Swansea Monthly Meeting of Friends (Wilburite) Records
1844-1865
5 vols. (1 linear foot)
Call no.: MS 902 W553 S936
The Separation of 1845 that affected the New England Yearly Meeting of Friends was profoundly felt throughout Rhode Island and Cape Cod. The meeting at Swansea, Mass., split in 1844, with the Wilburite Monthly of that name becoming part of the Rhode Island Quarterly Meeting. In 1863, Swansea Monthly was laid down, with the Fall River Preparative Meeting transferring to Providence Monthly Meeting (Wilburite). A small number of Friends in Swansea rejected the decision to lay down the meeting and continued to meet as an independent body until 1865.
The short history of the Wilburite Swansea Monthly Meeting in four slender volumes of meeting minutes (one from the women's meeting) and a thin records of marriages.
Background on Swansea Monthly Meeting of Friends (Wilburite)
Abbie Loring in Cape Cod Quaker attire, ca.1930. Photo by Alton H. Blackington
The Separation of 1845 that affected the New England Yearly Meeting of Friends was profoundly felt throughout Rhode Island and Cape Cod. The meeting at Swansea, Mass., split in 1844, with the Wilburite Monthly of that name becoming part of the Rhode Island Quarterly Meeting. In 1863, Swansea Monthly was laid down, with the Fall River Preparative Meeting transferring to Providence Monthly Meeting (Wilburite). A small number of Friends in Swansea rejected the decision to lay down the meeting and continued to meet as an independent body until 1865.
Scope of collection
The short history of the Wilburite Swansea Monthly Meeting in four slender volumes of meeting minutes (one from the women's meeting) and a thin records of marriages. Records of the "larger body" of Swansea Monthly Meeting are also held in SCUA.
Cite as: Swansea Monthly Meeting of Friends (Wilburite) Records (MS 902 W553 S936). Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.
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New England Yearly Meeting of Friends
Quakers--Massachusetts
Society of Friends--Massachusetts
Swansea (Mass.)--Religious life and customs
Wilburites
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Swansea Monthly Meeting of Friends (Wilburite : 1844-1865) [main entry]
