Elizabeth Mixer

Elizabeth Mixer was an American religious autobiographer active in the 18th century. A gathering of her writing published in 1736, An Account of Some Spiritual Experiences and Raptures, documents her own conversion and is associated with the Great Awakening.

Biography Mixer was born in Ashford, Massachusetts around 1707. She was the daughter of a deacon and was given a religious education by her parents. The content was written whilst Mixer was soul-searching ahead of her entrance into the Ashford Church. She depicts three visions which she experienced during an illness in 1720, aged around 13 years old: