Ezra B. Newton, who has for many years been known as the oldest Shaker in the country, celebrated his 100th birthday, at Harvard.

Beulah Cooper’s parents had been followers of Shadrach Ireland for several decades before Mother Ann and the Elders arrived in 1781.

Abigail Whipple Cooper and her husband Samuel Cooper from Grafton, Massachusetts, united with the New Light Baptists under Shadrach Ireland many years before Mother Ann’s arrival in 1781.

Susannah Worster married Nahum Daby in 1767. They had one child before her husband died in 1771…

Sarah Salome Barrett, from Lancaster, was still a child when she united with the Shakers. Ten years later she made an offering of one cow towards the building of the Meeting House.

Sarah Kendall was the natural sister to Mother Hannah Kendall, one of the founding parents of the Harvard Shaker Village. The entire Kendall family from Woburn united with the Shaker faith, and hosted meetings for Mother Ann and the Elders in the early years.

Sarah Sterns Crouch came from Littleton, Her husband David united with the Shaker faith soon after Mother Ann arrived in 1781. Sarah was reluctant to join.

Mehitable Crouch, also called Hette, was the daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth Crouch, and one of the few children who were raised with Shaker values from the early days of Mother Ann.

Lucy Hanum was a young woman when Mother Ann and the Elders came to Harvard…

In 1779, Mary Cooper of Grafton married Aaron Jewett. She was frequently referred to as Mary Jr. as her husband’s mother was also named Mary.

Mary Esther Crouch was the daughter of Mary and David Crouch, and united with the Shakers with the rest of her natural family in 1781…

Mary Crouch and her husband David were the parents of five children who worked hard to build the Harvard village…

Jonathan Crouch and his wife Elizabeth followed his youngest sister, Patience and his parents, Mary and David into the Shaker faith soon after Mother Ann and the Elders arrived.

Elder Grove was associated with the ministry of Harvard and Shirley for more than fifty two years. Born as Babbit Blanchard, he was given his new name, Grove B. Blanchard, by the Shakers.

Abigail and Samuel Cooper raised their last two children, Deliverance (Dilly) and Beulah, in the New Light Baptist faith as led by Shadrach Ireland.

Deborah Prentice was born in Cambridge, and sixty-one years old when Mother Ann and the Elders arrived in Harvard…

David Crouch and his wife Mary raised a large family in Harvard, six of whom became staunch supporters of the Shakers faith…

Caleb Crouch joined the Harvard Shakers with his natural family at age thirteen in 1781, and so was among the small number of early Believers to be raised Shaker, at least in part.

Abel Jewett and his wife Mary moved from Rowley to Littleton, Massachusetts, where they raised their children.

Bethiah Willard is best known as the sister who leapt on the back of Father William during the horrific whipping scene that occurred in 1783.

Abijah Worster had many gifts as a Shaker. He was one of Mother Ann Lee’s closest disciples in Harvard and accompanied her in her travels.

When Elizabeth Skinner of Stow married Jonathan Crouch of Harvard, they took up domicile in Stow, to raise their three children…

Aaron Jewett and his wife Mary Cooper Jewett united with the Shaker gospel with their three young children soon after Mother Ann arrived in 1781.

Elizabeth Crouch was one of the daughters of Mary and David Crouch. After her sister Patience united with Mother Ann and the Elders in 1781, she joined the Shakers with the rest of her family.

Elizabeth Robinson, with her sons John and Oliver, was one of a significant number of Harvard Shakers from Petersham, and who were witness to the abuse Mother Ann and the Elders suffered there.