%eadnotat; ]> fallsmm RECORDS OF FALLS MONTHLY MEETING (FALLSINGTON, PA) A Finding Aid for its Meeting Records Deposited in Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and Haverford College Library Quaker Collection Records Services Group of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 2003 RECORDS OF FALLS MONTHLY MEETING (FALLSINGTON, PA) A Finding Aid for its Meeting Records Deposited in Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and Haverford College Library Quaker Collection Records Services Group of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Summary Records 1680-[ongoing] Falls Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends). 29 linear ft. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College & 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

Falls Monthly Meeting was established by Burlington Quarterly Meeting in 1683. It was transferred to Bucks Quarterly Meeting later that year. After the Hicksite Separation of 1827, Orthodox and Hicksite branches of this monthly meeting emerged. In 1866, a group of Primitive Friends withdrew from the Orthodox monthly meeting to form a third Falls Monthly Meeting. In 1947, the Hicksite, Orthodox, and Primitive branches of this monthly meeting were merged into the current Falls Monthly Meeting.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Records include: minutes since 1683; vital records, 1680-1960; Hicksite women's meeting minutes, 1683-1819 & 1827-1891 and Orthodox women's minutes, 1820-1918; Hicksite ministers and elders' minutes, 1756-1904 and Orthodox ministers and elders' minutes, 1859-1923; school committee minutes, 1823-1855; miscellaneous papers, 1825-1859.

 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 Falls Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Hicksite : 1827-1947) Falls Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Orthodox : 1827-1947) Falls Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Primitive : 1866-1947) Subjects: Falls Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends) -- Archives. Falls Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Hicksite : 1827-1947) -- Archives. Falls Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Orthodox : 1827-1947) -- Archives. Falls Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Primitive : 1866-1947) -- Archives. 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 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.

 Births, deaths, and marriages [copy]1680-1894 1 v. (242 p.)Pre/OSW RG2/Ph/F35

Orthodox meeting's copy of vital records. Includes: Births, 1680-1824; Deaths, 1702-1811; Marriages, 1683-1894. Includes index. Includes abstracts of some records copied from the Bucks Quarterly Meeting register, 1682-1782.

Copied in 1898.

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No Film No Film Births and Deaths 1693-1788 1 v. (77, [1], 334 p.) ; 30 cm. + Index Pre SW Box 48

Register also contains: marriages, 1699-1768. Index covers from 1699 to 1759 only.

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MR-Ph170/176 Film 82C Account of Birth of Children of Samuel & Priscilla Buntingn.d 7 items (in folder)PreSW RG2/Ph/F35

Ms. account of the births of the children of Samuel and Priscilla Bunting of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, with the names of their subsequent spouses, n.d.

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No Film No Film List of deaths 1815-1841 1 v. ([19] p.) in folder ; 28 cm.Pre/HSW RG2/Ph/F35

Deaths (1815-1836) continued to 1841. Volume includes list of names of visiting Friends (1808-1835) recorded on final five unnumbered pages.

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No Film No Film Disownments1756-1822 50 items in folder ; 38 cm.PreSW RG2/Ph/F35

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No Film No Film Disownments1828-1882, bulk 1828-1829 1 box (422 items)OSW RG2/Ph/F35

Arranged in four folders; 1/10/1828-4/10/1828, 5/8/1828-12/4/1828, 1829-34, 1835-82.

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No Film No Film Marriage Certificates 1743-1960 1 v. (355 p. in various pagings) Pre/O/U SW RG2/Ph/F35

Includes marriage certificates of the pre-Separation, Orthodox, and united meetings. Volume also contains Births and deaths, 1716-1816. Includes index.

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MR-Ph 176 Film 82C Marriage Certificates 1827-1937 1 v. (64, 64 p.) ; 32 cm. H SW Box 50

Opposite pages bear duplicate numbering.

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MR-Ph176/676 Film 82C Membership 1827-1904 1 vol. H HV 1250/M5.7

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No Film No Film Membership1827-1904 1 v. (66 p.) ; 33 cm. HSW Box 50

Lists of members of the Hicksite monthly meeting. Included are: 1827, 1830- 1835, 1852, 1860, 1871, 1881, 1904. Volume also contains list of members of the Orthodox meeting, 1827.

