book iii: 1762–1785
Note:
Minutes for 10th mo. 1762 through 1 mo. 1773 follow here, balance will continue in Volume 2.
[This volume starts with page 13]
10th mo. 1762 |
At a monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 18 |
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day of the 10th month 1762, Ponaganset Meeting Called |
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Samuel Shove Answer |
James Shearman & Caleb Russell present, for Coakset Joshua Devel [Davol] |
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present, Samuel Shove & Rebecah Tucker jr did appear |
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for their Answer, and their Answer was that they might |
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proceed to take each other in Marriage in some Convenient |
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time between this and the next Monthly Meeting observing |
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the good order Established amongst us in the performance |
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thereof, and Joseph Smith & Paul Russell are appointed to |
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see their Marriage Consumated & make Report to the next |
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Monthly Meeting; |
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Adam Mott’s Proposel of Marriage |
Adam Mott jur. and Rachel Rider did lay their Intentions |
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of Marriage, and were desired to wait till the next Monthly |
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Meeting for their Answer, and Joseph Tucker Joseph Smith |
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are appointed to Enquire into the young mans Clearness as |
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to Marriage and Conversation and make Report to the next |
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Monthly Meeting; |
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Jacob Chases Case Refer’d |
the Matter concerning Jacob Chase is refer’d to the next |
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monthly Meeting; |
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E. Mosher accepted |
this Meeting doth Conclude to accept of Ebenezar Mosher |
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to be one in unity with us and under our Care – – |
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Complaints against Archapas Hart a Testimony to be drawn against him |
Whereas Archapas Hart hath declined attending Meetings |
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for Religious worship and Discipline, and he hath been Sufficien |
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tly dealt with by the Visitors and Monthly Meeting, and he |
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Still Continues in the above said disorder, therefore we Can |
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do no less than bear a Testimony against him, therefore this |
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Meeting doth appoint Joseph Smith and Barnabas Mosher |
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to draw a paper of Denial against him and bring it to |
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the next Monthly Meeting; |
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Reporting from Quarterly meeting |
The Friends appointed to attend the Quarterly Meeting |
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Signify that they attended it, and Conveyed the Epistle and |
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Queries as appointed, This Meeting Received an Epistle from the |
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Quarterly Meeting which was Read and well accepted; |
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Friends to over see yearly meeting |
This Meeting doth appoint Caleb Russell, Wm Sanford, Joseph |
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Smith, Danl. Russell, and Barnabas Mosher to have an Inspecti |
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=on over the Galleries & Seats at our fall Meeting; and Joshua |
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Devel [Davol], Othniel Tripp, Joseph Tripp and Philip Tripp are appointed |
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for the Same Service at Coakset Meeting |
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1762 |
At a monthly Meeting Held in Dartmouth the 15th |
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of the 11th mo, 1762, Ponaganset Meeting Called Paul Rus |
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sell and W,m Barker present, for Coakset Philip Tripp and |
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Israel Wood present; |
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Thomas Russell proposal of marriage |
Thos Russell and Edith Shearman did lay their Intentions |
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of Marriage, and were desired to wait till the next monthly |
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Meeting for their Answer, and Joseph Smith and Paul Russell |
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are appointed to make Inquiry into the young mans Clearness |
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as to Marriage and Conversation, and make Report to the |
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next monthly Meeting; |
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Report of Samuel Shove marriage |
The friends appointed to See Samll Shove and Rebeckah Tucker |
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Marriage Consumated, make Report that they attended the |
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Marriage and Saw nothing but that it was accomplished in |
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Good Order, – – |
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Adam Mott,s answer Refer’d |
Adam Mott and Rachel Rider not appearing for their |
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Answer, the matter is Refer’d to the next Monthly Meeting |
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Case of Jacob Chase refered |
the matter Concerning Jacob Chase is Refered to the next Mon[thly] Meeting; |
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There was a paper of Denial brought to this Meeting aga[inst] |
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Archapas Hart paper Refered |
Archapas Hart which is Refered to the next monthly Mee[ting] |
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The Friends appointed to See that the people behave order[ly] |
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yearly meetg overseers report |
in the Galleries and Seats, Signified that they have discharge[d] |
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their trust; |
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Natll Howland Certificate |
Whereas, Nathll Howland hath Returned his Certificate to |
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this Meeting from the Oblong, therefore this Meeting hath |
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Signed another for him |
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12th Mo 1762 |
At a monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth on the [10?] |
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day of the 12th month 1762; Ponaganset Meeting Called |
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Peleg Smith and Abraham Tucker present, for Coakset non[e] |
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Adam Mott Clearness |
present; the Friends Appointed to Enquire into Adam Mo[tt’s] |
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Clearness, Make Report that they do not find anything to |
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hinder his Proceeding in Marriage |
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Thomas Russell’s Clearness |
The friends appointed to make Enquiry into Thos Russell’s |
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Clearness, make Report that they do not find any thing to |
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hinder his proceeding in Marriage |
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Adam Mott’s Answer |
Adam Mott and Rachel Rider, did appear for their |
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Answer, and their answer was, that they might proceed |
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in Marriage, in Some Convenient time between this and the |
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next monthly Meeting, observing the Good Order Esta |
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=blished amongst us in the performance thereof, and |
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Paul Russell and Joseph Smith are appointed to See their |
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to the next monthly Meeting, |
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Thos Russell’s Answer |
Thos Russell and Edith Shearman did appear for their |
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answer and their answer was that they might prceed |
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in Marriage in Some Convenient time between this and |
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the next monthly Meeting Observing the Good order Esta= |
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=blished among us in the performance thereof, and Wm |
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Sanford and David Smith are appointed to See their Mar= |
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=riage Consumated in Said Order and make Report to the |
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next monthly Meeting; |
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Ebene2zar Mosher Proposal of marriage |
Ebenezar Mosher and Jane Craw did lay their intentions |
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of Marriage, and were desired to wait till the next Monthly |
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Meeting for their Answer, and Barnabas Mosher and |
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David Shepherd are appointed to make inquiry into the |
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young mans Clearness, as to Marriage and Conversation and |
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make Report to the next monthly Meeting; |
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The matter Concerning Jacob Chase is Refer’d to the next |
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Case of Archapus Hart refer’d |
monthly Meeting; |
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The matter Concerning Archapus Hart is Refered to the |
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next monthly Meeting; |
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Thos Smith To request a Certificate |
whereas Thos Smith Jur Requests a few lines by way of |
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Certificate to the monthly Meeting at Nantucket, Certify= |
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=ing his Clearness as to Marriage and Conversation, therefor |
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this Meeting doth appoint Wm Sanford and Wm Barker |
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to make inquiry into his Clearness and draw a Certificate |
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for him if they think proper and bring it to the next monthly Meeting; |
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Adjourn |
This Meeting doth Adjourn to the 10th Hour tomorrow in the |
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fore noon; |
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This Meeting met according to adjournment the 21s of |
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the 12th month 1762, the Representatives being Called for |
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Ponaganset Abraham Tucker present, for Coakset none pres[ent] |
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whereas the Friends appointed at Coakset preparative |
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Meeting to attend this Meeting hath neglected to attend as |
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appointed, therefore this Meeting doth appoint Philip Trip |
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and Christopher Gifford to treat with them to know the |
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Reasons why they did not attend and make report to the |
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next monthly Meeting; |
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D. Devels Request to Come under friends Care |
Whereas David Devel [Davol] Requests to Come under friends Care |
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which this Meeting thinks proper to Refer to the next monthl[y] |
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Meeting, and Christopher Gifford and Philip Tripp are appoint[ed] |
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Meeting; |
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Elders appointed |
Peter Devel [Davol] & Philip Tripp are appointed Elders in the |
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Church by this Meeting |
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Request of Sandwic[h] Monthly Meeting. |
Whereas Sandwich Monthly Meeting Requests of this Meetin[g] |
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to Give a List of all the friends living to the Eastward of |
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Quitionnet River Set off by the yearly Meeting (and also |
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if there be any under transgression before Set off by the above |
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Said Meeting [^ that] this Meeting deal with them) which we |
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think to be out of our Jurisdiction and therefore Refer to the |
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Friends to attend Quar terly meet ings |
Quarterly Meeting for advice in that particular – – |
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Joseph Tucker, Abraham Tucker, Humphrey Smith, |
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Caleb Russell and Philip Tripp are Appointed Represen |
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=tatives to attend our Quarterly Meeting, and they to dr[aw] |
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an Epistle to the Same and bring it to the adjournment of the Meeting; |
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To Settle with Trea surer |
David Smith and Wm Barker are appointed to mak[e] |
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up Accounts with the Treasurer, and make Report to |
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the next monthly Meeting; |
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D. Smith Treasurer |
David Smith is Appointed Treasurer in the place of the |
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former Treasurer |
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overseers of the meeting House apointed. |
Seth Shearman and John Potter are Appointed to have the |
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Care of the Meeting House, and also to Agree with Somebod[y] |
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to keep the House, and make fires when Necessary; |
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L. Barkers Certificate |
Lydia Barker wife to David Barker hath brought a |
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Certificate to this Meeting from the monthly Meeting of |
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Swanzey which was read and Accepted; |
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This Meeting is adjourned to the 7th day of next month |
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This Meeting being Met according to adjournment the 7th |
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day of the First Mo 1763, Ponaganset Called Abraham |
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Tucker and Peleg Smith present, for Coakset none present |
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Queries Answered |
the Queries have been read, and Answers made by the |
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Visitors, and they are ordered to be Sent up by the Representative |
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Job Russell Req uest a Certi ficate |
Job Russell Enforms this Meeting that he desires a few lines |
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by way of Certificate to the monthly Meeting of Swanzey |
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Certifying his Clearness as to Marriage and Conversation, |
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therefore this Meeting doth Appoint Caleb Russell and David |
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Smith to make Enquiry, and draw a Certificate for him if they |
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think proper and bring it to the next monthly Meeting; |
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Epistle to Quar terly meeting |
This Meeting hath Sent up an Epistle to the Quarterly Meeting |
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by the Representatives which was Signed in this Meeting |
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1763 |
At a monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 17th |
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of the first month 1763, Ponaganset Called Paul Russell s present |
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for Coakset Joseph Tripp present, the Friends appointed to |
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Ebenezer Mosher Clearness |
make Enquiry into Ebenezer Moshers Clearness make |
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Report that they do not find anything to hinder his proceed- |
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ing in Marriage, |
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Eben Mosher answer |
Ebenezer Mosher and Jane Craw did Appear for their |
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Answer and their Answer was, that they might proceed |
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to take each other in Marriage in Some Convenient times |
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between this and the next Monthly Meeting, (Observing the |
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and Joseph Smith and Barnabas Mosher are apointed to |
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See their Marriage Consumated in Good order, and make |
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Report to the next Monthly Meeting; |
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[R]eport of Adam Motts marriage |
the friends Appointed to See Adam Mott and Rachel Riders |
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Marriage Consumated, make Report, that they attended the |
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the Marriage and Saw nothing but that it was Acom= |
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Report of Thos Russells marriage |
plished in Good order; Likewise the friend, Appointed to see |
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Thos Russell and Edith Shearmans Marriage Consumated |
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make Report that they Attended the Marriage and Said |
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nothing but that it was accomplished orderly – – |
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The matter Concerning Jacob Chase Refered to the next |
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Case of Ar= =chapas Hart refer’d |
monthly Meeting; |
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The matter Concerning Archapas Hart is Refer’d to |
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the next monthly Meeting; – – |
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Certificate for Thomas Smith |
There was a Certificate Signed in this Meeting for Thos. Smith jr. |
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Certifying his Clearness as to Marriage and Conversation to the - |
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Monthly Meeting of Nantucket; |
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Report of Quarterly meeting |
Whereas there was five friends Appointed to attend the Quarterly |
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Meeting, they being Called upon at this Meeting, three make |
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Report that they attended as Appointed, and the other two |
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make Satisfactory Excuses; |
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This Meeting Received an Epistle from the Quarterly Meeting |
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which was read to Good Satisfaction; |
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Quishnet friends to be Set off by List |
The Quarterly Meeting hath Concluded that this Meeting Give |
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a List of all the Friends Living at the Eastward Side of |
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Quishnet River, and also that this Meeting deal with the |
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Transgressers, therefore Abraham Tucker and Caleb Russell |
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are appointed to prepare a List of the above sd friends that |
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they find to stand Clear, and also to deal with those friends |
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that they find under transgression |
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Come under friends Care |
Whereas Daniel Cornel Requests to be taken under friends Care |
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and also his Children, therefore this Meeting doth Appoint |
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Joseph Tucker and Peleg Smith and Daniel Russell to |
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discourse with him, and make Report to the next monthly Meetin[g] |
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adjourn |
This Meeting Adjourns to the last fourth day in this Month – – |
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mett |
This ^[Meeting][inserted] being met according to Adjournment the 26 |
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of the first month 1763; the Representatives being Called |
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for Ponaganset Paul Russell and James Shearman |
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present, for Coakset Israel Wood present – – |
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about frinds not attending |
The friends Appointed to treat with Joseph Tripp and Wm |
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Macumber (for not attending the monthly Meeting when |
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appointed by the preparitive Meeting) not being both present |
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to make report, therefore this Meeting doth appoint Othniel |
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Tripp and Philip [ ^Tripp] to talk with them and make report to the |
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next monthly Meeting; |
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The Case of David Devel referd |
The mtter Concerning David Devel [Davol] is Refer’d to the next |
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monthly Meeting, and Othnial Tripp and Philip Tripp are |
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appointed to talk with him and make report to the next |
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monthly Meeting |
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Settling with Treasurer referd |
The Friends that was Appointed to make up accounts with |
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the Treasurer not being present therefore the matter is |
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Refered to the next monthly Meeting; |
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Certificate for Job Russell |
there was a Certificate signed in this Meeting for Job Russell |
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to the monthly Meeting of Swanzey Certifying his Clearness |
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as to Marriage and Conversation; |
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This Meeting Appoints Abraham Tucker, Joseph Tucker, |
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David Smith and Job Russell to peruse the monthly Meeting |
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To Revise the minutes |
Minutes to see what they think proper to be put on Record |
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and make Report to the next monthly Meeting |
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2,d mo: 1763 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth |
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the 21 of the 2,d month 1763, Ponaganset Called |
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Joseph Smith & Caleb Russell present, for Coakset Peter |
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Dewel [Davol] and Philip Tripp present, |
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John Diling= hams proposal of marriage |
John Dillingham and Ruth Gifford did lay their Intentions |
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of Marriage before this Meeting, and were desired to wait til |
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the next monthly Meeting for their Answer |
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[R]eport of Eben Mosher’s marriage |
the friend, Appointed to See Ebenezer Mosher and Jean |
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Craws Marriage Consumated, make Report that they |
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attended the Marriage and Saw nothing but that it |
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was Accomplished in Good order; |
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Chase |
the matter of Jacob Chases is Refered to the next monthly Meeting |
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the matter of Archapas Harts is Referd to the next monthly Meeting; |
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List of frinds [sent?] of to Sand= wich not accom [p]lished |
whereas the friends Appointed to prepare a List of the |
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friends Living to the Eastward Side of Quitionet River |
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that they Shall find Stand Clear, and also to deal |
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with those under transgression, have Signified to this |
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Meeting that they have not done it, therefore this |
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Meeting doth Appoint Joseph Tucker Caleb Russell and |
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Joseph Smith for the Same purpose and they to make Report |
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to the next monthly Meeting |
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Daniel Cornel & Children received |
The friends Appointed to talk with Daniel Cornel make |
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a Satisfactary Report to this Meeting, therefore this me[eting] |
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doth accept of D. Cornel to be under our Care and also all |
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his Children now under age |
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The monthly, Meeting of women friends Inform us that the[y] |
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S. Wood and E. Slocum Rec’d |
have Received Sinthia wood and Elizabeth Slocum to be |
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under their Care and this Meeting doth Concur with the Same |
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David Devel Case referd |
The matter Concerning David Devel [Davol] is Refer’d to the next |
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monthly Meeting; |
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Settled with Treasurer |
the friends Appointed to Make up Accounts with the Treasu[rer] |
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make Report that they have done it and there Remai[n] |
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in the Stock 12s.1d old tener |
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minutes Revised |
The Friends Appointed to Review the monthly [^ meeting] Minutes |
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in order for them to Go to Record, make Report that they |
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have done According to Appointment; |
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This Meeting has Collected £8=10s:10d Old tener and this Meeti[ng] |
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Order to pay Jonath Hussey |
orders the Treasurer to pay Jonathan Hussey three Dollars for |
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keeping the Meeting House half a year, and make Report |
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to the next monthly Meeting; |
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Visitors appointed |
This Meeting Appoints Peter Devel [Davol] and Philip Trip Visi[tors] |
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for Coakset the year Ensuing and Caleb Russell for the Same |
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Service in Ponaganset |
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Elihu Russell proposal of marriage |
Elihu Russell and Elizabeth Slocum did Lay their Intention |
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of Marriage before this Meeting and were desired to wait till |
