John Test: 1651-1706

"Settlers from before the Quaker immigration and recent arrivals complemented Keithian [Keith was a former Quaker who became an Anglican deacon and a leader of the anti-Quaker forces] energy with wealth and leadership. A quarter of the Anglicans arrived in Pennsylvania before 1690 and over two-thirds before 1700. A number of them, such as John Test, Walter Martin, and Jonas Sandelands, had been in Pennsylvania before 1683. Such experienced men provided a talented core of vestrymen. ...In ability and experience, they matched Quaker leaders like Andrew Job, John Sharples, and Hugh Roberts."




Source: Barry Levy, Quakers and the American Family: British Settlement in the Delaware Valley (Oxford Univ. Press, 1988), p.