Call Number:

NY.J451

Repository:

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

Extent:

2.0 linear ft. (19 volumes)

Date:

1789-1972 (inclusive)

Creator:

Jericho Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Nassau County, N.Y.)

Abstract:

Records of Jericho Monthly Meeting, 1789-1953. Includes: men's, women's and joint minutes, 1789-1948; Vital records including births and deaths, 1811-88, membership 1796-1955, and marriages 1789-1972; Ministers and Elders records 1817-1953; Financial records 1817-1933; and a Weekend Conference register, 1911.

Jericho Monthly Meeting was established in 1789, set off from Westbury Monthly under Westbury Quarter. The Hicksite branch of the meeting remains active to date. The Orthodox branch was reportedly laid down in 8mo 1828, and its members were attached to Westbury, to be called Westbury and Jericho Monthly Meeting.

Records of Jericho Monthly Meeting, 1789-1953. Includes: men's, women's and joint minutes, 1789-1948; Vital records including births and deaths, 1811-88, membership 1796-1955, and marriages 1789-1972; Ministers and Elders records 1817-1953; Financial records 1817-1933; and a Weekend Conference register, 1911.

The first three volumes of minutes, 1789-1801, 1801-1827, and 1828-1853, also contain removals.

Divided into series: Minutes (men's and joint): 1.1 1789-1801, 1.2 1801-1827, 1.3 1828-1853, 1.4 1853-1908, 1.5 1908-1923, 1.6 1923-1938, 1.7 1938-1948; Women's minutes: 2.1 1800-1817, 2.2 1817-1840, 2.3 Women's Minutes, 1840-1890; Vital records: 3.1 Births and Deaths 1811-1888, 3.2 Membership 1796-1955, 3.3 Marriages 1789-1900, 3.4 Marriages 1790-1972; Ministers and Elders: 4.1 1817-1849, 4.2 1850-1898, 4.3 1898-1953; Financial records: 5.1 Account Book 1817-1880, 5.2 Account Book 1836-1933; Miscellaneous: 6.1 Weekend Conference Attendence Register 1911.