Call Number:

NYPR.S385

Repository:

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

Extent:

3 linear ft. (12 volumes)

Date:

1845-1955 (inclusive)

Creator:

Scipio 4-Months Meeting of Friends (Conservative : 1947-1954 : Poplar Ridge, N.Y.)

Abstract:

Records of the Conservative Wilburite Scipio 4-Months Meeting and its predecessor Scipio Monthly Meeting. Includes the minutes of the Otisites and Kingites. Includes minutes (men's, women's and joint) 1847-1955; vital records 1845-1954; and minutes of the meeting of Ministers' and Elders', 1923-51.

Scipio Monthly Meeting was established in 1808 under Easton Quarter. After the Separation of 1828 there was another separation in the Orthodox Meeting in 1847, resulting in Orthodox and Wilburite (Conservative) branches. In 1859 another schism occurred in the Wilburite branch, resulting in Otisite and Kingite branches. These branches re-united in 1881. The remaining united Wilburite meetings affiliated with Canada Yearly Meeting (Conservative) in 1916. In 1947 the area meeting was reorganized into Scipio 4-months Meeting, which was laid down in 1954.

Records of the Conservative Wilburite Scipio 4-Months Meeting and its predecessor Scipio Monthly Meeting. Includes the minutes of the Otisites and Kingites. Includes minutes (men's, women's and joint) 1847-1955; vital records 1845-1954; and minutes of the Meeting of Ministers and Elders, 1923-51.

Divided into series: Minutes: 1.1 1847-97 (Otisite 1859-81), 1.2 1859-80 (Kingite), 1.3 1899-1913, 1.4 1913-55, 1.5 1859-1937 (Otisite); Minutes, Women's and joint: 2.1 1847-99 (Otisite 1859-68, joint 1894-99); Vital Records: 3.1 Births, Deaths, Marriages 1845-73 (Otisite), 3.2 Births, Deaths, Marriages 1845-73 (Otisite), 3.3 Register 1859-1954 (Otisite 1859-81); Ministers' and Elders' minutes: 4.1 1923-51.