Jerusalem in Penn Yan in Yates County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Friend’s Home

Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, August 28, 2025

1. Friend’s Home Marker

Inscription. Built about 1790
Friend’s Home
Here Lived
Jemimah Wilkinson
Known As
The Universal Friend

Erected 1932 by State Education Department.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the Quakerism series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1790.

Location. 42° 39.365′ N, 77° 9.906′ W. Marker is in Penn Yan, New York, in Yates County. It is in Jerusalem. It is on Friend Hill Road east of Friend Road, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3915 Friend Hill Road, Penn Yan NY 14527, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York,

specifically in Western New York,

and in the Finger Lakes.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

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least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Veterans Memorial (approx. 4 miles away); Trolley Depot (approx. 4 miles away); St. Luke's Episcopal Church (approx. 4.1 miles away); Esperanza Mansion (approx. 4.4 miles away); Bluff Point & Keuka Lake History (approx. 4½ miles away); Bluff Point & Keuka Lake Geology (approx. 4½ miles away); Beddoe Tract (approx. 4½ miles away); "Ahweyneyoun" (Ah-Wey-Ne-Youn) (approx. 4.6 miles away).

Also see . . . Public Universal Friend. Overview:

The Public Universal Friend (born Jemima Wilkinson; November 29, 1752 – July 1, 1819) was an American preacher born in Cumberland, Rhode Island, to Quaker parents. After suffering a severe illness in 1776, the Friend claimed to have died and been reanimated as a genderless evangelist named the Public Universal Friend, and afterward shunned both birth name and all pronouns. In androgynous clothes, the Friend preached throughout the northeastern United States, attracting many followers who became the Society of Universal Friends.

(Submitted on August 30, 2025.)

Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, August 28, 2025

2. Friend’s Home Marker

Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, August 28, 2025

3. Friend’s Home Marker

Looking East of Friend’s Home Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, August 28, 2025

4. Looking East of Friend’s Home Marker

Across the Street From Friend’s Home Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, August 28, 2025

5. Across the Street From Friend’s Home Marker

Looking East From Friend’s Home Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, August 28, 2025

6. Looking East From Friend’s Home Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on August 30, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 29, 2025, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. This page has been viewed 184 times since then and 105 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on August 29, 2025, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.