Roaring Creek Monthly Meeting Records
Scope and Contents
Records of the Hicksite Monthly Meeting and its predecessor, the pre-Separation Meeting, 1790-1917. Included are: minutes, 1814-1917; births and burials, 1790-1901; marriages, 1826-1905; removals issued, 1816-1882; rough women's minutes, 1820-1883; rough men's minutes, 1814-1848; burial records, 1855 & n.d.
Dates
- Creation: 1790-1917.
Creator
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
Roaring Creek Monthly Meeting was established in 1814 by Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting out of Muncy Monthly Meeting, after having functioned as a preparative meeting of Catawissa Monthly Meeting from 1796 to 1808, when Catawissa merged with Muncy. Two branches of this meeting were formed after the Hicksite Separation of 1827. The Orthodox branch was discontinued in 1829. Roaring Creek Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) was discontinued in 1917.
Extent
3 Linear Feet
Language
English
Physical Location
This collection is stored at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposit
General
See also: Genealogical Record of Friends (index) stored with Catawissa Monthly Meeting records, RG2/Ph/C36 3.1.
Subject
- Title
- Roaring Creek Monthly Meeting Records
- Date
- 2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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