%eadnotat; ]> bybermm* RECORDS OF BYBERRY MONTHLY MEETING (PHILADELPHIA, 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 BYBERRY MONTHLY MEETING (PHILADELPHIA, PA)A Finding Aid for its Meeting Records Deposited in Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and Haverford College Quaker CollectionRecords Services Group of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Summary Records 1726-[ongoing]. Byberry Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 3.5 linear ft. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and 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

Byberry Monthly Meeting was established in 1810 by Abington Quarterly Meeting out of Horsham Monthly Meeting. Byberry Preparative Meeting was its only subordinate business meeting. The meeting remained with Hicksite Friends at the time of the Separation in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting in 1827; Orthodox members were attached to Frankford Monthly Meeting. The meeting reunited with Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox) in 1955, and is currently active.

 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Records include: pre-Separation and Hicksite minutes of the Women's Meeting; minutes of the pre-Separation and Hicksite Ministry & Council committee and its predecessor, the Preparative Meeting of Ministers & Elders; pre-Separation and Hicksite vital records since 1726, including births, deaths, burials, marriage and membership records, certificates of removal, etc. as well as other types of records.

 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 Subjects: Byberry Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. Philadelphia (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 either Swarthmore (SW) or Haverford (HV), 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.

 Acknowledgments1822-1863 14 items (in folder)Pre/HSW RG2/Ph/B9

Written statements of apology from offending members to Byberry Monthly for having acted in a manner contrary to the rules of discipline, 1822-1863.

Stored in misc. papers box 1.

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No Film No Film Births and deaths1740-1879 1 v. ; 34 cm.Pre/HSW Box 19

Meeting's register of births and deaths, 1740-1879. Includes Births, 1740- 1879 and Deaths, 1810-1879. Deaths recorded in back of register in opposite direction to births.

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MR-Ph70 No Film Burials (Philadelphia, Pa.)1726-1825 1 v. ; 25 cm. PreSW RG2/Ph/B9

Burial record of Byberry Monthly Meeting, 1726-1825. Included are: "Burials in Byberry Graveyard taken from Benjamin Atkinson's book of charges, 1793- 1797;" "Burials taken from Griffith Street's book of charges for digging graves;" also deaths and/or burials, 1726, 1732, 1747, 1783. Earliest recorded death is that of Giles Knight, 1726 8mo 12th; latest recorded death is that of Mary Foster, 1825 4th mo 21st, buried 23rd.

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No Film No Film Deaths1737-1823 2 v. ; 34 cm or smallerPreSW Box 19

Register of deaths of Byberry Monthly Meeting, 1737-1823. Contains an earlier register, 1737-1791. Earliest recorded death is: 1736/7 12th mo 9th (William Walton); latest recorded deaths are: 1823 9th mo 7th (Jane Shoemaker; Elizabeth Sickles).

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MR-Ph70 No Film Testimonies of disownment, acknowledgements, and other miscellaneous papers1810-1821 1 v. (57 items) ; 18 cm.PreSW Box 21

Miscellaneous records of Byberry Monthly Meeting, 1810-1821. Chiefly disownments, 1811-1821, and acknowledgments, 1810-1821. Also includes removals issued, 1810-1819, clerk's correspondence and other miscellaneous papers, 1811-1821.

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MR-Ph70 No Film Disownments1822-1841 35 items (in folder)Pre/HSW RG2/Ph/B9

Minutes agreed upon by the Meeting indicating that certain offending members were no longer Friends, 1822-1841. One item is undated.

Stored in misc. papers box 1.

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No Film No Film Marriage records1811-1886 1 v. ; 34 cm.Pre/HSW Box 19

Meeting's copies of marriage certificates, 1811-1886.

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MR-Ph70 No Film Marriage records1845 3 items (in folder)HSW RG2/Ph/B9

Written declaration of intention of marriage with corresponding parental support, no date; note stating where marriage of James Thornton and Emma Gilbert will take place, 3/22/no year; Clement Biddle's request for certificate to marry a member of Byberry, 1845 3rd mo 29th.

Stored in misc. papers box 2.

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No Film No Film Membership 1816-1827 4 v. ; 17 cm or smallerPreSW RG2/Ph/B9

Membership lists of Byberry Monthly Meeting, 1816-1819; 1820; 1825; 1827.

