Westbury Monthly Meeting Records
Scope and Contents
Records of Westbury Monthly Meeting, 1660-ongoing.
Records of the Orthodox branch (active 1828-1938) are described in a separate finding aid, following the arrangement by New York Yearly Meeting's Haviland Records Room from where the records were received in 1997.
Westbury Monthly Meeting records include a large number (150+) of manumission certificates, which were legal documents signed by Quaker enslavers emancipating (or promising future emancipation) of the people they enslaved. These records (both original certificates and the record register kept by the meeting) have been digitized, and the file also includes a number of mid-20th century transcripts and indices compiled by the meeting.
Dates
- Creation: 1660 - 2020
Creator
- Westbury Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : 1955- : Westbury, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Westbury Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : approximately 1682-1828 : Westbury, N.Y.) (Contributor, Organization)
Language of Materials
These records are entirely in English
Limitations on Accessing the Collection
Where available, access is through microfilm.
Copyright and Rights Information
Information on reproduction policies available in the library.
Biographical / Historical
Although the earliest records have been lost, Westbury Monthly Meeting may have been established as early as 1682. In 1828 it divided into Orthodox and Hicksite branches. The Orthodox branch was laid down in 1938, and what had been the Hicksite branch continues to the present day.
Extent
18 Linear Feet
Overview
Records of Westbury Monthly Meeting, 1660-. Includes minutes 1697-2018; vital records 1660-1995; deeds, 1685-1745; financial records 1723-1931; Ministers and Elders, 1819-1973; and miscellaneous materials, 1696-1995. In 1828 the Hicksite Separation divided the meeting and the Orthodox branch (which was active 1828-1938) records are described separately, following the arrangement maintained by New York Yearly Meeting's Haviland Records Room, from where the records were transfered in 1997.
Physical Location
This collection is stored at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Custodial History
Transferred from Haviland Records Room by NYYM in 1997.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposit, 1997.
General
Volume 2.4 includes some earlier certificates of removal.
Vol.8.1 includes correspondence on the draft and conscientious objection.
Subject
- Westbury Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Hicksite : 1828-1955 : Westbury, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Westbury Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : 1955- : Westbury, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Westbury Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : approximately 1682-1828 : Westbury, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Westbury Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Hicksite : 1828-1955 : Westbury, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Title
- Westbury Monthly Meeting Records
- Author
- Inventory prepared by: FHL Staff
- Date
- 2007
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Find It at the Library
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