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the next monthly Meeting for their Answer and Humphr[ey] |
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Smith and Paul Russel are Appointed to make Inquiry |
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into the young mans Clearness as to Marriage and Conver |
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=sation and make Report to the next monthly Meeting |
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[3]d mo: 1763 |
At a monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 25th of the |
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3d mo: 1763, Ponaganset meeting Called Joseph Smith & |
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Israel Wood present – – |
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Jn Dillingham [C]ertificate |
John Dillingham produced a Certificate to this Meeting from |
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Sandwich monthly meeting which was read and accepted - |
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Jn Dillingham [a]nswer |
John Dillingham and Ruth Gifford did appear for their answer |
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and their answer was that they might proceed to take each |
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other in Marriage in some Convenient time between this |
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and the next monthly meeting observing the Good order |
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Established among us, in the performance thereof, and |
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Joseph Tucker and Joseph Smith are appointed to see there |
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Marriage Consumated in Said order, and make Report thereof |
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[E]lihu Russells answer |
to the next monthly Meeting; Elihu Russel, Clearness was Reported as usual |
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Elihu Russell and Elizabeth Slocum did likewise appear for |
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their answer, and their answer was in like manner with the |
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former, and, Humphrey Smith and Paul Russell are appointed |
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to see their th Marriage Consumated in like order and make |
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Report thereof to the next monthly Meeting – – |
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Henry Smith and Sinthia wood did likewise appear for |
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their Answer and their Answer was likewise the |
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Same with the former. |
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Henry Smiths proposal of marriage |
Henry Smith and Sinthia wood did lay their Intention |
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of Marriage before this Meeting, and were Defered, to wait |
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untill the next monthly Meeting for their Answer. |
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and John Russell and W.m Anthony ju: are apointed to [?] |
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Inquiry in^[to] the young mans Clearness as to Marriage and |
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Conversation and make Report to the next monthly Meeting |
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J. Chases paper Accept: |
This meeting doth Conclude to accept of Jacob Chases paper |
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of Condemnation for Satisfaction for his outgoing Provided he |
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Read it or Get Some friend to Read it at the Close of a first |
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day meeting for worship and be present |
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The matter Concerning Archapas Hart is Refered to the |
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next monthly Meeting |
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List of friends Sandwich Quarter prepard |
The friends appointed to prepare a list of those friends |
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Living at the eastward Side of Quishnet River that they |
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Shall find Stand Clear have prepared Sd So List and it hath |
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been Signed in this meeting by the Clerk – – |
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D. Daval & Children accepted |
This Meeting doth Conclude to Accept of David Davel and his |
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Children to be in Unity with us under our Care – – |
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Case of Eber Davis referd |
The matter Concerning Eber Davis is Refer’d to next monthly Mee[ting] |
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Certificate |
whereas John Gifford Requests a Certificate for himself and fami[ly] |
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therefore this meeting Appoints Daniel Russell and Nichols [Nicholas] |
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Howland to make Enquiry into his Conversation and Circumst[an-] |
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=ces and draw one if they think proper and bring it to the nex[t] |
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monthly Meeting |
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Friends ap pointed to Quarl meet- ing |
Joseph Tucker, Humphry Smith, Peter Deval, and Philip Tripp |
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appointed to attend the Quarterly Meeting and draw an |
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Epistle to the Same and bring it to the adjournment of this |
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Queries answerd |
Meeting the Queries was Read and Answered in this Mee[ting] |
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adjourn |
This Meeting is adjourned to the first day of next month. |
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mett |
This Meeting being met according to Adjournment the first da[y] |
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of the 4th mo: 1763, the Representatives being Called William |
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Anthony ju: present – – |
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Isaac Sanford disorderly marriage |
whereas Isaac Sanford hath Married out of the unity of friend |
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and he hath been timely Cautioned, therefore this meeting doth |
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Appoint Caleb Russell & Wm Barker to Labour with him and |
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make Report to the next monthly Meeting – – |
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Chusing Visitors refer’d |
the matter Concerning Chusing Visitors is Refered to the next |
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monthly Meeting |
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Epistle to Quarterly meeting |
This Meeting hath Signed and Sent an Epistle to the Quart[erly] |
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Meeting by the Representatives |
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4th mo: 1763. |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 18th of |
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the 4th mo:1763, Ponaganset meeting Called Daniel Russell |
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and William Barker present, for Coakset James Cornel and |
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Joshua Davel present, Henry Smith Clearness was Reported as usual |
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Henry Smith answer |
Henry Smith and Sinthia Wood did appear for their Answer |
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and their Answer was that they might proceed to take each |
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other in Marriage in some Convenient time between this and |
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[?] month 1763 [?] Allen [a]nd Edith [T]ripp Received |
Debrah Allen to be one in unity with us and under our Care |
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which this Meeting Concurs with, They also Inform that they |
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have Concluded to accept of Edith Tripp, paper of Condemna- |
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=tion for Satisfaction, Provided She Read it or Get some friend |
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to Read it at the end of a first day meeting for worship She |
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being present, which this meeting likewise Concurs with. |
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[C]omplaint against [?] Barker |
Whereas there has been a Complaint brought against |
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Joshua Barker by one of the Visitors in three Repsects, First |
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in Declining to make friend,[s] Satisfaction Concerning a Scan- |
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=dulous Report about he and Catherine Russell a married |
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woman in their too frequently keeping Company, and Secondly |
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Thirdly, in Neglecting to Comply with a Verdi[c]t brought Against |
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him for burning Some Rails belonging to Henry Tucker, Paul |
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Russell, and Joseph Smith a Committee to Labour with him |
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and make Report to the next monthly Meeting – – |
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Nathll Bowdish [R]equest a Certi= ficate |
Nathaniel Bowdish Informs this Meeting that he is About |
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to Remove to the nine-parterners,and Requests a few lines |
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by way of Certificate for himself and family, therefore |
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Joseph Gifford and Jonathan Hussey are Appointed to make |
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Enquiry [^into] his Conversation and affairs, and draw one if they |
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think proper and bring [^it] to the next monthly Meeting – – |
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[T]homas Potter [?]nder dealing |
whereas Thos Potter Son of John Potter hath Gone Contrary |
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to Good order in Marrying out of the unyty of friends, and in |
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having a Child Soon after Marriage, for which disorders he |
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hath been Laboured with and declines to make Satisfaction |
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therefore this Meeting doth appoint Wm Sanford and Jonathan |
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Hussey to Labour with him and make Report to the next |
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monthly Meeting |
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5th mo. 1763 |
At a monthly Meeting of friends held at our Meeting H[ouse] |
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in Dartmouth on the 16th day of the 5th mo: 1763, Ponaganset |
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Meeting Called James Shearman and Peleg Smith present, for |
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Coakset Peter Daval [Davol] and John Mosher. |
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Abner Shep= =herds clear= =ness |
the friends Appointed to See into Abner Shepherds Clearness Sig[nify] |
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that they find nothing to hinder his Intended Marriage. |
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Abner Shep= Shepherd Answer |
Abner Shepherd and Hannah Gifford appear’d at this Meeting |
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their Answer, and their Answer was that they might proceed to |
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take Each other in Marriage in Some Convenient time betwe[en] |
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this and the next monthly Meeting, Observing our Good order |
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in the Confirmation thereof, and Wm Sanford and David Smith |
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are appointed to See their Marriage Consumated and make |
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Return to the next monthly Meeting |
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Report of Henry Smith marriage |
The friends Appointed to See Henry Smith, and Synthia wood, |
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Marriage Consumated, Signify that it was accomplished in Good order |
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Archapas Hart’s [?] |
And whereas Archapas Hart hath Given Some Incouragement |
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Concerning keeping to meeting, therefore the matter is Suspended |
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John Taber disowned |
Whereas, John Taber jur having been Married and of our Good ord[er] |
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and [^he] no wise Showing any Desire to make Satisfaction having been |
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Laboured with we think Sufficienly, therefore this Meeting doth |
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Conclude to Set him aside and do deny him from being in unity |
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with us – – |
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papers of Denials as ordered, and |
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Abigail Macumbers Denial is as followeth – – |
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Testimony against Abigail Macumber |
Whereas Abigail Macumber of Dartmouth in the Count[y] |
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Bristol in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, w[ife] |
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of Joseph Macumber & Daughter of Benja Allen and Deborah [?] |
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both deceased of Dartmouth afore sd, Being one who hath been in |
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Care of us the People Called Quakers but for want of keep[ing?] |
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to her Education hath Gone from our Good order and married in [the?] |
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Common way of th other people and not only so but since her |
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Marriage her Conversation hath not been agreable to our holy |
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proffesion, in particular She not living with her husband, and |
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friend, [s] having Laboured with her in love in order to bring her |
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to a Sense of her outgoing, but nothing appearing to friends |
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Satisfaction of any time Repentence, we Can do no less for the |
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Clearing of the Blessed truth but to Set her [blot] and do Give |
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this forth as a publick denial against her [blot] the said |
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Abigail Macumber to be one in unity with [blot] Said people |
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Sincerely Desiring She may Come to a Sight and [blot] of her out- |
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=going, and find mercy, Given forth at our Monthly Meeting |
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held in Dartmouth on the 18th day of the 4th month 1763, and |
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Signed in and by order of said meeting by Job Russell Clerk - |
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Zilphia Davels Denial is as follows Viz, |
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[T]estimony [a]gainst [Zi]lphia Davel |
Whereas Zilphia Davel Daughter of Reuben Davel and Mary |
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his wife of Dartmouth in the County of Bristol, in the province |
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of the Massecthusett Bay in New-England being one that hath |
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been under the Care of friend, the People Called Quakers, yet |
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by disregarding the Principle of truth in herself, and Giving way |
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to the Information of the evil one hath fallen into the Reproach for |
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Sin of fornication, for which She hath been Laboured within |
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Love to bring her to a Sense of her evil action but nothing Seeming |
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to appear of true Repentence we think it our duty to Set |
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her aside and do Publickly deny the Said Zilphia Davel to |
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be one in unity with us the above Said people, yet truly |
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desiring She may Come to a Sight and Sense of this her Great Evil |
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and find mercy; |
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Given forth at our monthly meeting held in Dartmouth |
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on the 18th day of the 4th mo: 1763 and Signed in and by |
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order of S[ai]d meeting by – – |
Job Russell Clerk |
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The Case of John Gifford refered |
the matter Concerning John Gifford Certificate is Refered |
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the next monthly Meeting – – |
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[pa]per accepted |
Friends do Conclude to accept of Eber Davis his paper for Satisfaction. |
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Isaac Sanford case referd |
The matter concerning Isaac Sanford is Refer’d to the next |
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monthly Meeting – – |
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Edith Tripps paper not Read |
Edith Tripps paper not having been read, is Refer’d |
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in order that it may be accomplished between this and the |
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next monthly Meeting |
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Choosing Visitors refered |
The matter Concerning Chusing Visitors is Refered to next |
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month[ly] [Mee]ting |
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The [blot] [p]aper of Denial brought and Signed in this meeting |
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Testimony signed against Lydia Potter |
In [blot] [?]ce [concurence?] with the womens Meeting Against Lydia Potter |
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And [blot] Russell is appointed to read it at New-town meeting |
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on a first day at the end of the meeting for worship – – |
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Case of Joshua Barker referd |
The Matter Concerning Joshua Barker is Refer’d to the next |
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monthly Meeting, and the Comtte Still Continued that hath alre[ady] |
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had the matter in hand – – |
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Nathl Bowdish Certificate |
There was a Certificate Signed at this Meeting for Nathaniel |
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Bowdish and his wife, they being Going to Settle at the Nine |
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Thos Potter disowned |
=parterners The friend appointed to deal with Thomas Potter Signify they hav[e] |
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done it, and he Gave them no Satisfaction, therefore this Meeting |
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thinks Proper to deny him, and Wm Sanford and Jonathan Hus[sey?] |
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are appointed to draw up a paper of denial against him and |
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bring it to the next monthly Meeting |
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The Transcrib the Book of Discipline |
There was £18:10s old tenner Gathered by this meeting to pay |
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for transcribing our Book of Discipline, which is paid – – |
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Nic Howlands paper ace= pted |
Nicholas Howland jur hath Given in a paper to this Mee[ting] |
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Signifying his Sorrow for his disorderly Marriage, which the |
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Meeting accepts – – |
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Elihu Rus sell request Certificate |
whereas Elihu Russell and his wife being Removed to the Oblong |
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live and desires a few lines from this Meeting to the monthly mee[ting] |
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there, and Humphry Smith and Wm Anthony ju: are app[ointed] |
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to draw a Cerificate and bring it to the next monthly Meeting |
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if they think proper – – |
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Complaint against Wm Smith |
There was a Complaint brought to this Meeting that William |
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Smith hath been addicted to take too much Spirituous Liqu[or?] |
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therefore this Meeting appoints Humphry Smith & Jonathan |
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Hussey to talk with him upon that account and bring |
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make Return to the next Monthly meeting |
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[Danl] Russells to [cu]t Wood on [mee]ting land |
Whereas there is a Considerable due from this Meeting to |
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Daniel Russell upon Stephen Wilcox his account therefore |
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this meeting doth Give leave that he Cut wood at 15s per |
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more until the debt is paid, on the meeting House Lot |
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B. Tucker, Request [t]o Come under the [C]are of friends |
Benjn Tucker hath Signified his desire of Coming |
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under the Care of Friends, therefore Joseph Gifford and Paul |
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Russell are appointed to Enquire Concerning his Conversati[on] |
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and talk with him and bring in their account to the next |
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monthly Meeting |
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6th mo: 1763, |
At a monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 20th of the |
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6th mo: 1763, Ponaganset Meeting Called Peleg Smith and |
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Abraham Tucker present, for Coakset Joseph Tripp present |
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[Joh]n Ricketson Jr [P]roposal of marriage |
John Ricetson jr: and Patience Tucker did Lay their Intenti- |
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=ons of Marriage before this Meeting, and were desired to wait |
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til the next monthly Meeting for their answer, and Wm |
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Barker and Job Russell are appointed to make Enquiry into |
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the young mans Clearness as to Marriage and Conversation |
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and make Report to the next monthly Meeting |
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[Re]port of Abner [She]pherds [m]arriage |
The friends appointed to See Abner Shepherd and Hannah Gifford |
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Marriage Consumated make Report that they attended the |
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marriage and Saw nothing but that it was accomplished in |
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Good order |
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[Case?] of John [Gi]fford referd |
The matter Concerning Giving John Gifford a Certifica[te] |
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is Refer’d to the next monthly Meeting |
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Case of Isaac Sanford referd [illegible] |
The matter Concerning Isaac Sanford is Refer’d to the |
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next monthly Meeting – – |
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[E]dey Tripp [pa]per of [re] pent: [?]e |
Edith Tripps Paper of Condemnation hath been Read |
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as Appointed by the last monthly Meeting |
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and is as follows – – |
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To the monthly Meeting of friends to be held in Dartmouth |
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on the 20th day of the 12th mo: 1762, |
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Whereas I by letting my mind out became weak and So Ga[ve] |
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way to the temtation of the enemy in the Lust of the flesh so f[ar?] |
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as to Commit the Shamefull Sin of fornication which was m[?] |
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manifest by ^[my] having a Child Soon after Marriage and also m[arriage] |
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out of the unity of friend, all which I do Condemn and am S[orry?] |
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for therefore I desire that God may forgive me my Sins |
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that friends would pass it by and Suffer me to Remain under |
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their Care Christian Care – – |
Edey Tripp – – |
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Wm How= land dis= order |
William Howland hath Sent a paper into this Meeting Signif[ying] |
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his Sorrow for his disorder in takeing too much Spirituous Liquo[r] |
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which matter is Refer’d to the next monthly Meeting – – |
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Visitor |
Abraham Tucker is appointed Visitor for the Ensuing year |
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Queries an swered |
The Queries have been Read and Answers have been made by |
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Coakset preparitive meeting – – |
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Friends to Qur meeting |
The friends Appointed to attend the Quarterly Meeting are |
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Peleg Smith, Caleb Russell Paul Russell and Philipp Tripp |
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and they to draw an Epistle to the Same and bring it to the |
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adjournment of this Meeting – – |
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adjourn |
This Meeting adjourns to the first day in next month – – |
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mett |
This Meeting met according to adjournment the first day of th[e] |
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7th mo:1763, the Representatives being Called for Aponagans[et] |
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and Coakset all present |
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L. Potter disownd |
Paul Russell makes Report that Lydia potter, paper of |
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Denial hath been Read as order’d |
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[Certi]ficate for [Eli]hu Russell Wife |
There was a Certificate Signed at this Meeting for |
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Elihu Russell and his wife – – |
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[Pape]r of denial [signe?]d against Toms Potter |
There was a paper of Denial brought to this meeting |
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and Signed against Thomas Potter, and Jonathan |
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Hussey is appointed to Read it at the End of a first day |
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Meeting for worship Between this and the next Monthly Meeting – – |
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[Case?] of Wm Smith [re]fer’d |
The matter Concerning William Smith is Refer’d to |
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the next monthly Meeting and Humphry Smith and |
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Jonathan Hussey are Still Continued to Treat furder |
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with him – – |
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Tucker Rced |
The Friend Appointed to talk with Benjn Tucker |
