Northern Quarterly Meeting (including Easton (Orthodox), Ferrisburgh, Glen Falls, and Saratoga (Orthodox)) Records
Scope and Contents
Records of Northern Quarterly Meeting (1975-1986) and its predecessors. This collection describes the records of Easton Quarterly Meeting (Orthodox), Saratoga Quarterly Meeting (Orthodox), Ferrisburgh Quarterly Meeting (Pre-Separation, Hicksite, Orthodox, and United), and Glen Falls Quarterly Meeting (Orthodox and United).
Records cover 1810 through 1986 with the bulk related to the immediate aftermath of the 1828 Separation as recorded by the Orthodox quarterly meetings.
Dates
- Creation: 1810 - 1986
Creator
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Northern Quarterly Meeting (Organization)
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Orthodox : 1828-1955). Easton Quarterly Meeting (1828-1835) (Organization)
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Orthodox : 1828-1955). Saratoga Quarterly Meeting (1828-1877) (Organization)
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Orthodox : 1828-1955). Glens Falls Quarterly Meeting (Organization)
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Glens Falls Quarterly Meeting (Organization)
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Ferrisburgh Quarterly Meeting (Organization)
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Hicksite : 1828-1955). Ferrisburgh Quarterly Meeting (Organization)
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Orthodox : 1828-1955). Ferrisburgh Quarterly Meeting of Friends (Organization)
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Biographical / Historical
In 1793 Saratoga Quarterly Meeting was established, set off from Nine Partners. Its name was changed to Easton in 1795. In 1810, Ferrisburgh Quarterly was set off from Easton. In 1815, Easton Quarterly Meeting set off a new Saratoga Quarterly Meeting.
The 1828 Separation cleaved Easton Quarterly, Ferrisburgh Quarterly, and Saratoga Quarterly into Orthodox and Hicksite branches. (Hicksite branches and Pre-Separation records of Easton and Saratoga are described in the finding aid for Easton and Saratoga Half Yearly).
The Orthodox branch of Easton Quarterly Meeting met from 1828-1835 under the name Easton Quarterly at Granville. In 1835 the meeting was laid down and members attached to the Orthodox branch of Saratoga Quarterly Meeting. In 1877, Saratoga Quarterly Meeting (Orthodox) changed its name to Glen Falls Quarterly Meeting.
Ferrisburgh Quarterly (Hicksite) was laid down in 1847. The Orthodox branch of Ferrisburgh Quarterly remained active through the reunification of New York Yearly Meeting in 1955. In 1975, Ferrisburgh Quarterly and Glen Falls Quarterly united to form Northern Quarterly Meeting.
In 1986, the Northern Quarter united with Easton and Saratoga Half Yearly and Quaker Street Regional to form Northeastern Regional Meeting, which remains active. Post-1986 records will be part of the Northeastern Regional Meeting collection.
Extent
0.75 linear ft. (8 volumes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Records of Northern Quarterly Meeting, including its predecessors in Ferrisburgh Quarterly, Glen Falls Quarterly, Easton (Orthodox) Quarterly, and Saratoga (Orthodox) Quarterly. Includes men's, women's, and joint minutes, and ministers and elders' minutes.
Arrangement
Divided into series by responsible Quarterly Meeting.
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.
In 2022, records from Ferrisburgh Quarterly Meeting (Hicksite) NY-F473 and Ferrisburgh Quarterly Meeting (Pre-Separation and United) NY-F477 were integrated into this collection to reflect its [original?] representation as "Northern Quarter" upon receipt in 1997.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposit,1997.
- Title
- Northern Quarterly Meeting (including Easton (Orthodox), Ferrisburgh, Glen Falls, and Saratoga (Orthodox)) 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
Revision Statements
- 2016: This electronic finding aid was updated in Summer 2016 by Abdulrezak Kemal in preparation for importing into ArchivesSpace, to conform to current markup standards and the ArchivesSpace data model.
- 2022: New acquisition (FHL-2021) incorporated, series were re-arranged from type of record to originating record creator, Ferrisburgh Quarterly Meetings were integrated to reflect Northern Quarter's administrative history
- 2024: Some new files added as part of a student backlog project summer 2024 for NYYM Found in Collection materials
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