Complex sentence: In 1652 he became a colleague of the Reverend John Wilson as minister of the first church at Boston, where he was installed teacher with Wilson in 1656 and then chief instigator of the persecution of the Quakers in New England.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1652 he became a colleague of the Reverend John Wilson as minister of the first church at Boston, where he was installed teacher with Wilson in 1656. Norton became chief instigator of the persecution of the Quakers in New England.