William Edmundson travelled with George Fox to Jamaica, Barbados, and the colonies and played a prominent part in a significant public debate about the nature of Quakerism with Roger Williams, founder of the town of Providence in Rhode Island. Roger Williams was deeply antagonistic to the Quaker message, but the Quakers ‘won’ the debate, thus assuring RI as Quaker friendly for the next 100 years. Edmundson went on to Boston and Long Island, before returning home in 1672.
http://google.com/books?id=6y0XAAAAYAAJ Title The Narragansett Historical Register, Volume 7 Author Rhode Island Citizens Historical Association Publisher Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1889 Original from the New York Public Library Digitized Mar 18, 2008
