Papers, 1721-1861.

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Papers, 1721-1861.

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Family correspondence (1842-1861); receipts (1816-1819); birth records (1721-1833) for Spencer, Welding, and Worthing families; poetry (1836-1860); subpoena (1823); deed to Joseph Taylor for land in Wrightstown, Pa. (1803); family wills (1813-1853); Friends memorial for John Simpson at Falls Monthly Meeting (1813); and land draft for a tract in Wrightstown for Lewis Bolap (1832).

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Bucks County Historical Society

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Bucks County Historical Society

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Spencer family.

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Weldon family.

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Taylor, Joseph, of Wrightstown, Pa.

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Welding family.

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Simpson, John, 1740-1811

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John Simpson was born in 10 month 23, 1739 (old style), and his parents, members of the Society of Friends, settled in the verge of Buckingham Monthly Meeting when he was an infant. He married Ruth Whitson and around 1764 was recognized as a minister. Ruth died in 1803, and he married second Ann Ingham. He traveled widely in the ministry throughout the United States, moving to Ohio in 1809. In 1810, he requested a certificate of transfer from Falls Monthly Meeting to West Branch, Ohio. A letter ...

Bolap, Lewis

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Worthington, William, of Bucks County, Pa.

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Worthington family.

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Falls Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends)

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Falls Monthly Meeting was established by Burlington Quarterly Meeting in 1683. It was transferred to Bucks Quarterly Meeting later that year. After the 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. ...