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Camden Monthly Meeting Records (including Duck Creek and Motherkiln)
- Creator
- Duck Creek Monthly Meeting
- Date
- 1686-2014 (inclusive)
- Extent
- 6 linear ft. (swarthmore college. 1 box, 1 half-box, 18 volumes, loose folders)
- 0.11 linear ft. (haverford college. 4 folders)
- Call Number
- Ph.C340
Description
Where the collection came from, what's inside, and how you can use it.
Biography/History
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.
Scope and Content
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.
Acquisition Information
Deposit
Rights and citation
- Use
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Copyright has not been assessed for these materials. Works over 120 years old are generally considered to be in the public domain. For permission for other materials, please contact the repository where the materials are on deposit.
- Publisher
- Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
- Date
- 2011
Subjects and headings
- Creator
- Duck Creek Monthly Meeting
- Subject
- Society of Friends -- Delaware -- Kent County
- 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.)
- Place
- Kent County (Del.) -- Genealogy
- Language
- English
Inventory
Everything in this collection, in the order the archivist chose to help you understand it.
Vital Records
Men's Meeting and Joint
Women's Meeting
Financial Records
Property Records
Miscellaneous
Contact
These materials are held by Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. Contact them to schedule a visit or ask about your research.