Verona Monthly Meeting Records (including its predecessor Bridgewater (Hicksite))
Scope and Contents
Records of Verona Monthly Meeting and its predecessor Bridgewater Monthly Meeting (Hicksite), 1817-1880. Includes minutes, 1828-80, and vital records, 1817-52.
Dates
- Creation: 1817 - 1880
Creator
- Verona Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Organization)
- Constantia Preparative Meeting of Friends (Constantia, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Bridgewater Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Hicksite : 1828-1840) (Organization)
Biographical / Historical
Bridgewater Monthly Meeting was established in 1817. In 1828, it divided into Hicksite and Orthodox branches. The Hicksite branch, which joined with Genesee Yearly Meeting, changed its name to Verona Monthly Meting in 1840 and was laid down in 1880.
The records of the Orthodox branch of Bridgewater, which continues today as the united Westmoreland Monthly Meeting, is described separately.
Extent
.75 linear ft. (5 volumes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Records of Verona Monthly Meeting and its predecessor Bridgewater Monthly Meeting (Hicksite). Includes minutes, 1828-80, and vital records, 1817-52.
Arrangement
Divided into series: Men's Minutes: 1.1 1828-38, 1.2 1839-61, 1.3 1861-80, 1.4 1834 (recopied); Women's Minutes: 2.1 1842-70; Vital Records: 3.1 Marriages and Removals 1817-52. Notes Vol.1.2 contains minutes of Westmoreland Preparative Meeting, 1826-28. Vol.3.1 includes a list of members of Constantia Preparative Meeting in 1853 and deaths to 1880.
Physical Location
This collection is stored at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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