Monthly Meeting held at Bethlehem (Society of Friends : 1744-1747)

found: PSC-Hi files(Bethlehem Monthly Meeting; Bethlehem Monthly Meeting was est. in 1744 by Burlington Quarterly Mtg. out of Chesterfield Mo. Mtg.; from 1748 to 1859, the name of this monthly meeting was Kingwood; in 1786, the monthly meeting was transferred from Philadelphia Yearly Mtg. to New York Yearly Mtg.; the Orthodox branch of this mtg. was discontinued in 1828, and its members were transferred to Rahway and Plainfield Monthly Meeting; in 1832, Kingwood Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) returned to Philadelphia Yearly Mtg.; in 1859, the mtg. became known as Quakertown; the monthly meeting was discontinued in 1905 and its members attached to Buckingham Monthly Meeting; a second Quakertown Monthly Meeting was est. in 1961 out of Quakertown Indulged Meeting by Bucks Quarterly Mtg.; this is currently an active monthly mtg.)