"Memorials"
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of two handwritten volumes of copied memorials for various Quaker women, including Hannah A. Jenkins, Mary Allen Hanbury, Hannah G. Field, Mary Mekeel, and Avis Alsop. The memorials give brief biographical information for each woman, and many describe their final moments.
Dates
- Creation: Undated.
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research use.
Use Restrictions
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical Note
Hannah Jenkins (?-1819) was married to William Jenkins. She died in Twelfth Month, 1819. She was buried on the first day of the first month of 1820 in the Friend's in Providence, Rhode Island.
Mary Hanbury (1797-1823) was born in Ninth Month, 1797, the daughter of William and Mary Allen. She was a member of the Grace Shurch Street Monthly Meeting in London.
Hannah G. Field (1778-1824) was born in Tenth Month, 1778, the daughter of John and Esther Griffen. She was married to Josiah Field, and died in Seventh Month, 1824.
Mary Meekel was the daughter of Isaac and Sarah Mekeel.
Avis Alsop was the wife of John Alsop.
Extent
0.02 Linear Feet (2 volumes)
Language
English
Overview
These memorials are written for various Quaker women, including Hannah A. Jenkins, Mary Allen Hanbury, Hannah G. Field, Mary Mekeel, and Avis Alsop, and give brief biographical information for each woman, and many describe their final moments.
Acquisition
Unknown.
Processing Information
Processed by Kara Flynn; completed October, 2015.
Subject
- Jenkins, Hannah (Person)
- Alsop, Avis (Person)
- Mekeel, Mary (Person)
- Field, Hannah G. (Person)
- Hanbury, Mary (Person)
- Title
- "Memorials," undated
- Author
- Kara Flynn
- Date
- October, 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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