Josiah Coale first Explorer of Quaker Pennsylvania
"The Quaker Colonies", by Sydney G. Fisher 1919, reports that George Fox (1624-1691), the principal Quaker leader and orgainizer began to consider the possibility of making a settlement among the great forests and mountains said to lie north of Maryland in the region drained by the Delaware and Susquehanna rivers.Fox consulted Josiah Coale, a Quaker who had traveled in America and had seen a good deal of the Indian tribes, with the result that on his second visit to America Coale was commissioned to treat with the Susquehanna Indians, who were supposed to have rights in the desired land.In November 1660, Coale reported to Fox the result of his inquiries: "As concerning Friends buying a piece of land of the Susquehanna Indians I have spoken of it to them and told them what thou said concerning it; but their answer was, that there is no land that is habitable or fit for situation beyoond Baltimore's liberty till they come to or near the Susquehanna's Fort."
Does this Josiah Coale fit into anyone's specific lineage?
Glenn Longest Bray
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