index
Page numbers in italics indicate illustrations. Spellings in the minutes are extremely variable, and have been regularized in the index for ease of use. For instance, Willbur, Willbore, Wilber, Wilbor, and Wilbur are all entered as Wilbur. Common name variants are cross-referenced where appropriate. People with the same name are differentiated if they are distinguishable in the context of the minutes. Women are indexed under both maiden and married name if they can be identified as the same person from the context.
Abington, Pennsylvania, 528
abolition. See slavery, manumission, and abolition
accounts, financial. See under financial matters
accounts, testimonial. See testimonies/accounts
Acoaxet Meeting
Book of Discipline, transcription of, 743
boundaries with, 695, 698, 702
burying ground at, 203, 204, 470, 522
collection for meeting house at, 179
condemnations/disownments read at, 202, 204, 208, 327, 502, 519, 552–53, 569, 665, 674
current meeting house structure at, 178
deed for land, 178, 180, 188, 513, 516, 521
elder to assist William Wood at, 409
estate of Jedidiah and Keziah Wood, dispute over settlement of, 795, 797, 802, 803, 820–21
meeting at upper part of Acoaxet, 589
meetings held at, 43, 44, 55, 63, 66, 71, 74, 78–79, 85, 102, 110, 118, 126, 129, 138, 146, 152, 155, 160, 189
membership of poor Friend in Acoaxet or Apponegansett, determining, 719, 720, 721, 722, 729, 730
non-attendance at monthly meetings, 502, 525, 532, 533, 543, 555, 587, 588, 605, 621, 634, 635, 636, 655, 662, 663, 664, 672, 688
oversight of behavior and attendance at, 604, 614, 633, 689
preparative meetings, 455, 696
purchase of land and construction of meeting house for, 176, 177, 178, 183, 187, 188, 196, 201, 212, 213–14, 232, 237
rebuilding and enlargement of meeting house, 654, 656, 659
repair of meeting house, 542
separate monthly meeting for, establishment of, 693, 695, 698–99, 702, 704, 708, 710, 711
stable on meeting house land, 203
sufferings of Friends of, 359
variant spellings of, 43n3
visitors for, 293, 302, 306, 313, 326, 339, 340, 347, 348, 362, 363, 367, 369, 372, 376, 379, 381, 387, 389, 395, 398, 400, 407, 411, 415, 417, 418, 422, 425, 426, 431–32, 436, 451, 457, 465, 475, 476, 486, 487, 495, 519, 532, 533, 535, 554, 559, 568, 573, 578, 587, 590, 591, 595, 598, 603, 608, 613, 618, 625, 639, 670
yearly meetings, separation of, 829
yearly meetings at, 222, 223, 458, 689
Acoaxet River, 437, 487, 495, 589
Acushnet Meeting
acquisition of land and construction of meeting house for, 265, 275, 276, 277, 281, 289, 290, 305
burying ground for, 275, 276, 297, 470, 522
condemnations/disownments read at, 213, 303, 354, 357, 361
convincement paper read at, 473
deed for land, 277, 281, 295, 329, 330, 331, 516, 521
list of Friends and transgressors, 636, 637, 639, 640, 689
Long Plain meeting house, 527, 615
marriage at meeting house of, 487
meetings held at, 148, 208, 261, 305, 324–25
quarterly meeting held at, 615
stable, construction of, 317
visitors for, 276, 293, 302, 313, 324, 326, 329, 339, 347, 348, 362, 367, 369, 379, 382, 384, 390, 398, 400, 411, 417, 419, 425–26, 432, 436, 451, 452, 465, 474, 510, 573, 585, 596, 606
weekday meeting at, 569
advice
on building a house, 510
condemnation for marriage contrary to, 288, 289, 290
on conformity for purposes of marriage, 414
going away privately without advice of Friends, 205, 211–12
on legal cases, 190, 668–69, 773
on sale and removal, 321
Stephen Wilcox, advice/assistance of meeting regarding indebtedness of, 501, 502, 504, 661, 662, 664, 666–68, 670, 671, 673, 674, 676, 678–80, 683, 687, 689, 690, 692, 693, 695, 697, 708, 709, 727, 728, 738–42
Akin, Benjamin, 598
Akin, Benjamin, Jr., 602
Akin, David, 364, 366–68, 422, 423
Akin, Eunice, 406
Akin, Hannah Born, 165–66
Akin, James, 616
Akin, John
disputes, involvement in, 75, 378
imprisonment for refusal to pay minister’s tax, 262
marriage of son of, 276
young men at house of, at unseasonable time, 148
Akin, John (lieutenant), 24, 105–7, 136, 137
Akin, John (selectman), 30
Akin, John (son of James), 616, 617, 619, 620, 622
Akin, Mary (wife of Benjamin Akin Jr.), 602, 603
Akin, Mary (wife of William Akin), 608
Akin, Thomas
disownment of, 681–82
marriage to Abigail Allen, 276–77
marriage to Rebecca Russell, 715, 717, 718
Akin, Timothy, 221
alcoholic drinks
drunkenness, Men’s Meeting on, 17, 23, 72–74, 177, 326, 328, 456, 463, 566, 611, 612, 614, 621, 623–25, 627–28, 644, 645, 649, 650, 657, 768, 782, 797, 800, 805, 808, 810, 812, 814, 816, 821–26, 828
quahogs, party of young Friends indulging in entertainment and frolicking under pretense of roasting and eating, 107
tavern run by Daniel Russell, 725, 726, 729, 731, 732, 733, 734
Aldrich, Moses, 301
Aldrich, Sally, xvii
Aldrich, Samuel, 113, 263, 301, 378, 379
Aldrich, Seth, 301
Allen, Abigail [1]
beating of Black manservant by, condemnation and repentance for, 31, 128–30, 139–40, 157–58, 160
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 205, 214
second marriage to John Whitely, 284–86
Allen, Abigail [2] (daughter of Ebenezer Allen), 276–77
Allen, Abigail [3], later Macumber, 29, 643
Allen, Ann/Anne/Anna, 617, 618, 621
Allen, Bathsheba (of Sandwich), 54
Allen, Benjamin [1]
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 400, 401
burying ground, oversight of, 470
deceased, 643
disownment of, 23
disputes, arbitration of, 378
erroneous notions, advising Friend entertaining, 422
marriage to Deborah Russell, 53, 54
marriage to Eliphal Slocum, 480, 481
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 346, 362, 390, 391, 393, 397, 400, 401
marriages, solemnizations of, 324, 394, 401, 405
quarterly meeting, attendance at/report for, 428
sale of farm, advising Friend considering, 321
William Soule bargaining underhandedly with, 206
as visitor, 261, 339, 362, 369, 398, 411, 417, 425, 452, 465, 474
Allen, Benjamin [2], Jr., 23, 516, 696, 698
Allen, Benjamin [3], 818
Allen, Daniel (of Sandwich), 54, 62
Allen, David, 731, 732, 733, 809
Allen, Deborah [1] Smith, 141, 142
Allen, Deborah [2]
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 197
Allen, Deborah [2] (wife of Benjamin), deceased, 643
Allen, Deborah [4], 641, 744, 745, 746
Allen, Deborah [5] (wife of Prince), 707
Allen, Dinah, 53, 54, 287, 288
Allen, Ebenezer [1]
condemnation of, 67–68
contribution to building of meeting house, 41
disorderly speeches of, 54–55
disputes, involvement in, 27, 52, 53, 55, 59, 65–66
legal case brought against Nathaniel Howland by, 65–67
marriages of children of, 66–67, 191, 264, 276, 388
Native American, beating and abuse of, 30, 31, 50, 51
rights of way and, 88
Allen, Ebenezer [2] the Second, and wife (son of James), 679, 681
Allen, Eliphal Slocum, 480, 481
Allen, Elizabeth
marriage of, 267, 299–301, 733, 735, 737
Allen, Francis
deed for Acushnet meeting house land, 516
fiddling and dancing in house of, disownment for, 23, 696, 698, 703, 704
marriage to Mary Ridington, 495, 496
marriage to Rebecca Tucker, 420–22
son disowned for fornication, 714, 715
Allen, George, 406–8
Allen, Hannah (daughter of Ebenezer Allen), 191, 192, 193
Allen, Hannah (daughter of Increase Allen), 238, 239–40
Allen, Hannah (daughter of John Allen), 385, 386
Allen, Hope (wife of John), 799
Allen, Increase
children/youth, disorderly behavior of, 135
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 110, 111, 114, 117, 118, 120, 124, 128, 130, 132, 135, 149, 159, 168, 205, 230, 231
deceased, 267
disputes, adjudicating, 27, 52–53, 83, 84
illegitimate child of daughter of, 131–32
inspector, appointment as, 53, 58, 59, 63, 64, 67, 81
marriages of children of, 111, 224–25, 229–30, 238
meeting house, construction of, 41
oath taking, inquiries into, 155, 156
as overseer of business meetings, 73
quarterly meeting, writing report to, 103
quarterly meetings, attendance at, 51, 182
Rochester Meeting, instruction of Friends at, 79
as solemnizer of marriage, 93
Allen, Increase, Jr., 224–25, 229–30, 456, 488–90, 519, 520, 522, 586, 621–25
Allen, James (son of Francis), 712–15
Allen, Jedidiah
appearance at monthly meeting, 433, 437
disputes, arbitration of, 769
disputes, involvement in, 217–19, 564, 566–67, 816, 817, 819, 822, 823
estate of Jedidiah and Keziah Wood, dispute over, 781, 783, 784, 785, 786, 789, 791, 793, 795, 797
marriage, requesting certificate of clearness for, 224, 225
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 311, 322, 372, 391, 415, 418, 420, 435, 440
marriages, solemnizations of, 322, 392, 401, 403, 411, 412, 441
marriages out of unity, inquiries into, 428, 441
as visitor, 389, 411, 417, 425
Allen, John (of Rhode Island), 33
Allen, John (son of Ebenezer), 388–90
Allen, John (son of Philip)
certificate of clearness for marriage requested by, 807, 808
certificate of removal for, 428, 429
denial of wife for marriage out of unity, 799
marriage of daughter of, 385
Allen, Josiah, 88, 106, 107, 206, 235, 239, 381
Allen, Kaziah (wife of Othniel), 623
Allen, Lucy/Lusa/Lusanna, 711–13
Allen, Mar[c]y, 111–14
Allen, Mathew, 126
Allen, Mehetabel, 562–63
Allen, Obediah (son of Prince)
fornication, acknowledgment of, 673, 674, 676, 678, 694, 695, 697, 701, 705, 707
gaming, declining to make satisfaction for, 701, 703, 705, 707
reconciliation of, 750, 752–54
Allen, Othniel, 574, 575, 594, 623
Allen, P., 785
Allen, Penelope. See Howland, Penelope Allen
Allen, Peter, 304, 330–32, 335–37
Allen, Phebe Kirby (wife of Abraham), 719–20
Allen, Philip [1]
Allen’s Neck meeting, oversight of, 691, 725, 742, 758, 779, 802
Bedford, proposal to build meeting house at, 814
certificates of removal drawn up by, 589–90, 594, 754, 774
condemnations/disownments, involvement in, 673
convincements, involvement in, 602, 656
disputes, arbitration of, 820
horse racing, inquiries into, 788
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 733
marriages, solemnizations of, 735, 739, 740
marriages out of unity, inquiries into, 668
poor, as overseer of, 796, 823
running goods, inquiries into, 817
Allen, Prince
Allen’s Neck meeting, oversight of, 711, 725
assisting Women’s Meeting with scandalous case, 809
Bedford meeting house, request to build, 804
books, subscription for, 745, 747
certificates of removal drawn up by, 830
convincement of, 656, 657, 658, 660
convincements, involvement in, 736
disownment of son of, 707
disputes, arbitration of, 764, 769, 793, 817, 820
disputes, involvement in, 785
indebtedness of Stephen Wilcox, dealing with, 738
little meeting house, enlargement of, 692
marriage of children of Jabez Barker Jr. in his house, inquiries into, 801, 804, 810
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 743, 744, 807
marriages, solemnizations of, 745
meeting house, repair of, 821, 830
meetings, oversight of behavior at, 740, 757, 826
new meeting house, building of, 779
poor, as overseer of, 715, 729, 748, 779
poor, oversight of accounts for, 828
running goods, inquiries into, 817
Sandwich Meeting’s refusal of Rachel Soule, dealing with, 733, 747
tavern run by Daniel Russell, dealing with, 729, 731
yearly meeting, as overseer of, 710
Allen, Priscilla (of Sandwich), 54
Allen, Rachel
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 117, 120, 132, 165, 168, 177, 190, 205, 209, 211, 214, 222, 231, 263
John Kees not proceeding with marriage to, inquiries regarding, 185
Allen, Rachel (daughter of Increase Allen), 194, 196
Allen, Rachel (daughter of Joseph Allen), 334, 336, 337
Allen, Ralph (son of Benjamin), 8, 33
Allen, Rebecca, 464–66
Allen, Rebecca (wife of Francis), 715
Allen, Ruben, 205
Allen, Sarah, 26, 132, 142, 143, 145, 492, 493, 497
Allen, Seth
acceptance of paper submitted by, 592
conversation of, inquiries into, 591
fiddling and dancing in house of, 423
illegitimate child fathered by, condemnation for, 571, 572, 577–84, 586, 588–92, 594–96
marriage, certificate of clearness for, 264, 265
marriage out of unity, condemnation for, 420–23
Allen, Silvanus, 617
Allen, Silvester/Silvia, 583, 584
Allen, Susanna [1] (wife of Philip)
illegitimate child, condemnation for, 131–32, 133
marriage to Philip Allen, 450
Allen, Thrustrom /Trustrum, 206, 207, 211, 229, 230, 234, 235–36, 239
Allen, William (of Sandwich), 54, 62
Allen, Zachariah, deceased, 336
Allen family, 8
Allen’s Neck
houses of female Friends, meetings held at, 585
interior of existing meeting house, iv
meeting house, building of, 801, 802
meetings at, 589, 653, 658, 670, 691, 711, 725, 742, 758, 778–79, 801, 802
oversight of behavior at, 702, 718, 725, 731, 748, 758, 764, 779, 788, 802, 816
Allin. See Allen
Almy, Ann/Anne/Anna, 518, 519, 521, 536
Almy, Job, 431
Almy, Sarah, 767
Almy, Thomas, 736, 737, 738, 744, 745, 746, 830
American Indians. See Native Americans, Quaker interaction with
American Revolution, 33–36. See also guns
Boston Tea Party, 723n5
church services, non-Quaker, Quaker attendance at, 30
Dartmouth Monthly Meeting and, 33–36
disownment for enlistment in, 33
Friends taken as prisoners during, 35
Letter from a Friend to Some of His Intimate Friends on the Subject of Paying Taxes (Davis, 1776), 36
prize goods, 34–35
Amey. See Almy
Andrews, Benajah, 592
Andrews, Isaac, 593
Anglicans and Anglicanism, 46n5
Anthony, Abigail, 599–601
Anthony, Abraham, Jr., 84, 86, 89, 90
Anthony, Alice
marriage out of unity, condemnation for, 207, 210–11
Anthony, David
self-condemnation for fornication by wife and, 736–40
Anthony, Job, 470–72, 474, 610, 611, 612
Anthony, John (husband of Ruth), 551
Anthony, Joseph, Jr., 94
Anthony, Judith/Judah Hicks (daughter of Thomas Hicks, wife of David), 682, 721, 722, 724, 736–40
Anthony, Ruth (wife of John), 551
Anthony, Sarah
birth of child too soon after marriage, repentance for, 572–75
Anthony, Waite (wife of Zephaniah), 714
Anthony, William
certificate of removal from Swansey presented by, 447
certificates of removal drawn up by, 526, 546
certificates of suitability for marriage signed by, 94
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 626
disputes, arbitration of, 84, 378, 379
Peter Easton, attestation to marriageability of, 59
impressment fines, viewing accounts of Friends regarding, 569
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 477–78, 480, 532, 572, 619
marriages, solemnizations of, 505, 533, 575, 620
second marriages, settlement of estates on behalf of children due to, 575
Anthony, William, Jr.
Allen’s Neck, building of meeting house at, 801
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 640, 641, 658, 660, 669, 671, 672, 675, 684, 693, 700, 713, 714, 725, 726, 728, 745, 756, 759, 786, 790, 794, 796, 801, 813, 815, 818
birth of child too soon after marriage, repentance for, 572–75
Book of Discipline, updating of, 821
books, collection of money for, 760
books, subscription for, 745, 747
certificates of removal drawn up by, 644, 671, 675, 693, 745, 754, 776, 779, 812
clerk, activities as, 16
as clerk for the day, 720
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 679, 680, 771, 772, 789
confession in relation to indebtedness to John Russell, 785–86
dispute with John Russell, 762, 764, 766, 769, 772, 773, 774, 785–86
disputes, arbitration of, 665, 787, 789, 793
estate of Jedidiah and Keziah Wood, settlement of, 785, 795, 797, 801, 821
extracts, repayment for money lent to purchase, 826
fornication, inquiring into, 799
fornication of brother, dealing with, 710
gaming/horse racing, dealing with, 726, 727, 728, 741, 744
Elizabeth Gidley, collecting information about, 704
indebtedness of Stephen Wilcox, dealing with, 678
marriage of, 565–66
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 640, 722, 758, 759
marriages, solemnizations of, 660, 661, 663, 675, 759, 760
marriages out of unity, inquiries into, 783, 784
meetings, oversight of behavior at, 740, 776, 799
membership of Friend in Acoaxet or Apponegansett, determining, 722
minutes, review of, 675, 714, 785, 809
new meeting house, construction of, 779
non-attendance, dealing with, 661
notes of hand, decision on acceptability of sale of, 800, 803
poor, settling accounts with overseers of, 779
Poughkeepsie, voyage to, 786
quarterly meetings, attendance at/reports to, 650, 655, 663, 677, 688, 693, 699, 735, 743, 788, 794, 797, 805, 812, 824
removal of Mary Wing without certificate, letter to Rhode Island Monthly Meeting about, 688
repair of meeting house by, 796, 807
Smith’s Neck, oversight of meetings at, 759
subscription money delivered to, 828, 829
suffering of Friends, inspecting accounts of, 821, 823
taxes, dealing with Friend’s opposition to paying, 659
treasurer, activities as, 807, 826, 828, 829
treasurer, appointment as, 704
as visitor/overseer, 670, 672, 722, 739, 796, 823
Anthony, Zephaniah (brother of William Jr.), 683, 684, 687, 709–14, 804, 805
An Apology for the True Christian Divinity (Barclay), 295, 297–98, 314, 315, 317, 321
apparel. See plainness
appeals
to quarterly meeting, 538, 541, 542, 543, 544, 596, 598, 672, 677, 788, 789, 794, 795, 796, 798, 806, 808, 826
yearly meeting, quarterly meeting appeal decision reversed by, 826
Apponegansett (Dartmouth) Meeting House
additions to, 48, 52, 257, 258, 264, 440
bellows, mending, 739
boards used at, payment for, 177
burying ground at, 70, 76, 77, 81, 96, 103, 104, 273, 274, 470, 522, 531, 582–83, 618, 711
chimney, repair of, 244
construction of, 41–42
deed for, 63, 70, 72, 85, 91, 92, 96, 295, 516, 521
enlargement of burying ground, 531
fire pot and coals, procurement of, 124, 125, 126
galleries, additional seating for, 174–75
glass, mending of, 138, 219, 249, 319–20, 322, 363, 413, 490, 523, 524, 574, 575, 659, 660, 717, 720, 826
hand irons for, 210
indebtedness for repairs to, 476
indebtedness of meeting for repairs to, 476
keeping of, 47, 54, 74, 77, 81, 92, 96, 103, 119, 122, 123, 133, 146, 147, 156, 157, 161, 163, 167, 172, 176, 179, 181, 182, 183, 188, 193, 197, 208, 216, 227, 232, 234, 235, 243–44, 247, 249, 258, 266, 272, 273, 281, 284, 289, 290, 293, 297, 302, 304, 307, 308, 314, 320, 333, 340, 345, 348, 361, 362, 364–65, 369, 381, 384, 393, 399, 404, 405, 410, 413–14, 416, 419, 425, 426, 428, 434, 438, 440, 442, 450, 457, 468, 475, 478, 487, 488, 492, 496, 501, 507, 518, 525, 526, 530, 531, 548, 553, 554, 557, 566, 571, 574, 582, 596, 607, 611, 618, 628, 629, 636, 639, 649, 650, 654, 663, 672, 704, 720, 732, 737, 744, 753, 759, 783, 784, 794, 795, 805, 806, 818, 819, 828, 829
laying out of land, 172
lock for door, 130
monthly meeting to be held at, 49
new gallery, construction of, 179
new meeting house, proposal to build, 779, 780, 790
payments for repairs to, 377
photos of existing structure, xiii, 57, 827
repairs to, 434, 440, 448, 449, 451, 481, 490, 722, 723, 724, 773, 796, 805, 806, 807, 808, 821, 825, 829, 830
roof, mending of, 345, 350, 362, 796
seats for upper gallery, 216
stable on meeting house land, 111, 142–43, 146, 157–58, 305, 306, 526, 532, 661
subscription for repairs and additions, 440
Women’s Meeting paying toward keeping of, 227, 247, 289, 369, 393, 405, 419, 428, 456, 487
wood lot, sale of wood from, 613, 614, 644–45, 678
apprentices and apprenticeships, 100, 117, 599
Arnold, John, 317
Arnold, Joseph, 301
Arnold, Thomas, 113
Arthur, Keturah, 394
Austin, Ann, 6
Austin, Patience, 18–19
bad language. See swearing and bad language
Bagnel, Benjamin, money sent to, 258, 259
Baird. See Beard
Baker, James, 364
Ball, David, 590
Barclay, Robert
An Apology for the True Christian Divinity, 295, 297–98, 314, 315, 317, 321
catechisms, purchase of, 509
Barker, Abraham (son of James), 392, 455, 651, 790
Barker, David
certificate of clearness for marriage for, 618, 619
certificate of removal from Swansey meeting presented by wife of, 636
Barker, Elizabeth
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 291, 316
marriages of, 560, 561, 757, 759, 760
Barker, Elizabeth (wife of James, deceased), 655
Barker, Francis, 475–77, 610, 611, 612
Barker, Hannah, 395–97
Barker, Isaac, 76, 77, 78, 87, 89, 90
Barker, Jabez
accounts, making up, 478–79, 531, 561
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 198, 255, 315, 320, 345, 347, 527, 543
certificates of removal draw up by, 390, 391, 392, 455
certificates of removal drawn up by, 337, 522
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 159, 165, 168, 177, 193, 214, 230, 231, 234, 237, 257, 263, 290, 291, 292, 302, 303, 327, 332, 335, 338–39, 343, 344, 354, 355, 356, 367, 370, 375, 423, 425, 430, 435, 462, 463, 512, 533
convincement of Samuel Chase and, 504
disorderly behavior/speech, inquiries into, 456
disputes, arbitration of, 193, 217, 310, 461
honey stolen from hive, inquiring into, 151–52, 153
illegitimate child, inquiring into, 509
marriages, inquiring into clearness for, 181, 218, 223, 232, 240, 292, 294, 299, 330, 332, 333, 344, 349, 353, 373, 458, 478, 533, 536
marriages, solemnizations of, 219, 220, 233, 240, 300, 321, 322, 330–31, 334, 336, 351, 357, 358, 385, 386, 458, 459, 504, 505, 534, 537
marriages out of unity, inquiries into, 385
marriages out of unity, inquiring into, 248, 355
meeting house, keeping of, 304, 308
meeting house, paid for boards for, 177, 178
meeting house stable, repair of, 305, 306, 307
military matters, dealing with, 570
quarterly meetings, attendance at/reports to, 166, 424, 425
Barker, Jabez, Jr.
marriage out of unity, 482, 483
marriages of his children in his house, disownment for, 24, 788, 790, 792–96, 799, 801, 803–5, 808, 810, 813
Barker, Jabush, 113, 114, 116, 117
Barker, James [1]
accounts, making up, 469
Acushnet meeting house and, 281
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 255, 289, 292, 320, 321, 322, 329, 330, 331, 333, 338, 340, 343, 346, 348, 351, 352, 358–73, 376, 381, 382, 383, 388, 389, 391, 392, 393, 398, 405, 413, 414, 416, 417, 420, 428, 429, 447, 449, 452, 454, 455, 458, 462, 464, 465, 466, 468, 469, 474, 475, 476, 477, 479, 481, 482, 483, 484, 487, 489, 491, 492, 495
burying ground, as overseer of, 470
certificates of removal drawn up by, 416
charitable care for Thomas Cezer and family, 341
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 263, 291, 375, 447
deed of meeting house and, 285
disorderly behavior/speech, inquiring into, 366, 471
disputes, arbitration of, 325
as elder, 11
fornication, inquiries into, 330
marriages, inquiring into clearness for, 288, 383, 388, 389, 405, 407, 420, 421, 433, 435, 453, 454, 464
marriages, solemnizations of, 277, 289–90, 293, 294, 320, 383, 389, 434–35, 453, 454, 455, 464, 466, 472, 474, 478, 479, 481, 498
marriages out of unity, inquiring into, 355, 393, 394, 428, 482
meeting attendance and behavior, oversight of, 346
meeting house, keeping, 289, 293, 308, 314, 320–21, 434
military matters, dealing with, 482
minutes, reviewing, 442
quarterly meetings, attendance at/reports to, 313, 341, 359, 370, 371, 374, 376, 382, 384, 387, 390, 391, 407, 410, 412, 413, 415, 416, 419, 421, 429, 430, 434, 440, 458, 465, 470, 476, 480, 489, 491
schoolmaster, hiring of, 248
second marriages, settlement of estates on behalf of children due to, 323
testimonies, oversight of, 341
as visitor, 285, 292, 302, 326, 339, 348, 398, 465
Barker, John, 165
Barker, Joseph
accounts, making up, 596
daughter marrying out of unity, 719
disputes, arbitration of, 781, 787, 793, 795, 799
estate of Jedidiah and Keziah Wood, settlement of, 781, 785, 797
marriage of, 383–85
meetings, oversight of behavior at, 799
as overseer, 823
poor, as overseer of, 773, 796
Barker, Joshua (son of James, brother of Abraham), 641–42, 644, 647, 649–53, 655–56, 677, 685–86
Barker, Lydia (wife of David), 636
Barker, Phebe, later Sisson (daughter of Joseph), 719, 756
Barker, Prince, and wife, 502, 562, 563
Barker, Rebecca
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 263, 316
Barker, Robert, 485–87
Barker, Ruth, 538–40, 671, 673, 674
Barker, William
accounts, making up, 636
appearing for monthly meeting, 517, 519, 543, 562, 572, 573, 578, 581, 587, 592, 596, 597, 603, 604, 608, 616, 620, 621, 622, 625, 634, 641, 646, 657, 760, 765, 777, 779, 809, 810, 811, 826
certificate of removal requested by, 557
certificates of suitability for marriage signed by, 59, 94
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 787
convincements, involvement in, 616, 686
deed for meeting house, 516
on defamation of overseers, 830
disputes, arbitration of, 84, 540, 666, 806
drunkenness of Jonathan Smith Jr., inquiring into, 621
indebtedness of Stephen Wilcox to Daniel Russell for house rent, inquiries into, 613
lawsuits, standing committee to advise on, 668–69, 773
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 565, 619, 621, 635, 645, 763, 765, 780, 782
marriages, solemnizations of, 565, 620, 647, 765, 768, 782, 784
marriages out of unity, inquiries into, 641, 657, 699, 762, 824
meetings, oversight of behavior at, 614, 652, 757
quarterly meetings, attendance at/reports to, 517, 541, 553, 555, 570, 596, 605, 712, 731, 748, 752, 771, 812, 824
quarterly meetings, conveying funds to, 588
as visitor/overseer, 554, 563, 573, 587, 596, 606, 618, 760, 770, 796, 823
John Wing, repentance of, 549
Barlow, Experience. See Benson, Experience Barlow
Barlow, Shubal, 341
Barnard, Rebecca Hussey, 757, 759, 760, 774
Barnet, Judeth, 240
Barney, Jonathan, 517–19
Barton, Benjamin, 113
bastard children. See illegitimate children
Beard, Lillias (wife of David), 685
Bedford
holding of meetings at, 814, 827
proposal to build meeting house at, 804, 814
BeechWoods, 392
beef, spoiled, sale of, 686, 689, 690, 692, 701
Beird. See Beard
Belcher, Jonathan (governor of Massachusetts), salary of, 308, 310
bellows for meeting house, mending, 739
Benley [Beuley?], Mungo, 340
Bennet, Hannah (wife of Robert), 817, 822
Bennet, Robert, 822
Bennet, William, 485–87
Benson, Experience Barlow, later Wing, 341–43, 381–83
Benson, Isaac, 117
Benson, Joseph, 341–43
Berson, D. Jordan, xvii
birds, shooting. See guns
birth of child too soon after marriage, 17, 23
Men’s Meeting minutes of, 387, 410–11, 544, 549, 572–75, 585, 591, 596, 598, 602, 623, 642, 645, 647, 659, 664, 665, 676, 685, 686, 714, 716, 720, 740, 741, 749, 754, 771, 778, 780, 799, 807, 817
birthright membership, 15, 18, 110
Bishop, George, 7
Black Americans. See also slavery, manumission, and abolition
Abigail Allen, beating of Black manservant by, condemnation and repentance for, 31, 128–30, 139–40, 157–58, 160
seating for those attending Quaker meetings, 33
Blackmer, Abigail, 775, 776, 777, 780, 782
blank books, obtaining, 302, 322, 608, 609, 653, 657
Bo[a]rman, Benjamin, 161, 169–70, 171
boat at Nantucket, management of, 85, 91
Book of Caution sent our from London yearly meeting, 253
Book of Discipline, xi, 20, 128, 608, 609, 644, 669, 743, 752, 767, 769, 774, 821, 823
books and printed materials. See also Barclay, Robert
to be procured for monthly meeting, 433, 434
binding, 739
blank books, obtaining, 302, 322, 608, 609, 653, 657
by John Burrel, 140–41
called in/inventoried by meeting, 592, 606
Churchman’s Journals, subscription for, 14
Timothy Davis’s tax pamphlet, 36
William Dell, works of, 606
division of, between Acoaxet and Apponegansett, 698, 704, 710
Samuel Fuller, works of, 745–47, 760, 761, 762, 773
John Griffith[s], journals of, 705, 706n3
by Patrick Henderson, 121–22, 123
Journals of George Fox, 657, 661, 662, 709, 710, 739
minutes, obtaining new book for, 302, 322, 653, 657
oversight of books owned by meeting, 619, 708
primers by George Fox, acquisition and sale of, 131, 134, 141, 435, 745–47, 760, 761, 762, 773
quarterly meeting letters, printed edition of extracts from, 826
John Rutly, works of, 606
Sewel’s History, subscription for reprinting of, 814, 821, 823
transcription of Book of Discipline, 608, 609, 644, 743, 767, 769
Moses West’s A Treatise Concerning Marriage, 371, 387–88
Booth, Abraham, 45
Borden, John, 59, 94, 323, 324, 325
Borden, Mary, 224
Borden, Rebecca, 346
Borden, Richard, 94, 224, 226, 323
Borden, Thomas, 226–28
Boston
construction of meeting house at, 71, 79, 105, 110, 162, 602, 604
fire of 1760, charitable contributions toward, 598, 599
money due to Friends at, 483
Boston Tea Party, 723n5
boundaries between meetings, 10, 695, 698, 702
Bourder, Richard, 94
Bourne, William, 50–51
Bowdish, Elizabeth, 478
Bowdish, Hannah, 478
Bowdish, Mercy, later Taber, 744–46, 751
Bowdish, Nathaniel, 412, 413, 547, 576, 584, 586, 592, 616, 620, 642, 644
Bowdish, William, 174, 369, 672
Bowdish, William, Jr., 369–71
Bowen, Chloe, 654
Bowen, Elihu, 30, 589, 590, 612–17, 652, 654, 656, 657, 691, 710, 711
Bowerman, Experance (of Sandwich), 62
Bowerman, Marey (of Sandwich), 54
Bowerman, Thomas (of Sandwich), 62
Bowith. See Bowdish
Bradford, William, 7
Brayton, Frances, 94
Brayton, Mary, 616, 619, 620, 622
A Brief Relation of the Irreligion of the Northern Quakers (Higginson, 1660), 5
Briggs, Ann/Anne/Anna, 477–79
Briggs, Catherine, 760
Briggs, Content Howland, 262–63
Briggs, David
Stephen Wilcox, payments by overseers of poor for, 727
Briggs, Hannah, 546–48, 717–19
Briggs, Rebecca (wife of Thomas), 775
Briggs, Thomas, 50, 137, 540, 541, 543, 764, 766, 768, 770, 775, 785
Briggs, Thomas, Jr., 47
Briggs, Weston/Wesson
certificates of removal for, 680, 681, 683, 779, 780
certificates of removal presented by, 736
denial of wife of, 262
marriage of, 606–8
Brightman, Susanna, 705, 707, 708
Bristol town house, impressed men sent to, 106, 107
Brown, Captain Joseph, 106–7
Brown, Elizabeth, 484
Brown, Jane/Jean, 405–7
Brown, Joshua, 771
Brown, Susanna, of Pennsylvania, 615
Brownell, Charles, 431
Brownell, Joseph
Acoaxet Meeting, appearing for, 499
imprisonment and discharge of, 399, 401
marriage out of unity, disownment for, 513, 515, 517, 518, 519, 521
marriage out of unity of daughter of, 435, 436
marriage to Hannah Bowdish, 478, 480
marriage to Leah Lawton, 368–69
Brownell, Leah Lawton, 368–69
Brownell, Robart, 106
Buffinton, William, 730
Burlington, New Jersey, 827
Burlington, West Jersey, 592
Burrel, Dinah, 223–25
Burrel, James
appearing at meeting, 122
book by, examination of, 140–41
complaints, of Christopher Gifford, inquiring into, 65
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 68, 83, 118, 120, 124, 127
death of, 140
deed for meeting house and land, 72
dishonesty of Thomas Macumber, inquiring into, 69
disputes, arbitration of, 63
inspector, appointment as, 58, 59, 64
marriage of, 56
marriages, inquiries as to clearness for, 113
marriages, solemnization of, 116
marriages out of unity, inquiring into, 76
Jacob Mott, certificate of removal for, 60
quarterly meetings, attendance at, 69
wrestling and running of children, efforts to control, 135
Burrel, Mehetabel Russell
child by former husband, care of, 56
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 190, 211, 234, 237, 257, 291, 316
as widow, 56
Burrough, Edward, 7
burying grounds
at Acoaxet, 203, 204, 470, 522
at Acushnet, 275, 276, 297, 470, 522
at Apponegansett (Dartmouth) Meeting House, 70, 76, 77, 81, 96, 103, 104, 273, 274, 470, 522, 531, 582–83, 618, 711
clearing and repairs at, 711
enlargement of, 531
gate for, 607
hoes, shovel, mattock, and spade for use of Friends, 274
at Newtown, 599
business meetings
Dartmouth Monthly Meeting records as minutes of, 15–16
making decisions at, 15–16
non-members attempting to attend, 73
overseers of, 73
setting off, 9
Butler, Benjamin, 575–78, 591, 592
Butler, Dorothy (of Sandwich), 54, 62
Butler, Elizabeth, 502, 503, 505
Butler, Joanna, later Lake, 349–51, 359, 360, 390, 391
Byfield, Colonel, 106
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 132, 205, 214
stable at Acoaxet meeting house, construction of, 203
Calvinism, 17
Canada, impressment for service in, 24, 106, 136, 137
Carleton, Thomas, 734
