%eadnotat; ]> buckimm RECORDS OF BUCKINGHAM MONTHLY MEETING (LAHASKA, 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 BUCKINGHAM MONTHLY MEETING (LAHASKA, 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 Summary Records 1694-[ongoing] Buckingham Monthly Meeting of Friends 22 linear ft. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College & Haverford College Quaker Collection For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Libraries' online catalog: http://tripod.brynmawr.edu SHORT HISTORY OF MEETING

Buckingham Monthly Meeting was established in 1720 by Bucks Quarterly Meeting out of Falls Monthly Meeting. At the time of the Hicksite Separation of 1827, the monthly meeting split into Hicksite and Orthodox branches. Buckingham Monthly Meeting (Orthodox) was discontinued in 1897, and its members were attached to Falls Monthly Meeting (Orthodox). Buckingham Monthly Meeting (Hicksite), which reunited with Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Orthodox) in 1955, was the forerunner of the current Buckingham Monthly Meeting of Friends.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Records of the pre-Separation and Hicksite Buckingham Monthly Meeting include: minutes, 1720-1966; vital records, 1694-1957; women's minutes, 1722-1891; ministers and elders' minutes, 1787-1815, 1867-1928; First Day School records, 1876-1964; School Committee papers, 1790 & 1878-1950; Epistles received, 1791-1848; and miscellaneous papers, 1899 and 1923. Records of Orthodox meetings, 1747-1897, include: minutes 1827-1897; vital records, 1747-1896; women’s minutes, 1827-1897; Ministers and Elders’ minutes, 1815-1843.

 ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Accession information

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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:

Earlier/Later Meeting Names Buckingham Monthly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955) Buckingham Monthly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1897) Subjects: Buckingham Monthly Meeting of Friends Buckingham Monthly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955) Buckingham Monthly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1897) 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 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.

 The Book of births and burials and marriage certificates for Buckingham Monthly Meeting 1694-1867 1 v. ; 34 cm. Pre/H SW Box 17

Register contains the following: Births and deaths, 1694-1867; marriage certificates, 1721-1801.

Accompanied by: Index to Buckingham Monthly Meeting record of births, marriages and deaths, 1720-1801, compiled by Terry A. McNealy (1971).

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MR-Ph47 No Film Births 1742-1920 1 v. ; 20 x 34 cm. Pre/H SW Box 17

Includes Deaths, 1772-1936.

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MR-Ph47 No Film Births 1747-1871 1 vol. (61 p.) Pre/O HV 1250/K2.9

In same volume as Deaths, 1809-1885.

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MR-Ph32 No Film Deaths 1809-1885 1 vol. (25 p.) Pre/O HV 1250/K2.9

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MR-Ph32 No Film Deaths 1887-1896 1 sheet O HV 1250/K2.9.1

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No Film No Film Marriage certificate: draft 1823 1 item (in folder) Pre SW RG2/Ph/B8

Draft copy of the marriage certificate of Henry Scarbrough and Elizabeth Skelton, both of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 11mo 12 1823.

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No Film No Film Marriage Certificates 1831-1894 1 vol. (138 p.) O HV 1250/K2.10

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MR-Ph32 No Film Membership 1873-1879 1 booklet O HV 1250/K2.11.1

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No Film No Film Removals issued 1778-1821 2 v. ; 34 cm. or smaller. Pre SW Box 14

Meeting's copies of certificates issued to members removing to other meetings as follows: 1778-1793; 1793-1821.

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MR-Ph47 No Film Removals Issued 1821-1957 1 v. ; 33 cm. Pre/H/U SW Box 14

Meeting's record of certificates issued to members transferring to other meetings. Contains pre-Separation removals, 1821-1827. Beginning in 1945, certificates were not transcribed. Only a brief entry was made for each removal.

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MR-Ph47 (1821-1936) MR-Ph345 (1936-57) Removals Issued 1828-1893 1 vol. (138 p.) O HV 1250/K2.10

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MR-Ph32 No Film Removals Issued 1850 1 sheet O HV 1250/K2.10.1

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No Film 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.

 Minutes 1720-1966 14 v. (9 linear ft.) Pre/H/U SW Box 12

Minutes of Buckingham Monthly Meeting 1720-1966. Included are: minutes of the pre-Separation men's meeting, 1720-1827; minutes of the Hicksite men's meeting, 1827-1891; minutes of Hicksite joint sessions, 1891-1955; minutes of the United monthly meeting, 1955-1966.

