 
 youthful Minds, it pleafed the Lord to blefs 
 her Endeavours againft the Temptations of 
 vain and unprofitable Company, and to 
 ftrengthen her Love to inward Retirement ; 
 and having tafted of the Vifitation of Divine 
 Love to her SouJ, Ihe faw it to be the Pearl 
 of great Price, and that her Ail mufl: go to 
 
 purchafe
 
 t 54 } 
 
 purchafe the Field where it lay ; and from 
 that Time forward there is Reafon to believe- 
 this Purchafe became the principal Bufineis of 
 her Life, and with great Sincerity and Ardour 
 ilie labour'd to have all thofe difquieting 
 Affeftions fileiiced which arife irom temporal 
 Objedls, and fhe was helped at Times to 
 know the Breathing of her Soul anfwer'd, 
 and was made to partake of the Joys of 
 God*s Salvation -, under which her Care over 
 her Words and Deportment was increafed,. 
 and cgniinued to take fuitable Oppoitunities 
 of Retirement and for readiiig the Holy 
 Scriptures-, and in the Relation of a Chlid, 
 Wire and Mother, was tenderly careful to 
 fill up her Place becoming thofe Stations. 
 
 About the Year 1756 flie appeared in a 
 few Words in much Simplicity of Heart 
 and godly Sincerity, and was concernM in 
 vifiting Friends, ia their Families, and alfo 
 accompanied feme of her own Sex to divers- 
 large Yearly-meetings in the neighbouring 
 Provinces ; and after her Return to Pbila- 
 ddphia (which was half a Year before her 
 Departure) flie continued to attend religious 
 Meetings, with as much Diligence as the 
 WeaUnefs of her Conftitution would admit, 
 and v/hen there to clear herfclf of what llie- 
 bflieved required of her. 
 
 During
 
 During the Time of her laft Ilnefs fhe 
 told her Hufband feveral Times, Thai Jhe 
 bc'.uved Jhe fhould not recover j and though 
 her bodily Pain at Times was very (harp, 
 fhe was favcur'd with an intire Confidence in 
 the Mercy of God through Jefus Chrift, 
 who (lie icund to be a Refuge trom Storms, 
 and a fure Defence in the Day of Diftrefs. 
 Another Time, acquainting him with great 
 Sweetnefs of Spirit of the State of her Mind, 
 (he faid, Notwithjlanding the clofe Trials I 
 undergo^ my Foundation remains jure^ and I 
 have a Hope^ yea^ an unjhaken Hope^ thaf 
 there is a Place of Refl prepared for me, Ac 
 another Time, (he mentioning that the Pro- 
 fpeft of her Change being near, intreatcd her 
 Hulband to ftrive for Refignation, For^ fiys 
 fhe, / am eapj^ 1 feel no Guilt, A few 
 Evenings before her Deceafe, as her Hu(band 
 fat by her Bed-fide, flie defired that her 
 Children and all about her, might keep as 
 ftill and quiet as po(rible when flie departed, 
 and after mentioning (everal other Things 
 relative thereto, told her Hu(band, Thaf Jbe 
 felt Pardon and Forgivenefs for all Omijfwni 
 of Duty \ and concluded diis very afFeding 
 Converfation with thefe Words, Ob the inf- 
 fiile Loving- kindnefs of a merciful God I tvho 
 has made fucb a poor Creature as I amy fo 
 rich in Faith and firm in Hope^ that I fbaU 
 hi accepted of him. 
 
 She
 
 t 56 1 
 
 She departed this Life on the 19th, and 
 •was decently interred on the 23d of the 
 TwelJth Month 1761. Aged about forty* 
 one Years. 
 
 MARY SLATER, late Wife 
 of fViilmm Slater y of Lot her [dale in 
 Torkjhire^ was defcended of honeft Parents, 
 though her Mother did not profefs with us, 
 her Father being after his Marriage convinced 
 of our Principles. 
 
 She being of a very gay fprightly Temper^ 
 was foon carried away M'ith the delufive 
 Vanities and Pleafures which abound, though 
 often attended when very young with fhrong 
 Convi(5tions ; but thefe were ftifled (fop a 
 Time) by various Scenes of Diffipation and 
 Folly, to which fhe had recourfe, till the 
 Father of Mercies by his good Spirit, ef- 
 feftually reach'd her when in the full Career 
 of Mirth, being at a publick Evening Enter- 
 tainment of the neighbouring Youth, about 
 the fifteenth Year of her Age : This flrong 
 and humbling Vifitation as fhe often cx- 
 preffed, brought her to fee the Folly of fuch 
 Mirth and Jollity, being at that Time at- 
 |ended with fuch an awful Dread on her 
 Mind, as made her willing to depart from 
 
 thtie
 
 [ il ] 
 
 thefe vain Amufements, having no longer 
 Pieafure in them. 
 
 She now began to fee the Situation (he was 
 in, and the Need fhe had of fiving Help^ 
 by which a fccret Hunger and Thirft were 
 begot in her after Divine and fubftantial 
 Food, which led her with Diligence to attend 
 the Way of Worftiip in which fhe had been 
 educated ; but finding no true Satisfa6lion 
 nor proper Nourifhment for her difconfoiace 
 panting Soul, fhe often returnM i'rom the 
 Place of Worfhip in Tears and great Anxiety 
 of Mind. She then went among the Baptifls^ 
 in Hopes of meeting with what fhe lb ar- 
 dently defired after ; but being here ajfo 
 difippointed, fhe was led to attend Friends 
 Meetings, though till now fhe even abhorred 
 the Name, yet at length through divers clofc 
 Conflidls and Probations fhe came to expe* 
 rience that Divine Comfort and Confolation 
 which her Soul had fo longed for and labour'd 
 after •, the Way of Life and Salvation being 
 then pointed out to her, fhe had foon to tcU 
 to others what the Lord had done for her 
 Soul, for about tl^ feventeenth Year of her 
 Age fhe came forth in a publick Tcftimony, 
 anJ being faithful and diligent in the Excr- 
 cife of her Gift ihe became an able Minifter 
 of the Word, being freely given up to her 
 great Mailer's Service, thorgh often under
 
 [ 58 ] 
 
 great temporal Inconveniencies, as her Huf- 
 band was never poffeffed of much of this 
 World, yet their Houfe and Hearts were 
 open to entertain their Friends with the beft 
 they had -, and it was often Caufe of humble 
 Thankfulnefs to her Mind, that notwith- 
 Itanding their low Beginning they never want- 
 ed what was needful, ever preferring the 
 Welfare of Zion before her chieftll Joy. 
 
 She vifited feveral Times moft Parts of 
 this Nation, Scotland and Ireland, in which 
 her Services were acceptable, and ieitlailing 
 Impreffions on many Minds ; her Miniftry 
 being in the Demonflration of Truth, and in 
 the Power thereof. She was fervent in Pray- 
 er, being often favour'd with a near Acceis 
 to the Throne of Grace, to the baptizing of 
 the AfTemblies into an awful Adoration of 
 him v/ho lives for ever. 
 
 Thus through a Variety of Services fhe 
 laboured faithlully, as well in the Difcipline 
 as Miniftry, fo that a Memorial of her La- 
 bours has left a fweet Savour behind. In 
 private Life, exemplary in Condud, and in 
 the near Relation of Wife and Mother ; in 
 Converfation innocently chearful, yet folid 
 and fivoury, which rendred her Company 
 very acceptable. 
 
 For
 
 [ 59 ] 
 
 For fome Weeks before her Death (he was 
 confined to her Bed, under fuch bodily Af- 
 fliftion that (he had not Strength to fay much 
 further than fignifying her Satisfaction at 
 feeing Friends, and her Unity with them : 
 At one Time Ihe faid to a Friend who 
 vifited her, That Jhe was very weak in Body^ 
 hut the Lord was Jlrong ; adding, that (he 
 was eafy and had Peace of Mind^ her Days 
 Work being dsne. There is no Doubt but flie 
 has laid down her Head in Peace. 
 
 She departed this Life the 3d of the Third 
 Month 1762, aged fixty-nine Years, and 
 was interred the 7th of the fame, in Friends 
 Burial-ground in Lotherfdale aforefaid. 
 
 JOHN RANSOM E, of North- 
 waljham in the County of Norfolk^ 
 having been in his Time a lively Example 
 of true Piety, and through a Courfe of a 
 pretty many Years labour'd for its Promo- 
 tion ; and which he continued till Ilneft 
 deprived him of his Faculties, and by which 
 Means we are deprived of any Expreflions 
 from him in his laft Ilncfs. 
 
 That fuch an Example fhould not be lofl-, 
 
 as an Incitement to future Generations to fill 
 
 I 2 up
 
 [ 6o ] 
 
 up every Duty, and be truly lerviceable alfo 
 in their Day, the following Abftradl of a 
 Ttftimony Irom the Quarterly- meeting of 
 jSlorfolk concerning him, is here inferted, 
 viz, 
 
 ** He was educated in the Profeffion of 
 
 ** Truth, and in his young and tender 
 
 " Years reached by the Extendings of 
 
 •' Divine Love, and happily clofing in 
 
 " therewith, he loon gave ample Proofs 
 
 *' of its Efficacy, that as he grew in Years, 
 
 *' he grew in the Knowledge and Obedience 
 
 '* pf Truth, 
 
 « He came forth in the Miniftry about 
 *' the twenty - eighth Year of his Age i 
 ** many were the precious Gifts bellowed 
 *' upon him, and the Teftimony given him 
 *' to bear was trgly comfortable ; his Qpen- 
 ** ings deep and inftrudlive, and he be- 
 " came an Inltrument of ftngular Benefit 
 *' to many, from a true Senfe that was 
 «' given hirn of their States and Con- 
 «' ditipns, 
 
 ^* As an Elder and Overfeer he was 
 *' without Rebuke, his Mind being filled 
 ^* with unbounded Charity and Love, 
 " Counfel and Reproof were well received 
 ** Irom him -, and as h? fek deeply for the 
 
 !* Infir|Tiitie§
 
 I 6i ] 
 
 *' Infirmities of all, fo he expofed the Fail- 
 *' ings of none. Thus emint^ntly cover*d 
 " with the Spirit of Healing, he ieldom 
 *' met with an Obftinacy able to withftand 
 •* it. He never defign'd Offence to any, 
 ** and if through Mifapprehenfion it was 
 ** conceived, he was unwearied in his Ap- 
 " plication to remove it ; ftrong in the 
 *« Truth, yet for the Sake of it, lubjeft to 
 •* the Weakeft ; fuffering all Things, and 
 " in Condefcention facrificing every felfifli 
 *' Confideration to their Help. He loved 
 " Mankind in Truth, and thus qualified, 
 ** he became a Pattern in Word and Conver- 
 <« fation, adorning the Gofpel he preach'd. 
 *' He was endued with a large Share of 
 " natural Underftanding, which being fanc- 
 ** tified by the great and good Hand that 
 «* bleffed him with it, rendred him very 
 «* fuccefsful in putting an End to Differences 
 «* among his Neighbours and Friends. 
 
 " And in the neareft Connections of Life 
 •* he was equally exemplary, being a tender 
 ♦* loving Hufband, an indulgent Parent, an 
 ♦» affedlionate Relation, and ftridlly regard- 
 *« ful of every Duty towards his Servants, 
 *« his Care over whom was attended with 
 '* fingular good Confequences : In thefe and 
 « many other Refpcds, the Lofs of him is 
 
 «_* fenfibly
 
 I 62 ] 
 
 «< faifibly felt by us ; but we firmly believe 
 «« it is his eternal Gain. 
 
 *' His Services in the wholfom and necef- 
 *' fary Difcipline cflablifhed in our Society 
 " were very great, both in Monthly and 
 
 «« Qijarterly- meetings.- —And as he was 
 
 • V exceeding induftrious in what he believed 
 " to be his Duty, lo was he likewife in 
 " vifiting the Churches -, devoting much of 
 " his Time and outward Subftance to that 
 «' Service, more particularly in the laft ten 
 " or twelve Years of his Life. 
 
 " He conftantly attended the Service of 
 ** the Yearly-meeting in London for many 
 *' Years •, the laft Time of his being there 
 «' he was feized with that Ilnefs which con- 
 *' eluded his natural Life i notwithftanding 
 *' his Indifpofition, he vifited feveral large 
 ** Meetings in Hertford/hire, EJfex and Suf- 
 *' folk. He got to his own Dwelling.-houfe 
 " at Northwal/ham the 20th of the Sixth 
 *< Month, and departed this Life the 2d of 
 " the Seventh Month 1762, in the fifty- 
 " fecond Year of his Age. 
 
 *« His Body was interred on the 6th of the 
 «* fame, in Friends Burial-ground there -, a 
 " very large Concourfe of Friends and others, 
 " attending the folemn Occafion.*' 
 
 AGNES
 
 [ 63 ] 
 
 AGNES HALL, Daughter of 
 William and Dorothy Kiddy of Settle 
 in the County of Tork, gave early Tokens 
 of a religious Inclination and filial AfFed:ion ; 
 being very ferviceable in her Youth to her 
 infirm Mother, during her Vv idovvhood, in 
 bringing up a pretty numerous Family of 
 Children, flie being the Eldeft, her Father 
 dying when (he was about feventeen. Her 
 Condu(5l may be truly faid to be exemplary 
 in Plainnefs, Moderation and Induftry ; in 
 Benevolence and unaffedled Piety ; being of 
 a meek and quiet Difpofition, her Words 
 few and favory, which made her Company 
 truly valuable. 
 
 About the thirty-feventh Year of her Age, 
 fhe liad to preach the Glad- tidings of the 
 Gofpel, though not large or frequent for 
 fome Years, yet was leaibnable, Iweet and 
 edifying, much tending to encourage the 
 Youth to give up the Prime of Life to the 
 Service of Trutn ; having to acknowledge 
 her Thankfulnefs to the Almighty, that he 
 had wrougiit a Willingnefs in her Heart in 
 her early Days to bow to his Yoke, which 
 flic found by bleffed F^xperience to be cafy. 
 
 and his Burthen light. 
 
 She
 
 r H 1 
 
 She never travelled much in the Work of 
 the Miniftry i but was a diligent Attendef of 
 Meetings near Home, and very ferviceable 
 in the Management of the Affairs of the 
 Church. 
 
 Her Indifpofition of Body rendred her 
 unable to get to Meetings for a Year before 
 fhe died : When Friends vifited her, tho* 
 fhe lamented her lonely Situation, and be- 
 ing deprived of getting to Meetings, yet 
 fhe had at Times to rejoice that fhe telt the 
 great I AM to be near ; he that had been 
 the Stay of her Youth, to be a Staff to lean 
 upon in old Age, and to bear her up with 
 Patience, under great Afflidion of Body, in 
 a lively Hope and Affurance of a Refting- 
 place amongft the Righteous. 
 
 A Friend vifiting her a little before her 
 Death, Ihe was much affeded with a Senfc 
 of the great Declenfion in the Church, and 
 of many Superfluities that were crept in, 
 which our ancient Friends had to tai-:e up 
 their Crofs unto, and bear their Teftimony 
 againft, the Thoughts whereof much dif 
 couraged her ; being convinced our Principle 
 remain'd the fame, and that we h;id no 
 nearer Way now to the Fold of Reft than 
 tiiey had. 
 
 About
 
 [ 65 1 
 
 About an Hour before her Deaths feveral 
 Friends viflting her, fhe being fee up in 
 Bed, in a lively Frame of Mind, exprcfled 
 her great Satisfadlion in their Company, 
 1'bat Jhe fenfibly witnejfed the Good -will of her 
 heavenly Father to be near^ which Jhe had 
 valued all her Life long •, under the Influence 
 whereof fhe rejoiced and was comforted, 
 and was ftrongly engaged on the Youth's 
 Account (fome young Friends being prefent) 
 ^hat they might chuje Truth for their Portion^ 
 and Jacob*; God for the Lot of their Inherit- 
 ance, which far exceeded every Thing this 
 tranfitory IVorld would afford ; and was forry 
 fhe had not had more frequent Opportunities 
 of their Company while (Joe had Strength 
 to exprefs her Warmth of Defire for their 
 Growth in the befl Things^ that would fland 
 them in dead when every Thing elfe would 
 fail : And when they took their Leave, fhe 
 faid, She was glad of that Opportunity^ and 
 if fl.'e never Jaw them more, fJje hoped they 
 JJjould meet in a better Place. 
 
 She was foon after got up In a Chair, 
 where in a few Minutes Ihe quietly departed 
 this Life on the ifl of the FJghch Month 
 1762. Aged feventy-fix Years. And was 
 decently interred in Friends Burial-ground ac 
 ^itle the 4 th of the fame. 
 
 K SARAH
 
 ( eS ] 
 
 SARAH MARSDEN, Wife of 
 Caleb Mar/den, of Hi^hftaUs^ within the 
 Compafs of Pontefra^ Monthly - meetings 
 was born in the Year 1706, and being fa- 
 vour'd with a religious Education, and the 
 Vifi rations of Truth in her young Years, 
 by yielding Obedience thereto fhe became 
 a fober, grave, dil'creet young Woman, a 
 diligent Attender of Meetings, and honeilly 
 labouring to improve her Time therein. 
 
 About the Year 1749, it pleafed the 
 Lord to call her into the Work of the 
 Miniftry, which flic in great Fear and Ten- 
 dernefs gave up to, and altho* never large in 
 Teftimony, yet fhe was plain, found and 
 edifying, rather backward in her publick 
 Appearances, and afraid (as flie faid) to 
 awake her Beloved till be pleafid ; but when 
 fhe felt the holy Fire burn, then {he offered 
 her Gift, and was careful when that abated 
 to fit down in Meetings, where too many 
 are intent on Words -, fhe was a diligent 
 Labourer in Spirit, her very Countenance 
 beiTig awful and afftfbing, and like the 
 worthy Elders and Nobles of the People, 
 Numb. xxi. 18. digging as with the Staff 
 the Lord had given her, and fometimts- 
 
 brolie
 
 [ 6; 1 
 
 broke forth in folemn Supplication to the 
 great Law- giver, that the Well of Life 
 might fpring up, which at Times Hie was 
 the happy Inftrument of cffcding to the- 
 Confolation of the Right-minded. 
 
 She was naturally of an affable, peaceable 
 Difpofition, an affetStionate Wife, a tender 
 Mother, and weightily concerned to train up 
 her Children in the Nurture and Admonition 
 of the Lord •, kind to her Friends, charitable 
 to the Poor, and an Example of Humility, 
 Self-denial and Refignation to the Divine 
 Will, and alfo of Induftry and a prudent 
 Management of the Affairs of this Life. 
 
 Her lafl: Ilnefs was long and tedious, which 
 (he endured with much Patience and Refigna- 
 tion ; foying, My Body is full of Pain, yea^ 
 more than I can well bear ; O the fad State 
 of tboje in my weak Conditicn^^who want Peace, 
 of Mind] But for ever hleffed he my Gody 
 inho now on my Jick Bed anfwers the Defire of 
 my Mind, in giving me an Evidence of my 
 Peace with him, having nothing to do hut to 
 hear with Patience the painful AffliHions thai 
 are pennitted to attend me \ 1 find it fVork 
 enough to jlruggle with Nature., one bad need 
 have nothing elfe to do. My Breathing and 
 Travail of Soul hath often been to the Lord 
 tbat he would let me fee my Duty and give me 
 K Z Strength
 
 [ 68 ] 
 
 Strgngth to perform it. Jf I had my ^ime to 
 fpend over again, J know not that I could 
 J'pend it much better ; / can truly fay^ I have 
 never been too forward in my Appearances iff 
 Meetings, and other Things relating to the 
 Society •, but always in great Fear^ which 
 fometimes hath been fo great that I have been 
 tgo backward and hurj m-jfelf thereby. 
 
 To fome Friends prefent, fhe faid. Dear 
 
 Friends, /land in your Lots, fear not Man, 
 come up in your proper Places, and the God 
 of Peace will be voith you, and Jirengthen you 
 to perform and come up in the fVay of youf 
 jPuty to him, and one unto another ; and fo 
 you will be preferved in the pure Love and 
 Unity of the one Spirit^ 
 
 At another Time a Friend called to fee 
 ^er, to whom flic faid. Thou and I have 
 been very near one unto another, O ipy Body is 
 full of Pain I 1 (im fometimes ready to jay, 
 f^ord I What have I done ? I want to be eajed 
 end diffolved : My Stay here Jeems very long, 
 at Morning I iJolfb for JSight, at Night I long 
 for Morning 5 but yet bleffed be my God, I feel 
 his Hand is underneath, and he bears up my 
 Spirit^ or 1 coidd not tell how to endure my 
 Jiffl^tioti^
 
 [ 69 ] 
 
 At another Time, being very weak, (he 
 fdid to her Hufband and Children, At the 
 Time of 7ny Departure he as Jlill as you can, 
 and feel for yourfelves, and do not mourn to 
 excefs, for all will he well : Do not mourn for 
 me ; hut rather rejoice when I am delivered 
 from thefe PainSj for my Change will be a 
 happy one. 
 
 One Evening lying very ftill, thofe that 
 attended her thought fhe had been going to 
 depa'^t i but after feme Time (he opened 
 her Eyes, and feeing her Relations (landing 
 by her, (he raifed her Voice in a furprizing 
 Manner, and faid, I am intirely fenftble, and 
 beheld you every oncy and glad I am to depart 
 in Peace ; and took her Iblemn Farewel of 
 all prefent, in a very loving, aifeding and 
 chearl'u! Manner, thofe prefent thinking the 
 Time of her Departure had been very near ; 
 but (he continued fome Days longer, moftly 
 lying in a (till, quiet, peaceable and refigned 
 Frame of Mind, patiently waiting her 
 Dilfolution ; and near her Conclufion, her 
 Voice being very weak, fhe w.is heard to 
 fay, O that my fweet Redeemer would come 
 and lake me to himfelf ! Do not hold me, let me 
 ^0 freely. 
 
 She died the 8th of the Eighth Month 
 17O2, and was interred in Friends Burial- 
 ground
 
 ground at High-flatts^ the i ith of the fame. 
 4ge<i fifty-fix Years. 
 
 SAMUEL WATSON, oi Killcon- 
 ner in the County of Carlow in Ireland, 
 having been a bright and lively Pattern of 
 true Religion and Virtue ; in order that fuch 
 an Example lliould not be loft, the following 
 Teftimony given forth concerning him is 
 thought meet to be inferted in this Col- 
 ktlion, viz. 
 
 " Our dear and well efteemed Friend 
 Samuel Watjon, of Killconner in the County 
 of Carlow in Ireland^ fucceeded his worthy 
 and honourable Father John Walforiy of 
 the fame Place, not only in his outward 
 Poffefrions there, but in a zealous Concern- 
 for the Ttftimony of Truth, and Support 
 of its Caufe. Bleft with the great Ad- 
 vantage of a religious Education, and 
 made livingly fenfible in his Childhood of 
 the precious Influence of Divine Goodneis 
 extended to his Soul, he grew up in 
 Sobriety, Circumfpp<5lion, and in the Fa- 
 vour of God and good Men, being 
 prefer ved through the dangerous Path of 
 Youth from the Evils that are in the 
 World. W hen a ycung Man and intro- 
 
 " duced
 
 r 7' I 
 
 duced into Meetings of Difcipline, great 
 was the Holy Fear that attended his Mind 
 therein, and his ardent Defire was that he 
 might never fay or do any thing againft 
 the Caufe of Truth ; and as this Fear was 
 happily kept to, he not only found it to 
 be a Fountain of l.ife to preferve him 
 from the Snares of Death, but experienced 
 it to initiate him into the Rudiments of 
 true Wifdom, by which in Procefs of 
 Time he had Skill to rule well in the 
 Houfe of God. Qualified and influenced 
 by this Wifdom, he was not only of lin- 
 gular Service in the Monthly- meeting to 
 which he belonged, but of eminent and 
 memorable Ule in the more general 
 Meetings of Bufmefs (which while of 
 Ability of Body he attended with exem- 
 plary Dih'gence) in this Nation ; and was 
 alfo much efteemed and well received by 
 Friends in England in his Vifits there ; 
 For it had pleafed the Lord to endue him 
 in a good Meafure wich the Gifts and 
 Qualifications of an Elder in his Houfe, 
 and a Father in the Family. Often 
 under the frefh Influence of the Divine 
 Anointing, he was enabled to drop iivino' 
 Counfel, to the aflefting and tendring of 
 many Hearts, and to raife that Life in 
 Meetings of Difcipline which alone is the 
 Crown of all our religious Aflemblies. 
 
 " Though
 
 [ 7* J 
 
 Though fliarp in Reproof to thofe in 
 general who trampled upon the Teftimony 
 of Truth, or lived in a carnal Security, 
 yet he greatly rejoiced to fee the Buddings 
 forth of good Defires in any of the Youth, 
 and was a tender nurfing Father to fuch j 
 yea, (frong and fervent were his Defires 
 that the Youth amongfl us, and parti- 
 cularly his own Children and their Off- 
 fpring, might dedicate their Hearts fully 
 to the Service of God, that there might 
 be a SuccefTion of faithful Members ia 
 the Church whereof Chrift is the Head, 
 following the Ancients in that fclf-denying 
 Path which they had walked in : Ac 
 Times obferving. That -ivhen Friends lived 
 more retired and inward, the Revelation of 
 the Spirit and Divine Help was witnejjed in 
 a larger Degree ; often defiring in his 
 declining Years, when his natural Strength 
 and Faculties gradually decayed. That he 
 might luver furvive the inward Senfe and 
 Feeling of that which is the Life of the Soul : 
 Alfo forrowfully remarking. That fome 
 by grajping at the prefent vifible Enjoyjients, 
 had left large PojfJJions to their Families i 
 but their Table had becotne a Snare^ and ia 
 feveral there was left neither Name nor 
 Memorial amongfi us. 
 
 '« fa
 
 f 73 ] 
 
 •* In religious Vifits to the Families o( 
 *» Friends, he was often eminently favoured 
 '* and opened in fuitable Counfel, in an ex- 
 •' traordinary Manner ; and indeed not only 
 " on thefe appointed Occafions, but in more 
 " private Conference with thofe of his Fa- 
 *' mily and his Friends : It was apparent he 
 " dwelt near'the Fountain of Divine Sweet- 
 ** nefs, for Words of fweet Savour, Edifi- 
 ** cation and Tendernefs would often at fuch 
 " Times flow from him. 
 
 *' To conclude, he was a careful affecfl:- 
 *' onate Father, Hufband and Friend, help- 
 *« ful in a civil as well as a religious Capacity 
 *' amongft his Neighbours, and charitable 
 " to the Poor. 
 
 ** He departed this Life in Peace, at his 
 
 own HoLife in Killconncr^ the 14th of the 
 Fifth Month 1762, and was interred in 
 Friends Burying-ground at Bally-trumhill^ 
 in the County of Carlow aforefaid, the 
 17th of the fame. Aged fcrenty-fix 
 Years." 
 
 GRACE
 
 t 74 I 
 
 GRACE CHAMBERS, an ancient 
 and honourable Friend, of KeJtdall irt 
 JVefi?noreland^ was born at Munckheljden itt 
 the County of Durham^ and while young 
 was virtuoufly inclined, and when fhe grew 
 up was of a ftridl exemplary Life and Con- 
 verfation, remarkable for her Plainnefs and 
 Simplicity of Apparel, Manners and De- 
 portment, endowed with a good Under- 
 ftanding and benevolent Difpofition, and 
 exerted herfelf to the utmoft of her Power to 
 be ferviceable in her Day, which gained her 
 an extenfive Acquaintance among Friends 
 •and others, having occafionally free Accefs 
 to feveral Families of Diftindtion in her 
 Neighbourhood, to whom her affcdfionate 
 Vifits were acceptable and of Service, and 
 from whom fhe met with that civil and 
 courteous Behaviour which was due to One 
 of her amiable Qualities. 
 
 She had confiderable Skill in Surgery and 
 in adminiftring Relief in many Diforders, 
 which fhe did without Fee or Reward, and 
 was much devoted to vifit the Sick and 
 thofe under Afflidion, to whom flie was 
 greatly helpful. Her Opennefs and Gene- 
 
 rofity
 
 I 75 ] 
 
 rofity to her Friends, and Hofpitality to the 
 Poor, were very remarkable. 
 
 In the Clofe of her Time fhe was ftrong 
 and lively in her Teftimony, even when 
 bodily Strength was fo much abated, that it 
 was with Difficulty fhe got out to Meet- 
 ings •, but having been exemplary in this 
 and other Refpeds, fhe continued fo to 
 the lafV. 
 
 Being far advanced in Years, and attend- 
 ed with the Infirmities incident to old Age, 
 fhe bore all with Chnjlian Patience and Re- 
 fignition to the alwife difpofing Hand, and 
 finifhed a well-fpent Life, accompanied with 
 the Evidence of a future Well-being, at 
 her Houfe at Sedgwick near Kendall, the 2 2d 
 of the Ninth Month 1762, und was de- 
 cently interred in Ftiends Burial-ground at 
 Prefton-Patrick (the Meeting- fhe belonged 
 to) the 26th of the fame. Aged eighty- 
 five Years. 
 
 L 2 ALICE
 
 [ 76 ] 
 
 ALICE HALL, Wife of Ifaac 
 Hall^ of Little- Br ought on in Cumber- 
 land, was born the 30th of the Eleventh 
 Month 1708, at Blackhoufe m Allendale \\\ 
 Northumberland, and Daughter of John and 
 Jjabella Fetherjlone, who being religious 
 Friends, carefully educated their Children 
 in the Principles of Truth ; fhe was early 
 favour'd with Divine Vifitations, and being 
 obedient thereto, grew in religious Expe- 
 rience to a good Degree of Stability and 
 Settlement therein ; and having receiv*d a 
 Gift in the Miniftry, through an humble 
 Attention to the Leading of the good Shep- 
 herd, {lie became fl<:ilful and ferviceable in 
 the Church, and freely gave up to that Ser- 
 vice, as fhe found her Mind engaged and 
 drawn thereto. 
 
 In her unmarried State fhe was concern*d 
 to vifit Friends twice in Ireland, moft Parts 
 of England, Wales and Scotland -, was both a 
 good Example in private Life, and in her 
 publick Miniftry, abiding under the feafon- 
 ing Virtue, which rendred her Converfation 
 ediiying and agreeable. After her Marriage, 
 which was in the Year 174^, llie remained 
 ^^alous for the Caufe ot Truth, and was 
 
 often
 
 I n ] 
 
 often concerned to travel in the Service 
 thereof, vifiting feveral Parts of her native 
 Land, and Ireland a third Time. 
 
 In the Year 1 760 fhe found an Engage- 
 ment to vific the Churches in America^ which 
 proved a very cJofe Trial, in parting from 
 her Hufband and Children •, but alter re- 
 commending them to the Protedlion of that 
 Hand which is for ever fufficient, fhe pro- 
 ceeded on her Voyage, and landed in America 
 in the Tenth Month 1761, and diligently 
 fet about her Services, vifiting the Provinces 
 generally, altho' weak in Body, in Company 
 of a Friend of Pennfilvania^ named Ann 
 Newland -, and her Labours of Love through 
 the different Provinces were to the general 
 Satisfaflion of Friends, as appears by divers 
 Certificates tranfmitted from thence. 
 
