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Evesham Monthly Meeting Records

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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.

Overview and metadata sections

Evesham Monthly Meeting was established in 1760 by Salem Quarterly Meeting out of Haddonfield Monthly Meeting. The monthly meeting was transferred to Haddonfield Quarterly Meeting in 1794. In 1827, after the Hicksite Separation in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, the meeting split into Hicksite and Orthodox branches.

Evesham Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) was discontinued in 1884; its members were transferred to Chester Monthly Meeting (New Jersey) and Medford Monthly Meeting (Hicksite).

The Orthodox monthly meeting merged into Moorestown Monthly Meeting in 1956.

Records of the Hicksite and Orthodox monthly meetings and their predecessor, the pre-Separation meeting, 1682-1956. Includes: Hicksite men's minutes, 1827-1884; pre-Separation/Orthodox men's and joint minutes, 1908-1956; Hicksite women's minutes, 1828-1884; pre-Separation/Orthodox women's minutes, 1812-1908; vital records of both branches, 1682-1884 and 1956; minutes of Ministers and Elders, 1762-1800 (pre-Separation), 1828-1884 (Hicksite), 1840-1884 (Orthodox); and other miscellaneous materials, including a Poor Committee account book, 1790-1866; manumissions, 1776-1787; and a list of Sufferings, 1776-1828.

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Place

Publisher
Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Date
2011
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research. Access may be provided via digital or microfilm copy, per repository policy.

Use Restrictions

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

Biographical / Historical

At the time of the Separation in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting in 1827-1828, 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.

HC.PhM.E800.01.004 (1250/M3.3.1). Manumissions, 1776-1787.
Box E-2
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: No Film
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 volume (28 p.)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.PhM.E800.01.001 (1250/M2.16). Births and Deaths, 1682-1810.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph204
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 volume (147 p.)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.PhM.E800.01.006 (1250/M3.2). Births and Deaths, 1725-1883.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph204
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 volume (93 p. - oversized) [On search as of 1/2021]

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.PhM.E800.01.002 (1250/M2.17). Marriage Certificates, 1758-1780.
Box E-1
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph204, MR-Ph56
  2. Haverford: Film 131A
Physical Description

1 volume in folder (92 p.)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.PhM.E800.01.003 (1250/M2.18). Marriage Certificates, 1779-1794.
Box E-2
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph204, MR-Ph56
  2. Haverford: Film 131A
Physical Description

1 volume in folder (91 p.)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.PhM.E800.01.005 (1250/M2.19). Marriage Certificates, 1794-1971.
Box E-2
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph56
  2. Haverford: Film 131A
Physical Description

1 volume (157 p.)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Orthodox/United

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

RG2/Ph/E8 3.1. Marriage Certificates, 1827-1878.
Scope and Contents

Meeting's copies of marriage certificates.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph157
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 v.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/E8 3.2. Membership, 1753-1884.
Scope and Contents

Register contains information on births, deaths, marriages, removals, etc.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph 157
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 v.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

HC.PhM.E800.01.007 (1250/M3.3). Membership, 1885-1956.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: No Film
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

Biographical / Historical

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.

HC.PhM.E800.02.001 (1250/M2.1). Minutes, 1760-1782.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph158 (reverse) & MR-Ph161
  2. Haverford: Film 17
Physical Description

1 volume and 1 folder with index in box E-2

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.PhM.E800.02.002 (1250/M2.2). Minutes-Rough, 1760-1764.
Box E-2
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: No Film
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 volume in folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.PhM.E800.02.003 (1250/M2.3). Minutes-Rough, 1777-1780.
Box E-2
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: No Film
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 volume in folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.PhM.E800.02.004 (1250/M2.4). Minutes-Rough, 1780-1782.
Box E-2
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: No Film
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 folder (1 item)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.PhM.E800.02.004 (1250/M2.4). Minutes, 1783-1790.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph158 (reverse) & MR-Ph161
  2. Haverford: Film 17
Physical Description

1 volume (277 p.)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.PhM.E800.02.005 (1250/M2.5). Minutes, 1791-1799.
General

Indexed.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph159 (reverse) & MR-Ph161
  2. Haverford: Film 17
Physical Description

