Montgomery County (Pa.) -- Genealogy

Scope and Contents Records of Abington Monthly Meeting and its predecessors since 1670. Included of the Pre-Separation and Hicksite records: minutes of the men's meeting and later, of joint sessions with women; minutes of the women's meeting; registers of births and deaths; marriage and membership records through the present day; certificates of removal, disownments, etc.; epistles received and other miscellaneous papers. The records of the Orthodox branch of Abington Monthly Meeting...

Scope and Contents

Records of the Cheltenham Monthly Meeting and its Orthodox predecessor, Abington Monthly Meeting, 1713-1980, as follows: Orthodox vital records, 1827-2007; Orthodox/United Men’s and Joint minutes, 1827-2007; Women's minutes, 1827-1903; records of Worship & Ministry and its predecessors, 1713-1988; Financial records, 1922-2008; Property records, 1907-2007; Miscellaneous, 1913-2008; newsletter.

Scope and Contents Records of Gwynedd Monthly Meeting, 1690-ongoing.Early records include: Hicksite births and deaths, 1690-1921; Orthodox births and deaths, 1720-1889; Hicksite marriages, 1715-1917; Orthodox marriages, 1828-1930; Hicksite removals, 1801-1924; Orthodox removals, 1828-1867; minutes, 1715-1812; Hicksite minutes, 1813-1984; Orthodox minutes, 1827-1936; women's minutes, 1717-1818; Hicksite women’s minutes, 1827-1897; Orthodox women’s minutes, 1818-1897; ministers and elders minutes,...

Scope and Contents

Records of Gwynedd Preparative Meeting, 1784-1974, as follows: Hicksite and United men’s minutes, 1798-1974; Orthodox men’s minutes, 1827-1852; Hicksite women's minutes, 1798-1892; minutes and other papers of Gwynedd First Day School, 1881-1936; account books and other financial records, 1784-1910; property records, 1807-1808; account books of Gwynedd Friends' School trustees, 1822-1892.

Scope and Contents

Records of Haverford Monthly Meeting, 1838-2002, include: records of burials, 1838-1977; marriage and membership records, 1904-2002; men’s and joint meeting minutes, 1904-1996; women's minutes, 1904-1910; Ministers and Elders and Worship and Ministry minutes, 1905-1969; account books, 1905-1958; property records, 1834-1982.

Scope and Contents

Records of Horsham Monthly Meeting, 1713-1996, include: records of births and deaths, 1713-1901; marriage and membership records, 1713-1992; removals issued and received, 1783-1940; men’s and joint meeting minutes, 1782-1996; Orthodox men’s meeting minutes, 1827-1828; Hicksite women's minutes, 1782-1793, 1819-1885; Ministers and Elders minutes, 1786-1964; account books, 1782-1956; Hicksite and United Overseers' minutes, 1846-1976; School Committee minutes and account books, 1783-1895.

Overview

The Knight family was a Quaker family from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The collection contains chiefly legal and business papers of Jacob P. Tyson, his wife, Mary B. Michener Tyson, and others. Also contains family correspondence, wills, deeds, estate papers, biographical and genealogical materials, marriage certificates, memorabilia, printed material, and pictures. Includes material relating to the Michener and Warner families.

Scope and Contents

Records of the Hicksite preparative meeting and of its predecessor, the pre-Separation preparative meeting. Included are: minutes,1702-1705, 1832-1834, 1854-1859, 1862-1951; burials, 1682-1919 and 1918-1929; deaths 1702-1808; membership, 1848-1887 and 1929-1930; women's minutes, 1819-1836 and 1848-1884; financial and property records; and miscellaneous papers.

Scope and Contents

Records include minutes, including the minutes of Gwynedd Monthly Meeting (Hicksite)'s Joint Committee with charge of Norristown Indulged Meeting (1852-186) and the men's, women's, and joint minutes of Norristown Preparative Meeting (1861-1935). In addition to minute books, collection includes property records (including related to the construction of the Norristown Meeting House), account books, and First Day School records.

Scope and Contents

Records include: Hicksite minutes, 1812-1866.