https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/QuakMeet_QM.PH.H620
Hockessin Preparative Meeting Records
- Creator
- Hockessin Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : Hicksite : 1827-1914)
- Hockessin Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : Orthodox : 1827-1856)
- Date
- 1818-1893 (inclusive)
- Extent
- 0.8 linear ft. (swarthmore college. 6 volumes, loose folders)
- Call Number
- Ph.H620
Description
Where the collection came from, what's inside, and how you can use it.
Biography/History
A meeting for worship at Hockessin was established in 1737 by Newark (Kennett) Monthly Meeting. In 1786, Western Quarterly Meeting established Hockessin Preparative Meeting out of a division of Center Preparative Meeting.
Hockessin Preparative Meeting (Orthodox) absorbed Center Preparative Meeting in 1827; the preparative meeting was transferred to Kennett Monthly Meeting in 1831. In 1856, the meeting for worship and preparative meeting were discontinued. Their members were transferred to Kennett Preparative Meeting.
Hockessin Preparative Meeting (Hicksite) was discontinued in 1914.
Scope and Content
Records of Hockessin Preparative Meeting, 1818-1893, as follows: minutes of the pre-Separation men's meeting, 1818-1825; minutes of the Hicksite men's meeting, 1825-1886; women's meeting minutes, 1863-1893; account book, 1822-1854; subscription lists for quota, 1830-1837 & n.d.
Acquisition Information
Deposit
Rights and citation
- Use
-
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
- Hockessin Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : Hicksite : 1827-1914)
- Hockessin Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : Orthodox : 1827-1856)
- Subject
- Society of Friends -- Delaware -- New Castle County
- Organization
- Hockessin Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : 1787-1827)
- Hockessin Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : Hicksite : 1827-1914)
- Hockessin Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : Orthodox : 1827-1856)
- Place
- New Castle County (Del.) -- Genealogy
- Language
- English
Inventory
Everything in this collection, in the order the archivist chose to help you understand it.
Men's Meeting and Joint
Women's Meeting
Financial Records
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.