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Make Report that he Gave them Good Satisfaction |
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and this meeting Concludes him to be under our Care |
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for the time to Come – – |
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[frie]nds appointed [?] meeting |
Peleg Smith and Humphry Smith Caleb Russell and |
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Paul Russell are Appointed to Sign the Epistle to the |
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Quarterly Meeting in behalf of this Meeting |
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[answ]ers to Queries |
Peleg Smith & Humphry Smith are appointed to Compil[e] |
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the answers to the Queries |
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[Jona]than Clark [R]equest |
We understand that Jonathan Clark hath Signified |
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that he hath a desire to Come under our Care, therefore |
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this Meeting Appoints Joseph Gifford and Paul Rus= |
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=sell to treat with him and make Report to the |
|||
next monthly Meeting |
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7th month 1763 |
At a monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the |
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18th of the 7th month 1763, Ponaganset Called Caleb |
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Russell and Wm Barker present, for Coakset Peter |
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John Ricket= =son Clearness |
The friends appointed to Inquire into John Ricetsons Clear- |
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ness as to Marriage and Conversation make Report that th[ey] |
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don’t find anything to hinder his proceeding in Marriage |
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Epistle Received |
Received an Epistle from the yearly meeting held in Lon[don?] |
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the 5th month 1762 which was Read to Good Satisfaction |
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John Rick= =etsons answer |
John Ricketson and Patience Tucker did appear for th[eir] |
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answer and their answer was that they might proceed |
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take each other in Marriage in Some Convenient time |
|||
between this and the next monthly Meeting Observing the |
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Good order Established among us in the Performance there |
|||
and Abraham Tucker and Wm Barker are appointed |
|||
to see their marriage Consumated in Sd order and make |
|||
Report to the next monthly Meeting |
|||
Case of John Gifford referd |
The matter Concerning Giving John Gifford a Certificate |
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Refered to the next monthly meeting – – |
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Case of Isaac Sanford referd |
The matter Concerning Isaac Sanford is Referd to the nex[t] |
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monthly meeting as is also the matter Concerning Wm H[owland?] |
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Report from Quar. meetg |
The Friends appointed to attend the Quarterly Meeting |
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make Report that they have attended it and prod[?] |
|||
Eps Receivd |
an Epistle from the Same which was Read & well accept[ed] |
||
Joshua Barker disowned |
The Comittee appointed to Labour with Joshua Barker M[?] |
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Report that he Refused to Comply with their advice, and |
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that he Gave them no Satisfaction, therefore this meeting do[?] |
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Set him aside, and appoints Wm Sanford and Jonathan |
|||
Hussey to draw a paper of Denial against him and bring it |
|||
to the next monthly Meeting if they think proper |
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Tho Potter. paper read |
Thomas Potters paper of denial hath been Read accordin[g] |
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to the appointment of last monthly meeting |
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And is as followeth |
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[Test]imony [ag]ainst Potter |
Whereas Thos Potter Son of John Potter & Margaret his wife |
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he the said Thomas Potter having been one under our Care, yet |
|||
through unwatchfulness Gave way to the temtation of the Enemy |
|||
So as to fall into that Shamefull Sin of Fornication, which appears |
|||
by his wife having a Child Soon after Marriage, and he hath |
|||
been Laboured with from time to time for his Misconduct hoping |
|||
he may See his Outgoings and make friends Satisfaction, but he Still |
|||
Remains Obstinate and Refuse to make friends Satisfaction, there- |
|||
=fore for the Clearing of truth we Can do no less than Give this forth, as |
|||
a Publick Testemony against him the Said Thomas Potter Denying |
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him from being in membership with us the People Called Quakers |
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yet we Sincerely desire that he may Come to a Sense of his Outgoings, and |
|||
through unfeigned Repentence find Mercy, Given forth at our monthly |
|||
Meeting held in Dartmo. the 1t day of the 7 mo: 1763. |
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Signed in and by order of Said Meeting by – – |
⎧ Abraham Tucker |
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⎨ Peleg Smith |
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⎩ Peter Devel [Davol] |
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[Ca]se of Jonathan [C]lark referd |
The matter Concerning Jonathan Clark is Refered to the |
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next monthly Meeting – – |
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Coakset preparative meeting Informs this meeting that |
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[Da]vid Kirbys [Kerby] [diso]rderly [m]arriage |
David Kerby hath Married out of the Unity of friends |
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and that they have Laboured with him and he Gave them |
|||
no satisfaction therefore the matter is Refered to the |
|||
next monthly Meeting |
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[8]th mo: 1763 |
At a monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth |
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the 15th of the 8th month 1763 Ponaganset meeting |
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Called Peleg Smith and Caleb Russell present Coakset |
|||
meeting Called John Mosher and Philip Tripp presents |
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[Rep]ort of John [Ri]cketsons [m]arriage |
The Friends appointed to See John Ricketsons |
||
Marriage Consumated make Report that they attend[ed] |
|||
the Marriage and Saw nothing but that it was accom= |
|||
=plished in Good order. |
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Received Divers Certification |
This Meeting Received an Epistle from the yearly |
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Meeting held at Newport on the 10th of the 8th[?] mo 17[63?] |
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which was Read to Good Satisfaction; |
|||
This meeting lik[e]wise Read an Epistle from the yearly |
|||
meeting for Sufferings in London, and one from the yea[rly] |
|||
Meeting held at Philadelphia, and one from the yearly |
|||
Meeting held at flushing, and one from our friends |
|||
John Woolman and Samuel Estburn [Eastburn]1, all of which bei[ng] |
|||
Read in this meeting to Good Satisfaction and as they |
|||
Contain Good advice, and many Good Exhortations the |
|||
Contents are Recommended to friends Observation; |
|||
John Giffords Case referd |
The matter Concerning Giving John Gifford a Certificate |
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is refer’d to the next monthly meeting; |
|||
fords Case referd |
The matter Concerning Isaac Sanford is Refer’d to the next |
||
monthly Meeting; |
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Wm How =lands paper accepted |
This Meeting doth accept of Wm Howlands paper of Conde[m]- |
||
nation for Satisfaction Provided that he Read it or Get |
|||
Some friend to read it at the end of a first day meeting for |
|||
worship and he be present between this and the next mont[hly] |
|||
Meeting; |
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Joshua Barkers Case referd |
The matter Concerning Joshua Barker is Refered to the ne[xt] |
||
monthly Meeting |
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Case of Jona Clark referd David Kirby Case referd |
The matter Concerning Jonathan Clark is Referrd to the |
||
next monthly Meeting ~ |
|||
the matter Concerning David Kerby [Kirby] is likewise Referd |
|||
to the next monthly Meeting and John Mosher and |
|||
Othnial Tripp is are appointed to Labour with him, |
|||
and make report to the next monthly Meeting |
|||
This Meeting hath Collected £5=17s:8d old tenor and Davi[d] |
|||
Order to pay Jonathan Hussey |
Smith is ordered to pay Jonathan Hussey three Dollars fo[r] |
||
keeping the Meeting House half a year |
|||
Inspection of the poor (to report) |
This Meeting ^appoints Nicholas Howland and Paul Russell ove[r] |
||
=seers of the poor to have an Inspection into their Circ[um] stan[ces] |
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and to make Report once a Quarter ~ |
|||
There hath been ^a Complaint brought against Reuben |
|||
Devil [Davol] by one of the Visitors in Several Respects |
|||
[Com]plaint against [Reuben] Devel |
in not attending meetings, and in his Conduct which |
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appears Scandulous [scandalous], therefore this meeting doth |
|||
appoint Christopher Gifford and Velantine [Valentine] Huddlestone |
|||
to Labour with him if they have an opportunity and |
|||
make Report to the next monthly Meeting; |
|||
[Sub]scription for [Step]hen Wilcox |
This Meeting hath Come to a subscribtion for the Relief of |
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Stephen Wilcox and family; |
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|
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9th mo.th 1763 |
At a monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth on |
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the 19th of the 9 mo. 1763 Ponaganset meeting Called |
|||
Thomas Smith and James Shearman present, for Coak= |
|||
=set Peleg Huddlestone & Peter Devil [Davol] present |
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[Ben]ja Tuckers [pro]posal of [m]arriage |
Benja Tucker and Surviah [Zerviah] Ricketson Declared their |
||
Intentions of Marriage to this Meeting and were desired |
|||
to wait til next monthly Meeting for their Answer |
|||
and Caleb Russell and Joseph Gifford are Appointed |
|||
to Enquire into the young mans Clearness as to Mar= |
|||
=riage and Conversation and makes Report to the |
|||
[acknow?]legment of Wm Howland |
[W]illiam Howlands paper being Read as ordered, is as follows – viz [To?] |
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the monthly meeting of friends to beholden at Dartmo: the 16: 9 month 1763 |
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[W]orthy friends, Whereas I have through unwatchfulness some times been Guilty of |
|||
[drin]king too much Spirituous Liquor to the Reproach of truth and Grief of the friends |
|||
[wh]ereof, for which outgoings of mine they have in Love Labourd with me, which |
|||
[d]ealings I do Gratefully acknowledge as a Sure mark of their tender Regard for my |
|||
[go]od, which Causes me the more freely, not only to Confess, but also to Condemn my |
|||
[w]eakness in the above Sd Respect, but as I have a Great Regard for friends and |
|||
[the] Good order Established among them, and a desire to Refrain from the Above |
|||
[?] Evil for the future, So I desire friends to pass by my offence for the time past (and |
|||
[co]ntinue me under their Care) Hoping for the future with Divine Assistance to be |
|||
[m]ore watchful over my Self, that my life & Conversation may be Such as may |
|||
[n]ot bring the like trouble on friends ; William Howland |
|||
Certificate for John Gifford & fam: Signed |
There was a Certificate Signed at this Meeting for |
||
John Gifford and his Wife and Children to the |
|||
monthly Meeting at Oblong; ~ |
|||
Joshua Barker Case referd |
The matter Concerning Joshua Barker is Refer’d to th[e] |
||
next monthly Meeting as is likewise the matter |
|||
David Kirbys Case referd |
Concerning David Kirby; ~ |
||
Jona Hussey paid |
David Smith has paid Jonathan Hussey three Dollars |
||
According to the order of Last monthly Meeting; ~ |
|||
Jonathan Clark accepted |
This Meeting doth Conclude to accept of Jonathan |
||
Clark to be one under our Care; ~ |
|||
Isaac Sanfords paper accepted |
This Meeting doth likewise accept of Isaac Sanfords |
||
paper Condemning his outgoings for Satisfaction and |
|||
he to Remain under Our Care |
|||
Friends to attend Quart[er] =ly meeting |
This Meeting doth appoint Humphry Smith, Wm |
||
Anthony ju: and Philip Tripp to attend the Quarterly |
|||
Meeting and to draw an Epistle to the Same and Compile |
|||
the Answers to the Queries and bring them to the adjou[rn] |
|||
=ment of this Meeting, The Queries have been Read and |
|||
Answered by the preparitive meetings |
|||
adjourn [mett?] |
This Meeting adjourns to the first Sixth day in the next |
||
month at the tenth Hour in the forenoon ~ |
|||
This Meeting being met according to Adjournmen[t] |
|||
the Representatives being Called but none present |
|||
no report of Ruben Devel Case |
The friends appointed to treat with Reuben Devel [Davol] have |
||
made no report to this Meeting therefore the matter is |
|||
Refer’d to the next monthly Meeting; |
|||
=lands request |
Joseph Howland Requests to Come ^under friends Care, therefo[re] |
||
this Meeting doth appoint Wm Sanford and Jonathan |
|||
Hussey to treat with him and make Inquiry into his |
|||
Conversation and make Report to the next monthly |
|||
[Jon]athan Clark [re]quest a [Ce]rtificate |
Meeting; ~ Jonathan Clark Requests a Certificate to the monthly |
||
Meeting of Sandwich Certifying his Clearness as to Mar- |
|||
=riage and Conversation, therefore this Meeting doth |
|||
appoint Joseph Tucker and Joseph Smith to make Inquiry |
|||
into the Above Said particulars, and to draw a Certificate |
|||
for him if they think proper and bring it to the next |
|||
monthly Meeting; ~ |
|||
[Epi]stle & answers [to?] Queries |
The Friends Appointed to draw an Epistle to the Quarterly |
||
Meeting and Compile the Answers to the Queries have |
|||
done it and the Epistle was Signed in this Meeting and |
|||
Sent to the Quarterly Meeting by the Representatives |
|||
|
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10th mo: 1763 |
At a monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 17th |
||
of the tenth month 1763 Ponaganset meeting Called Joseph |
|||
Smith and Wm Sanford present, for Coakset Ichabod Eddy |
|||
and Josua [Joshua] Deval [Davol] present, – – |
|||
[Be]nja Tuckers [c]learness |
The Friends Appointed to Enquire into Benja Tuckers Clear |
||
=ness make Report that they don’t find anything to hinder |
|||
his proceeding in Marriage; ~ |
|||
[Be]nj Tuckers answer |
Benja Tucker and Surviah [Zerviah] Ricketson did appear for |
||
their Answer, and their Answer was that they might |
|||
proceed to take each other in Marriage in Some Conveni= |
|||
=ent time Between this and the next monthly Meeting |
|||
Observing the Good order Established Amongst us in the |
|||
performance thereof, and Caleb Russell and Joseph |
|||
Gifford are Appointed to See their Marriage Consumated in |
|||
Said order and make Report thereof to the next |
|||
monthly Meeting. ~ |
|||
Joshua Bar =ker case refer’d |
The matter Concerning Joshua Barker is Refer’d to the |
||
next monthly Meeting, by the Request of his brother |
|||
Abraham Barker |
|||
David Kirby Case referd |
The matter Concerning David Kerby [Kirby] is Refer’d to the |
||
next monthly Meeting ~ |
|||
Report from Quarterly Meeting |
The Friends Appointed to attend the Quarterly Meetin[g] |
||
make Report that they have attended Accordingly |
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and have produced an Epistle from the Same which w[as] |
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Read in this Meeting and well accepted ~ |
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Howland accepted |
The Friends Appointed to Discourse with Joseph |
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Howland make a satisfactory Report therefore this |
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Meeting doth Accept of him to be one under our Care |
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Certificate for Jonathan Clark |
This Meeting signed a Certificate for Jonathan Clark to the |
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monthly Meeting of Sandwich Certifying his Clearness as to |
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Marriage and Conversation, ~ |
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overseers for meeting house lofts |
This Meeting doth Appoint Jonathan Hussey, Wm Antho[ny] |
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jr David Smith, Wm Barker, Joseph Smith and Benja |
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Howland 2d overseers to have an Inspection over the lofts[?] |
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and other seats to see that the people Behave orderly |
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overseers for Accoaxet meeting [?] |
at our yearly meeting, And Joshua Daval [Davol] Daniel Wood |
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Ichabod Eddy and Benja Tripp are appointed for the |
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Same purpose at Coakset Meeting ~ |
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Elihu Bowen Request the Second Time |
This Meeting understands that Elihu Bowen Desires to |
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Come into Un[i]ty with friends Again therefore this Meeting |
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doth Appoint Abraham Tucker and Peleg Smith, |
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to discourse with him and make Report to the next |
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Monthly Meeting |
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[1]1th mo. [17]63 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth on the 21 day |
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of the 11th month 1763, Ponaganset Meeting Called Joseph |
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Tucker present for Coakset Joseph Tripp and Israel Wood |
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present The friends appointed to See Benja |
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[Rep]ort of [Benj?] Tucker [ma]rriage |
Tuckers Marriage Consumated, make Report that they |
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attended the Marriage and Saw nothing but that it |
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was Accomplished in Good order ~ |
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[Jos]hua [Ba]rker [dis]owned |
This Meeting hath Signed a paper of Denial Against Joshua |
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Barker for his outgoings, and Jonathan Hussey is Appointed |
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to read it or Get Some friend to read it between this and the |
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next monthly Meeting at the end of a frist [first?] day meeting |
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for worship |
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[Dav]id Kerby [cas]e referd |
The matter Concerning David Kerby [Kirby] is Refer’d to the next |
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monthly Meeting ~ |
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[Re]port of [ov]erseers of [meet]ting [ho?]use |
The major part of the friends that was Appointed overseers |
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at our yearly meeting make Report that they think |
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they have discharged their duty in that Respect and they |
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hope there is a Service in it ~ |
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[?]se of Elihu [Bo]wen referd |
The matter Concerning Elihu Bowen is Refer’d to the next |
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monthly Meeting, and the same friends are Still Continued |
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in the Same Service – – |
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The women friends Inform that they have Received a Re= |
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Russells [certific?]ate [r]eceived |
=moval Certificate for Anne Russell which they have accepted |
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and She to be under their Care which this Meeting Concurs with |
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whereas this Meeting is destitute of a Book to Record the |
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[Caleb?] Russell purchase book for [re]cords |
minutes of this meeting in, therefore this meeting doth |
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Imploy Caleb Russell to Purchase one and bring it to the |
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next monthly Meeting If he Can Conveniently ~ |
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[Reu]ben [Deva]ls [Ca]se |
whereas there was a Complaint brought Against Reuben |
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Devil [Davol] Some months past and he hath not been Sufficiently |
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Laboured with, therefore Christopher Gifford and |
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Ichabod Eddy are appointed to Labour with him if |
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they have an opportunity and make Report to the next |
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monthly Meeting – – |
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Meetings Granted in Allens neck |
The friends in Allens neck Requests the liberty to |
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hold a meeting there Some part of this winter therefore |
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this meeting Grants them the liberty to hold a meeting |
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for the three winter months on first days Except the las[t] |
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first days preceding each monthly meeting in Each month |
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This Meeting hath Collected £4=10s:6d old Tenor – – |
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Comtee to revise the minutes |
This meeting doth appoint Peleg Smith, Humphry Smith |
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Joseph Tucker, Philip Tripp and Samuel Smith a Com |
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=mittee to Inspect into the monthly meeting minutes |
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that are put on Record and Correct them where they |
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Shall find it Necessary, and also to form a new minute |
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Concerning Abig[ail] Kerby |
or an Addition to the former Concerning Abigail Kerby [Kirby] |
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There hath been a Complaint brought against Benja |
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Complaint against Ben Shearman |
Shearman for his outgoing in Marrying out of the Unity |
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of friends, therefore this meeting doth appoint Davi[d] |
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Smith and Jonathan Hussey to treat with him and |
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make Report to the next monthly Meeting ~ |
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12th mo: 1763 |
At a monthly Meeting held at our Meeting |
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House in Dartmouth the 19th of the 12th month 176[3] |
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Ponaganset meeting Called Peleg Smith and Caleb |
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Russell present for Coakset Philip Tripp and James |
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Cornel [Cornell] present |
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Joshua Barkers paper not Read |
The Reading [of] Joshua Barkers paper hath been Omitte[d] |
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last month therefore Isaac Smith is apointed to Be[?] |
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[him?] Some Convenient times between this and the next |
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monthly meeting ~ |
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[Cal]eb Russell [pu]rchased a [boo]k for Records |
Caleb Russell has purchased a Book according to the |
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appointment of last monthly meeting and the price |
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is two Dollars |
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[Cloe] Bowen [R]eceived |
accept of Cloe Bowen to be under their Care which |
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which [sic] this meeting Concurs with |
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[Reuben] Devil [dis]owned |
whereas Reuben Devil [Davol] hath been one under our Care, and |
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he hath Declined attending Meetings for worship and |
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Discipline, for which he hath been Sufficiently Labour’d |
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with and declines to make Satisfaction, therefore this |
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Meeting doth Conclude to Deny him from being under |
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our Care |
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[David] Kerby [d]isowned |
whereas David Kerby [Kirby] hath Married out of the Unity of |
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friends for which he hath been Sufficiently Labour’d with |
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and declines to make Satisfaction, therefore this Meeting |
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doth Deny him from being under our Care |
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[Eli]hu Bowens [c]ase referd |
The matter Concerning Elihu Bowen is Refer’d to the |
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next monthly Meeting – – |
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[B]enj Shearmans [C]ase referd |
The friends appointed to treat with Benja Shearman |
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Signify they have not done it therefore they are Still |
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Continued in the Same Service and to make Report to |
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the next monthly meeting – – |
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[pot?] Ink and [Lo]ck required |
This meeting doth appoint David Smith to purchase a |
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Quire of paper and an Ink pot and a Lock to lock the |
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drawer to put them in for the use of this Meeting |
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This Meeting has Collected £7=5s=6d old tenor, and the |
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[O]rder to pay [Jo]na Hussey |
Treasurer is orderd to pay Jonathan Hussey three Dollars |
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for keeping the Meeting House half a year which he |
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has accordingly paid |
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Comtee to Revise the minuts |
This Meeting doth appoint Peleg Smith, Humphry Smith |
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Abraham Tucker Joseph Tucker and Samuel Smith |
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a Committee to peruse the monthly Meeting minutes to |
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See what part they Shall think proper to be put on |
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Record, and make Report to the next monthly Meeting |
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Coakset meeting House to be Enlargd |
Coakset prepar[a]tive meeting Signify to this Meeting that |
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they think it will be Convenient to make Some additi[ons] |
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to their little meeting House, and also to build a Chimny |
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Therefore this meeting doth appoint Paul Russell Barn[abas?] |
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Mosher and Joseph Smith to Consider how big to build |
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and also to Compute the Cost as near as they Can and when |
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to build at all or not, and to make Report to the next |
|||
monthly Meeting ~ |
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Queries answer’d |
The Queries have been read, and answers made by |
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both preparative Meetings |
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in Quarter =ly mee[t]ing |
Philip Tripp, Humphry Smith and Wm Anthony jun |
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are appointed to attend the Quarterly Meeting and |
|||
to Compile the answers to the Queries and draw an Epistl[e] |
