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Simon Atherton
American Shaker (
Simon Tuttle Atherton (May 19, October 7, )[1] was an early American Shaker, who became highly successful on behalf of his own community,[2] in selling herbs in and around Boston, Massachusetts.
Early years
He was born in Shirley, Massachusetts, the son of Jonathan Atherton [3] and Rhoda Heald. The youngest of six children. His father died when he was six months old.
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He was admitted in , at just five years of age, along with his sister, Sylvia, into the Harvard Shakers.[4] His other sister Nancy was sent to another Shaker community.
Life as a Shaker
The Shaker community in Harvard, Massachusetts began when a group of dissenters from the local state-funded church, left and set up the "Square House", having affiliated themselves with Mother Ann Lee, the founder of the Shaker denomination, when she visited Harvard, Massachusetts.
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