Call Number:

Ph.U670

Repository:

Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Extent:

2 linear ft.

Language:

English

Date:

1834-1996 (inclusive)

Creator:

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Fishing Creek Half Yearly Meeting of Friends (1834-1919), Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Half Yearly Meeting of Friends held at Millville (1919-1955), Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Millville-Muncy Quarterly Meeting of Friends (1955-1984), and Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Upper Susquehanna Quarterly Meeting of Friends (1984-)

Abstract:

Fishing Creek Half-Yearly Meeting was established by Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Hicksite) in 1834 for meetings in Columbia and Lycoming Counties in Pennsylvania. These meetings were previously part of Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting. The Separation did not affect the meetings in this area until 1829-1830. The Orthodox meetings remained with Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting (Orthodox). In 1919, Fishing Creek Half-Yearly Meeting changed its name to Millville Half-Yearly Meeting. In 1955, Millville Half Yearly Meeting (Hicksite) and the Orthodox meetings of Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting in this area became Millville-Muncy Quarterly Meeting. The name of this meeting was changed again to Upper Susquehanna Quarterly Meeting in 1984.

Records of the Upper Susquehanna Quarterly Meeting and its predecessors, Millville-Muncy Quarterly Meeting of Friends, Half Yearly Meeting of Friends held at Millville (Hicksite) and Fishing Creek Half-Yearly Meeting, 1834-ongoing, include: Hicksite men's (and joint) minutes, 1834-1996; Hicksite women's minutes, 1834-1893; Hicksite Ministry and Counsel minutes, 1836-1898; miscellaneous papers and newsletter.