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The Public Universal Friend [a] (born Jemima Wilkinson; November 29, 1752 – July 1, 1819) was an American preacher born in Cumberland, Rhode Island, to Quaker parents. . After suffering a severe illness in 1776, the Friend claimed to have died and been reanimated as a genderless evangelist named the Public Universal Friend, and afterward shunned both birth name and gendered pro
The Jemima Wilkinson House, also known as the Friend's Home, is a historic home located at Jerusalem in Yates County, New York. It is a five-bay, 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story Federal-style residence built about 1809–1815. [2] It is named after the preacher known as the Public Universal Friend, whose previous name was Jemima Wilkinson. [3]
Jerusalem was within the Phelps and Gorham Purchase.It was first settled around 1791. Among the earliest settlers were the Quaker evangelist known as the Public Universal Friend (1758–1819), and followers called the "Society of Universal Friends".
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Portrait of the Public Universal Friend from 1821 Lithogram of Mary Jones drawn by H. R. Robinson in 1836. In 1776, the preacher Public Universal Friend reported experiencing death and returning to life as a genderless being (neither male nor female). After the Friend's purported resurrection, the Friend no longer answered to former birth name ...
English: The Seal of the Public Universal Friend (Jemima Wilkinson): a six-pointed star made by overlaying two three-pointed stars, likely an embellishment of the star symbol used by the Quaker Religious Society of Friends. Beneath the star(s) is a crucifix surrounded by the initials U. F., either for the Universal Friend or the congregation ...
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