Lawrence Southwick

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from wikipedia:
Lawrence and Cassandra were married 25 January 1623/4 at Kingswinford, Staffordshire, England.[1][2] Along with their four surviving children, John, Josiah, Mary, and Daniel, the Southwicks emigrated to Salem, Massachusetts, sometime between mid-1637 and early-1639 when they were admitted to the First Church in Salem.[3][4] Lawrence was one of the first glassmakers in America, and practiced his craft in the part of Salem now known as Peabody, which was the first glass manufacturing district in America.[5] Lawrence left the industry in 1642,[6] and turned his attention to animal husbandry at which he was very successful.[7]

Persecution as Quakers
In 1657 the Southwicks were put in jail for hosting two visiting Quaker preachers, John Copeland and Christopher Holder. Lawrence Southwick was found to be a member of the First Church of Salem and was released to be dealt with by the leaders of that church. Cassandra remained in jail for seven weeks and was fined forty shillings for possessing a paper written by their two visitors. The paper was considered heretical by Governor John Endicott and others.

In 1658 the Southwicks and their son Josiah were put in jail for twenty weeks for being Quakers.

In 1659, the two youngest of the Southwick's children, a daughter named Provided Southwick and a son named Daniel Southwick, were sentenced to be sold as slaves in the Barbadoes for unpaid fines - fines related to their being Quakers. The sentence was not carried out, however. The entire family went to Shelter Island, New York together.

In 1660 Lawrence and his wife Cassandra died within three days of each other on Shelter Island.

Legacy
A plaque in Southwick Hall at University of Massachusetts Lowell commemorates "Royal Southwick, Lowell's anti-slavery Quaker senator and manufacturer and a descendent of Lawrence and Cassandra Southwick who were despoiled, imprisoned, starved, whipped, banished from," Massachusetts Bay Colony "and persecuted to death in the year 1660 for being Quakers."

Birth:
based on marriage in 1623

Lawrence married Cassandra Burnell on 5 Jan 1623/24 in Kingswinford, Staffordshire, England. Cassandra (daughter of Humphrey Burnell and Margaret Unknown) was born about 1598. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John Southwick was born in 1620.
2. Josiah Southwick was born on 20 Mar 1628/29 in Kingswinford, Staffordshire, England; died in 1693.
3. Mary Southwick was born in 1632 in New England, USA.
4. Provided Southwick was born in 1634 in New England, USA; died in 1640.
5. Daniel Southwick was born in 1637 in New England, USA; died on 25 Dec 1718 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.
6. Provided Southwick was born in Dec 1641 in New England, USA.