Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
George Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-170
Overview
John M. George (1802-1887) was the son of Joseph and Alice Malin George. He was a birthright Quaker and member of Radnor Monthly Meeting. The George family came to Pennsylvania from Wales in 1708 and settled in Blockley Township, Pennsylvania. The George family papers include correspondence (1705-1864), other personal papers (1681-1887), business and financial accounts (1734-1887), and estate papers (1714-1883). Of particular note are the estate accounts of many family members and other...
Dates:
1705-1959 [bulk 1705-1887]
Joint Committee of the Religious Society of Friends records
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-104
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials relating to the committee's work, including minutes, correspondence, and reports.
Dates:
1929-1949
Knight Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-081
Overview
The Knight family was a Quaker family from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The collection contains chiefly legal and business papers of Jacob P. Tyson, his wife, Mary B. Michener Tyson, and others. Also contains family correspondence, wills, deeds, estate papers, biographical and genealogical materials, marriage certificates, memorabilia, printed material, and pictures. Includes material relating to the Michener and Warner families.
Dates:
1737-1895
Rebecca W. Lightfoot family papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-SC-126
Abstract
This collection includes family invitations, a letter from Amos S. Jackson, and several letters from Mary Cadwallader Lightfoot to her daughter-in-law Rebecca, regarding family news. Also included is a small book of Hannah Wood's, containing personal notes.
Dates:
1817-1902
Livezey-Laughlin Family Papers, 1746-1948
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-271
Overview
Papers of the Livezey and Laughlin families. Thomas Livezey (1723/4-1790) married Martha Knowles in 1748 at Abington Monthly Meeting. He was a miller and expanded the family property along the Wissahicken and Cresheim Creeks. Thomas Livezey's great granddaughter, Anna, married George Laughlin, and her son, Thomas, moved to Ohio. This collection includes correspondence and legal and financial papers of the Livezey and Laughlin families of Philadelphia and Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and and...
Dates:
about 1763-1995
Maulsby-Albertson Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-099
Overview
The Maulsby and Albertson families were Pennsylvania Quakers. The collections includes genealogical material, family correspondence (1804-1846),, financial and legal papers. Some of the papers concern Jonathan Maulsby's term as postmaster at Plymouth Meeting House in the 1820's. The Maulsby family were also active in Norristown as merchants of lumber, coal, and iron.
Dates:
1763-1884
Milcah Martha Moore Fund records
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-09-017
Scope and Contents
This collection contains one volume of minutes (1866 - 1882) from the Trustees of the Milcah Martha Moore Fund. The minutes consist of treasurer reports, and decisions about use of the funds.
Dates:
1866-1882
Thomas Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-156
Overview
This small collection contains chiefly short manuscripts concerning women's issues, in particular suffrage and temperance. Most of the material, including essays on prominent Quakers and piece books, are by Ellen L. Thomas (1853-1925), a birthright member of Radnor Monthly Meeting and president of Montgomery County Suffrage Association
Dates:
ca. 1867-ca. 1919
Thomas family papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-SC-209
Abstract
Contains primarily financial and estate papers of the Charles Thomas family of Montgomery County, Pa., especially the marriage settlement and estate papers of his mother, Sarah Roberts, widow of John Thomas. Also a brief account of the family estate by his granddaughter, marriage certificates, and deeds.
Dates:
1808-1909
Union Lyceum (Montgomery Co., Pa.) Records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-065
Overview
The Union Lyceum, established 1875, was a literary society whose membership consisted primarily of members of the Society of Friends in the Ambler and Gwynedd area of Montgomery County, Pa. The records contain minutes 1875-1900 (gap 1891-1900) and the 25th Anniversary Program.
Dates:
1875-1900
