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DeRuyter Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) Records

 Collection
Identifier: QM-NY-D453

Scope and Contents

Records of DeRuyter Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) and its pre-Separation predecessor, 1809-1886. Includes: Minutes, 1820-1886, women's minutes, 1842-1880, births & deaths, 1811-1848, marriages, 1809-1861, marriages & removals, 1809-1862, and minutes of the meeting of Ministers and Elders, 1869-1881.

Dates

  • Creation: 1809-1886

Creator

Language of Materials

These records are entirely in English

Conditions Governing Access

Where available, access is through microfilm.

Conditions Governing Use

Information on reproduction policies available in the library.

Biographical / Historical

DeRuyter Monthly Meeting was established in 1809, set off from Duanesburg Monthly Meeting. It was set off to Farmington Quarterly Meeting on its establishment in 1810 (was previously under Stanford Quarterly) and then to Scipio Quarterly in 1825. The Hicksite branch of this meeting was laid down after 1886. The Orthodox branch was laid down around 1848.

Extent

0.5 linear ft. (7 volumes)

Abstract

Records of DeRuyter Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) and its pre-Separation predecessor, 1809-1886. Includes: Minutes, 1820-1886, women's minutes, 1842-1880, births & deaths, 1811-1848, marriages, 1809-1861, marriages & removals, 1809-1862, and minutes of the meeting of Ministers and Elders, 1869-1881.

Arrangement

Divided into series: Minutes (men's & joint); 1.1 1820-1852, 1.2 1853-1886; Women's minutes: 2.1 1842-1880; Vital records: 3.1 Births and Deaths 1811-1848, 3.2 Marriages 1809-1861, 3.3 Marriages and Removals, 1809-1862; Ministers & Elders: 4.1 1869-1881.

Physical Location

This collection is stored at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.

Custodial History

Transferred from Haviland Records Room by NYYM in 1997.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Deposit, 1997.

Existence and Location of Copies

Minutes, 1820-48, women's minutes, 1842-80, and marriages & removals, 1810-62 also available in microfilm, for use in the repository only: MR-NY 31.

Title
DeRuyter Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) Records
Author
Inventory prepared by: FHL Staff
Date
2007
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Find It at the Library

Most of the materials in this catalog are not digitized and can only be accessed in person. Please see our website for more information about visiting or requesting repoductions from Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College Library