Carteret, North Carolina, 662
Case, Job, 602, 603, 674, 717, 729, 787
Case, Thomas, 304
cedar swamps, dispute over, 169, 170
Celle, Celly. See Kelly
certificates of removal, 12–13. See also travel; specific persons
in American Revolution, 33
both Men’s and Women’s meetings giving out, 13
Dartmouth Monthly Meeting records of issuance of, 46
refusals to issue, 112
value as historical and genealogical records, xv
Cesar (Cezer), Thomas, 30–31, 304, 341
Chace. See Chase
Chapman, Ralph, 48
charitable activities. See also poor, oversight of
Men’s Meeting, 26–27, 62, 69, 70, 74, 101–2, 309, 322, 341, 477, 479, 495, 503, 582, 598, 610, 649
Charles II (king of England), 7
Chase, Abigail, 168
Chase, Abigail (wife of Barnabas), 373, 516
Chase, Barnabas, 370–74
Chase, Benjamin
certificate of clearness for marriage requested by, 723, 724
striking of Abigail Blackmer by, 775, 776, 777, 780, 782
Chase, David
marriage out of unity, 807, 809, 812, 813, 815, 816, 818, 822
Chase, Experience, 435, 437, 438
Chase, Henry, 355–57, 547, 793
Chase, Jacob
certificate of removal for, 779, 780, 796
marriage out of unity, disownment and reconciliation for, 626, 628, 629, 633, 634, 635, 637, 639, 640
Chase, John, 457
Chase, John (son of Nathaniel), 509, 511, 512, 514–17
Chase, Joseph, 116–19, 121, 122
Chase, Mary (of Oblong), 565
Chase, Naomy, 373–75
Chase, Nathaniel, 49, 151, 153, 216, 315, 373, 516
Chase, Philip, 730
Chase, Phineas, 200–203
Chase, Samuel, 504–8, 515, 598
Chase, William, 65, 66, 70, 116
cheese taken from William Wood, for not allowing his sons to take military training, 174
Chelmsford, England, 705
Chester Co., Pennsylvania, 734, n36
children/youth. See also birth of child too soon after marriage; birthright membership; illegitimate children; schools and education; Youth’s Meeting
births and deaths, recording, 81, 413, 629
convincement of those attaining years of understanding, 697
counseling of wayward youth, 147, 148
of deceased fathers, 56
disorderly behavior of, 27, 133–35, 151–55, 171–72, 174, 329
monthly meetings, recommended attendance at, 71–72, 151
primers by George Fox for, 131, 134, 141, 435, 745–47, 773
second marriages, settlement of estates on behalf of children due to, 284, 323, 324, 337, 381–82, 485, 499, 539, 575–76, 588, 603, 668, 669, 718, 761
Philip Trafford putting children of first wife under Friends’ care, 661
Chilmark, suffering of Friends at, 185, 261
chimney of meeting house, repair of, 244
Christmas, shooting birds at, 809
Chuckatuck, Nansemund, Virginia, Friend visiting from, 241
Churchman, John, Journals of, 14
Cilla, Sarah (of Sandwich), 54
clandestine trade. See smuggling
Clark, Jonathan
certificate of clearness for marriage requested by, 651, 652
convincement of, 646, 648, 649, 650
Clark, Rebecca, 58
Clark, Susanna, 679
Clark, Walter (of Rhode Island), 59
Clark, William Bowdish, 174
clerks of meetings, 15–16, 99, 413, 708. See also specific individuals by name
Clifton, Benjamin, 183–89, 318
Clifton, Bethsheba, 306–9
Clifton, Dorothy (daughter of Savery), 217, 218, 219, 220
Clifton, Dorothy (wife of Savery), 176–77
Clifton, Lavery (Savery?), 306
Clifton, Margaret, 308–10
Clifton, Patience, 175, 176–77
Clifton, Sarah, later Rose, 235, 237, 273, 274, 315–18
Clifton, Savery
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 117, 168, 252, 316
illegitimate child born by daughter of, 175, 176–77
marriages, inquiries as to clearness for, 115, 126, 170, 171, 207, 292, 341, 346, 353
marriages, solemnizations of, 170, 202, 208, 209, 342, 347
marriages of children of, 183–89, 217, 273
Rochester Meeting, appearing for, 103, 114, 143, 154, 167, 202, 218, 244, 246, 292, 296, 315, 319, 339, 342, 346, 350, 368, 369, 398
Rochester meeting house and, 188
as visitor, 81, 124, 251, 261, 269, 276, 277, 293, 398
clothing. See plainness
Coakset/Cockset. See Acoaxet
Coffin, Ann/Anne/Anna Hussey, 655, 657, 658, 667
Coffin, Francis, 655, 657, 658
Coggeshall, Essex, England, quarterly meeting at, 705
Coggeshall, John, 94
Coleman, Elihu, 31
Coleman, Thomas, 210–11
collection. See also specific monthly entries in text, for specific amounts
for Acoaxet, 179
changed from monthly to quarterly, 179
changed from quarterly to monthly, 826
inauguration of, 62–63
by Women’s Meeting, 81, 362, 374, 425, 434, 443
Colonial Society of Massachusetts, xi–xii, xvi, 3
Colvin, Stephen, 353–54
community, Quaker commitment to, 26–27
Comstock, Ezekiel, 674, 675, 678
Comstock, Mary Russell, 674, 675, 678, 688
condemnations. See disownment, and under specific persons
Congregationalism
establishment of, in Massachusetts, 29–30
minister, tax to support, 29–30, 93, 95, 96–102, 186, 261–62, 264, 268
Connecticut Colony, laws against Quakers in, 69, 70
consanguineous marriage. See kin, marriages between
contraband trade. See smuggling
convincement (conversion), 9, 18–19, 56, 134, 200–202, 214, 220, 304, 305
Cook, Susanna. See Cornell, Susanna
Cook, Thomas, of Tiverton, 582, 584, 585
Coperthit/Copothit, Hugh, 44, 99
Cornell, Daniel
Allen’s Neck, building of meeting house at, 802
Allen’s Neck meeting, oversight of, 691, 711, 725, 742, 758, 779
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 710, 715, 721
books, subscription for, 745, 747
certificate of clearness for marriage requested by, 754, 755
certificate of removal presented by wife of, 760
certificates of removal drawn up by, 774
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 726, 762
defamation of, as overseer, 830
disownment of son for fornication and birth of child too soon after marriage, 815
fornication, inquiries into, 675, 736, 763
gaming, inquiries into, 726
marriage out of unity, condemnation for, 623–25, 628
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 711, 728, 744
marriages, solemnizations of, 712, 713, 739, 740
as minister, 739
spoiled salt beef, inquiring into sale of, 686, 689
tavern run by Daniel Russell, problems with, 732
as visitor/overseer, 709, 722, 738, 760, 770, 796, 823
yearly meeting, oversight of, 689
Cornell, Edward
Acoaxet, appearing for, 469, 470, 477, 479, 481, 482, 488, 492, 493, 495, 496, 500, 507, 515, 519, 524, 527, 531, 539, 541
certificates of removal, drawing up, 519, 525
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 493, 519
convincement of, 461
deceased, 582
deeds for meeting houses and, 521
families of men imprisoned for refusal of military service, oversight of, 482
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 469, 506, 528
marriages, solemnizations of, 470, 479, 529, 540
marriages out of unity, inquiries into, 499, 513
second marriages, settlement of estates on behalf of children due to, 539
Cornell, Elizabeth (wife of Daniel), deceased, 815
Cornell, George, answer to letter of, 260
Cornell, Isaac, 523–25
Cornell, James [1]
Acoaxet, appearing for, 459, 471, 520, 538, 548, 596, 600, 612, 641, 653
marriage of, 353–54
marriages, inquiring into clearness for, 547
marriages, solemnizations of, 548, 549
marriages out of unity, inquiries into, 549
military affairs, dealing with, 597
Cornell, Job, 512–15
Cornell, John
Acoaxet, appearing for, 465, 474, 490, 491, 524, 531, 584
convincement of, 394
convincements, involvement in, 465
marriage of daughter out of unity, 394
marriages, solemnizations of, 490
Noquochoke River meeting and, 586, 607
Cornell, Joshua, 496–98, 567, 596, 599, 604, 669
Cornell, Lydia, 661
Cornell, Mary (wife of Daniel)
certificate of removal presented by, 760
marriage of, 459
Cornell, Peleg, 404, 405, 406, 580, 581, 582
Cornell, Rebecca
marriage of, 372–73, 658, 660, 661
Cornell, Russell, xiii
Cornell, Sarah (wife of Walter), 13
Cornell, Stephen, 137
Cornell, Susanna [1] (widow of Edward Cornell, later Cook), 582, 584, 585
Cornell, Thomas, 59, 84, 86, 89, 90, 94, 102, 104, 110, 404, 552–54
Cornell, Thomas (son of Stephen Cornell), 137
Cornell, Thomas, Jr., 94
Cornell, Walter, 548–50, 781, 783, 784, 785
Cornell, Zebulon (son of Daniel), 807, 809, 811, 813, 815
Cornwell. See Cornell
cousin marriages. See kin, marriages between
Craper/Crapo, Peter, 357
Craw, Samuel, lameness and death of, 582, 587, 589, 595, 621, 622, 623, 626
Craw, Sherman, 830
Cummings, Philip, 29
Curby. See Kirby
dancing. See music and dancing
Daniel, Brother, 107
Daniel, James, 500
Darby, Pennsylvania, 525
Dartmouth Historical and Arts Society (DHAS), xi–xvi, 46
Dartmouth Monthly Meeting, xi. See also Apponegansett Meeting House; books; business meetings; records
Acoaxet Meeting, separation from, 693, 695, 698–99, 702, 704, 708, 710, 711
American Revolution and, 33–36
boundaries of, 10, 695, 698, 702
historical and genealogical value of records, xi, xv
map, 2
non-Quaker attendance at, 605
number of members of, 19
organization of, 9–11
oversight of behavior and attendance at, 78, 140, 346, 492, 594, 604, 614, 633, 669, 670, 672, 689, 723, 724–25, 740, 776, 777, 799
purging non-Friends from, 290
in Quaker world, 11–15
separation of Acoaxet and Dartmouth yearly meetings, 829
testimonies, oversight of, 341
tools made for use of meeting, 323, 324
worship meetings at, 16–17, 148
Dartmouth Week, xiv–xv
Davis, Hannah, later Hilliard, 164, 167
Davis, James
Bedford meeting, oversight of, 827
certificate of removal presented by, 736
convincements, participation in, 800
delays in reading papers, inquiring into, 771
fornication and birth of child too soon after marriage, repentance for, 763, 764, 767, 769, 771
marriage to Patience Russell, 746, 748, 750, 751
marriages, solemnizations of, 808, 813, 829
marriages out of unity, inquiring into, 790
meeting house, repair of, 806, 808
poor, as overseer of, 824
Davis, John, and wife, 485
Davis, Mary, 512–15
Davis, Nathan, 485
Davis, Nicholas
Acushnet meeting house, acquisition of land for, 265, 275, 276–77, 281
advising elders of Rochester Meeting regarding account of matters to be sent to quarterly meeting, 375
advising Friend considering sale of farm, 321
certificate of removal requested by, 241, 270, 271
certificates of removal drawn up by, 287
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 159, 168, 230, 231, 237, 252, 257, 263, 291, 406
Jersies, travel to, 548
marriage to Hannah Wood, 259, 260
marriage to Mary Summers, 167, 169, 170
marriage to Ruth Tucker, 292, 293, 294
marriage to Sarah Williams, 616, 617
marriages, inquiring as to clearness for, 200, 201, 253, 258, 296, 297, 346
marriages, solemnization of, 272, 298, 299
military training, sons refusing to participate in, 360
as public Friend, 11
quarterly meetings, attendance at, 201, 217, 245, 246, 247, 252, 255, 263, 264, 269, 274, 289, 290, 295, 296, 340, 345, 352
quarterly meetings, reports to, 201, 271, 274, 289, 295, 296, 340, 345, 352
Rochester Meeting, appearing for, 145, 149, 158, 163, 171, 175, 180, 193, 201, 207, 217, 220, 235, 241, 244, 245, 246, 248, 250, 251, 258, 260–62, 266, 268, 273–75, 277, 287, 294, 295, 296, 298, 308, 312, 377, 387, 389, 390, 403
Rochester meeting house and, 188
schoolmaster, procuring, 293
traveling to visit friends, 270–71
as visitor, 292, 302, 326, 391
Davis, Patience Russell
fornication and birth of child too soon after marriage, repentance for, 763, 764, 767, 769, 771
marriage to James Davis, 746, 748, 750, 751
Davis, Peace/Preast, 253, 254, 256
Davis, Rest, later Summers, later Randall, 207–9, 326–28, 367, 376
Davis, Sarah, 164, 183–86, 189
Davis, Sarah, Jr., 164
Davis, Thomas, of Freetown, 538–43
Davis, Timothy [1]
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 125, 161
disownment of, 36
marriage of daughter Rest, 207
marriage of daughter Sarah out of unity, 164, 186–88, 289
marriages, inquiries as to clearness for, 115
on non-attendance at Rochester preparatory meeting, 102
quarterly meeting, chosen to attend, 161
Rochester Meeting, appearing for, 131
separate meeting established by, after disownment, 36
Sippican meeting, appearing for, 47
as visitor, 124
Davis, Timothy [2], 36, 593, 595, 596
Davol, Benjamin (son of Reuben)
marriage out of unity/fornication/birth of child too son after marriage, disownment for, 17, 659–62, 664, 665, 667–69, 671, 673–76
marriage to Patience Soule, 684, 687, 689
Davol, Christopher, 562–63
Davol, David
Acoaxet, appearing for, 667, 668
convincement of, 635, 638, 639, 640
convincements, involvement in, 667, 669
estate of Jedidiah and Keziah Wood, dispute over settlement of, 797
meetings, oversight of behavior at, 669
Davol, James, 820
Davol, Jonathan, 27, 55, 63, 72, 460
Davol, Joshua
Acoaxet, appearing for, 633, 651, 655, 662, 675, 684, 703
convincement of, 612, 613, 615
estate of Jedidiah and Keziah Wood, dispute over settlement of, 797
meetings, oversight of behavior at, 633, 652
quarterly meetings, attendance at/reports to, 682
as visitor/overseer, 670
Davol, Lydia, 377–80
Davol, Mary (wife of Reuben), 643, 676
Davol, Mary Lawton, 457, 460, 461
Davol, Peter
Acoaxet, appearing for, 558, 563, 564, 572, 577, 592, 593, 597, 600, 601, 607, 609, 611, 622, 627, 628, 638, 642, 646–47, 649, 657, 658, 665, 691
certificates of removal drawn up by, 604, 682
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 648
elder, appointment as, 636
indebtedness of Stephen Wilcox, dealing with, 661
meetings, oversight of orderly behavior at, 604
military matters, dealing with, 567, 571
quarterly meetings, attendance at/reports to, 598, 607, 629, 641, 659, 677, 682, 688
as visitor, 591, 618, 639, 670
Jedidiah Wood, return of money to, 604
Davol, Philip, 492–95, 674, 682, 683, 684
Davol, Reuben, 384–86, 643, 649, 650, 653, 654, 676
Davol, Susanna, 617–18
Davol, William, blacksmith, 437, 438
Davol, Zilphia, 643
death and burials. See also burying grounds; inheritance issues; specific persons
distinguishing apparel for the dead, 196
records of births and deaths, 81, 413, 629
Gershom Smith, dying sayings of, 205
testimonies about deceased Friends, 659, 706, 713, 752, 806
debt. See financial matters
deeds of land
for Acoaxet meeting house, 178, 180, 188, 513, 516, 521
for Acushnet meeting house, 277, 281, 295, 329, 330, 331, 516, 521
for Apponegansett (Dartmouth) Meeting House, 63, 70, 72, 85, 91, 92, 96, 295, 516, 521
for Newtown meeting house (new meeting house on Josiah Merihew’s land), 544
for Noquochoke River meeting house, 607
Deliverance Smith, land bought by Dartmouth Monthly Meeting from, 196
Dell, William, 606
denials. See disownment, and under specific persons
Dennice. See Dennis
Dennis, Abiel Hussey (wife of Shadrach), 723–25
Dennis, Shadrach, 713, 714, 716, 718, 723–25
Devel/Devol/Devil/Dewel. See Davol
DHAS (Dartmouth Historical and Arts Society), xi–xviiii
Dillingham, Ignatius, 619, 620, 622
Dillingham, John, 62, 638, 640
Dillingham, Lydia (of Sandwich), 54, 62
disaffection of Friends, 73–75, 613, 616, 629, 633–35, 637, 639, 640. See also meetings out of unity; non-attendance at meetings
The Discipline, 20–22. See also Book of Discipline
community, Quaker commitment to, 26
defined, 20
disownment for breaches of, 22 (See also disownment)
on disputes between Friends, 27
individual commitment to abide by, 18
quarterly reading of, 128
reformation, Quaker, of eighteenth century, and enforcement of, 14–15
visitors/inspectors/overseers enforcing, 20–22
disease. See health and illness
dishonesty, disownment for, 23. See also under specific persons
disorderly speech/behavior. See also alcoholic drink; domestic violence; fighting and violence; gaming and gambling; music and dancing; oversight of behavior and attendance at meetings; sexual conduct; swearing and bad language; specific persons
of children/youth, 27, 133–35, 151–55, 171–72, 174, 329
by Dartmouth Friends in other jurisdictions, 161–64, 166, 615, 699–700
in meetings, 16–17, 64, 65, 66, 70, 80, 81, 702, 704, 705, 708
quahogs, party of young Friends indulging in entertainment and frolicking under pretense of roasting and eating, 107
quarterly meeting on, 81, 101, 125
resorting to places where undue liberty is taken, 731
riot, condemnations for involvement in, 804, 805
Ruth Smith verbally abused by Thomas Macumber, 76
testimonies, oversight of, 341
disownment, 22–24. See also under specific individuals
appealed to quarterly meetings, 538, 541, 542, 543, 544, 596, 598, 672, 677, 788, 789, 794, 795, 796, 798, 806, 808, 826
defined, 9
issuing versus accepting condemnations, 283
for plans to proceed with, versus accomplishment of, things contrary to order of Friends, 226–27
public versus in-meeting reading of, 283
reformation movement and increase in, 15
separate meetings, for attendance at, 36
of women, 12
disputes between Friends, 27–29. See also specific persons and subjects
Divel. See Davol
doctors’ bills, 31, 74, 341, 582, 593, 595, 621, 622, 623, 626, 687
doctrine. See theological, doctrinal, and religious matters
domestic violence
Abigail Allen, beating of Black manservant by, condemnation and repentance for, 31, 128–30, 139–40, 157–58, 160
men assaulting wives, 17, 326, 328
woman assaulting father-in-law, 29
Dover Meeting House, construction of, 154, 155
drawer lock, purchase of, 654, 662
dress. See plainness
driftway, disputes over, 88–89
drunkenness. See under alcoholic drinks
Dudley, Colonel William, 136
Dudley, Joseph, 29–30, 95n13, 107
Dudley, William, 24
Duel. See Davol
Duker/Tucker, Mary Slocum (daughter of Holder), 558
Duker/Tucker, William, 558
Durfee, David, 270
Dyer, Charles, 7n9, 100–105, 108, 124, 129–30, 135, 146–47
Dyer, Mary, 7
Eady. See Eddy
Earl[e], Barnabas, 510, 588, 589
Earl[e], Dorcas, 117
Earl[e], John (of Swansey), 468
Earl[e], Joseph, 468–69
Eastburn, Samuel, 648
Eastes. See Estes
Easton, John, Sr., 59
Easton, Joshua, 138
Easton, Walter, 485–87
Easton, Weston, 58
Easty, Patience, 13
economic issues. See financial matters
Eddy, Ichabod
Acoaxet, appearing for, 553, 556, 558, 564, 565, 568, 570, 572, 573, 579, 588, 596, 598, 601, 603, 608, 615, 651, 663, 668, 687, 688
Acoaxet meeting house, rebuilding of, 659
certificates of removal drawn up by, 600
convincement of, 544–45
convincements, involvement in, 612, 669, 671
disputes, arbitration of, 653
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 576
marriages, solemnizations of, 577
marriages out of unity, inquiries into, 559, 560, 659, 666
meetings, oversight of behavior at, 662
quarterly meetings, appearance at/reports to, 567, 572, 613, 617, 625
Eddy, Ruth Gifford (daughter of William Gifford), 663, 664, 666
Eden, Seth, 587
Edey, Jehabud. See Eddy, Ichabod
elders, 11–12
appointment of, 500, 636, 754, 756
certificates of removal verifying status as, 793
composing account of deaths of public Friends, 659
quarterly meeting of ministers and, 739, 756
Eldridge, Elnathan, 612, 615, 617, 618, 621
Elizabeth’s Islands, livestock kept on, 261
Ellis, Jane/Jean, 514
Ellis, Patience (later Wing, later Wood), 288–89, 387, 388
England
American Quaker interaction with British Friends and Meetings, 10, 13–14, 20, 29–30, 32, 48, 69, 99
Book of Caution sent our from London yearly meeting, 253
Coggeshall, Essex, quarterly meeting at, 705
funds sent for yearly meeting stock in London, 523, 524, 795, 806, 807
letters from London yearly meeting, 148, 188, 196, 245, 379, 389, 398, 409, 416, 424, 431, 438, 448, 462, 482, 492, 501, 526, 535, 544, 554, 563, 571, 601–2, 626, 647, 648, 664, 683, 705–6, 708, 721, 737, 753, 757, 772, 795, 820, 824
ministerial tax, petitions regarding, 186, 264, 268
minutes from London yearly meeting, 196–97, 315
payment for service done by Richard Patridg in, 286
primers by George Fox, sending to England for, 131, 134
repeal of anti-Quaker laws by, 7, 69
John Summers, letter from England about, 54
travel of Dartmouth Friends to, 33, 767, 768, 780, 798, 812, 815
visitors from, 592, 705, 751, 793
entertainments
quahogs, party of young Friends indulging in entertainment and frolicking under pretense of roasting and eating, 107
Estes, Richard, 55–56
evangelical activities, 5–6
Evens, Richard, 41
Ewin. See Youen
extracts
quarterly epistles, printed edition of, 826
family disputes, 28–29
Farnum, Moses, 790
Farrest, Benjamin, 565
Farrest, Phebe, 565
Farrington, Abraham, 491
Farris, Benjamin, 442–43
Farris, David, 474
Farris, Zechariah, 482
Ferriss, Zebulon, 700
fiddling and dancing, condemnation of, 23, 423, 696, 698, 704
fighting and violence. See also domestic violence; military issues; specific conflicts
physical disputes, Friends involved in, 691, 694, 741, 744, 749, 804, 805–6, 816, 817
riot, condemnations for involvement in, 804, 805
striking of Abigail Blackmer by Benjamin Chase, 775, 776, 777, 780, 782
threats and damage to property of Benjamin Smith by Benjamin Howland, saddler, 799–800, 802
transient, physical abuse of, 807, 808–9, 812, 813, 815
financial matters, Men’s Meeting. See also collection; meeting houses, construction of; poor, oversight of; taxes; treasurers, appointment of
accounts, making up, 72, 73, 100, 128, 142, 143, 152, 162, 173, 187, 207, 210, 220, 221, 235, 242, 246, 258, 260, 263, 282, 283, 294, 295, 297, 311, 313, 331, 332, 355, 356, 365, 366, 410, 443, 469, 479, 513, 514, 531–32, 548–49, 561, 583, 586, 596, 597, 611, 636, 638, 639, 673, 704, 706, 708, 761, 765, 768
William Anthony Jr.’s confession in relation to indebtedness to John Russell, 785–86
bellows for meeting house, mending, 739
binding of books, 739
boards used at meeting house, payment for, 177
boat at Nantucket, management of, 85, 91
Book of Discipline, payment for transcription of, 644, 767, 769
books of Patrick Henderson, payment for, 121–22, 123
Boston, money due to Friends at, 483
bricks for meeting house, payment for, 480
burying ground, clearing and repair of, 711, 712
burying ground, expenses for, 96, 104
charitable activities, 26–27, 62, 69, 70, 74, 101–2
chimney of meeting house, repair of, 244
Connecticut anti-Quaker law, repeal of, 69, 70
construction of meeting house, 41–42
contributions, reception of, 213
creditors of creditor, payment of indebtedness by providing notes to, 786
deed for meeting house and land, disbursements for, 96
division of, between Acoaxet and Apponegansett, 698–99, 708, 710, 711
doctors’ bills, 31, 74, 341, 582, 593, 595, 621, 622, 623, 626, 687
drawer lock, purchase of, 654, 662
estate of Jedidiah and Keziah Wood, dispute over settlement of debts of, 785
gallery seating for meeting house, payment for, 174–75
glass at meeting house, mending of, 138, 219, 249, 322, 363, 413, 523, 524, 574, 575, 659, 660, 717, 720, 826
gold received from Friend in Pennsylvania, injustice regarding, 466, 467, 468
hand irons for meeting house, 210
horses, payment for Friends’ use of, 90–91
housing of horses for traveling evangelizers, monthly meeting paying for, 306
indebtedness, Stephen Wilcox asking for assistance with, 501, 502
indebtedness for repairs to meeting house, 476
keeping of meeting house, payment for, 47, 54, 74, 77, 81, 92, 96, 103, 105, 119, 147, 157, 161, 167, 172, 179, 181, 183, 188, 197, 208, 216, 227, 234, 235, 243–44, 247, 249, 266, 273, 281, 284, 289, 290, 293, 302, 307, 308, 314, 320, 333, 340, 348, 361, 362, 365, 369, 381, 384, 393, 399, 404, 410, 414, 416, 419, 425, 426, 428, 434, 438, 450, 457, 468, 475, 478, 487, 492, 496, 501, 518, 525, 526, 530, 531, 553, 554, 557, 566, 571, 574, 582, 596, 607, 611, 618, 628, 629, 639, 649, 650, 654, 663, 672, 704, 720, 732, 737, 744, 753, 759, 783, 784, 794, 795, 805, 806, 818, 819, 828, 829
lending money to meeting, 65, 71, 227, 333, 335, 338
London yearly meeting, funds for, 523, 524, 795, 806, 807
ministerial tax, costs of petitions regarding, 264, 268
money lent to meeting by John Russell Jr., 492
new book for minutes, payment for, 653, 657
new gallery for meeting house, cost of constructing, 179
notes of hand, decision on acceptability of sale of, 800, 802–3
passage of Friend to Nantucket, payment for, 102
poor, indebtedness of meeting for care of, 825
primendars?, disposal of, 151
primers by George Fox, acquiring and selling, 131, 134, 141, 435, 745–47
quarterly meetings, funds requested by/sent to, 197, 198, 228, 237–38, 295, 296, 315, 365, 613, 795
quire of paper, purchase of, 654, 662, 784
recording of meeting minutes, payment for, 74, 102, 105, 116, 117, 118, 211, 303, 331, 374, 449, 450, 451–52, 549
repairs to meeting house, 257, 377, 440, 449, 451, 481, 724, 773, 805, 807, 808, 821, 825, 829, 830
Rhode Island money, 548, 556, 557, 559, 566
roof of meeting house, repair of, 362
Sewel’s History, obtaining, 814, 821, 823
“small money,” difficulties obtaining, 179
Deliverance Smith’s land, management of, while in prison, 97–98, 100
stable on meeting house land, building, 157–58
stable on meeting house land, repairs to, 306
survey of meeting house land, recording of, 186
tools made for meeting house, payment for, 323, 324, 767, 773
underhanded bargaining, 205, 206
wars, prohibition on payment of money to support, 25, 35–36, 131
Stephen Wilcox, advice/assistance of meeting regarding indebtedness of, 501, 502, 504, 661, 662, 664, 666–68, 670, 671, 673, 674, 676, 678–80, 683, 687, 689, 690, 692, 693, 695, 697, 708, 709, 727, 728, 738–42
Stephen Wilcox, financial deception by, 761, 762
wood lot owned of meeting house, sale of wood from, 613, 614, 644–45, 678
yearly meetings, funds for, 228, 237–38, 315–16, 362, 364, 494–96, 498–99, 523, 524
financial matters, Women’s Meeting
accounts, making up, 12
collection of funds by women, 81, 362, 374, 425, 434, 443
meeting house, payments toward keeping of, 227, 247, 289, 369, 393, 405, 419, 428, 456, 487
fire
bellows for meeting house, mending, 739
Boston fire of 1760, charitable contributions toward, 598, 599
burning of rails belonging to another, 642, 655
hand irons for meeting house, 210
houses burning down, 26, 69, 70, 267
pot and coals, procurement of, 124, 125, 126
firearms. See guns
firewood, acquisition of land for, 173
Fish, John, and wife, 51–52, 55–56, 122–25, 317
Fish, Preserved (of Rhode Island), 59
Fisher, Mary, 6
Fiske, Jane Fletcher, xiv
Flushing Monthly Meeting, 44, 672
Flushing Yearly Meeting, 626, 648, 683, 708, 824
in Men’s Meeting minutes, 204–5, 213–14, 221, 290–92, 315, 316, 330–31, 332, 335–37, 351–52, 357–59, 510, 545, 566, 571, 574, 585, 602, 643, 647, 664–65, 671, 673, 675, 679, 680, 681, 685, 686, 690, 691, 696, 703, 705, 707, 709, 714, 716, 719, 720, 728, 732, 740, 741, 749, 753, 754, 769, 770, 771, 775, 778, 780, 781, 784, 799, 807, 817
Foster, William, 593
fourth day meetings, 43
Fox, George, xiii, 3–4, 5, 8, 10, 14, 31, 131, 435, 657, 661, 662, 709, 710, 773
Franklin, Matthew, 671, 672, 776, 777
Free Quakers, 36
Freeborne/Freebourne, Gidian, 94
Freeborne/Freebourne, William, 59
Friends. See Quakers and Quakerism
frolics and frolicking
quahogs, party of young Friends indulging in entertainment and frolicking under pretense of roasting and eating, 107
Fuller, Samuel, works of, 745–47, 760, 761, 762, 773
funds and funding. See financial matters
Gallop, Samuel, 97
gaming and gambling
condemnations of, 17, 456, 463, 590, 701, 703, 705, 707, 717–22, 725–29, 735, 736, 738, 740, 741, 743, 744, 746–49
horse racing, 17, 23, 619, 725–29, 735, 736, 738, 740, 741, 743, 744, 746–49, 788
lotteries, 590
Ga[t]chel, Thomas, 52
general meetings, annual, 10
Gibson, Nathaniel, 301
Gidley, Elizabeth
certificates of removal for, 585, 614, 615
deceased, 704
testimony on, collection of, 704, 706, 713
Gifford, Adam
convincements, involvement in, 817
disputes, arbitration of, 795
marriage, requesting certificate of clearness for, 450, 451
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 818
marriages, solemnizations of, 822
marriages out of unity, inquiries into, 668, 815
wife, certificate from Portsmouth meeting for, 461
Gifford, Ann/Anne/Anna
certificates of removal for, as traveling evangelizer, 716, 764
Gifford, Ann/Anne/Anna (wife of Adam), 17, 461
Gifford, Audrey, 19, 305–6, 311–13
Gifford, Benjamin, 612
Gifford, Benjamin, of Falmouth, 761
Gifford, Christopher
Acoaxet, appearing for, 459, 464, 465, 468, 470, 474, 492, 506, 517, 521, 526, 527, 528, 529, 531, 533, 538, 541, 543, 545, 546, 547, 548, 554, 556, 564, 572, 573, 579, 580, 581, 583, 585, 589, 591, 617, 620, 667
admonition of, 60
Increase Allen, discoursing with, 586
bond put into attorney’s hand by Timothy Ricketson, inquiries into, 456, 460–61
burying ground, oversight of, 470
certificates of removal drawn up by, 445, 462, 538
complaints by, inquiry into, 65
convincements, involvement in, 545, 635, 667
disorderly behavior, inquiries into, 649
disputes, arbitration of, 653
disputes, involvement in, 55, 59, 60, 160, 595, 596, 598, 611
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 407, 442, 465, 525, 528, 538–39, 548, 576, 579, 584
marriages, solemnizations of, 400, 443, 465, 467, 529, 540, 550, 577, 580
marriages of children of, 226, 502–3
marriages out of unity, inquiring about, 546, 550, 577, 621, 659, 666, 667
military matters, assisting Friends with, 448, 450, 571
non-attendance, inquiries into, 635
objections to marriage of daughter, 19, 306
Providence meeting house, subscription for, 599
quarterly meetings, attendance at/reports to, 543, 578
Sandwich meeting, condemnation by, 64
Robert Tripp, inquiries into behavior of, 432, 437
as visitor, 389
Gifford, Christopher, Jr., 25–26, 224, 225, 398, 559–63
Gifford, Christopher, wife of, 55
Gifford, Content, 763, 765, 768
Gifford, Daniel, 435–37, 816, 817, 819, 822
Gifford, David, 475–77
Gifford, David, Jr., 785, 787, 789, 791
Gifford, Deborah
Gifford, Gideon
certificates of removal drawn up by, 589
marriage of, 299–301
marriages of children of, 398, 402
Rochester Meeting, appearing for, 392
Gifford, Hannah
cousin, condemnation for marriage to, 398
failure to rise at supplication of Ann Gifford, 17
marriage out of unity to John Wing, 402–3
marriage to Abner Shepherd, 642, 645
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 62
Gifford, Jeneverah (wife of Silvanus), 779, 780, 783
Gifford, Job
military payments made by, 578, 580
Gifford, John
certificate of removal requested by, 640, 643, 645, 647, 648, 650
certificates of removal drawn up by, 594
disputes, arbitration of, 593, 594
marriage of, 418–19
received by Dartmouth Meeting despite home being within verge, 684
Gifford, Jonathan (son of Benjamin), 610, 611, 612, 710, 711
Gifford, Joseph
certificates of removal drawn up by, 621, 622, 642, 719, 767
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 713, 764–65, 789, 791
convincements, involvement in, 645, 646, 672, 697, 817
disorderly speech/behavior, dealing with, 702, 764
disputes, arbitration of, 663, 769, 772, 781, 793
fiddling and dancing, inquiring into reports of, 696
financial deception by Stephen Wilcox, inquiring into, 761, 762, 764–65
fornication, inquiring into, 736
gaming, dealing with, 747
indebtedness of Stephen Wilcox, inquiring into, 661, 680, 728
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 649, 753, 755, 789
marriages, solemnizations of, 651, 705, 730, 732, 744, 746, 749, 751, 791
marriages out of unity, inquiries into, 657, 761
meetings, oversight of behavior at, 740, 757
membership of Friend in Acoaxet or Apponegansett, determining, 722
military matters, dealing with, 570
notes of hand, decision of acceptability of sale of, 800, 803
poor, as overseer of, 715, 729, 748
running goods, inquiring into, 817
Gifford, Joseph, Jr., 780, 782, 784
Gifford, Lusanna, 496–98
Gifford, Mary (wife of Christopher), 503
Gifford, Mary (wife of Obediah), 772
Gifford, Obediah, 584–85, 593, 772, 774, 776
Gifford, Patience (wife of William), 666
Gifford, Peleg
books, subscriptions for, 745, 747
certificate of removal for, 556–57
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 792, 793
convincement of wife and, 609, 610
disputes, arbitration of, 769
Gifford, Peleg, Jr.
