[138] Sir Joseph Williamson (1633-1701) was Clerk of the Council 1672, and afterwards, 1674, Secretary of State to Charles II. (D.N.B.)
[139] Of the previous life of Elizabeth Miers we are yet in ignorance. Apparently she did not proceed further than Barbados, and returned home about 1672 (see Webb, Fells, p. 278).
[140] The account of the voyage is given in detail in the Journal of George Fox, Camb. ed.
[141] MS. in D. (Portfolio iii. 25) The copyist of this address endorses it: “El. Hooton to yᵉ Rulers (J suppose) of Barbado’s.”
[142] MS. in D. (Portfolio iii. 32)
[143] James Lancaster (????-1699) was of Walney Island, Lancashire. He was one of Fox’s fellow-travellers to the Western World.
[144] MS. in D. The endorsement is in three hands—Fox writes: “a testemony of elesebeth hoton,” another adds: “before she dyed,” and a third: “by Ja: Lancaster.”
[145] Journal, Camb. ed. ii. 213.
[146] MS. in D. Not autograph.
[147] My Birthday, 1871.