%eadnotat; ]> downipm RECORDS OF DOWNINGTON PREPARATIVE MEETING AND DOWNINGTON MEETING (Downington, PA). A Finding Aid for its Meeting Records Deposited in the Haverford College Library Quaker Collection Records Services Group of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 2003 Downington Preparative Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Records Services Group of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Summary Records 1784-1907. Downington Preparative Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. 1.25 linear ft. Haverford College Library Quaker Collection For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Libraries' online catalog: http://tripod.brynmawr.edu SHORT HISTORY OF MEETING

An indulged meeting known as "Milltown" was established in this area for the summer months in 1784 by Uwchlan Monthly Meeting. Downington Meeting was established by Caln Quarterly Meeting in 1806; a preparative meeting was established in 1811.

There appears to have been no Hicksite branch of this meeting. The Orthodox preparative meeting was absorbed by Uwchlan Monthly Meeting in 1907.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Records of Downington Preparative Meeting, 1811-1907, include: vital records, 1829; men's minutes, 1811-1907; women's minutes, 1811-1907; financial records, 1856-1919; property records, 1798-1935; miscellaneous papers, 1887-1905; trustees' minutes, 1876-1910; Springer Legacy trustees' minutes, 1877-1887.

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/Later Meeting Names Milltown Friends Meeting (Society of Friends) Uwchlan Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends) Subjects: Downington Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends ; 1784-1907) -- Archives.. Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- Chester County. Chester 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 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.

Membership 1829 1 folder (1 item) O HV 1250/V5.20.0