Rahway and Plainfield Monthly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1910)
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found: Vail, H.D. Register, 1687-1872(Rahway and Plainfield Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends)
found: Its Minutes, 1802-1910(Rahway and Plainfield Monthly Meeting of Friends)
found: PSC-Hi files(Rahway and Plainfield Monthly Meeting of Friends; hdg. used for Orthodox records; a monthly meeting at Amboy was est. in 1686 as part of Shrewsbury Quarterly Mtg.; it began to circulate to Woodbridge in 1689; from 1689 to 1704 this mtg. was discontinued due to the Keithian Separation; in 1706 the monthly mtg. was reestablished at Woodbridge; in 1763, Woodbridge Monthly Mtg. began to circulate between Plainfield, Rahway, and Woodbridge; in 1769, the monthly mtg. moved from Woodbridge and alternated between Plainfield and Rahway; its name was changed to Rahway and Plainfield Monthly Mtg.; members of Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting (Orthodox) were joined to this meeting in 1855; the Orthodox monthly mtg. was transferred to Burlington Quarterly Mtg. in 1857; it was discontinued in 1910 by Burlington and Bucks Quarterly Mtg., and its members transferred to Chesterfield Monthly Mtg. (Orthodox); the Hicksite monthly mtg. was transferred to New York Yearly Mtg. (Hicksite) in 1833)
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1995-12-14: new
1995-12-15: revised
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