John Bowne, an English settler and ardent Quaker, built the Bowne House in Flushing, NY in 1661.  He and his wife Hannah held Quaker Meetings there and he was eventually tried and served time in jail as a result of his religious conviction.  See more here at the Bowne House Archives:  https://www.bownehouse.org/trials-of-john-bowne/live-blogging-john-bown…;