attending Baptist meeting and singing at, 30
military involvement, disownment for, 34
Gifford, Rachel (daughter of Alice), 620, 622, 623
Gifford, Richard, 469
Gifford, Richard [2], xvii
Gifford, Richard (son of Christopher), 499–503
Gifford, Robert, 18, 27, 52, 70, 98, 254, 260
Gifford, Ruth, 638, 640, 774, 775, 777
Gifford, Ruth, later Eddy. See Eddy, Ruth Gifford
Gifford, S. R., 756
Gifford, Samuel (son of Daniel), 816, 817, 819, 822
Gifford, Sarah
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 117
Gifford, Sarah, later Park, 435, 437, 438, 451, 461
Gifford, Silvanus, 783
Gifford, Simeon, 254, 260–61, 409, 488, 489
Gifford, Susanna
Allens Neck meeting at house of, 586
assistance provided to, 610
Gifford, Timothy, 435, 554–56, 817
Gifford, William [1]
Acoaxet, appearing for, 522, 530, 567
Acoaxet meeting house, new deed for, 516
fornication, daughter disowned for, 666
marriage to Elizabeth Tripp, 415–16
marriage to Patience Russell, 456, 457
oversight of yearly meeting at Acoaxet, 614
Ginkins. See Jenkins
glass at meeting house, mending of, 138, 219, 249, 319–20, 322, 363, 413, 490, 523, 524, 574, 659, 660, 717, 720, 826
Glynn, Marcia Cornell, xiii–xiv
Goddard, Beriah/Brier
imprisoned over ministerial tax, 262
marriage to Ann[a] Smith, 213, 215
marriage to Susanna Sisson, 448–50
marriage to Unice West, 352, 354, 355
Goddard, Daniel, 190, 191, 193, 203, 254
Goddard, John, 339
Goddard, Mary Smith, 338–39
Goodsped, John (of Sandwich), 54
Gould, Daniel (of Rhode Island), 59
Gould, Thomas, 684
Gould, Thomas, Jr., 790
gravestones, 20, 196. See also burying grounds
The Great Mystery of the Great Whore Unfolded: and Antichrist’s Kingdom Revealed unto Destruction (Fox, 1659), 5
Green, Caleb
certificates of removal for, 816
Green, Elizabeth, 112–13
Green, James, 349–51
Green, John, 111–14
Green, Rufus, 356–58
Griffith, Aaron, and wife, 378
Griffith[s], John, 14, 474, 705, 706n3
Groton, Connecticut, 435
guns
Christmas, shooting birds at, 809
disownment for fitting up for military use, 34
Haddonfield, Gloucester, England, 751
Haden. See Hayden
Hammond, Elizabeth, 512, 514–16
Hammond, Mariah/Meriah, 583, 584
Hammond, Mary, 758
Handson, John, 15
Han[d]son, John, 257
Handy, George
convincement of, 674, 676, 678, 679, 680
Harding, Robert E., vii, xii, xiv-xvii
Harper, Eliphal, 417, 426, 427
Harper, Robert (of Sandwich), 54
Harper, Stephen (of Sandwich), 62
Hart, Amey/Amie (daughter of William and Mary), 690–92, 696, 698
Hart, Archipas, 273, 274, 629, 633–35, 637, 639, 640, 642
Hart, Deborah, 475–77
Hart, Luke
certificates of removal drawn up by, 691, 710, 711, 750, 780
convincements, involvement in, 669
difficult circumstances, requesting assistance with, 503
disputes, arbitration of, 662, 775
fornication, inquiry into, 699
marriage of, 364–66
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 672, 690, 703, 723, 755, 779
marriages, solemnizations of, 592, 705, 707, 737, 738, 756, 758
Newtown burying ground, oversight of, 599
removal of Friend without certificate, inquiring into, 688
as visitor/overseer, 670, 709, 722, 739
Hart, Martha, later Taber, 756, 758, 759
Hart, Mary (daughter of William), 369–71
Hart, William, 256, 273, 369–71, 407–9
Hart, William, Jr., 696, 697, 700, 703
Harvey, Rebecca, 514
Hassey. See Hussey
Hathaway, Abigail, 715
Hathaway, Antipas, 219, 220, 574, 575, 659, 660, 717, 720, 826, 827
Hathaway, Apphia. See Mott, Apphia Hathaway
Hathaway, Caleb (son of Richard), 500, 501
Hathaway, Doctor, 687
Hathaway, Eunice (daughter of Richard), 468–69
Hathaway, Hephzibah, 168, 190, 593
Hathaway, Jethro, 558, 570, 576, 592
Hathaway, Jonathan, 144
Hathaway, Mary, 357–59
Hathaway, Richard, 468
Hathaway, Ruth, 596
Hathaway, Simon, and wife, 378
Hathaway, Stephen, 662, 663, 665
Hathaway, Thomas [1]
Acushnet burying ground, oversight of, 297
Acushnet meeting house and, 265, 289
Acushnet meetings at house of, 267
burning of house of, 267
condemnation for keeping company with woman of disgraceful character, 360–61
condemnation of daughter for fornication and marriage out of unity, 357–59
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 90–91, 168, 177, 184, 193, 207, 211, 214, 252, 316
horses, payment for Friends’ use of, 90–91
marriages, inquiries as to clearness for, 253, 258
marriages, solemnization of, 254, 259
quarterly meetings, attendance at, 260
Rochester meeting house and, 188
Hathaway, Thomas [2]
convincement of, 471, 473, 474
convincements, involvement in, 606
glass mended by, 490, 520, 523, 524
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 617
marriages, solemnizations of, 616
military matters, dealing with, 567, 570, 576, 607
poor, as overseer of, 612
quarterly meeting, attendance at/reports to, 610
as visitor, 585, 596, 606, 618
Hathaway, William, 669, 670, 671, 673, 674
hats. See also plainness; wigs
three-cornered hats, condemnation for wearing, 344
Hatton, Susanna (from Waterford, Ireland), 615
Havens, Joseph, 388–90, 470–72
Hayden, James (of Newport), 507, 508
Haymond. See Hammond
Headley. See Hedley
health and illness
absence from meeting due to illness/indisposition, 194, 794, 828
denial not read due to clerk’s sickness, 826
doctors’ bills, 31, 74, 341, 582, 593, 595, 621, 622, 623, 626, 687
excused from presence at reading of repentance due to lameness and low circumstances, 779
inquiries into disorderly behavior delayed due to sickness, 826
lameness and death, settlement of estate and payment of doctor’s bill for, 582, 587, 589, 595, 621, 622, 623, 626
lameness and low circumstances, excused from presence at reading of repentance due to, 779
marriages not attended due to, 828
meeting paying for doctoring of family of Stephen Wilcox, 687
Heart. See Hart
Hedley, Henry
certificate of removal for, 621, 622, 623
convincements, involvement in, 500, 505, 512
disputes, arbitration of, 459
illegitimate child, inquiries into, 511
marriage of, 344–46
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 455, 495, 502, 618, 619
marriages, solemnizations of, 429–30, 468, 496, 523, 620
marriages out of unity, inquiries into, 482
quarterly meetings, attendance at/reports to, 514, 581
as visitor, 487, 495, 503, 532, 543
Hedley, John, 42
Hedley, John (of Rhode Island), 59, 344
Henderson, Patrick, 86, 121–22
Henry, Patrick, 752n9
heresy, Quaker recognition of, 17–18, 424–25
Hewlet, John, 94
Hicks, Ephraim, 94
Hicks, Judith/Judah (daughter of Thomas). See Anthony, Judith/Judah Hicks
Hicks, Samuel, of Tiverton, 574, 612
Hicks, Thomas [1], 59, 94, 515–16
Hicks, Thomas [2] (son of Samuel Hicks of Tiverton), 574, 575, 577, 612
Hicks, Thomas [3], Jr.
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 703
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 715
meetings, oversight of behavior at, 723
quarterly meetings, attendance at/reports to, 699
spoiled salt beef, inquiring into sale of, 689
wood sold to pay doctor’s bill, measurement of, 687
Hicks, Thomas [4], the Second
Obediah Allen, readmission of, 751
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 710–11, 717, 727, 730, 732, 735, 738, 763
books, subscription for, 745, 747
horse racing and gambling, inquiries into, 725
indebtedness of Stephen Wilcox, dealing with, 709, 741
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 711, 728
marriages, solemnizations of, 712, 713, 717, 745
marriages out of unity, inquiries into, 726, 727
poor, as overseer of, 748
quarterly meetings, attendance at/reports to, 748, 764
Sandwich Meeting’s refusal of Rachel Soule, dealing with, 747
tavern of Daniel Russell and, 729, 731
treasurer, appointment as, 764
yearly meeting, oversight of, 710
Hicks, Thomas [5]
Allen’s Neck, building of meeting house at, 801
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 784, 792, 796, 815, 828
certificates of removal drawn up by, 779
convincement of daughter, 682 (See also Anthony, Judith/Judah Hicks)
disorderly speech/behavior, dealing with, 702, 768
disputes, arbitration of, 793
estate of Jedidiah and Keziah Wood, settlement of, 781, 795, 797
horse racing, inquiries into, 788
marriage to Elizabeth Hammond, 515, 516
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 760
marriages, solemnizations of, 763
marriages out of unity, inquiries into, 788
meeting house, repairs to, 773, 774
meetings, oversight of behavior at, 799, 826
non-attendance, inquiries into, 794
quire of paper procured by, 784
reconciliations, involvement in, 751
repair of meeting house by, 796
second marriages, settlement of estates on behalf of children due to, 761
Higginson, Francis, 5
High Sheriff of Bristol Co.
defrauding of, 432–34
discharge of prisoner by, 456
Hilliar, Jabez, 346
Hilliar, Mary (daughter of Jabez), 346–48
Hilliard, Hannah Davis, 164, 166
Hillier. See Hilliar
Hix. See Hicks
Hoden. See Hayden
Holder, Christopher, 8
Hollie, Joseph, Jr., 233
Holway, ? (of Sandwich), 62
honey stolen from hive, 151–52, 153
Hookes, Ellis, 131n20
Horne, William, 525
horses. See also stables on meeting house land
horse racing, 17, 23, 619, 725–29, 735, 736, 738, 740, 741, 743, 744, 746–49, 788
housing and keeping of horses for traveling Friends, 306
payment for Friends’ use of, 90–91, 126
taken for failure to pay minister’s tax, 262
Howland, Abigail, 45, 118–21, 218, 219, 220, 256–58
Howland, Abraham
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 796
disputes, arbitration of, 812, 830
poor, as overseer of, 823
repentance of, for outgoing in marriage and apparel, 533, 536
Howland, Ann/Anne/Anna [1] (daughter of Isaac), 435, 436, 437
Howland, Ann/Anne/Anna [3], 800, 804, 806, 808, 810
Howland, Barnabas
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 479, 508, 519
birth of grandchild too soon after marriage, 549
on committee for repairs/additions to meeting house, 448
disputes, arbitration of, 378, 406, 466
disputes, involvement in, 519, 522
imprisonment for refusal to undertake military training, 482, 499
indebtedness of Stephen Wilcox, inquiring into, 501
marriage out of unity of daughter of, 447
marriage to close relative, condemnation for, 447
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 560, 572, 609
marriages, solemnizations of, 533, 560, 562, 565, 609
marriages of, 250, 251, 498, 499, 500
quarterly meetings, attendance at/reports to, 452, 453
Phebe Tucker, inquiring into difference between meeting and, 406
Howland, Barnabas, the Second/Jr., 783, 784, 799, 801, 804, 805
Howland, Benjamin [1]
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 81, 82, 84, 95, 100, 112, 125, 128, 189, 193, 195, 196, 197, 198, 201, 204, 243, 245, 247, 259, 261, 263, 264, 265, 270
book by John Burrel, approbation of, 140–41
Boston, sending money to, 71
cedar swamps, dispute over, 170
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 68, 83, 114, 124, 127, 128, 129, 130, 132, 159, 160, 165, 168, 184, 190, 191, 192, 209, 211, 214, 222, 230, 252, 257, 263
deed for meeting house and land, 72, 85, 91, 92
disaffection of Eliezar Smith, inquiring into, 73, 74
dishonesty of Thomas Macumber, inquiring into, 69
disorderly speech and behavior, inquiries into, 52, 125, 175
disputes, adjudicating, 55, 66, 76, 86, 87, 129, 170, 177, 206
illegitimate child born by daughter of, 224, 226, 231
inspector/visitor, appointment as, 50, 53, 103, 213
marriages, inquiries as to clearness for, 48, 51, 77, 91, 92, 109, 111, 157, 181, 187, 197, 220, 221, 242
marriages, solemnization of, 78, 93, 110, 111, 113, 181, 182, 188, 198, 222
marriages of children of, 191, 209, 266
marriages out of unity, inquiring into, 168, 169, 170, 188
meeting house, construction of, 41
meeting house galleries, adding seats to, 174–75
meeting house land, laying out of, 172
minutes, appointed to inspect, 62, 85
non-attendance of Rochester Friends, inquiring into, 68–69
oath taking, inquiries into, 150, 160
quarterly meetings, attendance at, 47, 53–54, 56–57, 61, 90, 100, 103, 126, 127, 142, 150, 194, 196, 197, 205
quarterly meetings, reports to, 103, 128
repeal of Connecticut anti-Quaker law, payment for, 70
Rochester Meeting, visitation of, 79, 102, 108
Salem Meeting House, construction of, 64
seating of upper gallery, 216
Sippican Meeting’s non-attendance at monthly meeting, inquiring into, 60
slavery, declaration on, 189
Deliverance Smith’s land, management of, while in prison, 97–98, 99, 100
treasurer, appointment as, 63
treasurer, activities as, 72–74, 90, 91, 96, 100, 102–5, 111, 114–18, 125, 126, 128, 130, 138, 139, 141–43, 147, 148, 150–52, 155, 157, 158, 161, 162, 167, 172, 173, 178, 179, 183, 184, 188, 197, 198, 207, 208, 210–12, 219–21, 227, 234, 235, 236, 238, 241, 243–47, 249, 259, 260, 263, 266, 272
wigs, declaration on wearing, 215
wrestling and running of children, efforts to control, 135
yearly meetings, chosen to attend, 54
Howland, Benjamin [2], 477–79, 490, 491, 540, 575, 666
Howland, Benjamin [3] (son of Isaac), 545–46, 547, 567, 568, 569, 652
Howland, Benjamin [4], Jr., 658, 660, 661, 668, 669, 706–7
Howland, Benjamin [5], the Second
absence from meeting due to illness of wife, 794
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 710, 738, 739, 740, 752
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 741
defamation of overseers, inquiring into, 830
disputes, arbitration of, 812, 830
fornication, inquiries into, 781
indebtedness of Stephen Wilcox, dealing with, 738
marriage to Silvester Smith, 760, 761, 763, 765
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 666, 721
marriages, solemnizations of, 619, 620, 723
meeting house, repair of, 821, 830
meetings, oversight of behavior at, 652, 779
quarterly meetings, attendance at/reports to, 722, 726, 743
slaves owned by Quakers, reporting on, 820
Smith’s Neck meetings, oversight of, 742, 779
as visitor/overseer, 709, 722, 739
Howland, Benjamin [7], saddler, 799–800, 802
Howland, Content, later Briggs, 262–63
Howland, Daniel, 414, 415, 445
Howland, Deborah (later Slade; wife of Joseph), 603, 604, 709
Howland, Desire, 224–31, 264–65, 266–67
Howland, Elizabeth, 416
Howland, Elizabeth (wife of Benjamin, daughter-in-law of Isaac), 29
Howland, George, 153, 248, 251–52
Howland, Gideon [1] (son of Barnabas), 549, 551, 552
Howland, Gideon [2]
disputes, arbitration of, 781, 787, 793
meetings, oversight of behavior at, 799
non-attendance, inquiries into, 794
physical dispute with Zephaniah Anthony, 804, 805–6
poor, as overseer of, 773, 796
Howland, Hannah, 263, 467–69, 471, 609, 610
Howland, Henry
burying ground, making gate and posts for, 103, 104
disownment of Ebenezer Allen signed by, 68
Robert Gifford refusing to pay Queen’s tax, counseling, 68
marriage of, 572–74
marriage out of unity, condemnation for, 158–59, 160
Howland, Isaac [1]
abused by daughter-in-law Elizabeth, 29
accounts made up by, 293, 294, 295, 297
appearance at monthly meeting, 309, 328, 329, 333, 337, 364, 377, 380, 386, 393, 395, 401, 410, 428, 434, 493, 499, 500, 503, 505, 535, 554
certificates of removal drawn up by, 422, 426, 526, 562
child born too soon after marriage, inquiries into, 573
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 291, 404, 405, 430
disorderly speech/behavior, inquiries into, 407, 471
disputes, adjudicating, 286, 307
erroneous notions, advising Friend entertaining, 422
marriage of, 191–93
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 286, 310, 311, 312, 384, 387, 400, 401, 427, 532, 565
marriages, solemnizations of, 311, 312, 387, 388, 412–13, 421, 422, 464, 466, 531
marriages of children of, 420, 425, 435, 502
marriages out of unity, inquiring into, 403
meeting house, repairs/additions to, 434
military affairs, dealing with, 482, 567, 569
military involvement, assisting Friends dealing with, 439, 448
scandalous report about John Wing and wife, inquiries into, 532–33
Howland, Isaac [2], Jr./the Second
certificate of removal presented by, 783
certificate of removal requested by, 693, 694
convincements of daughters of, 800
marriage out of unity, 626, 670, 671, 673, 674, 676, 679, 680, 684, 687
papers of remorse submitted by, 671, 680, 683, 687
running goods, 817
slave trade, involvement in, 626, 670, 671, 673, 674, 676, 679, 680, 684, 687
Howland, James, 188, 189, 191, 192, 217–19
Howland, James, Jr., 416
Howland, Joanna Ricketson (widow of William), 464
Howland, Job
disputes, involvement in, 662, 665, 666, 667, 668, 670, 672, 677
marriage of, 373–75
quarterly meeting, appealing to, 672, 677
Howland, John [1]
accounts, making up, 387–88
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 292, 295, 308, 315, 335, 340, 343, 346, 349, 351, 354, 355, 359–62, 364, 366, 367, 372, 373, 375, 377–79, 381, 382, 388, 390, 393, 396–98, 404–8, 412, 413, 415, 417–19, 421–26, 428, 430, 432, 435, 437–42, 445, 447, 450–52, 458, 459, 462, 463, 467, 469, 470, 471, 475, 476, 477, 480, 484, 486, 488, 489, 490, 491, 492
books procured by, 433
certificate of removal for travel to England, 33
certificates of removal, drawing up, 437
charitable assistance for Anne Shaw, 479–80
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 291, 331, 394–95
convincement of Thomas Hathaway and, 471
disorderly speech/behavior, dealing with, 16, 435, 471, 491
disputes, adjudicating, 286, 325, 326, 466, 467
illegitimate child, inquiring into, 307
marriage out of unity, condemnation for, 145, 147, 148, 149
marriages, inquiring as to clearness for, 288, 320, 330, 349, 362, 369, 370, 382, 383, 397, 412, 420, 442, 453, 467, 480
marriages, solemnizations of, 289–90, 293, 294, 303, 312, 313, 321, 322, 330–31, 334, 336, 350, 351, 370, 371, 375, 396–97, 405, 406, 407, 421, 422, 429, 430, 433, 434–35, 437, 438, 443, 453, 454, 468, 472, 474, 479, 480, 486, 487
marriages of children of, 454, 464
marriages out of unity, inquiring into, 394
meeting house, keeping of, 304, 345, 434, 440, 451, 480
minutes, reviewing, 442
quarterly meetings, attendance at, 295, 320, 338, 359, 367, 371, 379, 382, 384, 393, 395, 396, 407, 410, 414, 416, 417, 422, 426, 428, 437, 438, 440, 446, 449, 450, 458, 480
quarterly meetings, conveying funds to, 295
quarterly meetings, reports to, 320, 321, 338, 359, 367, 371, 379, 382, 384, 393, 395, 396, 407, 410, 415, 416, 417, 426, 428, 437, 440, 446, 449, 450, 458, 480
reconciliation and acknowledgment, 260
Phebe Tucker, inquiring into difference between meeting and, 406
vain conversation and failure to listen, condemnation for, 17, 149
as visitor, 285, 292, 302, 326, 339, 348, 398
Howland, John [2], Jr., 454, 455
Howland, John [3]
convincement of, 672–74, 677, 678
subscription money delivered by, 828
Howland, Joseph, 651, 652, 658, 660, 661
Howland, Judith, 209
Howland, Judith, later Russell, 447
Howland, Lucy, 746
Howland, Luthan, 817
Howland, Lydia (daughter of Benjamin), 207, 209
Howland, Lydia, later Soule, 207–9, 254–55
Howland, Mary [1] (daughter of Nicholas Howland), 218–20
Howland, Mary [2] (daughter of Nathaniel Howland), 234, 235, 236, 271, 292
Howland, Mary [3] (widow of Benjamin [2]), 575–76, 578
Howland, Mary [4] (wife of Luthan), 817
Howland, Mary [6]
condemnations/disownments, involvement in, 205, 291
marriage to James Russell, 288–90
as visitor, 292
Howland, Mehetabel, 824, 826, 828, 829
Howland, Mehetabel (daughter of Isaac), 800
Howland, Meribah (daughter of Isaac), 420, 425
Howland, Nathaniel [1]
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 242
Thomas Brigs, appointed to speak with, 50
condemnations/disownments, involvement in, 64, 81–82, 83, 124, 127, 132, 135, 159, 165, 184, 190, 205, 209, 211, 214, 222, 231, 234, 237, 239
disorderly speech in meeting of, 125, 126
disputes, arbitration of, 72, 80
disputes, involvement in, 27, 52, 53, 55, 59, 65–66, 193, 235
fornication and bearing of illegitimate child by daughter of, 221
Christopher Gifford’s condemnation from Sandwich, obtaining copy of, 64
honey stolen by son of, 153
impressment of, 107
inspector/visitor, appointment as, 51–52, 238
legal case brought against, by Ebenezer Allen, 65–66
legal cases between Friends, inquiring into, 210
marriages, inquiries as to clearness for, 43, 49–50, 51, 52, 77, 113
marriages, solemnization of, 116
marriages of children of, 192, 218, 236, 251–52, 262
marriages out of unity, inquiring into, 201
meeting house, contribution toward construction of, 41
petition on jury service, presenting, 47, 48
prisoners, disbursements for, 105
prisoners, visitation of, 98
quarterly meetings, attendance at, 42, 45, 49, 50, 51, 55, 64
quarterly meetings, reports to, 195
Rochester Meeting, visiting, 81, 98
son John Howland, condemnation of, 149
stable on meeting house land, 111
John Summers, appointed to respond to paper from, 192
town minister, named as, 30
yearly meetings, chosen to attend, 49, 53
Howland, Nathaniel [2] (son of John)
certificates of removal drawn up by, 576, 586, 621
certificates of removal for, 624, 634
disputes, arbitration of, 540
Newtown, new meeting house at, 554
Howland, Nicholas [1], 68, 100, 127, 248
Howland, Nicholas [2]
appearance at monthly meeting, 572, 772, 782
celebration of marriage out of unity of daughter of, 589
certificates of removal drawn up by, 754, 830
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 789
deed for meeting house and, 516
defamation of overseers, inquiring into, 830
fornication, inquiries into, 694
Susanna Gifford, charitable assistance for, 610
illegitimate children, inquiries into birth of, 571
marriage to Mary Sisson, 506–7
marriage to Zerniah Russell, 366, 369
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 540, 574, 583, 641, 733, 743
marriages, solemnizations of, 541, 564, 565, 584, 735
marriages out of unity, inquiring into, 577, 623, 624
military matters, dealing with, 577
poor, as overseer of, 649, 658
quarterly meetings, attendance at/reports to, 567, 722, 726, 731, 739, 756, 775
repentance for upholding war and fighting, 444
Howland, Nicholas [2], wife of
celebration of marriage out of unity of daughter of, 589
Susanna Gifford, charitable assistance for, 610
Howland, Nicholas [3], Jr. (3), 644
Howland, Penelope Allen
marriage to Barnabas Howland, 498–500
Howland, Philip [1], 607
Howland, Prince [1], 529, 531, 579–80, 581
Howland, Rebecca
marriage to David Briggs, 696, 700, 703
marriage to James Russell, 109–11
marriage to Thomas Smith Jr., 703, 705, 707
marriage to William Sanford, 330, 331
Howland, Rebecca (wife of Barnabas), 447
Howland, Rose
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 205, 209, 211, 214, 291
fornication and bearing of illegitimate child by daughter of, 221
marriages out of unity of children of, 192, 262
Howland, Samuel (of Freetown), 92–94
Howland, Samuel (son of Isaac), 480, 481, 502, 503, 505
Howland, Samuel (son of Nicolas), 248, 249
Howland, Samuel, Jr.
certificate of removal granted to, 697
certificate of removal requested by, questions about, 13, 621, 622, 623, 624
deficiency in removal certificate, 13, 754, 756
disorderly speech, condemnation for, 625, 627, 629
failure to deliver removal certificate, 754
marriage out of unity, sorrow for, 591, 592, 593
oath taken by, sorrow for, 369–70
removal without certificate, acknowledgment of, 695–96
Howland, Sarah
Silvester Howland spreading rumors about, 28
marriage to Francis Barker, 475–77
Howland, Sarah (daughter of Nathaniel), 218, 219
Howland, Silvester Smith
marriage to Benjamin Howland, 760, 763, 765
spreading rumors about Sarah Howland, 28
Howland, Susanna, 740, 743, 744
Howland, Timothy
marriage to Susanna Allen, 711–13
Howland, William [1], 464, 485
Howland, William [2], 645, 647, 649, 650
Howland family, 8
Hoxie, Jemima, 663
Hoxie, Ludwick (of Sandwich), 62
Hoxie, Mary (of Sandwich), 62
Hoxie, Solomon, 537–39
Hoxly, Mary (of Sandwich), 54
Huddlestone, Catharine, 598, 599, 600
Huddlestone, Mary, 364–66
Huddlestone, Mary (daughter of Peleg), 569, 570–71
Huddlestone, Mary (wife of Peleg), 571
Huddlestone, Peleg
Acoaxet, appearing for, 602, 606, 610, 612, 617, 620, 649, 660, 678, 679, 700, 702
certificates of removal drawn up by, 600, 696
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 664, 666
convincement of, 357
convincements, involvement in, 612
denial of daughter of, for fornication, 569, 570–71
disputes, arbitration of, 378, 593, 594
estate of Jedidiah and Keziah Wood, settlement of, 821
fornication, inquiries into, 674
illegitimate child, inquiries into, 395
indebtedness of Stephen Wilcox, dealing with, 661, 678
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 407, 467, 478, 613, 668
marriages, solemnizations of, 467, 468, 471, 472, 669
marriages out of unity, inquiries into, 560
military matters, dealing with, 563, 577
rent, inquiring into Stephen Wilcox’s inability to pay, 613
taxes, dealing with Friend’s refusal to pay, 667
Huddlestone, Seth
convincement of, 35
drafted as soldier, 35
Huddlestone, Valentine [1], 42, 44, 150, 151, 154–57, 160, 161, 184
Huddlestone, Valentine [2], 649
Hull, Bathsheba, of Rhode Island, 282–83
Hull, Hannah, of James Town, 223
Hull, Hannah, of Rhode Island, 282
Hunt, Deborah, 529–31
Hunt, Samuel (Presbyterian minister), 29, 30, 262
Hussey, Abiel, later Dennis (wife of Shadrach), 723–25
Hussey, Ann/Anne/Anna, later Coffin, 655, 657, 658, 667
Hussey, Content Tucker (wife of Jonathan Jr.), 17
Hussey, Dinah, later Wood, 757, 759, 760
Hussey, Hephzibah (wife of Jonathan)
Hussey, Jonathan
accounts, making up, 611, 672, 677, 696, 704, 715, 735
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 553, 572, 600, 678, 720, 722, 724, 725, 731, 744, 751, 752, 753, 756, 757, 759, 760, 761, 770, 777, 786, 789, 792, 796, 798, 799, 816, 823, 824
Bedford meeting house, request to build, 804, 814
books, collecting money for, 760
books, subscription for, 745, 747
burying ground, gate for, 607
certificates of removal drawn up by, 532, 642, 667, 725
certificates of removal for, 433
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 644, 646, 647, 652
convincements, involvement in, 610, 651, 677
disputes, arbitration of, 665, 806
drunkenness, inquiries into, 644, 646
estate of Rachel Soule, settlement of, 749
gambling and horse racing, inquiries into, 725
horses, paid for shoeing, 14, 626
marriage of children of Jabez Barker Jr. in his house, inquiries into, 795
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 530, 560, 600, 689, 696–97, 710, 717, 718, 806
marriages, solemnizations of, 531, 601, 602, 690, 692, 700, 703, 718, 719, 808
marriages out of unity, inquiries into, 642, 653, 724, 729, 755, 757, 758, 759, 824
meeting house, keeping of, 564, 566, 574, 575, 582, 593, 596, 597, 602, 605, 607, 608, 628, 629, 639, 649, 650, 654, 663, 672, 682
meetings, oversight of behavior at, 614, 652, 669, 689, 723, 740, 776, 777, 826
new meeting house, construction of, 779
notes of hand, decision on acceptability of sale of, 800, 803
as overseer, 760, 770, 796, 823
poor, inquiring into circumstances of, 710, 712
Providence meeting house, subscription for, 608
quarterly meetings, attendance at/reports to, 617, 739, 748, 781, 794, 818
report of scandalous nature, assisting Women’s Meeting with, 809
second marriages, settlement of estates on behalf of children due to, 761
John Wing, inquiries into behavior of, 549
yearly meeting, consultation with Acoaxet about, 829
Hussey, Rebecca, later Barnard, 757, 759, 760, 774
Huttleston. See Huddlestone
in Men’s Meeting minutes, 132–33, 175, 204, 222–31, 275, 296, 304, 307, 316, 336–37, 352, 395, 509, 552, 571, 769, 770, 781, 791
illicit trade. See smuggling
illness. See health and illness
impressment, 24–25, 42n2, 103–7, 133, 136–38, 448, 482, 567, 569–70, 577, 593
imprisonment. See prison and prisoners
Indians. See Native Americans, Quaker interaction with
inheritance issues
children of wife and stepfather, dispute between, 28, 325–26, 331, 332
Samuel Craw, estate of, 586–87, 589, 593
disputes over, 28–29, 206, 235–36, 239, 325–26, 331, 332, 593–94, 781, 783, 784, 785, 786, 789, 791, 793, 795, 797, 800, 801–3, 820–21
monthly meeting, money bequeathed to, 346, 350
poor Friends, settlement of estates of, 749, 750, 751
second marriages, settlement of estates on behalf of children due to, 284, 323, 324, 337, 381–82, 485, 499, 539, 575–76, 588, 603, 668, 669, 718, 761
Phebe Tucker offering Ruth Slocum forty pounds more than her legacy, 408
widow’s inheritance, Friends appointed to protect, 26, 142, 143
inspectors. See visitors/inspectors/overseers
Instructions for Right Spelling . . . (Fox and Hookes, 1706), 131n20
Ireland
Friends from, 5, 14, 122n18, 340, 615, 734n7, 746n8
Irish, David, Jr., 258–59
Jacobus, Donald Lines, xiii
jail. See prison and prisoners
Jenkins, Abiah (of Sandwich), 54, 62
Jenkins, Abigail, 452–54
Jenney, Hannah, 16, 64, 80–81, 101
Jennings, Joseph, 434, 487, 509, 514
Jeremiah (Native American), 30–31, 50, 51
the Jersies. See New Jersey/the Jersies
Jones, Ruth, of Pennsylvania, 314
Jones, William, 827
Jordan, Robert, of Virginia, 241, 242n28
Joshua of Yarmouth, subscription for, 309
Joy, David, 299–301
judicial matters. See legal matters
Justice of the Peace, marriage before, 195, 823
keeping company
married woman, too frequent keeping company with, 641, 655, 677, 685–86
with woman of disgraceful character, 360–61
Kees, John, 185
Keith, George, 46
Kelly, Jeremy, 270
Kelly, Seth (son of Jeremy), 270, 272
Kempton, Esther, 575–78
Kempton, Thomas, 359
Kendal, Westmoreland, England, 751
Kerby. See Kirby
Killey. See Kelly
kin, marriages between
condemnations for, 224–25, 229–30, 349, 353–54, 398, 420, 501, 502, 624, 625
quarterly meetings, queries about cousin marriages at, 501, 502
sister of former wife, condemnation for marrying, 500
Kirby, Abigail
addition to minutes regarding satisfaction made by, 653, 675, 676–77
fornication of daughter of, 520
marriage out of unity of son of, 513
public testimony by, efforts to silence, 16, 435, 436, 457, 490, 491
Kirby, Barnabas, 733, 735, 737
Kirby, David, 648, 649, 650, 651, 653, 654
Kirby, Elizabeth (daughter of Robert), 768, 770
Kirby, Eunice, 721
Kirby, Ichabod, 334, 336, 337, 544, 548, 550, 596
Kirby, Mary, 670
Kirby, Mary, later Wilbur (daughter of Nathaniel), 606
Kirby, Mary Merihew, 343
Kirby, Nathaniel [1], 311, 312, 430, 513, 520, 552, 606
Kirby, Phebe, later Allen (wife of Abraham), 719–20
Kirby, Rebecca, condemnation of, 519, 520
Kirby, Recompense, 372–73
Kirby, Richard, 55, 160, 210, 211, 334, 343
Kirby, Robert
denial of daughter for marriage out of unity, 768
disputes, arbitration of, 217
marriage of daughter of, 242
marriage of son of, 311
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 238, 253, 254, 388, 389
marriages, solemnizations of, 238, 239, 254, 256, 261, 389
military services, payment of money to support, disownment for, 580–83, 586
Lake, Joanna Butler, 349–51, 359, 360, 390, 391
Lake, William, 349–51, 359, 360, 390, 391
Lancaster, Aaron, 734
land. See also deeds of land
boundaries between meetings, 10, 695, 698, 702
purchased under ministerial encumbrances, 812
Landers, Deborah, 74, 362, 363, 365
Landers, Hasadiah, 199
Landers, Richard (of Sandwich), 62
Landers, Sarah, 132
Lankastor. See Lancaster
Lapham, Benjamin, 426
Lapham, Elizabeth (daughter of John Lapham), 252, 253
Lapham, John
abuse of Native American, appointed to investigate, 50, 51
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 110, 114, 115, 140, 146, 154, 155, 156, 157, 163, 171, 173, 175, 230, 264, 268, 270, 271, 272, 273, 275, 277, 281, 282, 284, 285, 286, 306, 380, 384, 390, 496
burying ground, oversight of, 272–73
certificate of removal requested for move to Providence, 528, 529
certificates of removal drawn up by, 123, 124, 283
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 83, 118, 120, 124, 132, 147, 149, 159, 165, 166, 168, 177, 184, 190, 205, 209, 211, 214, 222, 230, 231, 234, 237, 239, 252, 256, 257, 263, 291, 304
disorderly speech/behavior, inquiries into, 54–55, 175
disputes, arbitration of, 53, 55, 60, 80
disputes, involvement in, 129, 130
doctor of Deborah Landars paid by, 74
honey stolen from hive, inquiry into, 151–52, 153
marriages, inquiries as to clearness for, 42, 109, 111, 170, 171, 174, 194, 218, 223, 226, 240, 241, 242, 258, 268, 286, 299, 301, 302, 357, 366, 386–87
marriages, solemnizations of, 111, 113, 195, 196, 227, 228, 241, 248, 249, 269, 276, 277, 285, 286, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 358, 366, 369, 375, 385, 386, 387, 388
marriages of children of, 100, 252
marriages out of unity, inquiring into, 66–67, 115
meeting house, construction of, 41
meeting house, keeping of, 103, 227, 247, 290, 376–77
meetings held at house of, 41
orderly coming into meeting, as overseer of, 78
payment made to, 377
quarterly meetings, attendance at, 44, 124, 128, 145, 146, 166, 263, 273, 281, 282, 283, 407
quarterly meetings, reports to, 124, 155, 282, 283, 407
reporting matters regarding Friends, admonishment regarding, 177
second marriages, assisting with settlement of estates on behalf of children due to, 284
Smithfield Monthly Meeting, moving to, 12–13
as solemnizer of marriage, 93
wrestling and running of children, efforts to control, 135
Lapham, John, Jr.