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to the Same and bring them to the Adjournment |
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adjourn |
And this Meeting is Adjourned to the first Sixth day in |
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next month – – |
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mett |
This Meeting being met according to adjournment |
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The Representatives being Called, for Aponaganset meeti[ng] |
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Caleb Russell present for Coakset none present – |
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answer to Queries & Epistle [procured?] |
The friends appointed to Compile the Answers to the |
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Queries and to draw an Epistle to the Quarterly Meetin[g] |
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have done it according to Appointment, and this |
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Meeting hath Signed and Sent the Epistle by the |
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Representatives |
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[1]st mo: 1764 |
At a monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth |
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on the 16: of the first month 1764, Ponaganset |
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Meeting Called Caleb Russell and Daniel Russell |
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present, for Coakset Joshua Devil [Davol] and Israel Wood |
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[Fr]ancis Coffins [pr]oposal of [m]arriage |
present, Francis Coffin and Anne Hussey Declared their Intentions |
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of Marriage and were desired to wait till the next |
|||
monthly Meeting for their Answer |
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Joshua Barkers Paper of Denial hath been read According |
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to the Appointment of last monthly Meeting ~ |
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And is as followeth (viz) |
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[?], Barkers Denial |
Whereas Joshua Barker Son of James Barker Deceased |
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and Elizabeth his wife, he the Said Joshua Barker |
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having been one under our Care and had his Education |
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among friends, yet he through unwatchfullness Gave |
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way in three Respects, firstly, in too frequently being |
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in Company with Catharine Russell that brought a |
|||
Scandulous Report on the Society, Secondly in declining |
|||
to pay the Constable his Tax, Thirdly, in Refusing to |
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Comply with a Verdi[c]t brought Against him for burning |
|||
Some Rails belonging to Henry Tucker, and he hath |
|||
been Labour’d with in love from time to time for his |
|||
misconduct hoping he may make friends Satisfaction |
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but he Still Remains Obstinate, therefore for the |
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Clearing of truth we can do no less than Give this |
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forth as a Publick Testimony Against him the S’d |
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Joshua Barker, Denying him to be one in Unity with us |
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the people Called Quakers, Yet we do Sincerely desire |
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and through unfeined Repentance find Mercy |
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Given forth at Our monthly Meeting held in Dart |
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=mouth the 21 of the 11 month 1763, And Signed in |
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and by order of Said Meeting by Job Russell [Clerk?] |
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Elihu Bowen Case referd |
The matter Concerning Elihu Bowen is Refer’d to the |
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next monthly Meeting, |
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Benj Sher man Jur Paper |
Benja Shearman jur hath Sent a paper to this Meeting |
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Condemning his Marrying out of the Unity of friends |
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which hath been taken notice of, and do Refer the |
|||
matter to the next monthly Meeting for furder Consider[ation] |
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minuts not revised |
The Comittee Appointed to peruse the monthly Meeting |
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minutes Signify they have not done it, therefore they |
|||
are Continued in the Same Service and to make Report |
|||
to the next monthly Meeting |
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Report on acoakset meeting house |
The Comttee Appointed to Consider about Enlarging |
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the meeting House at Coakset and also to Compute the |
|||
Cost, make Report that they think it will be proper |
|||
to build a Side flush with the old part and also to |
|||
Build a Chimny, and they have Computed the Cost as near |
|||
as they Can which is thirty three Dollars, therefore |
|||
this meeting Grants Liberty that Coakset friends Go |
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on and Build as Above Said |
|||
Report from Quar =terly meet =ing |
The friends appointed to attend the Quarterly meeting |
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make Report that two of them attended the other |
|||
Sent a Sufficient Excuse, and they have produced |
|||
an Epistle from the Same which hath been Read in |
|||
this Meeting and well accepted |
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M: Wilkerson and R [W]ilbour [d]isown’d |
The women friends Inform that they have Deny’d |
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Mary Wilkerson and Ruhamah Wilbour for their |
|||
Marrying out of the Unity of friends which this meeting Concurs |
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with, and do deny the Same from under our Care |
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[P]. Allen [R]equests [t]o Come under [f]riends Care [w]ith his [C]hildren, |
Prince Allen Requests to Come under friends Care with |
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his Children, therefore this Meeting doth appoint Daniel |
|||
Russell and Phillip Allen and Humphry Smith to Confer |
|||
with him and make Report to the next monthly Meeting |
|||
The friends at New=Swanzey desire the Liberty to hold a |
|||
[M]eetings [G]ranted at New Swanzey |
Meeting among them as often as friends Shall think proper |
||
therefore this Meeting doth Grant them the Liberty to |
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hold a meeting two days in a month for two months, one |
|||
first day of the month; |
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Timothy Shear [m]an Jur [dis order?] |
The Visitors Inform that Timothy Shearman Jur hath |
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Set up a Publishment, by which we Conclude he Intends to |
|||
Marry out of the Good order of friends, and he hath been |
|||
Labour’d with and declines to Retracts his Intentions |
|||
therefore Joseph Gifford and Wm Barker are Appointed |
|||
to tell him if he Shall Continue in his proceedings that he |
|||
may Expect to be denied and they to Labour with him |
|||
as they Shall find freedom |
|||
[?] Printing [G]eorge Foxes [Jo]urnal refer’d |
Proposals of Printing George Foxes Journals in London |
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by way of Subscription hath been Presented to this Meeting |
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which is Refer’d to the next monthly Meeting for |
|||
furder notice2 |
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[Ca]leb Russell [is?] paid for the [Bo]ok for records |
This Meeting hath Collected and Paid Caleb Russell |
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two Dollars for the Book for Records; ~ |
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2d mo: 1764 |
At a monthly meeting held in Dartmouth the 20th |
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of the 2d month 1764, Ponaganset meeting Called Wm Bar[ker?] |
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and David Smith present, for Coakset Joseph Tripp and |
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Peter Devil [Davol] present; |
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Francis Coffins Certificate |
Francis Coffin hath Produced a Certificate from the monthly |
||
Meeting of Nantucket, Certifying him to be of an Orderly |
|||
life and Conservation and Clear from any Entanglement |
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Francis Coffins answer |
Relating marriage which this Meeting accepts |
||
Francis Coffin and Ann Hussey did appear for their answer |
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which was that they might Proceed to take each other in |
|||
Marriage in Some Convenient time between this and th[e] |
|||
next monthly Meeting Observing the Good order Establis[hed] |
|||
among us in the Performance ther[e]of and Caleb Russell an[d] |
|||
David Smith are appointed to see their Marriage Consumat[ed] |
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in Said order and make Report to the mext [sic] monthly Meeting |
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E. Bowen Rec’d |
This Meeting doth accept of Elihu Bowen to be under our Ca[re] |
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Jacob Motts paper accep= =ted |
This Meeting doth accept of Jacob Motts paper Condemning his |
||
outgoings in taking too much Spirituous Liquor, hoping h[e] |
|||
may Conduct better for time to Come – – |
|||
refer’d |
The matter Concerning Prince Allens Request to Come und[er] |
||
friends Care with his Children is Refer’d to the next month[ly] |
|||
Meeting, and the Same friends are Still Continued in that |
|||
Service and to make Report to the next monthly Meeting – – |
|||
Timothy Sher =man Jur Case referd |
The matter Concerning Timothy Shearman jur is Refer’d |
||
to the next monthly Meeting; – – |
|||
The women friends Inform that they have accepted of |
|||
R. Cornel Rec’d |
Rebeccah Cornel [Cornell] to be under their Care which this Meeting |
||
Concurs with |
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meetings Granted in Allens Neck |
This Meeting Grants the friends in Allens neck th[e] |
||
Liberty to hold a meeting there one month longer as heretofore |
|||
John Potter overseer of the poor |
This Meeting doth appoint John Potter overseer of the poor ([?] |
||
Nicholas Howland) in lieu of Paul Russell and they to make |
|||
Report once a Quarter – – |
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[Ca]se of Benj [She]arman Jur refer’d |
The matter Concerning Benjamin Shearman jur is Referd |
||
to the Next monthly Meeting; |
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|
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[3?] mo 1764 |
At a monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth on the |
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19th day of the 3d month 1764, Ponaganset meeting Called |
|||
David Smith and William Anthony jur present, for Coakset |
|||
Peter Devil [Davol] and Philip Tripp present |
|||
[Jos]eph Howland [pro]posal of mar[ri]age |
Joseph Howland & Bershebe Shearman and Daniel Smith and |
||
Rebecca Cornel [Cornell] declared their Intentions of Marriage and |
|||
[D]aniel Smith proposal of [m]arriage |
were desired to wait till the next monthly Meeting for their |
||
answer, and Benjamin Howland jur and John Potter are |
|||
appointed to make Inquiry into the young mens Clearness |
|||
as to Marriage and Conversation and make Report to the |
|||
next monthly Meeting – – |
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[Re]port of Fran [F]rancis Coffins marriage |
The friends appointed to See Francis Coffin and Ann Husseys |
||
Marriage Consumated make Report that they attended the |
|||
Marriage and Saw nothing but that it was accomplished |
|||
in Good order |
|||
[Pr]ince Allen [R]equest referd |
The matter Concerning Prince Allens Request to Come |
||
under friends Care with his Children is Refer’d to the next |
|||
monthly meeting and the Same friends that were appointed |
|||
to discourse with them two months ago are still Continued in |
|||
the Same Service & to make Report to the next monthly Meeting, |
|||
T. Shear= man dis= own’d |
whereas Timothy Shearman jur hath Married out of the order |
||
of friends, and he hath been Sufficiently Labour’d with, and |
|||
he Refusing to adhere to friends Cautions and Labour of love |
|||
therefore this Meeting doth deny him the Said Timothy |
|||
Shearman to be one in Unity with us and from under our Care |
|||
Shearman Jur referd |
The matter Concerning Benja Shearman ju: is Refer’d to the |
||
next monthly Meeting; |
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[Jo?]ne Soule Receiv’d |
The women friends Inform that they have Concluded to accept |
||
of Jone Soule to be under the Care of friends which this Meetin[g] |
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Building at coakset meeting house To collect account of Publick friends deceased |
Concurs with; This Meeting appoints Ichabod Eddy and Josep[h] |
||
Tripp are to Carry on the Rebuilding of Coakset meeting Hou[se] |
|||
This meeting appoints the Elders of Aponaganset and Coakse[t] |
|||
a Committee to Collect an Account of the deaths of Public |
|||
friends that have happened from for Some time past and |
|||
bring them to the Adjournment; |
|||
Complaint against Benj Tripp |
Coakset friends Preparitive meeting Inform that |
||
Benja Tripp hath Gone Contrary to friends orders in Opposin[g] |
|||
the Constable in Distraining for a Tax and he hath been Labo[ured] |
|||
with by the Visitors and has not made Satisfaction therefore |
|||
this meeting doth appoint Peleg Smith Humphry Smith and |
|||
William Anthony ju: a Committee to Labour furder with h[?] |
|||
and make Report to the next monthly Meeting ~ |
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Queries Answer’d |
The Queries have been Read and answers prepar’d from both |
||
preparitive Meetings and Read in this Meeting, |
|||
Representa =tives |
Joseph Tucker Peleg Smith Philip Tripp Samuel Smith |
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and Peter Devil [Davol] are appointed to attend the Quarterly |
|||
Meeting and Compile the Answers to the Queries and draw |
|||
an Epistle to the Same^& bring them to the Adjournment |
|||
Complaint against Benj Devil |
Benjamin Devil [Davol] hath Married out of the order of friends |
||
and hath also had a Child Soon after Marriage and hat[h] |
|||
been Labour’d with and Declines to make Satisfaction |
|||
Therefore this Meeting doth appoint Christopher Gifford a[nd] |
|||
Ichabod Eddy to labour furder with him and make Report |
|||
to the next monthly Meeting, This Meeting hath Colle[cted] |
|||
order to pay Antipas Hathaway |
£3–11s–8d old tenor and the Treasurer is orderd to pay An[tipas] |
||
Hathaway 10 Shillings Lawfull money for mending Glass a[t?] |
|||
the meeting House; This Meeting adjourns to the Sixth day |
|||
adjourn |
of next month ~ |
||
mett |
This Meeting being met according to Adjournment |
||
the Sixth day of the 4th month 1764 the Representatives |
|||
[ep]istles & [an]swers to |
all present, This meeting hath Signed and Sent an Epistle |
||
[qu]eries Sent |
to the Quarterly Meeting and also hath Sent the Answers |
||
to the Queries by the Representatives |
|||
death of Publick Friends |
The Elders brought the Account of the deaths of Publick |
||
friends to this Meeting |
|||
|
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1764 |
At a monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth b/y on the 16th |
||
of the 4th mo: 1764 Ponaganset meeting Called Caleb Russell |
|||
and William Anthony jur present, for Coakset Peleg Hud= |
|||
=dlestone present, |
|||
[Jo]seph Howland Daniel Smith [C]learness |
The friends appointed to Enquire into Joseph Howlands and |
||
Danil [Daniel] Smiths Clearness as to Marriage and Conversation |
|||
make Report that they do’nt find anything to hinder |
|||
their Proceeding in Marriage; – – |
|||
[Jos]eph Howlands Daniel Smiths answer |
Joseph Howland and Bershebe Shearman Danil [Daniel] Smith and |
||
Rebecca Cornel [Cornell] did appear for their Answer and their |
|||
Answer was that they might Proceed to take each other |
|||
in Marriage in Some Convenient time between this |
|||
and the next monthly Meeting observing the Good order |
|||
used amongst us and John Potter and Benja Howland jur |
|||
are appointed to See Joseph Howlands and Barshebe [Bershebe] Shearmans |
|||
Marriage Consumated in Sd order and make Report to the |
|||
next monthly meeting, and William Anthony jur |
|||
and Samuel Smith are appointed for the Same Service |
|||
at the Marriage of Daniel Smith and Rebecca Cornel [Cornell] and |
|||
they to make Report to the next monthly meeting |
|||
[Pr]ince Allen [&?]Children Received |
This Meeting doth accept of Prince Allen and his Children |
||
to be under our Care for time to Come |
|||
[Ca]se of Benj Shearman Ju refere’d |
the matter Concerning Benja Shearman jur is Refer’d to |
||
the next monthly Meeting |
|||
Benj Tripp Case Suspen =ded |
The Comm[i]ttee appointed to Labour with Benja Tripp |
||
make Report that he ought to Condemn his Opposing the |
|||
officer in the manner he did and he Cannot find freedom to |
|||
Comply with their Judgment at present Therefore the matter |
|||
is Suspended ~ |
|||
Report from Quarterly meeting |
The friends appointed to attend the Quarterly Meeting make |
||
Report that they ^all attended it and have produced an Epistle from |
|||
the Same which was Read in this Meeting and well Accepted |
|||
Benj Deval refer’d |
The matter Concerning Benja Deval [Davol] is Refered to the next mont[hly] |
||
Meeting and the same friends are Still Continued in the Same Servi[ce] |
|||
and they to draw up a paper of Denial against him if they think |
|||
Necessary and bring it to the next monthly meeting; |
|||
Antp[?] Hath= =away is paid |
The treasurer has paid Antipas Hathaway ten Shillin[gs] |
||
for mending Glass; |
|||
Wm Sanford & David Smith acompt |
William Sanford and David Smith has Brought in an |
||
account to this meeting for Repairing the Stable belong[ing to?] |
|||
this Meeting and the lock the drawer and one Quire of Pap[er] |
|||
and one Ink Stand; all £27=16s–6d Old tenor which this |
|||
meeting accepts |
|||
Philip Trafford request for his Children accepted |
Philip Trafford Requests that his Children that he had by |
||
his first wife be taken under friends Care which this meet[ing] |
|||
Grants and accepts them to be under Our Care for the time to Com[e] |
|||
L. Cornel Rec’d |
The women friends Inform that they have Accepted of Lyd[ia?] |
||
Cornel [Cornell] to be under their Care which this Meeting Concurs with |
|||
|
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5 mo: 1764 |
At a monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 21 of [?] |
||
5th month 1764 Ponaganset Meeting Called Joseph Smith and |
|||
Samuel Smith present for Coakset Daniel Wood present, |
|||
John Potter and Benjamin Howland ju: make report that h[e] |
|||
Report of Jos[?] Howland marriage |
attended the Marriage of Joseph Howland and Barshebe [Bershebe] Shea[rman] |
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and Saw nothing but that it was Accomplished in Good order |
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William Anthony jur and Samuel Smith Report that they |
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Report of Dan Smiths Marriage |
attended the marriage of Daniel Smith and Rebecca Cornel [Cornell] |
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and Saw nothing but it was likewise Accomplished in |
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Good Order – – |
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[Ca]se of Benj [She]arman Jur [r]eferd |
The matter Concerning Benjamin Shearman jur is Refer’d |
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to the next monthly Meeting and Peleg Smith and William |
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Anthony jur are Appointed to discourse with him Concerning his |
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not attending meetings and make Report to the next |
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monthly Meeting, The matter Concerning Benjamin Devil [Davol] is |
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Refer’d to the next monthly meeting; – – |
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[?] take Sub= [=sc]riptions for [Geo]rg Foxes [Jo]urnals |
Samuel Smith is appointed to take the Subscribtions [subscriptions] for |
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George Fox’s Journals and Endeavour to Collect the Money |
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and Send it up to the Yearly Meeting; – – |
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N. Sisson Rec’d & L. Shear= [=]man denied |
the women friends Inform that they have accepted of Naomy |
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Sisson to be Under their Care and that they have denied |
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Lydia Shearman from being one under their Care both which |
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this Meeting Concurs with; |
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Complaint [a]gainst Wilcox |
There hath been a Report brought to this Meeting that Stephen |
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Wilcox hath So Conducted in time past that he hath very |
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much fallen Short of discharging many of his debts which |
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hath been due, which Seems to be of an attendency to bring |
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a Reproach on friends therefore Peter Devil [Davol] Philip Tripp |
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Peleg Huddlestone Joseph Gifford and Joseph Tucker are |
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Appointed a Comittee of Enquiry and to discourse with him |
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and make Report to the Adjournment of this Meeting |
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adjourn |
This Meeting Adjourns to the 30th of this month |
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This Meeting being mett according to Adjournment the 30th |
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of the 5th month 1764 the Representatives being Called for |
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Ponaganset Samuel Smith present, for Coakset none present |
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[C]ase of Stephen [W]ilcox referd |
the Committee make Report that Stephen Wilcox desires that |
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friends would wait untill the next monthly meeting therefore |
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the matter is Refer’d to Sd meeting; – – |
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[Co]mplaint [ag]ainst Job Howland |
Lusana Russell has Exhibited a Complaint against Job How= |
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=land for Refusing to Leave a Contr^oversy Subs^isting Between them |
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to Arbitration, therefore Barnabas Mosher and Luke Hart are |
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appointed a Committee of Enquiry and they to advise Job Howland |
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to leave it to men if they think Necessary and make |
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Report to the next monthly meeting; |
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6 mo: 1764 |
At a monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the |
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18th of the 6th month 1764 Ponaganset meeting Called |
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Stephen Wilcox case referd |
Peleg Smith and Joseph Smith present for Coakset for |
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Joshua Devil [Davol] present – – |
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Stephen Hathway proposal of marriage |
Stephen Hathaway and Abigail Smith did lay their |
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Intention of Marriage and were desired to wait till the |
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next monthly Meeting for their Answer |
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Case of Ben Shearman refered |
The matter Concerning Benjan Shearman jur is Refer’d |
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to the next monthly meeting, as is likewise that of Benja |
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Case of Ben Devil referd |
Devil [Davol] – – |
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Money Collec =ted for 12 Books mo |
Samuel Smith has answered the Appointment of last |
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monthly meeting and Collected money Enough for twelve |
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of Fox’s Journals – – |
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meetings advice to Stephen Wilcox |
It is the advice of this Meeting that if Stephen Wilcox Can’t |
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discharge his debts no otherwise he ought to deliver up his |
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Estate to his Creditors and Notify them all as Soon as may |
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be, and the Same Committee is Still Continued to Notify him |
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of the Conclusion of this Meeting and assist him in advice |
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and make Report to the next monthly Meeting; – |
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Henry Stantons Visit |
Our Esteemed friend Henry Stanton has Visited this |
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Meeting with a Certificate from Carterite [Carteret] |
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In North Carolina dated the 18th of the 4th mo: 1764 which being Read |
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was kindly accepted. |
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Friends appointed for Quarter =ly meeting |
Peleg Smith Humphry Smith Philip Tripp are Appointed |
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to attend the Quarterly meeting and draw an Epistle to the |
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Same and bring it to the adjournment; – – |
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Case of Job How= =land |
The ^friends appointed to Inquire into the Controversey between |
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Job Howland and Lusanna Russell make Report that they |
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advised them to do it which ^he Refused therefore Joseph |
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Smith and Joseph Gifford are appointed to Labour |
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furder with him and make Report to the next |
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monthly Meeting; |
[words crossed out for last two lines]
[or]der to pay [Jon]athan Hu]sey |
This Meeting has Collected 4£–4s–11d old tenor and the |
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Treasurer is order’d to pay Jonathan Hussie [Hussey] three Dollars |
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for keeping the Meeting House half a year |
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[adj]ourn [m]ett |
This meeting adjourns to the first Sixth day in next month |
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This meeting being met according to adjournment the 6 of the 7th |
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month 1764 the Representatives being Called for Ponaganset |
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Peleg Smith and Joseph Smith present for Coakset none pre==sent |
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[ans]wrs [to] the [Que]ries |
The Queries have been Read and answers prepared from both |
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preparitive meetings and Peleg Smith Humphry Smith and |
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Wm Anthony jur are appointed to Compile the answers to the |
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Queries and Deliver them to the Representatives |
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This meeting has Signed and ordered to be Sent an Epistle to the |
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Quarterly meeting by the Representatives |
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[Ru]th [Ed]dy [de]nied |
The women friends Inform that they have Concluded to deny |
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Ruth Eddy therefore david Smith is appointed to draw a paper |
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of Denial against her and bring it to the next monthly meeting |
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7th mo:1764 |
At a monthly Meeting held at Dartmouth the 16th of the |
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7th month 1764 Ponaganset meeting Called David Smith and Samll [Samuel] |
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Smith present for Coakset Joseph Tripp and Ichabod Eddy present |
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Stephen Hathaway certifi= [=ca]te |
Stephen Hathaway produced a Certificate from Sandwich monthly meet= |
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=ing Certifying his Clearness as to Marriage and Conversation in a |
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degree Clear – – |
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Stephen Hathaways [an]swer |
