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Collins Family Papers

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Identifier: SFHL-RG5-173
Abstract The Collins family was a Quaker family of New England and New York City. Abel Collins (1770-1834) was a birthright Quaker and a minister recorded by Hopkinton Monthly Meeting. He married Mary A. Wilbur (d. 1858) of Hopkinton in 1790, and they had eight children. One of their sons, Abel Francis Collins, was clerk of South Kingston Monthly Meeting. He had three sons who attended Friends Boarding School in Providence, Rhode Island, and continued their studies at Brown University. The collection...
Dates: 1797-1937

Cope Family Papers

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Identifier: SFHL-RG5-178
Abstract

The Cope family was a Quaker family of Chester County and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Baltimore, Maryland. The collection contains family correspondence, genealogical papers and legal papers, a journal (1823) of Ann (Shoemaker) Janney, and other papers of the Cope and related Shoemaker, Yarnell, and Janney families. Individuals represented include Mahlon Day, Joseph John Gurney, and John Janney.

Dates: 1792-1877

Heacock Family Papers

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Identifier: SFHL-RG5-060
Abstract The Heacocks were a Quaker family of Bucks and Montgomery Counties, Pennsylvania. The collection includes correspondence, diary, and letter book (1871-1872), of Joseph Heacock (1846-1918), farmer, of Wyncote, Pa., including material relating to his work on a farm in Albion, N.Y., and in iron works in Pittsburgh, Pa., to earn money to pay debts; account book (1836-1877) of his father, Joseph Heacock (1800-1883); papers relating to the teaching activity of his wife, Elizabeth Walker Heacock,...
Dates: 1773-1928

Lydia Jones Sharpless Hunn Papers

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Identifier: SFHL-RG5-070
Abstract

Lydia Jones Sharpless Hunn (1818-1911) was a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Orthodox Quaker. The collection contains diaries (1881-1908), reminiscences (1893), and other family papers.

Dates: 1881-1908

Ann Paschall Jackson Family Papers

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Identifier: SFHL-RG5-186
Abstract The collection contains diaries, ledgers, and albums of Ann Price Gibson Paschall Jackson (1792-1874) and her family. Related to many Pennsylvania Quaker families including Price, Sharples/Sharpless, Paschall, and Townsend, Ann P. Paschall (later Ann P. Jackson) was recorded as a minister of Darby Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) in 1831. Series 1 is composed of her diaries, 1814 to 1874. The detailed entries concern religious and practical matters. Series 2 contains diaries, ledgers, and...
Dates: 1709 - 1936; Majority of material found within 1810 - 1874

Kent-Barnard Family Papers

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Identifier: SFHL-RG5-079
Abstract Daniel Kent, emigrated to Chester County, Pa. from Ireland, in 1785. He joined the Society of Friends (Quakers) in 1790, and married Esther Hawley in 1791. Their great-grandson Henry Simmons Kent (1833-1906) was active in the establishment of Swarthmore Monthly Meeting and the Borough of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. The collection includes material used by Daniels' great-granddaughter Ella Kent Barnard in preparation for the writing of three books. Among these materials are genealogical charts...
Dates: 1785/1928

Lavinia Lloyd Knight Papers

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Identifier: SFHL-RG5-082
Abstract

Lavinia Lloyd Knight (1816-1863) was a Quaker, of Wilmington, Delaware. The collection contains corresondence with Knight's sister, Elizabeth Knorr Knight (1814-1841), lesson book and journal kept as student (1830-1832) of Eli Hilles (1783-1863), essays, poems, biographical material, and other papers.

Dates: 1825-1857

Hannah M. (Hannah Moore) Levick Family Papers

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Identifier: SFHL-RG5-086
Abstract Hannah M. Levick was a Hicksite Quaker, the daughter of Richard and Sara Moore of Richmond in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and a granddaughter of Theophilus and Hannah Foulke. In 1843 she married William M. Levick of Philadelphia, and they became members of Green Street Monthly Meeting. Her husband was employed as a conveyancer in Philadelphia, and Hannah wrote a number of articles for Quaker publications. The collection includes correspondence of Theophilus and Hannah Foulke, 1794-1796, and...
Dates: 1766-1896

Moore-Tyson Family Papers

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Identifier: SFHL-RG5-206
Abstract The Moore and Tysons were Maryland Quaker families. Robert Rowland Moore (1863-1934) was married in 1886 to Margaret Gittings Tyson (1859-1937). The collection contains secondary and genealogical information, photographs, diaries, and some miscellaneous papers descending in the Moore, Townsend, Ellicott, and Tyson families. It includes writings about Elisha Tyson and the Tyson family, a copybook and other material concerning Joseph Townsend, Mary Ellicott’s diary of a journey to State of...
Dates: 1803-1986