 She was alfo enabled to vifit many Meet- 
 ings in the Provinces of Pennfilvcmia and the 
 Jerfeys^ altho' under great bodily Weaknels 
 and great Exercifc of Spirit j yet her meek, 
 lowiy and innocent Deportment, together 
 with her lively and edifying Miniftry, made 
 lafting ImprefTions on many Minds, and 
 rend red her Company very acceptable. 
 
 In the Courfe of her vifit, fhe was an 
 Example of gieat Patitnce and Humility, 
 
 fteady
 
 I 78 ] 
 
 fteady in Attention to her own Bufinefs, and 
 prudent in Converfation, difcharging her 
 Duty faithfully in her weighty Undertaking. 
 
 . A little before fhe was confined by Ilnefs, 
 {he expreiTed to fome Friends after the Lift 
 publick Meeting flie was able to attend, 
 which was at Chefter in New-Jerjey, 'That 
 Jhe was clear ', and akho' the Yearly-meeting 
 at Philadelphia was then to be held in a few 
 Days, llie faid, She could not fee Jhe Jhould 
 ^e at it. 
 
 She got to her Lodging at Ifaac Zane*% in 
 Philadsiphia, the 2 2d of the Ninth f/'ionth 
 1762, and her Diftemper increafing, not- 
 withftanding all the tender Care ^Ifedion 
 could didate, fhe expired the 6th of the 
 Tenth Month following. She endured her 
 laft Ilnefs, which was very fh.irp, without 
 -any Signs of murmuring, but in Lamb-like 
 Patience expreffed an entire Refignation in 
 the Divine Will, whether to live or die. 
 
 Her Body was carried to one of the 
 Meeting- houfes in Philadelphia^ and after a 
 large and folemn Meeting was decently in- 
 terred in Friends Burial-ground in the City, 
 the 8th of the Tenth Month 1762. 
 
 5OSSALL
 
 I 79 ) 
 
 BO S S A L L M I D D L. E T O N% 
 of Boroughbridge in the County of 
 2ork, having thro' a long Courfe of Years 
 maintain'd a fteady Teftiniony in Oppofition 
 to all undue Liberties, and labour'd for the 
 Promotion of Truth, which he was enabled 
 to do thro' Divine Experience and Obedience 
 to the Heavenly Light ; and though througli 
 extream old Age, his Memory became ini- 
 pair'd for the kit two or three Years of his 
 Life, yet a fhort Account of him for the 
 Encouragement of fuch as may hereafter read 
 this, claims a Place in thefe Memoirs. 
 
 He was a diligent Attender of Meetings^ 
 and peculiarly qualified for the Support of 
 Difcipline, awfully waiting for the Arifing 
 of that Divine Power, which is unerring, to 
 dired his Judgment. 
 
 He twice fuffer'd Imprifonment by a Priefl 
 for the Non-payment of his Demands, about 
 eleven Years, which he bore with much 
 Chrijlian Patience and Refignation, being 
 exemplary in Suffering, and was fo attcndcil 
 by Divine Afiiftance, that he fervently dcfired 
 liis Advcrfary might be forgiven. 
 
 About
 
 f 80 J 
 
 About the fevencieth Year of his Age, his 
 Mouth was opened in pubhck Teftimony, 
 which was (ound, refrefliing and edifying, 
 greatly to the Satisfadlion of the Right- 
 minded ', and as he bought the Truth he was 
 careful not to fell it, fo it may be juftly faid. 
 Truth and its Friends were his beloved Com- 
 panions, and his Conduct among Men gair^'d 
 him Love and Efteem. 
 
 To fome Friends who vifited him a little 
 before his Deceafe, he appeared to be in 
 a ftill, quiet, fweet, compofed Frame of 
 Mind, and took his laft Leave of them in 
 his ufual tender and affedlionate Manner. 
 
 Much might be faid of this worthy 
 Friend i but as his Life was a Series of 
 clofe Exercifes and Trials, it may fuffice to 
 fay, he endured them as a Man whofe Mind 
 was wean'd from the World, having his Eye 
 iixed on a far better Country, namely an 
 Heavenly, into \Vhich there is no Doubt of 
 his being entered. 
 
 He departed this Life the Sth of the Fifth 
 Month 1763, in the ninety-fixch Year of his, 
 Age, and a Minifler about tvventy-feven 
 Years, and was buried at Burton near BaniJIey 
 the loth of the laiiie. 
 
 JOHN
 
 [ 8i } 
 
 JOHN GOODWIN, an aneieht 
 Friend at Efkygoch in MontgomeryJJjire 
 in North-Wales^ y^^% early f'avour'd with the 
 blefTed Vifitation of Truth, and by taitht'ully 
 adhering to the Dictates thereof, he experi- 
 enced its Effedts to be redeeming him, and 
 purifying him as a Veflel lor the great 
 Matter's Ufe ; fo that atx)ut the twenty- 
 fcventh Year of his Age, he was called to 
 the Work of the Miniftry, in which through 
 faithfully and diligently waiting for all-fuffi- 
 cient Help, he became an able M in liter of 
 the Gofpcl, and was inftrumcntal to turn 
 many from Darknefs to Light, and from the 
 Power of Satan to the Power of God, that 
 he might well be number'd among the Vali- 
 ants of Ijrael ; often vifiting the Principality 
 of Walesy and in his younger Part of his 
 Life, divers Parts of England : He filled up 
 the fcveral Duties of Life with good Repute, 
 being an affedionate Hufband, a tender 
 Father, a good Neighbour : Alfo in a re- 
 ligious Scnle, a wife nurfing Father, pleafanc 
 in Converfation, yet weighty and inltrudtivc 
 to thofe who enquired the Way to Sion ; 
 ■when led to reprove, he was careful to abide 
 jn the Spirit of Meekncfs and Wifdom. He 
 was of an upright Life and Convcriation, a 
 M fervait
 
 r 82 ] 
 
 fervent Lover of the Caufe of Truth and 
 People of God, zealous of the Honour of 
 Truth and the Support of its Tellunony in 
 all its Branches. 
 
 In his younger Years, when in low Cir- 
 cumftances, and anxious for the Support of 
 his Family, he purpofed removing to Ame- 
 rica (his Parents, Brother and Sifters being 
 gone thither before} but finding a Stop in 
 his Mind, and feeling after Divine Counfel, 
 he found it his Place to fettle in his native 
 Land, and it livingly arofe in his Heart ihai 
 the Lord would provide for him and his 
 Family^ in which he believed ; and in the 
 Clofe of his Days faid with Thankfulnefs, 
 *The Lord had fulfilled it to him ; which is 
 worthy of Commemoration, and may fcrve 
 as a Way-mark to others who read this 
 Account, to have their Eye to him in Faith, 
 with whom Counfel dwells, for Diredion in 
 all their Concerns of Life. 
 
 He continued frefli and lively to old Age; 
 and about three Weeks before his Dcceale, 
 at the laft publick Meeting he attended, he 
 was enabled to bear Teftimony in the Life 
 and Power of Truth, in a remarkable Man- 
 ner, to thofe prefent, amongft whom were 
 divers not in Society with us •, and after 
 Meeting faid. He was fully clear of the 
 
 People^
 
 Peopky and rdeafed from that Service \ figni- 
 fying his Time here was near a Condufiony. 
 and that now after a painful Afjli^ion he 
 (hould foon be at Refi with the Righteous^ for 
 which he lon^d ; yet laid, Let Patience have 
 its perfeul pyork. 
 
 During his'Ilnefs he appeared to be in an 
 Heavenly Frame of Mind, abounding with 
 Praifcs to God for his continued Mercies, 
 often expfefTing how valuable the Enjoy- 
 ment of the Love of God i^ on a Dying- 
 bed. He dtfired his Love might be re- 
 membred to his Brethren and Sifters in 
 Chrift, being (enfible and clear in his Under- 
 ftanding to the laft Hour. 
 
 ■\ 
 He quietly departed this Life, as one 
 falling into a fweet Sleep, the 7th of the 
 Twelfth Month 1763, and was buried in 
 Friends Burial-ground at Llwyndee, the i2tli 
 of the fame. Aged about eighty-two Years, 
 
 M 2 C A T H A-
 
 [ 84 ] 
 
 CATHARINE BURLING, 
 Daughter of 'J%hn and Ann Burling^ 
 or the City of New-Tork in America, was 
 taken ill of" a flow Fever, which weaken'd 
 her gradually, fo that (to ufe her own Ex- 
 prefTions) (he was reduced Jtep by fiep, all 
 Means ufed for her Help proving ineffectual. 
 
 When (lie was brought low and her Re- 
 covery appear'd doubtful, flie was for a 
 Time under great Exercife of Mind concern- 
 ing her future State, and prayed to the Lord 
 for a Jitfle more Time, and that flie might 
 witnefs a better State -, which he was gra- 
 cioufly pleafed to anfwer, not long after 
 foying. Her Mind was changed. She came 
 to witnefs the Child's State, BUed with Innor 
 cency, abounding in Love ; often laying. 
 My Mind is like a little Chjld^s ; and her 
 Heart came to be filled with the Love qf 
 God, and in the Aboundings thereof, for 
 iever^l "Weeks before her Departure, fhe was 
 at Times enabled to declare of the Lord's 
 iGoodnefs to her in a wonderl'ul Manner ♦, 
 gnd alfo, to exhort many who came to vifit 
 her, to Amendment of Life, that when the^ 
 came to lie en a fick Bed they might h$ 
 made Enjoyers of that Peace Jioe was th^n 
 
 made
 
 [ 8s ] 
 
 made a Partaker of ; often faying. She felt 
 bis Peace flow in her Mind as a gentle Stream^ 
 and that her Cup run o-ver. 
 
 Though Order of Time may not be kept 
 ftri<^"t:iy to, yet many were the fweet Ex- 
 prtflions which this young Woman uttered, 
 lome of which, as near as could be remem- 
 bred, are as follows, viz. 
 
 Many wearifo?ne Nights have I gone thro*, 
 and have watered my Pillow with my Tears, 
 I was long in Doubt of my eternal Hap-pincfs^ 
 and in the Time of greateft Diftrefs^ 1 cried to 
 the Lord that he would be pleajed to lengthen 
 my Time a little longer that I might be more 
 fully prepared^ and he was gracioufly pleafed 
 to hear and grant my Requejt ; and now be 
 has been pleafed to grant me a full Ajfurance 
 of it, and to lengthen my Time, that J mighl 
 fpeak of his Goodnejs ta others^ and tell what 
 be has done for my Soul ; O Praijes, Praifes^ 
 Praifes, he given to his great and glorious 
 Name I My Tongue is too Jhort by far^ O if 
 J had the longue of an Angel, I could not 
 fufficiently exprefs my Gratitude to that gracious 
 God who has been thus f leafed to favour me in 
 fo eminent a Manner / 
 
 My Difordcr is very changeable, very flat- 
 tering it would be to fome^ hut it does not 
 
 flatter
 
 ft 86r ^ 
 
 JkHer me -, / am refign^d, to the hordes Will^ 
 Lei him do jujl' as bejl pleafetb him with me^ 
 Bis poor frail Creature. A few Days ago, 
 when I thought 1 ivas jufl launching into Eter- 
 jtity, that boundlefs Ocean of Eternity^ I 
 frayed to the Lord that he would be pleafed 
 to give me a little longer Time, and he was 
 graciovjl^ pleafed to hear and grant my Reqtieji, 
 The Work of Regeneration is a great IVork, 
 J know it now experimentally, I am become a 
 new Creature,- new Ihoughts, new Defires, 
 my Affe^ions fet upon Things above \ I have 
 a new Name written in the Lamb^s Book of 
 hfcy and the white Stone is given to me. 
 
 She at the fame Time advifed her Brothers 
 and Sifters to PlAinnefs of Speech and Ap- 
 parel, faying, Remember our bleffed Lord, 
 that great Pattern of Plainnefs, who when on 
 Earth went up and down doing Good, and 
 wore a Garment without Seam : He was 
 crucified, he was nailed to the Crofs for our 
 Sins, for my Sins : Love inexprejible ! 
 
 During the lafl five Weeks of her IJnefs, 
 0ie was frequently fpeaking of the Lord's 
 Goodnefs to her, Cnt being favour'd in an 
 extraordinary Manner ; olten faying, J have 
 nothing to do with tins World, let my Time 
 be emplofd in praifing the Lord, and telling 
 of his gracious Dealings with my Soul I 
 
 One
 
 r 87 1 
 
 One Evening her Father was fitting bf 
 her Bed-fide, flie fa Id to him, Jbou art my 
 Father, but now 1 have another Father, I 
 have an Heavenly Father -, / love thee dearly^ 
 but I love him much more, be is the Chief c^ 
 of ten Thoufands ! 
 
 She would often fay, I am thankftd to tbs 
 Lord for all his Favours conferred en me, 
 and when I don't fpeak I am thankful in viy 
 Hearty and that is more than Words \ tbg 
 Lord dont require Lip-honour, but when my 
 Heart is fdled 1 can't help Jpcaking. 
 
 At another Time, Many are the Changes 
 and Viciffitudes I do experience, and -what may 
 come next there are none of us knozvs ; but I 
 am refigrid and thankful for all his Mercies, 
 his poor frail Creature : He muft do with me 
 jujl as he pleafes ; we fhould be thankful for 
 all the Lord's Favours. I hope and pray that 
 1 may be kept thankful and bumble^ meek and 
 low, before him, waiting for my Change, and 
 a happy Change it will be to vie. 
 
 One Morning as her Mother and Sillers 
 were putting on her Clouths, fhe defired 
 them to flop, and then exprcffcci lierfelf to 
 this Effedt : 1 now no longer wonder thai the 
 Martyrs coidd fing in the Flames^ 1 could do 
 Jhe fame ; / think I could go through burning 
 
 Flames^
 
 r 83 j 
 
 Flames, if required, for the Love of Chrijf, 
 
 it is inexprejfible I And Ipake much 
 more, and then prayed in an extraordinary 
 Manner. 
 
 At another Time fhe fpoke to the Purpofe 
 following : Now I know how frecious the 
 Soul is, O that People would prize their Time, 
 and prepare while Health is granted them / 
 / blefs the Lord I am prepared, if he is plea fed 
 to call me the nest Moment, 1 am ready > but 
 
 1 am thankful for the little Time he has 
 gratited me to be with you : But, O hovti 
 Jhocking, hew horribly fhoeking mujl it be for 
 fiich poor Souls who are unprepared and de^ 
 prived of their Senfcs at Jucb a Time as this I 
 
 She often exhorted and advifed many 
 young People, at different Times, ag-ainll 
 reading Romances and idle Books» faying, 
 // has been the greateft trouble and Esercije 
 of Mind to me, more than any thing I have 
 done, it has cofi me many a wearifome Night 
 and tnatiy a bitter Tear, though I have never 
 read but a few, and thofe that were deem'd 
 the mo[l harmlefs ; / know there are fome 
 •who dean them innocent Amufements, and 
 fay, Thofe Books are inflru^iive and there are 
 good Morals in them : But, mujl we go to 
 jucb Books for good Morals ! Read the Scrip- 
 
 iureif,
 
 d 89 1 
 
 tures, which are the heft of all Books, And 
 there are other good Books, 
 
 One following the Sea coming into the 
 Room, and [landing by her Bed-fide, after 
 a few Minutes fhe fpoke to him to this 
 Import : Thou art one that faileth on the 
 great IVaters, and there thou may fee God's 
 Wonders in the great Deeps \ and thou art 
 much in Compan-^ with Sailors and fuch like 
 Men, and 1 know they are light and frothy 
 in their Converfation ; and I defire thee to 
 keep thy Mind watchful and near the Lord, 
 which if thou doeft, thou wilt be preferred in 
 his Fear, 
 
 When fhe mended after a fevere Turn of 
 Ilnefs, one Evening fhe called her little 
 Brothers to her, and kifled them in a very 
 loving Manner j ^nd then being removed to 
 the Bed-fide, as fhe fat thereon fhe faid, 
 O I am full of Love ! I feel a Degree of 
 Divine Love. A Neighbour being in the 
 Room, noticing how eafy and compofed her 
 Countenance was, fhe anfwer'd, How can 
 my Countenance he fad when my Mind is at 
 Peace \ the Neighbour anlwering. Which 
 the World cannot give, fhe return'd, No nor 
 take away, 
 
 N Two
 
 [ 9° ] 
 
 Two Neighbours not of our Society 
 coming into the Room, (he fpoke to one 
 of them, faying, 'Thou fees me very weak 
 and low^ hut my Mind is at Peace, jweet 
 Heaven^ Peace of Mind \ I hope and pray 
 that thou may feel the fame when thou comes 
 to lie on a fick Bed, 
 
 Through the Prevalence of her Diftemper 
 and for Want of Sleep, flie became deli- 
 rious for Ibme Days, with fmall Intermif- 
 fions ; and then at fuch Intervals fhe feem'd 
 filled with Divine Love. The lad Day* be- 
 fore her Departure, flie bid her Sifter tell 
 her Mother, / am refigr^d, -patiently waiting 
 and quietly hoping for my happy Change. A 
 little before her Departure, Ihe told her 
 Father, She was not afraid to die : Soon 
 after fhe fiid to one of her Sifters, I feel as 
 if I am going to Paradife. About Noon the 
 fame Day, ftie defired her Mother to tell a 
 Friend prefent, That /he fhould go eafy and 
 tQ Rejt, 
 
 She departed this Life without Sigh tdf 
 Groan, the i6th of the Fourth Month 1 764, 
 between the Hours of eight and nine in the 
 Evening, in the eighteenth Year of her 
 Age, and was decently interred in Friends 
 Burying- ground in New-Tork. 
 
 JOHN
 
 [ 91 ] 
 
 JOHN A L D E R S O N, of Ra- 
 venftondale in IVeftmoreland, was the 
 Son of our ancient Friends Ralph and Alice 
 Alderjon^ of the fame Place, and was edu- 
 cated by them in a religious Manner, who 
 both by Example and Precept, were fignally 
 ferviceable to him in the Time of his Youth, 
 to whpm he demean'd himfelf, as he became 
 truly religious, in a very dutiful Manner. 
 
 About the nineteenth Year of his Age, 
 he was remarkably favoured with an hum- 
 bling Vifitation from on High, which as he 
 kept under, he became fitted lor the Work 
 of the Miniftry, into which lie was called 
 about twelve Years ai'tewards i wherein in a 
 ihort Time he grew fkiliul, and labour*d 
 -with unwearigfl Diligence, vifiting divers 
 Parts of this Nation feveral Times : He 
 alfo vifited Ireland and Scollnnd \ in ail which 
 there is good Ueafon to believe his Labours 
 were acceptable, and of good Service to the 
 Churches. In Time of Silence, he was clofe 
 and fteady in a fervent Travail of Spirit 
 before the Lord -, was olten enabled to 
 unibld the deep Myfteries of the Kingdom, 
 and the Work ot Regeneration ; and alfo 
 ftrongly to prefs Friends, to a fteady Watch- 
 N 2 fulnefs
 
 [ 92 ] 
 
 fulnels iigainft the many fubtil Wiles and 
 Temptations of the Enemy of Man's Hap* 
 pinefs. 
 
 In the Beginning of the Year 1 764, althd* 
 under great Weaknefs of Body, he found a 
 Concern to pay a religious Vifit to Friends in 
 the Southern Parts of the Nation, and in 
 Company with his beloved Friend Anthony 
 Mafoii, he came to London, but under great 
 Indifpofition, being able to attend but a few 
 Meetings in that City, in which he appeared 
 in publick Teftimony, to the Comtort and 
 Satisfadion of many, particularly in the 
 Meeting of Minifters and Elders •, but his 
 natural Strength decreafing, he was confined 
 about feventeen Weeks at the Houfe of our 
 Friend Thomas Jack/on, where all necelTary 
 Care and Affiftance were adminiftred to him. 
 
 In the Courfe of his Ilnefs he was led 
 under the Influence of Divine L.ove, to leave 
 {I few -Hints refpe^ling the Beginning ancl 
 Progrefs of Truth upon his Son I, and ex- 
 preffed himfelf to this Effecl : *' That he 
 »' was mercifully vifited with the D.iy- 
 *' Ipring from on High, and in the Light 
 ♦' of the Lord it was clearly difcovered to 
 *' him, what he Jhould do and what he Jhould 
 ** ahftain frovi -, but being addid:ed to 
 <' youthful Follies and Vanities, he was 
 
 «'i unwilling
 
 [ 93 ] 
 
 ** unwilling to renounce them, as well as to 
 " come up in Obedience to the Advice and 
 " Admonitions of his faithful and cxpe- 
 '* rienced Parents in the Truth. By his 
 ** Dilobedience he put out the Candle which 
 *' the Lord had lighted in his Scul^ and con- 
 ** tinued for fome Time to walk in Dark- 
 '* nefs i in which dark and wildernefs State, 
 *' the Almighty, for wife Purpofes by him 
 ** unfcen, fuffered Satan to try and prove 
 " him with various 'Temptations ; not only 
 ** with the Glory of temporal Delights, but 
 *« with Sins exceeding finful in their Nature. 
 *' He had received a Meafure of Light and 
 *' Grace, but he rebelled againft it ; and 
 ** though he was kept from grofs Pollutions, 
 " yet his vain, light and airy Mind, and 
 *' afpiring Imagination, was unwilling to 
 *' lubmit to the Yoke of Chrift to follow 
 *« him in Humility and Self-denial ; and as 
 *' he had by Tranlgreffion againft the inward 
 ♦* Law, which is Light, forfeited his Right 
 «* to the Tree of Life, he found no Way 
 «« for a Return but by the flaming Sword, 
 *' which in an eminent Manner feem*d fur- 
 '* bifhcd for him in order to divide the 
 »« Precious from the Vile, and which did 
 «• execute the fierce Anger of the Lord upon 
 «* his tranfgrefTing Nature, which was ftrong 
 «' and unwilling to have Sin deftroy'd both 
 ♦♦ RcQt and Branch, for iomc Time the 
 
 «' Lord
 
 [ 94 ] 
 
 ** Lord executed his juft Judgments fo that 
 «' his Terrors made him afraid that his 
 «' Mercy was clear gone from him for ever, 
 *♦ which brought him to defpair of attaining 
 *' Life eternal. 
 
 " But when the Almighty (who redeems 
 " Zion through Judgment) was pleafed to 
 *' fay, It was enough, and this Difpenfation 
 ** of Condemnation had humbled his Spirit, 
 " and bowed his Neck to the Yoke of 
 «* Chrifb, by the powerful Operation of 
 *« whofe Spirit he became as Clay in the 
 «' Hands of the Potter ; and though the 
 «' Miniftration of Condemnation had been 
 *' glorious, he could now fmg of Judgment 
 « and Mercy. And as he kept faithful to 
 «* the Difcoveries of the Light which now 
 «' {hone brighter to the perfed: Day, he 
 «' was preferved therein from turning again 
 «« to Folly ; knowing by purchafed Expe- 
 «« rience, that all who are faved from Sin, 
 " and perfevere in a Life of Righteoufnefs, 
 *' mufl walk fteadily in the Light of the 
 *« Lord. 
 
 *« While he was in the Employment of a 
 «' Shepherd, being alone, he was by the 
 «* Love of God fo powerfully attracted to 
 »« love him again, and all Mankind, that 
 " under the Sacred Influence and Holy 
 
 " Anointing
 
 [ 95 ] 
 
 ** Anointing thereof, he found the Gofpel 
 ** of Salvation flowed univerfally towards 
 «' all, and the Word of Life fprang and 
 *' flowed in his Soul as if he had been 
 ** preaching to many People." 
 
 Thus this dear Friend became qualified 
 for the Work of the Minifl:ry, a Difpenla- 
 tion of which was given to him, that he 
 fnight fliow unto Man the Way of Life and 
 Salvation. 
 
 Much excellent Counfel and Advice alfo 
 dropt from him, in the Courfe of his Ilnefs, 
 to Minifters and Elders in their various 
 States and Allotments, his Underftanding and 
 Memory being preferved clear and fl:rong to 
 the laft, being alfo bleflTed with remarkable 
 Serenity and Calmnefs in that proving Sea- 
 fon. Towards the Clofe of his Time, after 
 commending every one io God, and to the 
 Word of bis Grace and good Spirit, he added, 
 for whofe Sake^ fays he, / have travelled in 
 the Deeps ; and now in the feemin^ Conclu- 
 fion of mj Time, I witnefs renewed Peace and 
 Divine Refre/htnent^ and with my langui/Jjing 
 J^reath, under the hfiuence of Gojpel Love, 
 I am enabled to pray for the Peace of our 
 Zion, that Truth and Righteoufnefs may profper 
 within her Gates, and the Salvation of our 
 Cod may be yet appointed as fValli and Bul- 
 warks
 
 r 96 I 
 
 ^arh about her City. This is what I contijiue 
 earnejily to wijh, not only for my Brethren 
 and Fellow-memhers, hut for every one who 
 may receive the Invitation of God^s Love, and 
 be obedient to the Dictates of his Spirit ^ and fo 
 hecorne Inhabitants of this Holy City, the City 
 of the great King, who is ever worthy to rule 
 and reign in the Hearts of his People : Then 
 adding. Thus having relieved my Spirit, there 
 remains nothing hut to defire my endeared Love 
 may be remembred to my affeSlionaie Wife, 
 who, f^ys he, I deft re may not grieve beyond 
 meafure, hut freely refign me into the Hands 
 of my faithful Creator -, aljo to my dear 
 Children, with my dear aged Parents and 
 Relations according to the Flefh ; telling them, 
 that through the continued Loving-kindnefs cf 
 a merciful Saviour, it is well with me, and 
 I am favoured with a comfortable Evidence^ 
 that if 1 am removed with the prefent Weak- 
 'nefs of Body, he will receive me into the Arms 
 of his Mercy ; and that 1 go to their God^ 
 and my God, to their Father and my Father, 
 to join the Heavenly Hojl, in ever magnifying 
 bis Love and Mercy, who hath loved and 
 wajhed us in the Blood of the immaculate 
 Lamb : To whom, with the Father, through 
 the Holy Spirit, be Glory, Honour and Praij'e, 
 now and eternally in the Heavens. Amen. 
 
 He
 
 [ 97 1 
 
 "Me departed this Life the 26th of the 
 Fourth Month 1764, about Midnight, ind 
 his Body was interred in Bunhillficlds the 
 QCth of the fame, after a large and Iblemn 
 Meeting at Devon fhire-houfe^ held lor that 
 Purpofe. Aged near forty-three, and a 
 Minifter about twelve Years. 
 
 See an Account concerning hirri in Print, 
 intituled. Some ufef id Objervations and Advices 4 
 
 STEPHEN SEDGEWICK, 
 an ancient Friend belonging to Benthani 
 Mo.uhly-meeting in Torkjbire, was born 
 about the Year 16S4, and educated in the 
 Way of Truth as profefTed by us, and whert 
 very young became concern*d to live a fober 
 and religious Life, I'requently feeking folitary 
 Pliues to pour iorth his Soul in Supplication 
 to the Lord, that he might know an inward 
 Acquaintance with him for himfclf ; and as' 
 hr grew in Years he grew in faring Know- 
 k'dgf, fo that about the twentieth Year of 
 his Age his Mouth was open'd in Miniftry, 
 and through Faithfuliurfs he became, an .able 
 Minirter of the Gofpel, having i'requently 
 to declare to orhcrs what the Lord had done 
 for his Soul, to the Encouragement of the 
 weak and fincere Mind. 
 
 Q He
 
 r 98 ] 
 
 He laboured diligently, and vifited moft 
 of the Meetings in this Nation, Scotland 
 and Ireland^ and was frequently engaged in 
 vifiting the Families of Friends ; in which 
 Service he was eminently qualified. 
 
 During the latter Part of his Life he was 
 afBidled with bodily Weaknefs, yet flil! 
 continut'd a conflant Attender of Meetings, 
 %Qih. for Worlhip and Difcipline ; and it 
 was clearly obfervable, the nearer he grew 
 towards his final Change, the more lively 
 and bright he grew in his Gift in the 
 Miniftry. 
 
 His Life and Converfation was remark- 
 ably regular and inoffenfive, his Benevolence 
 extended to all, whereby he obtained a good 
 Report and Efteem. 
 
 During his laft Ilnefs he often declared to 
 thofe who vifited him, That his Dafs fFork 
 was done, that he had nothing to do hut die^ 
 and that he was in true Peace with the Lord 
 and all Men, 
 
 He departed this Life the loth of the 
 Fifth Month 1764, and was buried in 
 Friends Burial-ground at Lower- Bent ham. 
 Aged about eighty Years, a Minifter fixty 
 Years. 
 
 ELIZABETH
 
 [ 99 ] 
 
 ELIZABETH KENDALL, 
 Lite of Manningtree in Effex^ was con- 
 vinced of the Truth in her young and tender 
 Years, altho* in the Beginning was not fen- 
 fible what it was that followed her with 
 Reproofs, if at any Time flie miffed or 
 turned her Feet out of the Way which fhe 
 was convinced fhe fhould walk in ; which 
 brought great Anguifh upon her tender 
 Mind, and made her to feck folitary Places 
 to pour out her Tears before the Lord, who 
 heard her Prayers and Supplications for Pre- 
 fervation, and was her alone Helper. 
 
 Her Parents not being at all fenfible of 
 her Trouble of Mind, and that it was for 
 her Soul's Sake, that it might reft in the 
 Day of Trouble, began to be very harfh with 
 her, by Threatning and ufing all Endeavours 
 to drive her from fuch Thoughtfulnefs, 
 fearing it would be her Ruin. But powerful 
 was that good Hand and Arm which was 
 made bare for her Support, fo that the 
 more her Suffering encreafed the ftronger 
 ihe grew. 
 
 At this Time fhe was quite unacquainted 
 
 with friends, not knowing there was fuch a 
 
 O 2 People i
 
 [ lOO ] 
 
 People; but fome Time after her Parents 
 removing to a Place near which fome Friends 
 refided, Ihe became acquainted wirh them, 
 in whofe Company fhe was often refrtfhed, 
 and her affllcfled Mind much comforted ; 
 and hearing of a Meeting fhe found Meam 
 to get to it, in which (tho' there were but 
 few Words fpoken) fhe was melted down as 
 Wax before the Fire, not wanting to htar 
 Words •, but was fenfible thcfe were the 
 People |he was to jf)in with, \vhioh (he did 
 for Feace-fake about the nineteenth Year of 
 her Age. Then did her Sufferings enqreafs 
 by her Parents, but in a more fevere Manner 
 from her Father, he having a great Diflik? 
 to the Name ^mker, faying, 1 had rather 
 ■Jhe had been any thing hut that^ and fpoke 
 riiuch againft them •, yet was fhe (teady -^n^ 
 immovable, many Tunes having much to 
 iay in Vindication of the Truth, but he could 
 not bear itj^ thereiore was niore fevere againft 
 her. 
 
