Chester Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : 1681-1827)
Organization
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Ruth Chambers Biddle genealogical research papers
Collection — Othertype SC-165
Identifier: SFHL-SC-165
Abstract
Includes correspondence, 1927-1928, concerning genealogical research, a bound volume with her genealogical research notes, including information on the Yarnall, Pennell, and Cope families, and loose notes.
Dates:
1920-1933
Chester Monthly Meeting Records
Collection — Othertype SW/Ph/C431
Identifier: QM-Ph-C431
Scope and Contents
Records of the Chester Monthly Meetings in Chester and Media, Pennsylvania. Includes: births, deaths, marriage certificates, and other vital records, 1677-1961; men's, women's, and joint minutes, 1681-1984; records of the Meeting of Worship and Ministry and Overseers and its predecessors; financial records; and committee and other miscellaneous records. Of additional interest are pre-Separation accounts of sufferings, 1778-1783; manumissions, 1776-1780; and a series of scrapbooks assembled...
Dates:
1677-2004
Painter Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-110
Overview
The Painter family was an early Pennsylvania Quaker family that married into the Minshall family of Delaware County. In 1681, William Penn granted Thomas Minshall a land tract which now includes the Tyler Arboretum. The property was home to eight generations of the same family. The collection includes family correspondence, business and legal papers, property records, papers on interests and concerns of the Painter brothers, genealogical papers, and miscellaneous deeds and other papers...
Dates:
1687-1948
Providence Monthly Meeting (Delaware County, Pa.) Records
Collection — Othertype SW/Ph/P700
Identifier: QM-Ph-P700
Scope and Contents
Records of the Hicksite meeting include: Minutes 1934-1992; vital records since 1769; minutes of Ministry and Counsel, 1934-1944; trustees' minutes, 1938-1987; miscellaneous papers, 1717-1973 and n.d.
Dates:
1717 - 2007
Tyler Arboretum papers relating to Quakers
Collection — Othertype SC-137
Identifier: SFHL-SC-137
Abstract
This collection includes photocopies of papers in the Tyler Arboretum Library that relate to Quakers. Included is a list of public Friends, verses of Job Scott, and minutes from Chester Monthly Meeting of Friends.
Dates:
1656-1828
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- Delaware County (Pa.) -- Genealogy 2
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania 2
- Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County 2
- Agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County 1
- Delaware County (Pa.) 1
- Horticulture -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County 1
- Land titles -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County 1
- Lay ministry -- Society of Friends 1
- Media (Pa.) 1
- Pennsylvania -- Climate 1
- Quaker horticulturalists 1
- Quakers -- Diaries 1
- Quakers -- Genealogy 1
- Quakers -- Social life and customs 1
- Real property -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County 1
- Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- Media 1
- account books 1
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