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MR-Ph39 (1720-63; 1763-92; 1792-1803) MR-Ph40 (1803-16; 1816-32; 1932-54) MR-Ph41 (1854-1901) MR-Ph42 (1902-24; 1925-39; 1939-47; 1947-54) MR-Ph43 (1954-59; 1959-66) Film 1Q (1720-63; 1763-92; 1792-1803) Film 2Q (1803-16; 1816-32; 1932-54) Film 3Q (1854-1901) Minutes 1993-1997 1 v. U SW RG2/Ph/B8

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No Film No Film Minutes 1998-2000 1 v. U SW RG2/Ph/B8

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No Film No Film Minutes [rough] 1720-1732 1 folder ; 48 x 24 cm. Pre SW RG2/Ph/B8

These pages constitute the original record written by the clerk. The transcribed copy contained in minute book (1720-1763) was made in 1734. See minutes of 5mo 2, 1734.

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MR-Ph677 No Film Extracts from the records of the Monthly Meeting of Buckingham belonging to Bucks Quarterly Meeting 1720-1763 1 v. ; 34 cm. Pre SW RG2/Ph/B8

Title from cover. At head of title: no. 19. Film 22

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No Film No Film Minutes [extracts] 1720-1793 1 v. ; 25 cm. Pre SW RG2/Ph/B8

Includes account of the meeting's establishment.

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No Film No Film Minutes [extracts] 1720-1799 1 v. ; 25 cm. Pre SW RG2/Ph/B8

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No Film No Film Minutes 1827-1844 1 vol. (450 p.) O HV 1250/K2.1

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MR-Ph44 Film 27 Minutes 1844-1887 1 vol. (417 p.) O HV 1250/K2.2

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MR-Ph44 Film 27 Minutes 1888-1897 1 vol. (67 p.) O HV 1250/K2.3

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MR-Ph44 Film 27 Minutes: rough 1850-1855 1 v. ; 19.5 cm. H SW RG2/Ph/B8

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No Film No Film Women's Meeting Minutes 1722-1802 2 v. + indices ; 33cm. Pre SW Box 19.

Minutes of the pre-Separation meeting of women Friends, 1722-1763 and 1763- 1802, with indexes to both volumes.

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MR-Ph44 (1722-63; 1763-1790 to p. 347) MR-Ph45 (1790-1802 --from p. 346 ) Film 27 (1722-63) Film 28 (1763-1802) Minutes: rough 1781-1783 1 v. ; 32 cm. Pre SW RG2/Ph/B8

Rough minutes or clerks' copy of the pre-Separation meeting of women Friends, 1781-1783.

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No Film No Film Minutes: rough 1801-1809 3 v. ; 24 cm. or smaller. Pre SW RG2/Ph/B8

Rough minutes or clerks' copies of the pre-Separation meeting of women Friends, 1801-1802, 1802-1807, & 1807-1809.

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No Film No Film Minutes 1802-1821/1827-1833 1 v. ; 40 cm. + Index. Pre/O SW RG2/Ph/B8

Minute book of the Orthodox meeting of women Friends. Contains pre- Separation women's minutes, 1802 4mo 5-1821 3mo 5; and Orthodox women's minutes, 1827 9mo 3-1833 4mo 1. "The intervening blank leaves between this, and that on which the minutes of the Monthly Meeting of 3rd of the 9th month 1827 are written, are left in case the original minutes of the Monthly Meeting for the time between 3rd mo 5 1821 and 3rd of 9th mo 1827 should ever be recovered, they being in the hands of the Separatists who refuse to deliver them to Friends."--P. 203.

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MR-Ph45 (1802-21) MR-Ph46 (1827-1833) Film 28 (1802-1821) Minutes 1821-1891 2 v. ; 33 cm. Pre/H SW Box 19

Minute books of the Hicksite meeting of women Friends, 1821-1862 and 1862- 1891. Volume (1821-1861) contains pre-Separation women's minutes, 1821- 1827.

Joint sessions in which men and women meet together for business begin on 6mo 1, 1891.

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MR-Ph41 Film 3Q (1821-62) Film 4Q (1862-1891) Minutes 1833-1864 1 vol. (287 p.) O HV 1250/K2.6

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MR-Ph45 Film 28 Minutes-Rough 1855-1868 1 vol. O HV 1250/K2.7.1

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No Film No Film Minutes-Copy 1865-1872 1 vol. (115 p.) O HV 1250/W2.19

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MR-Ph45 Film 29 Minutes 1865-1897 1 vol. (211 p.) O HV 1250/K2.7

Minutes 1873-1897 in front of book, 1865-1872 from page 155.