 About the twenty-firfl Year of her Age, 
 fhe came forth in a publick Teflimony to the 
 ^reat Comfort a,nd Satis: action of F^ricnJs, 
 which occafioned a frefh Trouble to her 
 Parents, and made her Sufferings ft ill greater 
 from them ryet it did not alter her fteady 
 Hefplutions in prefling forward in that which 
 
 brought
 
 [ '°1 1 
 
 brought Peace, neither occafioned her to 
 fiiew any Uneafinels to her Parents. 
 
 One Day her Father being in greatWarmth 
 took her by the Arm and thruft her out at 
 the Door, laying, Lei me never fee you more 
 if you do not leave the Quakers j (he patiently 
 bore it and went to a Friend's Houfe, who 
 gladly received her *till further Way was 
 opened. 
 
 After fome Time it pleafed the Almighty 
 to grant her Father a Vifitation of the Day- 
 fpring from on High, which brought him to 
 a Sight of his State and Condition, and made 
 him feck a Place of Repentance : And he 
 becarfie willing to fuffer and to endure the 
 Crofs, and betook himfelf to a very circum- 
 fpt^ Way of Life ; and after a confiderable 
 Time, hearing his Daughter was to be at a 
 Meeting near where he refided, privately got 
 to it 1 in which flie was favour'd to bear a 
 living Teflimony to the Truth, and was 
 made inftrumental to his being fully con- 
 vinced i after Meeting he embraced her with 
 Tears, faying. My dear Child, bold on thy 
 IVay^ fear no Man^ thou art in the Right. 
 And irom that Time he conftantly went 
 to Meetings, and continued faithful to the 
 "^.nd of his Time ; fome Time after his 
 
 Wife,
 
 [ 102 } 
 
 Wife, one Son and another Daughter joined 
 Friends. 
 
 After fome Time Ihe fettled at Bradfield 
 near Manningtree in EJfex, and being freely 
 given up to the Lord*s Requi rings, grew 
 much in the Truth •, her Tcftimony was 
 large, lively, and powerful, to the great 
 Comfort and SAtista6lion of the Honeft- 
 hearted. She was often concerned to go 
 forth and leave all that was near and dtar to 
 her behind j was feveral Times drawn to 
 vifit Friends in this Nation, once in Ireland^ 
 twice in fVales and Scotland^ and in all was 
 well received ; appear*d much to the Confo- 
 lation of the AfHided, but as a fharp threfh. 
 ing Inftrument to the Carelefs, and to the 
 ftirring up and awakening many. 
 
 A Pattern of Plainncfs and true Humility, 
 zealous tor promoting the Truth, having no 
 greater Joy than to lee its Profeffors profper 
 in it, nor fpared any Pains to admonifh or 
 rebuke where Occafion required. 
 
 For feveral Years before her Dcceafe fhe 
 was attended with great bodily Weaknefs, 
 yet as long as it was poffible to be had to 
 Meetings did not give it over ; foon after 
 her being dilabled Irom attending Meetings, 
 Ihe was taken with fomething of the Palfe)\ 
 
 which
 
 r i«3 1 
 
 ythkh af^efted her Speech, fo that fhe could 
 not well exprefs herfelf, but was fometimes 
 undcrftood to fay, Iloije, Hove all : Nothing 
 more pleafant to her than to fee her Friends^ 
 She was often retired in her Mind, Swectnefe 
 appearing in her Countenance ; a Pattern of 
 Patience, not finding fault with what was 
 done for her, nor heard to fay, it was hard 
 fhe fhould be afflifted with fo many Weak- 
 nefles •, but always appearing in an eafy 
 Frame of Mind with great Pleafintnefe, en- 
 deavouring to make thofe about her fcnfible 
 Ihe counted it a great Favour fhe was lo 
 provided for. 
 
 She departed this Life the 19th, and was 
 interred the 24th of the Second iVIonth 1 765, 
 in Friends Burial-ground at Manmvgtrie^ 
 about the eightieth Year of her Age, having 
 been a Minifter fifty-eight Years. 
 
 GHARRETT VAN HASSEN, 
 an '..ncient Friend of Dublin, was born 
 in Holland, he was a fignal Inftance of the 
 Mercy and long Forbearance of a gracious 
 God, having been favour'd with a Divmc 
 and powcriul Vifitation about the fortieth 
 Year of his Age, and thereby reclaimed from 
 a State of Unregencracy and Sin, witnelTing 
 
 true
 
 [ 104 ] 
 
 true Repentance : He join'd in Society With 
 us the People called ^akers^ and through 
 Faithtulnefs, being led on in the Paths of 
 Piety and Love to God and Men, he re- 
 ceived a Gift in the Miniftry in England, 
 and about the Year 1737 he went to Ireland^ 
 and for the moft Part of the Remainder 
 of his Time refided at Dublin. 
 
 He was a fervent Labourer in the Mini- 
 ftry, and zealous in his Teftimony againft 
 the inordinate Love of the World, affeftion- 
 ately tender to the Youth, and was often 
 concerned for their Prefervation. 
 
 He vifited the Meetings of Friends in 
 Great-BrUain ; and in the Year 1747 he 
 performed a Vifit to moft or all the Families 
 of Friends in Ireland, and alfo to fuch as 
 had by Mifcondudt juftly iucurred the Cen- 
 fure of the Society ; in which Labour he 
 was well received, having excenfive Charity. 
 
 During the latter- Part of his Time, he 
 was greatly afflidfed with bodily Infirmities, 
 difabling him in a great meafure for publick 
 Service •, but he ftill retained his Love to 
 God and the Brethren, and at or near his 
 Conclufion had the comfortable Aifurance 
 of his approaching Removal to a betrer 
 State, which he fignified by the following 
 
 ExprefTions
 
 t »o5 ] 
 
 ExprefTions among others : / am going U 
 your Father and my Father ; to your God and 
 my God : / die daily ^ never thelejs I live^ and 
 not 7, but Chrijl liveth in me. 
 
 He departed this Life the 30th of the 
 Sixth Month 1765. Aged about feventy, 
 a M in liter upwards of twenty-eight Years. 
 
 RACHEL CHANDLER* 
 forn:ierly P E N F O L D, was born 
 at Guilford in the County of Surry ; her 
 Mother dying when (he was young, fubjedl- 
 cd iier to many Inconveniencies, which fhe 
 occafionally mentioned ; but being favoured 
 with an early Vifitation of Divine Love, was 
 prefer ved from the groffer Pollutions of the 
 Age, and by gradually fubmitting to the 
 ian6lifying Operation of Truth, was fitted 
 lor the Work of the Miniftry, and diligently 
 labouring to improve the Talent committed 
 to her Truft, in due Time became an able 
 Minifter of the Gofpel, found in Dodrine, 
 rightly dividing the Word of Truth. She 
 travelled thro* divers Parts of this Nation in 
 full Unity with her Friends, and to the Peace 
 send Satisfadion of her own Mind. 
 4 
 
 P Her
 
 [ io6 ] 
 
 ^ Her Miniflry wks attended with a lively 
 Demonftration of the Spring I'rom Whehce it 
 flowed ; Ihe was often favour'd with near 
 Accefs to the Throne of Grace, in fervetit 
 Supplication for the Reftoration of Zion, to 
 her primitive Purity artd Beauty ; and in 
 Commemoration of the Lord's Goodnefs to 
 her through the various DifpCnrations of his 
 Providence, would frequently exhort the 
 Youth to Remember their Creator in the Days 
 of their Touth^ and dedicate the Prime of their 
 Days to his Service. .-| 
 
 She was a nurfing Mother to the Tender 
 and Well-inclined, and a true Sympathizer 
 with the Bowed-down and Afflifted in Spirit ; 
 but a Iharp Reprover of the Rebellious and 
 Stiff-necked •, an affeftionate Friend artd kind 
 Neighbour ; a Pattern of Indufbry, Humi- 
 lity, and Self-denial i a good Example in 
 difcharging the feveral relative Duties luitable 
 to her Station and Circumftances in Lite, 
 which made her beloved both by Friends 
 and others. 
 
 She was long afflitfted with a fore Diforder, 
 which rendred her incapable of Travelling 
 for a confiderable Time ; but fne conftantly 
 attended her own Meeting, and after, when 
 her Inability encreafed, the Meeting was 
 held at her Houfe, where Ilie frequently 
 
 appear'd
 
 [ 107 ] 
 
 appear'd in publick Teftimony, under a 
 Jiving Senfe that the Lord haci not Ibrfakea 
 her in this Time of outward Afflidioii. 
 
 To her Hulband and a Friend who came 
 to fee her, flie faid, If Jhe died then her 
 Deftre was that the'j would look to their own 
 Standing, and not grieve for her, but rather 
 rejoice /he was landed Jafe from a fVorld of 
 Peril and Difficult-^, a Life of temptation and 
 Probation ; that the lajl Thing fhe had to 
 flruggle with was Death, and that was made 
 ^af^, the Sting thereof being taken away. 
 
 At another Time being in great Pain, O 
 if 1 had my Peace to ?nake novj, what fhould 
 I do I It is enough to bear the Infrmities of the 
 Body, without the Load of a guilty Confcience. 
 Being a little cafier, fhe faid, That her Pain 
 was often very flrong, yet at Times fhe wit- 
 veffed great Sweetnefs, which fupported and 
 enabled her to bear her AjfliSiion ; further 
 adding, A little of the Balm of Gilead was 
 very comfortable to her, and that fhe longed 
 for the Time to come when floe might drink 
 large Draughts of Water from the Well of 
 Life. 
 
 She was fcveral IVTonths confined to her 
 
 Bed, hut boreher Afflidlion with remarkable 
 
 Patience ;uid Kefignation, and continued 
 
 P 2 fenfible
 
 [ io8 ] 
 
 fenfible to her End, departing this Life the 
 i8th of the Fifth IMonth 1765, and was 
 interred in Friends Burial-groiid at Kingfton 
 the 24th of the fame. Aged forty-two, a 
 Minifler fixteen Years. 
 
 A few Months before her Death, fhe 
 drew up a brief Memorial of the gracious 
 Dealings of the Lord with her Soul, which 
 fhe defired might be communicated to 
 Friends, and is here annexed. 
 
 A brief Memorial of the "Lord's gracious, 
 Dealings with Rachel Chandler, for^ 
 merly R. Penfold, late of Efher in 
 Surry, written by herfelf a few Months 
 before her Deceaje^ and at her parti- 
 cular .Requeft communicated to Friends, 
 
 ** \A7 ^^N ^ confider that the Grave 
 
 ** V V cannot celebrate the Praife that is 
 
 " due to the Lord, on Account of his 
 
 ** gracious and merciful Dealings to my 
 
 ** Soul, I am inclined to fay fo much on 
 
 ** God's Behalf, as may fuffice to let Man- 
 
 " kind know, that he of his own free 
 
 «' Mercy firft vifited my Soul, when it was 
 
 *♦ gone very far aftray from the> right Path ; 
 
 " and
 
 [ 109 ] 
 
 *' and at about the feventeenth Year of 
 *' my Age, laid the Axe to the Root of 
 *' the corrupt Tree, and fhook my fandy 
 " Foundation, fo that my feeble Building, 
 " grounded on ProfefTion and Name, was 
 *« made to totter, and I to cry out in the 
 *' Anguifh of my Spirit, JVhat /hall 1 do 
 ** to become what I ought to be, that fo I 
 *' might obtain Favour and Peace with God ! 
 '* And fuch was my Sorrow Night and Day, 
 " that I often wifh*d I had never been born, 
 *' or that I had died very young before I 
 *' had Knowledge of Good and Evil ; for 
 ** now that the Book of the Law was 
 ** open*d, the Commandment came. Sin 
 *« revived that had been hid and cover*d 
 *' with a Fig-leaf Covering, and I died, 
 *« and as one fenfible of the Terrors of the 
 *' Lord, I often cried, wretched Creature 
 ** that 1 am ! Who Jhall deliver me jrom 
 " this Body of Sin and Death ? Thus v/ent 
 " I fecretly mourning on my Way for a 
 *' long Time, while my Adverliiry laid 
 ** many Baits in my Way to catch my 
 *' unwary Feet ; yet when ever I yielded to 
 " the forcible Power of Conviftion, tho* 
 ** in ever fo trivial Things, I found Peace ; 
 " but as I had gone a great Way from the 
 <« Father's Houle, fo I had a great Way to 
 ** come back, and it took up much Time, 
 *« for there was long War between the 
 
 " Houfe
 
 I 119 1 
 
 " rjoufe of Saul and the Houte of David, 
 *' but blelTed be Go,d, the Father and Fo|Lin-» 
 *' tain of Life, the Houfe of David grew 
 *' ilronger as the Houfe of Saul grew 
 *' weaker, fo that in Time my Enemies 
 *' were difcomlitted, and what I had feea 
 *' and heard in fecret at the Bottom of 
 ^« Jordan and in the Depth of the Sea, was 
 f I requir*d to proclaim as on the Houfer 
 '-' top ; which was fo weighty an EngagCi- 
 *' ment that it took up much Time to be 
 ^* fitted for, lead not being rightly pre- 
 " pared I fhculd be d,ra.>vn in a forward 
 <*' Zeal CO dp th^t which was not required 
 -*' of me, as poor Uzzab did, or being 
 <■' rightly anointed, yet through a forward 
 *' Mind to be doing, fhould be haftily drawn 
 *' to offer Sacrifice before Samuel came j fo 
 «' that after repeated Maniteflations and 
 «' convincing Circumftances had been af- 
 " forded, yet the confirming Evidence be- 
 <■'• ing wanting, I durft not appt-ar in publick 
 " Teftimony for God, until Gideon-\\kt^ 1 
 '« hvid tried .the Fleece every Way, by which 
 '' the Long- forbearance of the Lord was 
 " difcovered t^ me- ward, who knew my 
 «■' with-holding was not from obllinate Re- 
 *' bellion, but through Fear of taking that 
 «« on me which I was not called to, and 
 " that my Defire in doing his Work was 
 '« that 1 might be his Servant, and found 
 ' . " anfwerins:
 
 f III ] 
 
 *^ rmfwering the End for which I' was mad^', 
 ^* that rightly improving my Talent, I 
 ** might at lafl: have an Entrance into thfc 
 ** Joy of my Lord : And at length having 
 ^' waited the Sealbn for thfe accomplifhing 
 ** thii Work of maniffeftii^^ rny Love by- 
 *' my Obedience, I gaVe up in great 
 " Weaknefs and Trembling to fpeak a feW 
 **• 'Words in Meetings in the twenty-fixth 
 ** Year of my Age, and had great Peace ih 
 *' fo doing ; and altho' I have never beeh 
 ** called to much Service, yet having onfe 
 ''^ Talent committed to my Truft, I havfc 
 ** found an abfolute NecefFity to improvfe 
 *^ the fmall Portion of Grace received, and 
 •'•alfo to watch and guard againft Tcmptit- 
 *' tions, which I have had my Slmre tfi' 
 '*' many Ways, but find none more danger- 
 '^^ 'ous nor fubtil than Self, the mod crii^I 
 ■^F'cie, of which I am the more free to 
 "^Tpeak in order to inform others, that tliey 
 '* m.ay beware and not attribute that Honour 
 ** to Self which belongs to GckI : I have 
 •' fccn it in many Shapes, had many ii 
 «' Combat with it, and do rejoice in this, 
 ** to fee it under Foot and the Lord to bl- 
 «* uppermoft, there Self is of no Reputa- 
 ** tion ; and that I may ftill witnefs this, 
 ■ '" that as my Eye has been fteadily fixed on 
 ** my good Guide, who firft tbund me out 
 •• when alone in a defart Land, and a Con- 
 
 ** cern
 
 r "2 ] 
 
 <* cern hath been raifed to follow him only 
 
 *' in the Way of his Leadings, fo he alfci 
 
 *' may have the Glory and Praife in the 
 
 *' conducting me fafe thus far on my Jour- 
 
 •' ney through many Difficulties and Straits, 
 
 *' which but only to look back upon makes 
 
 " me fliudder at them, infomuch that ap- 
 
 " preaching Death appears a pleafant Re- 
 
 «« leafe from a World of Trials and Befet- 
 
 «« ments, which while here we are liable to ; 
 
 <' and am ready to conclude my Work is 
 
 •' almoft done, my Day near at an End, 
 
 *' my Sun nigh fetting, in which the Curtain 
 
 *' of the Night will be drawn over my earth- 
 
 «« ly Tabernacle, which Pain and Weaknefs 
 
 *' make to fliake, fo that I fuppofe what I 
 
 *' do, I had need do quickly, for no Device 
 
 «« or Work can there be done when the 
 
 •« Spirit is departed ; wherefore having Love 
 
 ■*' to my Fellow Citizens, as well as Good- 
 
 *« will to Strangers, am willing for their 
 
 « Encouragement to leave this fmall Hint 
 
 «' of the Goodnefs of God to a poor Worm, 
 
 »' who am far from being able to fpeak one 
 
 *' Half of what hath been done for me, 
 
 *' only that Men may glorify God when 
 
 " they find my Footlleps, and confider that 
 
 " as weak as I have been, yet the great 
 
 **■ Condefcenfion of Divine Wifdom and 
 
 «' Omnipotence is fuch, that now being 
 
 *' confined as a Prifoner at Home by my 
 
 ** incurable
 
 [ tn ] 
 
 <f incufable Malady in the FleHi, my Spirit*s 
 <« at Liberty to praife God and give Glory 
 " to him, under a renewed Senfe that I have 
 «« fo far fought the good Fight, and have 
 *« been hitherto helped to keep the Faith^ 
 *' and I ietl Peace to be my Reward, which 
 " makes ample Amends for all my Sorrows^ 
 *« yea, and prefent Pain, Hallelujah to God 
 " on High, Peace on Earthy and Goodwill to 
 ** Men, fiith my Soul : O let all cleave to 
 " him as to a moft fure and certain Guide, 
 ♦« who will not leave his comfortlefs, bleiTed 
 *« be his Name 1 but will come again and 
 *« caufe them to rejoice, and their Joy fliall 
 ** exceed the Joy of Harveft, when Corn 
 ** and Wine increafe. 
 
 ** Rachel Chandler. 
 
 «* Lfher, Niftth Month 1764." 
 
 DAVID C O U L S O N, was born 
 at Nottingham, the 9th of the Fourth 
 tvjonth 1713, of religious Parents, and edu- 
 cated in the Way of Truth ; in his Youth 
 was flrongly addidcd to vain Amulements 
 and Company, gritifying himfelf therein 
 ior fome Yerirs i his Father dying when he 
 was young, he was much labour'd with by 
 Q^ his
 
 his tender Mother, who with many Te^ii 
 fought his Reformation, and which often 
 affedled him for a fliort Space ; but ftill his 
 Inclination to Vanity was fo great, that he 
 ftifled the Conviclions of Truth. 
 
 About the twenty-firft Year of his Age, 
 happening to lodge in a damp Bird, an In- 
 flamation in his Eyes followed, by which he 
 Joll his Sight, and being vifited with Sick- 
 nefs was reduced very low ; neverthelefs he 
 did not break off from his Companions, 
 their vain Converfation ferving for an Excufe 
 to divert him in his dull Situation, and altho' 
 Pain and Sorrow of Heart were often his 
 Portion, yet it was hard for him to take up 
 the Crofs and follow Chrift in the Way of 
 Self-denial, until about the twenty-fixth Year 
 of his Age, when a powerful Vifitation was 
 extended, that he dared no longer to refill, 
 and he had to fee that if he did not join in 
 therewith, it would be the lad Vifitation that 
 would be afforded, he therefore confulted 
 not with Flefh and Blood, but gave up to 
 the Heavenly Vifion ; of the Humiliation of 
 which D.iy he would often fpeak with Reve»» 
 rence and Gratitude. 
 
 About the thirty-third Year of his Age, 
 his Mouth was firft opened to declare to 
 Others what God had done for his Soul, and 
 
 a Concern
 
 [ 115 1 
 
 a Concern was foon raifed in hlni to vifit the 
 Churches, which noiwithftanding his Want 
 of Sight he gave up to, and excepting Kent 
 and Suffex, he vifited all the Counties in 
 England^ and lome of them divers Times ; 
 and thro* the merciful Care and Protedlion 
 of his great Lord and Maftcr, he was fo 
 preferved as never to meet with any Fall or 
 Accident tp lay him up one Day in all his 
 Travels. 
 
 For fome Years before his Death, he was 
 afflided with a Iharp painful Diforder in his 
 Stomach and Bowels, which rendred Tra- 
 velling on Horfe-back impracticable, yet 
 occafionally attended fome neighbouring or 
 the Quarterly-meetings he belonged to ; un- 
 der all which he had to remark, That be had 
 rot n£gle£led his Da-fs IVork^ in which, he 
 faid, he found Peace, and that he could fay 
 without Boajling, he never had omitted any 
 thing that he apprehended his Duty. 
 
 The next Day after his Return from the 
 Circular-meeting at Stourbridge he was taken 
 ill, and continued fo for fome Time, but at 
 Times got out to Meetings. On the 24th 
 of the Eleventh Month 1765, in the After- 
 noon he went to Meeting, and in the Evening 
 had an acceptable Time in the Family, in 
 which the Divine Lite fpread like to the 
 Q 2 Odour
 
 [ ii6] 
 
 Odour of the precious Ointment to the 
 afFeding many Minds. 
 
 In the Courfe of his Ilnefs he ciropt 
 many Heavenly Exprcfiions, fome of which 
 follow : 
 
 O / il is a good Thing to live near the Lord 
 while in Healthy for 1 find it now enough to 
 do to grapple with the Pain of the Body -, but 
 I thank God I am quite eajy whether I live or 
 die. Death is no Terror^ for my Life is itf 
 Chrijly and the Lord Jweeteneth every hitter 
 Cup : But it is not fo with thofe who follow 
 lying Vanities^ for they are forfaking their own 
 Mercies. The Lord can bring low and can 
 raije again at his Pleafure. If I fhould at 
 this Time be reflored^ I hope I fhall be more 
 redeemed and brought nearer the Lord in that 
 -pure Covenant of Life. I often think what 
 will become of them that are lukewarm in Re- 
 ligion., for if we keep ever Jo near the Lord, ■ 
 and ferve him with all our Mind and Strength, 
 we have notbing to fpare, no, no •, we are hut 
 unprcfiiahle Servants^ we have done but that 
 %vhich is our Duty. I pray God fupport me 
 tinder all the Trials and Exercifes of this 
 
 To one who attended him, he faid to this 
 Efftdl : Keep near the Lord and Jeek him with
 
 [ 117 1 
 
 all thy Heart, for thou knows tiot how foon the 
 Meffenger may come^ whether at Midnight^ at 
 Cockcrow, or at the Dawning of the Day. 
 O let nothing hinder thee from feeking him ! 
 L§ok not at thy Poverty, for what Jignifies 
 all the Greatnefs and Riches of this World, if 
 we keep near the Lord he can be abundantly 
 more than this unto us. 
 
 To another he fliid, poor Girl ferve the 
 Lord I Thou canji never do any thing better ; 
 the Lord loves an early Sacrifice, give hint 
 therefore the Sacrifice of thy Toulh. 1 can 
 fay nothing more than to defire you to keep near 
 the Lord, for I wijh you all well ; the Lord 
 has been my Strength and Preferver^ my all 
 iff all, the Lord is my Shepherd. 
 
 To feme Friends coming into the Room i 
 
 J^ow Friends, do you think it's fit to put off 
 Repentance to fuch an Hour as this ? O it is 
 a fid Thing ! for we all know we mufl die, 
 it cannot be otherwife with any. But if we 
 take not up our daily Crofs and be regenerated 
 and born again, we cannot fee the Kingdom^ 
 much lefs enter into it. The Lord can bring 
 low and raife again, bleffed be his Holy Name^ 
 bis Holy Will l?e 4one, come Life, come 
 Peath, 
 
 The
 
 [ n8 ] 
 
 The latter Part of the Day he fpoke Jittle, 
 but lay in a fweet Difpofirion, dtfiring to be 
 ftiJl, was fcnfible to the lafl:, and quietly 
 departed this Life, as one going into a fweet 
 Sleep, about the fecond Hour in the Morn- 
 ing, the 9th of the Twelfth Month 1765, 
 Aged fifty-two, a Minifter twenty Years. 
 
 LUCY ECROYD, Wife of John 
 Eeroyd, of Edge-End in the County of 
 haucajier^ and Daughter of James and Ann 
 Bradley^ of Bromyard in Herefordjhire, was 
 merciiully vifited with the Manifeftation of 
 Divine Grace while very young ; alfo the 
 tender Care of an afFedlionaate Parent, wha, 
 watched over her Children for Good, wcs 
 blefled to her in an eminent Manner : The 
 wholfome Advice fhe was frequently con- 
 cern'd to adnfinifter, made deep and awful 
 Imprefllons on her Mind, though jfhe was 
 ibon deprived of this great Bleffing, her 
 Mother dying when flie was about thirteen^ 
 Years of Age -, after which being expofed 
 to unprofitable Company, fhe lound the 
 Truth of the Apoflle's Affertion, that Evil 
 Commttmcatiom corrupt good Manners ; for 
 flie was thereby drawn into Vanity, leaven*d 
 into the Spirit of this World, and too much 
 attach'd to its fading Enjoyments. In this 
 
 Time
 
 r "9i 
 
 Time of Forgetfulnefs and Departure from 
 her tirft Love, Ihe met with many clofc 
 inward Trials and outward Difuppointmcnts, 
 finding no Reft to her weary Soul, till pafling 
 thro' Judgment (by which Zion muft be 
 redeemed) -and enduring many lore Confli6ls» 
 her Feet were mercifully tum*d into the Way 
 of Peace. 
 
 About the nineteenth Year of her Age, 
 her Mouth was firft opened by Way of 
 Teftimony, being a good Example in Word, 
 in Convtrfation, in Charity, in Faith and 
 Purity, fhe adorned the Dcdrine of our 
 Lord. Much might be added to comme- 
 morate Ixr Worth, the Innoccncy of her 
 Deportment and exemplary Conduct thro* 
 the various Parts of her Service ; whether in 
 iier publick Station, or more private Ser- 
 vice, let it fuffice to fay, her Heart was 
 devoted to God, and from thence out of the 
 good Treafures thereof, fli« brought fortti 
 Tilings new and old. 
 
 About the twenty-fourth Year of her Age 
 (lie vifited London^ in Company with her 
 beloved Friend Rebecca Soulh^ ot Nailfi:;orth 
 in Qloiicefierjh'irey fince deceafed, where her 
 Service was very acceptable, and indeed it 
 may be reconied to the Memory of them 
 1i0th, thty were inftrumcntal of Good to 
 
 many
 
 t 120 1 
 
 fftatny in their faid Vifit ; and in all hef 
 Services being carefully coneern*d to keep 
 under the Guidance of the Holy Hand which 
 put her forth, fhe was kept in the right 
 Line, conduced therein with Safety through 
 her Service, and was favour'd with the Re- 
 turn of Peace in her own Bofom. 
 
 In the latter Part of her Life when in 
 Health, fhe frequently intimated a Perfuafion 
 that her Race was near over, exprefTing a 
 fervent Defire, 'J'hat through Divine Mercy 
 Jhe mighi he enabled by patient Continuance in 
 fVeil-doing, to hold out to the End. Thus flie 
 retain'd her Integrity to the Clofe of Life, 
 ever preferring Z ion's Welfare before her 
 chieftft Joy. 
 
 In her laft Ilnefs fhe fpoke but little, but 
 her Patience under fuch great bodily Af- 
 fiidtion, and the fweet Compofure of her 
 Countenance and Deportment, clearly evin- 
 ced fhe had Aceefs to the Place where Prayer 
 is wont to be made. 
 
 She departed this Life the 26th of the 
 Firft Month 1706, and was interred in 
 Friends Burial-ground in Marfden in han^ 
 (a/Ijire, Aged iorty-one Years. 
 
 JOSEPH
 
 [ 121 ] 
 
 JOSEPH MILTHROP, a 
 Member o^ Pontefra^i Monthly-meeting 
 in Torkjhire^ was educited in the Prmciples 
 of the Church of England -, but as he ad-- 
 vanced towards Man's Eftate, being of a 
 thoughtful Difpofition, and unfatisfied with 
 the Principles of his Education, he, after 
 various Refearches among the different Modes^ 
 of Profcflion, join*d himfelf to the Romijb 
 Church, and for divers Years conftantly 
 attended their Worfhip, and ftridly oblcrved 
 their ceremonial Inftitutions, for lome Time 
 firmly believing Chrift Jefus to be the Author 
 thereof-, tho* at Times he was led to believe 
 there was a fubduing of the PafTions and 
 a Renovation of Heart, which the truly 
 Righteous experienced ; alfo a Fruicion of 
 inward Peace,, which they at Times polTefTed : 
 To all which he found himfelf, in great mea- 
 fure, a Stranger, which caufed him many 
 Times fecretly to mourn and pour forth 
 earncft Prayers to thii Father of Mercies, 
 that he might become a Partaker of the 
 lame happy Experience. 
 
 While he was thus exercifed it came into 
 
 his.Mind to go to a Meeting of the People 
 
 R called
 
 called fakers, for an Account of which 
 take his own Words, in a Letter, viz. 
 
 *« I fit at Ealc a long Time, yet earneftiy 
 *• defired that if the Lord had any particular 
 ** Regard to that People, or approved of 
 *' their Manner of Worfl:iip, that he would 
 " make me ienfible of it ; and being thus 
 " fet and grown weary of filent Waiting, 
 ^' Divine Power feized upon my Body, Soul 
 ** and Spirit, which caufed me to break our 
 ** into Abundance of Tears, and my Body 
 •* greatly to tremble, then faid I, O Lord / 
 " why am I thus f To which inward Cry 
 ** of mine, fomething which till then I 
 " knew not (tho' I had often felt a Mealure 
 ** of the fame Power, tho* never to that 
 ** Degree) anfwer*d. If thou did hut Love 
 " the Lord thy God with all thy Hearty 
 •' Mind and Soul, that Love would be fo 
 *' ■prevalent over thee, that it would teach 
 *' thee what to do, and what to efchew : O 
 ** the furprizing State I then found myfelf 
 *' in \ How was my Heart then filled with 
 *' Love, Peace and Joy unfpeakable and 
 *• full of Glory f Soon after an honeft 
 ** Friend flood up in Tears and mucb 
 ** Trembling, and faid, // « an excellent 
 ** Thin^ if we can fay of a Truth, 'Jefuy 
 " Chrijl lives in us : Thcfe Words reached 
 ♦* ray State, I then bowed in my Mind, 
 
 " adQiinir
 
 f 123 } 
 
 ** adoring the Divine Power that then 
 «* influenced me, and faid. Dear Lord 1 if 
 *< thou art ^e that I have long fought and 
 ** mourn' d for, tell me, O thou that has 
 *' ravijhed my Heart ! what t fJmdd do tD 
 ** be fhved, or to continue in thy Favour ? 
 *'• Upon which the humble Jtfus, the Divine 
 »* Bridegroom of my Soul, affeflionately 
 ** anfwcrM, / require no Rite or ceremonial 
 •' V/orjhip of thee, but that thou give up thy 
 *' Heart, il*i there I would reign, it's there 
 «« T would ruky and there 1 would be wor- 
 «» /bip^d in Spirit and Truth.** 
 
 It was fbme Time before he could get 
 from under the Prejudices he had in Favour 
 of the Roman Church, but continued to 
 frequent both the Mafs Houfe and Friends 
 Meetings, until thro' a further Vifitation by 
 an inftrumenral Means, he was efftd:ually' 
 reach'd, became a valuable and ufeful Mem- 
 ber, exemplary in Conduct, careful to have 
 the Difcipline maintain'd, and at Times was 
 concern'd in a fhort Tcftimony, which w;is 
 very acceptable ; a peaceable Neighbour, 
 and being of extenfive Knowledge, was 
 capable of advifing in many Cafes, which he 
 WIS always ready to do, demonftrating that 
 the living Divine Principle he had embraced, , 
 Ic 1 him to the Exercife of every Chriftian 
 V irtue. 
 
