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Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- Bucks County

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:

Bristol Monthly Meeting Records

 Collection — Othertype SW/Ph/B750
Identifier: QM-Ph-B750
Scope and Contents

Records of Bristol Monthly Meeting include: Minutes, 1874-1978 and 1990-2016; vital records, 1873-2017; Women's minutes, 1874-1880; minutes of the meeting of Ministers and Elders, 1882-1918; minutes of the meeting of Ministry and Counsel, 1919-1935; loose marriage papers, 1875; financial papers relating to burial lot funds, 1933-1938; deeds, 1909-1926 and n.d.; and other fiancial and miscellaneous papers, 1873-2017.

Dates: 1862-2017

Bristol Preparative Meeting Records

 Collection
Identifier: QM-Ph-B770
Scope and Contents

Records of Bristol Preparative Meeting (Hicksite), include: minutes, 1777-1933; women's minutes, 1861-1877; burial records, 1832-1863; account book, 1821-1926; queries, ca. 1777; deeds and property papers, 1711-1803; papers concerning Desborough property dispute, 1913-1915; miscellaneous papers, 1783-1818 & 1869; Bristol Friends' School account book, 1875-1912.

Dates: 1711-1933

Buckingham Monthly Meeting Records

 Collection
Identifier: QM-Ph-B800
Scope and Contents Records of the pre-Separation and Hicksite Buckingham Monthly Meeting include: minutes, 1720-1979/1998-2000/2004-09, and born-digital minutes for 2010-2022; vital records, 1693-1988; Women's minutes, 1722-1891; Ministers and Elders' minutes, 1787-1815, 1867-1928; First Day School records, 1876-1964; School Committee papers, 1790 & 1878-1950; Epistles received, 1791-1848; and miscellaneous papers, 1899 and 1923. Records of Orthodox meetings, 1747-1897, include: minutes 1827-1897; vital...
Dates: 1694 - 2022

Buckingham Preparative Meeting Records

 Collection — Othertype SW/Ph/B820
Identifier: QM-Ph-B820
Scope and Contents

Records include: minutes of the Hicksite men's meeting and joint meeting, 1847-1955; minutes of the pre-separation and Hicksite women's meeting, 1823-25, 1846-78; a Hicksite treasurer's book, 1876-1926; minute books of the Orthodox men's meeting, 1871 9mo 27-1881 2mo 2, 1881 3mo 2, 1891 1mo 28; and minute books of the Orthodox women's meeting, 1827 9mo26-1849 5mo2, 1875 3mo31-1887 2mo2.

Dates: 1823-1955

Bucks Auxiliary Bible Association of Friends (Bucks County, Pa.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-011
Abstract The Bucks Auxiliary Bible Association of Friends, a Quaker Bible distribution society, located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, was established in 2nd month, 1830, under the Bible Association of Friends in America. Its purpose was to supply “Friends and others with the Holy Scripture, “to encourage “the frequent and serious perusal of them”, and to promote “a more accurate knowledge of their invaluable contents”. All subscriptions collected by the Auxiliary were turned over to the parent body,...
Dates: 1830-1845

Bucks Quarterly Meeting Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: QM-Ph-B860
Scope and Contents Records include: minutes of the men's meeting, 1684-1827; minutes of the Hicksite meeting, 1827–1955 (with joint men and women's sessions beginning in 1893); minutes of the Orthodox meeting, 1827-1898; minutes of the United meeting since 1955; Hicksite women's meeting minutes, 1685-1893; Orthodox women’s meeting minutes, 1827-1898; records of births and deaths, 1680-1711; marriage records, 1683-1696; removals, 1682-1743; acknowledgements, 1683-1716; record of manumissions, 1776-1793;...
Dates: 1680 - 2023

Byberry Preparative Meeting Records

 Collection — Othertype SW/Ph/B920
Identifier: QM-Ph-B920
Scope and Contents

Records include: minutes of the pre-Separation and the Hicksite meetings, 1756-1919; minutes of the pre-Separation and Hicksite women's meeting, 1770-1897; Hicksite financial records; records of the School Fund Trustees; records of the School Association, and more.

Dates: 1682-1920

Doylestown Monthly Meeting Records

 Collection
Identifier: QM-Ph-D630
Scope and Contents

The records include minutes (including minutes from Doylestown Indulged Meeting 1946-1950 prior to being set off as a Monthly Meeting), inactive member records, and newsletters.

Dates: 1940 - 2020

Falls Preparative Meeting Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: QM-Ph-F370
Scope and Contents

Records of Falls Preparative Meeting, 1680-1890, as follows: pre-Separation men's minutes, 1765-1827; Hicksite men's minutes, 1827-1890; Orthodox women's minutes, 1873-1880; pre-Separation and Hicksite account books.

Dates: 1765-1890

Fallsington Friends and Falls Monthly Meetings Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: QM-Ph-F350
Scope and Contents

Records include: minutes since 1683; vital records, 1680-1960; Hicksite women's meeting minutes, 1683-1819 & 1827-1891 and Orthodox women's minutes, 1820-1918; Hicksite ministers and elders' minutes, 1756-1904 and Orthodox ministers and elders' minutes, 1859-1923; school committee minutes, 1823-1855; miscellaneous papers.

Dates: 1680 - 2007