Nicholas Upsall | |
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Born | c. 1596 England |
Died | August 20, 1666, age 70 Dorchester, Massachusetts, United States |
Nationality | English |
Occupation(s) | innkeeper, landowner |
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Spouse | Dorothy Capen |
Children | Amasa, Elizabeth, Susannah, and Experience |
Nicholas Upsall (c.1596 — 20 August 1666) was an early Puritan immigrant to the American Colonies, among the first 108 Freemen in colonial America. He was a trusted public servant who after 26 years as a Puritan, befriended persecuted Quakers and shortly afterwards joined the movement. He was banished from Massachusetts at 60 years of age and helped to found the first Monthly meeting of Friends in the United States at Sandwich, Massachusetts.