deeds

Palmer Genealogical Manuscript and Deeds

Collection

Identifier: SFHL-RG5-111

Abstract The Palmer family was a Quaker family descended from John and Christian Palmer, who settled in Bucks County, Pennsylvania., in 1683. Sarah M. Fell (1824-1911), who compiled the genealogy, was a Hicksite Quaker from Wilmington, Delaware, and a Palmer descendent. The collection contains a family genealogy compiled by Sarah Moore Fell (1822-1911) in 1898, pictures, and an accompanying index compiled in 1966. The collection also contains some Bucks County property records including deeds and...

Dates: 1722-1966 [bulk 1898}

Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

William Penn facsimilies

Collection

Identifier: HC.MC-975-11-030

Scope and Content note

This collection is comprised of the single volume of the facsimiles of the papers of William and Hannah Penn, including correspondence and deeds.

Dates: Undated

Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Sansom Perot papers

Collection

Identifier: HC.MC-950-147

Abstract

This collection is comprised of the correspondence, financial records, and legal records of Sansom Perot Morris. The collection includes hand drawn maps of property, copies of Sansom Perot's will, loose financial documents, rent contracts, deeds, and correspondence.

Dates: 1842-1872

Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Reinhardt, Hawley and Hewes family papers

Collection

Identifier: HC.MC-1216

Abstract The Reinhardt, Hawley, Hewes and Meredith families are tied together through marriage and their Quaker faith across multiple generations. William Dell Reinhardt, a University of Pennsylvania graduate and doctor, married Rebecca Hawley, a teacher. They had six children: Jesse Hawley Reinhardt, Mary Bailey Reinhardt, Esther Meredith Reinhardt, Lydia Ludwig Reinhardt, Elizabeth Christina Reinhardt, and David Jones Reinhardt. David Jones Reinhardt married Anna Margaret Hewes in 1896. These...

Dates: 1762-1955

Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Sarah Wistar Rhoads family papers

Collection

Identifier: HC.MC-1211

Abstract The Sarah Wistar Rhoads family papers indicate strong relationships and family ties that spanned the 19th and 20th centuries. Sarah Wistar Rhoads (1839-1920) married William Gibbons Rhoads (1838-1880) on November 28, 1866. At that time, the Rhoads, Gibbons and Wistar families began corresponding, the result being an outstanding collection illustrating family support, friendship and love. These papers include correspondence, financial records, diaries and journals, memorabilia, classwork and...

Dates: Bulk, 1824-1930 1824-1963; Majority of material found within 1824 - 1930

Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Roberts Family papers

Collection

Identifier: HC.MC-960

Abstract

Letters, diaries, genealogical material and legal papers of the 19th century Quaker Roberts, Hooton and related families.

Dates: 1709 - 1937

Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Shoemaker Family Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: SFHL-RG5-138

Abstract

Contains one folder of business papers from the Shoemaker family, Quakers of Philadelphia and Pike County, Pennsylvania. Includes deeds, inventory, and appraisement papers.

Dates: 1831-1878

Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Mary Williams Shoemaker Papers

Collection

Identifier: SFHL-RG5-139

Abstract Mary Williams Shoemaker (1861-1953) was a Quaker philanthropist from Germantown, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Franklin and Mary (Williams) Shoemaker. The collection contains chiefly journals (1934-1945) and correspondence (1914-1953) relating to Shoemaker's support of Quaker historical, educational, and social service agencies; together with correspondence of her brother, Thomas Howard Shoemaker (1851-1936), relating to his historical interests and civic activities. Includes deeds...

Dates: 1860-1957

Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College