Solomon Franco was a Jewish convert to

Anglicanism Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of the ...

who combined his interest in Cabalism with support for the English monarchy. In 1649, Solomon Franco moved from

New Amsterdam New Amsterdam ( nl, Nieuw Amsterdam, or ) was a 17th-century Dutch settlement established at the southern tip of Manhattan Island that served as the seat of the colonial government in New Netherland. The initial trading ''factory'' gave rise ...

(later New York City) to become the first Jew recorded as living in the Boston area. However he was soon paid off by Puritans of the General Court, provided he set sail for Holland within a few weeks. Although a Rabbi, in 1668 he converted to Anglicanism, publishing ''Truth springing out of the earth'' in the same year. A second edition was published in 1670.

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