Kersey, Jesse, 1768-1845

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

American Friends' letters

 Collection

Identifier: HC.MC-851

Overview

The collection is composed chiefly of letters of members of the Society of Friends in the United States from the 17th to the 20th centuries; there are also documents, clippings, published articles, and miscellaneous manuscripts.

Dates: 1682-1986

Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Bettle Family Papers

 Collection

Identifier: SFHL-RG5-013

Overview The Bettle family were prominent 19th century Quaker merchants in Philadelphia. Samuel Bettle, Sr., was Clerk of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting at the time of the Separation in 1827. His son, Samuel Bettle, Jr., was also a Quaker minister. They had at least five children, among whom was Samuel, Jr.; the latter married Mary Ann Jones in 1831. The collection includes correspondence, biographical clippings, business records, and other papers of Samuel Bettle and his family. Correspondents include...

Dates: 1800-1955

Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Collection of Bringhurst Family Correspondence

 Collection

Identifier: SFHL-MSS-046

Overview Contains the collected correspondence of the Bringhurst family, largely compiled by C. Marshall Taylor. It includes correspondence, 1780-1806, of Philadelphia Quaker businessman James Bringhurst and his letters received from John Murray of New York City. Bringhurst corresponded with family and prominent friends including John Dickinson, Job Scott, Nathan Hunt, James Pemberton, Jesse Kersey, Lindley Murray and Moses Brown. Of particular interest are descriptions of life in Philadelphia and...

Dates: Majority of material found within 1780 - 1811; 1780 - 1941

Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Elias Hicks Manuscript Collection

 Collection

Identifier: SFHL-MSS-044

Overview Elias Hicks (1748-1830) was an eminent Quaker minister from Jericho, Long Island, N.Y. In the 1820s, a religious controversy within the Society of Friends which focused on Hicks' ministry led to the Hicksite-Orthodox Separation of 1827-1828. The collection includes correspondence written and received by Elias Hicks, sermons, surveyor's drawings, family correspondence, and other papers. Also includes the original 1748-1822 manuscript journal of Elias Hicks (in three parts) and the 1828 Ohio...

Dates: 1779 - 1948; Majority of material found within 1779 - 1830

Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Rachel Hunt correspondence

 Collection — Othertype SC-153

Identifier: SFHL-SC-153

Abstract

This collection includes letters received by Rachel Hunt and her husband, John. Among these are letters from other Quaker ministers on the topic of Quaker spirituality. A letter from Rachel Hunt's brother, John Gibbons, discusses the issue of self will in religion. Other correspondents include Thomas Scattergood, Mary S. Lippincott, Edward Hicks, and Jesse Kersey.

Dates: 1793-1840

Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Hannah Hurnard family letters

 Collection — Othertype SC-062

Identifier: SFHL-SC-062

Abstract This collection includes the correspondence of Hannah Hurnard and her family, written between Essex, England, and Wilmington, Delaware. The letters document the family's emigration to America, their struggles adapting to life there, and finally their return to England. Letters between Hannah and her sister, Elizabeth Clark, share family and local news. Letters from Mary Thresher relate the activities of Quaker ministers, including Stephen Grellet, Jesse Kersey, and Nathan Hunt. The letters...

Dates: 1804-1836

Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Jackson-Conard Family Papers

 Collection

Identifier: SFHL-RG5-217

Overview

The Jackson-Conard Family Papers include correspondence and other manuscripts of the Jackson and Conard families of London Grove Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The primary recipients are William Jackson (1746-1834), a Quaker minister, and his nephew, William Jackson (1789-1864), who served a single term in the Pennsylvania State Senate and was active in the anti-slavery movement.

Dates: 1748-1910

Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Halliday Jackson Manuscripts

 Collection

Identifier: SFHL-RG5-182

Overview Halliday Jackson (1771-1835) was a Quaker minister from New Garden and Darby, Pa.. From 1798 to 1800 he joined the Quaker mission to the Seneca Indians organized by the Indian Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Shortly after his return from the mission to the Seneca, Halliday Jackson married Jane Hough and moved to Darby, Pa. Following Jane's death in 1830, Halliday Jackson remarried in 1833 to Ann P. Paschall (1792-1874), also a Quaker minister. These records contain documents...

Dates: 1755-1833

Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Jesse Kersey papers

 Collection — Othertype SC-199

Identifier: SFHL-SC-199

Abstract

Includes letters, sermons, and manuscript fragments, as well as an 1824 printed epistle from London Yearly Meeting. The papers provide important insight into Kersey's faith and his thoughts on the Separation in the Society of Friends.

Dates: 1824-1841

Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Margaretta Walton Family Papers

 Collection

Identifier: SFHL-RG5-159

Overview

Margaretta Walton (1829-1904), eminent Quaker minister of Ercildoun, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The collection contains diaries and correspondence of Walton and her husband, Jesse Pusey Walton; business papers and memorabilia; sermons; and related papers. Also included in the collections are journals (1836-1853) of her father, Joseph Shoemaker Walton, who was companion to several Quaker ministers.

Dates: 1812-1961

Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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Lay ministry -- Society of Friends 5

Quakers -- Pennsylvania 4

Church controversies -- Society of Friends 3

Quakers -- Social life and customs 3

Society of Friends -- Hicksite separation 3

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Hicksites -- 19th century 2

Quaker women 2

Sermons, American 2

Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania 2

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African Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1

Botany 1

Business 1

Church and social problems -- Society of Friends 1

Church work with African Americans 1

England -- Emigration and Immigration -- 19th century 1

Gardening 1

Indians of North America -- New York (State) 1

Indians, treatment of 1

Indigenous rights -- Civil rights 1

Lay ministry -- Pennsylvania -- Chester County 1

Legislators -- Pennsylvania 1

Philadelphia (Pa.) 1

Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History 1

Poor -- Services for 1

Prison reformers 1

Quaker politicians 1

Quaker women ministers 1

Quaker women ministers -- 19th century 1

Quakers -- 19th century -- Diaries 1

Quakers -- Charities -- History -- Sources 1

Quakers -- Delaware -- Wilmington 1

Quakers -- England -- Essex 1

Quakers -- Family relationships 1

Quakers -- New York (State) 1

Quakers -- New York (State) -- New York 1

Quakers -- Ohio 1

Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Bucks County 1

Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Chester County 1

Quakers -- Relations with Indians 1

Quakers -- Social service 1

Quakers -- Travel 1

Quietism -- Society of Friends 1

Seneca Indians 1

Sermons -- Quaker 1

Slavery 1

Slavery -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States 1

Slavery and the church -- Society of Friends 1

Society of Friends -- Doctrines -- History -- 19th century 1

Society of Friends -- Education 1

Society of Friends -- Indian affairs 1

Society of Friends -- Indian affairs -- History 1

Society of Friends -- Missions -- Japan 1

Society of Friends -- New York (State) 1

Society of Friends -- Ohio 1

Society of Friends -- Sermons 1

Society of Friends -- Wilburite controversy 1

United States -- Emigration and immigration -- 19th century 1

Women -- Suffrage -- United States -- History 1

Yellow fever -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1

diaries 1

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