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 108, 109
certificate of removal to Smithfield, requesting, 337–38
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 117
deed for meeting house and land, obtaining, 63
disputes, arbitration of, 27, 52, 76
fencing of burying ground, payment for, 96
impressment of, 107
inspector/visitor, appointment as, 103
marriage out of unity, counseling members considering, 96
marriages, inquiries as to clearness for, 53, 56, 77
marriages, solemnization of, 110
quarterly meetings, attendance at, 96
Isaac Vinson, charitable contribution to, 69
Lapham, Joshua, 469–71, 522, 523
Lapham, Marcy/Mary
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 120, 132, 165, 166, 168, 177, 190, 205, 209, 211, 214, 231, 257, 263, 291, 316
marriage of, 7n9, 100, 101–5, 108
Lapham, Mary, Jr. (née Russell), 43, 117, 190, 211
Lapham, Nicholas [1]
appearance at monthly meeting, 321, 326
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 166, 177, 190, 252, 316
debt, condemnation for refusal to pay, 444, 445, 447, 449, 452–54
disputes, involvement in, 129, 130, 444, 445, 447, 449, 452
impressment into Queen Ann’s War, 24–25, 136–37
marriage, requesting certificate of clearness for, 270, 272
marriage out of unity, repentance for, 601, 602
marriages, inquiring into clearness for, 311, 312
marriages, solemnization of, 298
wrestling and running of children, efforts to control, 135
Lapham, Solomon, 593
Lapham family, 8
Latham, Mary, 234
Laton, George, 242
Laton, Mary, 168, 190, 234, 237, 257, 263
law. See legal matters
Lawry (Sawdy?), Samuel, 442
Lawton, Abraham, 432
Lawton, George (son of John), 592–93
Lawton, John
marriage to Rebecca Allen, 464–66
marriages out of unity of children of, 457, 460, 592, 629
military payments made by, 450, 451, 571, 572, 573
Lawton, Juner, 168
Lawton, Leah, later Brownell, 368–69
Lawton, Mary, 177, 205, 209, 214, 257, 263. See also Layton [Lawton?], Mary
Lawton, Mary (daughter of John), 457, 460
Lawton, Rebecca (daughter of John), 457, 460
Lawton, Ruth, 204–5
Layton [Lawton?], Mary
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 132
Leach, Thomas, 316
Leddra, William, 7
legal matters
advice of monthly meeting on, query to quarterly meeting regarding, 190
bond put into attorney’s hand by Timothy Ricketson, 456
between Friends, 65–67, 210–11
giving evidence under oath in, 71
jury service, Quaker repudiation of oath taking and, 26, 47
Justice of the Peace, marriage before, 195, 823
prosecution of Jedidiah Allen by Daniel Gifford for striking Daniel’s son Samuel, 816, 817, 819, 822
standing committee to advise on, 668–69, 773
Leicester meeting house, construction of, 394
lending of money to meeting, 65, 71, 227, 333, 335, 338
Letter from a Friend to Some of His Intimate Friends on the Subject of Paying Taxes (Davis, 1776), 36
letters of marque. See privateers
Lewis, Mary, of Pennsylvania, 299
Lewis, Nathaniel, of Pennsylvania, 482
Lewis, Robert, of Pennsylvania, 482
Lewis, Susanna, 296–98
light, in Quaker thought, 3, 4, 17
Lightfoot, Susanna (Hudson) Hatton, 14, 615n31
liquor. See alcoholic drinks
Little, Barker
certificate of removal presented by, 783
“little meeting house,” proposal to enlarge, 689, 691, 692, 693, 703, 704
livestock. See also horses
Christmas, shooting birds at, 809
goats sold and then looted, 370, 378–80
taken for failure to pay minister’s tax, 261–62
taken for failure to take military training, 174, 590
trespassing of Benjamin Howland, saddler’s animals on Benjamin Smith’s property, 799–800, 802
locks
drawer lock, purchase of, 654, 662
meeting house door lock, 130
London. See England
Long Island, New York, 462, 467, 626, 771, 776, 824
Long Plain meeting house, Acushnet, 615. See also Acushnet Meeting
Look, Samuel, 555
Lopoulos, Anne, xiv
lotteries, 590
Lowry, Ann Gidley, 8
lumber. See timber
Lund, Judith N., xvii
Luther, Martha, 406–7
Macumber, Abiel, 560, 561, 607, 821
Macumber, Abigail Allen, 29, 643
Macumber, Elizabeth (wife of Zebedee), 686
Macumber, James (son of William Jr.), 590
Macumber, John
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 568, 572, 575, 580, 581, 583, 585, 588
certificate of removal requested by, 570, 571
marriage of, 440–42
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 579
marriages, solemnizations of, 580
as visitor, 573
Macumber, Joseph, 643
Macumber, Rachel, 751
Macumber, Samuel, Jr., 741, 744, 749
Macumber, Thomas, 69–71, 76, 80–82
Macumber, William, 59, 60, 68, 609, 618, 638
Macumber, William, Jr., 65, 71, 465, 466, 568, 570, 590
Macumber, Zebedee, 686
magical arts, concerns about, 418
majority rule, 15–16
Mamaroneck, New York, 418
manumission of slaves. See slavery, manumission, and abolition
Marcovici, Andrea, xii, xvi-xvii, 36
maritime matters
boat at Nantucket, management of, 85, 91
sea, Friends going to, 57, 792
seafaring man, certificate for, 392
Marland family, xvii
marque, letters of. See privateers
marriage, xi, 19. See also kin, marriages between, and under specific persons
allowing to take place in one’s house, 24, 788, 790, 792–96, 799, 801, 803–5, 808, 810, 813
appearance in person at meeting to declare intentions, 275
brother testifying to parental consent for marriage of sister, 170
certificates of clearance from other meetings, 64
disorderly marriage, allowance of, 499, 500
hurried attempts at, 560–61
before Justice of the Peace, 195, 823
legality of Quaker marriages, 195n26
on meeting days, 194, 369, 385
out of meeting (“out of unity”), 18, 19, 23–24, 29, 32, 121, 417, 443, 599, 788, 790
overly fancy apparel worn for, 486, 810
parental consent for, 19, 23–24, 54, 76, 121, 197, 306, 549, 616, 620, 626, 628, 730, 806
plainness, refusal of permission to present marriage intentions to meeting due to violations of, 26
presentation of intentions/inspections/consent of meeting, 19
records of, 19
refusal of woman to live with husband, disownment for, 29
removing hat or standing uncovered during consideration of marriage intentions, 194
second marriages, settlement of estates on behalf of children due to, 284, 323, 324, 337, 381–82, 485, 499, 539, 575–76, 588, 603, 668, 669, 718, 761
sister of former wife, condemnation for marrying, 500
of slaves owned by Quakers, 237
solemnizations/consummations, 78, 93, 95, 105, 111
Peace Wood on Quaker marriage certificates, 494
young people marrying in apparel not as orderly as it should be, 486
Maryland West river, certificate approved by meeting at, 241
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Congregationalism, establishment of, 29–30
jury service, Quakers applying for relief regarding, 47
south coast borderland, as refuge area, xi
treatment of/laws against Quakers in, xi, 6, 7
Mather, Cotton, 122
Maxfield, Edmond, 687, 689, 690, 696, 697, 700, 703
Maxfield, Elizabeth, 735, 737, 738
McKeon, Christopher, xvii
medical issues. See health and illness
Meeting for Sufferings, 37
meeting house, in Dartmouth. See Apponegansett Meeting House
Meeting House River, 487
meeting houses, construction of
at Acoaxet, 176, 177, 178, 183, 187, 188, 196, 654, 656, 659
at Acushnet, 265, 275, 276, 277, 281, 289, 290, 305
at Boston, 71, 79, 105, 110, 162, 602, 604
at Leicester, 394
little meeting house, proposal to enlarge, 689, 691, 692, 693, 703, 704
at Newtown, 543–47, 554, 578, 581
at Providence, RI, 15, 48, 581, 582, 583, 585, 587–88, 592, 596, 599, 601, 608, 610, 613, 614
at Salem, 15, 62, 64, 65, 171, 172, 213, 215
at South Kingston, 825
at Swansey, 462, 465, 466, 478
at Tiverton, 371
at Warwick, 538, 541, 544, 546
at Westerly, 443, 446, 483, 485
meetings, in Dartmouth. See Acoaxet Meeting; Acushnet Meeting; Allen’s Neck; Bedford; Dartmouth Monthly Meeting; Newtown Meeting; Noquochoke River meeting
meetings out of unity
separate meetings, disowned members setting up, 18, 36
Mendall [Mendol], John, 131
Mendenhall/Mendinghall, Lydia, 501
Mendon, 310
Men’s Meeting, 12
certificates of removal issued by, 13
Merihew, Grizel. See Shearman, Grizel Merihew
Merihew, Hope, 117, 120, 132, 214, 263
Merihew, Jane, later Wing (wife of Barnabas), 743, 744, 746, 754
Merihew, John, 576, 577, 578, 580, 586, 615
Merihew, Jonathan, 287
Merihew, Joseph, 353, 354, 544, 545, 608
Merihew, Josiah
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 196, 198, 201, 243, 247, 266, 281
certificates of removal, drawing up, 417
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 117, 120, 124, 132, 135, 159, 165, 166, 177, 184, 192, 205, 211, 214, 222, 252, 263
convincement of Samuel Chase and, 505
disputes, adjudicating, 217, 256
disputes, involvement in, 51, 52, 55, 56, 287
honey stolen from hive, inquiries into, 152, 153
impressment of, 133
land given for new meeting house by, 544
marriage out of unity of daughter of, 343
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 174, 181, 187, 223, 260, 266, 276, 287, 439, 471, 479, 480
marriages, solemnizations of, 242, 243, 259, 260, 266, 267, 288, 472
meetings held at house of, 462, 467, 473, 477, 480, 481, 487, 491, 495, 500, 506
new meeting house near home of, building of, 543–45
Merihew, Mary, later Kirby, 343
Merihew, Preserved, 275–76
Merihew, Rachel, 813, 816, 817, 818–19, 824
Merihew, Sarah (alias of Sarah Taber), 275–76
Meyhew, John (constable of Chilmark), 261
Mifflin, Warner, 14
military issues. See also guns; maritime matters; privateers; specific conflicts, and under specific persons
accounts of suffering of Friends due to, collection of, 567, 568–70, 607–8
Jedidiah Allen’s repentance for wounding man in quarrel, 564
cheese taken from William Wood, for not allowing his sons to take military training, 174
disownment for involvement with, 23
enlistment of Friends, 577, 597, 678, 692, 694, 695, 701 (See also under American Revolution)
Friends not keeping testimony against or propagating, 441, 443, 444, 573
impressments, 24–25, 42n2, 103–7, 133, 136–38, 448, 482, 567, 569–70, 577, 593
imprisonment for refusal of military service/training, 24–25, 35, 137, 456, 482, 484, 499
Nicholas Lapham on efforts to enforce service/training, 24–25
negotiations with authorities regarding, xi, 42, 570, 571, 576, 577, 583–84, 596, 597, 599
pacifism of Quakers and, 3, 24–25, 35, 106–7
payment of money toward, 25, 35–36, 131, 439, 442, 444, 450, 564, 568, 571, 577, 578, 581, 584, 587, 593, 601
prize goods, 34–35
quarterly meeting accounts of suffering due to, 360, 499, 607–8
repentance for going into training for, 462
steer taken from Robert Tripp, for failure to take military training, 175
substitutes/fines in lieu of service, 35–36, 567, 571, 601
suffering of Nicholas Davis for refusal of sons to take part in military training, 360
visitors dealing with, 563
war supplies, provision of, 34
yearly meeting letters on, 131
Milk, David, 460
Milk, Rebecca Lawton, 457, 460
Mills, James (of Sandwich), 54
minister of town, Nathaniel Howland named as, 30
ministers, Congregational, tax to support, 29–30, 93, 95, 96–102, 186, 261–62, 264, 268
ministers, Quaker, 11–12, 739, 756, 793
minutes. See records
Mishaum/Mishoam/Meshoam, 478, 619
Mitchel, Rhodey/Roda (wife of James), 798
money. See financial matters
monthly collection. See collection
months of year, names for, 41n1
Moot, Adam, 304
More, Mary, 547
Morrison/Morris, Michael (transient), physical abuse of, 807, 808–9, 812, 813, 815
Mosher, Barnabas
certificates of removal drawn up by, 614, 624, 779, 780
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 633
convincements, involvement in, 628
deed of land for new meeting house on Josiah Merihew’s land, 544
disaffection of Archipas Hart, inquiring into, 629
disputes, arbitration of, 662, 812, 830
little meeting house, enlargement of, 692
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 583, 628, 635, 697
marriages, solemnizations of, 584, 603, 637, 700, 703
marriages out of unity, inquiries into, 788, 830
meeting house, repair of, 821, 829
meetings, oversight of behavior at, 633
new meeting house, construction of, 779
Newtown, building of new meeting house at, 547
striking of Abigail Blackmer by Benjamin Chase, inquiring into, 775
Mosher, Daniel, 193
Mosher, Ebenezer
convincement of, 628, 629, 633
Mosher, Elihu, 35, 761, 762, 767
Mosher, Elizabeth (daughter of Joseph), 375, 381
Mosher, Elizabeth (wife of Lemuel), 819
Mosher, George, 427
Mosher, Hannah
Mosher, Hannah (wife of William), 669
Mosher, Joanna
certificate of removal presented by, 773
Mosher, Joanna Mott. See Mott, Joanna, later Mosher
Mosher, John
Acoaxet, appearing for, 467, 484, 547, 550, 557, 559, 563, 568, 572, 577, 601, 603, 605, 609, 610, 616, 625, 642, 648, 669, 673, 679, 690
Acoaxet meeting house, enlargement of, 654
Acoaxet yearly meeting, oversight of, 689
certificates of removal, drawing up, 429, 462, 570
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 460, 461, 553, 562
imprisonment and release of, 399, 401
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 452, 456, 465, 560, 561
marriages, solemnizations of, 449, 453, 454, 466
marriages out of unity, inquiries into, 623, 624, 625, 649
military matters, dealing with, 448, 567, 572
Noquochoke River, building of meeting house near, 606
Providence meeting house, subscription for, 608
quarterly meetings, attendance at/reports to, 455, 465, 564, 574, 578, 592, 605, 617
taxes, dealing with Friend’s refusal to pay, 667
as visitor, 425, 432, 451, 465, 484, 563, 573
Mosher, Joseph [1]
certificate of removal for, 671–72, 750
convincement of Samuel Chase and, 505
imprisoned Quakers, inquiries into, 484
marriage out of unity of daughter of, 375, 381
marriage to Joanna Mott, 516–18
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 459, 475
marriages, solemnizations of, 460, 477, 731, 733
marriages out of unity, inquiries into, 544
Mosher, Joseph [2], Jr., 599
Mosher, Joseph [3], 667, 669, 670
Mosher, Judith/Judah, 408, 409
Mosher, Lemuel
denial of wife Elizabeth for marrying out of unity, 819
marriage to Ruth Gifford, 774, 775, 777
Mosher, Margaret, 470–72
Mosher, Mary, 588–90
Mosher, Meribah, 670
Mosher, Nathaniel, 456–57, 583, 584
Mosher, Nicholas, 193
Mosher, Obadiah, 546–47
Mosher, Priscilla, 523–25
Mosher, Robert, 399, 401, 432, 433, 471, 479, 501, 525, 540
Mosher, William
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 709, 774, 775, 805, 807, 822, 829
Bedford, proposal to build meeting house at, 804, 814
books, subscription for, 745, 747, 773
burying ground at Newtown, oversight of, 599
certificates of removal drawn up by, 813
convincements, involvement in, 674
disputes, arbitration of, 795
drunkenness, dealing with, 805
estate of Rachel Soule, settlement of, 733
imprisonment for refusal of military service, 499
lawsuits, standing committee to advise on, 773
marriage out of unity, repentance for, 536
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 703, 755, 818
marriages, solemnizations of, 622, 700, 703, 705, 707, 737, 738, 756, 758, 759, 822
meetings, oversight of behavior in, 669, 776, 777, 826
as overseer, 763, 770, 796, 823
poor, oversight of accounts of, 828
quarterly meetings, attendance at/reports to, 717, 718, 743, 744, 760, 764, 771, 797, 805, 818
Mott, Adam [1]
Acushnet meeting house and, 277
appearance at monthly meeting, 288–90, 294, 297–303, 306, 307, 309, 310, 312–17, 319, 321, 324, 330, 337, 338, 339, 340, 342, 344, 345, 346, 348, 352, 354, 355, 358, 360, 363, 365, 366, 367, 368, 377, 379, 386, 392, 393, 399, 404, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 417, 419, 424, 425, 426, 428, 429, 432, 435, 438, 439, 445, 457, 488, 505, 508, 515, 522, 526, 533, 536, 538, 547, 550, 563
certificate of removal for religious travel by, 548, 551, 556, 568, 597, 598
certificates of clearness for marriage drawn up by, 283
certificates of removal, drawing up, 437, 439, 576, 580
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 132, 252, 282, 283, 291, 316, 569
conformity for purposes of marriage, advising Friend on, 414
conversation of Seth Allen, inquiring into, 591
convincements, involvement in, 500, 512, 604
deed of meeting house and, 285
disorderly speech/behavior, dealing with, 16, 435
disputes, adjudicating, 286
disputes, involvement in, 460–64
illegitimate child, inquiries into, 511
marriages, inquiries as to clearness for, 270, 272, 273, 296, 297, 299, 309, 311, 312, 317, 353, 364, 365, 385, 386, 407, 410, 450, 453, 471, 485, 495, 497, 507, 515
marriages, solemnizations of, 277, 298, 299, 300, 303, 309, 310, 318, 319, 320, 339, 340, 350, 355, 365, 386, 392, 396, 397, 407, 408, 409, 414, 439, 472, 496, 508, 511, 516, 539, 595
marriages out of unity, inquiries as to, 393, 420, 439, 441, 482, 566
meeting house, keeping of, 297, 302, 304
meetings at house of, 454, 481, 487, 491
minutes, obtaining new book for recording of, 302, 322
oath, inquiries into Friend taking, 416
payment made to, 284
Providence meeting house, subscription for, 599
purging monthly meetings of non-Friends, 290
quarterly meetings, attendance at, 274, 292, 293, 300, 302, 313, 317, 320, 321, 327, 328, 338, 340, 347, 348, 349, 361, 363, 364, 365, 370, 371, 393, 412, 413, 415, 417–18, 419, 422, 432, 435, 440, 468–69, 470, 474, 478, 485, 487, 488, 489, 496, 501, 507, 514, 521, 530, 541, 557, 559, 567, 568, 595, 601
quarterly meetings, reports to, 293, 300, 302, 313, 317, 320, 321, 327, 328, 338, 340, 348, 349, 361, 363, 364, 365, 370, 371, 393, 412, 413, 415, 417–18, 419, 422, 432, 435, 440, 469, 474, 478, 487, 488, 489, 496, 501, 507, 514, 521, 530, 541, 557, 559, 567, 568, 595, 601
Rochester meeting, inquiries into non-attendance of, 349
second marriages, settlement of estates on behalf of children due to, 337
treasurer, activities as, 302, 303, 304, 306, 307, 308, 313, 314, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 327, 328, 331, 332, 333, 340, 345, 348, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 377, 381, 384, 400, 404, 410, 411, 413, 416, 419, 425, 426, 428, 446, 451, 452
treasurer, appointment as, 294
treasurer, replaced by Abraham Tucker as, 446, 451
as visitor, 276, 285, 293, 302, 326, 348, 362, 414, 425, 474, 487, 495, 503, 521, 532, 543, 563, 573, 587, 606, 618
Mott, Adam [2], Jr., 633, 634, 637
Mott, Apphia Hathaway
as clerk, 708
marriage to Adam Mott, 198–99, 200
Mott, Jacob
certificate of removal for, 60
certificates of marriageability signed by, 59, 94
disputes, arbitration of, 27, 52–53
drunkenness and disorderly behavior of, denial for, 657, 821–26, 828
inspector, appointment as, 50
marriage to Anne West, 479–81
marriages, inquiries as to clearness for, 42
meeting house, construction of, 41
Providence, RI, construction of meeting house at, 48
quarterly meeting, chosen to attend, 45, 46–47, 48, 49
yearly meeting, chosen to attend, 47, 49
Mott, Joanna, later Mosher
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 165, 166, 168
marriage to Joseph Mosher, 516–18
Mott, Pernel (later Sawdy, later Thurston)
certificate of removal for, 778
marriage to Edward Thurston, Jr., 579–81
marriage to Samuel Sawdy, 442, 443
Mott, Samuel, 12, 68, 73, 74, 75, 91, 112
Mott, Stephen, 33
moving. See travel and removal
Mufflin. See Mifflin
Mumford, William, 162
music and dancing
disownment for indulging in, 23
fiddling and dancing, condemnation of, 23, 423, 696, 698, 704
quahogs, party of young Friends indulging in entertainment and frolicking under pretense of roasting and eating, 107
nakedness, Quaker use of, 5
Nantucket
disorderly behavior at, 161
movements and relations between Dartmouth Meeting and, 243, 244, 433, 508, 612, 617, 635, 637, 657, 667, 697, 699, 710, 711, 719, 720, 723, 733, 738, 739, 757, 786, 795, 800
payments of/assistance with Friends’ passages to, 102, 143, 144, 161, 506
yearly meeting in, 752
Native Americans, Quaker interaction with, 30–32, 50, 51, 257, 304, 472, 603–4
Nayler, James, 5–6
New Bedford. See Bedford
New England, Quakers in, xi, 6–7, 10–11
New England Judged (Bishop), 7
New England Yearly Meeting, 11, 13, 20, 32, 35–36, 37, 295n1
New England Yearly Meeting Obadiah Brown Benevolent Fund, xvii
New Garden, Pennsylvania, 430
New Jersey/the Jersies, 500, 548, 592, 614, 668, 688, 793, 798, 827
New Society of Friends, 36
New Swanzey, meeting at, 656–57, 672, 691
New York, Friends traveling to and from, 734. See also specific locations
New York Yearly Meeting
Flushing Yearly Meeting, described as, 626n32 (See also Flushing Yearly Meeting)
Newberry [Newbury], Walter, 121–22, 162, 186
Newgarden, North Carolina, 724, 725
Newport, Rhode Island, 8, 10, 12, 31, 36
in Men’s Meeting minutes, 56, 58, 94, 100, 104, 112, 203, 379, 437, 464, 507, 511, 548, 610n29, 648, 664, 683, 745n8, 798, 818, 825
Newson, Isaac, 47
Newtown, Long Island, New York, 776, 777
Newtown Meeting
building of new meeting house at (near home of Josiah Merihew), 543–47, 554, 577–78, 581
burying ground, oversight of, 599
continuation of weekday meetings at, 559
meeting schedule for, 556
public reading of papers at, 780
visitors/overseers for, 670
Nichols, Jonathan, 535, 536, 537, 538, 555
Nikson [Nixon], Zachariah, of North Carolina, 348
Nine Partners, New York, 13
in Men’s Meeting minutes, 446, 488, 518, 532, 547, 570, 576, 578, 579, 589–91, 594, 642, 644, 688, 691, 694, 725, 734, 743, 750, 773, 774, 798
Nixon [Nikson], Zachariah, of North Carolina, 348
non-attendance at meetings. See also under Rochester Meeting
by Acoaxet Meeting representatives, 502, 525, 532, 533, 543, 555, 587, 588, 605, 621, 634, 635, 636, 655, 662, 663, 664, 672, 688
by individual members, 17, 635, 638, 661, 695, 701, 733–38, 761, 794–96, 803, 805, 821, 825 (See also specific persons or meetings)
Sippican Meeting’s non-attendance at monthly meetings, 60
non-Quaker attendance at Quaker meetings, 605
non-Quaker church services, Quaker attendance at, 4, 30. See also meetings out of unity
non-Quaker world, interaction with, xi, 29–33, 605
Noquochoke River, as boundary between Apponegansett and Acoaxet meeting houses, 698
Noquochoke River meeting
building of meeting house for, 606, 607
John Cornell, meetings held at home of, 586, 591, 595, 607
deed for land for, 607
selection of site for, 607
North Carolina, visitors from, 348, 610, 662, 724
North Kingston, 395
Norwich, England, 793–94
notes of hand, decision on acceptability of sale of, 800, 802–3
Nottingham, Pennsylvania, 771
Nova Scotia
Friends taking up land in, 601, 602
Jedidiah Wood selling two Native American children into, 32, 602, 603–4
oaths, profane. See swearing and bad language
oaths and oath taking
constable, taking oath to serve as, 144, 149, 150, 151
evidence, in course of giving, 71, 150, 151, 154–56, 160, 161
loyalty oaths required of elected officers, 26, 35, 47
Quaker repudiation of/condemnations for taking, 3, 26, 151, 369–70, 416, 424, 767
taken out of ignorance, 426
test oaths administered to Quakers, 8
Oblong, New York
Dartmouth Friends visiting/removing to, 416, 422, 439, 445, 467, 497, 509, 514, 532, 547, 615, 621, 634, 644, 650, 667, 682, 683, 684, 711, 714, 758
defined and described, 416n9
disorderly behavior at, sharing reports of, 615, 699–700
Meeting House, 416n9
Monthly Meeting at, 13, 18, 699–700, 793
visitors to Dartmouth from, 442–43, 467, 614, 793
openings (revelations), 3–4
overseers. See visitors/inspectors/overseers
overseers of the poor. See poor, oversight of
oversight of behavior and attendance at meetings
at Acoaxet Meeting, 604, 614, 633, 689
at Allen’s Neck Meeting, 702, 718, 725, 731, 748, 758, 764, 779, 788, 802, 816
children/youth, disorderly behavior of, 27, 133–35, 151–55, 171–72, 174, 329
at Dartmouth Monthly Meeting, 78, 140, 346, 492, 594, 604, 614, 633, 669, 670, 672, 689, 723, 724–25, 740, 776, 777, 799
at Smith’s Neck Meeting, 742, 759, 764, 779, 788
staying out of doors after meeting commences, 777
at yearly meetings, 669, 670, 689, 691, 710, 742, 743, 757, 758, 778, 800, 826, 828
Owen, Griffin, 186
Owen, Josiah, 301
Oxley, John, 143
Oxley, Joseph, 793–94
Pabody. See Peabody
pacifism. See also military issues; taxes; specific conflicts
pacifism of Quakers, 3, 24–25, 35, 106–7
Page, William, 234
Pain, Benjamin, 301
Palmer, Hester Taber, 282, 283, 284–85
Palmer, William, 282
paper, purchase of quire of, 654, 662, 784
parental consent for marriage, 19, 23–24, 54, 76, 121, 197, 306, 549, 616, 620, 626, 628, 730, 806
Park, John, of Grotton, 435–36, 437, 438
Park, Sarah Gifford, 435, 437, 438, 451, 461
Pascamanst River, 543
“passing meeting,” 19
Patridg, Richard, 286
Peabody, Martha
fornication, repentance for, 775, 776, 777–78
Peckham, Hannah, 485
Peckham, Rebecca, 485, 486, 487
Peckham, Sarah, 436
Peckham, Stephen, Jr., 436
Peckham, William, 485
“peculiar people,” Quaker self-definition as, 3, 4, 18
Pelletier, Tyler, xvii
Pembroke [Pembrook]
certificates of removal between Dartmouth and, 191, 438, 502, 783
meeting house at, 289
quarterly meeting at, 775
Pennsylvania. See also Philadelphia, and other specific locations
Friends visiting from/traveling or moving to, 118, 119, 186n23, 204, 299, 314, 426, 430, 482, 501, 514, 525, 528, 615, 706, 734, 771
Germantown Friends sending antislavery statement to Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 31
gold received from Friend in Pennsylvania, injustice regarding, 466, 467, 468
periwigs. See wigs
Perrey, Samuel, 113
Perry, Rest (of Sandwich), 54, 62
Perryville, 709
Philadelphia
books sent by, 606
reprinting of Sewel’s History, 814
travelers to/visitors from, 751
yearly meeting in/letter from, 11, 14, 31, 32, 46, 418, 602, 606, 626, 648, 664, 688, 708, 737, 757, 798, 824
Philips, Alice, 817, 818, 822, 823
Philips, John, 599
Philips, Thomas, 818
Philips, Thomas, wife of, 818
plainness. See also hats; wigs
concept of, 25–26
fashionable dress, avoidance/wearing of, xi, 25–26, 223–29, 344, 533, 559, 683
marriages, problematic apparel worn at, 486, 810
plain language, Quaker use of, 4, 25
Plymouth Colony, treatment of Quakers in, xi, 7–8
poor, oversight of. See also charitable activities; specific overseers of poor by name
accounts for doing for the poor, settlement of, 696, 697, 704, 712, 718, 726–27, 748, 773, 779, 818, 824, 828
appointment of overseers, 612, 613, 649, 658, 715, 748, 773, 796, 823, 824
indebtedness of meeting for, 825
inquiries into circumstances of specific poor, 27, 710, 711, 712
lameness and low circumstances, excused from presence at reading of repentance due to, 779
membership of poor Friend, meetings disagreeing about, 719, 720, 721, 722, 729, 730, 733, 734, 736, 745, 746, 747, 749
settlement of estates of poor Friends, 749, 750, 779, 781, 807
Pope, Ebenezer, 604
Portsmouth, Rhode Island, 8, 91, 93, 330, 461, 569, 623, 684, 790
Potter, Bathsheba, 547–49
Potter, Benjamin, 798
Potter, Bridget (wife of Stephen), 694
Potter, Desire, 440–42
Potter, Dorothy, 309–12
Potter, Elizabeth, 489–91, 752
Potter, Elizabeth (wife of Benjamin), 798
Potter, John [1]
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 675, 700, 702, 704, 773
convincements, involvement in, 768
disorderly speech/behavior, inquiring into, 768, 812
disputes, arbitration of, 666, 764, 769
estate of Jedidiah and Keziah Wood, settlement of, 785
marriage of, 395–97
marriage out of unity of son of, 642, 647
marriages, inquiries as to clearness for, 658, 760, 761
marriages, solemnizations of, 660, 661, 696, 700, 703, 755, 756–57
marriages out of unity, inquiries into, 699
meeting house, keeping of, 636
meeting house, repair of, 796
meetings, as overseer of behavior at, 614, 740, 757
minutes, review of, 785
non-attendance, inquiries into, 794
poor, as overseer of, 658, 715, 729, 773, 774, 779
rent, inquiring into Stephen Wilcox’s inability to pay, 613
running goods, inquiring into, 817
second marriages, settlement of estates on behalf of children due to, 761
spoiled salt beef, inquiring into sale of, 686, 689
tavern run by Daniel Russell, dealing with, 731
trenching shovel and pail, payment for, 767, 773, 774
yearly meeting, as overseer at, 710
yearly meeting, oversight of, 689
Potter, John [3] (son of Aaron), and wife, 605, 606
Potter, Joseph (son of Nathaniel), 549, 550, 551
Potter, Lydia, 478, 644, 646, 777, 778
Potter, Margaret (wife of John [1]), 647
Potter, Mary
certificate of removal to visit friends, 604
marriages of, 238, 239, 668, 669, 671
Potter, Nathaniel
Acoaxet, appearing for, 479, 487, 488, 492, 505, 508, 515, 519, 522, 523, 526, 535, 536
Acoaxet meeting house, deed for, 513
certificates of removal drawn up by, 488, 509
deceased, 549
disorderly speech/behavior, dealing with, 491
disputes, arbitration of, 519
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 469, 478, 493, 512, 522, 526, 538–39
marriages, solemnizations of, 416, 433, 443, 467, 470, 497, 498, 514
marriages of children of, 238, 509
new meeting house near Josiah Merihew’s, building of, 543
quarterly meetings, attendance at/reports to, 468, 480, 487, 488, 501, 502, 507, 514, 523, 525, 543
second marriages, settlement of estates on behalf of children due to, 539
Robert Tripp’s defrauding of Bristol Co. High Sheriff and, 432
as visitor, 411, 417, 487, 495, 503, 536
Potter, Stoakes (son of Nathaniel), 310, 509, 511, 512, 514, 577, 578, 579
Potter, Thomas (son of John), 642, 644, 646, 647
Potter, Timothy, 444, 445, 449, 452, 454
Poughkeepsie, New York, 786
Powers, Benjamin, 352
praying unguardedly/public prayer, 16, 80–81
Prence, Thomas, 7
preparative meetings, 9
mentioned, 64–65, 75, 102, 108, 112, 128, 131, 141, 163–64, 182, 191, 194, 199, 200, 229, 244, 267, 275, 305, 348, 349, 455, 605, 635, 659, 688, 696, 827
Presbyterians and Presbyterianism, 46n5, 261, 262, 264
primendars?, disposal of, 151
primers by George Fox, acquiring and selling, 131, 134, 141, 435, 745–47, 760, 761, 762, 773
Prince, Margaret, 386–88