1 volume (370 p.), also has an index in box E-2

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.PhM.E800.02.006 (1250/M2.6). Minutes, 1800-1811.
General

Indexed.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph159 (reverse)
  2. Haverford: Film 17
Physical Description

1 volume (369 p.), includes index inn box E-2

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.PhM.E800.02.007 (1250/M2.7). Minutes, 1812-1839.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph159 (reverse) & MR-Ph162
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 volume (457 p.)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.PhM.E800.02.008 (1250/M2.8). Minutes, 1839-1908.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph162
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 volum (516 p.) + 1 folder in box E-2 (2 items)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.PhM.E800.02.009 (1250/M2.9). Minutes, 1908-1956.
Scope and Contents

Also includes final papers on the merger with Moorestown, December 8, 1956.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph162
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 vol. (246 p.)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox/United

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

RG2/Ph/E8 1.1. Minutes, 1827-1884.
Scope and Contents

Minutes of the Hicksite men's meeting, Ninth Month 11, 1827 - Eleventh Month 4, 1884. Volume also contains: lists of members transferred to Chester Monthly Meeting (New Jersey) and to Medford Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) when the meeting was discontinued in 1884.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph157
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 v.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

HC.PhM.E800.03.001 (1250/M2.10). Minutes, 1760-1788.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: No Film
  2. Haverford: Film 104
Physical Description

1 volume (364 p.)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.PhM.E800.03.002 (1250/M2.11). Minutes, 1789-1811.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph163
  2. Haverford: Film 105
Physical Description

1 volume (366 p.)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.PhM.E800.03.003 (1250/M2.13). Minutes-Rough, 1799-1801.
Box E-2
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: No Film
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 volume in folder (51 p.)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.PhM.E800.03.004 (1250/M2.12). Minutes, 1812-1843.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph163
  2. Haverford: Film 105
Physical Description

1 volume (370 p.)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.PhM.E800.03.005 (1250/M2.14). Minutes, 1843-1908.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph163
  2. Haverford: Film 105
Physical Description

1 volume (367 p.)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

RG2/Ph/E8 2.1. Minutes, 1828-1884.
Scope and Contents

Minutes of the Hicksite meeting of women Friends, First Month 8, 1828 - Eleventh Month 4, 1884.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph157
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 v.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Biographical / Historical

Committee which had care of the spiritual welfare of the meeting, particularly the meeting for worship. Ministry and Counsel committees were established in 1918 by Hicksite meetings, which no longer designated members as ministers or elders. The predecessor of Ministry and Counsel was the Preparative Meeting of Ministers and Elders.

RG2/Ph/E8 4.1. Minutes, 1762-1800.
Scope and Contents

Minutes from Sixth Month 10, 1762 to Eleventh Month 1, 1800 inclusive. Includes list of ministers and elders on final unnumbered page.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: No Film
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 v.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/E8 4.2-4.3. Minutes, 1828-1884.
Scope and Contents

Minute books as follows: 4.2 1828-1862; 4.3 1862-1884.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph 157 (1862-1884)
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

2 v.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

HC.PhM.E800.05.001 (1250/M2.27). Minutes, 1840-1865.
Box E-3
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: No Film
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 volume in folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.PhM.E800.05.002 (1250/M2.28). Minutes, 1866-1884.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: No Film
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 volume in folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.PhM.E800.04.002 (1250/M2.21). Account Book, 1866-1956.
Box E-2
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: No Film
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 volume in folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

RG2/Ph/E8 5.1. Receipt book [Women], 1864-1870.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: No Film
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 v.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

HC.PhM.E800.04.003 (1250/M2.29). Meeting house repair records, 1956-1957.
Box E-3
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.PhM.E800.04.004 (1250/M2.19.1). Declaration of Trust and Deed of Meeting House.
Box E-3
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Seperation

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.PhM.E800.04.001 (1250/M2.20). Account Book, 1790-1866.
Box E-2
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: No Film
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 volume in folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.PhM.E800.06.001 (1250/M2.15). Sufferings, 1776-1828.
Box E-3
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph160
  2. Haverford: Film 132A
Physical Description

1 volume in folder (109 p.)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

RG2/Ph/E8 6.1. List of books belonging to Evesham Monthly Meeting of Friends, Tenth Month 23, 1897.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: No Film
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 v.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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