▁Cat on ▁ ▁( 1 6 3 6 – 1 6 6 5 ) ▁was ▁an ▁early ▁English ▁Qu aker ▁it iner ant ▁pre acher ▁and ▁writer . ▁ ▁Life ▁He ▁was ▁probably ▁a ▁near ▁relation ▁of ▁Margaret ▁F ell . ▁At ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁four teen ▁he ▁was ▁taken ▁by ▁his ▁father ▁to ▁Sw arth mo or , ▁near ▁Ul ver ston , ▁to ▁be ▁educated ▁by ▁a ▁k ins man ▁who ▁was ▁then ▁t utor ▁to ▁the ▁F ell ▁family ; ▁the ▁boy ▁was ▁then ▁sent ▁to ▁a ▁school ▁at ▁Haw ks head . ▁In ▁ 1 6 5 2 ▁George ▁Fox ▁paid ▁his ▁first ▁visit ▁to ▁Sw arth mo or ▁Hall , ▁and ▁Cat on ▁emb rac ed ▁qu aker ism . ▁He ▁now ▁refused ▁to ▁study ▁on ▁the ▁ground ▁of ▁its ▁being ▁a ▁world ly ▁occupation , ▁and ▁Margaret ▁F ell ▁employed ▁him ▁at ▁Sw arth more ▁to ▁teach ▁her ▁younger ▁children ▁and ▁act ▁as ▁her ▁secretary . ▁ ▁When ▁he ▁was ▁about ▁eigh teen , ▁Cat on ▁was ▁chosen ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁qu aker ▁pre ach ers ▁for ▁the ▁district , ▁and ▁in ▁his ▁Journal ▁he ▁rel ates ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁often ▁met ▁with ▁violence ▁by ▁the ▁people ▁of ▁the ▁places ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁attempted ▁to ▁pre ach . ▁In ▁ 1 6 5 4 ▁he ▁left ▁Sw arth more ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁become ▁an ▁it iner ant ▁pre acher . ▁Tow ards ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁year ▁he ▁was ▁joined ▁by ▁John ▁St ub bs , ▁with