Stephen Hathaway and Abigail Smith did appear for their answer |
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which was that they might proceed to take each other in marriage |
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in Some Convenient time between this and the next monthly Mee= |
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=ting Observing the Good order Established Amongst us in the perfor= |
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=mance thereof and William Anthony and Daniel Russell are |
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appointed to See their Marriage Consumated in S,d order and make |
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Report to the next monthly Meeting |
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Jemima Hoxie Receivd |
Jemima Hoxie has Produced a Certificate from the monthly meeting |
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of Sandwich dated the 29 of the 6th mo: 1764 Informing of her being of |
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an orderly life and Conversation and under their Care and that |
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She has Settled her outward affairs which this meeting accepts and She |
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to be under our Care |
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=ker Received |
Mary Tucker hath Produced a Certificate from Sandwich |
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monthly Meeting held the 29th of the 6 mo: 1764 which Informs |
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her being in a Good degree of an orderly life and Conversation |
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which this meeting accepts and She to be under our Care for |
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the time to Come – – |
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Ben Sher =man case referd |
The matter Concerning Benja Shearman ju: is Refer’d to the |
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next monthly meeting |
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Jos Taber Ju his paper |
Joseph Taber ju: has produced a paper to this meeting Condem[n]ing |
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his falling into the Sin of fornication which this meeting |
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appoints Caleb Russell to See that it be Red [read] at the end of a first day |
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meeting for worship at Quishnet and he to be present and make |
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Report to the next monthly Meeting, and when Said paper be |
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Read as afforesaid this meeting Concludes to accept of it for |
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Case of Benj Deval referd |
Satisfaction; The matter Concerning Benja Deval [Davol] is |
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Refer’d to the next monthly meeting; – – |
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The case of Stephen Wilcox |
the Committee appointed to have the Care of Stephen Wilcox’s |
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affair make Report that he did not fully Comply with the Conclu: |
|||
=sion of last monthly meeting therefore the Same Committee are |
|||
Still Continued to Repeat the Same advice to him and also to Inform |
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him that this Meeting desires him Imediately to Comply with |
|||
the above Said advice and if he do’nt he must Expect to be |
|||
dealt with as an offender |
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Report from Quarterly meeting |
The friends appointed to attend the Quarterly meeting being |
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Called upon make Report that they did all attend it and have |
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produced an Epistle from the Same which was Red to Good Satisfaction |
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Epistles received |
This Meeting Received two Epistles from London one written |
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the other Printed which was Read to Good Satisfaction, and |
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as they Contain many wholsome Exhortations and advices, they |
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are Recommended to friends Observation; – – |
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This meeting likewise Received an Epistle from the yearly mee= |
|||
=ting at Philadelphia dated the 9th mo: 1763 and one from our |
|||
last yearly meeting held at Newport on Rhode Island |
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This ^meeting adjourns to the 25th day of this Instant |
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This meeting being Met According to Adjournment the |
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Representatives being Called for Ponaganset meeting David |
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Smith and Samuel Smith present for Coakset none present |
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Testimony [a]gainst Ruth Eddy |
This meeting has Signed a paper of Denial against Ruth Eddy |
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for falling into the Sin of fornication which is Evident by her |
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having a Child Soon after Marriage and Peleg Huddlestone |
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is appointed to Read it or Get Some body to Read it at the end |
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and make Report to the next monthly meeting; |
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[C]ase of Job How= [=]land |
The Committee appointed last monthly meetyng to Labour with |
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Job Howland make Report that he declines to leave the Contro= |
|||
=versey to men therefore Jonathan Hussie [Hussey] Joseph Smith and Wm |
|||
Anthony ju: are appointed a Committee to have them face to face |
|||
and to Labour to Reconcile them and if they Can’t to advise |
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them to leave their Controversy to men [word crossed out] if they think pro= |
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=per and make Report to the next monthly meeting |
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8th mo: 1764 |
At a monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 20th of the 8th 1764 |
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Ponaganset meeting Called James Shearman and Caleb Russell |
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present, for Coakset Peter Devil [Davol] present and the other friend that |
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was appointed at Coakset Sent an Excuse which this meeting |
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report of Stephen Hathaways marriage |
thinks Sufficient |
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the friends appointed to See Stephen Hathaway and Abigail Smiths |
|||
marriage Consumated make Report that they attended the |
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Benj Sher man Jur paper accepted |
marriage and Saw nothing but that it was accomplished in Good Order |
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This ^meeting doth accept of Benja Shearman ju: his paper for Satisfaction |
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Condeming his misconduct in marriage and he to be under our Care |
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for the time to Come |
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Caleb Russell makes Report that Joseph Taber ju:’s paper has |
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been Read According to the Appointment of last monthly meeting |
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which is as followeth (viz) |
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Dartmouth the 22 of the first month 1764 |
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J. Taber Repen: |
dear friends; |
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Whereas I Joseph Taber jur of Dartmouth have had my Educati= |
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=on among Friends in a Sober manner and am also fully persuaded |
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and Confirmed in my mind of the Truth of the Doctrines and |
|||
Principles held forth by them; have notwithstanding through |
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unwatchfullness and not taking that heed which I ought to have |
|||
done to that Divine Principle of Light and Grace fallen into |
|||
the Sin of Fornication which is Evident by my wive’s having |
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a Child Soon after Marriage, also my being married out of |
|||
the Unity of friends, all which I do hereby Condem, and am |
|||
heartily Sorry for, and desire the Lord may forgive me and |
|||
friends pass it by and let me Remain Under their Care |
|||
their Labour of love with me I do Gratefully acknowledge |
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and hope it may not prove Labour lost |
|||
from your friend Joseph Taber jur |
|||
Case of Ben Devil referd |
The matter Concerning Benjamin Devil [Davol] is Refered to next |
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monthly meeting and Christopher Gifford and Ichabod Eddy are |
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appointed to have the Care of the affair and make Report to the |
|||
next monthly meeting; – – |
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Peleg Huddlestone makes Report that Ruth Eddys paper of |
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Denial hath been Read according to the appointment of last |
|||
R. Eddy disowned |
monthly Meeting; which is as follows, |
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Whereas Ruth Eddy Daughter of William Gifford [d?] and |
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Patience his wife was Educated in the profession of us the people |
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Called Quakers in Dartmouth and did Some times frequent our |
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Religious meetings, but for want of faithfull adherence to the |
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dictates of that Divine Principal which was Sufficient to have |
|||
preserved her, hath been prevailed on to Give way to the tem= |
|||
=tation of the enemy So far as to be Guilty of the Sin of Fornicatio[n] |
|||
as doth appear by her having a Child Soon after marriage |
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and Notwithstanding She hath been duly admonished & advised |
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in order to bring her to a Sight of her misconduct, but She |
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Still Remaining Obstinate, we do therefore hereby disown |
|||
the Said Ruth Eddy to be of our Society until She Come to |
|||
witness that Godly Sorrow which worketh true Repentance |
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which that the Lord may mercifully Grant her is our Sincere |
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desire; Signed by order and in behalf of the above S’d people |
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in their monthly meeting held in Dartmouth by adjournment |
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the 25th of the 7th month 1764 by |
Job Russell Clerk |
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Elisabeth Smith Clerk |
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for this day – – |
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Affair of [Stephen?] Wilcox referd |
The affair Concerning Stephen Wilcox is Refer’d to the next |
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monthly meeting; – – |
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The Committee appointed to Inspect into the Controversy Subsisting |
|||
between Job Howland and Lusanna Russell make Report that |
|||
it was their advice that he ought to leave to men the Controversey |
|||
which he Refuses to do therefore he is looked upon as an offender and |
|||
John Russell 2d John Potter Wm Barker are appointed to Inform |
|||
him of the Judgment of this meeting, and to Labour with him as |
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[V]isitors |
they Shall find freedom and make Report to the next monthly meeting |
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It is the Conclusion of this meeting that the Visitors do Still Continue |
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[Elijah?] Russel request a [Cer]tificate |
in the Same Service for one month longer · – |
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Elijah Russell Desires a Certificate to the monthly meeting of |
|||
Swanzey Signifying his Clearness Respecting Marriage and |
|||
Conversation, therefore Humphry Smith and Benja Howland 2d |
|||
are appointed to Inspect into his Conversation and draw one for him |
|||
Case |
if they think proper and bring it to the next monthly meeting |
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The matter Concerning Benja Tripp hath Laid Several months |
|||
and nothing done therefore Peleg Huddlestone and John Mosher |
|||
are appointed to treat with him on that matter and make |
|||
Report to the next monthly meeting; ~ |
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9 mo: } 1764 |
At a monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 17th of the 9th |
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month 1764 Ponaganset meeting Called Joseph Smith and |
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Daniel Russell present, for Coaset Christopher Gifford and |
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Benj Devil Case referd |
David Devil [Davol] present; |
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The matter Concerning Benja Devil [Davol] is Refer’d to the next monthly |
|||
meeting and Christopher Gifford is Still Continued according to the |
|||
appointment of last monthly meeting ~ |
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the matter Concerning Stephen Wilcox is Refer’d to next monthly |
|||
Ann Coffin Certificate |
meeting; This Meeting has Signed and Sent a Certificate to the |
||
monthly meeting of Nantucket ^for Ann Coffin Certifying her being in a |
|||
[Job?] Howland [Case] referd |
Good degree of an orderly life and Conversation and under our Care |
||
the matter Concerning Job Howland is Refer’d to the next |
|||
[Elij?] Russel [certi]fi= [=cate] |
monthly meeting |
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This meeting has Signed a Certificate for Elijah Russell to the |
|||
monthly meeting of Swanzey Certifying his Clearness from any |
|||
Entanglement Respecting Marriage and in a degree of an |
|||
Joseph Mosher request |
orderly Conversation – – |
||
Joseph Mosher and his wife Requests to Come under friends Car[e] |
|||
therefore Christopher Gifford and David Devil [Davol] are Appointed to |
|||
take an Opportunity of Conference with him on that account |
|||
B. Tripp accepted |
and make Report to the next monthly meeting; |
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Benjamin Tripp hath appeared in this meeting and made |
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Certificate requested for Giles Russell |
friends Such Satisfaction as they have taken up with |
||
Daniel Russell Requests a Removal Certificate for his Son |
|||
Giles to the Oblong, therefore Jonathan Hussey and David |
|||
Smith are Appointed to draw one if they think proper and to |
|||
make Enquiry into his life and Conversation and bring it to the |
|||
Queries answered |
next monthly meeting ~ |
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The Queries have been Read and Answers prepared by both |
|||
Ponaganset preparative meeting, Joseph Tucker and his Son |
|||
Job Howland Case Sent to Quar meet=ing |
Barziller Tucker are Appointed to draw an Epistle to the Quarterl[y] |
||
meeting and bring it to the adjournment – – |
|||
The like Case of Job Howland, is to be Sent up to the Quarterly |
|||
adjournd |
meeting for advice – – |
||
mett |
This meeting Adjourns to the first Sixth day in next month |
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Representatives being Called Daniel Russell Joseph Smith |
|||
[R.?]Willis Visit |
and David Devil [Davol] present, |
||
Our Esteemed friend Robert Willis hath Visited this meeting |
|||
with a Certificate from the monthly meeting of Woodbridge |
|||
in New=Jersey dated the 16th 5 mo: 1764 which was Read and |
|||
Chusing Visitors referd |
well Accepted |
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the matter Concerning Chusing Visitors and Overseers is Refer[‘d] |
|||
Friends for Quar- meeting |
to the next monthly meeting |
||
Joseph Tucker, Abraham Tucker, Philip Tripp are Appointed |
|||
to attend the Quarterly meeting and present the Epistle and |
|||
make Report to the next monthly meeting |
|||
This meeting hath Signed and Sent an Epistle to the Quarterly |
|||
Collection referd |
Meeting by the Representatives |
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the Quarterly Collection is Refer’d to the next monthly meeting |
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10th mo } 1764 |
At a monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 15th of the 10th |
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Month 1764, Ponaganset Meeting Called Joseph Smith and Benja |
|||
=min Howland jur present, for Coakset Ichabod Eddy and Israel |
|||
[Benj Wings proposal of marriage?] |
Wood present, |
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Benja Wing and Mary Potter declared their Intentions of Marriage |
|||
and were desired to wait til the monthly meeting for their |
|||
answer and Peleg Huddlestone and Joseph Tripp are appointed |
|||
to make Enquiry into Benja Wing, Clearness as to Marriage and |
|||
Conversation and likewise to see if Mary Potters Estate be Settled |
|||
So that her Children be not hurt by her Said Marriage and make |
|||
[Ca]se of [B]enj Deval [re]ferd |
Report to the next monthly meeting |
||
The affair of Benja Deval [Davol] is Refer’d to the next monthly meeting |
|||
and Philip Allen and Adam Gifford are appointed to have an |
|||
Inspection over him and his Conduct and make Report to |
|||
[Step?] Wilcox Case refered |
the next monthly Meeting |
||
[Job?] How- [-]lands [Case?] referd |
Stephen Wilcoxs Case is Refer’d to the next monthly meeting |
||
The Case of Job Howland is Refer’d to the next monthly meeting |
|||
on the account of Informing him of the Result of the Quarterly |
|||
meeting and Peleg Smith is appointed to Inform him of Said |
|||
Giles Russells certificate |
Result and make Report to the next monthly Meeting; |
||
This Meeting hath Signed a Removal Certificate for Giles |
|||
Russell Certifying him to be in a degree of an orderly Conversation |
|||
a Comtee to advise with[?] in Lawsuits |
and under our Care directed to the monthly meeting of the Oblong |
||
Humphry Smith Joseph Tucker William Barker are |
|||
appointed a Standing Comittee pursuant to the direction |
|||
of meeting house |
of the late Book of Discipline in page 138 |
||
Jonathan Hussie [Hussey], David Smith, Samuel Smith, Benjamin |
|||
Howland ju: William Mosher, Israel Wood, Joshua Cornel [Cornell] |
|||
David Devil [Davol] are Apointed to have the oversight of the people |
|||
in the Galleries and other Seats at our next Annual Meeting |
|||
both here & at Coakset and to make Report to the next |
|||
Joseph Moshers Case |
monthly meeting |
||
The friends Appointed to Confer with Joseph Mosher make |
|||
Report that they have not both Confer’d with him by reas[on?] |
|||
of Indisposion, therefore Ichabod Eddy and David Devil [Davol] |
|||
are Appointed for the Same Service and they to make Re: |
|||
Wm Hath= [=]away request |
=port to the next monthly Meeting; |
||
William Hathaway Requests to Come under Care of |
|||
friends, therefore Joseph Smith and Luke Hart are |
|||
Appointed a Committee to Confer with him on that account |
|||
and make Report to the next monthly Meeting |
|||
H. Mosher Rec’d |
The [word crossed out] women friends Inform that they have minuted |
||
Hannah Mosher wife to Wm Mosher under their Care |
|||
which this Meeting Concurs with |
|||
|
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11 mo: 1764 |
At a monthly meeting held in Dartmouth on the |
||
19th day of the 11th month 1764 Ponaganset Meeting |
|||
Called Joseph Smith and William Anthony ju: present |
|||
Benj Wing Clearness |
for Coakset John Mosher and Joseph Tripp present, |
||
The friends appointed to Inspect into Benjamin Wings Clear |
|||
=ness as to Marriage and Conversation make Report that |
|||
they have made Enquiry and do not find any thing to hinder |
|||
his Proceeding in Marriage and also that the widows Estate |
|||
B. Wings answer |
is Settled according to friends orders; |
||
Benjamin Wing and Mary Potter appeared for their |
|||
Answer, which was that they might proceed to take each |
|||
other in Marriage in Some Convenient time between this |
|||
and the next monthly meeting, Observing the Good order |
|||
Established amongst us in the performance thereof and |
|||
Peleg Huddlestone and Joseph Tripp are appointed to See |
|||
their Marriage Consumated in Said order and make |
|||
[Benj Devil case?] referd |
Report to the next monthly meeting |
||
The matter Concerning Benjamin Devil [Davol] is Refer’d to the next |
|||
monthly Meeting; and the Same Committees are Still Continued |
|||
in the Same Service and to Return the paper to him and Inform |
|||
him that there is a deficiency and make Report to the next |
|||
And M. Mosher Rec’d?] |
monthly meeting; |
||
The women friends Inform that they have minuted Mary Kerby [Kirby] |
|||
and Meribah Mosher under their Care which this Meeting Concurs with |
|||
The Case of Stephen Wilcox is Refer’d to the next monthly meeting |
|||
[J. How: =land denied] |
Whereas, there hath been a Complaint Exhibited against Job |
||
Howland by Lusanna Russell for Refusing to leave a Contro= |
|||
=versey Subsisting between them to Arbitration, and he hath |
|||
been Sufficiently Laboured with and he appears Obstinate |
|||
and Refuses friends Advice, therefore this Meeting for the |
|||
Clearing of the Blessed truth doth deny the S,d Job Howland |
|||
from being one under our Care |
|||
adjourn |
This Meeting Adjourns till tomorrow at the tenth hour in |
||
mett |
the fore noon |
||
This Meeting being met according to Adjournment the 20th 11:mo: 1764 |
|||
the Representives being Called for Ponaganset meeting both |
|||
present for Coakset Joseph Tripp present the other Repre:tive |
|||
[overseers of meetg house report?] |
has made an Excuse for his absence which this meeting accepts |
||
The friends Appointed to have the oversight of the people in the |
|||
Galleries and other Seats at our Annual Meeting being Called |
|||
upon make Report that they attended Agreeable to |
|||
[J.] Mosher Rec’d |
appointment and that the people behaved in a Good degree |
||
orderly; The Committee Appointed to Confer with Joseph |
|||
Mosher make Report that he Gave them Good Satisfaction |
|||
Therefore this Meeting doth accept and minute him under |
|||
over= seers Chosen |
our Care |
||
This Meeting appoints Joshua Devel [Davol] and Israel Wood Overseers |
|||
for Coakset, and also appoints William Anthony ju: and Job |
|||
Russell Overseers for Ponaganset, and also appoints Luke |
|||
Visitors |
Hart and Barziller Tucker overseers from Newtown |
||
This Meeting Appoints Abraham Tucker and Caleb |
|||
Russell Visitors for Ponaganset , and Peter Deuel [Devol] |
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Wm Hathway Recd |
and Philip Tripp Visitors for Coakset |
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The Comittee Appointed to Confer with Wm Hathaway |
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make Report that he Gave them Good Satisfaction |
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Meetings Granted |
therefore this Meeting Minutes him under our Care |
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This Meeting Grants the friends living in Allens neck |
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Liberty to hold a Meeting down there at some friends House |
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three first days in a month for three winter Months and the |
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first Spring Month, Excepting the first days that precede |
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Complaint against Isaac Howland |
the monthly Meetings |
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Whereas, Isaac Howland ju: hath Married out of the Unity |
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Trade, and hath never Condemned them to friends Satisfaction |
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Nat Sowle Jr Request |
which is Refered to the next Monthly Meeting; |
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Nathaniel Soule ju: Requests to Come under friends Care |
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Therefore Ichabod Eddy and Israel Wood are Appointed to |
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take an Oppertunity of Conference with him, and make |
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Jos Mosher request a Certificate |
Report to the next Monthly Meeting |
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Joseph Mosher desires a Removal Certificate to Smithfield |
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Therefore Isael [Israel] Wood and Philip Tripp are Appointed to make |
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Enquiry into his Outward Affairs, and draw one for him |
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To draw a Certificate for Mathew Franklin |
if they think proper and bring it to the next Monthly Meeting |
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This Meeting Appoints Humphry Smith and William |
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Anthony jun to draw a Certificate for Matthew Franklin |
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and bring it to the next Monthly Meeting; |
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12 mo 1764 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 17th of the |
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12th month 1764, Ponaganset Meeting Called David Smith and |
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Wm Anthony ju: present, for Coakset, Philip Tripp and Israel |
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[?]the [?] [?] of [MA]rriage |
Wood present, |
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William Hathaway and Ruth Barker Declared their Intentions of |
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Marriage, and were desired to wait until the next monthly Meet= |
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=ing for their Answer and Caleb Russell and Joseph Smith are |
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Appointed to Make Enquiry into the young mans Clearness as to |
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[B] [Da]vil [di]sowned |
Marriage and Conversation and Make Report to the next Monthly |
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meeting; Whereas Benja Davil [Davol] hath fallen into the Sin of |
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fornication and he hath been Sufficiently dealt with and Refuses to |
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make friends Satisfaction; therefore this Meeting thinks best for the |
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Clearing of the Blessed truth to disown him, and do Appoint Isaac |
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Smith to draw up a paper of denial Against him and bring it to the |
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[report?] of [?] Wings [Mar]riage |
next Monthly Meeting; |
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The friends Appointed to See Benja Wing, and Mary Potters Marriage |
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Consumated Make Report that they attended the Marriage, and that |
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[?] of Step [Wil]cox referd |
it was Consumated in tolerable good order; |
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The Case of Stephen Wilcox is Refered to the next monthly Meeting As is |
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[?] of Isaac [How]land [?] |
likewise the Matter Concerning Isaac Howland jun – – and the Represen= |
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=tatives to the Quarterly Meeting are Appointed to treat with Said howland |
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on that account and Inform him that his Accknowledgment is too |
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N. Sowle [?] |
short and wherein; |
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The friends Appointed to Conferr with Nathaniel Sowle ye 2d Make |
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Report that he Gave them Good Satisfaction, therefore this Meeting |
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[Certi]ficat [?] Mosher |
doth Minute him under friends Care. |
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This Meeting has Signed and Sent a Removal Certificate to the Monthly |
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[for] Matthew Franklin |
Meeting of Smithfield for Joseph Mosher and family; |
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This Meeting has Signed and sent a Certificate for Matthew Franklin to |
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[Request] for [M]eeting [?] Swanzy |
Flushing on long Island; |
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The friends at New Swanzy Requests Liberty to hold a Meeting there |
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on first days till the last of the 4th month 1765 which this Meeting |
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Grants Exceptt the holding a Meeting on them first days that |
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John How Land’s request |
precedes our Monthly Meeting day, |
