One of the first quarterly meetings to be established within the New England Yearly Meeting of Friends, Sandwich has been conducting meetings for business since 1705, with meetings for worship extending back to as early as 1680. Sandwich Quarterly oversees monthly meetings primarily in Bristol County, Mass., Cape Cod, and the Islands. The Wilburite Sandwich Quarterly separated in 1845 and remained apart until the general reunion of Friends in New England in 1945.
Spanning more than three centuries, the records of Sandwich Quarterly Meeting contain a nearly complete run of minutes of meetings, records of Ministers and Elders, and other miscellaneous materials.
Background on Sandwich Quarterly Meeting (Society of Friends)
Abbie Loring in Cape Cod Quaker attire, ca.1930. Photo by Alton H. Blackington
One of the first quarterly meetings to be established within the New England Yearly Meeting of Friends, Sandwich has been conducting meetings for business since 1705, with meetings for worship extending back to as early as 1680. Sandwich Quarterly oversees monthly meetings primarily in Bristol County, Mass., Cape Cod, and the Islands. The Wilburite Sandwich Quarterly separated in 1845 and remained apart until the general reunion of Friends in New England in 1945.
Sandwich Quarterly Meeting: constituent meetings
Acoaxet Monthly (1788-1812): became Westport
Allen's Neck Monthly (1956-present)
Apponegansett Worship Group (?-present)
Barnstable Monthly (2006- )
Dartmouth Monthly at Smith's Neck (1788-present)
Lower Cape Worship Group (?-present)
Marion Monthly (1973-1992)
Marion Worship Group (1970-1973)
Martha's Vineyard Monthly (1984-present)
Mattapoisett Monthly (1992-present)
Nantucket Monthly (1781-1867)
Nantucket Worship Group (1990-?)
Nantucket Northern District Monthly (1794-1829)
New Bedford Monthly
Pembroke Monthly (1736-1876)
Rhode Island Monthly (1951-1960)
Sandwich Monthly (1705-present)
Scituate Monthly (1705-1735): became Pembroke Monthly
Swansea Monthly (1951-present)
West Falmouth Preparative (?-present)
Westport Monthly (1788-present)
Yarmouth Preparative
Scope of collection
Spanning more than three centuries, the records of Sandwich Quarterly Meeting contain a nearly complete run of minutes of meetings, records of Ministers and Elders, and other miscellaneous materials.
Inventory
Sandwich Quarterly Meeting: Minutes
1679-2002
Sandwich Quarterly Meeting: Minutes, Men's and joint minutes
Cite as: Sandwich Quarterly Meeting (Society of Friends) Records (MS 902 S2638). Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.
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Massachusetts--Religious life and customs
New England Yearly Meeting of Friends
Quakers--Massachusetts
Society of Friends--Massachusetts
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