Each volume contained in special folder.

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No Film No Film Membership1829-1845 6 v. ; 36 cm. or smallerHSW RG2/Ph/B9

Membership lists of Byberry Monthly Meeting, 1829, 1830-1831, 1835, 1840, 1840-1844, 1845. 1835 lists includes names of "orthodox who have not been excluded a right amoung Friends" and of "orthodox members released since 1827 up to 1st mo 1836," p. [30-32].

Membership list, 1880, in back of book of minutes, 1863-96, and membership, 1827 & 1897, in minutes, 1896-1918.

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No Film No Film Distribution of membership by age and sex 1862 2 items (in folder)HSW RG2/Ph/B9

Stored with misc. papers box 1.

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No Film No Film Removals Received 1810-1821 1 v. (74 items) ; 23 cm. Pre SW Box 19

Certificates of removal received from other meetings for persons transferring their membership to Byberry Monthly Meeting, 1810-1821.

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MR-Ph73 Film 74A Removals issued1810-1852 6 items (in folder)Pre/HSW RG2/Ph/B9

Letters issued by Byberry Monthly Meeting for persons transferring their membership to other meetings, 1822-1852.

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MR-Ph70 No Film Removals received1822-1876 118 items (in folder)Pre/HSW RG2/Ph/B9

Letters received by Byberry Monthly Meeting for persons transferring their membership from other meetings, 1822-1876.

Stored in misc. papers box 2.

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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.

 Synopsis of Monthly Meeting History or Abridgment of the Minutes as far as respects Byberry 1782-1850 1 v. ; 23.5 cm. Pre/H SW RG2/Ph/B9

Abstract of the minutes of Byberry Monthly Meeting, 1810-1850. Also includes abstract of the minutes of Horsham Monthly Meeting relative to the meeting at Byberry, 1782-1800.

Original minutes 1810-1831 lost in fire in 1896.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No Film No Film Minutes 1831-2003 6 linear ft. (11 v.) H SW Box 20 and RG2/Ph/B9

Minute books of Byberry Monthly Meeting as follows: 1831-1863, 1863-1896, 1896-1919, 1919-1932, 1932-1941, 1941-1952, 1953-1964, 1964-1972, 1972-1981, 1981-1991, 1992-2003. Vols. 1831-1863 and 1863-1896 contain an index of removals issued and received.

Index in vol. 1863-1896 is an index to both volumes.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

MR-Ph70 (1831-63) MR-Ph71 (1863-96; 1896-1918) MR-Ph72 (1932-41; 1941-52) MR-Ph37 (1918-32) No Film (1953-64; 1964-72; 1972-81; 1981-91; 1992-2003) Film 73A (1863-96; 1896-1918) Film 158 (1918-32) Film 147 (1932-41) Film 157 (1941-52) No Film (1831-63; 1953-64; 1964-72; 1972-81; 1981-91; 1992-2003) Women's Meeting Minutes 1810-1826 1 v. ; 25 cm. Pre SW Box 21

Minutes of the pre-Separation meeting of Women Friends, 1810-1826.

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MR-Ph71 Film 73A Minutes [clerk's copy] 1810-1831 1 v. ; 22 cm. Pre/H SW 1810-1831

Clerk's or rough copy of women's minutes, 1810-1831. Pages 61-68 contain a record of visits to families by women Friends and an account of the last sufferings of a woman member.

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No Film No Film Minutes 1826-1897 3 v. ; 28 cm. or smaller Pre/H SW Box 21

Minutes of the Hicksite Meeting of Women Friends, 1828-1897. Also included are minutes of the pre-Separation Meeting of Women Friends, 1826-1827.

Joint sessions with men began 1897 12mo28.

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MR-Ph71 (1826-54) MR-Ph73 (1854-74; 1875-97) Film 73A (1826-54) Film 74A (1854-74; 1875-97) 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.

 Minutes1810-1958 4 v. ; 26 cm. or smallerPre/H/USW RG2/Ph/B9

Minutes of the Meeting of Ministry and Counsel, 1918-1958 and its predecessor, the Preparative Meeting of Ministers and Elders, 1810-1918. Also included are membership lists, 1810-1943. [v.1] 1810-1855; [v.2] 1856-1891; [v.3] 1891-1941; [v.4] 1942-1958.