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John Howland Requests to Come under friends Care, therefore this |
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Meeting doth appoint Wm Bowdish and Joseph Gifford to Confer |
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John Smith’s request & Certificate |
with him on that Act and Make Report to the next Monthly Meeting |
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John Smith the 3d Requests a Certificate to the monthly Meeting |
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of Sandwich Respecting his Clearness as to Marriage and Conversation |
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Therefore Luke hart and Barzillear Tucker are Appointed to Inspect |
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into the Above Sd. particulars and draw one for him if they think |
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proper, and bring it to the next Monthly Meeting; |
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order to pay Jonan Hussey |
This Meeting has Collected £7:17S–2d old tener, and the Treasurer |
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is ordered to pay Jonathan Hussey three Dollars for keeping the |
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To Settle with Trea surer |
Meeting House half a year; Wm Sanford and Jonathan Hussey are |
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Appointed to make up Accompts with the Treasurer and Make Report |
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meeting house Overseers |
to the next monthly Meeting; |
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The Treasurer has paid Jonathan Hussey According to order. – – |
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Friends for Quart meeting |
The overseers of the Meeting House are Still Continued for one year more |
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Humphry Smith, Samuel Smith, Wm Anthony ju. Caleb Russell |
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Philip Tripp are Appointed to Attend the Quarterly |
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meeting and Compile the Answers to the Queries and draw |
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an Epistle to the Same and bring them to the Adjourn= |
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J Howland appeals |
=ment of this Meeting. |
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Job Howland Requests an Appeal from the Judgment |
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adjourn |
of this Meeting to the Quarterly Meeting which is Granted |
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mett |
This Meeting Adjourns to the 26 day of this Month |
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This Meeting being mett According to Adjournment this |
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26 day of the 12th month 1764, the Representation being |
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Called for Ponaganset David Smith and Wm Anthony ju. |
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D Smith Clerk this day |
present, for Coakset None present; – – |
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This Meeting Appoints David Smith Clark of this |
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Meeting for this day – – |
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Queries answered Epistle Signed |
The friends Appointed to attend the Quarterly Meeting have |
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drawn an Epistle and Compiled the Answers to the Queries which |
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was brought to this Meeting and the Epistle Signed by the |
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Clark and ordered to be Sent up by the Representatives; |
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At a Monthly Meeting held at Dartmouth the 21 of the |
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first Month 1765, Ponaganset Meeting Called Joseph Smith |
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and Caleb Russell Present, for Coakset John Mosher present |
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Wm Hathaway’s Clearness |
The friends Appointed to make Enquiry into Wm Hathaway’s |
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Clearness as to Marriage and Conversation Make Report |
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that they do not find Anything to hinder their proceeding |
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in Marriage. |
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Wm Hathaways proposal of marriage |
William Hathaway and Ruth Barker did appear for their |
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Answer which was that they might Proceed to take Each |
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other in Marriage in Some Convenient time between this |
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and the next monthly Meeting Observing the Good Order |
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Established among us in the performance thereof and Caleb |
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Russell and Joseph Smith are appointed to see their Marriage |
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Consumated in Sd order and make Report to the next Monthly Meeting. |
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Benja Davil disowned |
This Meeting has Signed a paper of denial Against Benja |
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Davil [Davol] for the Sin of Fornication but the Reading of it is Referd |
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to the next monthly Meeting, and Philip Allen is Appointed |
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to Inform him of the Judgment of this Meeting and make |
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Report to the next monthly meeting. |
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Case of Stephen Wilcox refer’d |
The Case of Stephen Wilcox is Refered to the next Monthly Meeting |
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Case of Isaac Howland Ju. & John Howland refer’d |
as is likewise the Case Concerning Isaac Howland jun |
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And likewise the Case Concerning John Howland is Refered to |
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the next Monthly Meeting. |
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Certificate for John Smith |
This Meeting has Signed a Certificate for John Smith, Joseph’s |
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Son, to the monthly meeting of Sandwich Certifying his Clearness |
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as to Marriage and Conversation |
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Settled with Treasurer |
The friends Appointed to make up Accompts with the Treasurer |
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make Report that they have answer’d their Appointment |
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and there is due to this Meeting £4–10S–1d old Tener |
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Report from Quarterly Meeting |
The Friends Appointed to attend the Quarterly Meeting |
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Make Report that three of them attended agreeable to |
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Appointment and one of the other made an Excuse which the |
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Quarterly Meeting took up with and Caleb Russell [4-5 letters crossed out] has |
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made an Excuse to this Meeting, and the Said friends have |
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produced an Epistle from the Sad [Said] Meeting which was Read in |
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this Meeting and Well Accepted |
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Obediah Allen’s offence |
Obediah Allen has sent a paper to this Meeting Condeming |
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his falling into the Sin of Fornication which Was Read in |
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this Meeting and Refer’d to the next Monthly Meeting for |
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furder Consideration. |
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denied |
The Women friends Inform that they have denied Phebe Snell |
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for Marrying Contrary to the order of Friends which this Meeting |
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Concurs With |
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T. Wings |
Whereas Thomas Wing has Married Contrary to the Order |
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of friends, and also has Removed Without a Certificate, and |
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P. Davel under dealing |
also Philip Davel [Davol] has Removed without a Certificate and |
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without friends Advice, Therefore Daniel Russell is Appointed |
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to Labour with both of them for the afforesd offences in behalf |
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of this Meeting when he Goes to Oblong, and Make Report to |
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this Meeting as Soon as he Can. |
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2d mo: 1765 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth on the 18th of the |
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2d Month 1765 the Representatives for Ponaganset are |
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Joseph Smith and Caleb Russell present, for Coakset Philip Tripp |
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and Israel Wood present; |
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Ezekiel Comstock proposal of marriage |
Ezekiel Comstock and Mary Russell declared their Intentions |
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of Marriage at this Meeting and were desired to ^wait till the next |
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Monthly Meeting for their Answer. |
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Report of Wm Hath away mar riage |
The friends Appointed to oversee the Marriage of Wm Hathaway |
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and Ruth Barker Report that they both attended the Marriage |
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and Saw nothing but that it was Accomplished in Good order |
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Benj Davil disowned |
There was a paper of denial Signed Against Benja Davel [Davol]at the last |
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Monthly Meeting, and was Presen’d to this Meeting to let him know |
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the Conclusion of Sd Meeting, and Report being Made that he |
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Still Refuses to Condemn his outgoings, therefore Philip Tripp |
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is Appointed to Read it at Coakset Meeting after the Meeting |
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of Worship on a first day between this and the next Monthly |
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Meeting, and Make Report to the next Monthly Meeting. |
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Case of Stephen Wilcox & Isaac Howland refer’d |
The Case of Stephen Wilcox and likewise that of Isaac Howland jun |
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are both Refer’d to the next Monthly Meeting |
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The Case of John Howland is Refer’d to the next Monthly Meeting |
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under the Same Care as heretofore |
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Obediah Allen’s case continued |
Obediah Allen’s Reference is Still Continued till next Monthly |
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Meeting, and Peleg Huddlestone and Job Case are Appointed to discourse |
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with the young man, and also with the young Woman that Accused of^ |
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him of the Aforesd Crime, and Endeavor to have them face to face |
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and see if the young Woman be fully Satisfied and make Report |
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to the next Monthly Meeting. |
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G. Handy Requests to Come among friends |
George Handy Requests to Come Under the Care of friends therefore |
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Joseph Smith and Wm Mosher are appointed to [fo] Confer with him |
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on that Account and make Report to the next Monthly Meeting. |
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under dealing |
Whereas Daniel Smith (Isaac’s Son) hath been of Accused of the Sin of |
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Fornication for which offence he hath been discoursed with by the |
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overseers and declines to Condemn the Same, therefore this Meeting |
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doth Appoint Joseph Tucker and James Shearman to discourse furder |
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with him, and Inform him that it is the mind of this Meeting that if he |
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do not Condem his offence nor Endeavour to make friends Satisfaction |
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That they are Appointed to draw a paper of denial Against him and to bring |
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it to the next Monthly Meeting and Make Report to the Said Meeting. – – |
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C Slocum under dealing |
Whereas Christopher Slocum hath been Accused of the Sin of Fornica= |
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=tion and hath been Laboured with by one of the overseers and the |
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visitors and Gave them no Satisfaction, Therefore this Meeting doth |
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appoint Daniel Cornel and Samuel Smith to Labour furder with |
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him and also Inform him that it is the Mind of this Meeting that |
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they Should draw a paper of denial Against him if he don’t Incline |
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to Condemn his Offence and make friends Satisfaction and bring it |
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to the next Monthly Meeting. |
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Order to draw a Certificate for Robert Willis |
Humphry Smith and Wm Anthony jun are Appointed to draw a Certificate |
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for our Worthy friend Robert Willis, and bring it to the next Monthly Meeting |
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Peleg Smith, Samuel Smith, Wm Anthony jun, Job Russell, Joseph Tucker |
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Order to Revise Minutes |
are Appointed to Peruse the Monthly Meetings Minutes to see what |
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part they Shall think proper to Go on Record, and they also to Inspect |
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into the Affair Relating to Abigail Kerby and prepare a Minute |
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Affair of Abigail Kirby |
for that purpose if they think proper and Make Report to the next |
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Monthly Meeting |
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3dmo 1765 |
At a Monthly Meeting held at Dartmouth the 18th day |
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of the 3d Month 1765 Ponaganset Meeting Called John Potter |
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and Wm Anthony jun present, for Coakset Joseph Tripp and |
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Joshua Davel [Davol]present. |
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Ezekiel Comstock’s Certificate |
Ezekiel Comstock hath produced a Certificate from the Monthly |
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Meeting of Smithfield, Certifying him to be in some good degree of an |
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orderly life and Conversation and Clear from Any Intanglement |
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Respecting Marriage Among them, which this Meeting Accepts |
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Ezekiel Comstock’s Answer |
Ezekiel Comstock and Mary Russell Appeared for their Answer |
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which was that they Might Proceed to take each other in Marriage |
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in Some Convenient time between this and the next Monthly |
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Meeting Adviseing with the overseers for the purpose – – |
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and Peleg Smith and Wm Anthony jun are Appointed to See |
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their Marriage Consumated in Good order and Make Report |
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to the next Monthly Meeting – – |
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Philip Tripp Makes Report that Benja Devels [Davol] Denial hath |
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been Read According to the Appointment of last Monthly Meeting |
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and is as follows – – |
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B. Davel Denial |
Whereas Benja Davel [Davoll, Devol] Son of Reuben Davel and Mary his wife |
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of Dartmouth in the County of Bristol in the Province of the |
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Masachusets Bay in New England, being one Under the Care of friends |
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the People Called Quakers, yet for want of keeping to the Spirit of |
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Truth hath Given way to the Insinuations of the Evil one So as to |
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fall into the Sin of Fornication as is Manifest by his Wives |
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having a Child Soon after Marriage, and all Proper Endeavors |
|||
in love having being Used to bring him to a Sense of his outgoings, yet |
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no Sign of Repentance Appearing we Can do no less but to Set |
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him aside, Denying him the Said Benja Davel [Davol, Devol]to be one Under |
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the Care of us the People Called Quakers. Yet Sincerely desiring |
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that he May Come to a Sense of his Outgoings and find Mercy |
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Given forth at our Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth |
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the 21 of the first month 1765 And signed in and by order of |
|||
Said Meeting by – – |
Job Russell Clerk |
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Case of Step Wilcox Case [?] Howland and [Ob]ediah Allen refer’d |
The Case of Stephen Wilcox is Refer’d to the next Monthly Meeting |
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and likewise the Matter Concerning Isaac Howland jun is Refer’d to |
|||
the next Monthly Meeting – – |
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The Case Concerning Obediah Allen is Refer’d to the next Monthly |
|||
Meeting Under the same Care as heretofore, and they to make |
|||
Report to the next Monthly Meeting – – |
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Case of [George] Handy |
The Matter Concerning George Handy is Refer’d to the next Month= |
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=ly Meeting – – |
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Daniel Smith and Christopher Slocum Refer’d [?] to |
The Case Concerning Daniel Smith is Refer’d to the next Monthly |
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Meeting Under the Same Care as heretofore – – |
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The Matter Concerning Christopher Slocum is Refer’d to the next Month= |
|||
=ly Meeting – – |
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The friends Appointed to Peruse the Monthly Meetings Minutes Make |
|||
put on Rec ord |
Report that they have Perused said Minutes and left them with Samel |
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Smith to be put on Record, and have prepared a minute Respecting |
|||
Abigail Kerby which is Approved by this Meeting, and ordered to be |
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Recorded, and is as follows – – |
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[Job Howl Crossed out] Whereas, Abigail Kerby was Some years past Under |
|||
A Minute about A. Kerby |
dealing as appears by our Records, but there being no Mention |
||
made therein that She Made friends Satisfaction, by Reason |
|||
as we Apprehend of the Deficiency of the Record (there being |
|||
the Minutes of Several Monthly Meetings omitted) and it |
|||
appearing now by living Evidence that She did make friends |
|||
Satisfaction by Sending a paper into the Monthly Meeting which |
|||
was Accepted, Therefore this Minute is Made and Recorded |
|||
for a Memorandum thereof – – |
|||
J. Howland apeal [?] |
Job Howland Requests a hearing at the next Quarterly Meeting |
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and hath Sent his Reasons of his not Prosecuting his Appeal at the |
|||
last Quarterly Meeting which this Meeting Grants and the Rea= |
|||
=sons to be Sent to the aforesaid Meeting – – |
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Queries answer’d |
The Queries have been Read in this Meeting and Answers prepared by |
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both preparative Meetings. |
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Friends to attend Quarterly Meeting |
Peleg Smith, Caleb Russell, Humphry Smith, Wm Anthony jun, |
||
Peter Davil [Davol, Devol] are Appointed to Attend the Quarterly Meeting and |
|||
Compile the Answers to the Queries and draw an Epistles to the Same |
|||
and bring them to the Adjournment. – – |
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adjourn |
This Meeting Adjourns to the first 6th day in next Month, |
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ment |
This Meeting being Mett According to Adjournment the 5th day |
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of the 4th Month 1765, the Representatives being Called, for Ponaganset [Aponaganset] |
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both present, for Coakset Joseph Tripp present – – |
|||
Case of John How= land refer’d |
The Case of John Howland is Refer’d to the next Monthly Meeting |
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and Wm Sanford and Jonathan Hussie [Hussey] are Appointed to take an |
|||
oppertunity of Conference with him on Account of his desire of |
|||
being taken Under friends Care and Make Report to the next |
|||
Monthly Meeting – – |
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E. Cornel accepted |
The Women friends Inform that they have Accepted of Elizabeth Cornel |
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to be under the Care of friends, Which this Meeting Concurs with – – |
|||
and they also Inform that they have So far Accepted Catherine |
|||
Catherine Russell Acceptence |
Russell’s paper Condemning her outgoings in Keeping Company |
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with Joshua Barker, with the Provisal that She Read Said Paper |
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or Get Some friend to Read it at the End of a Meeting for Worship |
|||
She being present at Ponaganset Meeting House between this |
|||
and the next Monthly Meeting which this Meeting Concurs With, |
|||
Accompts Settled with D. Russell |
This Meeting Appoints Jonathan Hussey, David ^Smith Samuel Smith |
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to Settle Accompts with Daniel Russell and Make Report to |
|||
the next Monthly Meeting – – |
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Epistle & Answers to Queries |
The friends Appointed to draw an Epistle and Compile the Answers |
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to the Queries have Answer’d their Appointment, and the Epistle |
|||
has been Read and Signed in this Meeting by the Clerk and Sent |
|||
with the Answers to the Queries to the Quarterly Meeting by the |
|||
Representatives |
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4th mo: 1765 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 15th of the 4th |
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Month 1765 Ponaganset Meeting Called David Smith and Jonathan |
|||
Report of Ezekiel Comstock Marriage |
The friends Appointed to See Ezekiel Comstock and Mary Russells |
||
Marriage Consumated Make Report that they attended the Mar= |
|||
=riage and Saw nothing but that it was Accomplished in Good order |
|||
Friends Advice to Stephen Wilcox |
Peleg Smith, Peleg Huddlestone and Wm Anthony jun are Appoint= |
||
=ed a Committee to advise with Stephen Wilcox in behalf of this Mee= |
|||
=ting on the Account of his debts he now Labours Under and they |
|||
to advise him to deliver all this Estate up to his Creditors if he |
|||
Can’t answer them some other way before the next Monthly meeting |
|||
[Case] of [Is]aac How[lan]d [r?] |
The Case of Isaac Howland jun is Refer’d to the next Monthly Meeting |
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[Ob]ediah [A]llen |
The friends Appointed to discourse with Obediah Allen Make Report |
||
that they have Answer’d the Appointment and they don’t find things |
|||
Quite Clear, therefore the Matter is Refer’d under their Care and they to |
|||
make Report to this Meeting when they shall have opportunity to |
|||
treat furder with him – – |
|||
[G?] Handy Danil Smith and Christopher Slocum Refer’d |
The Case of George Handy is Refer’d to the next Monthly Meeting. |
||
The Case of Daniel Smith is Refer’d to the next Monthly Meeting by the |
|||
Request of James Shearman – – |
|||
The Case of Christopher Slocum is Refer’d to the next Monthly Meet= |
|||
=ing Under the Care of Humphry Slocum – – |
|||
Report from Quarly Meeting |
The friends Appointed to attend the Quarterly Meeting Make Report |
||
that they all Attended Agreeable to Appointment and have produced |
|||
an Epistle from the same which was Read in this Meeting & well Accepted |
|||
[J.] Howland received among friends |
The friends Appointed to discourse with John Howland Make Report that |
||
he Gave them Good Satisfaction, therefore this Meeting Accepts him |
|||
to be Under friends Care. |
|||
Settled with [?] Russell |
The friends Appointed to Make up Accompts with Daniel Russell |
||
Make Report that they have Made up Accounts and there Remains |
|||
due ₤4–11s–9d old tener which he ^is to take in Wood – – |
|||
P. Slocum Request |
Peleg Slocum juner Requests to Come Under friends Care and has Given |
||
in a paper to this Meeting Condeming his former outgoings which is |
|||
Refered to the next Monthly Meeting and Benja Howland and Samel |
|||
Smith are Appointed to discourse with him on that Account, and to |
|||
See if he has Made Satisfaction to the Young Woman that Accused him |
|||
and they to Make Report to the next Monthly Meeting – – |
|||
Tho Wilcox accepted |
Whereas Thos Wilcox hath Gone Contrary to friends Orders in times |
||
past in Inlisting into the Kings Service and took up Arms for which |
|||
he hath Given in a paper Condemning his afore said offences which this |
|||
Meeting Accepts for Satisfaction, and he to Remain Under friends Care |
|||
The Women friends Inform that they have Accepted patience Sowle to be |
|||
Received & C. Soule Denied |
under friends Care and also that they have denied Charity Sowle from Un= |
||
=der friends Care both which this Meeting Concurs with – – |
|||
This Meeting has collected Three Dollars |
|||
|
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5th mo: 1765 |
At a monthly meeting held in Dartmouth the 20th of the 5th mo: 1765, |
||
Ponaganset Meeting Called David Smith and Samuel Smith present, |
|||
for Coakset John Mosher and Peleg Huddleston[e] present, |
|||
Case of Step Wilcox refer’d |
The Committee appointed to treat with Stephen Wilcox make |
||
Report that he desires longer time to try to discharge his Debts |
|||
in some other way; therefore the Matter is Refer’d to the next |
|||
Monthly Meeting – – |
|||
Isaac Howland Ju to be informd |
Whereas Isaac Howland jur hath been in the Practice of the |
||
Slave trade and lik[e]wise Married out of the Unity of friends and |
|||
he hath been Sufficiently Labour’d with and Neglects to Make |
|||
Satisfaction, therefore Wm Anthony jur is Appointed to Inform |
|||
him that this Meeting hath Come to a Conclusion to deny him |
|||
if he do not Endeavour to Make friends Satisfaction at the |
|||
next monthly Meeting – – |
|||
Case of Geo Handy refer’d |
The Case of George Handy is Refer’d under the same Care as heretofore |
||
This Meeting hath Signed a paper of denial against Daniel |
|||
Dan Smith disownd |
Smith for the Sin of Fo[r]nication and Wm Anthony jur is ap= |
||
=pointed to Read^it at the End of a Meeting for Worship Between |
|||
this and the next monthly Meeting and make Report to S,d meeting |
|||
S. Clark Certifica =te |
The women friends Inform that Susanna Clark hath Produced a |
||
Removal Certificate from Sandwich monthly meeting which |
|||
they accepted, and this meeting Concurs therewith |
|||
Christophr Slocum disown’d |
This Meeting hath signed a Paper of Denial Against Christopher |
||
Slocum for the Sin of Fornication and Job Russell is Appointed |
|||
