Nantucket Monthly Meeting of Friends (Gurneyite : 1845-1867)
Nantucket Monthly Meeting of Friends (Gurneyite) Records
1845-1867
MS 902 G876 N368
4 vols., 1 box
0.5 linear foot
Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries
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.
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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.
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.
The collection is open for research.
Cite as: Nantucket Monthly Meeting of Friends (Gurneyite) Records (MS 902 G876 N368). Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.
Gift of the New England Yearly Meeting of Friends Records, March 2016.
This collection is part of the New England Yearly Meeting Records.
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Processed by I. Eliot Wentworth, October 2018.
New England Yearly Meeting of Friends
Quakers--Massachusetts
Society of Friends--Massachusetts
Nantucket (Mass.)--Religious life and customs
Minutes (Administrative records)
Vital records (Document genre)
Minutes
1845-1867
Men's minutes1845-1867
09:B3Nantucket Monthly (Gurneyite): Men's minutes1845 July 31-1867 Jan. 10Bound vol.
11Nantucket Monthly (Gurneyite): Men's minutes (rough)1845 Feb.-1848 June
11Nantucket Monthly (Gurneyite): Men's minutes (rough)1847 May-1852 Nov.
11Nantucket Monthly (Gurneyite): Men's minutes (rough)1853 Jan.-1857 May
11Nantucket Monthly (Gurneyite): Men's minutes (rough)1854 June-1857 Nov.
11Nantucket Monthly (Gurneyite): Men's minutes (rough)1857 June-1867 Jan.
Women's minutes1845-1867
09:B3Nantucket Monthly (Gurneyite): Women's minutes1845 July 31-1867 Jan. 10Bound vol.
12Nantucket Monthly (Gurneyite): Women's minutes (rough)1854 Jan.-1861 Aug.
12Nantucket Monthly (Gurneyite): Women's minutes (rough)1861 Sept.-1866 Apr.
Worship and ministry
1845-1867
13Nantucket Monthly (Gurneyite): Overseers1845 July-1858 Mar.
Finance and property
1845-1881
14Nantucket Monthly (Gurneyite): Trearurer1845-1861
14Nantucket Monthly (Gurneyite): Trearurer1861-1873
14Nantucket Monthly (Gurneyite): Trearurer1873-1881
Vital records
1845-1867
09:B3Nantucket Monthly (Gurneyite): Births and deaths1845-1867Bound vol.
09:B3Nantucket Monthly (Gurneyite): Marriages1845 July 31-1867 Jan. 10Bound vol.