Monthly Meeting of Friends held at Shrewsbury (Hicksite : 1827-1927)
Variant namesShrewsbury Monthly Meeting was established in 1672 along with Shrewsbury (Shrewsbury and Rahway) Quarterly Meeting. The monthly meeting was transferred to Philadelphia Yearly Meeting in 1682. Two branches were formed at the time of the Separation. The Orthodox monthly meeting was discontinued in 1855; its members were transferred to Rahway and Plainfield Monthly Meeting (Orthodox). The Hicksite monthly meeting was transferred to New York Yearly Meeting (Hicksite) in 1833. It merged with Squan Preparative Meeting in 1928 to form Shrewsbury and Manasquan Monthly Meeting (Hicksite). In 1955, this monthly meeting divided into Manasquan Monthly Meeting and Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting.
From the description of An Abstract of Marriages and a copy of the records of births and deaths of the members of Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting of Friends ... / taken from the original records by Hugh D. Vail, 1657-1876. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 34481292
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| referencedIn | Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1855). Records, 1657-1876. | Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College | |
| referencedIn | Cox, John, 1860-1951. Abstract of Shrewsbury (New Jersey) Monthly Meeting / John Cox, Jr. | Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College | |
| creatorOf | Monthly Meeting of Friends held at Shrewsbury (Hicksite : 1827-1927). An Abstract of Marriages and a copy of the records of births and deaths of the members of Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting of Friends ... / taken from the original records by Hugh D. Vail, 1657-1876. | Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College | |
| creatorOf | Monthly Meeting of Friends held at Shrewsbury (Hicksite : 1827-1927). An Abstract of Marriages and a copy of the records of births and deaths of the members of Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting of Friends ... / taken from the original records by Hugh D. Vail, 1657-1876. | Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College |
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| associatedWith | Cox, John, 1860-1951. | person |
| associatedWith | Monthly Meeting of Friends held at Shrewsbury (1672-1827) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Monthly Meeting of Friends held at Shrewsbury (Hicksite : 1827-1927) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1855) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Vail, Hugh D. | person |
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