Call Number:

NY.S573

Repository:

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

Extent:

1.5 linear ft.

Date:

1705-2013 (inclusive)

Creator:

New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Shrewsbury and Plainfield Half-Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends and Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955). Shrewsbury and Rahway Quarterly Meeting of Friends (1827-1857)

Abstract:

Records of Shrewsbury and Plainfield Half-Yearly Meeting, 1705-2013 (known as Shrewbury and Plainfield Quarterly Meeting until 1891). Includes men's, women's, and joint minutes 1705-1972/1991-2013; Worship & Ministry minutes 1799-2013; and miscellaneous.

Shrewsbury and Rahway Quarterly Meeting was established in 1672. In 1828 it divided into Orthodox and Hicksite branches. The Orthodox branch affliiated with Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and was laid down in 1857. In 1891 the Hicksite branch became Shrewsbury and Rahway Half-Yearly Meeting and in 1892 it changed its name to Shrewsbury and Plainfield Half-Yearly Meeting, which body continues to the present day.

A quarterly meeting was established at Shrewsbury in 1672; it became part of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting in 1682. In 1786, the name of the quarterly meeting was changed to Shrewsbury and Rahway Quarterly Meeting. In 1828, it divided into Orthodox and Hicksite branches. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Orthodox) discontinued Shrewsbury and Rahway Quarterly Meeting in 1857; its members were attached to Burlington Quarterly Meeting (Orthodox).

The Hicksite quarterly meeting was transferred to New York Yearly Meeting (Hicksite) in 1833. In 1892, the Hicksite quarterly meeting became a half-yearly meeting, and in 1893, the name was changed to Shrewsbury and Plainfield Half-Yearly Meeting.

Records of Shrewsbury and Plainfield Half-Yearly Meeting, 1705-ongoing. Includes men's, women's, and joint minutes 1705-1972; Worship & Ministry minutes 1799-1992; and miscellaneous. This collection includes records pre-1828 Separation from the Shrewsbury and Rahway Quarterly Meeting, records from the Orthodox Quarterly Meeting between 1828 and 1857, and records from the Hicksite Quarterly Meeting between 1828 and 1891 when it became a Half-Yearly Meeting.

Divided into series: Men's and Joint Minutes: 1.1 1828-1921, 1.2 1921-44, 1.3 1944-58, 1.4 1958-63, 1.5 1964-66, 1.6 1967-72, 1.7 1829-57, 1.8 1705-57, 1.9 1757-1828, 1.10 1991-2012; Women's minutes: 2.1 1841-58, 2.2 1858-93, 2.3 1838-57, 2.4 1732-56; Ministers & Elders minutes: 3.1 1828-56, 3.2 1880-1907, 3.3 1908-51, 3.4 1951-62, 3.5 1962-72, 3.6 1972-80, 3.7 1973-90, 3.8 1980-92, 3.9-3.10 1799-1857, 3.11 1991-2013; Miscellaneous: 4.1 1880-85, 4.2 1885-1903, 4.3 1974-90, 4.4 1827-57, 4.5 Reports 1991-2013.