Richmond Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends) Records
1792-1850
6 vols. (1 linear foot)
Call no.: MS 902 R534
Meetings for Quaker worship began in Richmond, N.H., as early as 1766. Situated in a small town on the border of Massachusetts, the new meeting was initially placed under the care of Smithfield Monthly meeting, transferring to Uxbridge Monthly in 1783. Having achieved a degree of stability, the meeting was set off as the Richmond Monthly Meeting in 1792, although it was laid down in 1850. Its remaining members were attached to Uxbridge Monthly Meeting.
The records of Richmond Monthly Meeting contain a complete set of minutes from both the men's and women's meetings, along with records or births, deaths, marriages, and transfers within the membership.
Abbie Loring in Cape Cod Quaker attire, ca.1930. Photo by Alton H. Blackington
Meetings for Quaker worship began in Richmond, N.H., as early as 1766. Situated in a small town on the border of Massachusetts, the new meeting was initially placed under the care of Smithfield Monthly meeting, transferring to Uxbridge Monthly in 1783. Having achieved a degree of stability, the meeting was set off as the Richmond Monthly Meeting in 1792 as part of Rhode Island Quarterly Meeting, although they were transferred to Smithfield Quarterly in 1801. Richmond was parent to a worship group in Pelham, Mass., from 1808 to 1813 and 1831 to about 1833. Pelham was a Preparative Meeting from 1821-1821.
With a decline in membership, Richmond Monthly was laid down in 1850; its remaining members were attached to Uxbridge Monthly Meeting.
Scope of collection
The records of Richmond Monthly Meeting contain a complete set of minutes from both the men's and women's meetings, along with records or births, deaths, marriages, and transfers within the membership.
Inventory
Richmond Monthly Meeting of Friends
1792-1850
Richmond Monthly: Minutes (Men)
1792 Nov.-1835 Nov.
Bound vol.
09:C2
Richmond Monthly: Minutes (Women)
1792 Nov.-1850 Oct.
Bound vol.
09:C2
Richmond Monthly: Vital records: Denials
1792 Dec.-1842
Bound vol.
09:C2
Richmond Monthly: Vital records: Epistles, marriages, denials, and removals
1793-1820
Bound vol.
09:C2
Richmond Monthly: Vital records: Epistles, marriages, denials, and School Committee
1820 Nov.-1844 Feb.
Bound vol.
09:C2
Richmond Monthly: Members
1792-1850
Bound vol.
09:C2
Administrative information
Access
The collection is open for research.
Provenance
Gift of the New England Yearly Meeting of Friends Records, March 2016.
Bibliography
A detailed history of the Pelham Preparative Meeting is available: Disowned, Disrupted, Dissolved: The Life and Times of the Members of the Society of Friends (Quakers) in Pelham, Massachusetts, 1806-1870, Including Genealogy on Most of These Families, by Paul J. Bigelow (published by the author, 1985)
Cite as: Richmond Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends) Records (MS 902 R534). Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.