printed materials. See books and printed materials
prison and prisoners
American Revolution, Friends taken prisoner during, 35
Estes brothers and Daniel Zacharies on, 55–56
military service, refusal of, 24–25, 35, 137, 456, 482, 484, 499
ministerial tax, refusal to pay or collect, 29–30, 95n13, 96–102, 262
Robert and John Mosher and Joseph Brownell, imprisonment and release of, 399, 401
opposition to/persecution of Quakers, 5–7, 69n10
privateers
enlistment with, 693
prize goods, 34–35
prophecy, Friend pretending to, 803
Providence
meeting house, assistance with construction of, 15, 48, 581, 582, 583, 585, 587–88, 592, 596, 599, 601, 608, 610, 613, 614
public Friends, 11, 659, 704, 752
publishment of marriage outside of unity. See under marriage, and under specific people
Purchase, Westchester, New York, 734
Quakers and Quakerism, 3–37. See also Dartmouth Monthly Meeting
American Revolution and, 33–36
birthright membership, 15, 18 (See also birthright membership)
boundaries between meetings, 10, 695, 698, 702
daily life and practices of, in eighteenth century, 15–29 (See also specific customs, practices, and beliefs)
ministers and elders, 11–12 (See also elders; ministers, Quaker)
months of year, names for, 41n1
names and terms for, 3, 41, 82
in New England, xi, 6–7, 10–11
non-Quaker world, interaction with, xi, 29–33, 605
numbers and spread of, 5–6, 7, 11, 15, 19
opposition to/persecution of, 3, 5–8, 11 (See also sufferings)
organization of meetings, 9–11
origins and early practices of, 3–6
“peculiar people,” self-definition as, 3, 4, 18
public Friends, 11, 659, 704, 752
quietist period, 15
records, tradition of keeping, xiii, 10
reformation, in eighteenth century, 14–15
theological and doctrinal views, 17–19
wider Quaker world, connections in, 11–15
“accounts of things remarkable,” advising recording of, 606–7
Acoaxet, approval of separate monthly meeting for, 693, 695, 698–99, 702
at Acushnet, 615
Acushnet Meeting, establishment of, 98–99, 101
Acushnet Meeting, list of Friends and transgressors at, 636, 637, 639, 640
appeals to, 538, 541, 542, 543, 544, 596, 598, 672, 677, 788, 789, 794, 795, 796, 798, 806, 808, 826
book by John Burrel recommended to, 141
Book of Discipline, queries about, 774
cousin marriages, questions about, 501, 502
Nicholas Davis advising elders of Rochester regarding account of matters to be sent to, 375
on disorderly speech of specific members, 81, 101, 125
on disownment for plans to proceed with, versus accomplishment of, things contrary to order of Friends, 226–27
extracts from letters, printed edition of, 826
funds requested by/sent to, 197, 198, 228, 237–38, 295, 296, 315, 365, 613, 795
Job Howland/Lusanna Russell dispute referred to, 667
on issuing versus accepting condemnations, 283
legal suits, queried on whether advice of monthly meeting ought to be sought on, 190
letters from, 99, 131, 145, 148, 155, 158, 160, 162, 168, 173, 175, 180, 186, 188, 193, 195–96, 204, 207, 210, 216, 225, 228, 232, 234, 238, 240, 243, 244, 246, 249, 253, 262, 264, 266, 270, 272, 273, 275, 277, 282, 284, 292, 294, 296, 301, 303, 310, 314, 315, 330, 339, 340, 346, 348, 351, 365, 372, 380, 386, 394, 396, 411, 414–15, 417, 418, 423, 425, 427, 428, 431, 435, 437, 438, 440, 453, 456, 459, 462, 471, 474, 477, 481, 483, 486, 488, 490, 492, 496–97, 502, 505, 508, 511, 518, 522, 528, 530, 535, 537, 539, 544, 548, 552, 554, 556, 557, 561, 563, 568, 573, 581, 585, 590, 592, 597, 599, 602, 603, 605, 614, 618, 622, 626, 633, 637, 664, 702, 710, 713, 737, 740, 744, 749, 760, 772, 795, 798, 806, 814, 825, 829
marriage questions referred to, 121, 194–95, 399, 417
marriages out of unity, query about handling of, 788, 790
military affairs, accounts of suffering due to, 360, 499, 607–8
of ministers and elders, 739, 756
minutes, approval of, 182
Newtown meeting house, seeking funds for construction of, 577–78
oaths taken by holding up one’s hand, query about, 150
on public versus in-meeting reading of condemnations, 370–71
repairs/additions to meeting house, applying to quarterly meeting for help with, 449
reversal by yearly meeting of decision on Humphry Smith, 826
Salem meeting house, request for subscription for, 213
slavery question and, 31–32, 179, 183, 188–89, 237
William Soule, judgment against, 228
sufferings of Friends reported to, 195
visitors, on renewal of, 213
visitors, queries for, 555, 559, 564, 567, 587, 590, 592, 595, 598, 608, 613, 621, 625, 636
weather preventing attendance at, 317
wigs, declarations on, 208, 215, 228
Youth’s Meeting, approving, 72
Queen Anne’s War, impressment into, 24–25, 136–37
quietism, 15
quire of paper, purchase of, 654, 662, 784
Quitionet. See Acushnet Meeting
Randall, Rest Davis Summers, 207–9, 326–28, 367, 376
rates. See taxes
Read, Deborah Smith, 256–58, 284–86
Read, Thomas, 257
Re[a]dwood, William, 790, 806, 821, 823
records
“accounts of things remarkable,” quarterly meeting advising recording of, 606–7
of births and deaths, 81, 413, 629
blank book for, obtaining, 302, 322, 653, 657
business meetings, Dartmouth Monthly Meeting records as minutes of, 15–16
of certificates of removal, 46
of deed for meeting house and land, 70
historical and genealogical value of, xi, xv
illustrations of pages from books of minutes, 40, 280, 632
keeping of, by Men’s Meeting, 62, 74, 85, 102, 105, 116, 117, 118, 211, 283–84, 297, 303, 322, 331, 374, 442, 449, 450, 451–52, 531, 549, 562, 585, 589, 599, 617, 638, 639, 653, 654, 696, 701, 714, 729, 762, 785, 809
of marriages, 19
paper, ink, and drawer lock, purchase of, 654, 662, 784
Quaker tradition of keeping, xiii, 10
survey of meeting house land, recording of, 186, 244
of worship meetings, 16–17
Reder. See Rider
reformation, Quaker, in eighteenth century, 14–15
religion. See theological, doctrinal, and religious matters
removal. See travel and removal
Rennal, Mary, of Pennsylvania, 299
resignation of membership, 30
Revolutionary War. See American Revolution
Rhode Island. See also specific locations
Dartmouth Quakers removing to, 13, 389
Quakerism in, 8
Rhode Island Monthly Meeting, xi
in Men’s Meeting minutes, 58–59, 94, 104, 110, 222, 240, 379, 450, 451, 455, 557, 560, 574, 576, 605, 611, 623, 693, 694, 742, 743, 761, 783, 792, 796, 822
Rhode Island Quarterly Meeting, 10
in Men’s Meeting minutes, 42, 53, 72, 75, 77, 96, 97, 110, 111, 618, 625, 626, 739, 764
Rhode Island Yearly Meeting, 10, 11
in Men’s Meeting minutes, 53, 66, 75, 262, 626, 664, 680, 708, 721, 798, 816, 820, 825–26
Richmand, John, 54–55
Richmond Meeting House, subscription toward, 546, 547
Ricketson, Abigail (wife of Jonathan), 256, 257, 448, 476
Ricketson, Abner, and wife, 549–52
Ricketson, Abraham, 788, 789, 792
Ricketson, Benjamin (son of Jonathan), 470, 473–76
Ricketson, Daniel
marriage to Rebecca Russell, 728, 730, 732
Ricketson, Hannah, 731, 732, 733
Ricketson, Joanna, later Howland (widow of William), 464
Ricketson, John (son of Jonathan), 441, 444, 446, 447–48, 535, 536, 549, 550, 551
Ricketson, John, Jr., 645, 647, 648
Ricketson, Jonathan
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 525
condemnation of son of, 473, 476
marriage out of unity, disownment for, 95–96, 120, 121
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 497
marriages of children of, 320, 358, 448, 476
reconciliation and acknowledgment of marriage out of unity, 256–58
warring and fighting, propagation of, 445
Ricketson, Jonathan, Jr., 482, 483
Ricketson, Mary, 384–86
Ricketson, Meribah, 485–87
Ricketson, Phebe (wife of John), 769
Ricketson, Phebe Russell, 448
Ricketson, Rebecca, 52
Ricketson, Rebecca (daughter of John), 767, 769
Ricketson, Rebecca (daughter of Jonathan), 355, 357–58
Ricketson, Silvia/Suruiah. See Ricketson, Zerviah
Ricketson, Timothy (son of Jonathan)
bond put into attorney’s hand by, condemnation for, 456, 461, 462, 463, 470, 471, 472, 473
goats sold and then looted from, 379, 380
Nine Partners, removal to, 446, 448
Ricketson, William [1], 17–18, 91, 92, 93, 350–51, 391, 422–25, 464
Ricketson, William [2], Jr. (son of William [1]), 391–92, 578, 579
Ricketson, William [3]
marriage to Elizabeth Smith, 705, 706, 709
Ricketson, Zerviah (Suruiah, Silvia), 649, 651, 652, 753, 755, 757
Rider, Benjamin (son of William)
Rider, William, 604
rights of way, disputes over, 88–89
riot, condemnations for involvement in, 804, 805
Roach Jr. (Rotch?), Joseph, 699
Robinson, William, 7
Roch[e]. See Rotch
Rochester Meeting. See also specific members appearing for meeting
account sent to monthly meeting by, 376
called at monthly meeting, 82, 84, 97, 115, 121, 123, 125, 182
condemnations/disownments read at, 327
Nicholas Davis advising elders regarding account of matters to be sent to quarterly meeting, 375
deaths of members of, 177–78
location of meetings, 103–4, 108
marriages, solemnization of, 171
meeting house and land, 141, 147, 188
non-attendance at monthly meetings, 9, 61, 67–69, 74–75, 79–81, 95, 97, 103, 104, 108, 109, 112, 121, 123–25, 127, 128, 133, 134, 136, 139–42, 146, 150–53, 155, 156, 160–63, 169, 172–75, 178, 179, 181, 182, 184, 185, 187, 190, 192, 193, 195, 198, 199, 206, 210, 212, 215, 224, 226, 230, 232, 233, 237, 242, 243, 247, 249, 250, 253, 255, 271, 274, 276, 281, 282, 286, 294, 299–303, 313, 314, 320, 324, 328, 329, 330, 333, 340, 348, 349, 360, 362, 364, 367, 370, 371, 372, 374, 379, 386, 393, 394, 395, 397, 404, 405, 408, 409, 410
non-attendance at preparative meetings, 102
number of Quaker households in Rochester town recordss, 19
preparative meetings, 75, 102, 108, 112, 128, 141, 146, 163–64, 191, 199, 244, 267, 349
quarterly meeting at, 585
reconciliation papers submitted from, 377–78
suffering of Friends at, 189, 195, 202, 230, 302
visitors/inspectors/overseers of, 79–80, 81, 98, 99, 102, 108, 124–25, 129, 142, 159, 183, 195, 230, 247, 251, 305–6, 313, 323–24, 326, 347, 348, 349, 363, 367, 369, 379, 382, 384, 390, 398, 400
worship meeting, establishment of, 112, 114, 115
yearly meeting minutes copied out for, 148, 149, 150, 151
Rodman, Thomas, 94
Rodman, Thomas, Jr., 113
Ropes, Seth, 177
Rose, Sarah Clifton, 235, 237, 273, 274, 315–18
Ross, Thomas, 706
Rotch, Francis (son of Joseph), 733, 820, 823, 825
Rotch, Joseph
certificate of clearness for marriage requested by, 742
certificate of removal presented by, 723, 739
disputes, involvement in, 793, 794, 820, 823, 825
as whaling merchant, 723n5
Rotch, Joseph, Jr., 767, 768, 798, 812, 815, 820, 823, 825
Rubicam, Milton, xiii
“rude house,” rumors of member keeping, 50
running and wrestling of children/servants, efforts to control, 27, 133–35
running goods. See smuggling
Russell, Abigail (daughter of James Russell), 311, 312, 313
Russell, Abner, 17, 807, 808, 811–13, 815, 830
Russell, Abraham [1]
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 534, 541, 576
marriages, solemnizations of, 542, 577
New Swanzey meeting, oversight of, 691
quarterly meetings, attendance at/reports to, 525, 534, 553, 574
Russell, Almy, 608
Russell, Ann/Anne/Anna, 652–53
Russell, Barnabas (son of Joseph)
certificate of removal for travel to London, 768
certificate of removal from London meeting presented by, 780
marriage to Ann[a] Howland, 804, 806, 808, 810
oath taken by, 767
riot, condemnation for involvement in, 804, 805
Russell, Benjamin [1]
marriages of children of, 391, 464, 600, 627
oath to serve as constable taken by, 144, 149, 150, 151
Russell, Benjamin [2] (son of Jonathan), 385, 386
Russell, Benjamin [3] (son of John), 532, 533, 534
Russell, Benjamin [4], Jr. (son of Benjamin), 600–602
Russell, Benjamin [5] (son of John Russell 2), carpenter, 557–58, 578, 579
Russell, Benjamin [6], the Fourth, 745, 747
Russell, Caleb
Acushnet Friends and transgressors, preparation of list of, 637, 639
Allen’s Neck, building of meeting house for, 801
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 516, 529, 541, 568, 569, 572, 574, 578, 580, 581, 583, 584, 588, 590, 591, 593, 598, 601, 604, 605, 608, 609, 633, 638, 646, 648, 653, 655, 660, 665, 673, 674, 686, 688, 690, 691, 693, 695, 696, 698, 699, 718, 721, 733, 744, 746, 751, 752, 753, 757, 758, 761, 770, 796, 798, 799, 813, 815, 823, 824
assisting Women’s Meeting with Deborah Wilbur case, 818
book sales/subscriptions, 745, 747, 773
certificate of clearness for marriage requested by, 508, 509
certificates of removal drawn up by, 680, 736, 742
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 664, 665
convincements, involvement in, 589, 800
Samuel Craw’s lameness and death, settlement of estate and payment of doctor’s bill for, 621, 622, 623
delay in reading paper of contrition, inquiring into, 771
disputes, arbitration of, 795, 816
disputes, involvement in, 773
estate of Jedidiah and Keziah Wood, settlement of, 781, 785, 794
failure to read acknowledgment paper, inquiries into, 769, 771
fornication, inquiries into, 712, 769
marriage of children of Jabez Barker Jr. in his house, inquiries into, 804
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 502, 534, 536, 541, 617, 636, 649, 671, 689, 705, 732, 753, 755, 761, 767
marriages, solemnizations of, 528, 531, 535, 536, 542, 577, 616, 618, 651, 657, 673, 706–7, 732, 733, 746, 755, 756, 808, 813
marriages out of unity, inquiries into, 641, 790, 807
meetings, oversight of behavior at, 633, 757, 777
military affairs, inquiries into Friends involved in, 576
minutes, obtaining book to record, 653, 657
minutes, review of, 729
new meeting house, construction of, 779
new meeting house near Josiah Merihew’s, building of, 543
Noquochoke River, building of meeting house near, 606
poor, as overseer of, 748, 777, 796, 823
quarterly meetings, attendance at/reports to, 539, 548, 567, 568, 570, 571, 592, 595, 598, 601, 613, 617, 621, 636, 646, 672, 673, 677, 688, 693, 699, 706, 710, 712, 720, 726, 731, 735, 739, 752, 760, 771, 788, 805, 818
removal without certificate, inquiries into, 674
repair of meeting house, 806, 808
scandalous report about John Wing and wife, inquiries into, 532–33
Sewel’s History, subscription for, 814, 821, 823
slaves owned by Quakers, inquiring into, 820
tavern run by Daniel Russell, dealing with, 732
as visitor/overseer, 563, 596, 606, 618, 639, 670
yearly meeting, oversight of, 689
yearly meeting stock, payment for, 806
Russell, Caleb, Jr., 763, 765, 768
Russell, Catherine Williams, 507, 510–12, 641, 655, 677, 685–86
Russell, Daniel (son of James), 599, 600, 601, 602
Russell, Daniel (son of John)
accounts with, settlement of, 677, 678
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 477, 516, 530, 541, 572, 577, 598, 612, 613, 641, 667, 668, 718, 719
burying ground, oversight of, 582, 618
certificate of removal for son requested by, 667
certificates of removal drawn up by, 498, 511, 593, 610, 611, 641
child born too soon after marriage, inquiries into, 623, 624
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 601
convincements, involvement in, 638, 656
deeds of meeting lands, obtaining, 521
disputes, involvement in, 811, 820, 823, 825, 830
drunkenness of Jonathan Smith Jr., dealing with, 611, 612
fornication of Obediah Allen, inquiries into, 694
illegitimate children, inquiries into births of, 571, 577, 586
impressment, counseling of Friend paying money on account of, 567, 569
indebtedness of Stephen Wilcox and, 709, 728
marriage, inquiring into parental refusal of consent for, 616
marriage to Edith/Edea Howland, 410, 411, 412
marriage to Mary Russell, 609, 610
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 519, 540, 552, 564, 574, 576, 583
marriages, solemnizations of, 541, 553, 554, 561, 563, 564, 565, 566, 615, 663
marriages out of unity, inquiries into, 552, 560, 600, 623, 624, 717
meeting house, repair of, 722
meetings, oversight of behavior at, 723
meetings, oversight of orderly behavior at, 604, 633
military fairs, dealing with, 570, 576, 597, 599, 607
Providence meeting house, funds delivered to quarterly meeting for, 613
quarterly meetings, attendance at/reports to, 527, 528, 553
removal without certificate, inquiring into, 674
rent owed by Stephen Wilcox to, 611, 613, 614, 619, 623, 644–45
scandalous report about John Wing and wife, inquiries into, 532–33
Humphry Slocum, discoursing with, 579
tavern run by, problems associated with, 725, 726, 729, 731, 732, 733, 734
Philip Trafford, repentance of, 552
yearly meeting, oversight of, 710
Russell, Deborah, later Wilcox (daughter of Benjamin, wife of Tyley), 624, 627
Russell, Edith, 147
Russell, Elihu, 639, 640, 644, 646
Russell, Elijah, 666, 667, 689
Russell, Elizabeth
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 132, 165, 177, 209, 211, 257
Russell, Elizabeth (daughter of Benjamin), 464, 466
Russell, Elizabeth (daughter of James), 484, 485
Russell, Elizabeth (daughter of John), 232, 233, 235, 236
Russell, Elizabeth (daughter of Joseph Tripp), 618
Russell, Elizabeth (wife of Isaac), 713
Russell, Hannah, 517–19
Russell, Hannah (daughter of Benjamin), 391, 392
Russell, Hannah (widow of Seth Russell), 323–25
Russell, Hannah (wife of Elijah), 689
Russell, Hasadiah, 132
Russell, Henry, 616, 619, 620, 622, 723–24, 727, 728
Russell, Isaac, 713
Russell, Jacob, 565
Russell, James
condemnation of daughter of, 484
marriage out of unity of son of, 385
marriage to Mary Howland, 288, 289–90
marriage to Rebecca Howland, 109–11
marriages of children, 311, 358, 403
Deliverance Smith’s land, management of, while in prison, 97–98, 99, 100
Russell, James, Jr., 385, 403, 404, 405
Russell, Joanna, 485–87
Russell, Job
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 543, 584, 596, 597, 598
Boston meeting house, receipt for contribution toward, 604
certificates of removal drawn up by, 614, 736, 742
clerk, as assistant to, 585
as clerk, 16, 23, 629, 643, 656, 666, 676, 680, 681, 685, 701, 707, 708, 716, 729, 756, 766, 769, 771, 778, 782, 791, 811, 815, 825
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 623, 625, 679, 680, 683, 713, 766, 768, 769, 771, 777, 791, 811, 815, 825
disputes, arbitration of, 795
drunkenness, dealing with, 797, 811
elder, appointment as, 754, 756
estate of Jedidiah and Keziah Wood, dispute over settlement of, 801, 821
fornication, inquiries into, 712, 807
marriage, request of certificate of clearness for, 594, 595, 636, 638
marriage of children of Jabez Barker Jr. in his house, inquiries into, 795
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 576, 588, 645, 705, 732, 761, 806
marriages, solemnizations of, 588, 730, 732, 733, 744, 808
marriages out of unity, inquiries into, 788, 807
minutes, review of, 638, 675, 696, 714, 729, 746, 762, 785, 809
non-attendance, inquiring into, 794
poor, oversight of accounts of, 828
quarterly meetings, attendance at/reports to, 797, 805
report of scandalous nature, assisting Women’s Meeting with, 809
Sandwich Meeting’s refusal of Rachel Soule, dealing with, 747
sickness of, denial not read due to, 826
on slaves kept by Quakers, 820
treasurer, appointment as, 597
as visitor/overseer, 573, 587, 670
yearly meeting, consultation with Acoaxet about, 829
Russell, John [1]
apprentices under, 117
certificates of removal drawn up by, 417
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 132, 165, 177
deceased, 268
disputes, arbitration of, 217
marriage of, 52
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 253, 264, 265, 267
marriages, solemnizations of, 267, 312, 313
marriages of children of, 232, 268
meeting house, addition to, 258, 264
meeting house hand irons made by, 210, 211
Russell, John [2] (John Russell, Jr. John Russell, and John Russell the Second, of Mishoam)
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 287, 322, 338, 423, 449, 521, 528, 547, 562, 563, 564, 565, 570, 573, 587, 588
burying ground, oversight of, 273, 470, 522, 618
certificates of removal, inquiring into requests for, 337, 428
dispute with William Anthony, Jr., 762, 766, 769, 772, 773, 774, 785–86
disputes, arbitration of, 286, 310, 444, 666
glass for meeting house, mending of, 319–20, 322
good order in meetings, oversight of, 594
hoes, shovel, mattock, and spade for use of Friends, providing, 274
illegitimate child, inquiries into, 388
marriage to Catherine Williams, 507, 510, 511, 512
marriage to Deborah Hunt, 529–31
marriage to Joanna Tucker, 268, 269
marriage to Patience Tucker, 319, 320, 321
marriages, inquiries as to clearness for, 478, 640
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 282, 287, 310, 332, 333, 334, 336, 372, 384, 388, 393, 420, 435, 451, 469, 470, 471, 480, 493, 497, 499, 500, 504, 505, 519, 533, 640
marriages, solemnizations of, 276, 277, 288, 311, 324, 334, 336, 337, 351, 372, 373, 385, 386, 389, 390, 394, 419, 441, 452, 471, 472, 481, 489, 490, 493, 495, 505, 506, 534, 535, 537, 538, 542, 560, 563, 575
marriages of children of, 309–400, 448, 532
marriages out of unity, inquiries into, 420, 470
meetings held at house of, 619
money lent to meeting by, 492
Nantucket, arranging for passage to, 143
new meeting house near Josiah Merihew’s, building of, 543
quarterly meetings, attendance at/reports to, 300, 534, 545, 546, 572
reconciliation with meeting, 403
second marriages, settlement of estates on behalf of children due to, 337
slave held by, 819–20
tools made for use of meeting by, 323, 324
as visitor, 285
war, son paying money toward, 557–58
Russell, John [3], the Third
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 567, 569, 573, 578, 580, 591, 595, 601, 603, 605
apprenticeship, certificate of removal for son put out to, 599
convincements, involvement in, 612
deed of land for new meeting house at Newtown, 544
fornication, inquiries into, 602, 603
marriages, solemnizations of, 618
quarterly meetings, attendance at/reports to, 592, 605
tavern run by brother Daniel Russell and, 733
as visitor, 563
Russell, John William, 599
Russell, Jonathan, 242, 385, 806
Russell, Joseph [1]
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 132, 165, 168, 177, 190, 193, 209, 237
deceased, 268
marriages, solemnization of, 257, 266
Nantucket, passages of Friends to, 161
Russell, Joseph [2], Jr.
Acushnet meeting house land, deed for, 276–77, 329
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 305, 327, 340, 382, 395
burying ground, oversight of, 470
certificates of removal drawn up by, 352
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 190, 205, 211, 239, 257, 304, 316, 323, 357
disorderly speech/behavior, inquiries into, 161, 459
disputes, arbitration of, 331
funds conveyed by, 263
getting passage for John Oxley to go to Nantucket, 143
marriage out of unity, condemnation for, 438–39, 444, 446, 447
marriage to Mary Tucker, 49–50
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 266, 341, 344, 345, 366, 390, 391, 400, 401, 406, 418, 440, 441, 458, 480
marriages, solemnizations of, 300, 334, 336, 345, 346, 350, 351, 354, 355, 366, 369, 394, 396, 397, 401, 437, 459, 465, 466
marriages of children of, 253, 255, 331, 334, 346, 356, 362, 404, 427, 447
quarterly meetings, attendance at, 255, 289, 298, 305, 306, 317, 329, 330, 341, 342, 349, 350, 417, 424, 474
quarterly meetings, reports to, 305, 317, 329, 330, 341, 342, 349, 350, 417–18, 424, 474
survey of meeting house land, payment for recording return of, 244, 245
as visitor, 251, 269, 339, 348, 362, 369, 426
Russell, Joseph [3] (son of Caleb)
certificates of removal drawn up by, 719
convincement of, and sorrow for disorderly marriage, 695, 697, 701
marriage of son of, 808
marriage to Mehetabel Howland, 824, 826, 828, 829
new meeting house, construction of, 779
running goods, 817
Russell, Judith Howland, 447
Russell, Keziah Walker
marriage to Seth Russell, 690–93
Russell, Lusanna, 507, 510, 614, 616, 617, 662, 666, 670
Russell, Martha (daughter of Joseph, Jr.), 356–58
Russell, Mary
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 168, 190, 198, 205, 211, 214, 222, 231, 234, 237, 257, 316
marriage to Daniel Russell, 609, 610
marriage to Philip Shearman, 584, 585, 587
marriage to Thomas Cornell, 552–54
Russell, Mary (daughter of Joseph, Jr.), 404, 405
Russell, Mary (wife of Joseph Russell/Joseph Russell, Jr.), 447
Russell, Mary, later Comstock, 674, 675, 678, 688
Russell, Mary, later Mary Lapham, Jr., 43, 117, 190, 211
Russell, Mehetabel, 565
Russell, Mehetabel, later Burrel. See Burrel, Mehetabel Russell
Russell, Patience [1], 456, 457
Russell, Patience [4], later Davis. See Davis, Patience Russell
Russell, Paul [1]
Acoaxet meeting house, enlargement of, 654
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 583, 609, 625, 634, 637, 638, 680, 691, 711, 713–14
certificates of removal drawn up by, 680, 682, 710, 711, 727, 813
certificates of removal for, 764, 775, 783
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 646, 810, 813
convincements, involvement in, 609, 645, 817
Samuel Craw, doctor’s charge and settlement of estate of, 582, 586–87, 589
disaffection of Elihu Bowen, inquiring into, 613
disorderly behavior, inquiries into, 642
disputes, arbitration of, 540, 595
fornication, inquiries into, 699, 763, 807
illegitimate child, inquiries into fathering of, 785
impressment, counseling of Friend paying money on account of, 567
indebtedness of Stephen Wilcox, dealing with, 728, 738
marriage out of unity, condemnation for, 355, 357–58
marriage to Elizabeth Bowdish, 478, 480
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 588, 634, 639, 723, 774, 775
marriages, solemnizations of, 577, 584, 589, 633, 634, 640, 700, 703, 776, 777
marriages out of unity, inquiries into, 626, 628, 774, 822
meetings, oversight of orderly behavior at, 604
as minister, 739
minutes, review of, 589
Newtown meeting house, payment of moneys due on, 578
Noquochoke River, building of meeting house near, 606
poor, as overseer of, 649, 658
quarterly meetings, attendance at/reports to, 590, 592, 607, 608, 646, 682, 739, 771, 788, 818
reconciliation of, 452
second marriages, settlement of estates on behalf of children due to, 588
Humphry Slocum, discoursing with, 579
spoiled salt beef, inquiring into sale of, 689
as visitor/overseer, 709, 722, 738
yearly meeting, consultation with Acoaxet about, 829
Russell, Phebe, 441, 444, 448, 606–8
Russell, Phebe, later Ricketson, 448
Russell, Rachel, 696, 700, 703
Russell, Rebecca
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 231, 316
marriage to Daniel Ricketson, 728, 730, 732
marriage to Jabush Barker, 113, 114, 116, 117
marriage to Joseph Havens, 388, 389
marriage to Thomas Akin, 715, 717, 718
Russell, Rebecca (daughter of Joseph), 701
Russell, Rebecca (wife of John Russell II), 448
Russell, Rose, 719, 720, 721, 722, 729, 730
Russell, Seth [1]
marriages of, 238–40, 588–90, 690–93
remarriage of widow of, 323
Russell, Seth [2]
marriage out of unity in house of, 823
Russell, Silvia, 484
Russell, Stephen
certificate of removal for, 679
paper sent in to monthly meeting by, 582, 583
Russell, Susanna
fornication, repentance and reconciliation for, 508, 510
Russell, Thomas
Russell, Timothy
books belong to meeting kept by, 708
burying ground, clearing and repairing, 711, 712
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 695, 697
marriage, requesting certificate of clearness for, 427, 428
marriage to Hannah Briggs, 717, 718, 719
meeting house, keeping of, 704, 720, 732, 737, 744, 753, 759, 783, 784, 794, 795, 805, 806, 818, 819, 828, 829
meeting house, repair of, 722
meetings, oversight of behavior at, 723, 740
yearly meeting, as overseer of, 710
Russell, William
marriage to Welthon Spencer, 806, 808, 811, 813
Russell, William (of Oblong), 565
Russell, William (son of Joseph Jr.)
certificate of removal for, 416
marriage, requesting certificate of clearness for, 242, 243, 362, 363
marriage out of unity, condemnation for, 331, 333–35
marriage to Elizabeth Wilbur, 400, 401, 403
Russell, William (son of Timothy), 33–34
Rutly, William, 606
Ryall, Marian J., xvii
Sakonnet, Friends traveling to, 73
Salem, 6, 7, 171, 172, 213, 215, 500, 594, 793
Salem, West Jersey, 500
Salem Meeting House, construction of, 15, 62, 64, 65, 171, 172, 213, 215
Salkite?, John, 186
Samuel of Mendon, 310
Sandford. See Sanford
Sands, David, 14
Sandwich Monthly Meeting, 9, 27, 36
in Men’s Meeting minutes, 54, 64, 417, 497, 524, 532, 537, 557, 570, 597, 612, 620, 628, 636, 651, 652, 663, 664, 672, 673, 680, 683, 701, 704, 712, 715, 716, 727, 732, 733, 734, 736, 744, 745, 746, 747, 749, 751, 783, 798, 805, 807, 813, 824
Sandwich Quarterly Meeting
Dartmouth Friends engaging with, 80, 764
Sandwich Yearly Meeting, 57, 64, 65, 222, 337, 576
Sanford, George, 620, 621, 622, 623
Sanford, Isaac, 641, 644, 645, 647, 649, 650
Sanford, William
accounts, making up, 672, 696, 704, 715, 735
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 596, 651, 721, 724
Bedford meeting house, request to build, 804, 814
certificates of removal drawn up by, 680
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 644, 647, 792, 793
convincements, involvement in, 651, 677, 686, 764
daughter of, inquiries about, 566
disputes, arbitration of, 795, 799, 816
drunkenness, inquiring into, 611, 612, 621, 797, 821
fornication, inquiries into, 807
gambling, inquiries into, 747
little meeting house, enlargement of, 692
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 459, 565, 584, 588, 594, 618, 635, 723, 746
marriages, solemnizations of, 460, 461, 565, 586, 588, 589, 635, 642, 724, 725, 749, 751
marriages out of unity, inquiries into, 642, 788, 793
meetings, oversight of orderly behavior at, 594, 604, 614, 633, 826
quarterly meetings, attendance at/reports to, 590, 756, 818, 828
slave owned by, freeing of, 820
stable, account for repairs to, 660–61
Sanford, William (of Portsmouth, father of William), 330
Sanford, William, Jr.
