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Greenwich 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

Greenwich Monthly Meeting was established in 1783 by Salem Quarterly Meeting. Its first business sessions were held in 1784. The Orthodox monthly meeting was discontinued in 1893; its members were transferred to Woodbury Monthly Meeting (Orthodox). The Hicksite monthly meeting was the forerunner of the current Greenwich Monthly Meeting.

Records of Greenwich Monthly Meeting, 1677-1998, as follows: pre-Separation, Hicksite, Orthodox and United minutes since 1784; registers of births and deaths, 1677-1987; marriage and membership records, 1784-1994; removals, 1787-1899; Orthodox women's meeting minutes, 1814-1893; Orthodox ministers and elders meeting minutes, 1828-1904; Orthodox financial records, 1907-1939.

Deposit

Organization
Subject
Place

Publisher
Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Date
2003
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

RG2/Ph/G73 3.1. Births and deaths, 1677-1806.
Scope and Contents

Register of births and deaths, 1677-1806. Contains births, 1677-1806, and deaths, 1733-1806. Accompanied by: separate index of names. 3.2 volume, 3.3 index.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph218
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 v. (p. 1-18, 71-78) + Index.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/G73 3.2. Births, 1728-1885.
Scope and Contents

Register of births of the Orthodox meeting, 1728-1885. Volume also contains deaths, 1798-1885, recorded in back of book.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph218
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 v. (p. 1-45, 1-7, [8]-[12])

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Orthodox

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/G73 3.3. Births, deaths and marriages, 1777-1892.
Scope and Contents

Register contains: Births and deaths, 1777-1795, and meeting's copies of marriage certificates, 1784-1892. Accompanied by: separate index of names. 3.5 volume, 3.6 index.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph218
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 v. (p. 1-6, 40-161). + Index (25 sheets in folder)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Orthodox

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/G73 3.4. Record of Births and Deaths, 1748-1987.
Scope and Contents

Includes membership, 1886-1986.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph738
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 v.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite/United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/G73 3.5. Disownment, 1829.
Scope and Contents

Testimony against Lydia Bradway, extracted from the minutes of 1829 1mo1st.

General

Removed from folder containing Removals received, 1787-1877.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

1 item (in folder)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/G73 3.6. Record of Marriage Certificates, 1828-1924.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph738
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/G73 3.7. Removals received [women], 1787-1877.
Scope and Contents

Certificates of removal received by the Women's meeting, 1787-1877. Includes pre-Separation and Orthodox records.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

30 items (in folder)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Orthodox

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

HC.PhM.G730.01.002 (1250/P1.21). Removals Issued, 1817-1899.
Box G-24
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph218
  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

RG2/Ph/G73 3.8. Testimonies and reports [women], 1826-1843.
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

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/G73 3.9. Condemnations [acknowledgements], 1786-1821.
Scope and Contents

Certificates of removal received by the Women's meeting, 1787-1877. Includes pre-Separation and Orthodox records.

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

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

HC.PhM.G730.01.001 (1250/K3.8). Removals, 1784-1828.
Physical Description

1 box

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

HC.PhM.G730.01.001 (1250/K3.8). Certificates of Removals Issued, 1786-1829.
Box G-26
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/ Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.PhM.G730.01.003 (1250/K3.8). Certificates of Removals Received, 1784-1798.
Box G-26
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.PhM.G730.01.004 (1250/K3.8). Certificates of Removals Received, 1800-1827.
Box G-26
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.PhM.G730.01.005 (1250/K3.8). Personal acknowledgements of removal, undated.
Box G-26
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

unknown

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.PhM.G730.01.006 (1250/K3.8). Parental approval of marriage, 1808.
Box G-26
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

RG2/Ph/G73 1.1-1.10. Minutes, 1784-1985.
Scope and Contents

Minutes of Greenwich Monthly Meeting since 1784. Included are: pre- Separation Men's meeting minutes, 1784-1821; Orthodox men's meeting minutes, 1821-1893; minutes of the Hicksite men's meeting and joint sessions, 1827- 1862, 1863-1914, 1915-1948; United meeting minutes, 1948-1985. Volume for 1798-1821 includes removals, 1817-1819, recorded on p. 271-272 in opposite direction to minutes. Volumes are 1.1 1784-1798, 1.2 1798-1821, 1.3 1821-1856, 1.4 1857-1893, 1.5 1827-1862, 1.6 1863-1914, 1.7 1915-1948, 1.8 1948-1963, 1.9 1963-1978, 1.10 1978-1985.

