%eadnotat; ]> bristpm RECORDS OF BRISTOL PREPARATIVE MEETING AND BRISTOL MEETING (BRISTOL, PA) A Finding Aid for its Meeting Records Deposited in Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and Haverford College Quaker Collection Records Services Group of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 2003 RECORDS OF BRISTOL PREPARATIVE MEETING AND BRISTOL MEETING (BRISTOL, PA)A Finding Aid for its Meeting Records Deposited in Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and Haverford College Library Quaker CollectionRecords Services Group of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Summary Records 1777-1933. Bristol Preparative Meeting of Friends. 3 linear ft. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Libraries' online catalog: http://tripod.brynmawr.edu SHORT HISTORY OF MEETING

A meeting for worship at Bristol was organized around 1704 and established under Falls Monthly Meeting in 1707. Bristol Preparative Meeting was established on a formal basis in 1755, although the meeting may have been functioning as a preparative meeting before that time. In 1788, the preparative meeting and meeting for worship were transferred to Middletown Monthly Meeting (Bucks County). After the Hicksite Separation of 1827, Orthodox members were transferred to Middletown Preparative Meeting. The Hicksite preparative meeting was transferred to Bristol Monthly Meeting in 1874. In 1930, the preparative meeting began to be held on an annual basis. It was probably discontinued soon after that date.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Records of Bristol Preparative Meeting (Hicksite), include: minutes, 1777-1933; women's minutes, 1861-1877; burial records, 1832-1863; account book, 1821-1926; queries, ca. 1777; property papers, 1711-1803; papers concerning Desborough property dispute, 1913-1915; miscellaneous papers, 1783-1818 & 1869; Bristol Friends' School account book, 1875-1912.

 ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Accession information

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 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.

 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: Bristol Preparative Meeting of Friends. Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- Bucks County Bucks County (Pa.) -- Genealogy. 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 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.

 Births 1782 1 v. ; 39 cm Pre SW RG2/Ph/B86

In Bucks Q. M. register, 1889 ms. copy, p. 198. Original register is in extremely fragile condition and cannot be filmed or handled.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

MR-Ph50 No Film Burials (Bristol, PA) 1760-1782 1 v. ; 39 cm Pre SW RG2/Ph/B86

In Bucks Q. M. register, 1889 ms. copy, p. 197-198. Original register is in extremely fragile condition and cannot be filmed or handled.

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MR-Ph50 No Film Burials1832-1863 1 v. ; 20 cm.HSW Box 11

Record of interments at Friends' burial ground in Bristol, Pa. Includes separate lists for Friends and non-Friends.

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MR-Ph38 Film 156 Deaths 1760-1782 1 v. ; 20 cm. Pre SW RG2/Ph/B86

In Bucks Q. M. register, 1889 ms. copy. Original register is in extremely fragile condition and cannot be filmed or handled.

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MR-Ph50 No Film 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.

 Minutes1777-1933 9 v. (1.5 linear ft.)Pre/HSW Box 12

Minutes as follows: 1777-1779, 1790-1793,1793-1795, 1796-1800, 1800-1802, 1802-1804, 1811-1820, 1822-1869, 1869-1926, 1927-1933.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

MR-Ph38 Film 156 Minutes 1805-1811 1 folder Pre SW

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MR-Ph37 Film 158 Minutes 1927-1933 1 folder H SW

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MR-Ph37 Film 158 Women's Meeting Minutes 1861-1877 2 v. ; 21 cm. H SW Box 12

Minutes as follows: 1861 8mo 21-1872 6mo 26; 1873 1mo 29-1877 8mo 22.

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MR-Ph38 Film 156 Financial Records Account Book 1821-1926 1 v. ; 33 cm. Pre/H SW Box 11

Includes statements concerning meeting's property, 1823, 1827, 1830.

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MR-Ph 38 Film 156 Property Records Deeds 1738-1889 16 items in 1 folder OE Pre/H SW RG2/Ph/B77 OE

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No Film No Film Miscellaneous deed extracts and a memorandum1800-1803 & n.d. 1 folder (3 items)PreSW RG2/Ph/B77

Includes miscellaneous extracts of deed originally recorded in 1711 and a memorandum concerning property.

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MR-Ph37 Film 158 Desborough lot property dispute records 1913-1915 1 folder (5 items) H SW RG2/Ph/B77

Legal papers and correspondence concerning a dispute over the Desborough Lot.

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MR-Ph37 Film 158 Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Papers 1783-1818 1 folder (3 items) Pre SW RG2/Ph/B77

Includes a minute to the monthly meeting concerning an alteration to the meeting house (1817/18), fragment of the extracts of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (1805?), and a minute from Falls Monthly Meeting concerning the will of John Baldwin (1783).

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MR-Ph37 Film 158 Miscellaneous Papers 1869 1 folder (2 items) H SW RG2/Ph/B77

Includes a list of money collected by the preparative meeting committee and a report concerning school age children from Bristol Preparative Meeting, 1869.

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MR-Ph37 Film 158 Queries [ca. 1777] 1 v. ; 21 cm. Pre SW Box 12

Title from cover.

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MR-Ph38 Film 156