to Read it at the End of a first day meeting of worship between |
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this and the next monthly meeting and he to make Report |
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to Said meeting |
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Case of Peleg Slocum refer’d |
The Committee appointed to treat with Peleg Slocum jur |
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make Report that he hath made the young woman Satisfac= |
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=tion that accused him of the Sin of Fornication, and also that |
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he Gave them Good Satisfaction; which is Refered to the next |
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monthly meeting – – |
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Eben Allen request to come under frien[d]s care |
Ebenezer Allen (James Son) Requests to Come Under friends Care. |
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There^=fore Peleg Smith and Samuel Smith are appointed to |
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take an Opportunity of Conference with him on that account |
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and Make Report to the next Monthly Meeting – – |
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[Ste]phen Russell Certificate |
Stephen Russell Requests a Removal Certificate to the month |
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=ly Meeting of Sandwich therefore Caleb Russell and Wm Sanford |
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are appointed to Enquire into his Conversation and draw one for |
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him if they think Proper and bring it to the next monthly meeting |
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Weston Briggs request a Certificate |
Weston Briggs and his Wife Requests a Removal Certificate to the |
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monthly Meeting of Sandwich, Therefore James Shearman and |
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Paul Russell are Appointed to Enquire into his Conversation and |
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the Circumstance of his outward affairs, and they to joyn with |
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the women friends, to draw a Certificate for them if they think |
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Proper and bring it to the next monthly meeting |
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6th mo: 1765 |
At a monthly meeting met the 17th of the 6th Month 1765 |
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Ponaganset Called James Shearman and Paul Russell |
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present, forCoakset Benja Tripp and David Davil [Davol] present |
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whereas this Meeting happening while the yearly meeting of |
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Rhod-Island is in being, therefore this Meeting thinks Proper |
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adjourn |
to adjourn and do adjourn to the 24th of this Instant at the Usual |
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mett |
hour of the day on other monthly meetings– – |
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This Meeting being mett according to adjournment this 24th of |
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the 6th month 1765, The Representatives being Called and all |
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Case of S. Wilcox refer’d |
present; The Case of Stephen Wilcox is Refer’d to the next |
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monthly meeting Under the Care of Joseph Tucker, Joseph Gifford |
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and Humphry Slocum and they to make Report to the next monthly Meeting - - |
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I. Howland Jur gave in a paper |
Isaac Howland jur hath Given in a paper Signifying in Sorrow |
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for his outgoings in Using the Slave Trade and in Marrying out of |
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the Unity of friends, which is Refer’d to the next Monthly Meeting |
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G. Handy Received |
The Reports brought in Concerning George Handy being to Satisfaction |
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Therefore this Meeting Accepts the Said George Handy to be in |
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Membership and Under friends Care. |
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Wm Anthony jur makes Report that Daniel Smiths paper of denial |
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hath been Read According to the Appointment of last Monthly |
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Meeting, which paper is as follows – – |
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D. Smith’s denial |
Whereas Daniel Smith Son of Isaac Smith and Mary his wife |
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hath had his Education among friends the People Called Quakers |
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Nevertheless not keeping to that unerring Guide the Spirit of |
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Truth, hath fallen into that Scandulous sin of Fornication as - |
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he hath been accused, and not Clearing himself, nor writing to |
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Condem it to friends Satisfaction, altho’ there hath been Consi= |
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=derable pains taken with him in order for his Recovery. |
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Therefore for the Clearing of Truth, we can well do no less than |
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Give this forth as a Publick Testimony Against him the S,d |
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Daniel Smith, denying him^to be one in Unity with us the afores,d |
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People and from Under our Care, yet desiring if it be the Will |
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of God, that he May Come to a Sight and Sense of his outgoings |
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and through Unfeigned Repentence find Mercy – – |
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Given forth at our monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth |
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the 20th day of the 5th mo: 1765, And signed by order and in said |
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Meeting by – – |
Job Russell Clerk |
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Job Russell makes Report that Christopher Slocum’s paper |
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of denial hath been Read according to the appointment of last |
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monthly meeting, which paper is as follows (viz) – – |
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C. Slocum’s denial |
Whereas Christopher Slocum of Dartmouth in the County |
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of Bristol in New England having had his Education, and |
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made Profession with us the People Called Quakers, Yet through |
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unwatchfulness and a disregard to the Testimony of Truth in |
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himself, hath Given Occasion for a Scandulous Report that |
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he hath Committed the Reproachful Sin of Fornication, |
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and he not Clearing himself of the Crime, but after due |
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Inquiry we have Reason to believe it is true, and friends |
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having Laboured with him in a Spirit of Love and Meekness in |
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order to bring him to a Sight of his Error, but their Care and |
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Labour Proving Ineffectual, Therefore for the Clearing of Truth |
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and friends from such Enormities, This Meeting is Concerned |
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to Give this forth as a Publick Testimony Against him |
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disowning him the Said Christopher Slocum from being a member of |
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our Community, and from under our Care, Sincerely desiring if it be |
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the Will of God that he may yet Come to a true Sight of his Great |
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Evil, and thro’ unfeigned Repentance find acceptance with him |
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Given forth at our monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth, on the |
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20th day of the 5th Month 1765 |
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Signed in and by order of said meeting by – Job Russell Clerk |
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Case of Pe Slocum referd |
The Case of Peleg Slocum 2d is Refer’d to the next monthly meeting |
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E. Allen & wife Re’d |
The Committee appointed to Confer with Ebenezer Allen 2d Make Report |
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that he Gave them Good Satisfaction, therefore this Meeting accepts |
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him into Membership and Under friends Care, and the women friends |
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Inform that they have Minuted his wife Under friends Care which |
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this Meeting Concurs with; – – |
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Case of Wes Briggs referd |
The friends appointed to Inquire into the Circumstance of Weston Briggs |
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and draw a Certificate for him, make Report that things is not Quite |
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Clear, therefore the Same friends are Continued for the Same Service |
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and to make Report to the next monthly meeting |
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Whereas Thomas Akin hath Gone Contrary to friends orders in |
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denied |
Several Respects, and friends not having an opportunity to labour |
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with him until lately and he not Inclining to make Satisfaction, |
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Therefore this Meeting denies the said Thomas Akin from Under |
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friends Care ~ |
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Philip Davil paper |
Philip Davel [Davol] and his wife have sent a Paper to this Meeting from |
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Oblong Condeming their Removing without a Certificate the Unity |
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of friends, and they desire a Certificate to the monthly meeting |
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of Oblong, therefore Isaac Smith and Paul Russell are appointed |
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to Enquire into his Conversation and Circumstances in Regard to his |
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outward affairs, and they to join the women friends to draw a Certi= |
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=ficate for them if they think Proper and bring it to the next |
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monthly meeting – – |
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Tho Wing paper |
Thomas Wing hath Sent a paper^to this Meeting Condeming his Mar= |
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=rying out of the Unity of friends, and desires a Certificate to the |
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monthly meeting of Oblong, which this Meeting so far accepts as |
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to Appoint Peter Davel [Davol] and Philip Tripp to Inquire into his other |
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Conversation and draw a Certificate for him if they think |
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proper and bring it to the next monthly Meeting – – |
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Queries answerd |
the Queries have been Read in this meeting and Answers prepared |
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by Ponaganset Preparitive Meeting – |
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Represen= tatives to Quarterly meeting |
Peleg Smith, Humphry Smith, Peter Davel [Davol] and Joshua Davel |
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are Appointed to attend the Quarterly Meeting and to draw an |
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Epistle to the Same and bring it to the Adjournment. |
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adjourn |
This Meeting Adjourns to the first sixth day of next month |
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mett |
This Meeting being mett according to Adjournment the 5th day of the |
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7th Month 1765, The Representatives being Called Paul Russell, |
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Benja Tripp and David Davel [Davol] present – – |
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Epistle |
This Meeting has signed an Epistle and Sent it with the Answers |
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to the Queries to the Quarterly Meeting by the Representatives |
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Paper to be drawn against P. Wilbor |
The women Friends Inform that they have discharged themselves |
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in Labouring with Phebe Wilbour for the Sin of fornication |
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and She declines to make friends Satisfaction, therefore this meeting |
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doth Appoint Samuel Smith to draw a paper of Denial against |
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her and bring it to the next monthly meeting – – |
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The Treasurer has paid Jonathan Hussey five Dollars for Keeping |
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the Meeting House half a year – – |
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J. Hicks Rec’d |
The women friends Inform that they have Minuted Judith Hicks |
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Daughter of Thos Hicks under friends Care which this Meeting |
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Concurs with |
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7th mo: 1765 |
At a monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 15th |
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Smith and Samuel Smith present, for Coakset Daniel Wood |
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and Joseph Tripp present |
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Zephaniah Anthony proposal of marri= =age |
Zephaniah Anthony and Waite Allen Declared their Intentions |
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of Marriage at this Meeting and were desired to wait till |
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the next monthly Meeting for their answer, and Peleg Smith |
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and Humphry Smith are Appointed to Inquire into the young mans |
|||
^Clearness as to Marriage and Conversation and make Report to the next |
|||
monthly meeting – – |
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[Case] of Ste Wilcox & Isaac Howland referd |
The Case of Stephen Wilcox is Referd to the next monthly Meeting |
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This meeting Cannot find freedom to accept of Isaac Howlands paper |
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by Reason of his Apparrel and some friends Questioning his Sincerity |
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Therefore the Matter is Refer’d to the next monthly meeting – – |
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P. Slocum paper accepted |
This Meeting Accepts of Peleg Slocums the 2d paper Provided he will |
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Read it or get Some body to read it at the End of a first day meeting for |
|||
worship he being present between this and the next monthly meeting |
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and make Report to the next monthly meeting – – |
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Certificat for Sibil Sisson |
This Meeting has signed a Removal Certificate to the monthly meeting |
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of Oblong for Sibil Sisson – – |
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Certifite for Weston Briggs & wife |
This Meeting has signed a Removal Certificate for Weston Briggs & |
||
his Wife to the monthly meeting of Sandwich – – |
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The friends Appointed to draw a Certificate for Philip Davel [Davol] & his wife |
|||
Certificate to be given |
have drawn one too short, therefore the same friends are Still |
||
appointed to draw one fuller and bring it to the next monthly meeting |
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The friends Appointed to draw a Certificate for Thos Wing make Report |
|||
that they have not drawn one, therefore they are Still Continued |
|||
to draw one and bring it to the next monthly meeting if they think proper – – |
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Report from Quar meeting |
The friends Appointed to attend the Quarterly Meeting make |
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Report that they all attended Except Peleg Smith and he sent |
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an Excuse which was accepted and they have Produced an Epistle |
|||
from the S,d meeting which hath been Read in this Meeting and |
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well accepted – – |
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Epistles Receiv’d |
This Meeting hath Received three Printed Epistles from London |
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one written Epistle from flushing on Long Island and one Epistle |
|||
from the yearly meeting of New-port on Rhod-Island all of which |
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was Read to Good Satisfaction. |
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Denial of Phebe Wilbor |
This Meeting has signed a Paper of Denial against Phebe Wilbor |
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for the Sin of Fornication, and Job Russell is appointed to Read |
|||
it at the End of a Meeting for worship on a first day between this & |
|||
the next monthly meeting and make Return of S,d Paper to the |
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Minute from Rhod-Island |
Received the following Minute from Rhod-Island Monthly |
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Meeting Respecting John Gifford. |
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From our Monthly Meeting held at Portsmouth on Rhod- |
|||
Island the 30th of the 4th month 1765. |
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This Meeting Gives their Approbation that Dartmouth Monthly |
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J. Gifford Rec’d |
Meeting Receive into Unity John Gifford if they think him |
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worthy Notwithstanding his place of Abode is within the Varge [verge] |
|||
of this Monthly Meeting, True Coppy of the minute. |
|||
Test . Thos Gould Clerk |
|||
This Meeting Accepts of John Gifford to be in membership |
|||
with friends and under the Care of this Meeting |
|||
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8 mo: 1765 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 19th day |
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of the 8th month 1765, Ponaganset Called Wm Anthony jun |
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present, for Coakset Philip Tripp and Joshua Davel[Davol] present |
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Zep Anthony Clearness |
The friends Appointed to Inquire into Zephaniah Anthony’s |
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Clearness Make Report that they do’nt find anything to |
|||
hinder his Proceedings in Marriage. – – |
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Zephaniah Anthony Answer |
Zephaniah Anthony and Wait Allen Appeared for their |
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Answer which was that they Might proceed to take Each |
|||
other in Marriage in some Convenient time between this & |
|||
the next Monthly Meeting Advising with the Overseers for |
|||
that Purpose – And Peleg Smith and Humphry Smith are |
|||
appointed to see their Marriage Consumated in Good order |
|||
and Make Report to the next Monthly Meeting – – |
|||
Benj Davil’s proposal of marriage |
Benjamin Davil[Davol] and Patience Sowle Declared their |
||
Intentions of taking Each other in Marriage. And were |
|||
Desired to wait till next Monthly Meeting for their Answer |
|||
and Benja Tripp and Israel Wood are Appointed to Inquire into |
|||
the Young Man’s Clearness, Respecting Marriage and Conversation |
|||
and Make Report to the next Monthly Meeting – The Case of |
|||
Isaac Howland’s Case refer’d |
Isaac Howland ju: is Refered to the next Monthly |
||
Meeting – – |
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Certificate [?]Davil |
The friend Appointed to draw a Certificate for Philip Davil[Davol] and his |
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Wife have drawn one which is Signed in this Meeting and Sent to the |
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Certificate T. Wing |
oblong. The friends Appointed to draw a Certificate for Thos Wing |
||
have done it, which was Signed and Sent to the Oblong– |
|||
Phebe Wilber[Wilbur]’s paper of Denial hath been Read According to the |
|||
Appointment of last Monthly Meeting, which is as follows |
|||
P. Wilber, denial |
Whereas Phebe Wilber[Wilbur] Daughter of Samuel and Mary |
||
Chase, and Now Wife to Henry Wilbor[Wilbur], having had her education |
|||
Among friends and Under the Care of this Meeting, but through |
|||
Unwatchfulness and disregarding the Testimony of Truth, hath fallen |
|||
into the Reproachful Sin of Fornication, as Appears by her being |
|||
Delivered of a Child soon after Marriage, and this Meeting |
|||
having Labour’d with her in Love in order for her Recovery, but |
|||
She proving Obstinate, and Regardless of the tender Counsel to |
|||
her Given, Therefore for the Clearing of the precious Truth that |
|||
we profess from such Enormities, this Meeting is Concerned to |
|||
Give this forth as a Publick Testimony Against her, disowning |
|||
her the Said Phebe Wilbor[Wilbur] from being a member of our Society |
|||
and from Under the Care of this Meeting, Desiring if it be |
|||
Consistent with Divine pleasure, that She may yet be Convin= |
|||
=ced of the Error of her ways, and by a Sincere Repentance |
|||
find favour with the Lord, Given forth at our Monthly |
|||
Meeting held in Dartmouth on the 19th day of the 7th month 1765. |
|||
And signed in and in behalf of Said Meeting by Job Russell Clerk |
|||
Lilless Beard’s paper Condeming her outgoing hath been |
|||
Read According to the Appointment of the women’s Monthly Meeting |
|||
And is as follows – – |
|||
L. Beard paper |
To the Monthly Meeting of friends in Dartmouth |
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Esteemed friends; This May Inform you that Through Unwatchful= |
|||
=ness I have Gave way so far to the Enemy as to go Contrary to the |
|||
Good order of the Church which Appears by My having a Child born so soon |
|||
after Marriage for which I am Sorry, and Condemn My |
|||
out goings, I hope God will forgive me. And desire friends so |
|||
far to pass it by as to let me Remain Under their Care – – |
|||
Given under My hand the 13th of the 7th Month 1765 |
|||
Lillis Beard |
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Catherine Russell’s Paper hath been Read According to the |
|||
Appointment of the Monthly Meeting tho’ not so soon as the |
|||
former Minutes Expressed, which this Meeting overlooks |
|||
which said paper is as follows – – |
|||
C. Russell’s Confession |
To the Monthly Meeting of friends at Dartmouth to be held the |
||
19th of the 11th Month 1764, Esteemed friends – – |
|||
I heartily Acknowledge My outgoings in Keeping Company |
|||
with Joshua Barker in too free and frequent a Manner, |
|||
to the dishonour of Truth and the Grief of friends, but tho’ my |
|||
offences have been Great, yet through the Goodness of God I have |
|||
been favoured with a Sight and Sense of my outgoings, for which |
|||
will forgive Me My Offences and Receive me Again into favour |
|||
and desire friends would pass by my disorderly walking, and let |
|||
me Remain under their Care, which I value highly, hoping through |
|||
Divine Assistance for the time to Come to be preferred in a State |
|||
of Circumspect Walking, from your friend Catherine Russell |
|||
D. Briggs Request |
David Briggs Requests to come under friends Care therefore this |
||
Meeting doth Appoint Wm Sanford and Wm Barker to take an |
|||
opportunity of Conference with him on his Request and Make |
|||
Report to the next Monthly Meeting – – |
|||
The women friends Inform that they have Minuted Elizabeth |
|||
White wife to Wm White, and also Elizabeth Macumber wife |
|||
to Zebudee Macumber under friends Care which this Meeting |
|||
Concurs with, – – |
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J. Wood put Under dealing |
The overseers Inform that there is a bad Report Concerning |
||
Josiah Wood and William Wilcox their Salting up Beef and |
|||
Exposing it to Sale which was not Merchantable, and they |
|||
have Made Some Inquiry and do not find things Clear, therefore |
|||
this Meeting doth Appoint Daniel Cornel, Seth Shearman, John |
|||
Potter a Comittee to Make furder Inquiry into the particular Circum= |
|||
=stances between them in the Aforementioned Report, and they |
|||
to Make Report to the next Monthly Meeting – – |
|||
P. Slocum’s Confession |
Peleg Slocums Paper hath been Read According to the Order of last |
||
Monthly Meeting, and is as followeth (viz) |
|||
To the Monthly Meeting of friends held in Dartmouth; |
|||
Whereas I Peleg Slocum Son of Holder Slocum (deceased) |
|||
having been Educated Amongst friends, but in My youthful days |
|||
through Unwatchfulness so far gave way to the Enemy as twice |
|||
to fall into the Sin of Fornication, as Appears first by My |
|||
wife’s having a child before Marriage, and Secondly with |
|||
Phebe Hussey, for which I was justly disowned by friends; Now these |
|||
are to Testify to friends and openly declare to all People that I |
|||
do utterly Condemn and am Heartily Sorry for the Above said Crimes, |
|||
with all other my outgoings, and I hope the Almighty will forgive |
|||
mee all my offences, and I desire friends would so far pass them |
|||
by as to Receive me Again Under their Care. |
|||
Given forth under My hand |
|||
this 15 day of the 6th month 1765 |
Peleg Slocum |
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9 mo. 1765 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 16th day of the |
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9th month 1765, Ponaganset Meeting Called Caleb Russell and Humphry |
|||
Eddy present, The friends Appointed to Inquire into the Clearness of |
|||
Benja Davels [Davol] Clear make Report that they don’t find anything |
|||
to hinder his proceeding in Marriage – – |
|||
Benjamin Davil’s Answer |
Benja Davel[Davol] and Patience Sowle Appeared for their Answer which |
||
was that they Might proceed to take each other in Marriage |
|||
in Some Convenient time between this and the next Monthly Meeting |
|||
advising with the overseers for the purpose, And Benja Tripp |
|||
and Israel Wood are Appointed to See their Marriage Consumated |
|||
in Good order and Make Report to the next Monthly meeting; |
|||
[Record] of Z. Anthony Marriage |
The friends Appointed to see Zephaniah Anthony and Wait |
||
Allen’s Marriage Consumated make Report that they attended |
|||
the Marriage and saw nothing but that it was Accomplished |
|||
Case of S. Wilcox refer’d |
in Good order. |
||
The case of Stephen Wilcox is Refer’d to the next Monthly Meeting |
|||
I. How: land accepted |
Isaac Howland jun hath sent a paper to this Meeting Some Months |
||
ago, Signifying his Sorrow for his outgoings in Marrying out |
|||
of the Unity of friends and also his Using the Slave trade |
|||
which this Meeting accepts – – |
|||
David Briggs Received |
The Committee Appointed to Confer with David Briggs on this^ |
||
his Request to Come Under friends Care Make Report that |
|||
he Gave them Good Satisfaction, therefore this Meeting |
|||
doth Minute the Said David Briggs into Membership and |
|||
under friends Care – – |
|||
Josiah Wood & Wm Wilcox Cases refer’d |
The Committee Appointed to Make Inquiry into the Circum= |
||
=stances of the affair Concerning Josiah Wood and Wm Wilcox |
|||
Make Report that they have not had an opportunity to speak with |
|||
both of them, therefore the Same Com::tee are Still Continued |
|||
in the Same Service, and they to Make Report to the next |
|||
Monthly Meeting; |
|||
Thirty Cords of Wood Sold to pay part of S. Wilcox Debts |
This Meeting hath Sold Thirty Cord of Wood to Doctor Hathaway |
||
at two Shillings Lawful mony[money] per Cord, to discharge part |
|||
of his Demand, for Doctoring of Stephen Wilcox’s family |
|||
and Thos Hicks ju: is Appointed to see the Wood Measured and |
|||
Make Report to this Meeting as soon as he Can Conveniently |
|||
E. Max: field’s Request |
Edmond Maxfield Requests to Come under friends Care |