 R 2 For
 
 I 124 J 
 
 For divers Years before his Death, ' he was 
 at Times forely afflidlcd with the Stone and 
 Gravely the Acutenels of which he bore with 
 exemplary Patience. His laft Ilnefs was 
 fliort, and apparently attended with no 
 Symptoms of Death till near the i ime of 
 his Departure, and though he was iuddenly 
 called, yet not unprepared, for being afked 
 a little before his Ds.^ath, how he was, he 
 exprefTed himfelf thus : J am pretty eafy^ 
 thd' not 'without fome bodily Pain^ yt in'ward 
 Comfort helps greatly ; and added, I am 
 weary\ weary^ of this ^orld, if it would 
 fleafe Providence to take me to himfelf, how 
 acceptable it would be ! 
 
 He departed this Life the 3d, and was 
 interred the 5th of the Seventh Month 1 766, 
 in Friends Burial-ground at Burton. Aged 
 about fifty Years. 
 
 ALICE ALDERSON, Wife 
 of Ralph jdlderjon, of Ravenflondale 
 in.tiie County ot IVeflmor eland, was con- 
 vinced of Truth in her young Years, and 
 careiully abiding under its Divine Teachings 
 confilltnt to die Advice of the wKe King 
 Scloman, Trufi in the Lord with all thy Heart, 
 and lean not to thy own Underflandiug, flie 
 
 came
 
 I I2S 1 
 
 came to receive a Gift in the Miniftry, and 
 thouah for a confiderable Time in a few 
 
 *o' 
 
 "Worths, yet greatly to the Edification of 
 the Church, and being faithful in a little, 
 witntlled an Increale therein, and clothed 
 with the Comlinefs of the Gofpel, (he bec;imc 
 valuable in the Lord's Houle, devoting the 
 Prime and Flower of her Youth, her Mid- 
 dle-age and Decline of Life, to his Service ; 
 labouring diligently in the Caufe of Truth, 
 both in this Nation, Scotland and Ireland^ 
 and once in America ; in all which her La- 
 bours of Love were well received, and 
 tended much to the Edification of the Church. 
 In her Miniftry, though fiie had not much 
 human Learning, fhe was frequently furnifh'd 
 with copious ExprefTions well adapted to the 
 Matter fhe had to deliver, deep and weighty 
 in her Delivery, and enabled to fpcak feel- 
 ingly to the State of Meetings and Indi- 
 viduals. She was remarkably diligent in 
 attending MeetiiTgs when at Home, even to 
 old Age, often fignifying that flic believed 
 none would be injured thereby in their out- 
 ward Circumftances, as the Bleflings of Di- 
 vine Providence upon the honefb Endeavours 
 of the Faithful, would be an ample Rccom- 
 ptnce for all their Labour and fceming Lofs 
 ot Time. When old Age had io far weak- 
 rn'd her Conftitucion that fiie could no longer 
 attend Meetings, flie retain'd the Divine 
 
 Anointing
 
 I '26 I 
 
 Anointing which had been her Support thro^ 
 the various Stages of Life. 
 
 The lad Meeting flie was at, being the 
 Day fhe took to her Bed, fhe had to revive, 
 the encouraging Invitation of the Prophet 
 ■Hofea^ Come and let us return unto the Lord^ 
 for be hath torn and he will heal us ; he 
 bath fmitien and he will bind us up ; after 
 two Days will he revive us, in the third Day 
 he will raife us up, and we fhall live in his 
 •Sight : Then Jhall we know^ if %ve follow on 
 io know the Lord^ his Going forth is prepared 
 as the Morning, and he fhall come unto us as 
 the Rain, as the latter and former Rain unU> 
 the Earth, Hofea vi. i, 2, 3. 
 
 A few Days before her Departure, when 
 fome Friends were fitting by her, fhe was 
 
 : remark ibly favour*d with the Overfhadow- 
 ing of Divine Goodnefs, wherein fhe had 
 weightily to caution MinifVers and Elders to 
 be exceeding watchful over their own Spirits, 
 
 Urongly advifing them to live in the Bond 
 
 •ot" Love and Unity, fignifying flie clearly 
 faw the llibtil Enemy of Man's Happinefs 
 endeavouring to draw them afide, in order 
 
 ^to mar or deface that Work which Divine 
 Providence allotted them to be engaged in ; 
 
 ■ laying, T^hat the Lord had permitted her to be 
 luffetled and brought low, even to the Gates
 
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 cf Hclly and had again in great Mercy lifted 
 up her Head and given her the glorious Earneji 
 of eternal Happinefi ; concluding in iervenc 
 Prayer for the fmall Meeting fhc was 3 
 Member of, and for all the fmall Gatherings 
 of the Lord's People the World over. 
 
 In the Time of her Ilnefs flie was afflifled 
 with exceeding fharp Pain, which (he bore 
 with great Rcfignation, otten praying for 
 Patience to bear what might be permitted to 
 be laid on her. A Divine Serenity and 
 Sweetnefs accompanied her laft Moments, 
 that indeed it might be faid her Sun wenc- 
 down in Brightnels. 
 
 She departed this Life on the 15th of 
 the Eighth Month 1 766, and was honourably 
 interred in Friends Burial-ground the i8th 
 of the fame at Ravenjlondale^ accompanied 
 by many Friends and others. Aged eighty- 
 tight, a Miniftcr fixty Years. 
 
 M A R Y
 
 f I2S] 
 
 MARY WARING, late Wif? 
 of Jeremiah TVaring, of Wandfworth 
 in the . County of Surry, and Widow of 
 Daniel lVeJl§n, of Ratcliffe^ was the Daugh- 
 ter of Jofepb Pace, of Southwark, being 
 favour*d with an early Vifitation of Divine 
 Love, fhe was clearly convinced of the evil 
 Tendency of thofe undue Liberties v^hereby 
 too many of our unwary Youth have been 
 enfnared and gone aftray ; and as fhe fubmit- 
 ted to the fandifying Operation of Truth, 
 her Mind was redeem'd from a vain Con- 
 verlluion, and gradually fitted for the Work 
 of the Miniftry ; and being careful to im- 
 prove the Gift received, fhe became an able 
 Minifter of the Gofpel, found in Dodrinc 
 and fkilful in dividing the Word aright. 
 
 She travelled much in the Service of Truth, 
 having at fundry Times vifited Friends in 
 mod of the Counties of England and JVaks, 
 and once moft of the Colonits on the Conti- 
 nent of America ; in all which her Service 
 was acceptable, and fhe laboured much for 
 the Prefervation of good Order and Difci- 
 pline in the Church. Of an open, generous 
 and charitable Difpofition, a Lover of Truth 
 
 and
 
 t i^9 1 
 
 and the Friends of it, and was mucli beloved 
 by them. 
 
 In her laft Ilnefs, which wis lirrgering and 
 painful, being confined from Meeting about 
 fix Months, fhe was favour'd with fome 
 acceptable Vifits from divers of her Friends, 
 and would frequently fay to them. That her 
 Mind was preferved in a calm, peaceable 
 Refipiation to the Divine fVilL 
 
 Among other ExprefTions of Weight 
 which flie utter'd, the following are remem- 
 bred, vi-z. That Jhe believed herfelf near her 
 Endy for Jhe did not fee that jhe had any 
 thing more of religious Duties to do (meaning 
 of a publick Nature) for, faid fhe, when I 
 look at our own Meetings I feem to have no 
 Concern there ; ajid whereas I ufed to be anxious 
 about the ^Mrterly-meetings, I now fcarce 
 think of them J yet^ added, / wifJj well to 
 the Caufe^ and believe it will profper, but 
 that a trying Day will come firji. 
 
 She departed this Life at IVandJworth, the 
 9th ot the Tenth Month 1766, and was 
 buried at Ratcliffe near London the 1 6th of 
 the fame, attended by many Friends, Aged 
 fifty-four, a Minifter thirty Years. 
 
 S CANDIA
 
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 CANDIA COR BY N, Wife of 
 John Corhyn^ of the City of Worcefler^ 
 was born about the Year 1671, at Ponhpool 
 in Monmoutbfijiref and about the eighteenth 
 Year of her Age, was reached by Truth 
 through the powerful Miniflry of ^homaj 
 Wilfon^ which taking deep Root in her Heart 
 fhe brought forth good Fruits, 
 
 In a few Years fke received a Gift in the 
 Miniflry, in the Exercife of which fhe was 
 found and clear, and evidently favoured with 
 the Rene wings of that Divine Life which 
 preferved her frefh and green ; being often 
 tenderly concernM both in Teflimony and 
 Supplication on Behalf of the Youth, thas 
 their tender Minds might be preferved from 
 the many Snares that lie in the Way, and 
 be fo formed and enlarged by the Divine 
 Hand, as to become living Branches in 
 the true Vine and fcrviceabk Members in 
 Society. 
 
 She was frequently engaged to be^r Tefti- 
 mony to the Univerfalixy and Sufficiency of 
 the Grace of God, extended through the 
 Chrifiian Difpenfation, to all Mankind j and 
 fhe earneftly labour*d that Friends would 
 
 retain
 
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 retain a grateful Senfe of the Liberties we 
 now enjoy, to hold our religious Meetings 
 without Moleftation ; often recounting the 
 inany Hardfliips, which (he well remembrcd, 
 our ancient Friends were permitted to under- 
 go for the Trial of their Faith. 
 
 She continued a diligent Attender of 
 Meetings both for Worfhip and Difcipline, 
 in Love and Charity as a Mother in Ifrael^ 
 iaithfully difcharging her Duty towards all, 
 hofpitabJe to Strangers, a Friend to all, 
 efpecially the Poor, Fatherlcfs and Widow ; 
 in her Conne<5tions in Life, a fteady Pattern 
 of Piety and Virtue, fo that it may be faid, 
 in Do(5lrine and Pradlice, the Dew of Hea- 
 ven reftcd on her Branches even to very 
 advanced Age. 
 
 Her lad Ilnefs being but fliorf, flie calmly 
 <^eparted this Life the 28th of the Fourth 
 Month 1767, and her Remains were decently 
 interred in Friends Burial-ground at JVor- 
 cefler the 3d of the Fifth Month following: 
 Aged nincty-fix, a Minifter feventy- three 
 Years. 
 
 Although no Exprefllons of this ancient 
 Friend are preferved, yet as through a long 
 Corrfe of Years (he was preferved unfpotced 
 »nd ftrong in her Love, as was the Cafe of 
 S 2 Caleb
 
 Cnleh formerly, the Account is worthy of 
 Prefervation, that all may fee and be encou- 
 raged, that if they keep to this living Divine 
 Principle, they will be enabled to hold out 
 to the End, 
 
 RICHARD HIPSLEY, a 
 Member of Claverbam Monthly-meet- 
 ing in the County of Somerfet., w^s born in 
 the Parilh of Church- hill in the faid County 
 about the Year 1708, his Parents were 
 religious faithful Friends, who carefully 
 educated him in the Way of Truth, and as 
 he grew in Years he grew in Grace, by 
 which his Underftanding was opened and 
 enlarged, that about the thirty fitth Year of. 
 his Age his Mouth was tirft opened in a 
 publick Xeftimony, in which he was very 
 diffident and cautious. And the Lord who 
 knew his Sincerity was pkafed fo to enlarge 
 his Heart therein, that he became an able 
 Minifter, and being fitted and prepared he 
 could no longer withhold, bqt was concern'd 
 to vifit divers Parts of this Nation and 
 Jrehmd, to general Satisfadion. 
 
 He was eminently qualjSed to fpeak a 
 Word in Seafon, in Monthly and Quarterly- 
 meetings, which he was diligent in attending, 
 
 as
 
 [ 133 1 
 
 as well as frequently the Yearly- meeting in 
 London. 
 
 He was a Man of a chearful Spirit, plea- 
 fant and affable in Converfation, a good 
 Hufband and tender Father, a kind Neigh- 
 bour, doing to all as he would be done unto ; 
 his Houfe and Heart were open to entertain 
 his Friends. 
 
 He was affli<fted with a long Ilnels, the 
 Dropfy^ and was often in great Pain, which 
 he bore with much Patience, believing his 
 Departure drew near, frequently exprelTing 
 his Refignation to the Divine Will, and often 
 fignified to them who vifited him in his 
 Ilnels, That it appeared to him that all was 
 well, and that he had nothing to do but to die. 
 
 He quietly departed this Life the 8th of 
 the Fifth Month 1767, and was buried in 
 friends Burial-ground at Sedcott the 13th of 
 the fime, accompanied by a large Number 
 of Friends and others, where leveral living 
 and powerful Teftimonies were borne, to 
 the Satisfadion and Comfort of thofe who 
 were prcfent. 
 
 EDMUND
 
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 EDMUND PECKOVER, of 
 fTelli in Norfolk, was the Son of Jofipb 
 and Catharine Peckover, both Perfons of 
 great Efteem in the Society. He was early 
 favour'd with a divine Vifitation, of which 
 a more particular Account cannot be given 
 than is in a Paper found in his own Hand- 
 writing. 
 
 <' The tender Dealings,'* fays he, " of 
 the Almighty, with me in my Youth, 
 being often frefli in my Remembrance, 
 brings a moft greatful Senfc thereof over 
 my Mind, under which I cannot but with 
 Reverence commemorate the fame. It 
 was no fmall Advantage to me, that I 
 vv'as tavour'd with religious and godly 
 Parents, whofe Concern and Care to bring 
 me and the reft of their Children up in 
 the Nurture and Admonition of the Lord 
 was great : And what I look upon as very- 
 remarkable, is, that before I arrived at 
 an Age capable to retain thofe good and 
 wholfom Admonitions, which in the Wif- 
 dom of God, they often communicated to 
 me, 1 felt the good Hand of the Lord 
 at Work in me, in a Manner fuitable to 
 my tender Capacity, impreffing upon my 
 
 *' Hcarc
 
 I «35 1 
 
 *' Heart a living Senfe of his Greatnefs and 
 
 '• Goodnefs, which ol'ten brought me under 
 
 '* much Awfulnefs and Fear, dreading to 
 
 " do any thing that 1 knew was not well- 
 
 *' pleafing in his Sight : Herein I could 
 
 ,'* diftinguifh that 1 had Peace and Satis- 
 
 ** fa6fcion, and met with Encouragement in 
 
 '* myfeir, beyond what I am able to exprels ; 
 
 •' and when 1 had been drawn away into 
 
 ** any thing which tended to hinder my 
 
 •' Growth in that which I found to my Soul's 
 
 •* Advantage, Sorrow and Trouble took 
 
 " hold of me, under a Senfe whereof, I 
 
 *' often made Vows and Promifes, that I 
 
 •' would never join with the like again, 
 
 ** which being my firft Fruits before the 
 
 " Lord, I believe he had a tender Regard 
 
 •* to, and often affifted me to perform- thole 
 
 •* Covenants, which thro' Ibme good Mea- 
 
 ** fure of Divine Influence I then entered 
 
 " into. 
 
 ** In the Time of this Exercife, great and 
 •' many were the Conttids I had to encounter 
 *' with i but, to the Praife ot his great 
 *' Name, I ipeak it, his companionate 
 •' fatherly Care was over me, and always 
 *' attended me with fuch a Portion of his 
 ♦' Divine and faving Grace, that I knew 
 ** Pftf^rvation thereby thro* Things Ot the 
 •* -mott trying and pinching Nature, in the 
 
 *' Experience
 
 r 136 1 
 
 «« Experience whereof Thankfulnefs would 
 *' arife.*' 
 
 Thus through Faithfulnefs to the Divine 
 Manifeftation.s he was early anointed to 
 preach the GofpeJ, even in his Minority, 
 while at the School of our Friend Gilbert 
 HJjompfon (mention*d in the fore Part of 
 this Treatile) in the fifteenth Year of hfs 
 Age : And as he abode in Faithfulnefs he 
 increafed in his Gift, and in t^e Year 1714, 
 and in the eighteenth Year of his Age, in 
 Company with Edward Upjher of Colchejlery 
 he vifited divers Counties, and alfo Ireland 
 about the twentieth Year of his Age, in 
 Company with George Gibforiy as well as 
 moft Parts of this Nation, Scotland^ Ireland 
 and Americay in the fucceeding Part of hrs 
 Time. 
 
 tie was indeed an Elder worthy of double 
 Honour, being of an exemplary Life and 
 unftain'd Character, and in the Exercife of 
 his Gift frequently opened and enlarged in 
 Divine Counfel, and as a Cloud filled with 
 Cceleftial Rain to the reviving and Re- 
 frefliment of the living Heritage of God ; 
 zealous for the Profperity of the Church and 
 for the Ingathering of all, he fpared not to 
 fpend himfelf in the Strength of his Days, 
 and Divine Goodntls was pleafcd to prefervc 
 
 him
 
 [ '37 ] 
 
 him a ftrong Man and an able Minifter for 
 a long Courle of Ytars. He ufually deliver'd 
 himfell" with great Fervency in the flowing 
 forth of Divine Love upon his Spirit. 
 
 About three Years before his Deceafe, he 
 received a Shock of a Parahtic Kind, which 
 both in his own Apprehenfion and that of 
 his Friends, feem*d to threaijpn him with a 
 hafty Diffolution ; under this affecting Vifit- 
 ation, by the Account of a Relation who 
 vifited him the fame Evening, he was gra- 
 cioufly preferved in a broken, tender, living 
 F>ame, and exprefled himfclf after this 
 Manner : That be had now the Satisfcioiion of 
 a good Confcience^ and of having difcharged 
 himfelf in the Duty required of him, according 
 to the Ability afforded him -, declaring at the 
 fame Time, the great Confolalion he tJiwardiy 
 enjoyed. The next Morning after a fhbrt 
 Sl^rep, and taking fome little Refrefliment, 
 he was fomewhat revived, and fignified. He 
 was well pleafed that his outward Affairs 
 were fettled, and was fully fatisfied with the 
 Manner in which they were ordered ; that be 
 was entirely refigned to the Difpojal of all-wife 
 Providence^ whether it might be to lengthen his 
 Days or to take him hence •, but he felt a 
 hlejfdd Affurance, and found the Lord who had 
 been bis Support thro* many Trials, from his 
 jtoutb to bis advanced i'ears, Jiill to be near 
 T hin^
 
 f '38 1 
 
 him, ami could expsrimentally Jay^ his Re- 
 deerher livedo who hath ever been the Strength 
 ef bis faithful People, a fid who had brought 
 to pafs many Things in his no fbort Pilgrimage^ 
 which to oulivard appearance feein^d very 
 unlikely. 
 
 After this h^ lay in a fweet and quiet 
 Frame, and \ii^ Pain kfiening, he appeared 
 pretty chearful, and in Time be became io 
 far reftored as to be able to go Abroad in a 
 Carriage, but with confiderable Difficulty to 
 himfelf. And tho' in common Converf:i- 
 tion his Apprehenfion and Memory feem*d 
 much impaired, yet his pnblick Appearance 
 in Meetings continued found, confiftent and 
 liivoury. 
 
 A few Months before his Death, he was 
 rendred totally unable to attend Meetings, 
 and continued gradually to decline, and the 
 gracious Lord, who had been his Strength 
 and Stay in the Prime of his Life, fupported 
 him in his laft Moments, for then he ap- 
 peared to be favaur'd with a comfortable 
 Foretafle of that glorious Immortality which 
 is prepared for the Righteous -, for tho* he 
 was deprived of bodily Strength to fpeak fo 
 diftinftly as ufual, yet he was fufficiently un- 
 derftood to intimate the inexpreffjble Joy and 
 Felicity that he felt, and fcem'd to pa6 
 ' ' • away
 
 [ 139 1 
 
 away as with an Heavenly Song of Divine 
 Praife in his Mouth. r'» 
 
 He departed this Life at fVelis, the 19th 
 of the Seventh Month 1767, and his Re- 
 mains were interred at Fakenham the 2 2d, 
 after a large and folemn Meeting of Rela- 
 tions, Friends and Neighbours. Aged about 
 feventy-two, a Minifter about iifty-feven 
 Years. 
 
 ELIZABETH ROBERTS, 
 late Wife of miliam Rokrts, of Ed- 
 mund/bury in Suffolk^ was Daughter of jfames 
 Morley, of PFymondbam in Norfolk. This 
 -our Friend was early imprefled with a Senfe 
 of Religion, which attending to, flie grew 
 in Grace and in the Knowledge of the Truth, 
 and about the twenty- fecond Year of her 
 Age was raifed up to bear Teftimony there- 
 to, in which (he faithfully laboured in much 
 Zeal and Chrijlian Lave ibr fome Years, 
 In Conduft and Behaviour fhe was exem- 
 plary, as well as in Word and Dciflrine 
 inftru<5live, devoting the Prime of her Youth 
 and Health to the Service of Truth. 
 
 About two Years before her Deceafe (he 
 
 fell into a great Decline of bodily Strength, 
 
 T 2 which
 
 [ HO ] 
 
 which di fabled her from Travelling -, but 
 ftie retained a lively Senfe of the Divine 
 Goodntfs, rejoicing. That Jhe had in the Time 
 of Health and Strength been diliger.t to do her 
 Duty according to Ability received. 
 
 She bore her AfHiflion which was great, 
 widi becoming Patience and Refignation, 
 and the Day Ihe died, prayed the Lord to be 
 with her to the laft and give her an eafy 
 PaJJhgCj which it's believed ihe happily ex- 
 perienced, pafTing away without any apparent 
 Uneafinefs, at the Age of fortyrone Years, 
 the 9th of the Tenth Month 1767. 
 
 KE Z I A DAY, late Wife of 
 Samuel Day, of Stanjled Mountfitchet 
 \\\ the County of Ejfeic^ was vifited in her 
 tender Years, and being faithful, had, at 
 Times, to recommend her Friends to the 
 internal Teacher, and being careful not to 
 move in the Wind, Earthquake or Fire, 
 but waiting to hear the ftill fmall Voice, 
 her Appearances were truly fatisfacflory and 
 comfortable to the Living, 
 
 In the Courfe of her bodily Weaknefs 
 (he was enabled to bear her Affliction with 
 'Patience, and being we^n'd from a Depend- 
 ence
 
 X HI 1 
 
 ance on Vifibles, her Attention feem'd to be 
 fixed on an everlafting Inheritance. She was 
 favour*d with much Serenity, and a com- 
 fortable Evidence, T^hat he who had been her 
 Support in Life, would preferve her to a happy 
 Conclufwn in his Faz'our, and that (he Jhould 
 enter the Joy of her Lord ; her lively Ex- 
 hortations and fincere Breathings to God near 
 her End were to the Comfort and Edification 
 of thole prefent, to whom flie had to declare, 
 7hat the Truth had been her Prejervation 
 until that Tijne ; having to acknowledge the 
 Riches of Divine Love. She de fired, That 
 thoje with whom Jlje was mojl nearly conne^ed 
 would give her up freely, and not grieve too 
 much^ but rather rejoice in Hope : At another 
 Time, Ihe faid. She hoped (he had been 
 faithful to what had been required. 
 
 She quietly departed this Life without 
 Sigh or Groan, on the 20th of the Second 
 Month 1768, and was interred in Friends 
 Burial-ground at Stanjled aforefaid, the 28th 
 of the fame. Aged about twenty-eight 
 Years, and a Minifter about fix Years. 
 
 BENJAMIN
 
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 BENJAMIN TROTTER, 
 of the City of Philadelphia^ was born 
 in that City about the Year 1699, and was 
 one whom the Lord early vifited and reached 
 to by the Reproof of his Divine Light and 
 Grace, for thofe youthful Vanities and cor- 
 rupt Converfation which by Nature he was 
 prone to and purfued (to the Grief of his 
 pious Mother who was rehgioufly concerned 
 to reftrain him.) But as he became obedient 
 to the renewed Vifitations of the Heavenly 
 Call, denying himlelf of thofc Things he 
 was reproved for, he not only ceafed from 
 doing Evil, but learned to do well ; and 
 continuing faithful, became an Example of 
 Pliinnefs and Self-denial, for which he fuf- 
 fered much Scoffing and Mocking of thofe 
 who had been his Companions in Folly -, yet 
 he neither fainted nor was turn'd afide by the 
 lleproaches of the Ungodly, wliich thus fell 
 to his Lot for his plain Teftimony againft 
 their evil Condud. 
 
 In the twenty-fixth Year of his Age, he 
 appeared in the Work of the Miniflry, and 
 labour'd therein in much Plainnefs and godly 
 Sincerity, adorning the Dodlrine he preached 
 by -a humble circumiped Life and Conver- 
 fation,
 
 T '43 1 
 
 ration, being exemplary in his Diligence and 
 Induftry to labour honeftly for a Livelihood, 
 though often in much bodily Infirmity and 
 Wcaknefs, defiring as he fometimes exprefled, 
 ^hat be might o'we no Alan any thing but 
 Love. His inoffenfivc Opcnnefs and Affa- 
 bility, drawing many ol different Denomi- 
 nations to converfe with him, he had fomc 
 feafonable Opportunities of admoniihing and 
 rebuking the evil Doer and evil Speaker, 
 whiich he did in the Plainnefs of an upright 
 Zeal for the Promotion of Piety and Virtue, 
 tempered with true Brotlicrly-kindnefs and 
 Charity, rtfpcding not the Perfon of the 
 Proud, nor of the Rich becaufe of his Riche?, 
 but with Cbrijiian hrttAom declaring the 
 Truth to his Neighbour, and was thus in 
 private as well as publick, a Preacher of 
 Righteoufnefs. 
 
 Heat feveral Times vifited moft of the 
 Meetings in the Provinces of P ennf-^lvajdit 
 and New-Jerje)\ and fome in the adjacent 
 Provinces ; and for upwards of forty Years 
 was a diligent Attcnder of our religious 
 Meetings in the City of Philadelphia, and 
 zealcufly concern'd tor the Maintenance of 
 our Chrijlian Difcipline in Mecknefs and true 
 Charity -, careful in the Exercife of that Part 
 of pure Religion, vifiting the Widow and 
 Pathcrlcfs in their Afflidions, and often 
 
 qualified
 
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 qualified to adminifter Relief and Confolation 
 to their dejcded Minds. 
 
 In his publick Teftimony, a little before 
 his laft Sicknefs, he expreffed his Appre- 
 henfions. That his Time would be fhort^ and 
 fervently exhorted to Watchfulnejs and Care^ 
 to keep our Lamps trimmed and our Lights 
 burnings and urged the NeceJ/ity of being pre- 
 pared to meet the Bridegrootny as not knowing 
 at what Hour he would come. 
 
 In his laft Sicknefs, which lafted upwards 
 of fix Weeks, he underwent great Difficulty 
 and Pain, being afflifted with the AJthfna 
 and Dropfy, which he bore with exemplary 
 Patience and Refignation, and was never 
 heard to utter a Murmur or Complaint, but 
 frequently expreffcd his Thankfulnefs that he 
 had not more Pain j and was often engaged 
 in Prayer, That he might be preferved in 
 Patience to the End^ which was gracioufly 
 granted him, fo that he was capable of 
 ipeaking to the Comfort and Edification of 
 thofe who vifited him. 
 
 He departed this Life in the Third Month 
 1768, and alter a folemn Meeting, in which 
 feveral living Teftimonies were borne, was 
 intcrroii in Friends Burial-ground in that 
 
 City,
 
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 City, the 24th of the fame. Aged upwards 
 of fixty- eight Years. 
 
 REBECCA SMITH,, late of 
 Nailfwortb in the County of Glouceftery 
 was one who was a good Example in Purity 
 of Life and Manners, finccrely loved the 
 Truth, and diligently fought the Promotion 
 thereof. Through the Operation of Divine 
 Love on her Mind in her young Years, fhe 
 preferred the Caufe of Truth, and about the 
 tv^nty- ninth Year of her A^^e received a 
 Call to the Miniftry, and being inwardly 
 fenfible that a Difpenfation of the Gofpel 
 was committed to her, flie delayed not with 
 vain Confultations, but readily fubmitted to 
 that proving Engagement, and chearfully 
 furrendring her Will to Divine Requirings^ 
 foon grew (kilful in dividing the Word ; 
 thereby evidently Ihewing to ferious awaken*d 
 Minds, that in this as in other religious 
 Services, the Lord loveth a chearful Giver. 
 
 She was a diligent, exaft Attender of 
 Meetings, and there was fomething fecrctly 
 inftruftive in that weighty, retired Manner 
 in which flie ufually fat in them, often long 
 in Silence, being careful to feel Difrne Lrfe 
 precede and put forth to Service, and when 
 U raifcd
 
 [ H6 I 
 
 raifed in Miniftry, not to exceed the Opening 
 of the Gift : Thus her Teflimony was pre- 
 ferved clear and edifying, truly acceptable to 
 Friends, both at Home and Abroad where 
 ihe travelled, being zUo fcrviceable in the 
 Difcipline. 
 
 Having known many deep inward Af- 
 flidions and clofe Refinings, flie obtained 
 the Tongue of the Learned, and often had 
 a Word to fpeak in due Seafon. Thus 
 fcrving her Genrration, fhe fulfilled the Mi- 
 niftry fhe received to teftify to the Sufficiency 
 of Divine Grace, and finifhed her Courfe 
 with Joy the 28 th of the Eleventh Month 
 iy6S'.^ Aged fifty-four Years. 
 
