Christopher Atkinson (missionary) explained

Christopher Atkinson (fl. 1652-5, dates of birth and death unknown) was an early Quaker missionary from Westmorland and one of the Valiant Sixty. Already married, he caused a minor scandal among the Society by attempting to seduce another woman.[1]

Notes and References

  1. H. Larry Ingle: First among Friends: George Fox and the Creation of Quakerism (Oxford: OUP, 1996, p. 127. https://books.google.com/books?id=MLeKRHXjBUcC&dq=%22Christopher+Atkinson%22+quaker&pg=PA127