General

Some volumes are accompanied by separate indexes.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph221 (1784-98, 1798-1821, 1821-56 (O), 1857-93 (O))
  2. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph219 (1827-1862 (H))
  3. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph685 (1863-1914 (H))
  4. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph220 (1915-48, 1948-63, 1963-78, 1978-1985)
  5. Haverford: Film 21 (1784-98, 1798-1821, 1821-56 (O), 1857-93 (O))
  6. Haverford: Film 8Q (1863-1914 (H))
Physical Description

10 v.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/H/O/United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/G73 1.11. Minutes, 1985-1998.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph738
  2. Haverford: No film
Physical Description

1 v.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/G73 2.1. Minutes, 1814-1828.
Scope and Contents

Minutes of the monthly meeting of women Friends, 1814 12mo28-1828 7mo3. Contains pre-Separation and Orthodox women's minutes. Pertinent papers laid in.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph294
  2. Haverford: Film 21Q
Physical Description

1 v. (175 p.) ; 20 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Orthodox

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/G73 2.2-2.3. Minutes, 1827-1892.
Scope and Contents

Minutes of the Hicksite women's meeting, 1827 11mo29-1884 2mo28 and 1884 2mo28 and 1884 4mo3-1892 9mo1 1892. Also included are extracts from first joint meeting of men and women Friends held 1892 9mo29 concerning women's business. Volumes are 2.2 1827-1884, 2.3 1884-1892.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph685
  2. Haverford: Film 8Q
Physical Description

2 v.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

HC.PhM.G730.02.001 (1250/P1.15). Minutes, 1828-1847.
Box G-24
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.G730.02.002 (1250/P1.16). Minutes, 1859-1876.
Box G-24
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.G730.02.003 (1250/P1.17). Minutes, 1876-1893.
Box G-24
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/G73 2.4. Extracts of minutes and other papers [women], 1788-1829.
Scope and Contents

Included are: returning certificate of Hannah Reeve and William Bradway from Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting, 1788 8mo4; travelling certificate for Susanna Bradway, 1807 10mo28; extract from Philadelphia Yearly Meeting minutes on disciplinary matters, 1789 9mo28; extract from minutes of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Women Friends, 1814 4mo23; committee report on changing the beginning time of monthly meeting, 1823 10mo2; report on a disciplinary matter, 1829 10mo29; minute relating to Hicksite separation, ca. 1829.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

7 items (in folder)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Orthodox

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/G73 4.1-4.2. Minutes, 1828-1904.
Scope and Contents

Minutes of the Hicksite meeting of ministers and elders, 1828 5m8-1896 9mo2 and 1896 12mo2-1904 9mo1. Loose minutes 1865 3mo1-1875 12mo2 laid in volume 1828-1896; loose minutes 1904 9mo1 laid in volume 1896-1904. Volumes are 4.1 1828-1896, 4.2 1896-1904.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

2 v.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

HC.PhM.G730.03.001 (1250/P1.20). Minutes, 1873-1881.
Box G-24
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/G73 4.3. Confirmation of elder status, 1833 8mo14.
Scope and Contents

Paper confirming Naomi Bacon's elder status, copied from the minutes of Salem Quarterly Meeting of Ministers and Elders held 8mo14, 1833.

General

Removed from folder containing Removals Received, 1787-1877.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

1 item (in folder)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/G73 5.1. Account book, 1907-1939.
Scope and Contents

Treasurer's account book, 1907-1939.

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. ([30] p. used)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

HC.PhM.G730.05.001 (1250/K3.8). Subscriptions to Women's Meeting, 1824-1825.
Box G-26
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

RG2/Ph/G73 6.1. Deeds and indentures, 1785-1912.
Scope and Contents

Also included are: plans of meeting house grounds and of school-house lot, surveyed by William S. Bacon, 1912 7mo.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

20 items in folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Orthodox

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/G73 7.1. Epistles received [women], 1748-1848 & n.d.
Scope and Contents

Manuscript epistles received by the Women's Meeting, 1748-1848. Included are epistles from London Yearly Meeting of Women Friends, 1784, 1786-1791, 1793, 1797-1798, 1800-1801, 1803-1805, 1814-1818, 1821, 1823, 1826, 1839- 1841, 1843-1845, 1847-1848 and n.d.(2); epistles from Dublin Yearly Meeting of Women Friends, 1839 and 1841; epistles from Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Women Friends, 1831 and 1841; one unidentified epistle to Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Women Friends, 1798 12mo10.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

38 items in folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Orthodox

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/G73 7.2. Queries and answers to queries [women], [18--].
Scope and Contents

Printed queries and manuscript answers to queries, all updated.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

7 items (in folder)

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

HC.PhM.G730.04.001 (1250/P1.21.1). Account of Suffering of Friends due to refusal to bear arms, belonging to Greenwich Meeting, 1755.
Box G-25
Scope and Contents

Re refusal to bear arms

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

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.PhM.G730.04.002 (1250/K3.8). Answers to queries, undated.
Box G-26
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

unknown

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.PhM.G730.04.003 (1250/K3.8). Correspondence with Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and Greenwich Preparative Meeting, 1786-1836.
Box G-26
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/ Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

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