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Camden Monthly Meeting Records (including Duck Creek and Motherkiln)
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Held at: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]
This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
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A monthly meeting at Duck Creek was established by Chester (Concord) Quarterly Meeting in 1705 out of Newark (Kennett) Monthly Meeting. Motherkiln Monthly Meeting was established in 1788 by Western Quarterly Meeting from a division of Duck Creek. Both monthly meetings became part of Southern Quarterly Meeting when it was established in 1789.
The Orthodox branch of Motherkiln was discontinued at the time of the Separation. In 1828, a new monthly meeting was established for the Orthodox members in the area of Southern Quarterly Meeting. Three years later, this new meeting was held solely at Third Haven. Orthodox members at Motherkiln were attached to Wilmington Monthly Meeting (Orthodox).
Camden Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) was formed in 1830 by the merger of Duck Creek Monthly Meeting and Motherkiln Monthly Meeting. This Hicksite monthly meeting, which reunited with Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Orthodox) in 1955, was the forerunner of the current Camden Monthly Meeting.
Records of Camden Monthly Meeting and of its predecessors, Duck Creek and Motherkiln Monthly Meetings, 1686-2014, include: vital records, 1686-2000; pre-Separation, Hicksite and United men's and joint session minutes, 1705-1961 and 1994-2006; women's minutes, 1711-1874; financial records, 1829-1961; miscellaneous papers, 1740-2014. The Camden Friends Meeting Newsletter, in Series 6, contains copies of the unapproved minutes of the Meeting.
Deposit
Organization
- Duck Creek Monthly Meeting
- Motherkiln Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends)
- Motherkiln Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Hicksite)
- Motherkiln Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Orthodox)
- Camden Monthly Meeting of Friends (Kent County, Del.)
Subject
Place
- Publisher
- Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
- Finding Aid Date
- 2011
- Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research. Access may be provided via digital or microfilm copy, per repository policy.
- Use Restrictions
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Copyright has not been assigned to the Repositories All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to the individual Meeting or its successor. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Repositories as the holder(s) of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.
Collection Inventory
At the time of the Separation in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting in 1827-28, pre-Separation vital records were generally retained by the branch with which the recorder was affiliated. Researchers are advised to consider vital records which span this period carefully: in many cases, the meeting without the original records may have reconstructed these records for its membership only, giving the impression that individuals in the other branch were never members.
Register of births and deaths of Duck Creek Monthly Meeting continued by Camden Monthly Meeting. Contains Duck Creek births and deaths, 1769-1830.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph155
- Haverford: No Film
1 v. (20 p.) ; 33 cm.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Duck Creek's book for recording marriage certificates continued by Camden Monthly Meeting. Contains Duck Creek marriage certificates, 1789-1829. Title from p. 2 of cover.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph 80 (1789-1941)
- Haverford: No Film
1 v. (46, 36 p.) ; 34 cm.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Membership records, ca. 1850-2000.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
Loose pages, bound with twine ; 1 linear ft.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite/United
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Motherkiln Monthly Meeting's book for recording births and deaths continued by Camden Monthly Meeting. Contains the following: Motherkiln Monthly Meeting's births (1742-1834) and deaths (1742-1830); Camden Monthly Meeting's births (1806-1913), deaths (1826-1928), membership (1864-1915). Title from cover. Includes indexes.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph 80
- Haverford: No Film
1 v. (ca. 170 p. in various pagings) ; 25 x 40 cm.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Motherkiln Monthly Meeting's book for recording marriages and removals continued by Camden Monthly Meeting. Contains the following: Removals issued, 1789-1832; marriage certificates, 1789-1829. Spine title. Includes indexes.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 v. (ca. 140 p. in various pagings) ; 34 cm.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Original register of Duck Creek Monthly Meeting with births and deaths after 1830 continued by Camden Monthly Meeting. Contains the following: Men's meeting minutes, 1705-1740; births and deaths, 1686-1846; marriage certificates, 1711-1788; removals received, 1707-1739.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph155
- Haverford: No Film
1 v. (ca. 500 p. in various pagings) ; 48 cm.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Duck Creek's record of certificates of removal issued, continued by Camden Monthly Meeting. Contains Duck Creek removals, 1773-1830. Includes index.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR- Ph 80 (1836-93)
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph 156 (1832-36)
- Haverford: No Film
1 v. (ca. 230 p. in various pagings) ; 34 cm.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Official records of proceedings kept for all Quaker business meetings. Only Quakers could participate. It has responsibility for care of members, authorizes removals and marriages, maintains discipline, considers the queries, manages meeting property, fosters social concerns, and reports regularly to the quarterly meeting. Beginning at the end of the 19th century, men and women ceased to hold separate business meetings, meeting instead in joint session.
The Camden Friends Meeting Newsletter, in Series 6, contains copies of the unapproved minutes of the Meeting.
Minutes of the men's meeting as follows: 1705 10mo 19-1800 2mo 8; 1800 3mo 8-1830 9mo 11. Also includes index to minutes, 1705-1800. Includes index to minutes, 1705-1800.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph155
- Haverford: No Film
3 v. ; 48 cm. or smaller
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Minute book of the men's meeting, 1788 10mo 29-1830 9mo 13.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph335
- Haverford: No Film
1 v. (523 p.) ; 34 cm.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: Film 58
1 volume in folder (97 p.). Also index.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: Film 58
1 vol. (25 p.)
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Minute books of Camden Monthly Meeting as follows: 1830-1894(1.5); 1894-1937(1.6); 1937-1961(1.7). Accompanied by: Index, 1830-1894(1.8), and draft, 1926-ca.1952(1.9) (gaps). The latter also includes a guestbook, 1951-52, accounts, and lists of representatives
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
5 v. (3 linear ft.)
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite/United
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
7 folders
Material Specific DetailsUnited
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph156
- Haverford: No Film
1 v. (669 p.) ; 35 cm.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Women's minute books as follows: 1831-1845(2.2), 1845-1874(2.3). Volume (1831-1845) also contains: Motherkiln Monthly Meeting women's minutes, 1788-1830.
Joint sessions with men begin in 1874
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph335 (1788-1845)
- Haverford: No Film
2 v. ; 36 cm. or smaller.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: Film 58
1 volume (48 p.)
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: Film 58
1 volume in folder (37 p.)
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Includes the following: Poor Friends account, 1829-1832; accounts, 1877- 1894; Little Creek school fund account, 1882-1894; Camden school fund account, 1882-1894.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 v. (ca. 120 p. in various pagings) ; 32 cm.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Miscellaneous financial papers, 1957-1961, relating to building an Annex in 1959.
Stored in box with miscellaneous papers.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
212 items (in 4 folders).
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: United
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Miscellaneous meeting records, 1740-1946. Includes a copy of a letter by Nate Folwell's ancestor, 1862, and letters to the Clerk from Greece, Holland, and Australia concerning relief efforts after WWII.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
3 folders
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Miscellaneous papers of Camden Monthly Meeting. Includes memorials and obituary of George M. Butler, 1977.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: United
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Binder's title.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 v. (46, 70 p.) ; 39 cm.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Description based on: January, 1952; title from caption.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
3 folders
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite/United
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College