RECORDS OF THIRD HAVEN MONTHLY MEETING (EASTON, MD) A Finding Aid for its Meeting Records Deposited in Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College


Summary
Meeting Name:	Third Haven Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Easton, Md.).
Title	Third Haven Monthly Meeting Records
Dates:	1664-[ongoing].
Quantity:	8 linear ft.
Repositories:	Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College & Haverford College Library Quaker Collection

SHORT HISTORY OF MEETING

Third Haven Monthly Meeting was established in 1676. It was transferred to Southern Quarterly Meeting in 1789. Two meetings emerged at the time of the Hicksite separation in 1827; the Orthodox branch was discontinued in 1828. The Hicksite meeting was the forerunner of the current Third Haven Monthly Meeting which reunited with Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Orthodox) in 1955.

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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Records of Third Haven Monthly Meeting, 1664-1932, include: minute extracts, 1676-1893; births and deaths, 1664-1756; marriage records,1668-1755; miscellaneous papers, including deeds, memorials, minute extracts, etc., 1682-1850; First Day School record book, 1894-1920; visitors' register, 1929-1932.

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Restrictions

Access

Collection is open for research. Access is through microfilm, if available.

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.

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SEARCHING IN OUR ON-LINE CATALOGUE FOR RELATED MATERIALS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in TRIPOD, the joint on-line catalog of Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings. Please note that records created before 1827, the date of a schism in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, may have been added to by either the Hicksite or Orthodox branches of this meeting, but could include information about members of the other branch before the Separation:

Subjects:

Third Haven Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends: Hicksite : 1827-1955 : Easton, Md.) -- Archives.

Third Haven Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Easton, Md.) --Archives.

Society of Friends -- Maryland -- Talbot County.

Talbot County (Md.) -- Genealogy.

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Administrative Information

Accession information

Deposit

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Monthly meeting records normally include minutes of men’s and women’s meetings for business and registers of births, deaths, marriages, removals (transfers), and disownments. In general, non-members are not mentioned in the minutes, even when they attended meeting for worship on a regular basis.

Note to Researchers: These records may only be consulted at either Haverford (HV) or Swarthmore (SW), and are not available through inter-Library loan. To request materials on-site, please make sure to use the correct call numbers for the Library in which you wish to use the records:

Vital Records

At the time of the Separation in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting in 1827-28, 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.

Title/Date(s):	Vital records extracrs 1668-1755
Affiliation:	Pre
Size:	1 v. (174 p.) ; 32 cm.
Repository:	SW
Location:	RG2/Ph/T5 2.1

Record book with marriages, 1668-1755, and births and deaths, 1664-1756.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW:	MR-Ph 605
HV:	No Film

Title/Date(s):	Marriage certificates [photocopy] 1668-1755
Affiliation:	Pre
Size:	1v. (174 p.) ; 32 cm.
Repository:	SW
Location:	RG2/Ph/T5 2.2

Meeting's copy of marriage certificates, 1668-1755. Volume also contains : Births and deaths, 1664-1756. Pos. photostat of original record book.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW:	MR-Ph 606
HV:	No Film

Title/Date(s):	Marriage certificates [copy] 1664-1756
Affiliation:	Pre
Size:	1 v. (174 p., disbound) in protective envelope ; 32 cm. + negative photocopy
Repository:	SW
Location:	RG2/Ph/T5 2.3-2.4

Meeting's copies of marriage certificates, 1668-1755, and negative photocopy of same. Volume also contains : Births and deaths, 1664-1756. The first two pages are copies of the originals.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW:	MR-Ph 605
HV:	No Film

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Men's Meeting and Joint

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.

Title/Date(s):	Minutes-extracts 1676-1893
Affiliation:	Pre/H
Size:	5 v. + 1 folder.
Repository:	SW
Location:	RG2/Ph/T5 1.1-1.7

Extracts from the minute books of the monthly meeting as follows: 1676- 1693; 1693-1746; 1747-1771; 1771-1797; 1797-1871; 1871-1893. Spine title: Extracts from the minutes of Third Haven Meeting. Microfilm copies deposited in the Quaker Collection of Haverford College. Volume 1693-1746 accompanied by: separate index for 1702-1746. Includes index.

Joint sessions with women begin in 1879.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW:	MR-Ph 607, 608, 357, 641
HV:	Film 73 (1676-1871)

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Miscellaneous

Title/Date(s):	Miscellaneous Papers 1682-1850
Affiliation:	Pre/H
Size:	6 folders
Repository:	SW
Location:	RG2/Ph/T5 3.1, 5.1-5.5

Includes: deeds (copies), 1691 & 1804; discipline [fragments], n.d.; memorials-Evans family, 1829 and n.d.; minute extracts concerning ministry of Susanna Thatcher Bartlett Matthews; plan of meeting house construction, 1682; extracts of sermons of Elizabeth Evans, 1831-1850; minute extracts from Southern Quarterly Meeting of Ministers and Elders, 1827-1833. All materials are manuscript copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW:	MR-Ph 609
HV:	No Film

Committee Name:

First Day School

Record of Third Haven First Day School 1894-1920; 1 v. (p. 29-200) ; 37 cm. ; Affil.:H; Repos.:SW; Loc.:RG2/Ph/T5 4.1

Attendance record, lesson plans, minutes, 1894-1920.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW:	No Film
HV:	No Film

Title/Date(s):	Third Haven Meeting newsletter 1962-70/2003-04
Size:	28 cm.
Repository:	SW
Location:	RG2/Ph/T5 5.7

Description based on: Feb. 13, 1962 issue; title from caption.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW:	No Film
HV:	No Film

Title/Date(s):	Visitors' register 1929-1932
Affiliation:	H
Size:	1 v. (300, [2]p.) ; 33 cm.
Repository:	SW
Location:	RG2/Ph/T5 5.6

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

SW:	No Film
HV:	No Film

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