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Bucks Auxiliary Bible Association of Friends (Bucks County, Pa.) Records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-011
Abstract
The Bucks Auxiliary Bible Association of Friends, a Quaker Bible distribution society, located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, was established in 2nd month, 1830, under the Bible Association of Friends in America. Its purpose was to supply “Friends and others with the Holy Scripture, “to encourage “the frequent and serious perusal of them”, and to promote “a more accurate knowledge of their invaluable contents”. All subscriptions collected by the Auxiliary were turned over to the parent body,...
Dates:
1830-1845
Bunting Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-220
Abstract
The Bunting family was a Pennsylvania Quaker family, closely associated with Darby, Pa., and Darby Monthly Meeting. The Bunting family had many branches descending from the ten children of Josiah and Sarah (Hunt) Bunting; Josiah Bunting (1734-1813) was a minister and elder of Darby Monthly Meeting. One of his sons, Josiah (1773-1863) married Sarah Sellers. His son, Joseph (1830-1890) married Elizabeth Spencer Miller (1833-1905), a descendent of the Miller and McIlvain families, also...
Dates:
1739-1957
Morgan Bunting Genealogical Research Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-255
Abstract
Morgan Bunting (1863-1929) was a member of the Society of Friends in Darby, Pa., and a descendant of Samuel Bunting (1692-1759) who emigrated from England in the early eighteenth century. An architect by occupation, Bunting had an avid interest in Darby history and genealogy. The collection includes correspondence and genealogical papers concerning the Sellers, Cadwallader, Bartram, and Coleman families. There are also some original documents concerning the Bunting family, including deeds,...
Dates:
ca. 1710-1938
Samuel J. Bunting, Jr., Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-021
Abstract
Samuel J. Bunting, Jr., (1889-1966) was a birthright Hicksite Friend descended from a family that was associated for many generations with the Society of Friends in Pennsylvania and, in particular, with the Darby Monthly Meeting. A graduate of Swarthmore College and banker by profession, he was interested in genealogy and worked over a long period of time to compile family records. Included is material on the Bunting, Ridgways, Andrews, and Lloyd families as well as original documents, such...
Dates:
1789-1959
Burlington-Bucks Young Friends Forum minutes
Collection — othertype: SC-271
Identifier: SFHL-SC-271
Abstract
Contains the minutes of Burlington-Bucks Young Friends Forum from September 1942 through June 1944 with some topical leaflets, a mimeographed newsletter dated Nov. 1, 1943, and a photograph of the Young Friends at Ocean City, NJ, in 1940.
Dates:
1940-1944
Byberry Hall Association Records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-012
Abstract
Byberry Hall Association was organized in 1854 when the citizens of Byberry township and vicinity decided to form a company for the purpose of erecting a building where residents could meet to hear lectures, hold elections, etc. This collection contains the records of the Byberry Hall Association, 1847-1981. It includes the secretary's book containing minutes (1854-1905); account books, deeds and miscellaneous papers.
Dates:
1847-1981
Byberry Library Company Records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-013
Abstract
Byberry Library Company was founded in 1794 and incorporated in 1799. Located in the Byberry section of Philadelphia, Pa., the Library was generally under Quaker management. The collection includes the minutes of the director's meetings; constitution and by-laws, financial and property records, and miscellaneous papers.
Dates:
1794-1930
Byberry Philosophical Society Minutes
Collection — othertype: RG4-124
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-124
Abstract
Minutes of the Byberry Philosophical Society which was formed in the early nineteenth century for the "acquisition and promotion of scientific knowledge." The group collected specimens of flora, fauna, minerals, and items of historic interest and eventually erected a building to hold the collection. Almost all of their members were Quakers, but this was not a condition of membership.
Dates:
1837-1925, 1927-1959
Byberry School Association Records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-014
Abstract
The Byberry School Association was formed in 1837 by several members of the Society of Friends, mostly members of Byberry Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) for the purpose of raising stock to buy land and erect a secondary school in Byberry, Pennsylvania. It includes minutes, financial records, and some miscellaneous papers.
Dates:
1837-1844
Arthur Edwin Bye Genealogical Materials
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-023
Abstract
Contains papers compiled by Arthur Edwin Bye, Quaker genealogist and local historian. Includes genealogical files on the Bye and related families of Bucks County, PA, and Cecil County, MD. His research culminated in the publication in 1956 of the book History of the Bye Family and some allied families.
Dates:
1940-1956
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- Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830 3
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- Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948 3
- Lewis, Graceanna, 1821-1912 3
- Mather family 3
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- Biddle, Clement M. (Clement Miller), 1876-1959 2
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