marriage out of unity, repentance for, 514, 755, 757, 758, 759, 824, 825, 826, 828, 829
quarterly meetings, attendance at/reports to, 548
Satan, Quaker recognition of, 17, 23
Sawdy, Samuel, 442–44
Sawdy? (Lawry), Samuel, 442
Scarborough, John, 500
Schoolfield/Scholfield, Ann, 501
schools and education, 27. See also books; primers
primers by George Fox, acquiring and selling, 131, 134, 141, 435, 745–47, 760, 761, 762, 773
schoolmaster, efforts to obtain, 247, 248, 293, 296
Scituate Meeting, 8, 54, 61, 210, 211, 477
Scituate [RI] Meeting, 426
sea and seafaring. See maritime matters
separate meetings. See meetings out of unity
Sepecan Meeting. See Sippican Meeting
A Serious Call to the Quakers Inviting Them to Return to Christianity (Keith, 1700), 46
servants
Abigail Allen, beating of Black manservant by, condemnation and repentance for, 31, 128–30, 139–40, 157–58, 160
monthly meetings, recommended attendance at, 71–72
wrestling between, efforts to control, 27, 134
Seven Years War, 576n23
Sewel, William, subscription for History of, 814, 821, 823
sexual conduct, 17, 23. See also birth of child too soon after marriage; fornication; illegitimate children; keeping company
Sharman. See Shearman
Shattuck, Samuel, 7
Shaw, Anne, 26, 479, 506, 507, 522, 524–27
Shaw, Benjamin, 489–91, 577–79, 581
Shearman, Abigail, 49
Shearman, Abraham
disputes, arbitration of, 595
drunkenness, denial for, 797, 798, 800, 802, 805, 808, 810–11, 813, 817
marriage of, 575–78
Shearman, Anne (wife of Philip), 793
Shearman, Bathsheba, 658, 660, 661
Shearman, Benjamin
accounts, making up, 478–79
Acoaxet, appearing for, 457, 458, 463, 466, 469, 474, 475, 477, 482, 483, 487, 489, 600
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 462
disorderly behavior, dealing with, 457
disputes, involvement in, 781, 783, 784, 786–87, 798, 806
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 408, 409, 448–49, 489, 490
money lent to meeting by, 333, 335, 338
non-attendance, denial for, 23, 794, 795, 796, 801, 803, 805
prophecy, pretending to, 803
as visitor, 475
Shearman, Benjamin, Jr., 653, 654, 656, 658–62, 664, 665
Shearman, Ebenezer, 297–99, 532, 533
Shearman, Edith, 634, 635, 637
Shearman, Elizabeth, 492–95
Shearman, Grizel Merihew
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 316
Shearman, Hannah, 50–51, 469, 471
Shearman, Hannah (wife of Joshua), 707
Shearman, Hephzibah, 762
Shearman, Isabel (daughter of Daniel, deceased), 395–97
Shearman, James
appearance at monthly meeting, 461, 525, 553, 561, 563, 567, 570, 582, 590, 624, 633, 638, 642, 649, 665, 680
burying ground, enlargement of, 531
certificates of removal drawn up by, 680
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 338
disaffection of Elihu Bowen, inquiring into, 613, 616
disputes, arbitration of, 378
fornication, inquiries into, 675, 678
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 475, 478, 479, 480, 490, 559, 560, 609
marriages, solemnizations of, 409, 477, 481, 493–94, 495, 520, 609
marriages out of unity, inquiries into, 549
military affairs, dealing with, 597
Newtown meeting house, completion of, 578
poor, as overseer of, 612
quarterly meetings, attendance at/reports to, 539
rent, inquiring into Stephen Wilcox’s inability to pay, 617
scandalous report about John Wing and wife, inquiries into, 532–33
second marriages, settlement of estates on behalf of children due to, 575
treasurer, activities as, 529, 571, 578, 593
treasurer, appointment as, 522
treasurer, resignation as, 597
Shearman, Joshua
daughter birthing child too soon after marriage, 707
estate of Rachel Soule, settlement of, 734
Shearman, Judith, 497, 499, 500
Shearman, Leah, 772
Shearman, Mary
illness of, 194
marriage of, 193–96
Shearman, Meribah, 362, 364, 375, 377
Shearman, Moses, 299–301
Shearman, Peleg, 27–28, 781, 783, 784, 786–87, 806
Shearman, Philip
marriage out of unity, denial for, 788, 789, 792, 793
physical dispute, repentance for involvement in, 691, 692, 694
Shearman, Rachel, 344–46
Shearman, Roda, 772
Shearman, Sarah, 565–66
Shearman, Seth
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 816
imprisonment for refusal of military service, 482, 499
marriage of, 383–86
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 764
meeting house, keeping of, 636
spoiled salt beef, inquiring into sale of, 686, 689
trenching shovel, payment for, 767
Shearman, Susanna (wife of William), 450
Shearman, Thomas, 27–28, 781, 783, 784, 786–87, 806
Shearman, Timothy, Jr., 657, 658
Sheepherd. See Shepherd
Shelford, Chloe, xiv–xv
Shepherd, Abigail (wife of John), 612
Shepherd, Daniel, 134, 136, 138, 139, 140, 161, 162
Shepherd, Daniel, Jr., 193–96, 576, 577, 578
Shepherd, David
Bedford, oversight of meetings at, 827
certificate of clearness for marriage requested by, 497, 761, 762
certificates of removal for wife and children of, 792
disputes, arbitration of, 820
illness of family, 828
marriages, inquiries as to clearness for, 635, 824
marriages, solemnizations of, 826, 829
meeting house, repair of, 821, 828
poor, as overseer of, 824
Shepherd, Elizabeth (wife of David), 792
Shepherd, John
advising Stephen Wilcox about building a house on Barnabas Earl’s land, 510
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 404, 529, 530, 531, 532, 537
certificate from Sandwich presented by wife of, 612
charitable care of Ann Shaw and, 522
marriage of son of, 444
marriages, inquiries as to clearness for, 405, 406
marriages, solemnizations of, 438, 499, 516
meeting house, keeping of/repairs to, 345, 362, 478, 481, 483, 526, 537, 539, 546, 548
military matters, dealing with, 567
payments made to, 327, 328, 362–63
Shepherd, John, Jr., 532
Shepherd, Lydia, 536–38
Sherman. See Shearman
Shippey, Edward, 80
Shove, Rebecca, 688
Shove, Samuel, 599–601, 629, 633, 634
sickness. See health and illness
Silvia, Barbara, xvii
Sisson, Deborah Wing, 452–54, 462–64
Sisson, John
certificate of removal requested by, 711, 712, 713, 714
marriage of, 504–5
overseers of poor settling accounts for Alice Smith with, 779
removal without certificate, 688
Sisson, Jonathan, 28–29, 579, 580, 593–94
Sisson, Jonathan, Jr., 467–69, 471
Sisson, Lemuel, 452–54, 462–64, 607
Sisson, Mary, 506
Sisson, Naomy, 661
Sisson, Phebe Barker (daughter of Joseph Barker), 719, 756
Sisson, Sibil/Cibbel, 683
Sisson, Susanna, 448–50
Sisson, William, 28–29, 478, 480, 579, 580, 593–94
Slade, Deborah Howland (wife of Joseph), 603, 604, 709
slavery, manumission, and abolition, xi, 31–33. See also Black Americans
declaration on slavery, 189, 190
Germantown Friends sending antislavery statement to Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 31
involvement in slave trade, 626, 670, 671, 673, 674, 676, 679, 680, 684, 687
slaves (supposedly) manumitted by, 852, 913, 914, 917, 920, 931, 938
slaves owned by, 819, 820, 847, 905, 907, 908, 909
marriage of slaves owned by Quakers, 237
public Friends preaching against, 648n1
quarterly meetings on, 31–32, 179, 183, 188–89, 237
John Russell, slaves held by, 819–20
slaves manumitted by, 860
slaves owned by, 819, 820, 847, 853, 905, 907, 908, 909
William Sanford, freeing of slaves owned by, 820
slaves owned by Quakers, inquiries into, 820
slaves manumitted by, 863
slaves possessed by, 820, 847, 853, 854, 856, 858–61
Rebecca Slocum, slaves possessed by, 819, 820
visitations of/reports on Dartmouth Quakers owning slaves, 812
Jedidiah Wood selling Native American children into Nova Scotia, 32, 602, 603–4, 605
yearly meetings, slavery question referred to, 32
sleeping and drowsiness in meeting, 17
Slocum, Abraham, and wife, certificate of removal requested by, 507, 508, 526, 528
Slocum, Alice (daughter of Holder), 428, 431
Slocum, Benjamin
disputes, arbitration of, 781
illegitimate child, accused of fathering, 222–25
marriage to Phebe Wing, 516, 517
military affairs, payments toward, 579, 580
second marriages, settlement of estates on behalf of children due to, 761
Slocum, Charles, 492, 493, 495
Slocum, Christopher, 568, 675, 676, 678, 679, 681
Slocum, Deborah
Slocum, Deliverance, 48
Slocum, Ebenezer
bond put into attorney’s hand by Timothy Ricketson, inquiries into, 456, 460–61
certificate of removal to move to Rhode Island, 511, 512, 514
certificates of removal, drawing up, 446
convincement of Samuel Chase and, 504
disorderly behavior/speech, dealing with, 457, 471
indebtedness of Stephen Wilcox, inquiries into, 501, 510
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 451, 498
marriages, requesting certificate of clearness for, 282, 283
marriages, solemnizations of, 451
marriages out of unity, inquiries into, 470
military payments by, 442
second marriages, settlement of estates on behalf of children due to, 485
Slocum, Eliezer, Jr., 173, 181, 182
Slocum, Eliezer/Eleazar
Abigail Allen, beating of Black manservant by, 128, 139, 140
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 97, 112, 122, 183–84, 185, 187, 198, 219
complaints, of Christopher Gifford, inquiring into, 65
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 67, 68, 71, 81, 83, 120, 122, 124, 127, 130, 132, 149, 159, 168, 177, 184, 188, 189, 190, 209, 211, 214, 222
deceased, 463
deed for meeting house and land, 72, 91, 247
disaffection of Eliezar Smith and, 73, 74, 75
disorderly speech in meeting, dealing with, 65, 80, 123, 125
dispute with brother Peleg, 83–90
disputes, arbitration of, 53, 55, 60, 63, 65, 66, 72, 80, 145
Robert Gifford refusing to pay Queen’s tax, counseling, 98
illegitimate children, sons accused of fathering, 222, 223, 230
inspector, desiring suspension from being, 152
inspector/visitor, appointment as, 51–52, 61, 62, 63, 64, 213
marriage of daughter Joanna, 220
marriage of daughter Meribah out of unity and without parental consent, 76
marriages, inquiries as to clearness for, 49–50, 56, 61, 194, 203, 213
marriages, solemnization of, 187, 194
marriages out of unity, inquiring into, 186, 187–88
meeting house, construction of, 41
meeting house, keeping of, 54, 77, 92, 105, 122, 133, 146, 156, 163, 176, 182, 187, 188, 193, 197
ministerial tax, drawing up account of, 186
non-attendances, inquiring into, 66–67, 74–75
oath taking, inquiries into, 144, 145, 149, 156
as overseer of business meetings, 73
Providence, RI, construction of meeting house in, 48
quarterly meetings, attendance at, 55, 93, 124, 142, 156, 157, 170, 179, 180, 183, 185, 186, 187, 215, 216
quarterly meetings, writing reports to, 103, 124
Rochester Meeting, visitation of, 79, 99, 108, 109, 128
Scituate meeting, chosen to attend, 61
John Summers, error of, 54
wrestling and running of children, efforts to control, 135
yearly meetings, chosen to attend, 61
Slocum, Eliphal, later Allen, 480, 481
Slocum, Elizabeth
convincement of, 639
marriage to Elihu Russell, 639, 640
marriage to Isaac Barker, 76, 77, 78
Slocum, Elizabeth (daughter of Holder), 600–602
Slocum, Giles [1], 94, 161–64, 166, 203, 204
Slocum, Giles [2], 484, 486, 570
Slocum, Holder
certificate of clearness for marriage, requesting, 344, 345
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 403
delivering money bequeathed to meeting by father Peleg, 350
disorderly behavior of John Slocum and, 459
disownment of, 17
disputes, arbitration of, 519, 540
gaming, disownment of son for, 728
marriage to Hannah Hull, intention of, 223
marriages, inquiring into clearness for, 272, 488, 493, 554
marriages, solemnizations of, 373, 401, 403, 555, 584
marriages out of unity of daughters of, 428, 429, 431, 558
military payments made by, 444
new meeting house near home of Josiah Merihew, building of, 543
Slocum, Holder (son of Holder), 717–22, 725–29
Slocum, Humphry, 579, 580, 582, 587, 678, 680, 742, 743
Slocum, John [1]
disorderly behavior of, condemnation for, 403, 404, 456, 457, 459, 460, 461, 462, 463
illegitimate child, condemnation for fathering, 224–31
marriage out of unity, 392–98
reconciliation of, 404
Slocum, Jonathan
military affairs, payment of money on, 578, 581, 584
Slocum, Joseph, 223
Slocum, Mary (wife of Peleg), 58
Slocum, Mary (daughter of Holder), later Tucker/Duker, 558
Slocum, Mary/Marcy
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 117, 120, 132, 165, 166, 168, 190, 205, 214, 222, 231, 237, 257, 263
marriage to Daniel Howland, 414
marriage to John Hodly/Hedley, 42
Slocum, Meribah
certificate of removal requested by, 437, 438
inquiries into circumstances of, 458
marriage of, 91, 92, 93, 458, 460
marrying out of unity, at risk of, 76–77
Slocum, Peleg [1]
certificate of removal for, 46
Chilmark, suffering of Friends at, 185
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 68, 83, 132, 149, 159, 165, 168, 184, 193, 205, 209, 211, 214, 234, 257, 263
construction of meeting house and, 41
Dartmouth Monthly Meetings held at house of, 41–49
deceased, 346
deed for meeting house and land from, 63, 72, 85, 91
disorderly speech, dealing with, 41, 54–55
dispute with brother Eliezar, 83–90
disputes, arbitration of, 59, 60
inspector, appointment as, 51, 53, 60, 67, 81
livestock taken from, for minister’s tax, 261
Thomas Macumber, condemnation of, 71
marriages, inquiries as to clearness for, 45, 56
marriages of children of, 58, 203
ministerial tax, drawing up account of, 186
minutes, appointed to inspect, 62
money bequeathed to monthly meeting by, 346, 350
Jacob Mott, certificate of removal for, 60
non-attendance of Rochester Friends, inquiring into, 68–69
paying debt of William Macumber Jr., 71
as public Friend, 11
quarterly meetings, attendance at, 46–47, 48, 49, 51, 53, 56–57, 69, 71, 75, 77, 80, 82, 83
Rochester Meeting, instruction of Friends at, 79
Salem Meeting House, construction of, 64
Sippican Meeting’s non-attendance at monthly meeting, inquiring into, 60
wrestling and running of children, efforts to control, 135
yearly meetings, chosen to attend, 45, 53, 57, 59, 83
Youth’s Meeting, on quarterly meeting’s approval of, 72
Slocum, Peleg [2], Jr.
disorderly behavior of, 173
marriage, requesting certificate of clearness for, 240
Slocum, Peleg [3], Jr./the Second (son of Holder)
convincement of, 678
fornication by, 602, 603, 604, 605, 679, 681, 683, 686
marriage to Susanna Howland, 743, 744, 746
slaves possessed by, 820
Slocum, Rebecca [1]
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 316
marriage to Edward Wing, 337–40
Slocum, Rebecca [2] (wife/widow of Holder)
gaming and horse racing, son disowned for, 728
marriage out of unity of daughter of, 558
refusal to consent to marriage of daughter, 616
Slocum, Rebecca [3], Jr. (daughter of Rebecca and Holder), 616, 619, 620, 622
Slocum family, 8
Smith, Alice (daughter of Deliverance)
fornication and birth of illegitimate child, condemnation for, 351–52
overseers of the poor settling estate of, 779, 781, 807
reconciliation of, 506–9
Smith, Ann/Anne/Anna, 532–34, 786
Smith, Ann/Anne/Anna (daughter of Deliverance), 213, 215
Smith, Benjamin [1]
disputes, involvement in, 750, 751
marriage, certificate of clearness for, 286
marriage of daughter of, 574
marriage to Susanna Wood, 519–22
threats and damage to property by Benjamin Howland, saddler, 799–800, 802
Smith, Benjamin [2], Jr./the Second
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 709
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 796
fornication, inquiries into, 709
quarterly meetings, attendance at/reports to, 824, 825
Smith, Content, 330–32, 335–37
Smith, Daniel (son of Isaac), 675, 676, 678, 679, 680
Smith, Daniel, Jr./the third, 807, 808–9, 812, 813, 815
Smith, David
accounts, making up, 611, 636, 677, 704
appearing for monthly meeting, 657, 658, 663, 664, 671, 672, 677, 679, 711, 722, 731, 733, 737, 739, 743, 748, 750
books owned by meeting, taking charge of, 619
certificates of removal drawn up by, 532, 667, 725
charitable assistance for Ann Shaw and, 522
charitable assistance for Samuel Craw and, 582, 594–95
as clerk for the day, 672
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 663, 695, 697
convincements, involvement in, 610
deed for meeting house land and, 516, 544
disputes, involvement in, 811, 812, 830
drunkenness, dealing with, 805
estate of Rachel Soule, settlement of, 749
gambling and horse racing, inquiries into, 725
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 560, 594, 621, 636, 710, 723, 746
marriages, solemnizations of, 635, 642, 657, 690, 724, 725, 759, 760
marriages out of unity, inquiries into, 653, 755, 757, 758, 759, 824
meeting house, keeping of, 611
meetings, oversight of behavior at, 652, 669, 723
military matters, dealing with, 567, 570
minutes, review of, 589, 617, 638
new meeting house near Josiah Merihew’s, building of, 543, 617, 618
poor, receiving accounts for, 704
Providence meeting house, subscription for, 608
purchase of paper, ink, and drawer lock by, 654, 662
spoiled salt beef, inquiring into sale of, 689
stable, account for repair of, 660–61
treasurer, activities as, 649, 650, 711
treasurer, appointment as, 636
treasurer, replacement as, 764
unsuitability for business, Caleb Russell’s remark about, 773
visitors called “false men” by, 21
yearly meeting, oversight of, 689
Smith, Deborah (daughter of Benjamin), 574, 575
Smith, Deborah (daughter of Deliverance Smith), 181, 182
Smith, Deborah, later Read, 256–58, 284–86
Smith, Deliverance
abuse of Native American by Ebenezer Allen, investigation of, 50, 51
account of imprisonment by, 100, 102
accounts, making up by, 142, 143, 152, 173, 207, 220, 221, 235, 236, 238, 245, 246, 260, 263
Acushnet meeting house and, 275
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 172, 178, 179, 187, 188, 194, 204, 206, 215, 220, 222, 237, 242, 243, 245, 246, 266–68, 270–77, 281–85, 286, 292
book by James Burrel, examination of, 141
certificates of removal drawn up by, 243, 244
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 144, 177, 184, 190, 202, 208, 209, 210, 211, 214, 221, 222, 247, 248, 252, 263, 274, 275, 291
George Cornell, answering letter of, 260
cousin, counseling person with designs on marrying, 224–25
deed for land bought by Dartmouth Monthly Meeting from, 196
disorderly speech/behavior, inquiring into, 54–55, 175
disorderly youth, inquiring into, 173, 174
disownment, reading of, 124
disputes, adjudicating, 52, 53, 55, 59, 60, 65, 72, 177, 193, 206
disputes, involvement in, 145
dying sayings of Gershom Smith, public reading of, 205
firewood, acquisition of land for purposes of, 173
fornication of daughter of, 290, 351–52
gallery in meeting house, construction of, 179
illegitimate child, inquiries regarding, 275
impressment of, 107
management of land, while in prison, 97–98, 99, 100
marriages, inquiries as to clearness for, 118, 186, 187, 191, 193, 218, 220, 232, 238, 250, 276
marriages, solemnization of, 193, 198, 219, 220, 221, 222, 233, 240, 251, 253, 256, 285
marriages of children of, 181, 212, 267, 311, 351
marriages out of unity, inquiries into, 201, 207
marriages out of unity of children of, 236, 339
meeting house galleries, additional seats for, 174–75
meeting house land, laying out of, 172
ministerial tax, jailed for refusing to assess, 29, 96–102
money lent to meeting by, 227
oath taken by Valentine Huddleston, inquiry into, 150
payment out of stock to, 220
quarterly meetings, attendance at, 196, 205, 212, 215, 223, 227, 240, 244, 249, 260, 262, 276, 286, 287
quarterly meetings, reports to, 202, 203, 227, 230, 231, 242, 244, 246, 249, 250, 251, 258, 259, 263, 264, 267, 269, 286, 287
reconciliations and acknowledgments, participation in, 256, 258, 260, 284, 285, 286
schoolmaster, hiring, 247
seating of upper gallery by, 216
second marriages, assisting with settlement of estates on behalf of children due to, 284
slavery, declaration on, 189
John Summers paper, appointed to answer, 192
survey of meeting house land, 186
treasurer, activities as, 273, 275, 281, 282, 283, 284, 287, 288, 290, 293
treasurer, appointment as, 272
underhanded bargaining, inquiry into, 206
as visitor, 51, 213, 226, 245, 276
wigs, declaration on wearing, 215
yearly meetings, chosen to attend, 64
Smith, Deliverance, Jr., 560, 561, 779
Smith, Dinah, 214, 222, 234, 237, 263
Smith, Edith (wife of Humphry the Second)
child born too soon after marriage, acknowledgment of, 577, 578, 581, 582, 583, 585
Smith, Eleazer, 407–9, 410–11, 462, 579
Smith, Eliashib
accounts, making up, 311, 313, 331, 332, 355, 356, 365, 366
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 285, 287, 288, 290, 295, 296, 326, 327, 340, 360, 364, 384, 389, 390, 393, 396, 399, 409, 419, 448
certificates of removal drawing up, 417, 439
child born too soon after marriage, inquiring into, 387
condemnations/disownments, involvement in, 177, 214, 263, 304, 316
convincement of Samuel Chase and, 505
disorderly behavior of young men, inquiring into, 161
disputes, adjudicating, 256, 259, 325
illegitimate children, inquiries about, 307, 387
marriage of, 19, 53, 54, 305, 306, 311–13
marriages, inquiries as to clearness for, 252, 264, 265, 268, 282, 288, 297, 299, 319, 320, 353, 364, 365, 407, 410, 415, 436, 439, 450, 456, 475, 516
marriages, solemnizations of, 248, 269, 289, 298, 299, 300, 301, 355, 365, 366, 387, 396–97, 408, 409, 439, 440, 457, 477, 517
marriages out of unity, inquiring into, 420
meeting house, keeping of, 297
quarterly meetings, attendance at/reports to, 258, 259, 391, 410, 421, 438
Smith, Eliashib (son of Joseph)
marriage to Alice Philips, 818, 822, 823
Smith, Eliezar
addition to meeting house, construction of, 48, 52
condemnations/disownments, involvement in, 83, 118, 124, 168
disorderly behavior of, 175–76
disputes, involvement in, 27, 53, 73, 74, 177
Thomas Macumber, condemnation of, 76, 82, 83
marriage of daughter Eliphal, 60
marriages, inquiries as to clearness for, 47
non-attendance and disaffection with meeting, condemnation for, 66, 67, 73–76
reconciliation with meeting, 75–76
yearly meetings, attendance at, 50, 54, 57
Smith, Elizabeth
condemnation of, 110
marriage to William Ricketson, 705, 706, 709
Smith, Else. See Smith, Alice
Smith, Gearshom. See Smith, Gershom
Smith, George [1]
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 535, 561, 570
bond put into attorney’s hand by Timothy Ricketson, inquiries into, 461
burying yard, enlargement of, 531
certificates of removal, drawing up, 422, 528, 546
child born too soon after marriage, inquiries into, 573
disorderly marriage, repentance for allowing, 499, 500
disputes, arbitration of, 444, 549
marriage of, 267
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 565, 574, 721
marriages, solemnizations of, 436, 437, 481, 575, 723
marriages out of unity, inquiries into, 420, 439
meeting house, repair of, 722
reconciliation, inquiring into, 426
Mary Wing, repentance of, 534
Smith, George [2], Jr.
fornication, self-condemnation for, 727–28
privateer, enlistment on, 693
Smith, Gershom
dying sayings of, 205
Smith, Hannah
marriage of, 560, 561, 688, 690, 692
Smith, Henry
Smith, Hezekiah
condemnations/disownments, involvement in, 124, 177, 211
disorderly speech in meeting of, 123
disputes, involvement in, 145
marriages out of unity of daughters of, 110, 116, 123, 166–68, 256
reporting matters regarding Friends, admonishment regarding, 177
Smith, Hope, 290–92
Smith, Humphry
Acoaxet Monthly Meeting, separation of, 695, 699
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 623, 686–87, 688
blank books for transcription of Book of Discipline, obtaining, 608
Boston fire (1760), charitable contributions for, 598
certificates of removal drawn up by, 511, 578, 593, 610, 644, 671, 675, 745
condemnation for refusal to adjudicate dispute, 27–28, 798
condemnations/disownment, participation in, 614
convincements, involvement in, 612, 656
disputes, arbitration of, 595
disputes, involvement in, 27–28, 781, 783, 784, 786, 788, 789, 795, 796, 798, 806, 808, 826
drunkenness, inquiries into, 644, 646
indebtedness of Stephen Wilcox, inquiring into, 501
informing Jonathan Nichols about Mary Wing’s situation, 535, 537
land sold by John Wing to Stephen Wilcox, appointed to handle, 550, 551
lawsuits, committee to advise on, 668–69
little meeting house, enlargement of, 692
marriage of, 311–13
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 498, 613, 619, 639, 666, 683, 717, 718
marriages, solemnizations of, 600, 601, 602, 620, 640, 684, 717, 718, 719
marriages out of unity, inquiries into, 626
membership of Friend in Acoaxet or Apponegansett, determining, 719, 729
military affairs, dealing with, 576
minutes, review of, 653, 654, 696, 714, 729, 746
Newtown meeting house, subscriptions for, 554
poor, inquiring into circumstances of, 710, 712
Providence meeting house and, 599, 614
public Friends deceased, collecting accounts of, 752
quarterly meeting, appealing dispute to, 788, 789, 795, 796, 806, 808, 826
quarterly meetings, attendance at/reports to, 583, 592, 596, 601, 613, 621, 625, 629, 636, 641, 655, 662, 663, 672, 677, 693, 706, 709, 710, 717, 720, 735
queries of quarterly meeting, appointed to compile answers to, 646
reconciliation with meeting of wife and, 327, 331, 332, 338
removal of Mary Wing without certificate, letter to Rhode Island Monthly Meeting about, 688
Sandwich Meeting’s refusal of Rachel Soule, dealing with, 733, 747
second marriages, settlement of estates on behalf of children due to, 485, 539, 575
taxes, dealing with Friend’s opposition to, 659
yearly meeting reversing quarterly meeting judgment against, 826
Smith, Humphry, Jr./Humphry Smith the third (son of Humphry)
fornication, drunkenness, and bad language of, disownment for, 768, 770, 771, 772, 782
horse racing and gambling, involvement in, 725–27, 735, 736, 738, 740, 741, 743, 744, 746–49
illegitimate child, denial for fathering, 781–82
marriage out of unity, wife Silvia reconciled for, 775
marriage to Rebecca Slocum, 616, 619, 620, 622
paper submitted to meeting by, 582
Smith, Humphry, the Second (son of Peleg)
child born too soon after marriage, acknowledgment of, 577, 578, 581, 582, 583, 585
Smith, Increase, 757, 758, 759, 760
Smith, Isaac [1]
accounts, making up, 311, 313, 331, 332, 355, 356, 365, 366, 410, 411, 446, 531–32, 548–49, 561, 571, 572, 583, 586, 596
acknowledgments, public reading of, 521, 565
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 433, 503, 537
assisting John Tucker in place of John Tucker Jr. (deceased), 302
births and deaths, recording, 413
certificate of removal requested by, 264
certificates of removal drawn up by, 392, 416, 426, 428, 461, 462, 488, 490, 497–98, 522, 548, 570, 583, 682
clerk, replaced by Job Russell as, 629
as clerk, 16, 283–84, 297, 302, 413, 444, 518, 520, 521, 531, 556, 559, 571, 627
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 315, 316, 331, 332, 333, 335, 342, 360, 367, 370, 379, 380, 398, 423, 430, 435, 444, 450, 453, 457, 461, 462, 470, 471, 472, 475, 484, 485, 492, 500, 503, 511, 512, 513, 516, 517, 519, 521, 537, 541, 544, 547, 550, 552, 553, 555, 556, 558, 559, 562, 563, 569, 570, 571, 584, 588, 591–92, 594, 595, 598, 599, 604, 605, 616, 624, 625, 627, 643, 653, 671
Samuel Craw, doctor’s charge and settlement of estate of, 582, 586, 589
disputes, arbitration of, 449, 459
fornication, condemnation of son for, 680
illegitimate child, inquiries into, 509
marriage of, 301–3
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 353, 373, 391, 427, 475, 480, 493, 497, 560, 609
marriages, solemnizations of, 383, 385, 386, 406, 407, 409, 477, 481, 486, 487, 493–94, 495, 520, 523, 528, 574, 577, 580, 584
marriages out of unity, inquiries into, 385, 425, 482, 549, 552
minutes, recording of, 302, 303, 331, 333, 374, 449, 450, 451–52, 453, 549, 589, 599
minutes, reviewing, 442, 531, 567, 617
quarterly meetings, attendance at, 370
quarterly meetings, reports to, 370
second marriages, settlement of estates on behalf of children due to, 588
Phebe Tucker, inquiring into difference between meeting and, 406
Smith, Jane/Jean (wife of David)
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 316
Smith, John [3], the third (son of Joseph), 672, 673
Smith, John [5], 774, 776, 777, 780, 782
Smith, Jonathan
certificate of removal presented by wife and, 300–301
disputes, arbitration of, 444, 447
marriage of, 480
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 574
Smith, Jonathan, Jr., 611, 612, 614, 621, 623–25, 627–28
Smith, Joseph
Acoaxet meeting house, enlargement of, 654
Acushnet Friends and transgressors, preparation of list of, 637, 639
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 613, 622, 623, 638, 639, 651, 661, 662, 663, 667, 668, 669, 673, 674, 683, 688, 690, 703, 720
burying ground at Newtown, oversight of, 599
certificates of removal drawn up by, 614, 624, 691
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 633
convincements, involvement in, 604, 628, 669, 674
disaffection of Archipas Hart, inquiries into, 629
disorderly behavior, inquiries into, 642
disputes, arbitration of, 663, 665
marriage of son, consent to, 822
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 588, 628, 633, 634, 651, 671, 690, 697
marriages, solemnizations of, 580, 589, 603, 615, 620, 622, 633, 634, 637, 640, 673, 690, 692, 700, 703
marriages out of unity, inquiries into, 626, 628
meetings, oversight of behavior at, 633, 652
meetings, oversight of orderly behavior in, 604
Newton, deed for new meeting house land at, 544
poor, as overseer of, 612
quarterly meetings, attendance at/reports to, 693, 712
removal of Friend without certificate, inquiries into, 688
Smith, Judah
accounts, making up, 100, 111, 114, 115, 128, 152, 162, 282, 283
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 81–83, 95, 96, 100–104, 108–10, 114, 115, 117–19, 121, 123, 126–31, 134, 139–46, 148–55, 158, 160, 162, 164, 166, 167, 169, 171–83, 185, 187, 188, 191–94, 196, 197, 200–203, 205, 206, 208–10, 212, 213, 215–21, 224–30, 232, 233, 235–41, 243–54, 256, 258–60, 262, 264, 265, 269
burying ground, oversight of, 144
certificates of removal drawn up by, 119, 123, 124, 146
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 68, 83, 117, 120, 124, 127, 129, 130, 147, 149, 159, 161, 164, 165, 168, 177, 184, 190, 205, 211, 214, 222, 231, 234, 237, 239, 252, 257, 263, 304
cousin, counseling person with designs on marrying, 224–25
deceased, 353
deed for meeting house and land, obtaining, 91
disorderly children/youth, appointed to counsel, 147, 148, 173, 174
disputes, arbitration of, 27, 52, 86, 87, 129
fashionable apparel, counseling person taking up, 223
fornication by/condemnation of daughter of, 336
honey possibly stolen by children, inquiry into, 151–53
marriages, inquiries as to clearness for, 181, 186, 187–88, 191, 193, 194, 224, 248, 270, 272
marriages, solemnization of, 181, 182, 195, 196, 259, 260
marriages of children of, 309–10, 353
marriages out of unity, inquiring into, 76, 96, 126, 127, 207
meeting house, construction of, 41
meeting house, keeping of, 74, 77, 81, 96, 147, 148, 172, 179, 181
minutes, inspection and recording of, 85, 102, 105, 116, 118, 211, 212
oath taking, inquiries into, 160
primendars?, charged with disposal of, 151
quarterly meetings, attendance at, 124, 126, 127, 161
quarterly meetings, reports to, 97, 103, 108–9, 117, 124, 126–28, 130–31, 134, 135, 142, 144–47, 150, 155, 156, 159–61, 163, 166, 170, 171, 196, 197–98, 233, 263, 264
reading minutes to William Soule, 234
Daniel Shepherd Jr., appointed to speak to, 138, 139
Deliverance Smith’s land, management of, while in prison, 97–98
wrestling and running of children, efforts to control, 135
Youth’s Meeting, reading edited minutes at, 79
Smith, Lemuel, 699, 702, 714, 716, 801
Smith, Mar[c]y (wife of Hezekiah Smith), 110, 116, 167
Smith, Mar[c]y, later Trafford (daughter of Hezekiah Smith), 167–70, 293–94, 551, 553, 554
Smith, Mary
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 117, 120, 132, 165, 168, 177, 190, 205, 209, 211, 214, 222, 231, 234, 237, 263
Smith, Mary (daughter of Jonathan and Silvia), 26
Smith, Mary (wife of Isaac), 680, 682
Smith, Mary (wife/widow of Deliverance), 290, 339, 351–52
Smith, Mary, later Goddard, 338–39
Smith, Meriah
certificate of removal presented by, 701
Smith, Meribah, 411
Smith, Michael, 363
Smith, Nathaniel, 170
Smith, Peleg
Seth Allen, paper from father of, 586
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 374, 429, 430, 438, 468, 490, 498, 500, 506, 512, 515, 520, 531, 533, 538, 539, 540, 542, 548, 549, 551, 552, 553, 555, 556, 557, 558, 561, 568, 575, 579, 595, 603, 606, 607, 609, 611, 615, 618, 619, 624, 625, 634, 636, 642, 645, 648, 653, 662, 663
blank books for transcription of Book of Discipline, obtaining, 608
Boston, money due from meeting to Friends at, 483
certificates of removal, drawing up, 417, 422, 426, 511, 528, 562, 565, 566
charitable assistance for Anne Shaw, 479–80, 506, 507
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 404, 405, 492, 614, 648
conformity for purposes of marriage, advising Friend on, 414
convincements, involvement in, 504, 602, 638, 652, 679, 713
disorderly speech/behavior, dealing with, 471, 491, 492, 702
disputes, arbitration of, 378, 461, 668
erroneous notions, advising Friend entertaining, 422
fornication, inquiring into, 709
indebtedness of Stephen Wilcox, dealing with, 678
lotteries, suppression of, 590
marriage out of unity, condemnation for, 234, 235, 236
marriages, inquiries as to clearness for, 400, 401, 414, 469, 530, 606, 609, 619, 683
marriages, solemnizations of, 412–13, 421, 422, 436, 437, 470, 471, 481, 505, 531, 553, 562, 600, 607, 609, 620, 675, 684
marriages out of unity, inquiring into, 403, 420, 626, 724, 726
military matters, dealing with, 439, 448, 482, 567, 569, 570, 599
minutes, reviewing, 653, 654, 675, 714
new meeting house near Josiah Merihew’s, building of, 543
non-attendance at meetings, dealing with, 661
quarterly meetings, attendance at/reporting to, 404, 428, 429, 430, 446, 449, 452, 462, 470, 493, 494, 504, 517, 527, 532, 534, 539, 541, 542, 543, 545, 551, 552, 555, 559, 562, 563, 568, 578, 583, 590, 598, 603, 607, 610, 625, 646, 659, 662, 677, 682, 683, 706, 720, 722
queries from quarterly meeting, compiling answers for, 663
queries from quarterly meeting, compiling answers to, 646
reconciliation and acknowledgment, 271
reconciliations, inquiries into, 426
scandalous report about John Wing and wife, inquiries into, 532–33
sufferings of Friends, accounts of, 821
taxes, dealing with Friend’s opposition to paying, 659
as visitor, 389, 398, 411, 417, 425, 450, 465, 474, 484, 495, 503, 519, 532, 540, 554, 563
Smith, Rachel, 406–8
Smith, Rebecca, 383–85
Smith, Rebecca [2], xvii
Smith, Richard, 309–12, 417, 418
Smith, Ruhamah/Ruhema/Rahamah, 120, 130, 132
Smith, Ruth
certificate of removal to visit children in Pennsylvania, 119
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 205, 214
verbally abused by Thomas Macumber, 76
Smith, Samuel
accounts, making up, 677, 765, 768, 821
Acoaxet monthly meeting, separation of, 695, 699
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 661, 662, 663, 664, 679, 683, 695, 696, 698, 699, 706, 709, 710, 713, 715, 717, 721, 725, 726, 728, 735, 737, 740, 745, 746, 752, 755, 763, 768, 773, 784, 789, 790, 801, 809, 810, 811, 818, 828
assisting Women’s Meeting with Deborah Wilbur case, 818
Bedford, request to build meeting house at, 804, 814
Book of Discipline, transcription of, 743, 767, 769
Book of Discipline, updating of, 821
books, subscription for, 745, 747, 760
certificates of removal drawn up by, 693, 745, 754, 767, 776, 812
as clerk for the day, 802
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 682, 695, 697, 703, 762, 811
convincements, involvement in, 679
disorderly speech/behavior, inquiring into, 822
disputes, arbitration of, 789, 816
drunkenness, dealing with, 812
fornication, inquiries into, 675, 678, 799
gaming, inquiries into, 726, 727, 735
Elizabeth Gidley, collecting information about, 704
indebtedness of Stephen Wilcox, dealing with, 738, 741
marriage of children of Jabez Barker Jr. in his house, inquiries into, 801, 804, 810
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 715, 758, 759, 767
marriages, solemnizations of, 661, 759, 760, 763
marriages out of unity, inquiries into, 783, 784
meetings, oversight of behavior at, 660, 669, 740, 742, 776, 826
membership of Friend in Acoaxet or Apponegansett, determining, 722
minutes, reviewing, 653, 654, 675, 676, 696, 701, 714, 716, 729, 746, 748, 762, 763–64, 785, 786, 809, 811
new meeting house, construction of, 779
notes of hand, decision on acceptability of sale of, 800, 803
poor, as overseer of, 722
poor, oversight of accounts for, 828
public Friends deceased, collecting accounts of, 752
quarterly meetings, attendance at/reports to, 659, 672, 688, 699, 709, 717, 720, 743, 764, 781, 794, 812
removal of Friends without certificate, inquiring into, 688
running goods, inquiring into, 817
Sewel’s History, subscription for, 814
Smith’s Neck meeting, oversight of, 742, 759, 779
spoiled salt beef, inquiring into sale of, 689
subscriptions for George Fox’s Journals collected by, 661, 662
suffering of Friends, inspecting accounts of, 821, 823
as visitor/overseer, 709, 739, 763, 770
yearly meeting, consultation with Acoaxet about, 829
yearly meeting, oversight of, 689, 710
Smith, Silvester, later Howland. See Howland, Silvester Smith
Smith, Silvia (wife of Humphry Smith the third), 775
Smith, Stephen, 712
Smith, Susanna (daughter of Judah), 349–54
Smith, Thomas
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 319, 329, 338, 339, 344, 346, 404, 411, 414, 421, 422, 423, 433, 434, 461, 543, 628, 649
bond put into attorney’s hand by Timothy Ricketson, inquiries into, 461
certificate of clearance for marriage for, 118, 119
certificate of removal to visit friends and relatives, 203, 204
certificates of removal drawn up by, 417, 485
certificates of removal presented by, 430, 795
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 192, 316, 470
disputes, involvement in, 177, 376, 377, 378, 380
families of men imprisoned for refusal of military service, care of, 482
marriages, inquiries as to clearness for, 332, 333, 345
marriages, solemnizations of, 312, 319, 345, 346
meeting house, repairs/additions to, 434
Pennsylvania, traveling to, 118, 204, 430
quarterly meetings, attendance at/reports to, 327, 333, 345, 364, 374, 375, 413, 426, 430, 442, 452, 462, 474, 487
Smith, Thomas (of Providence), 253, 255, 301
Smith, Thomas, Jr., 253, 255, 256, 635, 637, 703, 705, 707
Smith, Weston, 35
Smith, William
acceptance of paper from wife and, 509
disorderly behavior and drunkenness of, disownment for, 812, 814
theft of money meant to be taken to, 22
Stephen Wilcox, fraud complaint against, 761, 765
Smith, William, the Second, 699, 702
Smith family, 8
Smithfield
Monthly Meeting at, 12–13, 319, 338, 341, 519, 522, 600, 671, 672, 675, 688, 696, 697, 754, 756, 797
Smith’s Neck Meeting
oversight of behavior at, 742, 748, 759, 764, 779, 788
permission to hold meetings, 742, 759, 778–79
permissionto transcribe records, xii
photo of interior of meeting house, vi
smuggling
prize goods, Friends dealing in, 34–35
running goods, Friends engaged in, 817, 819
Snell, Phebe, 674
social hierarchy customs, Quaker repudiation of, 4, 196–97
Society of Friends. See Quakers and Quakerism
Some Principles and Precepts of the Christian Religion (Fuller, 1736), 746n8
Sommers. See Summers
Soule, Alice, 274
Soule, Charity, 679
Soule, George (son of Nathan Soule)
illegitimate child fathered by, 307
Soule, George [1], 207–9, 254–55, 267
Soule, George [2]
appearance at monthly meeting, 328, 386
certificate of removal requested by, 417, 418
certificates of removal, inquiries into requests for, 337
disorderly behavior, inquiries into, 366
disputes, arbitration of, 325, 326, 331, 378
illegitimate child, inquiries into, 388, 395
marriages, inquiries as to clearness for, 319, 332, 333, 334, 336, 341, 405
marriages, solemnizations of, 336, 337, 405, 412
Soule, Hannah (daughter of William), 232–34
Soule, Hannah (wife of William), 117, 120, 165, 166, 209, 211, 222
Soule, Jacob, 307, 308, 310, 311
Soule, Jone/Jona, 659
Soule, Joseph, 579–81
Soule, Lydia (from Nine Partners, New York), 518
Soule, Lydia (visiting Dartmouth meeting), 441
Soule, Lydia Howland, 207–9, 254–55
Soule, Margaret, 388–90
Soule, Mary, 232–34
Soule, Nathan
contributing to Acoaxet meeting house construction, 213–14, 232
disaffection and banning from monthly meeting, 16
disownment of, 314
illegitimate child fathered by son George on daughter of Jacob Soule, 307, 308, 310, 311, 313, 314
Soule, Nathaniel (lieutenant), 106, 174
Soule, Nathaniel, Jr., 671
Soule, Patience, 678–79, 684, 687, 689
Soule, Rachel
account for assistance to, 818
estate, settlement of, 749, 750, 751
poverty of, inquiries into, 27, 710, 711, 712
Sandwich meeting declining to accept, 733, 734, 736, 745, 746, 747, 749
Soule, Ruth (daughter of Benjamin Tripp), 628
Soule, Sarah (daughter of George), 267–69
Soule, Sarah (daughter of William), 248, 249
Soule, William
addition to meeting house, construction of, 48
Abigail Allen, beating of Black manservant by, 128, 139, 140
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 96, 97, 102, 103, 104, 117, 118, 119, 123, 125, 127, 128, 130, 131, 145, 154, 180
apprenticeship of son to John Russell, 117
burying ground, bounding out, 77
cedar swamps, dispute concerning, 170
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 68, 83, 115, 128, 130, 132, 148, 165, 166, 168, 184, 192, 209, 211, 214
condemnations/disownments of, 17, 211–12, 228, 232, 238, 239
deed for land bought by Meeting from Deliverance Smith, drawing up, 196
deed for meeting house and land, obtaining, 63
disaffection of Eliezer Smith and, 75
disorderly speech in meeting, dealing with, 65
dispute between Peleg and Eliezer Slocum, involvement in, 86, 87, 88, 89
disputes, arbitration of, 27, 52, 53, 60, 84, 129, 145, 170, 193
disputes, involvement in, 205, 211, 229, 230, 234, 239
fashionable dress, condemnation of son for, 229
fire pot and coals, appointed to procure, 124, 125, 126
going away privately without advice of Friends, 205, 211–12
inheritance, dispute over, 205, 229, 230, 234, 239
Thomas Macumber, condemnation of, 82
marriages, inquiries as to clearness for, 48, 52, 53, 56, 76, 77, 126
marriages out of unity, inquiring into, 115, 169
marriages out of unity of children of, 209, 232, 233, 234
minutes, appointed to inspect, 85
oath taken to serve as constable, inquiry into, 149
prisoners, disbursements for, 105
quarterly meetings, attendance at, 71, 75, 126, 127, 130, 131
quarterly meetings, reports to, 126, 127
Rochester Meeting and, 81, 98, 124–25
as solemnizer of marriage, 78, 93
John Summers and, 54
underhanded bargaining by, 205, 206
wrestling and running of children, efforts to control, 135
Youth’s Meeting, on quarterly meeting’s approval of, 72
Soule, William, Jr. (William Soule after death of father), 17, 161–64, 166, 173, 194, 196, 326–28
Sowle. See Soule
Spencer, Abner, 113
Spencer, Mary, 798
Spencer, Welthan, 802, 806, 808, 811, 813
spiritual examinations, 13
spirituous liquors. See alcoholic drinks
Springer, Hannah, 488–90
stables on meeting house land
Acoaxet Meeting House, 203
Acushnet Meeting House, 317
Apponegansett (Dartmouth) Meeting House, 111, 142–43, 146, 157–58, 305, 306, 526, 532, 661
Stafford, Abraham, 397–400
Stafford, Joseph, 397
Stafford, Josiah, 377
standing for prayer, 16–17
removing hat or standing uncovered during consideration of marriage intentions, 194
Stanton, John, Jr., 94
Starbuck, Nathanael (of Nantucket), 466
States, Abigail (wife of Peter), 690, 691, 709
States, Peter, 709
Stat Southcoast, xvii
stealing. See theft
Stephens, Samuel (Irish Friend), 340
Stevenson, Marmaduke, 7
Storer, John, 592
sufferings (opposition to/persecution of Quakers), 3, 5–8, 11, 69, 70, 185, 189, 195, 202, 230, 302, 359, 360, 498, 648, 757, 821, 823
Sufferings, Meeting for. See Meeting for Sufferings
Summers, Jenevera[t]h, 258–59
Summers, John
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 168
disputes, involvement in, 63, 72
England, letter from, concerning, 54
error of, person appointed to deal with, 54
marriage out of unity, condemnation for, 180, 181, 183, 184
on non-attendance at Rochester preparatory meeting, 102
paper sent to Meeting by, 189, 191–92
repentance and desire to come back into unity, 189–92
Rochester Meeting, appearing for, 63, 72, 92, 101, 118, 126, 147
Rochester Meeting at house of, 103–4
Summers, John, Jr., 207–9, 326
Summers, Keziah. See Wood, Keziah Summers
Summers, Nathan, 173
Summers, Rest, Davis, later Randall, 207–9, 326–28, 367, 376
Summers, Sarah, 216–18
survey of meeting house land, 186, 244
Swansey/Swanzey
in Men’s Meeting minutes, 116, 363, 407, 444, 447, 462, 465, 466, 468, 478, 485, 490, 525, 580, 618, 619, 636, 638, 666, 667, 688, 689, 691, 709, 710, 711, 723, 724, 778, 779, 780
swearing and bad language, 768, 782, 821, 825
Swett, Stephen, 301
Sykes, John, 491
Sylvia, Emma, xvii
Taber, Amos (son of Joseph), 252, 253, 301–4, 368
Taber, Bartholomew
convincements, involvement in, 606
deed for Acushnet meeting house land, 516
deed for Newtown meeting house land, 544
marriage to Mercy Bowdish, 744–46
military matters, dealing with, 567, 570, 576
Providence meeting house, subscription for, 599
suffering of friends, collection of accounts of, 567
Taber, Benjamin
certificate from Nantucket meeting for wife and, 612
certificate of clearness for marriage requested by, 719, 720
disorderly speech, inquiring into, 830
marriage of, 296–99
Taber, Ellen (daughter of Joseph), 348, 351–52, 354, 355, 356–57
Taber, Hannah, 485–87
Taber, Hester, later Palmer, 282, 283, 284–85
Taber, Jacob
Acushnet burying ground, oversight of, 297
Acushnet meeting house and, 289
burying grounds, oversight of, 470
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 361
convincement paper, public reading of, 473, 474
jailed for refusal to assess ministerial tax, 262
as visitor, 390, 398, 411, 417, 452, 465, 474
Taber, Jacob, Jr., 541–42
Taber, Jerusha, 526–28
Taber, John, 534–36
Taber, John, Jr., 642
Taber, Jonathan, 282–85, 390, 391, 612
Taber, Joseph
Acoaxet meeting house, deed of land for, 180, 188
Acushnet burying ground, oversight of, 297
Acushnet meeting house and, 265, 276–77, 289
Acushnet meetings held at home of, 261
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 296, 300
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 177, 222, 252, 263, 284, 285, 292, 304
marriages, inquiries as to clearness for, 258, 259, 299, 308, 406
marriages, solemnizations of, 254, 256, 259, 300, 301, 309, 310, 347, 354, 355, 383
marriages of children of, 252, 301–4, 348, 356, 597, 756, 757, 758
marriages out of unity, inquiries into, 287
quarterly meeting, attendance at, 255, 256
Rochester meeting house, assistance with setting up of, 188
shingles supplied by, money paid for, 350, 355
as visitor, 238, 245–46, 251, 269, 276, 293, 302, 326
Taber, Joseph, Jr. (son of Joseph Taber), 390, 391, 400, 401, 664–65
Taber, Lois, 530–31
Taber, Martha Hart, 756, 758, 759
Taber, Mary, 299–301
Taber, Matthew, 798
Taber, Mercy Bowdish, 744–46, 751
Taber, Priscilla, 253, 254, 256
Taber, Sarah
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 316
Taber, Sarah, alias Merihew, 275
Taber, Thomas, 147, 167, 168, 175, 224, 238, 253, 430
Taber, Thomas, Jr.