 THOMAS DANN, a Member 
 of Dorking Monthly-meeting, in the 
 County of Surry, was born at Nutfeld in 
 the fdid County, of honeft and religious 
 Parents. In his young Years he was much 
 addi(5ted to Vanity, yet by the tender Vifit- 
 ations of kind Providence he was preferved 
 from grofs Evils ; and as he grew to Man's 
 Eftate, thro' the fame gracious Vifitations, 
 the Beauty and Comlinefs of this World was 
 ftain'd in his View, and he fitted for Service, 
 into which he was called about the thirtieth 
 
 Year
 
 I H7 i 
 
 Year of fiis Age. He was a Preacher of 
 Righteoufnefs, not only in Word and Doc- 
 trine, but in Life and Converfation ; a dili- 
 gent Atcender of Meetings for Worihip and 
 Difcipline, earneftly recommending Friends 
 to an humble Waiting on the Lord, for 
 Counfcl and Dire<5tion in the Management 
 of the Affairs of the Church ; and tho' not 
 concerned to travel much Abroad, yet he 
 vifited fome adjacent Counties to good Satis- 
 fadlion. A juft Reprover of the Libertine, 
 but very tender to the Sincere- hearted, ready 
 CO give Advice and Counfel to thofe who 
 (tood in need, much concerned for Peace, 
 and often inftrumental in compofing Differ- 
 ences amongfl: his Friends and Neighbours ; 
 a Sympathizer with the Affl}<5l:ed, liberal and 
 compalTionate to the Poor, a loving Hufband 
 and tender Father, yet not indulging his 
 Children in any thing he believed inconfiftent 
 with the Truth, a good Mafter and a lincerc 
 Friend. 
 
 It plcafed the Lord fome Time before his 
 Departure, to give him a Senfe that his Day 
 was near at an End, his Work almoft done, 
 and that all was well with him ; and he often 
 exprefled in his Ilnefs, He found nothing Jl and 
 in his fVay ; in the fore Part of which his 
 Pain was very great, but he was fervently- 
 engaged to bcfeech the Lord to grant him 
 U 2 Patience,
 
 [ 148 ] 
 
 patience, tfiat he might endure it with be- 
 coming Refignation, which was mercifully 
 afforded him ; for which, and the many re- 
 peated Favours received, he had to praife 
 and magnify God*s Holy Name, and to 
 declare with '^acoh of old, 'That the Lord had 
 hem with him all his Life long ; in which 
 comfortable AfTurance he quietly departed 
 this Life, the 23d of the Second Month, 
 and his Corps accompanied by many Friends 
 and Neighbours, was decently interred ap 
 Rygate^ the id of the Third Month 1769. 
 Aged fixcy-five, a Minifter thirty-five Years. 
 
 JOHN BURTON, a Member 
 of Sedbergh Monthly-meeting in lork- 
 jhire^ was born at Dent within the Compafs 
 pf that Meeting, and was favoured with the 
 Vifitation of Divine Love in his young 
 Years, whertby he came to fee the.Empti- 
 nefs of all mere outward Profeffion and 
 Performances, and that rro Worfliip would 
 find Acceptance with his Creator but that 
 performed in Spirit and Truth -, under the 
 Influences thereof he was brought into Com- 
 piunion with our Society, and by taking 
 heed to the invi'ard Anointing, and abiding 
 ^•ajthiul thereto, agreeable to i John ii. 27. 
 |]e arrived to a good Degree of Chrijlitin 
 
 Experience,
 
 [ H9 1 
 
 Experience, and to fee the Ncceflity of 
 Regeneration, the refining Hand working 
 poweriblly in him, in order to fit him ibr 
 lurrher Service, unto which he was called in 
 the early Part of his Time, and became 
 truly devoted to the great Matter's Ufe, to 
 be led and conducted according to his Rc- 
 quirings. 
 
 Tho' he had but little human Learning, 
 he was often led forth in a living poweriul 
 Teftimony, in Matter exceeding copious and 
 pertinent, enabled to divide the Word aright, 
 and to fpeak feelingly to the States ot the 
 People, being indued with a large Gift in 
 the Miniftry, often dipped into great Sufi'err 
 ings with the Seed of Life that lay oppreflTed 
 in the Hearts of many ; but when he who 
 was his Life did appear, he was as a Holy 
 Flame to the warming and comforting the 
 Hearts of the Afflicted, and as a Iharp 
 Sword to the Lukewarm and Carelefs, tender 
 and afibdlionate to thofe who were young in 
 the Miniftry, greatly rejoicing when the 
 Word of Life arofe in them, tho' declared 
 but in a few Expreflions, treating them with 
 much Love and Refpec^f, Icit they fhould 
 (ink under Dilcouragement. 
 
 In the Courfe of his Cbrijlian Progrefs 
 |ie had to vific Ireland, and divers of the 
 
 Northern
 
 [ '50 1 
 
 Northern Counties, and London feveral 
 Times : He alio vifited the American Colo- 
 nies •, in all which he was conduced much 
 to the Satisfadiion of Friends. Tho' of a 
 free, chearful Difpofition and Behaviour, 
 yet was he properly guarded, being a plain 
 Man, bearing a faithful Teftimony againfl 
 the Pride and vain Shew of the prefent Age. 
 He was a Man that was truly engaged tor 
 the good Order of the Church, and that the 
 Line of Difcipline might be kept to, wait- 
 ing in thofe Meetings in an humble Manner 
 for Divine Direftion, whereby he was quali- 
 fied in much Love to fpeak with Authority 
 and Judgment, being clear fighted in diffi- 
 cult Matters. 
 
 In the latter Part of his Time, he was 
 much confined at Home through bodily In- 
 firmities ; when vifited by Friends he receiv- 
 ed them in much Love, his Mind (till re- 
 taining ftrong and hearty Defires that the 
 Church of Chrift might flourifli and appear 
 in her ancient Beauty, and Zion keep her 
 Garments unfpotted of the World. 
 
 In the Beginning of his Ilnefs, he in a 
 very moving pathetic Manner, bewailed 
 to fome Friends who vifited him, the Lofs 
 the Church fuftained by many purfuing the 
 
 Riches
 
 [ H^ 1 
 
 Riches and Grandeur of this perifhing World, 
 inftead of durable Riches and Righteoufnefe. 
 
 About two Days before he died, he ex- 
 prefled himfelf to fome intimate Friends 
 who vifited him. That he had faffed through 
 many deep and humbling Bapifms in the 
 Courfe of his own Experience, and on the 
 Account of the Bachfliding of many under 
 cur Najne^ and fame of his own Fafnily ; 
 but now they feemed to him to he all ovtr^ 
 being filled with Lights Divine Confolation 
 and Peace on every hand, which was enough 
 for all i and that it would be the happy 
 Experience of all fucb who ferved the Lord 
 in Sincerity^ and had Zion's JVelfare at 
 Heart : But that a fearful and terrible Day 
 would overtake the Carelefs, if there was not 
 a turning to the Lord while the Offers of 
 Mercy were extended. 
 
 He likcwife faid, That when he believed 
 it his Duty to leave his Family and the near 
 Conmlfions of Life^ he had never omitted one 
 Journey on Truth* s Account, which he had 
 then great Peace in. 
 
 Thus this Servant of the Lord departed 
 in Faith and full Aflurance of a Refting- 
 place with the Righteous, the 23d of the 
 Third Month 1769, in the eighty-feventh 
 
 Year
 
 r 152 ] 
 
 Tear of his Age, having been a Miniilef 
 about fixty Years, and was interred in 
 Friends Burial ground in D^«/, a large and 
 folemn Meeting being held on the Occafion. 
 
 WILLIAM RECKITT, of 
 IVainJieet in Lincolnjhire^ having, 
 through a variety of Exercifes and many 
 trying Seafons, given evident Marks of 
 Stability of Mind, and through a firm Con- 
 fidence in that Hand which led him forth 
 into Service, hath filled up his Duty 5 for 
 the Encouragement of others that they alfo 
 may follow the Footfteps of thofe that are 
 gone, altho* under the moft trying Seafons, 
 the following Account of him claims a Place 
 in thefe Memoirs. 
 
 He was born in the Year 1706 and edu- 
 cated among Friends, and about the tbirty- 
 fixth Year of his Age came forth in the 
 Work of the Miniftry, in much Simplicity 
 and Innocency, to theSatisfadlion of Friends, 
 it being in the Life of Truth, the only Ai*- 
 thority of all true Miniftry, in which he 
 laboured faithfully in divers Parts of this 
 Nation and Ireland -, and about the Year 
 1756 a Concern came on him to vifit Jf?ie- 
 rica, and witli his P'ricnds Unity and Con- 
 currence
 
 I '53 1 
 
 curfcnce he embarked for Philadelphia^ but 
 was Toon after they fail'd, taken by a Privateer 
 and carried into Morlaix, and he through the 
 Favour of a French Merchant there, who 
 voluntarily became his Security, was fent to 
 Carhaix in Brittany, where he relided five 
 Months before his Liberty was obtained ; 
 during which he was preferved in Meekncfs 
 and Innocence -, and by Accounts from 
 thence, his Lamb-like Nature gain*d much 
 on fome of the French Inhabitants, and led 
 them to treat him with much Refpe6t, and 
 he had fevenil Opportunities with them to 
 his Satisfaction, particularly with the chief 
 Magiftrate of the Town. In a Letter to a 
 Friend he gives this Account of it : 
 
 " He aflced mc many Queftions concern* 
 ** ing our Principles, which I anfwered 
 " fhort, but fo full that he made no Ob- 
 *' je(ftions, and I was thankful in my Mind 
 *' it was fo, for it was fomewhat difficult 
 *' for the young Man my Interpreter, tho* 
 *' he is always ready to affift me when I 
 *' have Occafion. When I got home tq 
 *' my lolitary Dwelling, and confidered how 
 \y Oiten the Lord had appeared on my Be- 
 «* half, and had been my Advocate, I was 
 *' much bowed in Tbankfulnefs before him. 
 ** I much dtfire I may be remembred by 
 *' you" meaning Friends, *' for Goo J, when 
 X - ic
 
 f '54 ] 
 
 •* it Is well with you, for I am afraid I 
 " fhould not hold out to the End, or that 
 " I fhould bring fome Difhonour to Truth : 
 " O how grievous a Thing 1 have thought 
 " it would be if I fhxDuld now bring up an 
 *' evil Report of the good Land, and fa 
 •' thereby difcourage poor Souls that have 
 *' fct their Faces thither- ward ! 1 had rather, 
 *' if it was confiftent with the Will of my 
 *' Heavenly Father, be gathered Home in 
 *' a good Time : My Fears have all beert 
 *' concerning myfelf, for lurely I never fiw 
 " more of my own Weaknefs, it hath been 
 •* indeed a fearching Time to me •, and 
 •' yet it fprings in my Heart to fay, If the 
 " Lord hath any Delight in rae, he will 
 " bring me fafe through all : He knows the 
 " Integrity of my Heart, I did not fet out 
 ** in a torward Spirit, but in his Counfel, 
 " and in it at this Time I ftand •, he knows 
 *' beil what will be moft for his own Ho- 
 «* nour. And as to what will become of 
 " this earthen Tabernacle^ - it leems to be 
 •' the leaft of my Care, fo that I may finifb 
 " my Courfe with Joy.'* 
 
 After his Return from France he returned 
 
 Home, but the Concern remaining, in about 
 
 four Weeks he came back to London, and 
 
 again embarked, and arrived fafe at Phila- 
 
 del^bia-ifi the Year 1757, and after vifiting 
 
 moil(
 
 r ^55 ] 
 
 troft of the Provinces on that Continent, to 
 the Comfort and Edification of Friends, 
 he embarked for Barbadoes, but was again 
 taken and carried into Martinico, and after 
 about two Weeks Confinement, through the 
 Favour of tlie Commiftary, he embarked on 
 board a Cartel Ship for the Ifland called St. 
 KittSi where he had feveral Meetings, and 
 alfo at Nevis, where he had two Meetings \ 
 at one of which a Prieft Hood up, and ad- 
 drefling the People, told them, The ever- 
 lajling Gofpd bad been preached among them 
 that Das i and rcommended it to the Ob- 
 fervation and Practice of ail prefent : AncJ 
 our Friend decUired, He neiier felt the Power 
 of 'Truth rife Jo high as at thsfc Meetings, 
 After which, finding his Mind clear, altho* 
 invited to (lay and have more Meetings, 
 and was told, Man^ of the Inhabitants were 
 Defcendants from Friends, he returned to St. 
 Kitts, fo called, and foon after embarked 
 for Philadelphia^ and from thence for London, 
 In about three Years after, he again vifited 
 America, and divers Parts of this Nation. 
 
 In private Life, an affeflionate Hulband 
 and tentkr Father, and kind Friend, adorn- 
 ing the Golpel with a becoming Converfation : 
 Thus pc-ricvering on in a Courfe of Virtue, 
 about a Year before his Deccafe, he wrote 
 ?gain to the Friend before mentioned in th« 
 X 2 following
 
 1 156 ] 
 
 following Manner, which fhews the Integrity 
 of his Hegrt continued ; 
 
 '* The Sap of Life lies very deep in the 
 
 *' Root, and that muft be waited for in thole 
 
 ♦' forrowlbl and pinching Times I have met 
 
 *^ with, and yet I have had a comfortable 
 
 ♦* Hope raifed in me of late that all would 
 
 <* be well in the £nd, the Profpec^t of which 
 
 *' to me hath feemed exceeding phafant, 
 
 ^* and if fafe fhould much defire it might be 
 
 ** hafbened •, but that's not my proper Bufi- 
 
 ^' nefs to look for, or defire the Reward 
 
 " before the Day's Work is finifhed. I 
 
 •* have ferved a good Mafter, but have 
 
 •' ever looked on myfelf one of the weakeft 
 
 ** of his Servants ; yet have endeavour'd to 
 
 *' come up in faithful Obedience to his Will 
 
 ^' made manifeft in me, and in this now I 
 
 <' have great Peace, and an AlTurance of an 
 
 ^* Inheritance that will never lade away, if 
 
 <* 1 continue in the Way of wpll-doing to 
 
 ^^ the End of the Race." 
 
 After which he vifited the City of London^ 
 which he often hinted he thought it might 
 be the laft Time •, but his Love and Inte- 
 grity to the Caufe of Truth continued, and 
 |t was evident the Fervency of his Mind was 
 
 as,ftrong as ever. 
 
 His
 
 [ "57 1 
 
 His Tlnefs was very fhort, he was taken 
 with a Fit of the Ague at Night, and next 
 Morning about Four departed this Life, the 
 6th of the Fourth Month 1769, and was 
 interred in Friends Burial-ground the 9th of 
 the fame. Aged about fixty- three Years. 
 
 JOSHUA TOFT, an ancient 
 Friend of Leek in StaffordJIAre^ was 
 lavcur'd in the early Part of his Life with 
 the Knowledge of the bleffed Truth, and by 
 Obedience thereto became when young in 
 Years an Example of Religion and Virtue. 
 
 His Concerns in Bufinefs at that Time 
 requiring his being much from Home, and 
 to be converfant with thofe unacquainted 
 with the circumfpe(ft Conduft and Manner 
 of Behaviour of the People he had join'd in 
 Communion, he was expofcd in the youthful 
 Part of his Life to levere and ill Treatment ; 
 but his Mind being clothed with the Patience 
 of the Holy Word, he experienced by its 
 blcifed Fruits of Meekncis and Love, the 
 Ignorance of foolifh Men not only filenccd, 
 but fometimes their Wrath and Enmity, 
 through his fiiithi'ul Teftimony, turn'd into 
 Refptdt and Friend (hip j and though his 
 Beginning in the World was fmall, yet being 
 
 blclTcd
 
 [ 'S8 ] 
 
 bkffed by Providence, whofe is the Earth 
 and the Fulnefs thereof, as well as the Dew 
 of Heaven, he was fatisfied with a moderate 
 Competency, and in the iull Strength of Life 
 and Flow of Bufinefs, which would have 
 enabled him to accumulate mnch Wealth, 
 with noble Fortitude, believing it to be 
 required of him, he declined Trade, more 
 fully to devote himfelf to his great Lord and 
 Mafter's Service in the Goffel-Miniftry, 
 into which he had been called about the 
 thirty- fecond Year of his Age, in which he 
 diligently and faithfully laboured many Years 
 in various Parts of this Nation and Ireland^ 
 to the Comfort and Edification of the Church 
 and his own Peace. 
 
 Near twenty Years before his Deceafe he 
 was dilabled from travelling much froni 
 Home, being feized with a Diforder in his 
 Head, which affeded at Times his Under- 
 ilanding, and deprived him for more tharj 
 iourtcen Years ot the latter Part of his Lii'e 
 of Sight ; alter the Lofs of which, his 
 Faculri.'s bi^came as ftrong as before, and his 
 Underftanding perfed:, which continued to 
 the laft. With exemplary Patience, Chear- 
 fulnefs and Refignation, he bore great Af- 
 fliclion of Body, as well as Dtjprivation of 
 Sight, fignifying, /^ll that was laid u^m him
 
 r '59 1 
 
 was in Love atid intended for his Good, and 
 hoped be Jljould receive it as fuch. 
 
 A Day or two before his Departure, he 
 faid. He had been much confolated^ having 
 received a moft gracious Promifcy I have been 
 with thee J 1 am with thee, and will be with 
 thee. 
 
 He quietly departed this Life the 15th af 
 the Eighth Month 1769, aged upwards of 
 eighty, a Miniftcr forty-eight Years, and 
 was interred in Friends Burial-ground at Leeky 
 on which Occafion the iame ever glorious 
 Truth that had been with him in the Begin- 
 ning and Clofe of his Pilgrimage thro' Lite, 
 was maniitfted to the reaewed Encourage- 
 ment of many, to prove for themfelves 
 likewif^, that the Gifts and Callings of God 
 are without Repentance. 
 
 RICHARD REYNOLDS, 
 late of ^interburn in GlouceJlerflAre^ 
 was born at Banbury in the County of Oxford, 
 and in his very early Years manifefted a 
 fcligious Difpofition, and knew in fomc De- 
 gree the puriiying Hand of Divine Goodn^s 
 10 fit him for Service, fo that about the 
 
 twentieth
 
 [ i6o I 
 
 twentieth Year of his Age he appeared m 
 the Miniftry to the Satisfaction ot Friends. ■ 
 
 He refided for many Years in the City of 
 Briftoly where his Bufinels before he retreated 
 from it to fVinterburn lay, which he was 
 induced to do from a Defire of withdrawing 
 from the incumbring Purfuit of temporal 
 Things, often exprefiing the Hurt fuftained 
 by an over Solicitude for Things of this 
 Life. 
 
 A confiderable Time before his Deceafe, 
 he was taken with a fudden Indifpofuion of 
 Body as he was traveUing on the Account of 
 temporal Concerns, and his Mind became 
 alarmed with this Inftrudion, Set ihy Hoiijt 
 in Order \ to which he diligently attended, 
 in a fpiritual Senfe efpccially. 
 
 In the Courfe of his Ilnefs he appear'd 
 much rcfigned to Divine D.fpofal, and ut- 
 ter'd many inftruclive S.iyings to thofe who 
 were with him very intelligibly and with clear 
 Underftanding, expreffing, 'Thai the Father's 
 Love is the beft Cordial. This is a trpng 
 Time. IVe had need to lay up a good Foiinda- 
 tlon againfi the Time to co7ne. That the peace- 
 ful State of his Mind zvas all owiyig ta Divine 
 Goodne/s, for i^ us, O Lord ! belongelh Shame 
 an4 Confiifwn of Face. He was under deep 
 
 Travail
 
 [ j6i ] 
 
 Travail of Spirit, That he might he thoroughlji 
 purified and made meet for the Kingdom •, and 
 was enabled to pray. That the Lord would 
 lift up the Light of his Countenance., and thr$* 
 Chrijl forgive all his Omiffions^ which there 
 is good Reafon to believe was granted. With 
 much Senfibility he mentioned the Saying of 
 the Leper to Chrift, Lord ! if thou wilt thou 
 canji make me clean \ and the gracious An- 
 fwer, / will., he thou clean. That which lay 
 with the greatefl: Weight and Diflatisfadlion 
 on his Mind was. His having heen too clojely 
 attached to worldly Things. And a little 
 before his Departure, he laid in an affccling 
 IManncr, Too much Affiduity ! Too much Care ! 
 1 might have heen a better Example ! So much 
 Care and Pains alienate the Mind : The Lord 
 is merciful^ 1 hope he will forgive me that 
 Sin. I would have you take Warning by me. 
 This laft Saying he repeated with much 
 Concern, and then laying in a compofed 
 Manner for a few Hours, quietly expired at 
 Bath, the 8th of the Twelfth Month 1769^ 
 and was buried in Friends Burial-ground near 
 the Friars in Brijlol the 15th. Aged about 
 fixty Years, a Minifter alx)ut forty Years. 
 
 JAME3
 
 [ I6^ I 
 
 JAMES WILSON, of Kendall, 
 was born in the Parifli of Kirby-Lonjdalc 
 in fFeJlmoreland in the Year 1677 ; his Pa- 
 rents Edmund and Jane Wilfon^ educated 
 liim in the Way of the Church of England. 
 When young in Years his Heart was much 
 bent to feek alter real Religion, being uneafy 
 with the dead Formalities in which he was 
 educated^ his Soul thirfting after the Enjoy- 
 ment of the Lord's Prelence ; he in i\m 
 Time of fceking after Good, devoted muck 
 of his leifure Time to reading the Holy 
 Scriptures, efpecially the New Teftament v 
 in the Perulal whereof his Mind was more 
 informed, tend red and broken, than by all 
 the inftrumental Labour he had partook of. 
 Some Time after being convinced of the 
 Principles of Truth, he joined our Society ;- 
 and in the thirtieth Year of his Age he came 
 forth in the W'ork of the Miniftry, and was 
 foon drawn into, and eminently qualified for 
 much exEenfive Labour in the Church, and 
 amongft the People in Greal-Brilam and 
 Ireland : He devoted much of the Prime 
 and Strength of his Life to the Service of 
 Truth, diligently labouring in the Ability it? 
 gives both at Home and Abroad, to the 
 Honour of the great Name and the Edifica- 
 
 tio<n
 
 t »^3 ] 
 
 tronof many ; frequently attending Meetings 
 on publick Occafions, and divers appointed . 
 in frefli Places, wherein his Labours were 
 well received, and he was made inftrumentat 
 to the Convincement of many. He was 
 very ferviceable and faccefsful m accommo- 
 dating Differences amongfl: his Neighbours ; 
 an,i having frequent Acccfs to Perfons of 
 l'4j;h Rank in Life, he was thereby very 
 uleful not only to remove Prejudices from 
 their Minds, by opening the Dodrines and 
 Principles moft furely believed among us, 
 but in obtaining their friendly Regard and 
 Adiftance when Occafion rec^ired : Thus he 
 fpent a long and ufcful Life, through many 
 clofe Trials and Afflictions which attended 
 Wm both within and without, he bore all 
 wich Steadincis and Refignation, and hie 
 Memory and Underftanding were prefervcd 
 to the Admiration of many who knew him. 
 
 Some Lines he wrote, about fixteen Years 
 before his Deceafe, feem to defcribe the 
 jState of his Mind in fucceeding Years, viz, 
 
 ** [ am now waiting, and befeeching God 
 ** Almighty to grant me the Continuance of 
 ** his bicfled Grace and Holy Spirit, to aid 
 ** and afTift me for a full Preparation for 
 •* Death, and calmly to refign myfelf to it ; 
 ** And above all, to grant me his Aid in rhatf- 
 Y z ** painful
 
 1 164 ] 
 
 ^' painful and trying Seafon, that I may 
 f' tor ever praifc his Holy Name, who is 
 ^' for ever worthy with his dear Son, who 
 f* is my dear and blefled Saviour, Avien^'' 
 
 He departed this Life at his Houfe in 
 Kendall^ the 30th of tiie Twelfth Month 
 1769, and was interred in Friends Burial- 
 ground the ift of the Firft Month 177Q. 
 Aged ninety-two, a Minifttr upwards qf 
 fixty Years. 
 
 DANIEL STANTON, of 
 the City of Philadelpbiat was born 
 in that City about the Year 1708 : His Father 
 dying before his Birfh, and his Mother a few 
 Years after, he fuffered gr^at Trial and 
 Hardfhips when very young ; but being early 
 corcern'd to fee k the Knowledge of God, he 
 had a fervent Defire to attend religious Meet- 
 ings, tho' fubjt(5led to many Difficulties and 
 Diicoumgemcnts before that Privilege was 
 allowed him ; yet being earned in his Defires 
 . to obtain Divine Favour, he was eminently 
 fupported under great Conflids and Proba- 
 tions, and continuing faithful to the Degrees 
 pi Light and Grace communicated, a Dil- 
 P^nfation of the Gofpel-Miniiiry was com- 
 mitted to him fome Time before the Ter-m 
 
 of
 
 t i6S ] 
 
 cf his Apprenticefliip was expired ; and abi- 
 ding under the ianctiiying Power of Truth, 
 he grew in his Gift and became a zealous and 
 faithful Minifter. 
 
 And though he was very exemplary in his 
 Induftry and Diligence, in labouring faith- 
 fully at his Trade to provide for his own 
 Support, and after he married and had 
 Children for their Maintenance, and was 
 often concur n*d to advife others to the fame 
 neceflary Care ; yet he continued fervent in 
 Spirit for the Promotion of Truth and Righ- 
 teoufnefs, fo that he was foon engaged to 
 leave Home, and the neareft Conncflions of 
 Nature, to publifh the Glad-tidings of the 
 Gofpel, frequently vifiting the Meetings of 
 Friends in the Province of Pemifihania and 
 the adjacent Provinces, and feveral Times as 
 fjir as the Eaftern Parts of New- England, 
 
 In the Year 1748, in Company with 
 Sainnel Notiin^havi, he vifited the few Meet- 
 ings in the Ifland of Barbadoes, and by the 
 Way of Antigua to Tortola, where after 
 flaying fome lime, they embarked for Eu- 
 rope. Their Voyage thither was attended 
 with fome fingular Hazards and Danger, 
 which occafioned their Landing in Ireland^ 
 where after he had vifited the Meetings of 
 prit'nds he embarked for England, and vifitf d
 
 [ j66 ] 
 
 (he Meetings generally in Great-Britain to 
 the Comfort and Satisfadion of Friends ; 
 his meek, circumfped Condnft and Conver- 
 fation, and lively edifying Miniftry, rend- 
 ring bis Vifics very acceptabie and his Me- 
 mory precious. 
 
 After his Return to his native Counlry he 
 vifited Friends in all the Southern Provinces 
 as far as South-Carolina, and about two Years 
 before his Death the Families of Friends in 
 fome Parts of IVeJl-Jerfey, the City of Neiv- 
 'Tork and I^ong-lfland •, he return'd from this 
 Service with great Peace and Satis'aftion, 
 exprelTing his Apprehenfion, ^hat he was 
 vow clear of all Places^ and that his Stay 
 here was near over^ having an Evidence that 
 he had been faithfully concerned from his Youth 
 to fear and Jerve God, 
 
 When at Home he was much employ M 
 in vifiting the Sick and Affli6led, to whom 
 iieadminiftred his fV-»iritual Advice and Ex- 
 perience, and was often engaged in humble 
 Prayer for their Support ; and in the diftri- 
 buting to the NecefTicous according to his 
 Circumftanccs, he manifeftcd his benevolent 
 Pifpofition. His r.ove to the rifing Gene- 
 ration was very great, which he manifefted 
 by his affcdiionate Notice of them, and 
 (efpecially of thofe who were religiouily in- 
 clined,
 
 [l 167 ]} 
 
 dined, his Houfe bting open to receive fuch. 
 And his Conctirn was great, That thofe who 
 had the Glad- lid'uigs of the Gofpel to fubli/h^ 
 might be true Examples to the Flcck^ and adorn 
 the DoSlrine they had to deliver by a circum- 
 JpeH Life ami Converfation. 
 
 On the 5th Day of the Fifth Month r 770, 
 he was violently fcized with xhtBillious Cholic, 
 and continued in great Pain for feveral Days, 
 but being feme what eaficr he attended two 
 Meetings on the Firlt-day, in which he was 
 much favour'd in his publick Minillry, and 
 eXprelTcd, That he thought his Time would 
 not be long. He was enabled to attend the 
 Monthly-meeting at Philadelphia the 25111 
 of the faid Month, which was the Lift publick 
 Meeting he was at, being the next Morning 
 frized with a renewed Attack of the fame 
 Diforder, which incrcafed on him for feveraj" 
 Days i yet through all he was mercifully 
 Supported in much Refignation and Patience, 
 rather inclining, rf it was the Lord's Will, 
 to hz relcafcd. 
 
 Durmg the Time of IJs Sicknefs, he often 
 cxprefTcd his Concern lell h's Friends fliould 
 be too anxious tor his Recovery, faying, If 
 he fljOidd live longer and through any human 
 Frailly or Injirmity oecafwn any Reproach, it 
 would be Caufe of Sorrow to them. The 
 
 Evening
 
 r .68 ] 
 
 Evening of the Firft-day before he died, 
 feveral Friends coming to fee him, he fpoke 
 a confiderable Time to them, having before 
 been defirous of fuch an Opportunity of the 
 Company of his Friends, to fet down and 
 wait on God, which was his great Delight. 
 The Evening before he died, he expreffed 
 to bis Friend Ifrael Pemherton^ who fat up 
 with him, his great Thankiulnefs, 'That hh 
 Head was preferved from Pain, and his Vn- 
 derflanding clear ; and that thd' it had been a 
 ^ime of clofe Trial and deep Probation, he 
 could fay he felt the Evidence of Divine Sup^^ 
 port to attend him. 
 
 He died the 28th of the Sixth Month 
 1770, in the fixty-fecond Year of his Age 
 and forty-third of his Miniftry, and the next 
 Day his Body attended by a large Number 
 of People of divers religious Denominations, 
 after a Meeting being held for that Porpofe, 
 was interred in Friends Burial-ground in 
 that City. 
 
 iV. B. For a further Account of this 
 F>iend, fee the Teftimony given by the 
 Monthly-meeting of Philadelphia of hinr^ 
 prefixed to his Journal, printed at Philadel- 
 phia in the Year 1772. 
 
 ELIZABETH
 
 [ i69] 
 
 ELIZABETH ATKINSON, 
 of Milden-Hall in Suffolk, was the 
 Daughter ot Edward and Elizabeth Peachy^ 
 of the fame Place, Friends well efteemed, 
 •who gave this their Daughter a religious 
 Education -, and while very young, fhe was 
 favoured with a Divine Vifitaticn, and yield- 
 ing Obedience to the Heavenly Vifion, llie 
 became qualified for her Mafter's Ufe, and 
 receiv'd a Gift in the Miniftry about the 
 twenty-fecond Year of her Age. She was 
 faithfully concerned to yield Obedience to 
 the Manifeftations of Duty, in which llie 
 experienced Peace. 
 
 When about thirty fhe join*d in Marriage 
 with Samuel Atkinfon^ a. Friend of the fame 
 Meeting, and fome few Years after it pleafed 
 the Lord to try her in a clofe Manner, by 
 diflblving this very near and dear Connexion : 
 Thus being left a' Widow with fix young 
 Children and in lowCircumftances : This 
 Difpenfation of Heaven was attended with 
 Baptifms and Exercifes on many Aocounts, 
 her Situation being fuch that flie found it 
 neceflary to ufe unwearied Diligence for the 
 Support of her Family, .not willing to be 
 burthenfome, but having a few Things, was 
 Z • therewith
 
 [ 170 ] 
 
 therewith content. It does not feem hep 
 Family, whofe Neceffity fhe ever appeared 
 to have due Regard to, hindred her in her 
 Gofpel- Labours ; but ihe was obedient to 
 the Requirings and Manifeftations of Duty, 
 faithfully giving up to go on the Lord's 
 Errands. 
 
