Trenton Preparative Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1956)

An indulged meeting at Trenton was established in 1734 by Chesterfield Monthly Meeting; the meeting was established circa 1740. Trenton Preparative Meeting was established in 1775, though an earlier preparative meeting may have been established in 1763. The former was rejoined to Chesterfield Preparative Meeting three years later, at the time of the occupation of the meeting house by military forces, and re-established in 1797. Two branches were formed at the time of the Separation in 1827. The Orthodox preparative meeting was discontinued in 1835, and its meetings were merged into Stony Brook Preparative Meeting. Trenton Meeting continued, and a preparative meeting was re-established in 1841. In 1956, the former Hicksite, or Hanover Street Meeting, merged with the former Orthodox, or Mercer Street Meeting, to form Trenton Preparative Meeting. In 1974, through a division of Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, this preparative meeting was established as Trenton Monthly Meeting.