Elizabeth Ashbridge (1713 – May 16, 1755) was an English-born American Quaker minister whose dramatic conversion and itinerant ministry exemplified early Quaker resilience in colonial America. Born in Middlewich, Cheshire, England, to Thomas Sampson, a ship surgeon, and Mary Sampson, a devout Anglican, she eloped at 14 with a stocking weaver, only to be widowed five months later. Rejected by her father, she lived with Quaker relatives in Dublin before sailing to New York in 1732 as an indentured servant, enduring harsh servitude until buying her freedom after three years. Ashbridge’s preaching career emerged after a turbulent spiritual journey, marked by her second marriage to an abusive teacher, Sullivan, who died in 1741 after enlisting as a soldier. Visiting Quaker kin in Pennsylvania, she converted in the 1730s despite initial prejudice against the faith, becoming a Public Friend by 1738. Her sermons, rooted in her autobiography Some Account of the Fore Part of the Life of Elizabeth Ashbridge, emphasized divine grace amid suffering, resonating across the colonies and later England and Ireland. Married a third time in 1746 to Aaron Ashbridge, a respected Quaker, she traveled as a minister until her death at age 42 in Kilnock, County Carlow, Ireland, leaving a legacy as a bold voice for Quaker spirituality and women’s ministry.