Call Number:

NY.R633

Repository:

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

Extent:

5 linear ft. (15 volumes and 4 folders)

Language:

English

Date:

1769-1916 (inclusive)

Creator:

Rochester Executive Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1886-1916 : Rochester, N.Y.) and Rochester Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : 1825-1828 : Rochester, N.Y.)

Abstract:

Records of Rochester Executive Meeting, 1825-1956. Includes men's, women's and joint minutes 1825-1916; vital records 1769-1915; Ministers' and Elders' minutes 1862-1913; and financial and property records, 1936-1956.

Rochester Monthly Meeting was set off in 1825 by Farmington Quarterly Meeting. It split into Orthodox and Hicksite branches in 1828. The Hicksite branch became an Executive Meeting in 1886. It was laid down in 1916 and the members attached to Farmington Executive Meeting.

Records of Rochester Executive Meeting, 1825-1916. Includes men's, women's and joint minutes 1825-1916; vital records 1769-1915; Ministers' and Elders' minutes 1862-1913; and financial and property records, 1836-1956.

Divided into series: Men's minutes : 1.1 1825-1843, 1.2 1844-1868, 1.3 Clerk's draft 1863-1865, 1.4 1868-1916; Women's minutes: 2.1 1825-1847, 2.2 1847-1881; Vital records: 3.1 register 1828-1848, 3.2 register 1772-1837, 3.3 register 1769-1915, 3.4 marriage intentions 1825-1850, 3.5 certificates 1825-1915, 3.6 removal certificates 1827-1888, 3.7 removal certificates 1837-1848,3.8 births 1830-32 and 1845; Ministers'and Elders: 4.1 1862-1913; Miscellaneous: 5.1 1841, 5.2 1836-97, 5.3 1892-1956, 5.4 1897.