Call Number:

NY.S383

Repository:

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

Extent:

3 linear ft. (11 volumes and 3 folders)

Language Note:

These records are entirely in English

Date:

1775-1924 (inclusive)

Creator:

Scipio Executive Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1886-1924 : Scipio, N.Y.) and Scipio Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : 1808-1828 : Scipio, N.Y.)

Abstract:

Records of Scipio Executive Meeting of Friends (Hicksite) and its predecessor Scipio Monthly Meeting of Friends. Includes minutes 1827-1924, vital records 1775-1924, and miscellaneous 1824-1917.

Scipio Monthly Meeting was established in 1808 under Easton Quarterly Meeting. In 1828it divided into Hicksite and Orthodox branches. The Hicksite branch began to meet in joint sessions as Scipio Executive Meeting of Friends in 1886, which body continued until it was laid down in 1924.

Records of Scipio Executive Meeting of Friends (Hicksite) and its predecessor Scipio Monthly Meeting of Friends. Includes minutes 1827-1924, vital records 1775-1924, and miscellaneous 1824-1917.

Divided into series: Men's and Joint Minutes: 1.1 1838-56, 1.2 1856-1924, 1.3 1813-1893; Women's Minutes: 2.1 1827-52, 2.2 1852-69, 2.3 1870-86; Vital Records: 3.1 Register 1775-1921, 3.2 Removals 1825-35, 3.3 Removals/Marriages 1828-1924, 3.4 Births and Deaths 1828-68; Ministers' and Elders' Minutes: 4.1 1840-87, 4.2 1887-94; Miscellaneous: 5.1 1824-60, 5.2 1913-17.