Martha Simmonds (or Simmons; née Calvert; baptized 1624 – 1665) was an English Quaker and author.
[2] Her elder brothers Giles[3] and George, were publishers and booksellers based in the Black Spread Eagle in St Paul's Churchyard in London.
In 1655 her brother published When the Lord Jesus Came to Jerusalem and A Lamentation for the Lost Sheep of the House of Israel.
She had been sent to prison after she appeared in Colchester in sackcloth and ashes and for disturbing the peace of church services.
[1] Naylor's crime was to enter Bristol on a horse, as if it was Jerusalem, accompanied by Hannah and Martha where they were met by local Quakers.
Hannah, Martha Simmonds and Dorcas Erbery were at the base of his pillory mirroring the three Marys who were at Jesus's crucifixion.