Pennsylvania was founded in 1681 as a proprietary colony of Quaker William Penn. Joseph was a Quaker and Frances an Anglican. Tubman likely worked with abolitionist Thomas Garrett, a Quaker working in Wilmington, Delaware. Quaker and Methodist ministers particularly urged slaveholders to free their slaves. Berwick was founded by Evan Owen, a Welsh Quaker and surveyor. She was a descendant of Josiah Bunting, a Quaker who had settled in Pennsylvania. Strathmore Vanderbilt is located south of Quaker Ridge Rd. Bassett Burt, a Quaker and a midwife. Brimley was the long-time face of television advertisements for the Quaker Oats Company. Husband was from Maryland, born into a Quaker family. This movement was led by British Quaker Joseph John Gurney. They seldom endorsed Republican Herbert Hoover, who was a Quaker. Soon Penn was arrested for attending Quaker meetings. Charles married Sarah Thistlewaite, the daughter of a Quaker. Dr. Denzell Hunter - Quaker physician serving in the Revolutionary American Army.