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MR-Ph676 No Film Membership1829 12 mo 6 items (on 1 leaf) ; 33 cm. x 42 cm. folded to 33 x 21 cm. HSW RG2/Ph/F35

List of members of Falls Monthly Meeting, 12mo 1829. Includes the following categories: male adults members; female adult members; minor members (male and female); male members who left the meeting at the time of the Separation in 1827; female members who left the meeting at the time of the Separation in 1827; minor members whose parents left the meeting in 1827.

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No Film No Film Membership 1881-1957 1 vol. H/U HV 1250/M5.11

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No Film No Film Membership 1885-1957 1 vol. O/U HV 1250/M5.10

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No Film No Film Removals received1683-1801 1 v. (64 p.) ; 40 x 17 cm. + 14 items (in folder)PreSW RG2/Ph/F35

Meeting's copies of certificates of removal received, 1683-1743. Volume also includes: acknowledgments, 1683-1716. Accompanying folder contains: loose certificates received by the meeting, 1698-1801; disownment, 1697; removal issued, 1705.

Volume in fragile condition.

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MR-Ph 676 No Film Removals received1700-1880 2 boxes (452 items) (1.5 linear feet)Pre/OSW RG2/Ph/F35

Box R-Z also contains removals issued, 1712-1862.

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No Film No Film Removals Issued 1775-1883 1 vol. Pre/O/PRM HV 1250/M5.11.1

Includes records of Orthodox Meeting and Primitive Friends.

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No Film No Film Removals issued1828-1881 1 v. (88 p.) ; 33 cm. + 12 items. HSW Box 50

Meeting's copies of certificates of removal issued on behalf of persons moving to other meetings, 1828-1881. Folder contains loose certificates, 1837-1881. One certificate of removal received from Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia, 1881 7mo 20 laid in.

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MR-Ph 676 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 1683-1731 3 v. Pre SW RG2/Ph/F35 & Box 48

Includes original minutes, 1683-1731, extracts, 1683-1731, and separate index.

Original minute book for 1683-1731 has been disbound and placed in protective case

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MR-Ph177 Film 77B Minutes 1731-1767 2 v. Pre SW Box 48

Includes original minutes, 1731-1767, and separate index.

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MR-Ph177 Film 77B Minutes 1767-1788 3 v. Pre SW Box 48

Includes original minutes, 1767-1788, copy, 1775-1779, and separate index.

Original minute book for 1767-1788 has been disbound and placed in protective case

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MR-Ph177 Film 77B Minutes 1789-1816 2 v. Pre SW Box 48

Includes original minutes, 1789-1816, and separate index

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MR-Ph173 Film 87 Minutes 1816-1834 2 v. Pre SW Box 48

Includes original minutes, 1816-1834, and separate index, 1816-1827 (only).

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MR-Ph173 Film 87 Minutes 1834-1860 1 v. H SW Box 48

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MR-Ph174 Film 89 Minutes 1860-1898 1 v. H SW Box 48

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MR-Ph174 Film 89 Minutes 1898-1947 1 v. H SW Box 48

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MR-Ph174 Film 89 Minutes1947-1993 13 v.USW Box 48

With gap, 1973-74 & 1976-1977

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No Film No Film Minutes 1827-1853 1 v. O HV 1250/M4.23

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MR-Ph173 Film 87 Minutes 1854-1897 1 v. O HV 1250/M4.24

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MR-Ph178 Film 88 Minutes 1897-1927 1 v. O HV 1250/M4.25

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MR-Ph178 Film 88 Minutes 1927-1947 1 vol. O HV 1250/M4.26

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MR-Ph178 Film 88 Women’s Meeting

Minutes1683-1819 2 v. ; 35 cm. or smallerPreSW Box 50

Minute books of the pre-Separation women's meeting, 1682/3 12mo 6-1774 12mo 7 & 1775 1mo 4-1819 12mo 9.

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MR-Ph175 Film 81B Minutes1827-1891 2 v. ; 32 cm.HSW Box 50

Minute books as follows: 1827 9mo 8-1862 7mo 12; 1862 8mo 9-1891 12mo 12.

