Historical Marker

Jonathan Dickinson Shipwreck

Jonathan Dickinson State Park, at park entrance of · Hobe Sound · Martin

Florida marker

Inscription

Three miles to the east on Sept. 23, 1696, the British barkentine Reformation foundered off Jupiter Island. The 24 survivors included a party of Quakers bound from Jamaica to Pennsylvania. Leader of the Quakers was Jonathan Dickinson who described the trials of the group in his book, "God's Protecting Providence", the first account of Indians on the southeast coast.

Attacked by Indians and driven northward, the party arrived at St. Augustine in November, 1696.

Location

AddressJonathan Dickinson State Park, at park entrance of
CityHobe Sound
CountyMartin
StateFlorida

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