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No Film No Film List of ministers and elders belonging to Abington Quarterly Meeting: divided by component monthly meetings 1827 1 item (in folder)HSW RG2/Ph/B9

Stored in misc. papers box 2.

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No Film No Film Travelling certificates1810-1822 1 v. (67 items) ; 30 cm.PreSW Box 21

Certificates and minutes for Friends in the ministry, 1810-1822.

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MR-Ph70 No Film Travelling certificates and visiting minutes 1827-1845 26 items (in folder) H SW RG2/Ph/B9

Chiefly travelling certificates and visiting minutes for Mary Pike and John Comly, 1827-1845. Also included are minutes for James Walton, 1823; and Sara Shotwell, 1842.

Stored in misc. papers box 2.

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No Film No Film Financial Records Eastburn donation1776-1854 2 items (in folder)Pre/HSW RG2/Ph/B9

Miscellaneous account of John Eastburn's donation, 1776-1782; statement recording the income from the Eastburn account, 1854 1st mo 17th.

Stored in misc. papers box 2.

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No Film No Film Financial records1827-1853 5 items (in folder)HSW RG2/Ph/B9

Included are: quota of Yearly Meeting stock apportioned to monthly meetings within Abington Quarterly Meeting, including Byberry, 1827; quota of Abington Quarterly Meeting, 1832; printed communication from Philadelphia Monthly Meeting soliciting funds to defray costs of purchasing a lot at 8th & Spruce and building a meeting house thereon, 1831; receipt indicating that John Comly, a member of Byberry, donated $125. towards the erection of said meeting house; meeting tax for 1853.

Stored in misc. papers box 2.

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No Film No Film Joseph Lukens' donation: [Trustees' account book] 1843-1907 54 p. ; 17 cm. + 1 item (in folder)HSW RG2/Ph/B9

Account book of the Lukens' donation, including the judgement from a subcommittee appointed by the Representative Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting regarding the disposition of income arising from this fund, 1886.

Stored in misc. papers box 2.

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No Film No Film Papers relating to the school fund 1928-1932 3 items (in folder)HSW RG2/Ph/B9

Includes: Extract from minutes of 25th of 3rd mo, 1928 containing school committee's report on certain funds left for school purposes; copy of letter (1929 7th mo. 27th) to Miriam Tomlinson, Secondary School Committee, and William P. Bonner, Treasurer of Byberry Monthly Meeting, from Edwin K. Bonner, Clerk, containing a letter to John H. Wood, Treasurer of Trustees, regarding the school fund; letter from Miriam Tomlinson to William P. Bonner relating to "this much discussed matter of the school fund." (1932 1st mo. 20th).

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No Film No Film Papers relating to Walton's donation (124 Spruce St.)1879-1914 ca. 80 items (in folder)HSW RG2/Ph/B9

Includes tax receipts, 1880-1913, and a cash book, 1880-1914.

Stored in misc. papers box 2

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No Film No Film Report of Committee appointed to examine trusts belonging to Byberry Preparative Meeting n.d. 1 item (in folder)SW RG2/Ph/B9

Stored in misc. papers box 2.

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No Film No Film Trustees minutes1924 4 sheets (in folder)HSW RG2/Ph/B9

Manuscript copy of minutes of 1924 1st mo 5th relating to disposition of income accumulated from the funds for school purposes.

Stored in misc. papers box 2.

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No Film No Film Certificate of incorporation and by-laws of Trustees 1915 4 items (in folder)HSW RG2/Ph/B9

Four typescript copies of the certificate of incorporation and by-laws of the trustees of Byberry Monthly Meeting, 1915.

Stored in misc. papers box 1.

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No Film No Film Property Records Deeds, indentures, surrenders of trust1694-18831 folderHSWRG2/Ph/B9 OE

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No Film No Film Byberry Meeting grave yard book with draft, etc./ prepared by Edward Comlyca. 1907 1 v. in folder ; 30 cm.HSW RG2/Ph/B92

Includes two charts of burial ground. Incomplete. Accompanied by pertinent papers.

