Nantucket Monthly Meeting of Friends (Gurneyite) Records
1845-1867
4 vols., 1 box (0.5 linear foot)
Call no.: MS 902 G876 N368
Having already separated between Hicksite and Orthodox factions in 1830, Friends on Nantucket separated again in 1845 between Gurneyites and Wilburites. While Gurneyites were the "larger body" in nearly every other meeting in the region, on Nantucket they were the minority. Drawing some of their members from the Hicksites, who were disbanding at the time, the Gurneyite monthly was under the care of Sandwich Quarterly Meeting. Never great number, the meeting was laid down in 1867, although a worship group under care of New Bedford Monthly Meeting continued to 1897.
This relatively small collection offers relatively complete documentation for a short-lived Gurneyite Friends meeting, including nearly complete runs of minutes (including rough minutes) for both the men's and women's meetings and records of meeting finances.
Background on Nantucket Monthly Meeting of Friends (Gurneyite)
Abbie Loring in Cape Cod Quaker attire, ca.1930. Photo by Alton H. Blackington
Having already separated between Hicksite and Orthodox factions in 1830, Quakers on Nantucket separated again in 1845 between Gurneyites and Wilburites. While Gurneyites were the "larger body" in nearly every other meeting in the region, on Nantucket they were the minority. Drawing some of their members from the Hicksites, who were disbanding at the time, the Gurneyite monthly was under the care of Sandwich Quarterly Meeting. Never great number, the meeting was laid down in 1867, although a worship group under care of New Bedford Monthly Meeting continued to 1897.
Scope of collection
This relatively small collection offers relatively complete documentation for a short-lived Gurneyite Friends meeting, including nearly complete runs of minutes (including rough minutes) for both the men's and women's meetings and records of meeting finances.
Cite as: Nantucket Monthly Meeting of Friends (Gurneyite) Records (MS 902 G876 N368). Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.
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Nantucket (Mass.)--Religious life and customs
New England Yearly Meeting of Friends
Quakers--Massachusetts
Society of Friends--Massachusetts
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