Salem Quarterly Meeting (N.J.) Records

In 1682, two quarterly meetings were established in New Jersey: one at Burlington and one at Salem. In its early years, Salem Quarterly Meeting was sometimes called Salem and Newton Quarterly Meeting, and was referred to as Gloucester and Salem Quarterly Meeting beginning in 1723.

In 1794, there were many meetings reporting to Salem Quarterly Meeting and a new quarterly meeting, Haddonfield, was set off from it. After the division, the new Haddonfield Quarterly Meeting included the monthly meetings for Evesham, Upper Evesham, Haddonfield, Great Egg Harbor, and Cape May. The monthly meetings of Woodbury, Pilesgrove, Salem, and Greenwich remained with Salem Quarterly Meeting.

The 1828 Separation split Salem Quarterly Meeting (and its monthly meetings) into Orthodox and Hicksite branches, although the majority of members affiliated with the Hicksite branch. In 1904, the Orthodox Salem Quarterly Meeting was laid down and its remaining members and meetings were transferred to the Orthodox Haddonfield Quarterly Meeting, which was renamed Haddonfield and Salem Quarterly Meeting.

After the reunion of the Hicksite and Orthodox Philadelphia Yearly Meetings, their quarterly meetings were realigned. Salem Quarterly Meeting (United) was determined to comprise the monthly meetings of Greenwich, Mickleton, Mullica Hill, Salem, Salem (at Woodstown), Woodbury, and Woodstown.

Salem Quarterly Meeting is an active meeting.