Fallsington Friends and Falls Monthly Meetings Records
Scope and Contents
Records include: minutes since 1683; vital records, 1680-1960; Hicksite women's meeting minutes, 1683-1819 & 1827-1891 and Orthodox women's minutes, 1820-1918; Hicksite ministers and elders' minutes, 1756-1904 and Orthodox ministers and elders' minutes, 1859-1923; school committee minutes, 1823-1855; miscellaneous papers.
Dates
- Creation: 1680 - 2007
Creator
Limitations on Accessing the Collection
Collection is open for research. Access may be provided via digital or microfilm copy, per repository policy.
Copyright and Rights Information
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.
Biographical / Historical
Falls Monthly Meeting was established by Burlington Quarterly Meeting in 1683. It was transferred to Bucks Quarterly Meeting later that year. After the Hicksite Separation of 1827, Orthodox and Hicksite branches of this monthly meeting emerged. In 1866, a group of Primitive Friends withdrew from the Orthodox monthly meeting to form a third Falls Monthly Meeting. In 1947, the Hicksite, Orthodox, and Primitive branches of this monthly meeting were merged into a united Falls Monthly Meeting.
In 2002, the name of Falls Monthly Meeting was changed to Fallsington Friends Meeting to reflect the location of the meeting house.
Extent
29 Linear Feet
Language
English
Physical Location
This collection includes records stored at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and at the Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections. Please contact friends@swarthmore.edu for more information on depositing new records.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposit
Subject
- Falls Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Hicksite : 1827-1947) (Organization)
- Falls Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Orthodox : 1827-1947) (Organization)
- Falls Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Primitive : 1866-1947) (Organization)
- Falls Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends) (Organization)
- Fallsington Friends Meeting Inc. (Fallsington, Pa.) (Organization)
- Falls Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends) (Organization)
- Falls Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Hicksite : 1827-1947) (Organization)
- Falls Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Orthodox : 1827-1947) (Organization)
- Falls Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Primitive : 1866-1947) (Organization)
- Title
- Fallsington Friends and Falls Monthly Meetings Records
- Date
- 2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Find It at the Library
Most of the materials in this catalog are not digitized and can only be accessed in person. Please see our website for more information about visiting or requesting reproductions from Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College Library
