Call Number:

NY.C635

Repository:

Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Extent:

1.4 linear ft.

Date:

1820-2015 (inclusive)

Creator:

Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends of Collins (1955- : Collins, N.Y.)

Abstract:

Records of Collins Monthly Meeting and its predecessors, Collins Monthly Meeting (Orthodox and pre-Separation), Concord Monthly Meeting, and Hamburgh Monthly Meeting (Orthodox), 1820-ongoing. Includes: Minutes of Concord, Collins (Orthodox), and Collins Monthly Meeting, 1820-1964/2000-20011, minutes of Hamburgh Monthly Meeting (Orthodox), 1828-1846, vital records of Collins Monthly Meeting including births, deaths and marriages, 1841-1945, marriages and removals, 1832-65, and a membership register, 1885-1903, Ministers and Elders minutes, 1832-56, financial Records 1819-49 and 1910-22, and miscellaneous including Newsletter.

Eden Monthly Meeting was established in 1814, set off from Farmington Monthly Meeting. In 1820, Concord and Hamburgh Monthly Meetings were set off from Eden. The name of Concord Monthly Meeting was changed to Collins in 1823. Collins Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) became part of Genesee Yearly Meeting on its establishment in 1834, and was laid down in 1851; members were attached to Hamburgh which changed its name its name to East Hamburgh (Hicksite) in 1852, and to Orchard Park Monthly Meeting in 1958. The Orthodox branch of Hamburgh Monthly Meeting was laid down in 1846, and its members were attached to Collins (Orthodox). Collins Monthly Meeting remains active to date.

Records of Collins Monthly Meeting and its predecessors, Collins Monthly Meeting (Orthodox and pre-Separation), Concord Monthly Meeting, and Hamburgh Monthly Meeting (Orthodox), 1820-ongoing. Includes: Minutes of Concord, Collins (Orthodox), and Collins Monthly Meeting, 1820-1964/2000-2013, minutes of Hamburgh Monthly Meeting (Orthodox), 1828-1846, vital records of Collins Monthly Meeting including births, deaths and marriages, 1841-1945, marriages and removals, 1832-65, and a membership register, 1885-1903, Ministers and Elders minutes, 1832-56, financial Records 1819-49 and 1910-22, and miscellaneous including Newsletter.

Divided into series: Minutes (men's and joint): 1.1 1820-28; 1.2 1829-1832, 1.3 1832-38; 1.4 1838-43, 1.5 1839-46 (Hamburgh), 1.6 1849-61, 1.7 1861-76, 1.8 1876-1913, 1.9 1916-1964, 1.10 2000-2006, 1.11 2007-08, 1.12 2009, 1.13 2011, 1.14, 1.15 2012, 1.16 2013; Women's minutes: 2.1 1820-1830, 2.2 1828-44 (Hamburgh), 2.3 1830-1837, 2.4 1838-1845, 2.5 1845-1853, 2.6 1853-1868; Vital records: 3.1 Register 1885-1903; 3.2 Marriages and Removals 1832-65, 3.3 Births, Deaths and Marriages 1841-1945; Ministers and Elders records: 4.1 1832-56; Financial Records: 5.1 Treasurer's Book 1917-48; 5.2 Treasurer's Book 1910-18 (also includes Register, 1914), 5.3 Accounts 1849, 5.4 1819-46 (Hamburgh); Miscellaneous: 6.1 The Lamplighter 1979-83, 6.2 Newsletter 1990-91, 6.3 1914-84.