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Hopewell Centre Monthly Meeting Records

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Hopewell Monthly Meeting was established in 1735 by Chester Quarterly Meeting and was comprised of Opequan and Providence Meetings. During the Separation of 1828, the meeting was divided. A small number of Friends from Hopewell sided with the Orthodox branch and established Hopewell Monthly Meeting (Orthodox) by 1830. Both the Hicksite and Orthodox branches continued to use the meeting house, each meeting using one half of the building. In 1954, Hopewell Monthly Meeting, Orthodox merged with the Hicksite branch, forming Hopewell Monthly Meeting, United. In 1999, Hopewell Monthly Meeting and Winchester Centre Meeting merged to form a new body, Hopewell Centre Monthly Meeting; they meet in the old Hopewell meeting house.

In 1790 all meetings in Northern Virginia, Western Maryland, Nottingham Quarter, and meetings farther west in Pennsylvania were assigned to Baltimore Yearly Meeting.

Records of Hopewell Centre and Hopewell Monthly Meetings, 1754-ongoing. Includes men's and joint minutes 1759-1963, women's minutes 1813-1902, vital records 1754-1942, and miscellaneous 1778, 1851-1887, 1992-93.

Divided into series: 1.Men's and Joint Minutes; 2.Women's Minutes; 3.Vital Records; 4.Miscellaneous.

The earliest minutes of Hopewell Monthly Meeting, 1735-1759, were destroyed by fire in the eighteenth century.

Vol. 1.1 includes abstracts to minutes of West River (see Sandy Spring), Fairfax, and Crooked Run Monthly Meetings. Vol. 1.2 includes a report from a committee from Redstone. Vol. 1.6 includes a list of trustees, misc. committee reports and certificate of disownment. Vol. 1.7 includes misc. correspondence. Vol. 1.15 includes David Lupton's Queries. Vol. 2.3 includes certificate of disownment and removal. Vol. 3.3 includes births and deaths (indexed). Vol. 1.16 includes minutes following reunification of the meeting in 1961.

Deposit, Baltimore Yearly Meeting.

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Subject
Place

Publisher
Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Date
2005
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research. Access may be provided via digital or microfilm copy, per repository policy.

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Collection Inventory

RG2/B/H671 1.1. Minutes (abstracts), 1759-1851.
Scope and Contents

This volume also includes abstracts to minutes of West River Monthly Meeting (1611 - 1817), Fairfax Monthly Meeting (1745 - 1845), and Crooked Run Monthly Meeting (1782 - 1807).

Physical Description

1 vol.; 27 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/H671 1.2. Minutes, 1759-1776.
Scope and Contents

Includes minutes from 1748 and report from a committee from Redstone (loose sheets).

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B144
Physical Description

1 vol.; 33 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/H671 1.3. Minutes, 1777-1791.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B144
Physical Description

1 vol.; 32.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/H671 1.4. Minutes, 1791-1811.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B144
Physical Description

1 vol.; 33.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/H671 1.5. Minutes, 1811-1851.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B146
Physical Description

1 vol.; 32.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

HC.BM.H671.02.001 (1116/102). Minutes, 1830-1834.
Box 49
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Haverford: No Film
  2. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B156
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BM.H671.02.002 (1116/102). Minutes, 1834-1856.
Box 49
Scope and Contents

Includes index.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Haverford: No Film
  2. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B156
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

RG2/B/H671 1.6. Minutes, 1851-1913.
Scope and Contents

Includes list of trustees (1867), misc. committee reports (1817, 1827, 1833-1834), and certificate of disownment (1857) (loose sheets).

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B146
Physical Description

1 vol.; 35 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

HC.BM.H671.02.003 (1116/108). Minutes (rough), 1853-1863.
Box 49
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Haverford: No Film
  2. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B156
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BM.H671.02.006 (1116/105). Minutes, 1856-1895.
General

Items laid in.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Haverford: No Film
  2. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B156
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

RG2/B/H671 1.7. Minutes (rough), 1857-1858.
Scope and Contents

Rough minutes (copied in Minutes, 1851-1913). Includes extract of minutes of Alexandria Monthly Meeting (1858) and misc. correspondence (loose sheets).

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B147
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/H671 1.8. Minutes (rough), 1861-1864.
Scope and Contents

Title page marked: "Hopewell Monthly Meeting 1861 - 1864 Men's Minutes." Rough minutes.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B147
Physical Description

1 vol.; 17.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/H671 1.9. Minutes (rough), 1872-1882.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B147
Physical Description

1 vol.; 17 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

HC.BM.H671.02.007 (1116/107). Minutes, 1895-1918.
Box 50
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Haverford: No Film
  2. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B156
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BM.H671.02.004 (1116/108). Minutes (rough), 1897-1907.
General

One pkg. contains three volumes.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Haverford: No Film
  2. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B156
Physical Description

1 pkg.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

RG2/B/H671 1.10. Minutes (rough), 1902-1912.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B148
Physical Description

1 vol.; 20 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/H671 1.11. Minutes (rough), 1912-1921.
Scope and Contents

Title page marked: "Hopewell Monthly Meeting Minutes 1912 - 1921 Men's."

