York Monthly Meeting (1786-1858) Records
Scope and Contents
Records of the first York Monthly Meeting, 1765-1857, 1907. Includes minutes 1786-1857, vital records 1786-1854, and miscellaneous records 1765-1907.
Dates
- Creation: 1765-1857, 1907.
Creator
Language of Materials
Records in English
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
Information on reproduction policies available in the Library.
Biographical / Historical
Friends began to meet in York-town in Pennsylvania in 1764. In 1767 they requested that a preparative meeting be formed under the care of Warrington Monthly Meeting. York Monthly Meeting was established in 1786. During the Separation of 1828, York Monthly Meeting affiliated with the Hicksite branch of Friends. The meeting was laid down in 1858. In 1932, the meeting was reorganized as an independent monthly meeting. In 1951, York Monthly Meeting petitioned to become a monthly meeting and it was granted by Warrington Quarterly Meeting. The Meeting remains active.
Extent
4 Linear Feet
Arrangement
Divided into series: 1.Men's and Joint Minutes; 2.Women's minutes; 3.Vital records; 4.Ministers & Elders; 5.Miscellaneous.
Physical Location
This collection is stored at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposit, Baltimore Yearly Meeting.
Existence and Location of Copies
Also available in microfilm, for use in the Library only: MR-B230-231.
General
Volume 3.2 contains marriage certificates of Mordicai Williams to Mary Holland and Samuel Cook to Sarah Garretson. Volume 5.1 contains a chronology of York Monthly Meeting.
Subject
- Title
- York Monthly Meeting (1786-1858) Records
- Date
- 2005
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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