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Fairfax Monthly Meeting Records
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Friends of Monocacy and Fairfax Preparative Meetings were given leave by Concord Quarterly Meeting to establish a monthly meeting in 8mo 1744. It first met in 6mo 1745, alternating between Fairfax and Monocacy meeting houses. The meeting continued to grow and Pipe Creek was set off as a monthly meeting in 1776; it included the Friends in Monocacy. In 1785, Fairfax was divided into two, Fairfax Monthly Meeting and a newly-established Goose Creek Monthly Meeting. At that time, Fairfax Monthly Meeting came under Warrington and Fairfax Quarterly Meeting. In 1787, the meeting remained under Fairfax Quarterly Meeting when Warrington and Fairfax Quarterly Meeting was reorganized. In 1789, the meeting was transferred from Philadelphia to Baltimore Yearly Meeting. During the Separation of 1828, the meeting remained with the Hicksite branch of Friends. The small number of Orthodox became part of Hopewell (Orthodox) by 1830. Fairfax faced a continued loss of membership to westward migration during the nineteenth century, and the meeting was laid down in 1926.
Records of Fairfax Monthly Meeting, 1718-1941. Includes men's and joint minutes 1745-1929, women's minutes 1745-1889, vital records 1722-1924, financial and property records 1929-39, and miscellaneous 1718-1800.
Divided into series: 1.Men's and Joint Minutes; 2.Women's Minutes; 3.Vital Records; 4.Financial and Property Records; 5.Miscellaneous.
The Meeting was informally known as Waterford. Vol. 1.1 includes handwritten copies of first few pages. Vol 1.4 includes a sketch of Fairfax Meetinghouse and a copy of the resignation of the meeting's trustees. Vol. 3.1 includes marriages, births, and deaths. Vol. 3.3 includes the traveling certificates of Jacob and Sarah Janney. Vol. 3.9 includes marriages, births, deaths, removals, and list of burials in Fairfax Meeting graveyard. Vol. 3.11 includes a membership certificate of Frederic Stabler. Vol. 5.1 includes misc. papers from Monocacy Preparative Meeting.
Also available in microfilm, for use in the Library only: MR-B117-119, 121
Deposit, Baltimore Yearly Meeting.
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- Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
- Finding Aid Date
- 2005
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Collection is open for research. Access may be provided via digital or microfilm copy, per repository policy.
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Collection Inventory
Includes handwritten copies of first few pages
Available on microfilm in the following location:
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B117
1 vol.; 33.5 cm
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location:
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B117
1 vol.; 34 cm
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location:
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B119
1 vol.; 33 cm
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
There is a gap in the minutes between 5th mo 1926 and 10th mo 1929 from when the meeting was laid down to its last meeting. Includes a sketch of Fairfax Meetinghouse, 1805, and a copy of the resignation of the meeting's trustees, 1929 (loose sheets).
Available on microfilm in the following location:
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B118
1 vol.; 42 cm
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location:
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B119
1 vol.; 35 cm
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location:
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B119
1 vol.; 32 cm
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location:
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B119
1 vol.; 32.5 cm
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location:
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B119
1 vol.; 32 cm
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location:
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B119
1 vol.; 34 cm
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Some dates precede the establishment of Fairfax Monthly Meeting.
Physical Description1 vol.; 38.5 cm
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Title page marked: "Records of Births Marriages Deaths of the Members of Fairfax Monthly Meeting at Waterford Loudown County Virginia." Includes marriages, births, and deaths.
Available on microfilm in the following location:
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B118
1 vol.; 38.5 cm
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Includes the traveling certificates of Jacob and Sarah Janney.
Physical Description1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Includes twenty-three original cerficates received.
Physical Description1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Includes eleven original certificates received and sent.
Physical Description1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Includes the certificates for the marriages of Thomas Dodd to Sarah Sample, Joseph Wilkinson to Elizabeth Gregg, Benjamin Hough Canby to Sarah Taylor, and Jacob Sands to Esther Brown.
Physical Description1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Includes forty-five original certificates received.
Physical Description1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Includes certificate of disownment for Ruth Brown Nipten.
Physical Description1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Includes marriages, births, deaths, removals, and list of burials in Fairfax Meeting graveyard
Available on microfilm in the following location:
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B118
1 vol.; 27 cm
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Title page marked: "Fairfax M.M. Certificates of Removal 1783-1909." Includes removals sent.
Available on microfilm in the following location:
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B121
1 vol.; 33.5 cm
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Title page marked: "Record of Marriage Certificates Fairfax Monthly Meeting." Includes a membership certificate of Frederic Stabler (page 101).
Available on microfilm in the following location:
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B118
1 vol.; 32.5 cm
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Includes an epistle concerning the establishment of Goose Creek Monthly Meeting and a copy of the corresponding minutes from Concord Quarterly Meeting.
Physical Description1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College