 At the awful Approach of the undeniable 
 MefTenger of Death, flie pofTelTed a quiet 
 Compofure of Soul, often wifhing to be 
 Sijfohed^ to be with Chrijl ; yet humbly 
 waiting the Lord's Time for the Accom- 
 plilhment of his Will, and being full of Days 
 and full of Peace, fhe was greatly favoured 
 to very near the End of her Time, fenfible 
 and lively, and was frequently engaged to 
 exprefs, ^he Lord's Goodnejs to her had been 
 great and wonderful ; earneftly recommend- 
 ing to thofe who vifited her. To ferve him 
 faithfully, and in an efpecial Manner to the 
 Youth, To dedicate the Bud and Bloffom of 
 their Days to him, for that they could not 
 ferve a better Majler, 
 
 A fhort Time before her Death, finding 
 her Mind very low, was fearful fhe had- 
 offended •, earnefl were her Cries unto the 
 Lord, That fhe might not depart under a Cloudy 
 which he gracioufly anfwered by the renew- 
 ing of his Love, and lifting up of his glori- 
 ous
 
 t «7» ] 
 
 ous Countenance, fo that Ihe broke forth m 
 the" following Words, Glory, Honour and 
 hi^h Renown be given to him, who wears ths 
 Heavenly Crown. The Lord is my Reward, 
 and at his Right-hand are Rivers of Pleafure, 
 and that for evermore. 
 
 She departed this Life the gd of the 
 Seventh Month 1 770, and was buried in 
 Friends Burial-ground at Milden-Hall, the 
 Sth of the fame. Aged eighty-eight, a 
 Minifter fixty-fix Years. 
 
 THOMAS MAWDITT, of 
 Cullumpton in the County of Devon^ 
 was educated in the Way of the Church of 
 England, and about the twentieth Year of 
 his Age was convinced of the blefled Truth. 
 By the Accounts receiv*d of him, he appear'd 
 in the Miniftry about the thirty-third Year 
 of his Age, and his Services therein were 
 acceptable. He was a diligent Attender of 
 Meetings, tho' of an infirm Conftitution of 
 Body i of an exemplary Condu(5t among 
 Men, and of an innocent Deportment. 
 
 Having left behind him a Narrative in 
 Manufcript of his Convincement, the fol- 
 iowing is a Copy of it, viz, 
 
 Z 2 « Some
 
 [ »72 ] 
 
 " Some Paflages of my Life having of 
 ]ate been brought frefh in my Remem- 
 brance, 1 thought proper to commit them 
 to Writing, that othcis might fee the 
 great Love of God, in Chrift, to my 
 Soul, and be encouraged to follow on to 
 know and obey him. 
 
 ** While I was young and tender in Years, 
 *' the Lord was pleafed to put his Fear into 
 ** my Heart, which was to me the Beginning 
 " ot Wifdom, becaufe it made me careful 
 " both of my Words and Aftions -, and fo 
 " long as I kept upon my Watch againft 
 *< Sin, the Lord gave me true Peace and 
 *' Quietude of Mind, but when I was un- 
 *' watchful, the Tempter often prevailed 
 ** with his Temptations, which brought the 
 *' righteous Judgments of God upon my 
 ** Soul, and made me cry unto him for 
 '* Mercy and Forgivenefs ; and the Lord 
 " was gracious to me, and forgave me 
 <' Time after Time as I repented of the 
 «* Evil, fo that I can from my own Expe- 
 *« rience fay, Thai there is Mercy with the 
 " Lord that he may be feared \ and thus he 
 '« gave me Strength to call upon him while 
 ** he was near, and to feek him while he 
 *' was to be found. He was near in Spirit, 
 *' reproving me for my Sins, altho' I then 
 ♦' knew him not j and in this State I often 
 
 " made
 
 [ 173 J 
 
 made Covenant, That if the Lord would 
 forgive me, then I ivoiild live more watchful 
 than I had hitherto ; but as it was made 
 in my own Will it was loon broken, and' 
 I was ftill under the Adminiftration of 
 Condemnation -, the Senfe thereof often 
 made mc cry unto God, That he would de- 
 liver me from the Body of this Death \ for 
 in this State, when I would do Good, 
 Evil was prefent with me, and 1 did the 
 Things I would not ; and finding myfelf 
 overcome Time after Time, notwith- 
 ftanding my Endeavours to the contrary, 
 1 was ready to conclude that there was no 
 living without Sin in the World, although 
 I found it a Burthen too heavy to bear. 
 
 *« About this Time I began to think what 
 People to join with, for I was not (iitisfied 
 in the Way I was in, and I befought the 
 in oft high God, That he would dire^ me 
 what People to join with ; and while I 
 was under this Concern of Mind, on a 
 Firft-day of the Week, as I was walking 
 to the Place of Worfhip in Company 
 with two of the People called ^takers, 
 one of them allied me to go with them 
 to their Meeting, adding, that there were 
 to be two Strangers there that Day \ and 
 I accordingly went, and after we had 
 fitten fofne Time in Silence, one of them 
 
 *« flood
 
 [ 174 ] 
 
 flood up and fpoke, after that the other ; 
 I do not remember much of what they 
 faid, but it appeared to me that their 
 Preaching was hke that of the Apoftles, 
 and that they were enabled by a Meafure 
 of the fame Spirit and a Degree of the 
 fame Power ; and I alfo felt fuch a Mea- 
 fure of that Spirit and Power which helped 
 them in their Miniftry as I never enjoyed 
 before ; and it was to me a Day of Glad- 
 tidings of great Joy, and my Soul did 
 magnify the Lord, and my Spirit rejoiced 
 in God my Saviour. 
 
 *< This gave me a full Satisfaflion of 
 Mind what People to join with, altho' at 
 firft it did look flrange to me to fee a 
 People fit in Silence as they did, for I 
 had been feeding upon Words, until I 
 was diredtcd unto Chrift, the Word nigh 
 in the Heart, and to know him to be my 
 Teacher : Thus the Lord brought me off 
 from a Man-made Miniftry unto the Mi- 
 nifter of the Sandluary and true Taber- 
 nacle, which God hath pitched and not 
 Man, everlafting Praife be given to his 
 Name. Here the Lord brought me into 
 a State of Silence, out of my formal 
 Prayers and Will-worfhip, to wait upon 
 him, until he was pleafed to help me to 
 pray with the Spirit and with Underftand-
 
 r '75 ] 
 
 •* ing ; but when he was pleafed to fliew 
 ** me that 1 muft ufe the fingular Number, 
 " as Thou and Thee to one Perfon, it was 
 ** as Death to me, for I faw I fliould be 
 *« defpifed and rejefted ; and here I found 
 *« in degree that Crofs which the Apoflle 
 •' fpoke of, that crucified to the World, and 
 ** the World unto him ; and until I knew my 
 ** own Will in meafure flain, I was not able 
 '* to ufe it i but when I did ufe it, after I 
 " believed it was required of me, I had 
 " great Peace of Mind -, and if at any Time 
 «' I did not ufe it for Fear of offending Man, 
 •« I was under Condemnation and Trouble 
 •' of Mind until I did ufe it without Refpe6fc 
 *« of Perfons : I know it was the Lord's 
 *' Doing, for I did it not in Imitation but 
 ** by Revelation. Neither could I any more 
 «* pull off my Hat and bow to any Ma^ : 
 *« And thus the Lord led me Step by Step 
 *• into Obedience unto him ; aiid as long as 
 «« I lived in Obedience to what he was 
 ** pleafed to manifeft unto me, I reaped 
 *• that Peace and Joy in the Holy Ghofl:, 
 " that all the Favour and Friendfhip of 
 «* Men are not to be compared with. About 
 *' this Time a Concern came upon my Mind 
 «* to bear a publick Teftimony in Meetings 
 »« to the Truth, which made me both to 
 " fear and tremble ; whereupon I let in the 
 «* Rcafoner, and looked into my own Wcak- 
 
 *' ncis
 
 [ 176 J 
 
 '* nefs as a Man, and how unfit I was for 
 ** fo great a Work as the Work of the 
 *' Miniftry -, when I Ihould have looked 
 «' unto the Lord, who is able to ftrengthen 
 *' the Weak and confirm the Feeble-minded, 
 " and which I had in Times paft witnefTed 
 •' to my Comfort : Here it was I loft my 
 •" Peace and Qiiiet which I had in a State of 
 *' Obedience, lor I went from the true Wit- 
 *' nefs within, even the Spirit of Truth, 
 *« which did and would have led me into 
 ** all Truth, and I joined with the Rea- 
 •' foner, and fo erred and went aft ray from 
 •' the Way of the Lord as a loft Sheep : 
 •« Here the Enemy of Mankind got Advan- 
 " tage upon me, and I could not ftand 
 «' faithfully in my Teftimony for the Truth 
 ** as I formerly had, but grew weaker and 
 **■ weaker, and was toffed with a Tempeft 
 •' and not comforted ; yet in this forrowful 
 «* State r fometimes had a little Hope that 
 *' the Lord would deliver me, which was 
 «' fome Stay to my Mind, and I was made 
 «' to cry, Lord ! if thou JJay me yet will I 
 *' trufi in thee -, and I would often ^ray 
 •* unto God, 'That be would rejlore me again ^ 
 " and that if it did pleafe him to bring the 
 " like Concern upon me any more^ 1 would 
 " be faithful and obedient to his Requirings ; 
 •* but this I could not attain unto, which 
 *' brought me very low in my Mind, and I 
 
 *' was
 
 i: 177 ] 
 
 ** Was almoft ready to defpair, for I found 
 *' myfelf fo hardened that I could not la- 
 *' ment my State and Condition as formerly, 
 *' fo that I' was afraid the Day of my Vifica- 
 *' tion was over, and when all Hope feemed 
 •' to b^ loft the Word of the Lord was 
 •' unto me, Js thou haft gradually fallen^ 
 '* fo thou fhalt gradually rife •, which had fo 
 *' good Effect as to bring with it a living 
 *' Hope, that was as an Anchor to my SouU 
 *' ftedfaft and fure, and preferved my Mind 
 •' from being carried away with the Floods 
 '* of Temptation, which were many and 
 ** great in thofe Days, that it was through 
 *.« Faith in Chrift, the Word nigh in the 
 ** Heart, which I found to be quick and 
 •* powerful, that I came to be reftored 
 '* again in due Time, unto a State of Obe- 
 «* dience •, and the Lord now favoured me 
 «* with many good Meetings, which made 
 ** mc oJ'ten defire for the Mceting^time, 
 " ioT in my fiient Waiting upon him, I 
 «» iound my Strength renewed : After this 
 ** it was (hewn me that I muft alter the 
 «» Place of my Sitting, and one Day as the' 
 *' Meeting-time drew on, I prayed to God 
 «* in my Heart, That he would favour me 
 •» with a good Meeting \ but the Anfwer 
 «' was, If thou dofl not go and fit in that 
 ** PlacCi how canfl thou expe^ a good Meet- 
 A a ♦» i>^ /
 
 [ '78 ] 
 
 •* ing ? For until now I was not come to a 
 *' Refolution ; but now when the Meeting- 
 " time came, I went and fat in the Piace 
 ** fhewed me, not knowing further what 
 ** might be required of me, and after fome 
 ** Time of Silence I found a Concern of 
 •' Mind to fpeak unto the People as follow- 
 '* eth : There is a Seed of God amofjgjl jou, 
 *' bui ii lieth opprejfed, &;c. 
 
 '* And now I can fay after many Years 
 ** Experience, Hitherto the Lord has helped 
 •' me^ and he is not a hard Mafler, as fome 
 *' flothful Servants have faid, for he doth 
 •■* not gather where hg hath not flrowedy 
 *' neither reap where he hath not fown ; but 
 *' all that are born of that Seed which is 
 *' incorruptible, and of the Word of God 
 ** which liveth and abideth for ever, can lay, 
 " T'here is no Condemnation to them that are 
 *' in Chrifi Jefus^ who walk not after the 
 *■*■ Flejht hut after the Spirit ; for the Law 
 '* of the Spirit of Life hath made them free 
 " from the Law of Sin and Death* And 
 *' here in brief have I fhewn what the Lord 
 " hath done for my Soul, for it is he that 
 *' hath plucked my Feet out of the miry 
 " Clay, and fet them upon a Rock that was 
 *' higher than I ; wherefore to him Ihall 
 *' the Honour, Glory and Praife be given,. 
 
 '* who
 
 [ 179 1 
 
 " who is over all worthy for ever and ever- 
 ** more. 
 
 *' Signed T. M. 1748." 
 
 In his laft Ilnefs, his Underftanding and 
 Senfes were preferved, and he expreffed his 
 being refrelhed in his Spirit, and as he found 
 his End approaching he frequently defired. 
 If agreeable to the fVill of the Almighty y that 
 he niigbt be relenfed, under a well -grounded 
 Apprehenfton that his Day*s Work was done. 
 
 He departed this Life the 13th of the 
 Seventh Month 1770. Aged eighty-one, 
 and had been a Minifter about forty-eight 
 Years. 
 
 SARAH WAGSTAFFE, of 
 Chipping- Norton in Oxfordfhire, Widow 
 of Thomas fVagjlaffe, formerly of Banbury 
 in the fame County, was born in the Year 
 1695, and educated in the Way of Truth, 
 in the City of London^ where her Parents 
 lived ; and being faithful to the Didlates 
 thereof in her young Years, fhe experienced 
 its fupporting Influence under many Excrcifes 
 which fell to her Lot through Life, having 
 often to remark to her Children, the Benefit 
 thereof ; and by fuitable Inftrudions endea- 
 A a 2 vour'd
 
 [ i8o ] 
 
 voiir'd to lead their Minds to regard its 
 Diiflates wlien very young, and when remote 
 from .her was often by Writing, reviving 
 fuitable Counfel to them, being herfelf a 
 good Example, a tender Parent, and well 
 Beloved among her Neighbours and Friends, 
 
 Towards the Decline of her Life fhe was 
 
 (ifflided with bodily Weaknefs, which con- 
 fined her to her Chamber for fome Months 
 before fhe died, which fhe bore with much 
 Refignation and Patience -, oifen defiring fhe 
 might hold out to the End, which (he 
 patiently waited for. Before fhe became 
 incapable, fhe employ'd her Pen to fuch of 
 her Children as were at a Diftance from her, 
 particularly to one of her Sons, when fhe 
 by Letter took her laft Leave of him and his 
 family, fhe expreffed herfelf thus : 
 
 «' That my Chil.^ren and Grand-children 
 ♦' may be fo conduced through Mutability 
 *' as we may all meet in Joy and Blifs, I 
 ♦' entreat," iliys flie, " in Love, that thou- 
 ** and thine may mind your future State 
 <' above all, and let not the Hurrys cf this 
 *' tranfitory World, with all its tinfel Glare, 
 <' Pride, Grandeur and Vanity, choak the 
 <« good Seed, which as it is permitted to 
 ^* take Root, will bring forth the good 
 t<i Fruit, vvhi?h will entitle you to Difciple-. 
 
 **
 
 [ i8i ] 
 
 *' fliip, and give you a Beauty and Glory 
 ** which all thefe Things cannot give. 
 
 *' Dear Son, be on thy Guard and watch 
 
 " over thy Children -, reprefs all Pride, 
 
 *• Ambition, and vain Converfation in them 
 
 •' as much as poflible. O this Workfs 
 
 *' fading Enjoyments has ovcr-run the major 
 
 *' Part of our Society ! How few live up 
 
 *» to what they profefs ! I write with a fer- 
 
 *' vent Defire for all your immortal Souls, 
 
 '* each of which is of more Value than all 
 
 ** this World, which with all its checker'd 
 
 *« Pleafures and Affliftions muft fcon end 
 
 ♦* as the Bubble on the Water, and then 
 
 *' Peace with our Maker will only fland us 
 
 « inftead." 
 
 At another Time, when to Appearance 
 fhe grew near her End, fhe exprelTed herfelf 
 to this Effed: : I'hat her Triijl and Depend- 
 ance was on her almighty Prote^or^ Saviour 
 and Redeemer^ by zvhofe Grace Jhe doubted 
 noty but that JJje /hould clofe in Peace. 
 
 After which fhe continued fome Weeks, 
 in much Quietnefs and Patience, until the 
 /jth of the Firft Month 1771, when flie 
 quietly departed without Sigh or Groan, 
 and was interred in Friends Burial-ground at 
 Clnj>^i>^i- Norton aforefaid, after a folemn 
 
 Meeting,
 
 [ l82 ] 
 
 Meeting, the 13 th of the fame. Aged near 
 fevcnty-fix Years. 
 
 ABRAHAM SHACKLETON, 
 born at Harden in the Parifh of Bing- 
 ley J Tork/hire, according to the beft Inform- 
 ation was the youngeft Child of Richard and 
 Sarah Sbackleton of that Place. His Mother 
 died when he was about fix Years of Age, 
 his Father when he was about eight. Tho' 
 deprived fo early of religious Parents, the 
 Impreffion made by their careful Education 
 of him was not in vain ; he ufed often to 
 commemorate the tender Care and Concern 
 of his pious Father, how he followed him 
 (his Son) when very young to his Bed-fide, 
 and on leaving him to his Repofe, awfully 
 recommended him to feek the Divine Bleffing. 
 And this Bleffing did remark.ibly attend him 
 during the Courle of his Life : When very 
 young and expofed to manifold Dangers in 
 his Education afterwards, this Bleffing fol- 
 lowed him, and by its precious Influence, 
 led him afide from his Companions, and in 
 folitary Places, to feek the Lord, and to 
 witnefs the Operation of his Hand. 
 
 His Employment being that of a School- 
 maftcr, he labour'd in it with confcientious 
 
 Care
 
 I «83 } 
 
 Care for many Years ; in which he had not 
 only the Education of Children of the Mem- 
 bers of our own Society, but alfo fbme of 
 various Denominations, fome of whom fill 
 confpicuous Stations in the World, and retain 
 an affedionate Regard for his Memory ; and 
 from a Remembrance of his Diligence and 
 Care in their Tuition, his living Example of 
 Uprightnefs, Temperance and Humility, a 
 great Regard for the Society. 
 
 And altho' in this arduous Employment 
 he met with many Probations, yet keeping 
 to a feeling Senfe of Divine Support, he 
 grew from Strength to Strength, and became 
 a very ufeful and valuable Member of the 
 Society •, and in the Station of an Elder, 
 had often to minifter in his own Houfe, in 
 the Families of Friends, and in the Church, 
 in which Counfel dropt from him in much 
 Tendernefs and Svveetnefs. 
 
 Thus through a Courfe of many Years, 
 he was conducted in great Circumfpe<5lion 
 in a living Travail lor the Profperity of 
 Truth, and that the Profeflors of it might 
 be preferved out of hurtful Things ; had 
 frequently to teftify againft fuch Superfluities 
 as fometimes came in his Way, particularly 
 a Practice too prevalent among many, that 
 of fitting long after Dinner with Bottles and 
 
 GlaiTes
 
 [ iS4 I 
 
 GlafTes before them, as having a Tendtncf 
 to draw into many Snares. 
 
 He was alfo much concerned at a Cuftom 
 too prevalent among Friends, of uncovering 
 the Head by way of Ceremony upon enter- 
 ing into a Room, and was pained when he 
 faw the Youth or others in that Pradice .' 
 He uied to iay, that when he was a young 
 Man, he durft not baulk his Teftimony in 
 tliat Refped, though the Crofs occafioned 
 thereby feemed as bitter as Death. 
 
 After a diligeht Difcharge of his laborious 
 Employment for many Years, he became 
 in a greater degree feparated from the Cares 
 of this Lite, and devoted much of his Time 
 in attending Meetings for Difcipline in va- 
 rious Parts of the Nation of Ireland, where 
 he was fettled in his School, and alfo the 
 Yearly-meeting iw London, to the Help of 
 his Brethren and his own Peace. 
 
 After the Death of his Wife, who had 
 bfeen his beloved and faithful Helpmeet 
 many Years, and who departed this YM't 
 in cheerful Refignation, great Compofure 
 and fweet Peace, in the eightieth Year of 
 her Age, he quitted Houfe- keeping and re- 
 tired to live with a Relation in the fame 
 Village where he was vifited with his laft; 
 
 Ilnefs,
 
 [ 185 1 
 
 llnefs, which he bore with great Patiencd^ 
 faying, He was mercifull-j dealt with. 
 
 During the Courfe of his Diforder and 
 while able, he got out to Meetings, and 
 when render'd incapable thereof, many 
 Friends vifited him, to whom he was drawn 
 forth in fweet Counfel to the tendering of 
 their Spirits : Many were the feafonablc 
 Opportunities of this Sort, and many fenfi- 
 ble favoury Expreffions dropt from him» 
 which (hewed his Mind was often replenilh- 
 ed with Heavenly Oil. 
 
 A little before his Departure, he faid id 
 his Relations about him, / have no Caufe to 
 grieve^ neither would I have )0U \ yet men- 
 tioned, He had nothing to trujt to hut the 
 Mercies, of the Almighty, His Mind was 
 often favoured with Heavenly Joy, and one 
 Night after much Pain, he cxprcffed with a 
 melodious Voice, I am well, I feel no Pairif 
 I feel Good. O the Elders I the Elders ! 
 they fhould dig for the arifing of the Well of 
 Life as with the Staves in their Hands. Spring 
 up^ O fVelly and I will fing unto thee ! Ac 
 another Time, in a Manner fimilar to this, 
 he uttered theie Words, Thofe that are faith- 
 ful to the End /hall receive a Crown^ a Crown 
 that fadeth not away ; but Rebellion is as the 
 Sin of Witchcraft, 
 
 B b Much
 
 [ 1^6 1 
 
 Much more dropt from him, but not 
 being taken down, could not be perfedly 
 remembered. 
 
 He departed rn great Peace, the 24th ol" 
 the Sixth Month 1771, and was interred 
 the 27th of the feme. Aged feventy-four 
 Years. 
 
 JOSEPH BEVINGTO]vf, 
 Son of Timothy and Hannah Bevington^ 
 of the City of PVorcefier, was a young Man, 
 who from a Child was fober and well-in- 
 elined, exemplary in his Condncl, dutiful to 
 his Parents, and of a tender and loving 
 Difpofition ; and as he grew up towards 
 Man*s Eftate, gave evident Proofs of a 
 fuitable Attention to that Divine Principle in 
 his own Mind, by v/hich his Conduft was fo 
 regulated, as to give Ground of Hope he 
 would fill up his Station with Reputation to 
 himfelf and Comfort to all his Friends. 
 
 He was taken ill atout the ifl of the Sixth' 
 Month 1 77 1, and his Diforder gradually in- 
 ereafmg, his Father found his Mind engaged 
 to go and fit by him one Evening on his 
 going to Bed fooner than ufual, and in much 
 Tendernefs exprefled. That though he had 
 
 hoped ,-
 
 hoped, he might, in the Appointment of 
 Providence, have been his Succcflbr, both ia 
 the Church and in the World ; yet whea 
 llnefs attacked (even one fo young and healthy 
 as him) the IfTue might be doubtful, and 
 therefore defired him to examine his Accounts 
 and Meetnefs for a final Change, if the 
 Lord fliould pleafe to remove him. He, ia 
 affedionate lively Terms, expreffed the Senfe 
 he had of his Father's tender Regard for him, 
 and they parted that Evening under a fweet 
 Senfe of that Love which unites beyond the 
 Ties of Nature. 
 
 His Diftemper increafing, which proved 
 to be a Fever^ he was mercifully preferved 
 fenfible ; his Father and Mother being often 
 concerned to wait on the Lord by his Bed-fide, 
 he was frequently broken into Tendernefs, 
 but did not fay much. 
 
 Getting a little better, he went into the 
 Country for the Air ; in fome Converfition 
 with a Friend there who was in a declining 
 State, he expreffed. That he did not know 
 how it might pleafe Providence to deal with 
 him\ but, fa id he, I bad rather ^ if confiftent 
 with his fVilly go now, than live longer and 
 fall into any thing that might bring Dijbonour 
 ip our Holy Frofejfion. 
 
 B b z A near
 
 [ i88 ] 
 
 A near Friend vifiting him, found him in 
 Tears, and exprcfling her Fears leaft any 
 fhing had grieved him, he anfwered, No, 
 hu( he was looking towards another World. 
 
 He returned out of the Country in about 
 ^ Week rather poorly, and on the Morrow 
 was feized with a ihivering Fit, and fending 
 for his Father, he with Earneftnefs took him 
 by the Hand, and faid, Dear Father^ I 
 have already gone through a very trying Time, 
 l>ut I believe this will be much more fo j and 
 cxprcfling his Care for his Parents, added. 
 He that made me has a Right to take me away 
 when he pleafes ; and I de/ire as he hath fa~. 
 voured me with much Refignation of Mind to 
 his Wilt hitherto^ it may continue. I have not 
 always been fo careful and circumjpe^f in my 
 Conduct as I ought to have been ; but lately, 
 and efpecially ftnce my llne/s, I don*t know 
 that i could have done better, and truft it will 
 Pe wdl with me. 
 
 His Indifpofition increafing, all Hopes of 
 his Recovery was removed, in which, he 
 being in exiream Pain and Sicknefs, his Pa- 
 rents were engaged to wait on the Lord with 
 |iim, who was gracioufly pleafed to comfort 
 their Minds •, and under this broken, hum-. 
 ble, contrite State before him (who fuftains 
 J^is Peopl<; ia every needful Time) this be- 
 
 iQved
 
 [189] 
 
 loved Youth with an audible Voice, faid, 
 O what a dreadful Day would this have been 
 to me^ 'if I had Caufe to fear I was going to 
 meet an angry Judge^ that ?night fay. Depart 
 from me thou IVorker of Iniq^uity ! But, 
 fard he, I have Hope in God, that I fhall 
 be admitted into his Reji, Which much 
 bowed the Hearts of all his near Connexions 
 prefent, and helped to bear up their Spirits 
 in that trying Seafon ; and foon after this 
 dear Obje.fl: of paternal AfFeftion quietly de- 
 parted this Life in his Father's Arms, having, 
 in a good Degree, elcaped the Dangers, 
 Jeopardies and Temptations attendant oa 
 human Life, and we truft was gathered with 
 the Beauty of Innocency upon him, to the 
 Juft of all Generations, in the twenty-firft 
 Year of his Age, on the 9th of the Seventh 
 Month 1 771, and was buried in the City of 
 Worcefler on the 1 4th of the fame. 
 
 ANNGURNEY, Daughter of 
 John and Ann Gurney, of the City 
 or Norwich, was a comely Perfon, of quick 
 Parts, and a lively Turn. Hence Ihe early 
 {hewed a natural Inclination to Height and 
 Gaiety, which brought a Concern upon her 
 Parents on her Account, left fhe fhould be 
 CWTied away with the common Stream into 
 
 Libertiis
 
 [ I90 ] 
 
 i>iberties of an hurtful Nature. But fuch 
 was the gracious Dealing of Divine Mercy 
 towards her, that, feme Time before fhe 
 was taken with her lafb Ilnefs, an agreeable 
 Alteration was obferved in her Difpofition 
 and Conduct, which undoubtedly arofe from 
 the cordial Reception fhe had given to an 
 Heavenly Vifitation upon her Spirit j for, 
 in the Sequel, it evidently appeared, a State 
 of Preparation was thereby efFcdled, properly 
 to endure the tedious Ilnefs and folemn Event 
 that enfued. 
 
 For many Months, her ufual State of 
 Health feemed, at Times, to be broke in 
 upon, and Tokens of Infirmity appeared, 
 which increafed upon her, and at length 
 terminated in a fettled Decline. 
 
 Several Weeks before her Deceafe, fhe 
 chearfully faid to her Sifters, Af)- little Tene- 
 ment is much Jhaken, and will foon he in 
 Decay, A while after, her Mother faying. 
 She fhould be very thankful if it pleafed 
 Providence to raife her up again ; fhe re- 
 plied, That muft be as it pleafes Providence 5 
 jfut 1 can never go with lefjs Guilt, 
 
 She faid. She believed Divine Gcodnefs bad 
 pften been very near to her^ and fupported 
 lifr ; for Jhe coidd not have fupported herfelf. 
 
 To
 
 r '91 1 
 
 To her Sifter Lucy\ (he HuJ, My dcar^ 1 
 hope then wilt never do any thing to grieve thy 
 Father and Mother, and be Jure do nothing 
 againjl thy own Confcience. DonU grieve for 
 me i for tho' we have loved one another, it is 
 right we fhould part. 
 
 She acknowledged. She had fometimes gone 
 contrary to the Tejliviony of her Confcience ; 
 hut Jhe had known Sorrow for it, and Jhe 
 believed, Forgivenefs ; and made no Doubt^ 
 but if it pleaf'ed Providence ta take her away, 
 Ihe fhoidd go to Heaven, 
 
 To her Mother, flie faid, / know it will 
 he a Lcfs, 7nake it but a little one. Her 
 Mother replying. It is a bitter Cup, my 
 Dear j fhe anfwered, But Providence will 
 fweeten the bitter Cup. And on her Mother's 
 faying. She believed a glorious Manfion was 
 prepared for her -, fhe replied with much 
 Earneftneft, 1 make no Doubt of that, and I 
 expeH to fee thee and my Father there, 
 
 Defiring her Sifters to be called, fhe told 
 them. She was glad to fee them ; and laying 
 a While fweetly ftill, fhe awrully faid, She 
 hoped they would always live in the Fear ef 
 the Lord, and never do any thing againjl their 
 Cvnfcicnces, 
 
 Being
 
 [ 192 ] 
 
 Being told her Uncle Edmund Gurneyt 
 faid. That llie was in a fweet Frame, and 
 compared her to Mount Sion^ that could not 
 be moved •, fhe anfwered, 'Then wh^ does wy 
 Mother grive fo ? 
 
 Her Father going one Morning into her 
 Chamber, fhe defired him to come by her 
 Bed-fide, faying. She was glad to fee hm^ 
 and that /he thought herfelf not worfe. On 
 his faying, He hoped her better Parent, 
 her Heavenly Father, had been near to her 
 that Night j fhe anfwered, 2?j, that he has^ 
 and I hope near thee too. 
 
 Two Days before her Deceafe, fbe ear- 
 peftly prayed, 57;^? Lord would be with her 
 to the End, and give her Patience to the laji ; 
 and that, if he plea/ed, he would mercifully 
 grant her an eafy Paffage^ as her Uncle Ed- 
 mund had prayed for on her Account. She 
 declared. She was very willing to go, with 
 many other comfortable F^xpreirions. 
 
 She was compofed and eafy in her Mind 
 throughout her long and painful llnefs, and 
 never once exprefled a Wifh to live. She 
 laid. She had many near and dear Relations to 
 ■ leave ; but fhe fhould not know the Pain of 
 lofing them. 
 
