Records of Yorkshire Quarterly Meeting of the Society of Friends. 1651-1977.
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Fox, George, 1624-1691
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George Fox (July 1624 – 13 January 1691) was an English Dissenter, who was a founder of the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as the Quakers or Friends. The son of a Leicestershire weaver, he lived in times of social upheaval and war. He rebelled against the religious and political authorities by proposing an unusual, uncompromising approach to the Christian faith. He travelled throughout Britain as a dissenting preacher, performing hundreds of healings, and often being persecuted by ...
London Yearly Meeting (Society of Friends)
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Wilmington Monthly Meeting was established in 1750 by Chester[Concord] Quarterly Meeting out of Kennett Monthly Meeting (PA). After the Hicksite Separation of 1827, there were two monthly meetings at Wilmington. The Hicksite, or West Street, meeting merged with the Orthodox, or Harrison Street, meeting in 1945, forming a united monthly meeting under the two Concord Quarterly Meetings. Wilmington is currently an active monthly meeting. From the description of A Collection of Christian...
Yorkshire Quarterly Meeting of the Society of Friends
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There is strong evidence for a Quarterly Meeting being held in Yorkshire in December 1665; however the first full series of Quarterly Meetings took place in March, June, September and December 1666. This pattern continued unbroken to October 1966. After 1966 it was re-named Yorkshire General Meeting. Over the centuries, the following Monthly Meetings have existed within the Quarterly Meeting boundaries: Balby (1669-); Brighouse (1669-); East Riding (1665-1669); Elloughton, later Cave (1669-1784)...
Backhouse, James, 1794-1869
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James Backhouse (1794-1869) was an English Quaker missionary who travelled in Australia with George Washington Walker (1800-1859) between 1832 and 1838. From the description of Correspondence and accounts [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225810010 ...