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MR-Ph45 & MR-Ph684 Film 28 Minutes: rough 1878-1891 2 v. ; 21 cm. H SW RG2/Ph/B8

Rough minutes or clerks' copies of the Hicksite meeting of women Friends, 1878-1883 & 1883-1891.

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No Film No Film Minutes-Rough 1893-1897 1 vol. O HV 1250/K2.7.2

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No Film No Film Worship & Ministry and its predecessors

Committee which had care of the spiritual welfare of the meeting, particularly the meeting for worship. Ministry and Counsel committees were established in 1918 by Hicksite meetings, which no longer designated members as ministers or elders. The predecessor of Ministry and Counsel was the Preparative Meeting of Ministers and Elders.

 Minutes 1787-1800, 1800-1815 2 folders (2 items) Pre HV 1250/K2.8

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No Film No Film Minutes 1815-1835, 1835-1843 2 folders (2 items) Pre/O HV 1250/K2.8

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No Film No Film Minutes 1867-1928 1 v. ; 27 cm. H SW RG2/Ph/B8

Volume contains: minutes of the Preparative Meeting of Ministers and Elders, 1867 5mo 6-1918 8mo 5; and minutes of the Preparative Meeting of Ministry and Counsel, 1918 11mo 4-1928 8mo 6.

After 8mo 5, 1918, the Meeting of Ministers and Elders changed its name to Preparative Meeting of Ministry and Counsel.

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No Film No Film Property Records Miscellaneous property papers 1761-1847 1 folder Pre/H SW RG2/Ph/B8

Correspondence with Philadelphia Yearly Meeting concerning land deeds, 1761. Mortgage for building improvements, 1847.

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No Film No Film Committees Doylestown Friends Meeting Treasurer's books 1879-1916 2 v. ; 19 cm. or smaller. H SW RG2/Ph/B8

Treasurer's books on Doylestown Indulged Meeting of Buckingham Monthly Meeting (Hicksite), 1879-1897 and 1897-1916. Account book 1879-1897 includes Hough legacy accounts, 1882-1886. Pertinent papers laid in.

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No Film No Film First Day School Minutes 1876-1893 1 v. ; 20 cm. H SW RG2/Ph/B8

Pertinent papers laid in.

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No Film No Film Account book (Plumstead Meeting) 1923-1964 1 v. ; 21 cm. H/U SW RG2/Ph/B8

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No Film No Film Attendance and order of exercises 1881-1888 1 v. ; 22 cm. H SW RG2/Ph/B8

Pertinent papers laid in.

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No Film No Film School Committee Minutes 1878-1950 5 v. + 1 folder (1.5 linear ft.). H SW RG2/Ph/B8

Minutes as follows: 1878-1909, 1925-1935, 1936-1939, 1939-1945, 1945-1948, 1949-1950 (loose in folder).

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No Film No Film Report on schools 1790 1 item (in folder) ; 37 cm. Pre/H SW RG2/Ph/B8

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No Film No Film Miscellaneous Miscellaneous papers 1719-1969 2 v. + 15 items (1.5 linear ft.) Pre/H/U SW RG2/Ph/B8

Discipline and advices (1719-1780); epistles received (1791-1848); Discipline (1856); sample form "Catalogue of records ..." (ca. 1899); inventory of records and related papers (1969).

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No Film No Film Papers 1923 1 folder H HV 1250/K2.8.1

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No Film No Film School Fund Trustees Account book 1794-1840 1 v. ; 33 cm. Pre/H SW RG2/Ph/B8

Contains pre-Separation accounts, 1794-1827. Includes index. Pertinent papers laid in.

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No Film No Film Map of Friends' Graveyard, Quakertown, N.J. 1930 1 chart : blueprint ; 66 x 55 cm. H SW RG2

Surveyed and drawn by Willis W. Vail (1868-1951). Accompanied by: List of inscriptions on headstones, Friends' Graveyard Quakertown, N.J. 1 chart : blueprint ; 66 x 55 cm. Earliest inscription dated: 1751; latest inscription dated: 1922. Scale: 1 in.=10 ft.

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No Film No Film Newsletter 1947-1950 28 cm. H SW RG2/Ph/B8

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No Film No Film Meeting Newsletter 1999 1 folder U SW RG2/Ph/B8

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No Film No Film