Acoaxet meeting house, purchase/deed of land for, 178, 180
on additional worship meetings, 148
birth of illegitimate child, inquiring into, 222
certificate of removal drawn up by, 203
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 159, 168, 176, 183, 184, 188, 189, 193, 201, 205, 206, 207, 211, 213, 214, 219, 222, 228–32, 234, 235, 237, 239
disputes, adjudicating, 145
financial support for family of, 101–2
honey stolen from hive, inquiry into, 152, 153
inspector/visitor, appointed as, 213, 226, 238
jailed for refusal to assess ministerial tax, 29, 99, 101–2
legal cases between Friends, inquiring into, 210
marriage, inquiry into failure to proceed with, 185
marriages, inquiries as to clearness for, 198, 240
marriages, solemnization of, 171, 199, 200, 217, 218
marriages out of unity, inquiring into, 180, 218, 219
minutes, inspection and recording of, 160
money lent to meeting by, 227
quarterly meetings, attendance at, 155, 179, 183, 190, 201, 202, 208, 212, 219, 220, 224, 227, 237
quarterly meetings, reports to, 172, 173, 179, 180, 183, 187, 190, 191, 193, 195, 199, 201, 208, 210, 212, 215, 216, 217, 219–20, 223–24, 230, 237, 240
return of member to unity, inquiring into, 220
Rochester meeting house, assistance with setting up of, 188
slavery, drawing up declaration on, 189, 190
John Summers, replying to paper of, 192
underhanded bargaining, inquiring into, 206
wigs, declaration on, 228
wigs, declaration on wearing of, 215
wrestling and running of children, efforts to control, 135
Taber, William (son of Joseph), 597, 598, 756, 757, 758, 759
Tallman, Jonathan, 137
tanner, Robert Tripp apprenticing Mary Davol’s son as, 179
Taste (Taber?), Benjamin, 301
Taunton, 15, 443, 446, 482, 484
taverns. See also entertainments; frolics and frolicking; music and dancing
resorting to places where undue liberty is taken, 731
run by Daniel Russell, 725, 726, 729, 731, 732, 733, 734
taxes
Belcher, Jonathan (governor of Massachusetts), salary of, 308, 310
Congregational ministers, tax to support, 29–30, 93, 95, 96–102, 186, 261–62, 264, 268
Timothy Davis pamphlet on payment of, 36
forewarning selectmen against making rates on estates contrary to truth, 69, 70
negotiations with authorities regarding, xi, 93, 95, 186, 264, 268
province tax, payment of, 250
refusals to pay, 98, 99, 642, 655, 659, 667
war taxes, payment of, 25, 35–36, 131, 439, 442, 444, 450, 576n23
testimonies/accounts
of deceased Friends, 659, 706, 713, 752, 806
of sufferings of Friends, 567, 568–70, 607–8
The History of the Rise, Increase, and Progress of the Christian People Called Quakers (Sewel, 1722), 814, 821, 823
theft
goats sold and then looted, 370, 378–80
honey stolen from hive, 151
magical art of finding things lost or stolen, 418
theological, doctrinal, and religious matters
debates on religion, Quaker participation in, 4, 46
disruptive speech in meetings, efforts to control or silence, 16–17, 64, 65, 70
heresy, Quaker recognition of, 17–18, 424–25
housing of horses for traveling evangelizers, monthly meeting paying for, 306
Keith controversy, 46
ministry, travel for purposes of, 451
praying unguardedly/publicly, 16, 80–81
Rochester Meeting, instruction of Friends at, 79
views of Friends on, 17–19
Thicker, John, 79
Thirston. See Thurston
Thomas, Abraham, 388, 395, 396, 397, 399, 401, 402, 565–66, 570, 571
Thomson, Joshua, 793
three-cornered hat, condemnation for wearing, 344
Thurston, Edward, Jr.
certificate of removal for family and, 778
marriage to Pernel Mott, 579–81
Thurston, Pernel (wife of Edward, Jr.). See Mott, Pernel
Thurston, Samuel, 94
Tibbets [Tippits], John, 267–69
timber
burning of rails belonging to another, 642, 655
fallen timber on another’s lot, no taking without leave, 200
firewood, acquisition of land for, 173
fruit trees of Benjamin Smith cut down by Benjamin Howland, saddler, 799–800, 802
meeting house, payment for boards used at, 177
meeting house wood lot, sale of wood from, 613, 614, 644–45, 678
timeliness in coming to worship meetings, 591
Tinkham, John, 400
Tinkham, Mary (daughter of John), 400, 401
Tippits [Tibbets], John, 267–69
Tiverton, 200, 224, 226, 302, 323, 346, 355, 371, 377, 397, 574, 582
Tiverton meeting house, construction of, 371
Tobey, Doctor, 621, 622, 623, 626
tombstones, 20, 196. See also burying grounds
tools
hand irons for meeting house, 210
hoes, shovel, mattock, and spade for use of Friends, 274
made for use of meeting, 323, 324
pail, purchase of, 773
trenching shovels, purchase of, 767, 773
Trafford, Joseph, 33, 781, 783, 784
Trafford, Mar[c]y Smith, 167–70, 293–94, 551, 553, 554
Trafford, Philip
children with first wife put under Friends’ care, 661
condemning of outgoings by wife and, 551–54
disorderly speech/behavior, inquiring into, 812
new meeting house, construction of, 779
plainness, inquiries into departure from, 661
travel and removal. See also certificates of removal; specific persons; specific places
advice on sale and removal, 321
children going abroad to yearly meetings, disorderly behavior of, 161, 171–72
determining behavior of Friends during, 168
disorderly behavior at during, 161
feeding and housing of horses for travelers, 306
going away privately without advice of Friends, 205, 211–12
“in the service of truth,” 241
Ireland, visitors from, 340
ministry, for purposes of, 451
payments of/assistance with Friends’ passages to Nantucket, 102, 143, 144, 161, 506
seafaring man, certificate for, 392
treasurers, appointment of. See also specific treasurers by name
Men’s Meeting, 63, 272, 294, 446, 451, 522, 597, 636, 704, 764
A Treatise Concerning Marriage (Moses West), 371, 387–88
trenching shovels, purchase of, 767, 773
Tripp, Abiel, 355
Tripp, Abigail
Tripp, Benjamin (son of Joseph)
Acoaxet, appearing for, 476, 501, 520, 572, 578, 597, 680, 682, 691, 693
Acoaxet meeting house, new deed of land for, 513, 516
Acoaxet yearly meeting, oversight of behavior at, 689
certificate of removal from Rhode Island presented by wife and, 569
marriage of, 406–7
marriage out of unity of daughter of, 628
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 684
marriages, solemnizations of, 687
marriages out of unity, inquiries into, 621, 696
meeting, oversight of behavior at, 652
military matters, dealing with, 597
quarterly meetings, attendance at/reports to, 570, 697
removal to Rhode Island, 538
taxes, opposition to payment of, 659, 660, 667
Tripp, Elizabeth
certificate of removal for, 389, 390, 751
marriage out of unity, 115–17, 247, 248
Tripp, Elizabeth (daughter of Joseph), 618
Tripp, Francis, 260, 426, 549, 560–62, 591
Tripp, Hannah, 575–78
Tripp, James
Acoaxet burying ground, establishment of, 203
Acoaxet meeting house, construction of, 177, 196, 201, 212, 213, 233, 237
Acoaxet meeting house, construction of stable at, 203
certificate of removal for, 445, 447
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 177, 214, 222
drunkenness, condemnation for, 72, 73, 74
fourth day meetings held at house of, 43
inspector, appointment as, 53
marriage of, 47
marriage out of unity, reconciliation for, 415
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 238
marriages, solemnization of, 238, 239, 254, 259, 268, 269
marriages of children of, 190, 191, 193, 200–201
schoolmaster, hiring of, 247
Tripp, James, Jr., 200–203
Tripp, Joseph
Acoaxet, appearing for, 462, 481, 484, 486, 495, 501, 521, 549, 554, 561, 567, 568, 569, 570, 573, 582, 593, 595, 602, 605, 616, 622, 637, 640, 645, 652, 657, 663, 669, 670, 675, 677, 683, 688, 695, 700
Acoaxet meeting house, rebuilding of, 659
books, division of, 704
burying ground, oversight of, 470
convincements, involvement in, 612
estate of Jedidiah and Keziah Wood, settlement of, 821
marriage out of unity of daughter of, 618
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 352, 354, 368, 378, 432, 440, 448–49, 562, 668
marriages, solemnizations of, 356, 369, 380, 399, 400, 441, 442, 449–50, 548, 549, 550, 560, 561, 669
marriages out of unity, inquiries into, 549, 559, 577, 623, 624, 625, 696
meetings, oversight of behavior at, 633
money for Deborah Landers delivered to, 365
non-attendance at monthly meeting, inquiries about, 638
prisoners, care of, 399
second marriages, settlement of estates on behalf of children due to, 582
Robert Tripp, criminal conduct of, 432
as visitor, 339, 348, 362, 369, 379, 411, 425, 484, 554, 563, 591, 603
yearly meeting at Acoaxet, oversight of, 614
Tripp, Joseph, Jr., 495, 498, 516, 528, 547
Tripp, Lydia, 697
Tripp, Lydia (daughter of John Lawton), 629
Tripp, Mary (daughter of Abiel), 355, 357
Tripp, Othniel
Acoaxet, appearing for, 464, 475, 477, 480, 481, 491, 499, 501, 503, 508, 512, 515, 517, 526, 531, 535, 547, 554, 557, 561, 562, 590, 591, 596, 624
certificates of removal drawn up by, 570
convincement of, 445
convincements, involvement in, 465, 553, 638
imprisonment for refusal of military service, 482, 499
marriage of, 452–54
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 511, 512, 560, 562
marriages, solemnizations of, 512, 514
marriages out of unity, inquiries into, 509, 546, 547, 591, 649
meetings, oversight of behavior at, 633
non-attendance, inquiries about, 638
as visitor, 475, 535, 546, 554, 563, 603
Tripp, Philip
Acoaxet, appearing for, 540, 575, 578, 584, 590, 592, 593, 597, 604, 606, 607, 612, 623, 624, 625, 628, 634, 638, 648, 653, 658, 671, 674, 684, 693, 696, 698, 699
Acoaxet, separate monthly meeting for, 695, 698, 699, 704
books, division of, 704
certificates of removal drawn up by, 590, 604, 671, 696
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 674, 675–76
convincements, involvement in, 635, 638
disputes, arbitration of, 593, 594
elder, appointment as, 636
imprisonment for refusal of military training, 456
indebtedness of Stephen Wilcox, inquiring into, 661
marriage of, 528–29
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 682
marriages, solemnizations of, 564
marriages out of unity, inquiries into, 591, 593
meetings, oversight of behavior at, 633
meetings, oversight of orderly behavior at, 604
military affairs, dealing with, 607
minutes, review of, 653
non-attendance, inquiries about, 638
Noquochoke River, building of meeting house near, 606
Noquochoke River, deed for meeting house land for, 607
poor, as overseer for, 612
Providence meeting house, subscription for, 608
quarterly meetings, attendance at/reports to, 595, 607, 610, 625, 636, 641, 646, 650, 655, 659, 662, 668, 672
second marriages, settlement of estates on behalf of children due to, 582
yearly meeting at Acoaxet, oversight of, 614
Tripp, Rebecca, 697
Tripp, Robert
Acoaxet meeting house, construction of stable at, 203
apprentice under, 179
certificate of removal for, 519, 521
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 205
defrauding Bristol County High Sheriff, 432, 433, 434
disputes, arbitration of, 378
disputes, involvement in, 438
indebtedness to blacksmith, 437
marriage out of unity, condemnation for, 207–11
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 353, 354, 375, 378, 384
marriages, solemnizations of, 322–23, 324, 354, 376, 380
steer taken from, for refusal to take military training, 175
unity with Friends, coming back into, 220, 225
Tripp, Ruth, 697
Tripp, William, 522–24, 583, 584, 735, 737, 738
Tucker, Abigail, 116–19, 121, 122
Tucker, Abraham [1] (Abraham/Abram Tucker)
Acoaxet Meeting, collection for, 179
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 201
burying ground, oversight of, 144
Chilmark, suffering of Friends at, 185
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 68, 120, 124, 128, 132, 149, 165, 168, 177, 184, 192, 205, 209, 211, 214, 237
deed for meeting house and land, 63, 85, 92
disputes, adjudicating, 83, 84, 129
elder, appointment as, 11
inspector, appointment as, 63, 67
marriages, inquiries as to clearness for, 43
marriages of children of, 232, 233, 235, 236, 241
meeting house, construction of, 41, 48
quarterly meetings, attendance at, 51, 61, 130, 182
quarterly meetings, reports to, 139, 174, 176, 182, 185
slavery, declaration on, 189
stable on meeting house grounds, construction of, 143, 146
widow’s inheritance, charged with protecting, 142, 143
Tucker, Abraham [2] (Abraham Tucker Jr./Abraham Tucker)
accounts, making up, 282
Acushnet Friends and transgressors, preparation of list of, 637
Seth Allen, inquiring into conversation of, 591
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 366, 370–74, 376–78, 383, 386, 400, 406, 412–15, 417–19, 427–31, 433, 435, 438–43, 446, 450, 451, 454, 455, 457, 463–66, 467, 469, 471, 474, 481–84, 486–88, 492, 495–501, 505–8, 510, 512, 515, 520, 522–26, 531, 533, 535, 538–40, 542, 544–46, 548, 549, 551, 553, 554, 556–59, 563–65, 567, 568, 573, 575, 577, 579, 582, 585, 588, 589, 591, 593, 595, 597, 599, 600, 602, 605, 606, 607, 609, 610, 611, 615–19, 634–36, 645, 704
Bedford, building of meeting house at, 804
burying ground, oversight of, 522, 531
certificates of removal drawn up by, 524, 548, 565, 566, 581, 599, 621, 622, 725
charitable care for Thomas Cezer and family, 341
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 447, 624, 648
conformity for purposes of marriage, advising Friend on, 414
convincements, involvement in, 504, 589, 652
disorderly speech/behavior, dealing with, 471, 491, 492, 785, 821
disputes, arbitration of, 467, 750, 787
doctor’s charge for treatment of Samuel Craw and, 582
elder, appointment as, 500
estate of Jedidiah and Keziah Wood, dispute over, 785
financial deception by Stephen Wilcox, dealing with, 761
gaming, inquiries into, 717, 734, 735, 738
glass at meeting house, paid for mending of, 490
marriage, requesting certificate of clearness for, 282
marriage of, 232, 233, 235, 236
marriage of children of Jabez Barker Jr. in his house, inquiries into, 804
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 369, 370, 383, 412, 414, 454, 464, 484, 508, 515, 516, 529, 609, 687, 713
marriages, solemnizations of, 320, 321, 370, 371, 383, 385, 419, 455, 466, 479, 485, 486, 487, 498, 505, 508, 517, 518, 524, 529, 531, 535, 539, 542–43, 574, 595, 609, 647, 705, 707, 811–12
marriages out of unity, inquiring into, 414, 420, 421, 428, 801, 827
meeting house, keeping of, 320, 333, 345, 365, 384, 404, 413, 419, 434, 442, 478, 488, 496, 507, 518
meeting house, repairs/additions to, 448
military impressments, dealing with, 482
military matters, assisting Friends with, 448
minutes, review of, 531, 567, 617, 638, 654, 762
Noquochoke River, building of meeting house near, 606
physical abuse of transient, inquiries into, 807
quarterly meetings, attendance at/reports to, 429, 432, 442, 458, 476, 491, 493, 504, 517, 521, 525, 530, 532, 537, 539, 541, 542, 543, 551, 559, 560, 572, 574, 583, 592, 595, 596, 605, 610, 629, 636, 668, 706, 722, 764, 775
rent, inquiring into Stephen Wilcox’s inability to pay, 616, 617
scandalous report about John Wing and wife, inquiries into, 532–33, 545
second marriages, settlement of estates on behalf of children due to, 485, 603
separation of Dartmouth and Acoaxet yearly meetings, 829
tavern run by Daniel Russell, inquiries into allowance of too much liberty in, 725
treasurer, activities as, 451, 457, 507, 518, 583
treasurer, appointment as, 446
treasurer, James Shearman replacing as, 522
as visitor, 398, 411, 417, 425, 450, 465, 474, 484, 495, 503, 519, 532, 539, 548, 554, 563, 573, 587, 596, 606, 618, 646, 670
Tucker, Abraham [3] (son of Henry Tucker), 395–98
Tucker, Barzillai/Barzillia (son of Joseph)
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 706, 727, 730, 732, 743, 748, 750, 755, 765, 768, 772, 774, 805, 807, 822, 826, 829
Bedford meeting house, request to build, 804, 814
certificates of removal drawn up by, 742, 750
as clerk for the day, 826
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 787
convincements, involvement in, 817
disorderly speech/behavior, inquiries into, 702, 761, 764
disputes, arbitration of, 781, 787, 793
drunkenness, dealing with, 805
estate of Jedidiah and Keziah Wood, settlement of, 781, 785, 795, 797, 801, 821
fiddling and dancing, inquiries into, 696
financial deception by Stephen Wilcox, inquiring into, 761
fornication, inquiries into, 736, 807
gaming and horse racing, inquiries into, 725, 747
indebtedness of Stephen Wilcox, dealing with, 738, 741
lawsuits, standing committee to advise on, 773
marriage of children of Jabez Barker Jr. in his house, inquiries into, 801, 804, 810
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 672, 763, 765, 774, 775, 780, 782, 789, 807
marriages, solemnizations of, 758, 765, 768, 769, 776, 777, 782, 784, 791
marriages out of unity, inquiries into, 724, 761, 801, 807
meetings, oversight of behavior at, 757, 776, 777, 799
minutes, review of, 762
non-attendance, inquiring into, 794
notes of hand, decision of acceptability of sale of, 802–03
poor, as overseer of, 748, 773, 796, 823
quarterly meetings, attendance at/reports to, 667, 794
reconciliations, involvement in, 751
Sewel’s History, subscription for, 814
slaves owned by Quakers, inquiring into, 820
visitor/overseer, appointment as, 670
yearly meeting, oversight of, 689
Tucker, Benjamin, 397, 398, 645, 646, 649, 651, 652
Tucker, Content, 241–43
Tucker, Content, later Hussey (wife of Jonathan Jr.), 17
Tucker, Edith (Eddy), later Wing (wife of Edward Jr.), 703, 705, 707, 715, 716, 754
Tucker, Elizabeth (wife of Henry)
disownment of, 23
Tucker, Hannah
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 117, 120, 132, 165, 166, 168, 177, 190, 209, 211, 214, 222, 231, 234, 237, 263, 291
marriage to John Wood, 533, 535
Tucker, Hannah (daughter of Abraham Tucker, deceased), 349–51
Tucker, Henry
Acoaxet meeting house and, 180
Acushnet meeting house and, 275, 276, 289
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 196, 199, 200, 207, 222, 255, 294, 308, 313, 314, 316, 394, 517
burning of rails belonging to, 642, 655
burying yard, enlargement of, 531
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 117, 120, 128, 149, 168, 177, 190, 193, 209, 211, 214, 222, 230, 231, 233, 234, 236, 237, 239, 251, 252, 257, 258, 263, 270, 271, 274, 282, 283, 290, 291, 304, 315, 316
George Cornell, appointed to reply to letter of, 260
disorderly behavior of son of, 342
disorderly youth, inquiries into, 173, 174
disputes, arbitration of, 145, 206
disputes, involvement in, 376–78, 380, 381
fashionable apparel, inquiring into person wearing, 223
glass, payment for mending, 249
governor, delivering paper declaring willingness of Friends regarding salary of, 308, 310
honey stolen from hive, inquiring into, 151–52
illegitimate child, inquiring into, 275, 307
illegitimate child fathered by son of, 386, 394–97
marriage intentions of, 52
marriages, inquiries as to clearness for, 157, 187, 194, 198, 203, 218, 223, 224, 238, 240, 250, 252, 267, 273, 288, 297, 298, 301, 302, 317
marriages, solemnizations of, 194, 199, 219, 220, 241, 251, 253, 256, 267, 289, 302, 303, 312, 313, 339, 340
marriages of children of, 276, 319
marriages out of unity, inquiries into, 248
meeting house, addition to, 258, 264
meeting house, keeping of, 199, 216, 232, 234, 243–44, 249, 258, 266, 272, 273, 281, 284, 287, 288, 308, 314, 320–21
meeting house chimney, repair of, 243–44
plainness, violations of, 25
purging monthly meetings of non-Friends, 290
quarterly meetings, attendance at/reports to, 232–33, 242, 243, 244, 245, 247, 248, 249, 252, 255, 256, 260, 262, 263, 264, 266, 272, 273, 276, 289, 290, 297, 298, 300, 302, 308–9, 317, 502, 507, 514, 515, 523, 525
reconciliation, public reading of, 265
schoolmaster, hiring of, 248
underhanded bargaining, inquiry into, 206
visitor, appointment as, 251
yearly meeting stock, subscription for, 498–99
Tucker, Henry, Jr. (son of Henry Tucker), 342–44
Tucker, James
certificate as to clearness for marriage requested by, 181, 182
meeting membership of Rachel Soule, settlement of, 747
yearly meeting, as overseer at, 710
Tucker, Joanna, 268–69
Tucker, John [1]
accounts, making up, 72, 73, 272, 283, 293, 295, 297
Acoaxet meeting house and, 179, 201, 213, 233, 237
Acushnet meeting house and, 265, 275, 329
advising Friend considering sale of farm, 321
Abigail Allen, beating of Black manservant by, 128, 139, 140
“ancient,” described as, 413
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 101, 325
book by John Burrel, approbation of, 140–41
Thomas Brigs, appointed to speak with, 50
burying ground, bounding out, 77
certificates of clearness to marry drawn up by, 283
certificates of removal drawn up/signed by, 60, 119, 146, 203, 243, 244, 254, 264, 265, 286, 342, 345, 347, 363, 410
certificates of removal to visit friends requested by, 123, 124, 205
William Chase, appointed to read confession of, 70
Chilmark, suffering of Friends at, 185
as clerk, 16, 319, 329, 335, 337, 343, 344, 352, 354, 357, 359, 361, 374, 398, 402, 403, 424, 425, 427, 431, 436, 447, 448, 455, 460, 463, 473, 476, 494
clerk recording births and deaths, requesting Isaac Smith replace him as, 413
collection of money bequeathed to meeting by Peleg Slocum, 346
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 67, 68, 71, 75, 83, 110, 111, 114, 115, 116–17, 120, 121, 127, 128, 129, 130, 141, 142, 149, 158, 159, 160, 165, 167, 168, 170, 175, 177, 183, 184, 188, 190, 191, 192, 204, 205, 208, 209, 211, 214, 222, 228–32, 234, 235, 237, 239, 251, 256, 257, 263, 270, 274, 288, 290–93, 296, 302, 304, 315, 316, 319, 327, 333, 335, 337, 339, 342–44, 352, 354, 357, 359, 360, 361, 368, 372–73, 374, 375, 381, 395, 396, 398, 401, 423, 424, 444, 493
convincement, inquiry into Native American expressing, 304, 305
convincement of William White and, 200
death of son, 302
deed for meeting house and land, 63, 70, 96
disaffection of Eliezar Smith and, 74, 75
dishonesty of Thomas Macumber, inquiring into, 69
disorderly children/youth, inquiring about, 154
disorderly speech/behavior, dealing with, 52, 55, 80, 407, 491
disputes, arbitration of, 51, 59, 60, 65, 66, 70, 72, 84, 86, 87, 89, 90, 310
disputes, involvement in, 80
funds conveyed by, 163, 171, 172–73, 197, 198, 228, 257, 259
governor, composition and delivery of letter to, 380
illegitimate child, inquiring into birth of, 222, 224
impressment of, 107
leaving family, inquiring of Stephen Wilcox concerning, 243
legal cases between Friends, inquiring into, 210
London yearly meeting minutes, reading of, 197
marriages, inquiries as to clearness for, 56, 76, 100, 116, 119, 167, 188, 272, 363
marriages, solemnization of, 93, 105, 119, 157, 170, 175, 187, 191, 202, 203, 215, 242, 243
marriages out of unity, inquiring into, 66–67, 96, 126, 127, 164, 168, 170, 180, 183, 184, 185, 394
meeting attendance and behavior, oversight of, 346
meeting house, addition to, 258
meeting house, construction of, 41
meeting house, keeping of, 54, 77, 92, 105, 119, 121, 122, 133, 146, 156, 157, 158, 161, 163, 167, 176, 182, 183, 193, 197, 199, 208, 216, 232, 234, 243–44, 249, 258, 266, 272, 281, 284, 289, 293, 302
meeting house chimney, repair of, 243–44
ministerial tax, presenting petitions regarding, 93, 95, 98, 99
minister’s tax, livestock taken to pay for, 261–62
minutes, appointed to inspect, 62, 85
minutes, reviewing, 442
Nantucket, assisting passages to, 143, 161
non-attendances, inquiring into, 66–67, 74–75
oath taken by Valentine Huddleston, inquiry into, 150
oaths, inquiring into Friends taking, 416
orderly coming into meeting, as overseer of, 78
petition on jury service, presenting, 47, 48
primendars?, charged with disposal of, 151
quarterly meetings, attendance at, 43, 45, 48, 49, 53, 74, 77, 80, 82, 83, 100, 103, 108, 109, 111, 112, 117, 119, 121, 135–36, 139, 144–46, 150, 152, 159, 160, 161, 163, 170–72, 176, 187, 188, 193, 195–97, 363, 367, 370, 371, 374, 376, 379, 382, 384, 385, 387, 390, 391, 395, 396, 407, 410, 412, 416, 417–18, 432, 433, 437
quarterly meetings, reports to, 97, 108–9, 117, 120, 130–31, 134, 135, 139, 142, 144–47, 150, 152, 156, 157, 159, 160, 161, 163, 166, 170, 171, 173, 174, 176, 179, 180–83, 185–88, 191, 193, 195, 196–99, 201, 202, 203, 208, 210, 212, 215–17, 219–20, 224, 227, 233, 237, 240, 242–52, 255, 256, 260–62, 266–69, 271–74, 276, 281–83, 285–87, 290, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 300, 302, 303, 305, 306, 308–9, 313, 314–15, 317, 323, 327–30, 333, 338, 340–42, 345, 348–50, 352, 359, 361, 363, 367, 370, 371, 376, 382, 384, 385, 387, 390, 391, 395, 396, 407, 410, 412, 416, 417–18, 432, 433, 437
repentance and desire for unity of disowned member, investigation of, 189, 190, 191
Rochester Meeting and, 79, 114, 115, 122, 128, 129, 141, 349
Rochester meeting house, assistance with setting up of, 147, 188
Salem meeting house, entrusted with funds for, 213, 215
schoolmaster, hiring, 293
Scituate meeting, chosen to attend, 61
second marriages, settlement of estates on behalf of children due to, 323, 337
settlement of affairs of Nicholas Davis by, 270, 271
Daniel Shepherd, appointed to speak to, 134, 138, 139, 140
slavery, declaration on, 190
stable on meeting house grounds, construction of, 143, 146, 158
John Summers and, 54
testimonies, oversight of, 341
unity with Friends, member returning to, 220
Isaac Vinson, charitable contribution to, 69, 70
as visitor/inspector, 50, 51, 53, 60, 61, 62, 64, 81, 156, 213, 226, 238, 245–46, 251, 269, 276, 293, 302, 314, 326, 339, 348, 362
widow’s inheritance, charged with protecting, 142, 143
wigs, declaration on, 215, 228
wrestling and running of children, efforts to control, 133, 134, 135
yearly meeting minutes copied out for Rochester Meeting by, 148, 149, 150
yearly meetings, chosen to attend, 44, 47, 49, 53, 59, 61, 64, 83
yearly meetings, funds conveyed to, 316
Tucker, John [2], Jr., 136–38, 250, 259, 260, 277, 285, 302
Tucker, John [3], 560, 755, 756, 758
Tucker, Johnson, 437
Tucker, Jonathan
marriage to Mehetabel Mosher, 789, 790–91, 793
Tucker, Joseph
accounts, making up, 497, 511, 514, 522, 523
Acoaxet Monthly Meeting, separation of, 695, 699
Acushnet Friends and transgressors, preparation of list of, 639
appearing/as representative at monthly meetings, 324, 331, 349, 350, 371, 387, 392, 397, 413, 431, 439, 490, 492, 495, 497, 501, 502, 504, 507, 508, 518, 524, 535, 540, 544, 545, 547, 552, 554, 585, 589, 591, 593, 595, 597, 599, 600, 603, 604, 610, 617, 626, 628, 652
blank books for transcription of Book of Discipline, obtaining, 608
burying ground, oversight of, 470, 522, 531
certificates of removal drawn up by, 352, 426, 509, 548, 557, 576, 580, 581, 599, 621, 622, 727, 742, 813
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 304, 316, 331, 368, 512–13, 551, 569, 624, 789, 791
convincements, involvement in, 504, 638, 687, 697, 768
Samuel Craw, doctor’s charge and settlement of estate of, 587
disaffection of Elihu Bowen, inquiring into, 616
disorderly speech/behavior, dealing with, 471, 491, 821
disputes, arbitration of, 459, 466, 750, 787, 812, 830
estate of Jedidiah and Keziah Wood, settlement of, 785
fornication, inquiries into, 602, 603, 675
fornication and birth of child too soon after marriage, inquiring into, 807
funds, handling of, 483, 488, 541, 542
gaming, inquiries into, 717, 735, 738
illegitimate child, inquiring about, 387
indebtedness of Stephen Wilcox, inquiring into, 661, 680
lawsuits, advisory committee on, 668–69
marriage of, 218–20
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 311, 312, 382, 383, 385, 386, 409, 442, 444, 456, 467, 484, 497, 498, 507, 508, 529, 530, 609, 633, 651
marriages, solemnizations of, 386, 407, 408, 421, 443–44, 457, 458, 460, 479, 480, 511, 512, 524, 529, 531, 539, 540, 609, 620, 640, 731, 733, 812
marriages out of unity, inquiring into, 541, 566, 626, 774
meeting house, keeping of, 320, 333, 345, 365, 384, 404, 413, 419, 434, 440, 442, 478, 488, 496, 507
meetings, oversight of behavior at, 777
membership of Friend in Acoaxet or Apponegansett, determining, 719
military affairs, dealing with Friends involved in, 439, 570, 576, 583
minutes, reviewing, 442, 531, 567, 617, 638, 653, 654, 675, 696, 762
Newtown meeting house, construction of, 578
Noquochoke River, building of meeting house near, 606
paper of acknowledgment, public reading of, 408
parental refusal to consent to marriage, inquiring into, 616
payment for money lent to meeting, 735
physical abuse of transient, inquiring into, 807
poor, as overseer of, 729
quarterly meetings, attendance at/reports to, 338, 361, 363, 367, 374, 384, 390, 404, 413, 419, 421, 426, 430, 432, 437, 446, 452, 465, 468, 470, 471, 476, 485, 493, 496, 499, 504, 507, 509–10, 527, 528, 532, 537, 541, 542, 545, 548, 557, 562, 564, 568, 574, 578, 581, 592, 596, 598, 603, 605, 610, 621, 629, 636, 641, 659, 667, 668, 710, 720, 735, 752, 756, 764, 775, 781, 797, 812, 828
quarterly meetings, delivery of funds to, 610
rent, inquiring into Stephen Wilcox’s inability to pay, 617
second marriages, settlement of estates on behalf of children due to, 603
sheep taken from, in lieu of military service of son, 590
tavern run by Daniel Russell, dealing with, 732
tavern run by Daniel Russell, inquiries into allowance of too much liberty in, 725
testimonies, oversight of, 341
as visitor, 362, 411, 417, 548
John Wing, repentance of, 545
yearly meeting, consultation with Acoaxet about, 829
Tucker, Joseph, Jr.