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B146
Physical Description

1 vol.; 23 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/H671 1.12. Minutes, 1913-1946.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B149
Physical Description

1 vol.; 37 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/H671 1.13. Minutes, 1922-1929.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B148
Physical Description

1 vol.; 23 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

HC.BM.H671.02.005 (1116/108). Minutes (rough), 1926-1934.
Box 50
General

Items laid in.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Haverford: No Film
  2. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B150
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

RG2/B/H671 1.14. Minutes, 1930-1939.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B149
Physical Description

1 vol.; 23 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/H671 1.15. Minutes, 1939-1953.
Scope and Contents

Includes David Lupton's Queries (1790, loose booklet).

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B149
Physical Description

1 vol.; 25 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/H671 1.16. Minutes, 1954-1963.
Scope and Contents

SW also has microfilm of volumes 1963-69 and 1970-78 on reel MR-B108.

Physical Description

1 vol.; 29 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/H671 2.1. Minutes, 1813-1816.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B147
Physical Description

1 vol.; 20 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/H671 2.2. Minutes, 1829-1835.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B143
Physical Description

1 vol.; 22 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

HC.BM.H671.03.001 (1116/109). Minutes, 1830-1887.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Haverford: No Film
  2. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B150
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

RG2/B/H671 2.3. Minutes, 1847-1856.
Scope and Contents

Includes certificate of disownment and removal received.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B147
Physical Description

1 vol.; 17 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/H671 2.4. Minutes, 1847-1866.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B147
Physical Description

1 vol.; 17.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

HC.BM.H671.03.002 (1116/109). Minutes, 1856-1888.
Box 50
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Haverford: No Film
  2. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B150
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

RG2/B/H671 2.5. Minutes, 1866-1876.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B147
Physical Description

1 vol.; 20 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/H671 2.6. Minutes, 1876-1889.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B147
Physical Description

1 vol.; 19.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/H671 2.7. Minutes, 1894-1902.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B148
Physical Description

1 vol.; 17.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/H671 3.7. Abstract of births, deaths, and marriages, 1758-1869.
Scope and Contents

Indexed abstracts, compiled in 1869, of Hopewell Monthly Meeting vital records (first births / deaths, then marriages) arranged alphabetically.

From flyleaf: "Hopewell Monthly Meeting Records Copied by Gilbert Cope and recopied by M. [Minshall] Painter May 1870. Taken from the Records in care of Jonah Lupton 4 or 5 miles from Winchester, Va. July 26+27 1869. Arranged alphabetically for more ready reference. G.C."

Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Pre-Separation/Hicksite

RG2/B/H671 3.1. Births and Burials, c1754-c1884.
Scope and Contents

Title page marked: "B & B Hopewell Monthly Mtg. of Friends 1754-1877." See also: Membership, 1801-1939.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B143
Physical Description

1 vol.; 32 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/H671 3.2. Marriages, 1758-1942.
Scope and Contents

Indexed. Includes births and deaths (1671-1816).

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B79
Physical Description

1 vol.; 34 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/H671 3.. Index to Marriages, 1758-1942.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B143
Physical Description

1 vol.; 32 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/H671 3.4. Removals, 1778-1805.
Scope and Contents

Includes removals sent.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B143
Physical Description

1 vol.; 20.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

B22B. Visitation Records, 1785-1803.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Haverford: B22B
Physical Description

Microfilm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

RG2/B/H671 3.5. Membership, 1801-1939.
Scope and Contents

Title page marked: "Record of Membership Hopewell Monthly Meeting" Includes births, deaths, marriages, and removals.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B143
Physical Description

1 vol.; 27.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/H671 3.6. Removals, 1823-1890.
Scope and Contents

Includes removals sent (indexed).

Physical Description

1 vol.; 20.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

HC.BM.H671.01.001 (1116/100). Membership, 1828-1896.
Box 50
Scope and Contents

Includes marriages, 1833-1887.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Haverford: No Film
  2. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B156 (1828-1887)
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BM.H671.04.001 (1116/108). Meeting of Ministry and Oversight Minutes (rough), 1886-1907.
Box 50
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

RG2/B/H671 4.1. Subscription for the Benefit of the Indians, 1778 1mo 6.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

HC.BM.H671.05.001 (1116/Box 6). Hoge Copy Book, 1851-1852.
Box 50
Scope and Contents

Copy book (the burned book) of James Mahlon Hoge and his sister Josephine. There is also a sketchbook with pencil drawings of "Pleasant Valley" and other subjects.

Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BM.H671.05.002 (1116/Box 6). Miscellaneous Papers, 1852-1887.
Box 50
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous papers includes correspondences and photocopied pages of an Account Book of Isaac C. Hoge (brother of James M. and Josephine Hoge). Photo copies of the account book records the opening of Lincoln Meeting, 1878.

Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

RG2/B/H671 4.2. A Newsletter from Hopewell Friends Meeting, 1992-1993.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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