Call Number:

NY.P491

Repository:

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

Extent:

1 linear ft. (5 volumes)

Language:

English

Date:

1799-1867 (inclusive)

Creator:

Peru Monthly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1828-1867 : Peru, N.Y.) and Peru Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : 1799-1828 : Peru, N.Y.)

Abstract:

Records of Peru Monthly Meeting, 1799-1867 (Pre-Separation and Hicksite). Includes men's minutes 1828-67, women's minutes 1799-1866, vital records 1799-1839, and property records 1838.

Peru Monthly Meeting was set off from Danby Monthly Meeting by Saratoga (later Easton) Quarterly Meeting in 1799. In 1810 it became part of Ferrisburgh Quarterly Meeting. In 1828 it divided into Hicksite and Orthodox branches. The Hicksite branch was attached to Easton Quarterly Meeting when Ferrisburgh Quarterly Meeting was laid down in 1846, and continued until it was laid down in 1867; its members were attached to Saratoga Monthly Meeting.

Records of Peru Monthly Meeting, 1799-1867. Includes men's minutes 1828-67, women's minutes 1799-1866, vital records 1799-1839, and property records 1838.

Divided into series: Minutes: 1.1 1828-67; Women's minutes: 2.1 1799-1833, 2.2 1833-66; Vital records: 3.1 marriage and removal certificates 1799-1839, 3.2 marriage intentions (digest) 1799-1833; Finance and Property: 4.1 Correspondence re: division of property 1838.