Greenwich Monthly Meeting of Friends (Wilburite) Records
A small group from Greenwich Monthly Meeting in East Greenwich, R.I., separated from the larger body during the Friends’ doctrinal controversies of the 1840s to form the Greenwich Monthly Meeting (Wilburite). Established under the aegis of Rhode Island Quarterly Meeting (Wilburite) in 1844, they were laid down just one year later and its members transferred to Kingstown Monthly Meeting (Wilburite).
These three slender volumes document the short-lived Greenwich Monthly Meeting (Wilburite). A thin notebook contains the surviving minutes of the Men’s meeting, while the Women’s minutes (and partial copy) were continued after the members transferred to the care of South Kingston Monthly Meeting in 1845.
Background on Greenwich Monthly Meeting of Friends (Wilburite)
A small group from Greenwich Monthly Meeting in East Greenwich, R.I., separated from the larger body during the Friends’ doctrinal controversies of the 1840s to form the Greenwich Monthly Meeting (Wilburite). Established under the aegis of Rhode Island Quarterly Meeting (Wilburite) in 1844, they were laid down just one year later and its members transferred to Kingstown Monthly Meeting (Wilburite).
Scope of collection
These three slender volumes document the short-lived Greenwich Monthly Meeting (Wilburite). A thin notebook contains the surviving minutes of the Men’s meeting, while the Women’s minutes (and partial copy) were continued after the members transferred to the care of South Kingston Monthly Meeting in 1845.
The label on the spine of these volumes identifies them as “East Greenwich.”
Inventory
The Women’s minutes are included at the front of the Women’s minutes for South Kingstown Monthly Meeting (Wilburite).
Copies of Women’s minutes for Greenwich Monthly and South Kingstown Monthly Meeting (Wilburite) through 1862.
Administrative information
Access
The collection is open for research.
Provenance
Gift of the New England Yearly Meeting of Friends Records, March 2016.
Related Material
This collection is part of the New England Yearly Meeting Records.
See also the records of the South Kingstown Monthly Meeting (Wilburite), which are held at UMass Amherst.
Processing Information
Processed by I. Eliot Wentworth, October 2018.
Language:
English
Copyright and Use (More information )
Cite as: Greenwich Monthly Meeting of Friends (Wilburite) Records (MS 902 w553-g744). Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.
Search terms
Subjects
- Greenwich (R.I.)–Religious life and customs
- Quakers–Rhode Island
- Society of Friends–Rhode Island
Names
- New England Yearly Meeting of Friends
Genre terms
- Minutes (Administrative records)