 Thus
 
 f i9S ] 
 
 Thus having fhewn a fteady Example Off 
 Faith, Patience, Rcfignation, and Heavenly 
 Compofure, in the Bloom of Youth, fhe 
 departed the 19th of the Firft Month 1772^ 
 Aged fourteen Years and nine Months. 
 
 WILLIAM HUNT, of New- 
 Gordon in the Province of Norlh 
 Carolina in America, was born in the Province 
 oi: Pennfihania ; and by Accounts received 
 he was firft reached by Truth about the 
 eighth Year of his Age, which continued to 
 follow him from Time to Time, that when 
 in Company with his Acquaintance, he has 
 been often tendered and led to feek folitary 
 I'l.ices to vent his Tears ; altho* he then did 
 not know what it was that fo broke in upon 
 1.13 Spirit. 
 
 Being ficuated in a Part at that early Peribd 
 of his Life, where no Religion prevailed, 
 but the People lived father diflblutely, he 
 had no one to tell the Diftrefs and Exercife 
 of his Mind to (for his Mother dying when 
 he was young, who he had been inform'd 
 was a religious Woman^ and his Father when 
 he was about twelve, he was left quite alone.) 
 But after fome Time going to live with his 
 Sifter, and thofe tender Impreffions continu-
 
 • [ ^94 ] 
 
 hgr the Lord in Mercy fhewed him, Tbej 
 were from the immediate Operation of his 
 ewn Spirit^ and that his Growth in Truth 
 and Experience of its pure Virtue, lay in hi} 
 being faithful to the Dilates thereof-^ by 
 which he was fitted for Service, even in^ 
 very early Years, his Mouth being open'd 
 m Teftimony before he was fifteen Years of 
 -Age; and through the Heavenly InSuence 
 of the Spirit, he became an able Miniilery 
 rightly dividing the Word of Trtith, to the 
 great Comfort and Edification of the Churcb 
 where his Lot was caft. 
 
 He was concern'd to travel in Truth's Ser- 
 vice beibre his twentieth Year, and vifited 
 the Provinces of Virginia and Maryland j 
 and afterwards in the Courfe of his Chrifliaft 
 Progrefs, all the Provinces of America, and 
 almoft all the Meetings therein. And altho** 
 he had a Targe Family, whofe Subfiftance 
 much depended on his Induflry and Care -, 
 yet, when he found the Requirings of Truth 
 and became fully fatisfied thereof, he chear- 
 fully gave up all into the C-are of that Hand 
 which drew him into Service, relying there- 
 on for the Prefervation of himfelf and all 
 his, in every Difpenfation of Providence, 
 and which was mercil'ully afforded to him. 
 
 In.
 
 I ^95] 
 
 In the Year 1771 he came to this Nation 
 on a religious Vifit, and travelled through 
 moft Parrs of the North of England^ Scot- 
 land and Ireland, and after the Yearly- meet- 
 ing 1772, he vifited the general Quarterly- 
 meetings at Cdchejler^ IVcodbridge and Nor- 
 ivich i foon after which he proceeded thro* 
 Lincolufl.nre for Hully whence with his Com- 
 panion Thomas Thornhrugh, our Friend Sa- 
 vmel Emlin, jun. of Philadelphia^ and Morris 
 Birkheck, he embarked for Holland ; and 
 after vifiting the few Friends there, he em- 
 barked in a Veffel bound to Scarborough^ but 
 by contrary Winds landed at Shields the 
 latter End of the Eighth Month, with a 
 Dedication of Heart for further Service if 
 required *, but was foon after he landed taken 
 ill of the Small Poa. In the Courfe of which 
 Ilnefs, his Mind was preferved perfc<5lly 
 calm, and his Patience and Fortitude were 
 truly great, as was a!fo his Refignation to 
 Divine Difpofal, figniiying to his Compa- 
 nion, That his coming there was providential^ 
 but that his Sicknefs ivas nigh unto Death, if 
 not quite ; for, lays he, Kheu I wait, I Jeem 
 inclofed, I fee no farther. 
 
 To a Friend who rrmnrked. That what 
 
 ever Afflidion we may be tried with, we 
 
 may yet fee Caufe of Thankfulnefe, he 
 
 replied, Great Cauje indeed, J never faw it 
 
 C c 2 dearer \
 
 [ '96 ] 
 
 (karer \ O the Wijdom, the Wifdom and 
 Goodnefi^ the Mercy and Kindnefs has ap- 
 peared, to me wonderful ! And the further and 
 deeper we go, the more we wonder ; I have 
 admired- fmce I was caft on this Bed, that all 
 the IVorld does not feek after the Enjoyment of 
 Triith, it fo far tranfcends all other Things. 
 
 At another Time, to fome Friends who 
 came to fee him, he faid, The Lord knows 
 fjow I have Ipved you from our firfi Acquair,t~ 
 ance, and longed for your Growth and Efta- 
 hlifhrnent in the blejfed Truth, and I now feel 
 the fame renewed ofrefh \ adding, He much 
 defired they might fill up their Places Provi- 
 dence intended^' and lay up Treajure in Hea- 
 ven ; /or, fays he, zvhat would a thoufand 
 Worlds avail me now. He alfo cxpreffed his 
 SatisfaCfion, He had not fpent his Time idly 
 fince he came to England, nor negle^led one 
 Meeting he co.uld well attend, and that under 
 fo great a Load of bodily AffiitTion, what a, 
 'Treafure a auiet Mind was. 
 
 At another Time, he fiid with grejit 
 Conipofure, The Lord knows befl, I am in h\s 
 Handy let him do what he will ; and leaning 
 cm Morris Bi>'kbeck, he laid, Dear IMorris, 
 J have a Reqne/i to .make, which is, in Cafe I 
 am fuddctily taken away, do thou write to my 
 d'jar n ife.' and let her know AWs well ; write
 
 I ^97 ] 
 
 alfo to my Children^ to impro've ths Hurts I 
 frequently gave for their Condu£l while with 
 I hem and fince. 
 
 At another Time, a Day or two before 
 his Death, he faid to him. This is a trying 
 lifne, but my Mind is above it all ; and it 
 was obfervable that a fweet Melody was in 
 his Heart when few Words were expreffed. 
 
 A little before his Death, he faid triumph- 
 antly. Friends y Truth reigns ever all ; and 
 Xoon after quietly departed this Life, the 
 9th of the Ninth Month 1772, and was 
 iiiterred in Friends Burial-ground at Newcajlle 
 upon Tyne the iith of the fame. Aged 
 ihirty-nine, a Minifter twenty-four Years. 
 
 EL 1 Z A B F. T H SMITH, of 
 Burlington in Wefi-Jerfe-j in America^ 
 wMs one whofe Deportment Irom a Child was 
 compofed and Heady \ irequently while others 
 fought Recreation and Amufements Abroad 
 (he chofe to be at Home, employing herfejf 
 in the Bufinefs of the Family, or improving 
 her Mind by lome ufeiul Application. As 
 ^he grew up, the Reproofs of InflruSiion be- 
 came the Way of Lite to her, and /he was 
 governed by a meek and quiet Spirit ; htr 
 
 Converfitipo
 
 f '98 ] 
 
 Converfation and Condu(5l feem'd to be 
 almoft one continued Example of Child like 
 Simplicity and Innocence. Her Mother dy- 
 ing while Ihe was young, the Care of her 
 Father's Family devolved upon her for a 
 confiderable Time before his Death ; her 
 Duty to him and Beh;iviour in general, 
 gaia*d the Love of a careful religious Parent, 
 and a Blefling attended her, as her future 
 Life manifefted •, her Words were few, but 
 favory and in{lru<5live ; fhe had a feeling 
 Heart, and the Diftrefied were often relieved 
 by her Charity •, happy in herfelf, flie en- 
 deavour'd to make all about her fo. She 
 had a great Regard for ihe Holy Scriptures •, 
 on taking up a Bible, Ihe remarked to a 
 particular Friend, what a Treafure it con- 
 tained j and fought to inculcate the Reading 
 thereof, and to difcourage the fafhionable 
 Books of the Times. 
 
 It was her Concern frequently to retire to 
 wait on the Lord to know her Strength re- 
 newed in him, and the Effefls were vifible 
 by a chearful Serenity on her Countenance. 
 
 In her early Youth llie was called to the 
 Work of the Miniftry, in which fhe delivered 
 herff If in a clear confiftent Manner ; and it 
 flowing from the right Spring, was often 
 attended with good Effcdl. She was con- 
 
 cern*d
 
 [ 199 1 
 
 cern'd to travel in the Exercife of her Gift 
 as far to the Northward as I^ew- England^ 
 land alfo to feme of the Southern Provinces, 
 and frequently to the Meetings about Home. 
 But in her latter Time was greatly afflid:ed 
 with a Dropftcal Diforder, which fubjeded 
 her to be tapped, by which Hie was io far 
 relieved, that for fcveral Years fhe had a better 
 State of Health •, in which Interval (lie 
 frequently attended Meetings for Worfhip 
 and Difcipline ; and the laft Summer before 
 her Death, though much enfeebled in Body» 
 had often very acceptable Service in the 
 Miniftry, alive and ftrong in the bcft Senfe, 
 her Company was greatly fatisfa(ftory to 
 Friends about her. 
 
 Her Diforder returning, ihe waited for her 
 Change with a lively Hope ; and a Serenity 
 of Mind attended her, being inwardly fup- 
 ported beyond mere human Attainment. 
 
 She uttered m:my ExprefTions during the 
 Conflids of her Ilnefs, much to the Comfort 
 and Satisfaction of thofe prefent. In folemh 
 Supplication to the Almighty on her own 
 Account, to be near and fupport her, fhe 
 exprelTed herfelt in great Reverence to the 
 follow ini^r Effed : Thou who art the God of 
 my Life, who bcijl kept am fed me all my Life 
 long, be now f:ear and Jupport hy thy Prejence^ 
 
 and
 
 I 200 ] 
 
 ami if it is thy TVill to put an End to m-j Seing 
 kere^ I Jubmit : Be gracioujiy ■pleajed to give 
 me Rejl in thy Manfion^ with thy dear Son^ 
 the Lamb inifnacidate, for ever and ever. 
 
 She often faid, She had nothing to do but 
 to bear her Pains with Patience. Once in 
 great Extremity of Pain, fhe remarked that 
 Ihe had reafoned. Why am I fo afflioied ? 
 And had received this Anfwer in her Mind^ 
 My beloved Son^ who never offended me, drank 
 of the Cup before thee : Thus, faid fhe, / a?n 
 helped alovg with one kind Hint after another. 
 And fhe frequently expreffed the Peace and 
 Confolation fhe felt in thofe trying Moments, 
 in having lived in the Fear of her Creator* 
 
 A Night or two before her Departure, fhe 
 faid. She thought it eafier for her to leave thi 
 World than for thofe who had Children to 
 leave. A near and intimate Friend replied^ 
 There were many who loved her : She fiiid. 
 She did not know but it was fo, and that 
 Love would be confummated hereafter. To- 
 wards the Conclufion, flie fiid with great 
 Tendernefs of Spirit, That (}je thought fke 
 was going ; and added, / would not have 
 you be troubled, it is to Joy unfpeakable and 
 full of Glory, 
 
 She
 
 [ 20t ] 
 
 She died the 2d of the Tenth Month 
 1772. Aged about forty-eight Years. 
 
 Among other of her Writings (he kft the 
 following Epiftle, which is thought meet to 
 be here infer ted, viz. 
 
 " 7o the garter ly and Monthly -meeting 
 *' of Women Friends^ held at Bur- 
 " lington and Chefterfield In Weft 
 " New Jerfey in America. 
 
 *' "Dearly beloved Friends^ 
 
 *' T N a frefli Remenlbrance of the many 
 •• \^ Sealons of Divine Favour, we have 
 ** been made Partakers of together, in thefe 
 *' Meetings appointed for tranfafting the 
 *' Affairs of the Church, does my Spiric 
 ♦* affc<5tionately falutc the Living : And not 
 *' expcdiing to have the like Opportunity 
 •' again, it reftcd with me to vifit you after 
 " this Manner, with fervent Defires for the 
 ** Profperity of Truth and Righteoufnefs in 
 *' general ; and in a particular Manner, I 
 •* have a Dcfirc that our Sex may not fall 
 •« fhort in living up to the faithful Pertorm- 
 «' ance of their rcfpeftive Duties, and dif- 
 D d *' charging
 
 I 20-2 J 
 
 **■ charging that Truft which the' Lord has' 
 ** committed to them honeftly, as in his^ 
 •' Sight. And for this great good End, I 
 *' tenderly beieech you all, both Elder and 
 *' Younger^ that harve known and may 
 ** know the iVlafter*s Will concerning you»= 
 " that you may be obedient. Let not 
 ** reafoning with Flefh and Blood, or plead- 
 ** ing Excufes be Caufe of Unfitnefs (as you- 
 •' may think) prevail, and bear with me, it 
 ** I oblerve where that is the Cafe, Dwarfifh- 
 ** nCiS and Wearknefs will be the Confequence, 
 •' and the belt Life is in Danger of being 
 *' quite loft, as it may with Sorrow be 
 ** remarked of fome who profefs with us^ 
 •' that a Narrie to live and be accourrtied as^ 
 " wife Virgins has feem'd to fuffice, whofe 
 '*' Cafe I have often lamented- ; and it is the' 
 •-' ardent Prayer of my Soul for liich, while 
 " I am writing this, that they may awake 
 '* to Righteoufnefs, and diligently attend to^ 
 ** the Teachings of the Spirit of the Lord, 
 " who will not fail to fit and qualify for 
 " every good Word and Work : And fatis- 
 *" fied I am, as that becomes the principal 
 «* Concern of Individuals,, the Caufe of com- 
 ** plaining of Mifcondudt would be much- 
 ** removed, and our Zion would more 
 «* confpicuoufty fhine, and there would be 
 " none found within her Walls barren or 
 ** unfruitful in the faving Knowledge of 
 
 '«■ God ;.
 
 f 203 J 
 
 ** God ; but that the ancient Promife made 
 
 '* to Ifrael will remain to be the Portion of 
 
 *' his People ibr ever. That he would be as 
 
 ** the Dew of Hermon, and as the Dew that 
 
 •*' de/c ended upon the Mountains of Zion, 
 
 *' for there. /i6<? Lord commanded the Rlejfingj 
 
 *' even Life for evermsrey Pf. cxxxiii. 3. 
 
 " And my de;ir young Friends, with 
 ** Love unteigned do I aftedlionately falute 
 ** you, whoie Company in thefe Meetings I 
 ** have been glad ot j and I would encourage 
 ** all who have a Right to Memberfliip, to 
 " the fteady Attendance of them at the fee 
 *' Time, as often as you can while Health 
 *' permits ; we are by Nature very (hort 
 *' fighted, and know not when the Times 
 *' ot Rffiefliment may come from the Pre- 
 " fence of the Lord •, and therefore it's good 
 ** for us to endeavour patiently to wait and 
 ** quietly to hope for his Salvation, which 
 ** 1 fully believe tie is about to revciil ia 
 *' your Hearts ; and if you are iaithful to 
 ** the Di/coverics of Divine Grace, your 
 ** Underftandings will be mare and more 
 *' opened in the Myfleries of God's King- 
 *' dom, even that wliich was hid from Ages 
 ** and Generations, and as the Apoftle telli- 
 " fies, is now revealed by the Spirit of the 
 *' dear Son of God, our Holy Advocate 
 *' with the Father. 
 
 D d 2 «' I have
 
 [ 204 ] 
 
 ** I have hinted above and hope fliall die 
 in the Faith of it, that the Lcrd will form 
 a People to himfcif, that fliall (hew forth 
 his Praife, and will yet beautify the Houfe 
 of his Glory ; under this Profped my 
 Spirit is at Times deeply bowed in Inter- 
 ceffion for the Dekendants of faithful 
 Friends, that they may not render them- 
 felves unworthy of lo great a Mercy, and 
 other efpecial Favours that they are blefled 1| 
 with beyond many ; but that they may 
 not only be the culled, but chofen of the 
 Lord. Now in a Degree of my Hea- 
 venly Father's Love, do I afftdionately 
 bid you farcwel, defiring that Grace, 
 Mercy and Peace may be multiplied in 
 and amongft you, and conclude your true 
 Friend, 
 
 ** Elizabeth Smith, 
 
 ** Burlington, the 3Gth of ih^ 
 ** Third Month 1772." 
 
 P R I S C I L L A
 
 [ 205 1 
 
 P Riser L LA GURNEY, 
 Wife of Edmund Gurney, of Norwich^ 
 was feized the — of the Sixth Month 1772, 
 with a Bleeding from the Lungs^ which to 
 her appeared Hkely to end her Days fpeedily. 
 She laid quiet, and faid calmly. She bad not 
 any thing criminal in outward things on her 
 Mind, and Jhe hoped in the Mercy of God. 
 
 For many Weeks there feemed (bme flat* 
 tering Symptoms, Ihe faid not much about 
 them, but appear*d to be under a fecret 
 Exercife of Mind. As her Hufband was 
 fitting by her one Forenoon, fhe, in a very 
 (olid humble Frame of Spirit, fpake to this 
 Kfft<5l: : My dear, God is good indeed, a 
 Father of tender Mercies. 1 feel his Mercy 
 renewed to me. I fhall die of this Ilnefs ; 
 ]>ut I fhall be happy, and I am quite willing- 
 to go. When I ix^as viftted with the Truth, 1 
 had as it were an Offer made me of a rich Seat 
 in the Kingdom of Heaven ; but O the World 
 has been too much for me ! And many have been 
 my bitter Baptfms for Difobedience ; and yet, 
 O thou merciful Father ! thou haji forgiven 
 vie, and 1 Jhall have a Manjion with thee to 
 Eternity, 
 
 Many,
 
 [ 2o6 ] 
 
 M^ny, very many, were the comfortable 
 Expreflions that (he utter'd upon varioas 
 Occafions. One Evening on her Hulband 
 taking leave of her, fhe laidfweetly, Ihcwe 
 an affiitled Body^ hut an eajy Mind ; and 
 fhe Irequently expreft her perted Refignation 
 to her Heavenly Father's Will, who might 
 juftly be faid to be long-luffering and for- 
 bearing to her, tho' very unworthy ; but (lie 
 Jiad loved and ferved him in fome degree, 
 and further faid. If it was Us Will to fpare 
 her Life and to require it of her, Jhe would ac- 
 knowledge him in the Congregations of his 
 People t or in any other IVay he f leafed. 
 
 When her three Brothers came from Lon- 
 don to fee her, obfcrving one of them to be 
 much tendered and affcdled, flie defirecj, 
 ^hey would not grieve for her hut for them- 
 JclveSt that they might experience the fame 
 Comfort when the fame awful Vifitation might 
 J)e theirs^ as it certainly in a little Time would 
 be : Or to the fame Import, 
 
 The fecond Vifit her Father paid her in 
 this Ihiefs, fhe expreft herfelf thus : Dear 
 Father, 1 have always loved thee, no Child 
 could love a Parent more than I have loved 
 thee i and after fome Paufe, dear Father, I 
 have been enabled to pray fervently to the 
 Almighty for an eafy Pajfage, and that I might 
 
 have
 
 r ^07 1 
 
 have a ffncill Man/ton in the Kingdom ; and^ 
 O Father ! there never can be a jlronger Proof 
 of the Holy Spirit^ for the Anfwer was as if it 
 was an outward Voice^ Thou /halt enter into 
 a full Fruition of Joy. 
 
 The Divine Mcrq^ of God was indeed 
 richly extended to her throughout her whole 
 Ilnefs, and was her Stay and Support, by 
 which, although her Sufferings were great, 
 her Patience and Meeknefs were wonderful. 
 Such a Calmnefs and Gompofure covered her 
 Mind, that ihe difpofcd all her Affairs, and 
 dirc6led Things to be done after her Deceafe, 
 without any vifible Difcompofure to herfelf. 
 Slie lay many Weeks wifhing for her Diflb- 
 kition, and when flie thought her Hufband 
 too anxious for her, fhe would fay, 1 defire 
 thee not to grieve for me. It would be cruel 
 to defire my Continuance in this Afli^lion^ at 
 all will be- well with me. 
 
 The Idfl: Day of her Life, as he was 
 fitting by her as ufual, flie defired every Body 
 to kave the Room but him and the young 
 Woman that attended her ; and after a Paufe 
 of Quietnefs, flie uttered fuch Expreflions as 
 thefe : My Bear, it has for fome Time been a 
 iloje trying Seafon to me. Many deep Confli^s 
 have 1 paffed through^ avd that Heavenly 
 .Peace I felt in fFeiks paft has much left me ; 
 
 but
 
 [ 208 J 
 
 hut yet I have a Utile Hope I JJjall baUe A 
 Manfion in the Kingdom, In Reply to this 
 State ot deep Probation, her Hufbind fpoke 
 a little to her as Matter came before him, 
 and (he was very calm and humble, and after 
 a confiderable Time in Silence fhe called him 
 again to her, and faid, How gracious and 
 merciful is God f I think I now fee the Seat 
 J was f.rfi offered in my Heavenly Father's 
 Houfe, and I feel an Affurance I Jhall have 
 it. ^his Affli^ion has been a great Refinement 
 to my poor Mind. My Heavenly Fathers 
 Arms are open to receive me^ and 1 die re* 
 joking. 
 
 After this unutterable Favour Ihe laid very 
 quiet, and in Divine Sweetnefs fell into a 
 Dofe. When fhe awoke fhe exprefled her 
 Fears left fhe fliould have a hard PafTage, 
 wifhing it might be otherwife, and feemed 
 revived. The Family were ordered to go to 
 Bed (it being about Nine in the Evening) 
 except a Friend and Elizaheth Parkinjon the 
 young Woman who waited -on her, wlio, 
 with her Hufband fat quietly by her ; and 
 about Ten o* Cock, v/ithout any vifible 
 Alteration to them, fhe departed, having 
 had her Defire granted, and no doubt is 
 entered into everlafting Felicity, 
 
 She
 
 [ 209 ] 
 
 She died the 4th of the Tenth Month 
 1772, in the thirty-fifth Year of her Age^ 
 and was interred in Friends Burying-ground 
 at Norwich the nth Day of the fame Month* 
 
 JOHN W p O L M A N, of thd 
 Province of JVeft-Jerfey in America, was 
 born at Northampton in that Province, of 
 Parents profeffing with Friends, who had a 
 tender Care over him ; and being good 
 Examples themfelves, promoted every Ap- 
 pearance of Good in him. 
 
 About the feventh Year of his Age, hd 
 
 became acquainted with the Operations of 
 
 Divine Love in his Heart, and as he wenE 
 
 from School one Seventh-day, whilft his 
 
 Companions were at play he went forwards 
 
 out of Sight, and fetting himfeif down read 
 
 the 2 2d Chapter of the Revelations : He 
 
 /hewed me a River of IVater, clear as Chryf- 
 
 taly proceeding out of. the Throne of God and 
 
 the Lamb J &c. in reading of which j his 
 
 Mind was drawn to fcek after that pure 
 
 Habitation which he then believed God had 
 
 prepared for his Servants : The Place where 
 
 he fat, and the Sweetnefs that attended his 
 
 Mind, remained frcfli in his Memory for 
 
 many Years afterwards. This and the like 
 
 E e gracious
 
 [ itlO ] 
 
 gracious Vifiations had luch ah Effect upon 
 him, that when he heard Boys make Ufe ot' 
 ill Language it troubled him, and through 
 the continued Mercies of God, he experi- 
 enced Prefervation from it himfeM i and the 
 pious InftrudlioH of his Parents would recur 
 Irefli in his Mind when he happened to be 
 among wicked Children, which was of Ufe 
 to him. His Parents, who had a large Fa- 
 mily of Children, frequently on the Firft- 
 day of the Week after Meeting, employ'd 
 them in reading the Scriptures or other good 
 Books, one after the other, ihe reft fitting 
 fey for Inftrudioa* 
 
 In fome Memoirs left behind, he records 
 this as a good Prad:ice, and worthy of 
 Imitation by thofc who are entruftcd with 
 the Care of Children. Thus in his very 
 young Y^ars, through the Renewings c^' 
 Divine Love on his tender Mind, he was 
 preferved from many Snares incident ta 
 Youth, untiJ be had attain*d about the fix^ 
 teenth Year of his Age, when as appears by 
 his own Account, through Unwatchlulnei* 
 he fuffered his Mind to be carried away by a 
 Love of improper Gompanyy and tho' pre- 
 ferved from profane Language or feandalou.%- 
 Condu6b, there was ftill a Plant alive which 
 brought forth wild Grapes ; and though at 
 Times he was brought ferioufty to confider 
 
 h is-
 
 { 211 ] 
 
 liis Ways, which affe6led his Mind with Sor- 
 row, yet by an Inattention to thefe Reproofs 
 of Inftrudion, Vanity was added to Vanity, 
 and Repentance to Repentance, and his Mind 
 became alienated from the Truth and haftcd 
 towards Deftrudfon -, ** Whiift,*' fays he, in 
 his Memoirs, " I meditate on the Gulf to- 
 ** wards which I travelled, and refleft on my 
 ** youthful Difobedience, mine Eyes rua 
 *' down with Water." Never thelefs, after- 
 ward his Mind became more eftrangcd from 
 the Enjoyment of real Good, and he ran 
 greater Lengths in Vanity, until it pleafed 
 the Lord to vifit him with Sicknefs, which 
 appeared to be nigh unto Death ; in whici* 
 State, Darknefs, Horror and Amazement 
 feized his Mind, and he thought it would 
 have been better for him never to have had a 
 Being in this World, than to fee fuch a Day 
 of Confufion, and AfHiftion of Body and 
 Mind i herein he bewailed himfelf, and Cries 
 afcended to an offended God, who in his 
 Mtrcy at length heard him, and that Word 
 which is as a Fire and a Hammer, broke and 
 diffolved his rebellious Heart into a State of 
 Contrition, which was fiicceeded with inward 
 Confolation and Defires, Thai if th€ Lord 
 would be pleapd to reftore bis Healthy be 
 might walk humhly before lAm. And though 
 the firft Part of his Dcfire was granted, he 
 again relapfed into Folly and Vanity i of one 
 E e 2 Inftancc
 
 [ ai2 ] 
 
 Jnftanee thereof take his own Account, vvz. 
 **■ I remember once having fpent a Part of 
 f' the Day in Wantonnefs, as I went to Bed 
 f« at Night there lay in a Window near my 
 *' Bed a Bible, which I opened and firft caft 
 ^* my Eye on the Text, fVe lie down in our 
 ^' Shame and our Confufion covers us •, this I 
 f knew to be my Cafe, and meeting with 
 ♦' fo unexpedlcd a Reproof, I was fomewhat 
 ^« affedled by it, and went to Bed under 
 *' Remorfe of Confcience, which I foon caft 
 " off again." But at length through the 
 powerful Operation of Divine Love, he was 
 enabled to take up the Crofs, and lived a 
 very retired religious Life, until it pleafed 
 the great Author of oqr Bt:ings, about the 
 twenty-(econd Year of his Age, to commit 
 to him a Difpenfation of the Gofpel-Miniftry \ 
 and through Faithfulnefs thereto, he witnefled 
 ^n Increafe of thofe Talents committed to his 
 Care, and vifited moft of the American Pro- 
 vinces at different Times : And about the 
 Year 1763, during tjie Indian War, he 
 travelled about two Hundr^^d Miles into the 
 back Parts of Pennfdvania (though attended 
 with great Fatigue of Body and Danger of 
 his Lile) in order to pay a religious Vifit to 
 an Indian Settlement there, which was fa- 
 vourably received by the Natives, and doubt- 
 ^efs was attended with Peace to his own Mind, 
 ^si l\e fpund many of ^lum fufceptible of 
 
 PivinQ
 
 [ 213 ] 
 
 Divine ImprefTions. And alfo he was for 
 many Years deeply exercifed on Behalf of 
 the poor er.flaved ylfricans, and both by 
 Word and Writing, endeavour*d to convince 
 Mankind of that unrighteous Traffick and 
 Injuftice of keeping them in Slavery. 
 
 In the Year 1772, with the Concurrence 
 and Unity of his Brethren, he came over to 
 this Nation to vific Friends here, and landed 
 in London about the 8th of the Sixth Month, 
 and the Yearly-meeting being then fitting, 
 he attended that Meeting, in the Courfe of 
 which he had to drop divers weighty and 
 inftruftive Remarks ; but his Mind bein^ 
 drawn towards the North, he foon departed 
 from this City, and by thtV^ ay of Hertford, 
 Buckingham/hire^ 'Northampton and Banbury 
 Quarterly- meetings, he proceeded to the 
 Quarterly meeting at Torky where after ha- 
 ving attended moft of the Sittings thereof, 
 he was taken ill of the Small Pox^ in which 
 Diforder he continued about two Weeks, 
 at Times under great AfRidtion of Body, 
 and then departed in full Affurance of a 
 happy Eternity, as the following Kxprellions, 
 amongft others, taken from his own Mouth, 
 do plainly evidence. 
 
 One Day being aflvcd how he felt himfclf, 
 \\t mcckjy anfwered, IdgnUknoiv that 1 have 
 
 Jle^t
 
 [ 214 J 
 
 flept this Nig hi : I feel the Diforder making 
 its Progrejsy but my Mind is vtercifully pre- 
 ferved in Stilnefs and Peace. Some Time 
 after he faid. He was fenfible the Pains of 
 Death mud he bard to bear, but if he efcaped 
 them now, be fnuji fame 7i?ne pafs through 
 themy and did not know he could be better 
 prepared, but had no Will in it. Said, He 
 bad fettled his outward Affairs to his Mind \ 
 had taken leave of bis Wife and Family, as 
 never to return, leaving them to the Divine 
 Prote^ion ; adding, and though 1 feel them 
 tiear to me at this Time, yet I freely give 
 them up, having an Hope they will be provided 
 for. And a little alter faid, This Trial is 
 made eafier than I could have thought, by my 
 Will being wholly taken away ; for if I was 
 anxious as to the Event, it would be harder^ 
 hut 1 am not, and my Mind enjoys a perfeU 
 Calm. 
 
 In the Night a young Woman having 
 given him fomething to drink, he faid. My 
 Child, thou feemefl very kind to me^ a poor 
 Creature, the Lord will reward thee for it. 
 A while after he cried out with great Ear- 
 neftnefs of Spirit, O my Father ! my Father ! 
 bow comfortable art thou to my Soul in this 
 frying Seafon. Being aflced if he could take 
 » little NouriOiment, after fome Paufe he 
 replied, My Child, I cannot tell what to jay 
 
 to
 
 [215 1 
 
 io it \ I feem nearly arrived where my Soul 
 Jhall have Reft from all its Troubles. Alter 
 giving in fomething to be put into his Jour- 
 pal, he faid, / believe the Lord will now 
 excufe me from Exercifes of this Kind^ and I 
 fee no fVork but one, which is to be the laft 
 wrought by me in this World ; the Meffenger 
 will come that will releafe me from all thefe 
 Troubles, but it 7nufl be in the Lord's Time^ 
 which 1 affi waiting for. He faid. He had 
 laboured to do whatever was required, accord- 
 ing to the Ability received, in the Remembrance 
 of which he had Peace. And though the 
 Diforder was firong at Times, and would 
 come over his Mind like a Whirlwind, yet it 
 bad hitherto been kept fleady, and center'*d in 
 everlafling Love ♦, adding, and if that*s mer- 
 cifully continued, I afk nor defire no more. 
 
