Greenwich Monthly Meeting Records
Collection
Identifier: QM-Ph-G730
Scope and Contents
Records of Greenwich Monthly Meeting, 1677-1998, as follows: pre-Separation, Hicksite, Orthodox and United minutes since 1784; registers of births and deaths, 1677-1987; marriage and membership records, 1784-1994; removals, 1787-1899; Orthodox women's meeting minutes, 1814-1893; Orthodox ministers and elders meeting minutes, 1828-1904; Orthodox financial records, 1907-1939.
Dates
- 1677-1998
Limitations on Accessing the Collection
Collection is open for research. Access may be provided via digital or microfilm copy, per repository policy.
Copyright and Rights Information
Copyright has not been assigned to the Repositories All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to the individual Meeting or its successor. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Repositories as the holder(s) of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.
Biographical / Historical
Greenwich Monthly Meeting was established in 1783 by Salem Quarterly Meeting. Its first business sessions were held in 1784. The Orthodox monthly meeting was discontinued in 1893; its members were transferred to Woodbury Monthly Meeting (Orthodox). The Hicksite monthly meeting was the forerunner of the current Greenwich Monthly Meeting.
Extent
5 Linear Feet
Language
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposit
- Cumberland County (N.J.) -- Genealogy
- Greenwich Monthly Meeting of Friends
- Greenwich Monthly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955)
- Greenwich Monthly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955)
- Greenwich Monthly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1893)
- Greenwich Monthly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955)
- Society of Friends -- New Jersey -- Cumberland County
- Title
- GREENWICH MONTHLY MEETING (GREENWICH, NJ)
- Subtitle
- A Finding Aid for its Meeting Records Deposited in Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
- Date
- 2003
- 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
Most of the materials in this catalog are not digitized and can only be accessed in person. Please see our website for more information about visiting Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College Library