Joint sessions in which men and women meet together for business begin in 1892.

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MR-Ph176 Film 82C Minutes 1820-1852 1 v. O HV 1250/M4.27

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MR-Ph175 Film 81B Minutes 1852-1885 1 v. O HV 1250/M4.28

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MR-Ph175 Film 81B Minutes 1885-1914 1 v. O HV 1250/M5.1

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MR-Ph176 Film 82C Minutes 1914-1918 1 v. O HV 1250/M5.2

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MR-Ph176 Film 82C 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.

 Minutes1756-1823 4 v. PreSW RG2/Ph/F35

Minutes of the Meeting of Ministers & Elders, 1756-64, 1765-79, 1790-98, and 1813-23.

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No Film No Film Minutes1826-1904 6 v. ; 25 cm. or smallerPre/HSW RG2/Ph/F35

Minute books of the Hicksite meeting of ministers and elders, 1826-1832, 1840-1851, 1851-1857, 1857-1866, 1866-1871, 1882-1904. Included are minutes of the pre-Separation meeting of Ministers and Elders, 1826-1827. Minute book, 1826-1832, in folder with 1756-1823.

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No Film No Film Minutes 1859-1882 1 vol. O HV 1250/M5.4

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No Film No Film Minutes 1883-1923 1 vol. O HV 1250/M5.6

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No Film No Film Committees School CommitteeMinutes1823-1855 1 v. ([130] p.) ; 34 cm. Pre/HSW RG2/Ph/F35

Minutes of the School Committee, 1823-55. Copy of indenture (1870 March 19) and other pertinent papers laid in.

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No Film No Film Miscellaneous papersca. 1795-1859 10 items (in folder)Pre/HSW RG2/Ph/F35

Miscellaneous papers of the School Committee of Falls Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) and its predecessor, ca. 1795-1859. Includes: rough minutes of the Committee, 1836, 1842-43, 1848-55; accounts, 1831-33; school contract and subscription, 1825; proposed plan of operation of Fallsington School, ca. 1795. Also included, on the back of the latter, is an account of funds for the relief of poor Friends, 1775-1782.

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No Film No Film Tercentenary CommitteeHistorical Presentation Commemorating the Three Hundreth Aniversary of the Founding of Falls Meeting3-3-1683, 1983 3 items (in folder)USW RG2/Ph/F35

Typescript of the historical program, introductory remarks by Sandra D. Otis, and A.L.S. to Edwin Bronner concerning the presentation.

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No Film No Film Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous papers1828-1863 7 items (in folder)OSW RG2/Ph/F35

Miscellaneous papers of the Falls Monthly Meeting (Orthodox), 1828-1863. Includes extracts of minutes of Bucks Quarterly Meeting, 1848-66, report of the Committee on the subject of Middletown Preparative Meeting, 1863, etc.

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No Film No Film Miscellaneous papersca. 1835 1 item (in folder)HSW RG2/Ph/F35

Includes list of women's names, probably members of Falls Monthly or Bucks Quarterly Meeting, ca. 1835.

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No Film No Film Papers 1983 1 folder U HV 1250/M5.7.5

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No Film No Film Falls Monthly Meeting Papers: abstracts1682-1911 (bulk 1827-1897) 1 vol. ; 30 x 41.5 cm. Pre/OSW RG2/Ph/F35

Abstracted records of Falls Monthly Meeting (Orthodox), 1682-1911, probably constituting an inventory of original records in the Meeting's possession. Includes lists of certificates of removal sent and received, 1698-1880, testimonies & acknowledgements, 1697-1882, certificates and minutes of ministers of Falls Monthly Meeting, 1828-1872, etc. Also includes abstracts of removals, disownments, etc. of Middletown Monthly Meeting, 1829-1860, and lists of miscellaneous records of Buckingham and Wrightstown Monthly Meetings, the Orthodox branches of which were eventually joined to Falls Monthly meeting (Orthodox). Spine reads: Record of Members/Buckingham Mo. Meeting of Friends, Pa.

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