Mary Pennyman

Mary Pennyman or Mary Boreham, née Bond or Heron (1630-1701) was an English religious polemicist, the wife of controversial dissident Quaker John Pennyman.

Life

She was born on 1 May 1630 and was the daughter of Edward Heron^[1] although another source says she was born in 1631 to Nicholas Bond of London, Mary married the Quaker Henry Boreham, who died in prison in 1662. Living with other widows in Tottenham, she disassociated herself from the Quakers and became associated with the mystic ex-Quaker John Pennyman, who had been disowned by George Fox and started holding his own meetings in the 1660s. Pennyman married Dinah, Mary's sister, as his second wife. After Dinah died, Mary was prompted by God to move in with Pennyman in 1671. Pennyman hired a hall to feed 250 people and announced their marriage., in a ceremony widely mocked by others.^[2] The wedding feast with 27 venison pasties and a hogshead of red wine was the exact opposite of that advised by the Quakers and William Pennwent into print to point this out.^[1] Others like Thomas and Ann Mudd remained close friends and followers. In 1672-3 the pair were prompted by God to walk through Essex and Hertfordshire. In 1691 they went to live with Pennyman's son-in-law in Bishopsgate, before moving into the country. Mary Pennyman died in 1701 after a long illness.^[2]

Works

(with John Pennyman) The Ark is begun to be opened (the waters being somewhat abated)..., 1671
John Pennyman's Instruction to his Children, 1674
The Quakers Rejected, 1676?
(ed. John Pennyman) Some of the letters which were written by Mrs. Mary Pennyman, relating to an Holy and Heavenly Conversation, in which she lived to her Dying-Day, 1701-2.

References

1 2 "Pennyman, John (1628–1706), Quaker schismatic | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-21886#odnb-9780198614128-e-21886-headword-3.
1 2 Janet Todd (1987). "Mary Pennyman". In Janet M. Todd. A Dictionary of British and American women writers, 1660-1800. Rowman & Allanheld. pp. 246–7. ISBN 978-0-8476-7125-0.

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[Todd1987-2] 1 2 Janet Todd (1987). "Mary Pennyman". In Janet M. Todd. A Dictionary of British and American women writers, 1660-1800. Rowman & Allanheld. pp. 246–7. ISBN 978-0-8476-7125-0.