%eadnotat; ]> cecilmm RECORDS OF CECIL MONTHLY MEETING (LYNCH, MD) 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 CECIL MONTHLY MEETING (LYNCH, MD)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 1678-1952. Cecil Monthly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : Lynch, Md. : 1827-1899). 5 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

Cecil Monthly Meeting was established in 1698 out of Third Haven Monthly Meeting. The Orthodox meeting was discontinued in 1928. Cecil Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) became inactive around 1899. In 1941, a "revived meeting" named Cecil Monthly Meeting was established to care for the property & transfer the title to Third Haven Monthly Meeting; this body met primarily in Swarthmore, Pa., and ceased activity in 1952 after its objectives were attained.

 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Records, pre-Separation and Hicksite, include: minutes, 1698-1899 & 1941-1952; women's meeting minutes, 1765-1848; births & deaths, 1678-1839 and 1751-1851; marriage records, 1698-1784 and 1785-1851; removals issued, 1800-1847; acknowledgements, 1768-1776; disownments, 1767-1777; property records, 1941-1952; History, ca. 1942.

 ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Accession information

Deposit

 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:

Earlier Meeting Names: Cecil Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Lynch, Md. : 1698-1827). Subjects: Cecil Monthly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : Lynch, Md. : 1827-1899). Cecil Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Lynch, Md. : 1698-1827). Society of Friends -- Maryland -- Kent County. Kent County (Md.) -- 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 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 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 and deaths 1678-1839 1 v. ; 32 cm. Pre/H SW Box 22

Births and deaths of Cecil Monthly Meeting, 1678-1839. Earliest recorded birth is William Bayley, 1678; latest recorded death is Susanna Waltham, 1839. Vol. also includes marriage records, 1698-1784. Pages heavily foxed. Includes marriage records, 1698-1784.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

MR-Ph86 No Film Births and deaths 1785-1913 1 v. ; 34 cm. Pre/H SW Box 22

Record of births and deaths of Cecil Monthly Meeting, 1785-1913. Earliest recorded birth is John Smyth, 1785; latest recorded death is William P. Norris, 1913. Volume also includes copies of marriage certificates, 1785- 1851. Includes index.

With: Marriage records, 1785-1851

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

MR-Ph86 No Film Removals Issued 1800-1847 1 v. ; 33 cm. Pre/H SW Box 23

Meeting's copies of certificates of removal issued to members transferring to other meetings, 1800-1847.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

MR-Ph437 Film 136A 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 1698-1899 6 v. ; 42 cm. or smaller. Pre/H SW RG2/Ph/C4

Minutes of the pre-Separation meeting, 1698-1827, including clerk's copies, 1795-1799, and minutes of the Hicksite meeting, 1827-1840, 1848 -1899, 1941 -1952. Volume for 1698-1779 contains Acknowledgements, 1768-1776, and Disownments, 1767-1777. Volumes 1780-1803 and 1803-40 are indexed in the volume.

Joint sessions in which men and women met together for business begin in 1848.

Minute books Arranged chronologically within each volume.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

MR-Ph84 (1780-1803; 1803-40) MR-Ph85 (1795-99) MR-Ph86 (1698-1779) MR-Ph87 (1848-99) No Film Minutes 1941-1952 1 v. H SW RG2/Ph/C4

Minutes of the reestablished Hicksite meeting, 1941-52.

 MR-Ph84 No Film Women's Meeting Minutes 1765-1848 v. ; 34 cm. or smaller. Pre/H SW Box 23

Minutes of the pre-Separation women's meeting, 1765-1827 and minutes of the Hicksite women's meeting, 1827-1848. Minute books. Arranged chronologically within each volume.

Joint sessions with men began in 1848.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

MR-Ph84 No Film Property Records Property records 1941-1952 10 items (in folder) ; 30 cm. H SW RG2/Ph/C4

Papers relating to Meeting's property, 1941-1952. Included are : Letters of Henry C. Turner relating to his gifts for the maintenance and repair of the meetinghouse and burial ground, 1941-1947 ; deed transferring Cecil Monthly Meeting's property to trustees of Third Haven Monthly Meeting, 1952 May 7 ; agreement between Cecil Monthly Meeting and Philadelphia Yearly Meeting trustees, 1950 Jan. 12 ; assignment of income under trust agreement of Jan. 12, 1950, 1952 June 9 ; amendment to trust agreement of Jan. 12, 1950, 1952 June 9. With : Old Cecil Meeting on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, 1696-1900/ by Elizabeth Chandlee Forman. Typewritten note related to Cecil Monthly Meeting's cemetery laid in.

Filed under : Miscellaneous papers.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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