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Vokins was born as Joan Bunce. [1] Her father Thomas Bunce was a yeoman of Charney Bassett in (what was then) Berkshire. She married another local farmer, Richard Vokins, of West Challow and she joined the Quakers. She was an enthusiastic evangelist for Quakerism. She persuaded her family and then set about to preach.
Joan Vokins (née Bunce) was an early Quaker missionary from England. She preached in British Colonial America , the West Indian Islands, Ireland, and England. The Valiant Sixty were a group of Quaker preachers from northern England that made missionary efforts Great Britain, Europe, North America, and Turkey.
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Quaker Oats said in a statement regarding the plant closure announcement this week, "After a detailed review, we determined that meeting our future manufacturing needs would require an extended ...