certificate of clearness for marriage requested by, 628, 629
Tucker, Marey, 49–50
Tucker, Martha, 92, 93, 94, 554–56
Tucker, Mary
certificate of removal presented by, 664
Tucker, Mary (daughter of Henry), 276, 277
Tucker, Patience, 319, 320, 321, 645, 647, 648
Tucker, Phebe
accounts, making up, 12
appearance at monthly meeting, 409
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 120, 132, 165, 166, 168, 190, 209, 211, 214, 222, 231, 234, 237, 257, 263, 291, 316
difference with meeting over offering Ruth Slocum forty pounds more than her legacy, 404, 406–8
paper of acknowledgment, 408–9
as visitor, 292
Tucker, Phebe (wife of Henry Tucker), 344
Tucker, Rebecca, 420–22
Tucker, Rebecca, Jr., 629, 633, 634
Tucker, Ruth
accounts, making up, 12
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 117, 120, 132, 165, 168, 177, 190, 205, 209, 211, 214, 222, 231, 234, 237, 263, 291, 316
marriage of, 293, 294, 470, 472, 474
Tucker, Sarah, 187, 188, 613, 615, 616
Tucker family, 8
Tucker/Duker, Mary Slocum (daughter of Holder), 558
Tucker/Duker, William, 558
Uin. See Youen
Upton, Edward, 730
Veal, Aaron, 725
vessels. See maritime matters
Vinson, Isaac (of Rochester), 26, 69, 70, 84
violence. See domestic abuse; fighting and violence; military issues
Virginia, Robert Jordan visiting from, 241
visitors/inspectors/overseers, 19–22. See also under Acoaxet Meeting; Acushnet Meeting; oversight of behavior and attendance at meetings; poor, oversight of; Rochester Meeting; specific persons
admonishments and encouragements of, 155, 156, 172, 182, 197, 199, 216, 222, 230, 235, 382, 742, 743
at Allen’s Neck, 711, 725, 731, 748
difficulties in appointment of, 730, 755
the discipline, enforcing, 20–22
marital inspectors, 19
military issues, dealing with, 563
monthly business meetings, overseers of, 73
at Newtown Meeting, 670
pacifism, encouragement of, 131
quarterly meeting, queries from, 555, 559, 564, 567, 587, 590, 592, 595, 598, 608, 613, 621, 625, 636
quarterly meeting on renewal of, 213
quarterly versus monthly choosing of, 81
reports of, 59–60, 63–64, 97, 100–101, 103, 108, 111, 120, 126, 128, 142, 145, 147, 150, 152, 156, 161, 163, 166, 174, 176, 179, 182, 185, 194, 195, 203, 205, 212, 217, 223, 230, 242, 245, 247, 250, 267, 271, 277, 286, 291–92, 295, 300, 305–6, 313, 323–24, 329, 338, 340, 347, 359, 363, 366, 367, 372, 376, 381, 384, 387, 391, 395, 400, 407, 412, 414, 418, 419, 422, 426, 429, 432, 435–37, 452, 458, 465, 476, 485, 489, 498, 510, 551, 555, 557, 559, 564, 568, 578, 595, 608, 711, 731, 742, 743, 748, 761–62, 763, 770
“separating dividing spirit,” report of prevalence of, 489
voting at meetings, absence of, 15
Wady, Mary, 433–35
Waite, Juner Tabitha, 168
Walker, Bethia[h], 438, 439, 440
Walker, John, 321, 322, 470–72, 474
Walker, John, Jr., 216–18
Walker, Keziah. See Russell, Keziah Walker
Walling, Henry Francis, 2
Wanton, Elizabeth, 203
Wanton, Joseph, 84, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 94, 106, 460
Wanton, Susanna, 223
war. See military issues; specific conflicts
Wareham, 557
Warwick, 111, 113, 349, 356, 538, 544, 546
Waslow. See Winslow
water. See maritime matters
Waterford, Ireland, 615
weather
extremities of, 317, 713, 811, 813
Weeden, Daniel, 220–22
Weeks, Mary, 547
Wesgate, Robert, 113
West, Anne, 479–81
West, Samuel, 35
West Jersey, 592
Westbury, Long Island, New York, 771, 776, 777
Westerly, 15, 443, 446, 461, 483, 485, 491
Westwood, 556
White, Elizabeth (wife of William), 686
White, Tabitha, 205
White, William, 200, 201, 202, 686
Whiteing, John, 186
Whitely, Abigail, 316
Whitely, John, 28, 284–86, 325–26, 331, 332, 364, 367
wigs
banning of wearing of, 20, 25, 208, 215, 228–29
condemnation for wearing, 344, 350–51
Wilbur, Abigail, 297, 298, 319, 395–99
Wilbur, Benjamin, 320
Wilbur, Bethsheba, 320, 321, 322
Wilbur, Deborah
certificates of removal for, 589, 590
denial of disorderly behavior by, 822
disownment of, 11
gross and scandalous reports about, 11, 809, 818, 820
Wilbur, Elizabeth, 400, 401, 403, 416, 615
Wilbur, George, 589
Wilbur, Mary (wife of Samuel), 684
Wilbur, Mary Kirby (daughter of Nathaniel), 606
Wilbur, Phebe (daughter of Samuel), 682, 683, 684–85
Wilbur, Ruhamah, 656
Wilbur, Samuel, 684
Wilcox, Amos (son of William), 818
Wilcox, Deborah Russell (daughter of Benjamin, wife of Tyley), 624, 627
Wilcox, Dorothy/Dorrity (wife of William), 700–701
Wilcox, Jeremiah, 311
Wilcox, Mary, 301–3, 327, 331, 332, 338
Wilcox, Mary (daughter of Jeremiah Wilcox), 311–13
Wilcox, Mary (wife of Stephen [2]), 627
Wilcox, Phebe, 565
Wilcox, Stephen [1]
Acoaxet burying ground, establishment of, 203
Acoaxet meeting house and, 178
burying ground, oversight of, 144
cedar swamps, disputes over, 169
certificates of removal for, 46, 207, 225–26, 244
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 68, 71, 83, 117, 120, 124, 127, 130, 132, 149, 165, 166, 168, 177, 184, 190, 193, 205, 209, 211, 214, 222, 234, 239
convincement of William White and, 200
deed for meeting house and land, obtaining, 63
dishonesty of Thomas Macumber, inquiring into, 69
disorderly children/youth, inquiries into, 147, 154–55
disorderly speech/behavior, inquiries into, 54–55
disownment of, 22–23
disputes, adjudicating, 27, 52–53, 55, 65, 66, 70, 76, 87, 169
drunkenness of James Tripp, inquiring into, 72, 73, 74
fourth day meetings at home of, 43
illegitimate child, inquiries into birth of, 224, 225
illegitimate child of daughter of, 296
leaving family, inquiries into, 243, 244
marriage to Judeth Barnet, 240, 241
marriages, inquiries as to clearness for, 45, 91, 92, 108, 116, 190
marriages, solemnization of, 119, 122
marriages out of unity, inquiries into, 164, 180, 183, 184
minutes, appointed to inspect, 62, 85
Jacob Mott, certificate of removal for, 60
Nantucket, management of boat at, 85
Nantucket, moving to, 243, 244
Nantucket, removing to, 244
as public Friend, 11
quarterly meetings, attendance at, 43, 46, 47, 49, 50, 53–54, 64, 74, 77, 90, 93, 119, 139, 147, 148, 152, 166, 172, 174, 176, 187, 193, 194, 195, 199, 208, 210, 237, 242, 243
quarterly meetings, carrying funds to, 172
quarterly meetings, reports to, 120, 190, 238
Rochester Meeting, visitation of, 79, 99, 102, 128, 129
Rochester meeting house and, 180
John Summers and, 54
visitor/inspector, appointment as, 60, 67, 81, 238
wrestling and running of children, efforts to control, 133, 135
yearly meetings, chosen to attend, 59
Wilcox, Stephen [2]
accounts, making up, 469
appearance at monthly meeting, 446, 477, 480, 488, 493, 533
appearing in public, asked to desist from, 702, 708
brick procured for meeting house, payment for, 480
building a house on Barnabas Earl’s land, 510
certificate for travel for purposes of ministry, 451
certificates of removal drawn up by, 485, 518
charitable assistance for Anne Shaw, 479–80
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 600, 601
convincement of Thomas Hathaway and, 471
in difficult circumstances over land sold to John Wing, 550, 551
disorderly behavior, dealing with, 456
disorderly speech by, 16, 702, 704, 705, 708
disownment of, 762, 765, 766, 768
disputes, involvement in, 459, 460
doctor’s bills paid by monthly meeting, 687
financial deception by, 761, 762
house rent owned to Daniel Russell, 611, 613–17, 619, 644, 677, 678
indebtedness, advice/assistance of meeting regarding, 501, 502, 504, 661, 662, 664, 666–68, 670, 671, 673, 674, 676, 678–80, 683, 687, 689, 690, 692, 693, 695, 697, 708, 709, 727, 728, 738–42
marriage out of unity of son of, 627
marriages, inquiring as to clearness for, 436, 467, 600, 606
marriages, solemnizations of, 438, 464, 466, 478, 479, 484–85, 486, 487, 489, 493, 504, 505, 518, 519, 607
marriages out of unity, inquiring into, 599
non-attendance at meetings, 761
overseers of poor having oversight of, 726–27
quarterly meetings, attendance at/reports to, 435, 438, 442, 449, 450, 462, 465, 466, 478, 482, 483, 487, 489, 510, 511, 523, 534, 535, 581
subscription for relief of, 649
as visitor, 465
Mary Wing, repentance of, 534
Wilcox, Thomas
certificate of removal for, 745, 746, 752
fornication and birth of child too soon after marriage, self-condemnation for, 729, 732, 733, 738–41
marriage out of unity, 717, 718, 719, 729, 731
militia, enlistment in, 678
non-attendance at religious meetings, 733–35, 737
removal without certificate, 745
Wilcox, Tyley/Tiley (son of Stephen and Mary), 623–28
Wilcox, William [1], 332–34, 336, 434, 700
Wilcox, William [2] (son of William)
disownment of, 695, 697, 700–701
disputes, involvement in, 750, 751
marriage out of unity, 692, 694, 695, 701
militia, enlistment in, 692, 694, 695, 701
non-attendance at worship meetings, 695, 701
spoiled salt beef, involvement in sale of, 686, 687, 689, 690, 692, 694, 701
Wilkerson, Mary, 656
Willbor/Willbore/Willbur. See Wilbur
Willets, David, 771
Williams, Catherine, later Russell, 507, 510–12
Williams, John
appearing/as representative at monthly meeting, 719
apprenticeship of, 599
certificate of removal presented by, 712, 805
certificates of removal for, 727, 731, 732
England, certificate of removal for travel to, 33
family’s illness, 828
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 824
marriages, solemnizations of, 826, 828
military supplies, remorse for provision of, 34
Williams, Roger, 8
Williams, Seth, 590
Willis, Ebenezer, 590
Willis, Samuel, 275
Wilson, Rachel, 14, 751, 752n9
Wing, ? (of Sandwich), 62
Wing, Abigail, 270
Wing, Abraham, 420, 422, 439, 441
Wing, Barnabas, 743, 744, 746, 754
Wing, Benjamin
Acoaxet monthly meeting boundary line at land of, 698
certificate of removal for wife of, 764
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 405, 467, 468, 478, 496, 504, 505
marriages, solemnizations of, 468, 471, 505, 506, 507
new meeting house near Josiah Merihew’s home, building of, 543
Wing, Benjamin (of Sandwich), 730, 731, 733
Wing, Benjamin (son of John), 346–48, 391
Wing, Benjamin (son of Matthew), 241–43
Wing, Benjamin, Jr., 547–49, 600
Wing, Butler, 306–9
Wing, Deborah (of Sandwich), 54
Wing, Deborah, later Sisson, 452–54, 462–64
Wing, Desire, 200–203
Wing, Dorothy [Doritie], 287
Wing, Edith (Eddy) Tucker (wife of Edward Jr.), 703, 705, 707, 715, 716, 754
Wing, Edward
disputes, involvement in, 256, 259, 260
marriage out of unity of daughter of, 425, 427
marriage to Desire Smith, 156, 157
marriage to Patience Ellis, 288–89
marriage to Rebecca Slocum, 337, 338, 339, 340
marriage to Sarah Tucker, 187, 188
Wing, Edward, Jr., 565, 578–79, 703–5, 707, 754
Wing, Eliashib, 366
Wing, Elisha
certificates of removal drawn up by, 287
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 164, 166, 175, 176, 189, 190, 193, 205, 230, 231, 237, 316, 317, 318, 327, 328, 360
disputes, adjudicating, 206
fornication of daughter of, 213, 214
marriages, inquiries as to clearness for, 199, 200, 201, 216, 217, 308, 309, 322
marriages, solemnization of, 219, 273, 274, 382
marriages of children of, 270, 306
marriages out of unity, inquiring into, 287
quarterly meetings, attendance at, 197, 199, 212, 230, 240, 251, 260, 261, 262, 266, 269, 281, 285, 302, 305, 308–9, 323, 333, 347, 352, 359, 364, 370, 374, 376, 379, 384, 390, 393, 404
quarterly meetings, reports to, 282, 285, 302, 303, 305, 308–9, 323, 333, 352, 359, 364, 370, 376, 384, 390, 393, 404
reconciliation of Friends, participation in, 235, 237
repentance and desire for unity of disowned member, investigation of, 189, 190, 191
Rochester Meeting, appearing for, 119, 122, 129, 131, 154, 157, 166, 171, 181, 185, 187, 188, 191, 194, 196–98, 201, 203–6, 212, 213, 216, 222, 227, 229, 235, 238, 239, 241, 249, 252, 256, 260, 262–65, 269, 270, 272, 273, 281, 282, 284–87, 303, 306, 307, 315, 322, 330, 331, 348, 351–55, 358–61, 364, 371, 373, 375, 377, 380, 383, 388, 390, 392, 393, 398, 399
Rochester Meeting, delivering funds from, 197
settlement of affairs of Nicholas Davis by, 270, 271
underhanded bargaining, inquiring into, 205
as visitor, 251, 261, 269, 276, 277, 302, 306, 324, 363, 369, 379, 398
Wing, Hannah, 169, 171, 441, 443, 445
Wing, Hannah (daughter of Edward Wing), 425, 427
Wing, Hannah (wife of John [2]), 503
Wing, Jane Merihew (wife of Barnabas), 743, 744, 746, 754
Wing, John [1], Sr., 115, 126, 200
Wing, John [2]
Dinah Allen, marital certificate of clearance for, 54
deceased, 337
Christopher Gifford’s condemnation from Sandwich, obtaining copy of, 64
marriages, inquiries as to clearness for, 259, 306, 318
marriages, solemnizations of, 307, 309
marriages of children of, 337, 346, 398
Rochester Meeting, appearing for, 116, 212, 221, 236, 258, 309, 317, 321, 326, 336
Rochester Meeting at house of, 103–4, 112
as visitor, 302, 306, 324, 398
Wing, John [3] (John Wing, Jr. and John Wing)
condemnation for marriage out of unity, 402–3
cousin, condemnation for marriage to, 398
marriage to Jemima Shepherd, 504, 505
marriage to Mary Tucker, 276, 277
marriages, inquiries as to clearness for, 353
reconciliation for marriage out of unity, 503
Rochester meeting, appearing for, 345, 346, 363, 366, 375, 376, 381, 390, 401, 407
Wing, John [4] and wife Mary
agitation regarding John Wing, 547
appeal of John Wing to quarterly meeting, 538, 541, 542, 543, 544
Thomas Briggs, John Wing’s dispute with, 540, 541, 543
certificate of removal from Rhode Island meeting presented by, 529
condemnation/disownment of, 533, 541, 544, 547, 550, 555–56
disorderly speech/behavior of John Wing, 540, 551, 555
first acknowledgment of wrongdoing submitted by John, insufficiency of, 545, 546
first acknowledgment of wrongdoing submitted by Mary, insufficiency of, 21, 534
Friends counseling, 534
inquiries into conversation of John Wing since his acknowledgment of wrongdoing, 549, 550
public reading of Mary’s repentance, 535
receipt given by John Nichols, John Wing’s condemnation for alteration of, 555
receipt given by John Nichols, Mary Wing’s acknowledgment of alteration of, 536
referral of John Wing’s situation to subsequent meetings, 535, 536, 537, 538, 542, 552, 553
scandalous report about, inquiry into, 531–32
second acknowledgment of wrongdoing submitted by John, sufficiency of, 551
second acknowledgment of wrongdoing submitted by Mary, sufficiency of, 534
suspension of John’s condemnation without full unity, 551
suspension of Mary’s condemnation without full unity, 535, 536
Stephen Wilcox in difficult circumstances over land sold to John Wing, 550, 551
Wing, Joseph [1], 111, 126, 162, 171, 172, 570
Wing, Marey (of Sandwich), 54
Wing, Mary, 688
Wing, Mary (wife of John [4]). See Wing, John [4] and wife Mary
Wing, Matthew, 69–71, 104, 241–43, 246, 270
Wing, Mehetabel, 165, 270, 272
Wing, Patience Ellis, late Wood, 288–89, 387, 388
Wing, Peace (wife of Benjamin), 764
Wing, Phebe, 515–17
Wing, Samuel, 217–20, 287, 288, 292–93, 560–61
Wing, Sarah, 213, 214, 470, 472
Wing, Sarah (wife of Edward), 427
Wing, Stephen
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 165, 166
marriage of, 308–10
marriages, inquiries as to clearness for, 199, 207, 216, 217, 306, 318, 322, 341, 342, 346
marriages, solemnizations of, 208, 209, 217, 218, 219, 220, 272, 273, 274, 307, 309, 342, 343
Rochester Meeting, appearing for, 157, 164, 180, 182, 183, 189, 196, 197, 200, 201, 208, 209, 215, 217, 219, 225, 228, 240, 243, 246, 247, 249, 251, 254, 259, 268, 273, 283, 284, 285, 303, 305, 310, 314, 316, 321, 325, 326, 328, 341, 343, 365, 383, 393, 396, 400, 401, 406
Rochester meeting house, assistance with setting up of, 188
Wing, Thomas, 674, 682, 683, 684
Wing, William (of Sandwich), 62
Winslow, Abigail (wife of John), 792
Winslow, Hannah, 780, 782, 784, 792
witch hunting, 418
Woddel, William, 595, 596, 598, 611
American Revolution and, 34–35
Fox on, 4
as ministers and elders, 11–12
Women’s Meeting, 12–13. See also financial matters, Women’s Meeting
certificates of removal issued by, 13
inequality with Men’s Meeting, 12
Women’s Meeting (in Men’s Meeting minutes)
assistance from Men’s Meeting requested by, 256, 274, 282, 288, 290, 296, 338, 375, 420, 426, 558, 566, 567, 569, 809, 818
collection of funds by, 81, 362, 374, 425, 434, 443
fornication, assistance with inquiries into, 330
hand irons for meeting house paid for by, 210
keeping of meeting house, contributions to, 227, 247, 289, 369, 393, 405, 419, 428, 456, 487
Portsmouth Women’s Meeting, recommendation from, 623
reconciliations, notice of, 247, 753, 756, 760, 772, 775, 792
wood. See timber
Wood, Abigail, later Youen [Yenin, Yewin, Uin], 322, 324
Wood, Cyntha/Sinthia, 639, 640, 641, 642
Wood, Daniel, 91, 607, 652, 661, 683
Wood, Daniel (son of Jonathan), 525
Wood, Daniel, Jr., 433–35, 588
Wood, Dinah Hussey, 757, 759, 760
Wood, Hannah
marriage to William Barker, 466, 467
Wood, Hannah (daughter of William), 259–60
Wood, Hannah (widow of John), 538–43
Wood, Hannah (wife of William Jr.), 288, 289, 290
Wood, Isaac [1], 238, 239, 297, 327, 328, 430, 431
Wood, Isaac [2], 538–40
Wood, Israel
Acoaxet, appearing for, 604, 613, 618, 626, 628, 634, 638, 640, 652, 655, 668, 671, 674, 695, 703
certificates of removal drawn up by, 671
convincements, involvement in, 671
marriage of, 575–78
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 684
marriages, solemnizations of, 687
meetings, oversight of behavior at, 669
queries from quarterly meeting, answers to, 688
as visitor/overseer, 670
Wood, Jedidiah
Acoaxet, appearing for, 463, 487, 488, 495, 497, 500, 503, 505, 507, 510, 512, 515, 518, 525, 530, 533, 535, 538, 551, 552, 556
certificates of removal, drawing up, 445, 519, 538
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 304, 502
debt, inquiries into failure to pay, 437
deceased, 800
estate of Jedidiah and Keziah Wood, dispute over, 781, 783–86, 789, 791, 793, 795, 797, 800, 801–3, 820–21
marriage to Keziah Summers, 258–60
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 456, 478, 496, 511, 522, 523, 561
marriages, solemnizations of, 457, 497, 498, 512
marriages out of unity, inquiries into, 499, 550
military impressments, dealing with, 482
Nova Scotia, purchase made in, 602
quarterly meeting, attendance at/reports to, 523
selling of Native American children into Nova Scotia by, 32, 602, 603–4, 605
Wood, John [2], of Little Compton, 526–28
Wood, John [3]
impressment, payment to save son from, 577–79
marriage to Dina Hussey, 757, 759, 760
Wood, Jonathan
Acoaxet, appearing for, 457, 462, 465, 467, 468, 469, 476, 481, 484, 489, 490, 491, 493, 496, 498, 505, 506, 508, 518, 519, 523, 529, 536, 542, 544, 545, 546, 553, 556, 558, 559, 562, 563, 569
burying ground, oversight of, 470
certificates of removal drawn up by, 429, 446, 509
condemnation of wife (Peace Wood), 494
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 263, 304, 569, 570
convincements, involvement in, 545, 553
Deborah Landers, paid for support of, 362, 363
Long Island, traveling to, 462, 467
marriages, inquiries into clearness for, 353, 354, 408, 409, 432, 452, 480, 489, 490, 506, 523, 526, 552
marriages, solemnizations of, 354, 356, 416, 433, 441, 442, 453, 454, 479, 490
marriages of children of, 525
marriages out of unity, inquiries into, 509, 513, 546
military matters, dealing with, 444, 448, 450
new meeting house near Josiah Merihew’s, building of, 543
quarterly meetings, attendance at/reports to, 455, 478, 480, 482, 483, 499, 509–10, 523, 530, 537, 539, 545, 548, 551, 555, 559, 562, 564, 570
Phebe Tucker, inquiring into difference between meeting and, 406
as visitor, 340, 348, 369, 379, 398, 417, 431–32, 451, 475, 487, 495, 503, 546, 554, 563
John Wing, repentance of, 545
Mary Wing, repentance of, 534
Wood, Josiah
guns for military use, disowned for fitting up, 34
spoiled salt beef, sale of, 686, 687, 689, 690, 692
Wood, Keziah (wife of William Wood, Jr.), 305
Wood, Keziah Summers
certificate of removal for travel, 581, 585
certificate of service at the Oblong, 587
deceased, 800
estate of Jedidiah and Keziah Wood, dispute over, 781, 783–86, 789, 791, 793, 795, 797, 800, 801–3, 820–21
marriage to Jedidiah Wood, 258–60
Wood, Luthan [Lathan]
marriage to Sarah Tucker, 615, 616
Wood, Mary (widow of Daniel Jr.), 588
Wood, Mary (widow of Isaac), 430–31
Wood, Mary (wife of William Jr.), 525, 526
Wood, Meribah, 299–301
Wood, Patience Ellis Wing, 288–89, 387, 388
Wood, Peace
certificates for travel issued to, 451, 576, 581, 585, 587, 614, 615
condemnation and disownment of, 16, 492–94
disorderly speech of, efforts to silence, 471, 473–75, 486–88, 490–92
on Quaker marriage certificates, 494
Wood, Sarah, 528–29
Wood, Sinthia/Cynthia, 639, 640, 641, 642
Wood, Susanna, 519–22
Wood, William [1]
Acoaxet meeting house and, 180, 187, 203, 213
Acoaxet Meetings at house of, 143
appearing/as representative at monthly meetings, 125–27, 129, 131, 133–36, 139, 141–46, 149, 151–58, 160–64, 166, 167, 169, 171–73, 175, 176, 180–83, 186, 189–91, 193, 195, 197, 198, 200, 202, 203, 205, 208, 210, 212, 213, 216–18, 224–27, 229, 232, 233, 235, 240, 241, 246, 248–54, 256, 258, 260, 262–64, 266, 267, 270, 276, 283, 292, 294, 295, 297–99, 301, 302, 303, 307, 310, 312, 347, 348, 369
apprenticeship of son to Nicholas Howland, 100
beating of Black manservant, inquiring into, 128
cheese taken from, for not allowing his sons to take military training, 174
condemnations/disownments, participation in, 68, 82, 83, 115, 117, 118, 120, 124, 127, 130, 132, 147, 148, 149, 159, 164, 165, 168, 177, 184, 190, 193, 205, 209, 211, 214, 222, 230, 231, 234, 237, 239, 252, 263, 304, 316
convincement, inquiry into Native American expressing, 304, 305
convincement of William White and, 200
deed for meeting house and land, obtaining, 91
disaffection of Eliezer Smith and, 73, 74
disorderly children/youth, inquiries into, 154, 164
disputes, arbitration of, 27, 52, 53, 55, 86, 87, 129, 206
drunkenness of James Tripp, inquiring into, 72, 73, 74
elder to assist, 409
Robert Gifford refusing to pay Queen’s tax, counseling, 98
honey possibly stolen by children, inquiry into, 151, 153
illegitimate child, inquiring into birth of, 222, 224, 225
impressment of son of, 106, 107
leaving family, inquiring of Stephen Wilcox concerning, 243
lock for meeting house door, appointed to procure, 130
marriages, inquiries as to clearness for, 47, 100, 108, 118, 190, 213, 224, 226, 240, 242, 244, 254, 260, 261, 309, 312, 352, 354, 368, 375
marriages, solemnizations of, 105, 157, 175, 191, 215, 219, 220, 227, 228, 261, 269, 309, 312, 319, 369, 376
marriages of children of, 259, 305, 310, 322, 397
marriages out of unity, inquiries into, 115, 118, 207
meeting house, keeping of, 521
money paid to, 227
Nantucket, management of boat at, 85
oath taking, inquiries into, 155
as overseer of attendees at monthly meetings, 140
primendars?, disposal of, 151
quarterly meetings, attendance at, 96, 108, 109, 111, 117, 119, 121, 128, 130, 131, 134, 135–36, 142, 144, 145–48, 150, 151, 155–57, 159, 160, 163, 170, 171, 173, 174, 176, 180, 183, 185, 186, 195, 197, 199, 203, 205, 215, 217, 219, 220, 223, 224, 232–33, 237, 240, 245, 246, 247, 249, 251, 252, 258, 262, 267, 285, 295, 314–15, 363, 387, 395, 412
quarterly meetings, delivery of money to, 134, 136
quarterly meetings, reports to, 120, 238, 274, 295, 314–15, 363, 387, 395, 412
Scituate meeting, chosen to attend, 61
as solemnizer of marriage, 93
underhanded bargaining, inquiry into, 206
as visitor/inspector, 50, 51–52, 58, 59, 61, 62, 81, 173, 226, 238, 245–46, 251, 261, 293, 302, 326, 339, 362, 369, 389, 431
wrestling and running of children, efforts to control, 135
Wood, William [2], Jr.
certificate of clearness for marriage requested by, 296
certificates of removal requested by, 286, 299
condemnations/disownments, involvement in, 128, 132, 149, 159, 177, 237, 239, 252, 291, 304
disputes, involvement in, 459, 460, 461, 462, 464, 466, 467, 468
goats sold to David Stafford, looting of, 370, 378–80
gold received from Friend in Pennsylvania, injustice regarding, 466, 467, 468
impressment of, 106
repentance, submission of paper expressing, 525, 526
Wood, William [3], glazier, 606, 607
Wood, William [4]
defamation of overseers, inquiring into, 830
Woodbridge, New Jersey, 614, 668
Woolman, John, 648
worship meetings. See also oversight of behavior and attendance at meetings
coming on time for, 591
in Dartmouth Monthly Meeting records, 16–17, 477
non-Quaker attendance at, 605
wrestling and running of children/servants, efforts to control, 27, 133–35
Wrightington. See Ridington
Wrightstown, Pennsylvania, 706
yearly meetings, 10–11, 13–14. See also specific locations, e.g. Flushing Yearly Meeting
at Acoaxet meeting house, 222, 223, 458
additional day added to, 470
Book of Discipline, queries about, 774
burgeoning size of, 458
children going abroad to, disorderly behavior of, 161, 171–72
delay of local meetings due to, 348
funds solicited by/sent to, 228, 237–38, 315–16, 362, 364, 494–96, 498–99, 523, 524
Journals of George Fox, subscription for printing of, 661
letters from, 131, 148, 160, 188, 196, 227, 261, 418, 514, 592, 626, 648, 664, 708, 721, 737, 753, 772, 774, 798, 820, 824
livestock taken for failure to pay minister’s tax reported to, 262
on magical arts and witch hunting, 418
minutes, approval of, 182
oversight of behavior at, 669, 670, 689, 691, 710, 742, 743, 757, 758, 778, 800, 826, 828
quarterly meeting appeal decision confirmed by, 826
quarterly meeting appeal decision reversed by, 826
reversal of quarterly meeting’s decision on Humphry Smith, 826
Rochester Meeting, yearly meeting minutes copied out for, 148, 149, 150, 151
Rules for Society to be added to Book of Discipline, 821, 823
Salem meeting house funds delivered to, 215
separation of Acoaxet and Dartmouth yearly meetings, 829
slavery question referred to, 32
Yenin, Yewin. See Youen
Youen [Yenin, Yewin, Uin], Abigail Wood, 322, 324
Youen [Yenin, Yewin, Uin], Benoni, 199–200, 322
Youen [Yenin, Yewin, Uin], Thomas, 322, 324
youth. See children/youth
Youth’s Meetings, 27, 72, 79, 85, 230, 376, 507, 534, 546, 551, 590, 592, 595, 598, 600, 610, 613, 629, 827