Bettle family papers, 1800-1955

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Bettle family papers, 1800-1955

1800-1955

The Bettle family were prominent 19th century Quaker merchants in Philadelphia. Samuel Bettle, Sr., was Clerk of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting at the time of the Separation in 1827. His son, Samuel Bettle, Jr., was also a Quaker minister. They had at least five children, among whom was Samuel, Jr.; the latter married Mary Ann Jones in 1831. The collection includes correspondence, biographical clippings, business records, and other papers of Samuel Bettle and his family. Correspondents include William Savery, Jesse Kersey, Stephen Grellet, and other prominent Friends.

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Savery, William, 1750-1804

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William Savery (1750-1804) was born September 14, 1750, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of William and Mary (Peters) Savery. Educated in local schools, Savery was then apprenticed in the tanning industry. He was a business Friend of Philadelphia and a prominent minister. In 1778, he married Sarah Evans. Savery was first recognized a minister in 1781, and traveled on religious visits throughout America and Europe. In 1796, Savery traveled to England via Germany, France, and the Netherlands...

Bettle, Samuel, 1774-1861

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Clerk of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends. From the description of Letters : Philadelphia, Pa., New Cornwell, [N.Y.], and Mount Pleasant, Ohio, to Jane Temple Bettle, Pennsbury and Philadelphia, Pa., 1802-1803, 1813 July 23, 1817 Aug. 18, and 1828 Sept. 7. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 24857582 ...

Bettle, Jane, 1773-1840

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Robson, Elizabeth, 1771-1843

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Quaker minister from England. From the description of Letter : Washington, D.C., to Jane Bettle, Philadelphia, 1825 Dec. 24. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 29231424 Elizabeth Robson was an English Quaker minister who was in America from 1824-1828. Robson was the daughter of Isaac Stephenson & Eliz. Maire and m. Thomas Robson. Jane Bettle was an elder of Phila. Monthly Meeting. From the description of ALS, 1826 April 1 : Virginia to Jane Bettle / E. ...

Kersey, Jesse, 1768-1845

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Jesse Kersey of Downingtown, Pennsylvania, was a prominent minister in the Society of Friends. The son of William and Hannah Kersey, he married Elizabeth Coates and had eleven children. From the description of Letter, 1817 8mo 5, Downingtown [to] Samuel Bettle, Philadelphia. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 20031262 A minister in the Society of Friends. From the description of Letter : to Samuel Bettle, Philadelphia, Pa. Undated. (Bryn Mawr College). Wor...

Bettle, Samuel, 1809-1880

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Philadelphia Quaker. From the description of Letter : Philadelphia, to Jane Bettle, Philadelphia, 1840 Jan. 13. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28328276 Samuel Bettle, Jr., a Quaker minister from Philadelphia, spent several weeks during the summer of 1841 traveling between the isolated Quaker meetings scattered through the counties of central Pennsylvania. An Orthodox Quaker and probably the son of the clerk of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the sam...

Grellet, Stephen, 1773-1855

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Stephen Grellet (28 October 1772 – 16 November 1855) was a prominent French-American Quaker missionary. Grellet was born Étienne de Grellet du Mabillier in Limoges, the son of Antoine Gabriel Grellet, a counsellor of King Louis XVI also director of the first chinaware fabric in Limoges. His family had some interest in iron making. Raised as a Roman Catholic, he was educated at the Military College of Lyons, now the Institut d'études politiques de Lyon, and at the age of 17 he entered the person...

Bettle family.

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The Bettle family were prominent 19th century merchants in Philadelphia. Samuel Bettle Sr. was Clerk of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting at the time of the Separation in 1827. His son, Samuel Bettle Jr., was also a Quaker minister. Samuel Bettle, son of Samuel and Sarah of Philadelphia, married Jane Temple, daughter of Thomas and Jane, in 1802 at Kennett Meeting House. They had at least five children, among whom was Samuel Jr.; the latter married Mary Ann Jones in 1831. ...