Charles Smith Ogden family Papers

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Identifier: SFHL-RG5-108
Abstract Charles Smith Ogden (1822-1904) was a Quaker businessman, genealogist, and civic leader. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, educated in Friends' schools, and married Emma Corbit in 1848. He worked as a wholesale druggist before the Civil War, was active on the committee to elect Abraham Lincoln, and served as Consul to Quebec, Canada, 1860-1864. In 1886, he began a tour around the world, which is recounted in his travel letters, 1886-1891. This collection contains genealogical...
Dates: 1732-1938

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Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite: 1828-1968). Joint Committee on Indian Affairs (1869-1892) 1
Barnard, Ella K. (Ella Kent), 1853- 1
Barnard, Mary A. (Mary Anna), 1828-1865 1
Blunston family 1
Burdick family 1
Cadwallader, Priscilla, 1786-1859 1
Coates family 1
Collins family 1
Collins, Abel, 1770-1834 1
Collins, Francis W., 1845-1887 1
Comly, John, 1773-1850 1
Conard family 1
Conard, Edward B., ca. 1844-1917 1
Cope family 1
Cope, Jasper, 1775-1856 1
Cope, Rebecca, 1781-1856 1
Cowgill family 1
Cowgill, Eliza Coates 1
Day, Mahlon 1
Ellicott family 1
Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 1
Foulke family 1
Foulke, Hannah, 1767-1850 1
Foulke, Theophilus, 1761-1798 1
Francke, Marie Ogden, 1878-1955 1
Franklin, Henry, -1889 1
Friends' Indian Aid Association of Philadelphia 1
George School (Bucks County, Pa.) 1
Griscom, Sarah M., 1839-1895 1
Gurney, Joseph John, 1788-1847 1
Hallowell family 1
Hannah M. (Hannah Moore) Levick 1
Heacock family 1
Heacock, Eliza 1
Heacock, Elizabeth Walker 1
Heacock, Jane 1
Heacock, Joseph, 1800-1883 1
Heacock, Joseph, 1846-1918 1
Heacock, Martha 1
Hicks, Edward, 1780-1849 1
Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830 1
Hilles, Eli, 1783-1863 1
Hull, Hannah Clothier, 1872-1958 1
Hunn family 1
Hunn, Lydia Jones Sharpless, 1818-1911 1
Jackson, Ann P., 1792-1874 1
Janney, Ann, d. 1837 1
Janney, John, 1765-1823 1
Joseph Solomon Walton (1855-1912) 1
Kent family 1
Kent, Daniel, 1765-1844 1
Kent, Henry S. (Henry Simmons), 1833-1906 1
Kent, Joseph, 1794-1863 1
Kent, Patience W. (Patience Webster), d. 1924 1
Kent, William, fl. 1786-1806 1
Kersey, Jesse, 1768-1845 1
Kimber, Emmor, 1775-1850 1
Knight family 1
Knight, Elizabeth Knorr, 1814-1841 1
Knight, Lavinia Lloyd, 1816-1863 1
Lester family 1
Levick, William M., 1821-1874 1
Lloyd family 1
Longstreth family 1
Madison, Dolley 1768-1849 1
Marlborough Friends School (Marlborough, Pa. : Township) 1
Maulsby family 1
Moore, Tabitha B. Rowland, 1790-1817 1
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Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880 1
Ogden family 1
Ogden, Charles Smith, 1822- 1
Ogden, Emma Corbit, 1827-1874 1
Paschall family 1
Pearson family 1
Pennsgrove Soldiers Aid Society 1
Penrose family 1
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955) 1
Price family 1
Providence Friends Boarding School (Providence, R.I.) 1
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Sharples, Nathan H., 1779-1838 1
Sharpless family 1
Stephens, Annie R., 1839-1915 1
Stephens, Hannah W., 1797-1881 1
Stevens family 1
Townsend family 1
Townsend, Nicholas W., 1790-1818 1
Turner family 1
Turner, Joseph, III, 1831-1865 1
Turner, Joseph, Jr., 1790-1850 1
Turner, Rebecca Sinclair, 1795-1877 1
Turner, Richard Townsend, Jr., 1845-1908 1
Turner, Richard Townsend, 1819-1892 1
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