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No Film No Film Property records1923-1950 ca. 70 items (in folder)HSW RG2/Ph/B9

Bonds and warrants, mortgages, fire insurance and title insurance policies, 1923-1950.

Stored in misc. papers box 1.

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No Film No Film Release of liens for putting roof on Potters Hall1880 1 item (in folder)HSW RG2/Ph/B9

Filed in box 2 of miscellaneous papers.

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No Film No Film Committees Committee of Overseers Minutes1928-1984 2 v. ; 26 cm. H/USW RG2/Ph/B9

Minutes of the Overseers' Meeting, 1928 4mo22-1939 7mo23 and 1939 10mo15-1984 12mo13. Vol. 1928-39 includes committee membership list including death dates up to 3/1942, and accounts for annual suppers, 1928 12mo29-1938 12mo28. Vol. 1939-84 includes, in back of book, membership list, ca.1948.

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No Film No Film School Committee Records1895-1931 1 v. ; 25 cm + 24 items.HSW RG2/Ph/B9

Chiefly minutes of the Byberry Preparative Meeting School Committee, 1895- 1918. Also included are: financial data from treasurer's account book, 1918 -1920 and 1929; regulation regarding portion of school fund income to be used in assisting members in attending George School, 1928; minutes of 8th mo. 16, 1931 on distribution of aid to Byberry students attending George School; list of Byberry members of school age. Accompanied by: miscellaneous papers relating to Byberry Friends School, 1902-1929 (24 items in 2 plastic folders).

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No Film No Film Miscellaneous Miscellaneous papers1822-1871 & n.d. 16 items in folderPre/HSW RG2/Ph/B9

Included are: printed communications from the Indian Affairs Committee; minute extract documenting the "laying down" of Byberry Monthly Meeting (Orthodox) in 1827; John Bowman's resignation, 1850; reportute from Abington Quarterly Meeting on secret societies; Yearly Meeting miscellaneous, etc.

Stored with misc. papers box 1.

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No Film No Film Discipline cases under advisement1841-1862 4 items (in folder).HSW RG2/Ph/B9

Reports about offending members whose cases were being reviewed by a committee appointed by the meeting, 1841, 1852, 1862.

Stored in misc. papers box 1.

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No Film No Film Epistles received1809-1824 14 items (in folder)HSW RG2/Ph/B9

Chiefly epistles from the London Yearly Meeting of Women Friends, 1809-1815, 1817-1819, 1821-1822. Also includes printed epistles from Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1812, and from London Yearly Meeting, 1824.

Stored in misc. papers box 2.

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No Film No Film Letter from Richland Monthly Meeting concerning George W. Evans1845 8mo 29 HSW RG2/Ph/B9

George W. Evans was a member of Byberry who removed to Richland. His mental facilities were impaired, and he depended on the charitable contributions of a friend for his maintenance. Richland Monthly Meeting returned his certificate of removal to Byberry with assurances that the meeting would continue to take care of him on Byberry's behalf as long as he continued in Richland. However, Richland clearly indicates that if Evans' means of support was withheld, the meeting would inform Byberry of the fact.

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No Film No Film Minute / Abington Quarterly Meeting 1857 1 item (in folder)HSW RG2/Ph/B9

Byberry Monthly Meeting's copy of minute from Abington Quarterly Meeting, 1857 5mo2, rejecting the Meeting's request to have two quarterly meetings held at Byberry.

Stored with misc. papers box 2

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No Film No Film Papers relating to Doan Trust1881-1893 51 items (in folder)HSW RG2/Ph/B9

Correspondence , receipts, etc. relating to the care and guardianship of Thomas Doan, 1881-1893.

Stored in misc. papers box 1.

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No Film No Film Queries1843-1844 & n.d. 8 items (in folder)HSW RG2/Ph/B9

Printed queries, n.d., and answers to queries, 1843-1844.

Stored in misc. papers box 2.

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No Film No Film Record of suffering cases 1809-1838 23 p. ; 34 cm + 14 items.Pre/HSW Box 21

Accompanied by a folder containing miscellaneous papers, 1833-1853. Included are: certificates of removal, acknowledgments, financial records.

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MR-Ph70 No Film Newsletter1949-1963 v. ; 28 cm. H/USW RG2/Ph/B9

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