A younger sister, Jane
, married a man named Oliver Sansom
, who was responsible for initiating the family's conversion to the Society of Friends, and who later edited the volume of JV
's writings.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Occupation
Joan Vokins
Not long after her conversion JV
became a Quaker minister and missionary. She and her sister Jane Sansom
became local leaders of the movement, strong supporters of the women's meetings which in the later 1670s...