 At another Time he faid. He bad long 
 had a View of vi/itir.g this Nation ; and fomg 
 Time before be came, he had a Dream, in 
 which he faw himjelf in the Northern Paris of 
 it ; and that the Spring of the Gofpel was 
 opened in him, much as in the Beginning of 
 Friends, fuch as George Fox and William 
 Dewfbury ; and he faw the different States of 
 People as clear as ever he had feen Flowers- 
 in a Garden ; but in his going on he was 
 fuddenly flopt, though he could not Jee for 
 what End, but looked towards Hotne, and in 
 
 that
 
 that fell into fl Flood of TearSy which waked 
 him. 
 
 At another Time he faid, A/31 Draught 
 Jeem*d ftrongejl to the North, and I 7nenlioned 
 in my own Monthly-meeting, that attending 
 the ^arterly-jneeting at Tork^ and being there, 
 hoked like Home to me. 
 
 Having repeatedly confented to take a 
 Medicine with a View to fettle his Stomach, 
 but without Eifedt, the Friend then waiting 
 on him, faid, through Diftrefs, What fha)! 
 I do now ? He anfwered with great Conv 
 pofure, Rejoice evermore^ and in euery Thing 
 give Thanks : But added a little alter. This 
 is fometimes hard to come at. 
 
 One Morning early he brake forth in Sup^ 
 plication on this wife : O Lord ! it was thy 
 Power that enabled me to forfake Sin in my 
 T^outh, and 1 have felt thy Bruifes fince for 
 Difobedience, but as I bowed under them thou 
 healedjl me j and though 1 have gone through 
 many Trials and fore Affli5fions, thou hafl been 
 with me, continuing a Father and a Friend : 
 I feel thy Power now, and beg that in the' 
 approaching trying Moments, thou wilt keep 
 my Heart fiedfajl unto thee. Upon his 
 giving the fame friend Diredions concerning 
 Ibme little Matters, flie faid, I will take 
 
 Care,
 
 [ ai7 1 
 
 Cal^e, but hope thou mayfl live to ofdet^ 
 them thyfelf •, he replied, My Hope is iti 
 Chrifi i and though I may now feem a little 
 hettery a Change in the Dijbrder may foori 
 happen^ and my little Strength he dijjolved^ 
 and if it fo happen^ 1 pall be gathered to my 
 everlajling Rejl. On her faying, She did 
 not doubt that, but could not help mourning 
 to fee fo many faithful Servants removed ac 
 fo low a Time •, he faid. All Goodnefs cometh 
 from the Lord^ whofe Power is the fame^ 
 and he can work as he fees befi. The fame 
 Day, after giving her Diteflions about wrap- 
 ping his Corps, and perceiving her to weep, 
 he faid, / had rather thou wouldjl guard 
 againji PVeeping or Sorrowing for me^ my 
 Sijler ; / for row not^ though I have had fom6 
 painful ConfliEls \ but now they feem over^ 
 and Matters all fettled ; and I look at the 
 Face of my dear Redeemer, for fweet is bis 
 Voice, and his Countenance comely. 
 
 Being very weak, and in general difficult 
 to be underftood, he uttered a few Words 
 in Commemoration of the Lord's Goodnefs 
 ro him i and added, Hovj tenderly have t 
 been waited upon in this 'Time of Affli£fion, in 
 which I may fay in Job*j Words, Tedious 
 Days and wearifome Nights are appointed unto 
 me i and how many are j pending their T^ime 
 dnd Money in Vanity and Superfluities^ while 
 h f ^houfands
 
 [ 2l8 } 
 
 ^houjands and Tens of Thoufands ivant thf 
 NeceJJaries of Life, who might he relieved by 
 ibemy and their Diftrejfes at fuch a 'Time as 
 this, in fome degree foftened by the adminijlrin^ 
 of fuitable Tloings. 
 
 An Apothecary who attended him of his 
 own Accord (he being unwilling to have 
 any fent for) appeared very anxious to aflift 
 him, with whom converfing, he queried 
 about the Probability of fuch a Load of 
 Matter being thrown off his weak Body, 
 and the Apothecary making fome Remarks^ 
 implying he thought it might, he fpoke 
 with an audible Voice on this wife : My 
 Dependance is in the Lord Jefus Cbrijl, who 
 J trufi will forgive my SinSy which is all I 
 hope for •, and if it he bis f^ill to^ raife up this 
 Body again^ T am content, and if to die I am, 
 refigned : And if thou canfl not be eafy without 
 trying to ajfifl Nature, in order to lengthen out 
 my Life, I fubmit. After this, his Throat 
 was fo much affedl-ed, that it was very diffi- 
 cult for him to fpeak fo as to be underftood,. 
 and he frequently wrote when he wanted any 
 thing. About the fccond Hour on Fourth- 
 day Morning, being the 7th of the Tenth 
 Month, 1772., he afEed for Pen and Ink, 
 and at feveral Times, with much Difficulty,, 
 wrote thus : '* I bc^Iieve my being here is m 
 ** the Wifdom of Chrift ; I know not as ta 
 
 *' Life
 
 [ 219 ] 
 
 <* Life or Death." About a Quarter before 
 5ix the fame Morning, he feented to fall 
 into an eafy Sleep, which continued about 
 half an Hour, when feeming to awake, he 
 breathed a few Times with more Difficulty, 
 and fo expired without Sigh, Groan, or 
 Struggle. 
 
 Note^ He often faid. It was hid from 
 him, whether he might recover, or not, and 
 -he was not defirous to know it •, hut from his 
 own Feeling of the Diforder, and his feebie 
 Ccnftituiion^ thought he fhould not. 
 
 WILLIAM YOUNG, Son 
 of William Toung, of Leominder in 
 the County of Hereford, and Hannah his 
 Wife, fhe being deceafed, was in his Child- 
 hood of a fweet and fprightly natural Tem- 
 per, and altho* of a tender Frame, feemed 
 healthy, until he contrafted a Cold, which 
 at length brought on a Confumption. 
 
 In the Courfe of his Affli<5tion his Deport- 
 ment was grave, and as he grew worfe, he 
 became more thoughtful, and made many 
 fenfible Remarks ot the Uncertainty of vifi- 
 ble Things ; and expreffed a grateful Senfe 
 of the Kindnefs of Providence many Ways, 
 F f 2 and
 
 [ 220 ] 
 
 ^nd particularly in the Vifits and good Ad-^ 
 vice he received from Friends ; for although 
 he had been preferved in a more innocent 
 Conduft than moft young Men of his Age, 
 he knew that would not intitle him to the 
 Felicity of the Redeemed, and was therefore 
 earneftly defirous of attaining fuch a State of 
 inward Purity and Renovation of Heart as 
 would procure Divine Favour -, and on this 
 Account had many painful Conflifls : And 
 when his Recovery was thought doubtful, 
 often lamented his having loft that Tender- 
 nefs and Fervency of Spirit towards God 
 \vhich he had formerly experienced. 
 
 For many Weeks before his Death he was 
 ^pprehenfive of his End being near, and faid. 
 If 1 die now in my Youth ^ it may he. all for 
 the bejly and may put other yowtg People upon 
 the Confideration of their Latter-end \ and on 
 his Father's faying. It would be well for us 
 ^:o be refigned to the Divine Will, but inti- 
 mating a Reluftancy to part, he replied Vv'ith 
 much Earneftnefs, y^}'<?, do he refigned^ let 
 iis all he refigned ; and trequeptly exprefled a 
 Dcfire to be refigned either to Life or Death ; 
 but faid. If it pleafed the Lord to fit him 
 for his Change i and take him f?'§jn the flipper y 
 Paths of -Life at fp early a Period, h^ Jhould 
 think It a Favour ; for he had no Defire tc^ 
 live except U was to (he Glory of his Creator.
 
 [ 221 1 
 
 He feveral Times Ihewed great Concern at 
 hearing of the diforderly Walking of fomc 
 amongft us, and a deep Senfe of the wonder- 
 ful Goodnefs and Condefcention of Chrift in 
 fuffering for Mankind. 
 
 Some Weeks before his Death, obferving 
 his Sifter weep, he faid, We mujl part, I 
 muji leave you •, but I hope and believe "we 
 /hall meet again. 
 
 The 2d of the Firft Month he was very 
 ill, and feeing his Father affefted, he faid, 
 
 . O Father, what a Mercy it wtll be if the 
 Lord Jhould be pleafed to take me to himfelf f 
 J)o not grieve, for if 1 fhould be fpared and- 
 turn out naughty it would be a greater Af- 
 
 Jli5fion. 
 
 The next Morning, after having had a 
 very bad Night, he was weak and Jow, but 
 appeared quite calm in Mind ; and on hig 
 Sifter's faying after fome other Converfation, 
 She hoped he was refigned } he rephed with 
 rriuch Sweetnefs, Tes Sijler, 1 hope I Mm quite 
 refigned to the Almightfs fVill \ but furely if 
 it is his Will, it will be a Mercy to be taken 
 from this troublefome World to himfelf -^ and 
 1 have a Hope he will take me to himfelf he 
 bath been pleafed wonderfully to calm my Mind. 
 ghe obfcrved, There was great Room to 
 
 hope,
 
 [ 222 ] 
 
 fjope, and that the Sufferings of his Friends 
 would be greateft ; he replied very earneftly, 
 O mj Sufferings will he nothing in Proportion 
 to mj Offences ! but I have a Hope my Of- 
 fences will he forgiven. O how merciful is 
 the Lord ! How great is his Goodnefs 1 How 
 fure is bis Love ! Mercy, Goodnefs^ Purity, 
 belong to him. After feeing his Sifter much 
 afftded at what he faid, he continued, f^e 
 cannot tell Sifter, fome worfe than me have 
 leen reflored, he is ahle to raife me up, and 
 if he /hould, and make me fome Sort of a 
 Memher (meaning of his Church Militant) 
 / hope I fhall he careftd to keep near to him ; 
 hit 1 defire not to live^ no not a Moment, as 
 one of this World. 
 
 That Night he was fo weak thofe about 
 him were apprehenfive he could not continue 
 long ; the next Day he feemed pretty free 
 from Pain, but drowfy, and his Expreflions 
 rambling, but quite innocent -, indeed his 
 Countenance and Converfation was fweet and 
 Jamb-like, 'i he next Morning hedefired to 
 be put to Bed, being in great Pain, but 
 could not reft there ; and being replaced in 
 the eafy Chair and fime Pofture he had lain 
 for many Nights, feemed much eafier, and 
 jtold his Sifter, He was going ; flie faid. She 
 Jioped to a better Inheritance, he replied, 
 ^yCi for I helicve in one that can fave me \ 
 
 and
 
 r 223 ] 
 
 and repeatedly faid, T}:>e Fear of Death was 
 taken away. And a Day or two before his 
 Death, he faid, 1 am gowg to leave an af- 
 fe^ionate Father to meet the great Almightj 
 Father, 
 
 Another Time, his Sifter faying, It was a 
 Favour he was preferved fo patient, he faidj 
 / hope I (hall he kept Jb^ I am under tha 
 Lord*s Care intirely ; nothing elfe will, do, I 
 fee nothing elfe will do. The fame Day he 
 uttered many fweet and lively Expreflions, 
 but his Voice was too low to be underftood, 
 fo as to conned: the Sentences ; and the Day 
 before his Deceafe, it was fo weak and bro- 
 ken, that he could fcarcely articulate a Sen- 
 tence •, but was meek and patient as a Lamb, 
 and om:e faid fomething about rejoicing in 
 the Houfe of God, and when he could Jio 
 otherwife exprels himfelf, would reach up to 
 kifs his Father and Sifter, his Heart being, 
 full of Love -y when aflced. If he would 
 have any thing to "his eldeft Sifter then ia. 
 Cornwall ? He faid. Nothing hut my Lovey 
 or dear Love •, adding. In that Love 1 fed 
 for all. He frequently defired them about 
 him not to grieve, and would fomctimej 
 lay, fVhyy if you think I am going well^ 
 jhould you grieve \ and obferved, That if he- 
 had brought on his llnefs by any bad Courfe of 
 Lifef it wculd be hard to bear j butf added.- 
 
 i believe
 
 I ^24 I 
 
 I helieve have no Reafon to think I havi. 
 He took a moft affeAionate leave of his 
 Sifter, bidding her, Love and adore the Lord \ 
 and faid fomething about his Father, which 
 could nor be underftood ; his Father then 
 telling him. He hoped there was a Place 
 prepared for him amongft the Blefled, and 
 that he loved to be with the Good, he 
 replied as well as he was able, Aye^ dearly^ 
 dearly. And in about two Hours after, 
 departed fo quietly that thofe prelent appre- 
 hended him fallen afleep, on the 7th Day 
 of the Firft Month 1773, in the nineteenth 
 Year of his Age. 
 
 HANNAH DUDLEY, late 
 Wife of Rohrt Dudley^ of Clonmell 
 in Ireland^ was born at Woodhridge in Suffolk, 
 and religioufly educated, which was blelTed 
 to her ; and through the prevailing Power 
 of Divine Love, fhe was brought to know 
 Sk. State of Submiffion to divers near Trials 
 which fell to her Lot ; and having her 
 Heart wean'd from the World and its delu- 
 five Profits and Friendfhips, fhe became 
 more and more refined, being an Example 
 of Humility, Piainnefs and Self-denial. 
 
 About
 
 About the Year 1772 fome Symptoms 
 ot a Confumption appear'd, but tor lome 
 Time fhe attended Meetings, both for Wor- 
 fhip and Difcipline, in fome of which fhe 
 was enabled to bear a living Tefbimony to 
 the Truth. 
 
 In the Courfe of her Ilnefs many Friends 
 vifited her, to whom fhe was enabled to drop 
 fome tender Expreflions, and it feemed to be 
 her greatefl Joy to fee and hear of the Prof- 
 perity of Truth ; and at divers Opportunities 
 Ihe had fuitable Counlel and Inflrudlion to 
 give to thofe about her. 
 
 About a Week before her Departure, our 
 Friend Robert fVillis, of Weji-Jerfey in Ame- 
 rica^ being in the Courfe of his religious 
 Vifit at her Houfe, had a comfortable and 
 tendering Opportunity with her, her Hufband 
 and Sifter. 
 
 About two Days before her Deceafe, fhe 
 dropt much excelJent Counfel and Advice to 
 her Hufband and Sifter, exprcfling,. Her 
 Defire to be releafed i but added, Her Hope 
 (be Jhould be preferved patient to the End ; 
 and afterwards on fome Mitigation of her 
 Pain, fignified. Her intire Reftgnation to the 
 Divine IVill •, and fpeaking to her Hufband's 
 eldeft Son, in a very weighty Manner ad- 
 G g vil'cd
 
 [ 2l6 ] 
 
 vifed him, To remember her Admonitions ; 
 iaying alfo. Shun bad Cctxpany, obey thy 
 Parent^ (yid do not offend him \ Jeek the Lord 
 and he will be found of thee^ but if thou 
 Jorfake him he will caft thee off for ever. 
 
 To their Apprentice, fhe faid. Jemmy, 
 hve Pkinnefs and fontinue in it, for Truth 
 leads to Plainnefs ; thou haft been favour"* d 
 with an Education beyond many, therefore 
 ■prize it, and haft known Truths therefore be- 
 ware of trampling on the Tefiimony^ but be- 
 circumfpefl in all thy JVays and Conduct ;- 
 thou art jujl entering on the flippery Part of 
 Life, the flippery Paths of Touth, and art no 
 Stranger to the Temptations and Allurements 
 of the Adverfary : I have often thought it a 
 great Mercy, that thou hafi been preferved 
 from (I believe) almojl any Vice, Juft after, 
 Ihe very affeftionately took her leave ot' 
 her Brother and Sifter- in- Law, faying, Our 
 Acquaintance has been fhort, but we have 
 loved one another ; and then prayed very fer- 
 vently that a Blefling might reft upon their 
 Family* 
 
 Being preffed fo try and take a little Sleep^ 
 fhe replied, O that I could fleep in the Arms 
 of my Beloved I And with great Fervency 
 prayed, O Lord God have Mercy upon me f 
 and let thy compaffionate Ear be opened. Lord 
 
 God
 
 [ 227 ] 
 
 God Almighty 1 fend the guardian Angel of thj 
 Prejence to conduSl my spirit. After which 
 flie lay in great Peace and Serenity of Mind, 
 growing weaker and weaker, yet fenfible to 
 the laft, and with her Hand clofed in her 
 Hufhand's, departed without Sigh or Groan, 
 a« one failing into a fvveet Sleep, the 25th of 
 the Firft Month 1773. Aged about forty- 
 leven Years, a Minifter about nine Years. 
 After a very hrge and folenm Meeting her 
 Body was decently interred, the 29th, in 
 Friends Burial-ground in Clonmell aforefaid. 
 
 QAMUEL FOTHERGILL, 
 
 ^ of Warrington in Lancafhire, was the 
 fixth Son of our worthy ancient Friend John 
 Fothergill, mentioned in this Treatife, fee 
 Page 29, and of Margaret his Wife, for 
 an Account of whom fee Volume the fixth. 
 Page 90, of Piety Promoted. 
 
 This their Son being of an a6livc and 
 lively Difpofition, and during his Appren- 
 ticefliip moftly from under the watchful Eye 
 ot his affediionate Parent, he fled from the 
 Holy Crofs of Chrift, and indulged himfelf 
 in the Gratifications of Folly and Licentiouf- 
 nefs, violating the repeated Conviflions of 
 Divine Grace in his own Mind, which had 
 G g 2 been
 
 [ 228 ] 
 
 been mercifully extended from his early 
 Years, thereby wounding the Soul of his 
 tender Father (of whofe religious Care to 
 form and lead the tender Minds of his Child- 
 ren to Piety and Virtue we have an Account 
 in the Memoirs of his Life ;) yet his pious 
 Admonitions proved neverthelefs, as Bread 
 caft on the Waters, which returned after many 
 Days ; for about the twenty-firlt Year of his 
 Age, the Vifitation of Divine Love was fo 
 powerfully renewed, that it proved effedlual 
 to turn his Steps out of the Paths of Vanity ; 
 and as he has .expreffed, with humble and 
 awful Gratitude to the Preferver of Men, It 
 then appeared clear to his Underjlandingy that 
 would be the lafi Call the Heavenly Father 
 would favour him with' ; he therefore con- 
 fulted no longer with Flefli and Blood, but 
 gave up to the Holy Vifitation, devoting his 
 ■whole Heart and Afft<5tions to leek Recon- 
 ciliation wit'h God, through the Mediation 
 of Jefus Chrift -, and abiding in great Humi- 
 lity under the purifying Operation of the 
 Holy Ghoft and Fire, he became thereby 
 qualified for thofe eminent Services he was 
 called into ; for in a few Months, by the 
 conflraining Power and Love of God, his 
 Mouth was opened to bear a Teftimony to 
 the Sufficiency of that Holy Arm that had 
 plucked him as a Brand out of the Fire : 
 Thus a Difpenfation of the Miniftry being 
 
 committed
 
 [ 22^ ] 
 
 committed to his Charge, he attended faith- 
 fully thereto, and moved therein at the Re- 
 quirings, and under the Diredtion of Divine 
 Wifdom, by which Means he foon became 
 an able Minifler of the Gofpel, called thereto 
 and qualified by the Holy Ghoft -, under 
 which Influence he laboured with Diligence, 
 and devoted much of his Time and Strength, 
 when Health permitted, to the Service of 
 his dear Lord and Mafter •, for the Continu*. 
 ance of whofe Favours he counted nothing 
 too near or dear to part with, that he might 
 be inftrumental in gathering Souls to God, 
 which was the Objed: he had in View in all 
 his Gofpel- Labours j being diligent himfelf, 
 he endeavoured much to excite Friends to a 
 due and conftant Attendance of Meetings for 
 religious Worfliip, and thofe for the Difci- 
 pline of the Church. 
 
 Thro* the Courfe of his Gofpel-Labours, 
 both in Publick and Private, animated by- 
 Divine Love, he expreffed an uncommon 
 "Warmth of Affedion for the rifing Youth of 
 this Generation, with whom he was frequently 
 led into a deep brotherly Feeling and Sympa- 
 thy for their prefent and eternal Welfare ; 
 under which Concern his Love to this Clafs 
 of both S^XGs, under all Denominations, was 
 
 llrong and ardent. 
 
 He
 
 [ 230 J 
 
 He travelled much in this Nation and 
 Scotland, feveral Times in Ireland, and once 
 through moft of the North-American Colo- 
 nies, in the Service of Truth •, where, tho* 
 fmgularly humbled in a Senfe of Poverty, 
 AVeaknefs and Infufficiency on his firft land- 
 ing, he was by Accounts received, marvel- 
 cufly ftrengthened, both in Pub'ick and 
 Private, in Gofpel- Authority and Love, to 
 the awakening and comforting of many. 
 
 In the fore Part of the Year 1769, he 
 vifited mod of the Families of Friends in 
 the Monthly- meeting of Gr-ace-church-Jlreet^ 
 London -, in which Service he was divinely 
 ftrengthened and enabled to extend a helping 
 Hand to many in clofe and neceffary Labour, 
 i'or their increafing Care, to live and a6t 
 confident with our Holy Profeffion, to the 
 Comfort and Help of divers, and his own 
 Peace ; and afterwards, at two different Op- 
 portunities, he vifited the Families of Friends 
 in Horjlydown and IVeJiminHer Monthly- meet- 
 ings in that City, to the lame good Effeft. 
 
 He moftly attended the Yearly- meetings 
 in London, and other Places, when Of bodily 
 Ability ; in which his Gofpel- Labours were 
 very acceptable and edifying ; being parti- 
 cularly caret ul v/hen called from Home, to 
 return to his F'amily and Friends with as 
 
 much
 
 [ 231 I 
 
 much Expedition as the Nature of his Ser- 
 vice would admit. 
 
 Having acquired a moderate Competency 
 by his Dihgence and Induftry, he declined 
 Trade for feveral Years before his Deceafe, 
 devoting his Time and Talents to the Service 
 of the Churches. As a Pillar in the Lord's 
 Houfe he was ftcdfafb, being afluated by a 
 Chrijlian and manly Zeal ; in Deportment 
 grave ; his private Converiation was (avory 
 and edifying, correfponding with his Mini- 
 ftry, which at Times went forth as a Flame, 
 piercing the Obdurate, yet defcended like 
 Dew upon the tender Plants of our Heaven- 
 ly Father's planting, the true Mourners in 
 Zion, with thefe he travelled in a deep 
 Sympathy of Spirit ; in his Gofpel- Labours 
 free from AfFcdation, in Doctrine clear, 
 found and pathetic, filled with Charity, al- 
 lowing for the Prejudices of Mankind, being 
 indeed a Minifter and Elder worthy of 
 double Honour, fpeaking whereof he knew, 
 and what hh own Hands had handled of the 
 good Word of Life. 
 
 He endured a long and painful Ilnefe with 
 much Patience and Refignation, and towards 
 the Clofe of his Time cxprefTed himfelf to 
 iome of his Relations, when they took leave 
 of him, previous to their felting our for the 
 
 Yearly-
 
 r 232 ] 
 
 Yearly- meeting in London, to the following 
 EfFea : 
 
 Our Health is no more at our Command^ 
 
 than Length of Days : Mine feems draiving 
 
 fafi tozvards a Conclufion ; hut I am con- 
 
 tent with every Allotment of Providence^ for 
 they are all in fVifdom^ — unerring IVifdom. 
 
 'There is one Thing which as an Arm 
 underneath^ hears up and fupports \ and tho* 
 the rolling tempejluous Billows furround^ yt 
 my Head is kept above them^ and my Feet are 
 frmly eftahlijhed. • ! feek it, — prefs after 
 ii^ — lay fafi Hold of it. 
 
 Tho* painful my Nights, and wearifome my 
 Days, yet I am preferved in Patience and Re- 
 
 fignation. Death has no Terrors, nor will 
 
 the Grave have any Victory. My Soul 
 
 triumphs over Death, Hell and the Grave. 
 
 Hufbands and Wives, Parents and Children, 
 
 Health and Riches, mufi all go. Difap- 
 
 pointment is another Name for them. 
 
 I fhould have been thankful had I been able 
 to have got to the enftting Tearly-meeting in 
 London, which you are now going to attend, 
 where I have been fo often refrejhed with my 
 
 Brethren -, but it is other wife allotted. ■/ 
 
 [hall
 
 t 433 I 
 
 fiiall remember them, and fome of them will 
 
 remember me. T^he Lord knows heji what 
 
 is hejl for us ; I am content and reftgned to 
 
 bis mil. 
 
 1 feel fl Foretajle of that Joy that is to 
 
 come \ and who would wifh to change 
 
 fuch a State of Mind ? 
 
 I fhould he glad if an eafy Channel could he 
 found to inform the Tearly-meeting^ that as 1 
 have lived., fo I /hall clofe^ with the moft un*- 
 fljaken Affurance^ that we have not followed 
 cunningly devijed Fables, hut the pure, living 
 eternal Subjlance. 
 
 Let the Aged he flrong, let the Middle-aged 
 he animated, and the Touth encouraged i for 
 the Lord is Jiill with Sion \ the Lord will 
 hlefs Sion. 
 
 If I he now removed out of his Church 
 Militant, where I have endeavoured in fome 
 Meajure to fill up my Duty, I have an 
 Evidence that I fhall gain an Admittance 
 into his glorious Church Triu??iphant, Jar ahcve 
 the Heavens. 
 
 My dear Love is to all them that love ths 
 Lord Jefus^ 
 
 H h He
 
 t 234 1 
 
 He departed this Life at his Houfe irt 
 TVarrington the 15th, and was buried the 
 19th Day of the Sixth Month 1772, at 
 Penheih^ in the fifty-feventh Year of his 
 Age, and the thirty- fixth of his Miniftry. 
 
 AND now. Reader, before thou 
 clofe the Book, paufe a littJe, confi- 
 der, what Progrefs thou has made in this 
 Heavenly Race. The Prophet Ifaiah, after 
 defcribing the Coming of Chrift, and very 
 emphatically fetring forth his Office, the 
 peaceable Government of his Power, and its 
 glorious Effects upon his Followers, in Chap, 
 xi. in the next Chapter declares what the 
 Faithful experience: And in that Day thou 
 /halt fay, Q Lord I I wUl praije thee i tho* 
 thou was angry with me^ thine Anger is turned 
 away, and thou comfortedjl me. Behold, God 
 is my Salvation, I will truji and not be afraid ; 
 for the Lord Jehovah is viy Strength, and my 
 Songy he alfo is become my Salvation, Ifaiah 
 xii. I, 2. 
 
 The fame living Divine Power, the fame 
 inexhauftible Source of Wifdom and Good- 
 nefs remains. The Enjoyments of Time are 
 tranfient, its Pleafures aredelufive j let there- 
 fore all truft in his Arm, this is the Strength 
 
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 [ 235 1 
 
 and Beauty of Men ; their alone Help and 
 Dependance is here, in all their Exercifes 
 through Time, that when they come to 
 clofe, as has been the Cafe with the Juft in 
 all Generations, in Effeft, to declare. Be- 
 hold God is my Salvation^ I will trujl and not 
 be afraid ; for the Lord Jehovah is tny 
 Strength and my Song, be alfo u become my 
 Salvation. 
 
 Hh 2 AN
 
 A N 
 
 INDEX 
 
 O F T H E 
 
 Perfons NAMES 
 
 Contained in this Volume. 
 
 TA Page 
 
 Homas Aldam jg 
 
 ^ice Aider/on 124 
 
 John Alderjon qi 
 
 Sarah Artis ^g 
 
 Elizabeth Atkinjon i^n 
 
 B 
 
 William Backhouje cq 
 
 Chrijlian Barclay ,, 
 
 Jojepb Bevington i85 
 
 George Bowles g 
 
 John Brown 24 
 
 John Burton j .g 
 
 John Butcher j 
 
 Catharine Burling g^^ 
 
 Samuel
 
 The INDEX. 
 
 C Page 
 
 Samuel Cater i 
 
 Grace Chambers 74 
 
 Rachel Chandler 105 
 
 Mkhard Claridge 21 
 
 Candia Corbyn 130 
 
 David Qmljon 113 
 
 D 
 
 S'hmtas Barm 146 
 
 l^zia Day 140 
 
 iT^wwa^ Dudley 224 
 
 Xsry Ecroyd Ij8 
 
 JflSff Fothergtll 
 
 
 29 
 
 Samuel FathergUi 
 
 G 
 
 227 
 
 Je^ Goodzdin 
 
 
 81 
 
 JPriJtilla Gurney 
 
 
 205 
 
 j^n Gurney 
 
 H 
 
 J89 
 
 j^nes HaU 
 
 
 63 
 
 Jlkt HaU 
 
 
 76 
 
 Charrett Van Hajfen 
 
 J 03 
 
 Richard Hippy 
 
 
 132 
 
 William Hunt 
 
 
 193 
 
 Elizabeth
 
 The I 
 
 N D E X. 
 
 Elizabeth Kendall 
 Benjamin Kidd 
 
 K 
 
 Page 
 
 99 
 S4 
 
 Lydia Lancajier 
 
 L 
 
 4« 
 
 Sarah Marfden 
 Thomas Mawditt 
 Bojwell Middleton 
 Jofeph Milthrop 
 
 M 
 
 GS 
 J 71 
 
 121 
 
 James Oldham 
 
 O 
 
 «7 
 
 Edmund Peckover 
 ff^illiam Pitts 
 Robert Plumpd 
 
 P 
 
 134 
 4Q 
 
 45 
 
 John Ranfome 
 fVtlliam Reckitt 
 Richard Reynolds 
 Daniel Roberts 
 Elizabeth Roberts 
 
 R 
 
 59 
 152 
 
 '59 
 
 25 
 
 '39 
 
 S 
 
 Stephen Sedgewick 
 Abraham Sbackleton 
 
 97 
 
 182 
 
 
 
 Marj
 
 The 1 N D E 5t. 
 
 
 S 
 
 Pagii 
 
 Mary Slater 
 
 
 56 
 
 Hannah Smith 
 
 
 53 
 
 Rebecca Smith 
 
 
 145 
 
 Elizabeth Smith 
 
 
 ^91 
 
 Daniel Stanton 
 
 T 
 
 164 
 
 Gilbert Thompfon 
 
 
 5 
 
 Jojhua Toft 
 
 
 ^57 
 
 Benjamin 'J'rotter 
 
 W 
 
 14a 
 
 Sarah Wagftaffe 
 
 
 179 
 
 Samuel Watfon 
 
 
 70 
 
 Mary fVarijig 
 
 
 128 
 
 George Whitehead 
 
 
 IS 
 
 James Wilfon 
 
 
 162 
 
 John Woolman 
 
 t 
 
 209 
 
 William Toung 
 
 
 219 
 
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