Quakertown Monthly Meeting Records
Collection
Identifier: QM-Ph-Q300
Scope and Contents
Records of Quakertown Monthly Meeting and its predecessors, Kingwood and Bethlehem Monthly Meetings, 1703-1905. Includes: vital records, 1703-1877; Hicksite and pre-Separation men’s minutes, 1744-1905; women’s minutes, 1744-1905; Ministers’ and Elders’ minutes, 1756-1787; property records, 1733-1894; miscellaneous papers, 1728-1900.
Dates
- 1703-1905
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
Bethlehem Monthly Meeting was established in 1744 by Burlington Quarterly Meeting out of Chesterfield Monthly Meeting. From 1748 to 1859, the name of this monthly meeting was Kingwood. In 1786, the monthly meeting was transferred from Philadelphia Yearly Meeting to New York Yearly Meeting.
The Orthodox branch of this meeting was discontinued in 1828, and its members were transferred to Rahway and Plainfield Monthly Meeting. In 1832, Kingwood Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) returned to Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Before 1859, this meeting was known as Kingwood Monthly Meeting. In 1859, the meeting became known as Quakertown. It was discontinued in 1905 and its members attached to Buckingham Monthly Meeting.
The Orthodox branch of this meeting was discontinued in 1828, and its members were transferred to Rahway and Plainfield Monthly Meeting. In 1832, Kingwood Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) returned to Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Before 1859, this meeting was known as Kingwood Monthly Meeting. In 1859, the meeting became known as Quakertown. It was discontinued in 1905 and its members attached to Buckingham Monthly Meeting.
Extent
6 Linear Feet
Language
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposit
- Hunterdon County (N.J.) -- Genealogy
- Kingwood Monthly Meeting of Friends (1748-1827)
- Kingwood Monthly Meeting of Friends (1748-1827)
- Kingwood Monthly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1859)
- Kingwood Monthly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1859)
- Monthly Meeting held at Bethlehem (Society of Friends : 1744-1747)
- Monthly Meeting held at Bethlehem (Society of Friends : 1744-1747)
- Quakertown Monthly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1859-1905 : Quakertown, N.J.)
- Society of Friends -- New Jersey -- Hunterdon County
- Title
- RECORDS OF QUAKERTOWN MONTHLY MEETING (QUAKERTOWN, NJ)
- Subtitle
- A Finding Aid for its Meeting Records Deposited in Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
- Date
- 2011
- 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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