||
therefore this Meeting doth Appoint Joseph Tucker and |
|||
Abraham Tucker to Make Inquiry into his Conversation |
|||
and to Confer with him on the Account of his Request and |
|||
make Report to the next Monthly Meeting – – |
|||
Answered |
The Queries have been Read in this Meeting and Answers prepared |
||
by both preparative Meetings and Read in this Meeting – |
|||
William Anthony ju: and Samuel Smith are Appointed to Compile |
|||
the Answers to the Queries and draw an Epistle to the Quarterly |
|||
Meeting and bring them to the Ajournment [Adjournment]– |
|||
This Meeting hath collected ₤8:4:5 old tener – – |
|||
adjourns |
This Meeting adjourns to the first Sixth day in next Month |
||
mett |
This Meeting being Met According to Adjournment the 4th day of |
||
the 10th Month 1765, the Representatives being Called for Ponagan= |
|||
=set Humphry Smith & Caleb Russell present, for Coakset none present |
|||
Wm Anthony ju: and Samuel Smith have drawn the Epistle and |
|||
Answers to Queries and Epistle Sent by Representatives |
Compiled the the Answers to the Queries and the Epistle has been |
||
signed in this Meeting and Sent up to the Quarterly Meeting by the |
|||
Representatives with the Answers to the Queries, the Representa= |
|||
=tives are Peter Daval[Davol] Israel Wood & Caleb Russell – – |
|||
Certificate for Rebecca Shove |
This Meeting hath signed a Certificate for Rebecca Shove to the |
||
Monthly Meeting of Swanzey, and likewise signed one for Mary |
|||
Certificate for Mary Comstock |
Comstock to the Monthly Meeting of Smithfield – – |
||
John Sisson removed |
John Sisson hath Removed to the Nine partners without friends |
||
Advice and without a Certificate, therefore Joseph Smith and |
|||
Luke Hart are Appointed to Enquire into his CerCumstances [Circumstances] |
|||
and also Labour with him if they have an opportunity and Make |
|||
Report to the next Monthly Meeting |
|||
M. Wing removed |
Whereas Mary Wing hath Removed without a Certificate |
||
Some years ago to Rhod-Island, and She not Standing Clear |
|||
as Appears by our former Minutes. therefore Humphry |
|||
Smith, Samuel Smith, Wm Anthony ju: are Appointed to |
|||
a letter to be sent |
draft a letter to the Monthly Meeting of Rhod-Island as they |
||
shall think proper and bring it to the next Monthly Meeting |
|||
|
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10th mo: 1765 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 21 day |
||
of the 10th Month 1765 Ponaganset Meeting Called Caleb |
|||
Russell and Joseph Smith present, for Coakset Joseph Tripp |
|||
and Ichabod Eddy present |
|||
Epistle Received |
This Meeting hath Received an Epistle from the yearly |
||
Meeting held at Philadelphia for Pensilvania and New-jersey |
|||
dated the 9th month 1764 which was Read in this Meeting |
|||
to Good Satisfaction. |
|||
John How land’s pro= =posal of marriage |
John Howland and Hannah Smith Declared their Intentions |
||
of Marriage at this Meeting and were desired to wait |
|||
till the next Monthly Meeting for their Answer and |
|||
Inquiry into the young man’s Clearness Respecting Marriage |
|||
and Conversation and Make Report to the next Monthly Meeting |
|||
The friends Appointed to see Benja Davel[Davol] and Patience Sowle |
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Marriage Consumated Make Report that they attended |
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the Marriage and saw nothing but that it was Accomplished |
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in Good order |
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S. Wilcox Case Refered |
The Case of Stephen Wilcox is Refer’d to the next Monthly Meeting |
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Hannah Russell Certificate |
Hannah Russell wife of Elijah Russell hath Produced a |
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Removal Certificate from the Monthly Meeting of Swanzey |
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which this Meeting Accepts |
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List of Friends |
This Meeting has Signed a list (for the Monthly Meeting |
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of Sandwich) of the friends that [live?] the Eastward Side |
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of Quishned River that was Under Transgression when |
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the former List was Given who has Since Made this |
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Meeting Satisfaction. |
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The Committee Appointed to Enquire into the Circumstances |
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J. Wood & Wm Wilcox Case |
of Josiah Wood and Wm Wilcox’s Salting and Exposing Beef |
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to Sale not Merchantable Make Report that they |
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they think they are neither of them Clear therefore John |
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Potter, Daniel Cornel, Seth Shearman, Thos Hicks ju: Paul |
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Russell, David Smith, Samuel Smith are Appointed a Committee |
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to hear and Determine Upon the Complaint brought Against |
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them and Make Report to the next Monthly Meeting – – |
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Edmond Maxfield Case refer’d |
The friends Appointed to Confer with Edmond Maxfield make |
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Report that he Gave Good Satisfaction, therefore this Meeting |
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doth Refer the Matter till the next Monthly Meeting – – |
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The friends Appointed to attend the Quarterly Meeting being Called |
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Report from Quaterly Meeting |
Upon Make Report that two of them attended and the other Made |
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a Satisfactory Excuse, and they have Produced an Epistle from |
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the Same which was Read to Good Satisfaction |
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Proposal to Enlarge little Meeting House |
It has been Proposed at this Meeting for friends to Enlarge the |
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little Meeting House which is Refer’d to the next Monthly Meeting |
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Jonathan Hussey, John Potter, Caleb Russell, Samuel Smith, |
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Berzillia Tucker, Daniel Cornel, David Smith, are Appointed |
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to oversee the Yearly Meeting, to prevent any indecency that |
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May happen at that time, and also Benja Tripp, David Daval[Davol], |
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John Mosher, Daniel Wood are Appointed for the Same Service at |
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Coakset Meeting, and they to make Report to the next Monthly |
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Meeting |
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States paper accepted |
Abigail States[Slade?] has Given in a paper to this Meeting Condem= |
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=ning her falling into the Sin of fornication which this Meeting |
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accepts Provided She Read it or Get Somebody to Read it at the |
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End of a first day Meeting for Worship between this and the next |
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Monthly Meeting She being present |
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11th mo: 1765 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 18th day of the |
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11th Month 1765, Ponaganset Meeting Called Joseph Smith and |
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Caleb Russell present, for Coakset David Davel and John Mosher present, |
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J. Howland Clearness |
The friends Appointed to Make Enquiry into John Howland’s Clear= |
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=ness, Make Report that they Don’t find Any thing to hinder his |
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Proceeding in Marriage. |
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John Howland’s Answer |
John Howland and Hannah Smith did Appear for their Answer |
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which was that they Might Proceed to take Each other in |
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Marriage in Some Convenient time between this and the next |
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Monthly Meeting, Advising with the Overseers for the Purpose |
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and Jonathan Hussey and David Smith Joseph Smith are Appointed |
|||
to see their Marriage Consumated in Good order and Make |
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Report to the next Monthly Meeting; – – |
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Seth Russell proposal of marri= =age |
Seth Russell and [Kaziah?] Walker Declar’d their Intentions of |
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Marriage and were desired to wait till the next Monthly |
|||
Meeting for their Answer, and Joseph Smith and Luke Hart |
|||
are Appointed to Make Enquiry into the Young Man’s Clear= |
|||
=ness Respecting Marriage and Conversation and Make |
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Report to the next Monthly Meeting |
|||
Case of S. Wilcox refer’d |
The Case of Stephen Wilcox is Refer’d Under the Same Care as |
||
heretofore – – |
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Josiah Wood’s, Paper accepted |
The Comittee Appointed to hear and Determine Upon the Complaint |
||
brought Against Josiah Wood and Wm Wilcox Make Report |
|||
that they have had a Conference With Josiah Wood and they think |
|||
he ought to Condemn his Misconduct in that Affair Publickly |
|||
and the Said Wood hath Accordingly Given in a Paper to this |
|||
Meeting, Condemning his Selling Beef to Wm Wilcox that was |
|||
not Merchantable, which this Meeting Accepts Provided |
|||
he will Read Sd paper or Cause it to be Read at the End of |
|||
a first day Meeting for Worship between this and the next |
|||
Monthly Meeting he being present |
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And the Same Comittee are Still Continued to Also Confer |
|||
with Said Wilcox and Make Report to the next Monthly Meeting |
|||
E. Max Field rec’d |
This Meeting Minutes Edmond Maxfield Under friends care. |
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Amey Hart hath Given in a Paper to this Meeting Condemning |
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paper’ [?][refer’d] |
her falling into the Sin of Fornication with the Rest of her |
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Misconduct in that Case, which this Meeting Refers to the |
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next Monthly Meeting, |
|||
Enlarging Meeting House refer’d |
The Proposal for Enlarging the little Meeting House is Refer’d |
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to the next Monthly Meeting; |
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[?][report] of Overseers Yearly Meeting |
The friends Appointed overseers at the Yearly Meeting to Endea= |
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=vour to prevent Any Indecency that may happen at that time |
|||
Make Report that they attended the meeting and that the People |
|||
behaved in a Good degree Orderly, and they think the Practice |
|||
of Appointing Overseers for that Purpose has a Good Attendency |
|||
P. Shearman’s paper |
Philip Shearman hath Given in a Paper to this Meeting Condem= |
||
=ning his disorder in falling into a Bodily Strife with Daniel Pabody; |
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Meeting Granted in Allen Neck |
The friends down in Allens Neck Requests the Liberty to |
||
hold a Meeting there for four months from this time on first |
|||
days which is Granted, and Philip Allen and Daniel Cornel |
|||
are Appointed to see that the Meeting be held Agreable to Good |
|||
order and they to Make Report thereof at the Expiration |
|||
of the four Months |
|||
Meeting at New Swanzey granted |
The friends at New Swanzey Request the Liberty to hold a Meeting |
||
at Some Convenient Place up there for four Months on first days |
|||
which this Meeting Grants and Elihu Bowen and Abraham |
|||
Russell are Appointed to See that the Meeting beheld According |
|||
to Good order and they to Make Report at the End of the four Months |
|||
J. Sisson request a Certificate |
John Sisson Requests a Certificate to the Monthly Meeting at the |
||
Nine Partners, therefore Joseph Smith and Luke Hart are Appointed |
|||
to draw a Certificate for him if they think Proper and bring it to |
|||
the next Monthly Meeting – – |
|||
Abigail States’ Paper hath been Read According to the |
|||
Appointment of the last Monthly Meeting, and is as follows; |
|||
A. States Confession |
To the Monthly Meeting of Women friends held in Dartmouth |
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the 21 day of the 10th Month 1765 – |
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This May Enform you that by Unwatchfulness I have |
|||
fallen into the Sin of Fornication which I do Condemn and |
|||
hope that God will forgive me, and Desire that friends |
|||
would forgive and pass by my offences and let me Remain |
|||
under their Care as before. |
Abigail States |
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12 mo: 1765 |
At a Monthly Meeting held at Dartmouth the 16th day of the 12th month |
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1765, Ponagansett Meeting Called Paul Russell and Caleb Russell |
|||
present, for Coakset Peter Davel[Davol] and Benja Tripp present; |
|||
S.Russell Clearness |
The friends Appointed to Enquire into Seth Russells Clearness |
||
Proceeding in Marriage – – |
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Seth Russell answer |
Seth Russell & Kaziah Walker Appear’d for their Answer |
||
which was that they might proceed to take Each other in |
|||
Marriage in Some Convenient time between this and the |
|||
next Monthly Meeting Advising with the overseers for |
|||
that Purpose and Joseph Smith and Luke Hart are Ap= |
|||
=pointed to see their Marriage Consumated in Good order |
|||
and Make Report to the next Monthly Meeting – |
|||
Report of John How= =land’s Marriage |
Jonathan Hussey and Joseph Smith make Report that |
||
they attended the Marriage of John Howland and |
|||
Hannah Smith and Saw nothing but that it was Accomplish= |
|||
=ed in good order – – |
|||
Case of Ste= =ven Wilcox refer’d |
The Case of Stephen Wilcox is Refer’d to the next Monthly Meeting |
||
Josiah Woods Paper hath been Read According to the |
|||
Appointment of last Monthly Meeting, which Paper |
|||
is as follows(viz) |
|||
Wood’s Confession |
To the Monthly Meeting of friends held in Dartmouth on the |
||
18th day of the 11th month 1765, through Unwatchfulness I |
|||
have Sold Beef to William Wilcox that was not Merchan= |
|||
=table for which I am Sorry and do Condemn, hoping that God |
|||
will forgive me, and I desire that friends would pass it |
|||
by.and let me R – – Josiah Wood |
|||
Case of Wm Wilcox |
The Comtte Appointed to Confer with Wm Wilcox Report that they |
||
have not had an Opportunity to Speak with him, therefore the |
|||
same Committee are Still Continued in the Same Service and also |
|||
to Labour with him for Inlisting into the Kings Service and taking |
|||
up Arms, and also to Treat With him About his Marrying out of |
|||
the Unity of friends, and they to make Report to the next Monthly Meeting; |
|||
Case of A. Hart |
The Case of Amey Hart is Refer’d to the next Monthly Meeting – |
||
It hath been proposed at this Meeting to Enlarge the little Meeting |
|||
Comtee in Little Meeting House |
House, therefore this Meeting doth Appoint Joseph Gifford, Wm |
||
Sanford, Humphry Smith, Prince Allen, Barnabas Mosher, |
|||
a Comittee to Consider the Advantages and disadvantages that |
|||
May Attend the Enlargment, and also Compute the Cost as near |
|||
as they Can, and make Report to the Adjournment – – |
|||
P. Sher= =man paper accepted |
This Meeting doth so far Accept of Philip Shearman’s Paper Condem= |
||
=ning his disorder as for him to Read it or Cause it to be Read at |
|||
the End of a first day Meeting for Worship between this and the |
|||
next Monthly Meeting and he to be present – – |
|||
Confession |
George Smith ju: hath Given in a Paper to this Meeting Condem= |
||
=ning his disorder in Listing[enlisting] on board of a Privateer with all |
|||
the Rest of his Conduct in Supporting of War, Which this Meeting |
|||
Accepts and he to Remain Under friends Care. |
|||
I.How= =lands request |
Isaac Howland ju: Requests A Certificate to the Monthly Meeting |
||
of Rhode-Island, Therefore Samuel Smith and Wm Anthony ju: |
|||
are Appointed to draw one for him if they think Proper and bring it |
|||
to the next Monthly Meeting – – |
|||
The Queries have been Read and Answer’d in this Meeting |
|||
and Wm Anthony ju: and Humphry Smith are Appointed to |
|||
draw an Epistle to the Quarterly Meeting and Compile |
|||
the Answers to the Queries and bring them to the Adjournment |
|||
Coakset friends Re- -quest to to have a Monthly Meeting |
Coakset Meeting Requests to have a Monthly Meeting |
||
Granted them, which this Meeting so far Concurs with as |
|||
to Refer the Matter to the next Monthly Meeting for Consideration. |
|||
This Meeting hath collected ₤6:15 – – |
|||
adjourn |
This Meeting Adjourns to the first sixth day in next Month |
||
mett |
This Meeting being Met According to Adjournment |
||
this 3rd day of the first month 1766 – – |
|||
The Representatives being Called, for Ponaganset Caleb Russell |
|||
present, for Coakset Benja Tripp present, |
|||
Report on little meeting house |
The friends Appointed to consider the Advantages and disad= |
||
=vantages of Enlarging the little Meeting House Make |
|||
Report in writing, which is Refer’d to the Monthly Meeting to be |
|||
holden in the fourth Month Next and the Report to be kept |
|||
upon file till then – – |
|||
Answers to Queries Epistle Sent |
The friends Appointed to Compile the Answers to the Queries, |
||
and draw an Epistle to the Quarterly Meeting have done |
|||
it, and the Epistle was Signed in this Meeting and order’d |
|||
to be Carried up to the Quarterly Meeting by the Representatives |
|||
together with the Answers to the Queries, the friends Appointed |
|||
Represen Tatives |
to attend the Quarterly Meeting are Caleb Russell, Joseph |
||
Smith, Benja Tripp. |
|||
|
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1st mo: 1766 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 20 day |
||
of the first month 1766, Ponaganset Meeting Called Caleb Russell |
|||
and Wm Anthony ju: present, for Coakset Philip Tripp present |
|||
Report of Seth Russell Marriage |
The friends Appointed to see Seth Russell and Kaziah Wal= |
||
=kers Marriage Consumated make Report that they attended |
|||
the Marriage which was Accomplished in Good order – |
|||
S. Wilcox Wm Wilcox case refer’d |
The Case of Stephen Wilcox is Refer’d to the next Monthly Meeting |
||
The friends Appointed to Labour With Wm Wilcox Make Report |
|||
that they Labour’d with him and he desires one Month More to |
|||
Endeavour to Make friends Satisfaction. Therefore the Matter is |
|||
Refer’d to the next Monthly Meeting; |
|||
P. Shea: rman [?] |
Philip Shearman’s Paper hath been Read According to the |
||
Appointment of last Monthly Meeting, And is as follows, |
|||
To the Monthly Meeting of friends to be held in Dartmouth, |
|||
the 18th day of the 11th Month 1765, |
|||
These Are to Inform that I some time past through Unwatch= |
|||
=fulness unhappily fell into a Bodily Strife with Daniel |
|||
Pabody, Whereby Blows were Passed between Us, for Which |
|||
I am heartily Sorry and do Condemn, and I hope friends |
|||
will pass by My Offence and let me Remain Under their Care. |
|||
Given forth Under My Hand this 15th day of their 11th mo 1765 |
|||
Philip Shearman |
|||
Certificate for I. How land |
This Meeting hath Signed a Removal Certificate for Isaac |
||
Howland ju: To the Monthly Meeting of Rhod-Island |
|||
adjourn |
This Meeting Adjourns to the 29th Instant |
||
mett |
This Meeting being Mett According to Adjournment the 29th |
||
day of the first month 1766. The Representatives being present |
|||
report from Quart meeting |
The friends Appointed to attend the Quarterly Meeting Make |
||
Report that they all attended Sd Meeting, and have produced |
|||
an Epistle from the same which was Read and well Accepted |
|||
in this Meeting. |
|||
Coakset request for a mo meeting |
Coakset friends Request to have a Monthly Meeting set off |
||
to them, is Refer’d to the next Monthly Meeting; |
|||
B. Potter paper accepted |
Bridget Potter wife to Stephen Potter hath Given in a paper |
||
to this Meeting Condemning her outgoings in Marrying out of |
|||
the Unity of friends with all the Rest of her outgoings, which |
|||
this Meeting Accepts, and this Meeting hath signed |
|||
Certificate for B.P. |
a Certificate for her to the Monthly Meeting at the Nine Partners |
||
Case of Obediah Allen |
The Committee Appointed some months ago to Treat with |
||
Obediah Allen on the Account of his Sincerity in Giving in |
|||
a Paper to the Meeting Condemning his outgoings in falling |
|||
into Fornication, together with the Rest of the Circumstance |
|||
Relating to that Case, make Report that (they not having |
|||
an Opportunity to treat with him till lately) that they do |
|||
not find him Clear in all the Above mentioned Circumstances |
|||
therefore this Meeting doth Appoint Daniel Russell and |
|||
Nicholas Howland to Join with the Aforesaid Committee to |
|||
Against him, and they to make Report to the next Monthly Meeting |
|||
J. Russell Request |
Joseph Russells Requests to Come under friends Care with |
||
his wife and family which is Refer’d to the next Monthly Meeting. |
|||
|
|||
2: mo: 1766 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the |
||
17 day of the 2nd Month 1766, Ponaganset Meeting Called |
|||
Caleb Russell and Samuel Smith present, for Coakset |
|||
Joseph Tripp and Israel Wood present, |
|||
Case of S. W. refer’d |
The Case of Stephen Wilcox is Refer’d to next Monthly Meeting. |
||
The Committee Appointed to treat with Stephen Wm |
|||
Wm Wilcox disowned |
Wilcox make Report that they have Laboured with |
||
him for Inlisting into the King’s Service and taking up |
|||
Arms, and also Marrying out of the Unity of friends, and |
|||
Neglecting to attend Meetings for Worship, which disorders |
|||
he Gave them Encouragment of Condemning at this Meeting |
|||
tho’ he still Neglects it, therefore this Meeting finding |
|||
themselves Clear in Labouring with him, and do Conclude |
|||
to deny the Said Wm Wilcox, and do Appoint David Smith |
|||
and Samuel Smith to draw a Paper of denial Against |
|||
him and bring it to the next Monthly Meeting, and Timothy |
|||
Russell is Appointed to Inform him of the Conclusion of this Meeting |
|||
and Make Report to the next Monthly Meeting; |
|||
Coakset friends Request to have a month ly meeting |
Coakset friends Still Request to have a Monthly Meeting Set |
||
off to them, and also desire a Committee to determine where |
|||
to prefix the Boundaries between this and that Meeting |
|||
and all Circumstances Relating thereto, Therefore Hum= |
|||
=phry Smith, Philip Tripp, Samuel Smith, Daniel Wood, |
|||
Joseph Tucker are Appointed a Comittee for that purpose |
|||
and Make Report to the next Monthly Meeting |
|||
O. Allen case refer’d |
The Committee Appointed to Treat with Obediah Allen |
||
make Report that they have discoursed with him and |
|||
he Gave them Encouragment that he would write to the next |
|||
Monthly Meeting which is Refer’d to the Said Meeting Under |
|||
their Care. |
|||
J. Russell & Wife request |
Joseph Russells and his wife’s Requests to Come Under friends |
||
Care is Refer’d to the next Monthly Meeting; |
|||
S. Howland Removed |
Samuel Howland jun Hath Given in a Paper to this Meeting |
||
Said Howland request a certificate |
Condemning his outgoing in Removing without friends Ad= |
||
=vice, which this Meeting Accepts, and the Sd Howland Re= |
|||
=quests a Removal Certificate to the Monthly Meeting of |
|||
therefore this Meeting doth Appoint Peleg Huddlestone |
|||
and Philip Tripp a Committee to Inquire into his Circumstances, and |
|||
draw a Certificate for him if they think proper and bring it to |
|||
the next Monthly Meeting; |
|||
miniuts to be Revised |
This Meeting doth Appoint Joseph Tucker, Humphry Smith, |
||
Job Russell, Samuel Smith a Com’ttee to peruse the Monthly |
|||
Meeting; Minutes to see what part they Shall think proper to |
|||
be put on Record, And Make Report to the next Monthly Meeting; |
|||
To Settle with over seers of the poor. |
Jonathan Hussey and William Sanford are Appointed a Committee |
||
to Make Up Accounts with the Overseers of the Poor and make |
|||
Report to the next Monthly Meeting, |
|||
Paul Mo sher’s dis orderly marriage |
Coakset Preparative Meeting Informs that Paul Mosher |
||
hath Married out of the Unity of friends, and hath been |
|||
dealt with by the Overseers, and declines to Condemn his |
|||
Offence, therefore Benja Tripp and Joseph Tripp are Appoi= |
|||
=nted to Labour furder with him and Make Report to the |
|||
next Monthly Meeting; |
|||
Amey Hart paper acceted |
Amey Hart Hath Given in a Paper to this Meeting, Condemning |
||
her outgoings, in falling into the Sin of Fornication which this |
|||
Meeting Accepts with the Provisal that She Read it or Cause |
|||
it to be Read at the Close of a first day Meeting for worship |
|||
at Newtown between this and the next Monthly Meeting |
|||
She being present, and Return the paper to the Sd Meeting. |
|||
F. Allen & Benj Allen hath alowd Fiddleing & dancing in their houses |
The Overseers Inform this Meeting that Francis Allen |
||
and Benja Allen hath Allowed of fidling and dancing |
|||
in their Houses for which the Sd Overseers have Laboured |
|||
with them and they decline to Condemn the Offence to |
|||
friends Satisfaction therefore this Meeting doth Appoint |
|||
Joseph Gifford and Berzillia Tucker to Labour furder |
|||
with them, and make Report to the next Monthly Meeting. |
|||
|
|||
3 mo: 1766 |
At a Monthly Meeting of friends held in Dartmouth |
||
the 17th day of the 3d Month 1766, the Representatives |
|||
are for Coakset Philip Tripp and Daniel Wood present, |
|||
for Ponaganset Caleb Russell and Samuel Smith present, |
|||
Davi Briggs Edm Maxfield & Wm Hart’s proposal of marriage |
David Briggs and Rebecca Howland and Edmond Max= |
||
=field and Rachel Russell, and William Hart jun and Esther |
|||
Slade declared their Intentions of Marriage at this |
|||
Meeting and were desired to wait till the next Monthly |
|||
Meeting for their Answers, and John Potter and Jonathan Hussey |
|||
are Appointed to Make Inquiry into David Briggs’ Clearness Re= |
|||
=specting Marriage and Conversation and Make Report to the next |
|||
Monthly Meeting; And Joseph Smith and Barnabas Mosher are Appoin= |
|||
=ted for the same service with Edmond Maxfield and William Hart ju: |
|||
and to Make Report to the next Monthly Meeting; |
|||
Timothy Russell Reports that he hath Informed Wm Willcox Agre= |
|||
=able to the Appointment of last Monthly Meeting and Also |
|||
David Smith and Samuel Smith hath drafted a denial against |
|||
Wm Wilcox denial to be read |
Sd Willcox, and presented it to this Meeting which hath been Red |
||
and Signed by the Clerk, and the Sd Clerk is order’d to Read Sd |
|||
Denial Publickly, at the Close of a first day Meeting for wor= |
|||
=ship between this and the next Monthly Meeting and Make |
|||
Report to Sd Meeting; |
|||
Case of W refer’d |
The Case of Stephen Wilcox is refer’d to the next Monthly Meeting |
||
R. Tripp, R. Tripp and L. Tripp recei’d |
The women friends Inform that they have Minuted Ruth Tripp, |
||
Rebecca Tripp, and Lydia Tripp under their Care, which this |
|||
Meeting Concurs with; |
|||
O. Allen’s case refer’d |
Thee Committee Appointed to discourse with Obediah Allen |
||
Make Report that he hath not [writ?] anything to this Meeting |
|||
agreeable to his talk some time past, therefore his Case is |
|||
Refer’d (on the Request of his Father) unto the next Monthly |
|||
Meeting. |
|||
J. Russell & wife & children request to be Read |
Joseph Russell and his Wife hath Given in a paper to this |
||
Meeting Condemning their disorder in Marriage, and also |
|||
they desire to Come under friends Care with their Children |
|||
which this Meeting so far Accepts as to Appoint Joseph Tucker |
|||
and Joseph Gifford to Treat with them and their Children |
|||
that have Attained to the years of understanding, and |
|||
make Report to the next Monthly Meeting; |
|||
Wm Brown Certificate |
William Brown hath Produced a Removal Certificate |
||
from the Monthly Meeting of Nantucket to this Meeting |
|||
which hath been Read and Accepted |
|||
Certificate for Samuel Howland |
This Meeting hath signed a Removal Certificate to the |
||
Monthly Meeting of Smithfield for Samuel Howland jun |
|||
and his Children – – |
|||
Miniuts not Revised |
The Committee Appointed to peruse the Monthly Meeting |
||
Minutes, Make Report that they have not perused Sd |
|||
Minutes, therefore they are still continued in the Same |
|||
Service and to make Report to the next Monthly Meeting. |
|||
Settled with overseers of |
The Committee Appointed to Adjust Accompts with the overseers |
||
of the poor Make Report that all accounts are Balanced |
|||
between this Meeting and the Sd overseers – – |
|||
Case of Paul Mosher |
The Committee Appointed to Treat with Paul Mosher Make |
||
Report that they have not had an opportunity with Sd Mosher |
|||
therefore the Sd Committee are Still Continued in the Same |
|||
Service and to Make Report to the next Monthly Meeting |
|||
Amie Harts paper read |
Amey Hart’s Paper hath been Read According to the order |
||
of last Monthly Meeting – – |
|||
Benj Allen’s paper accepted |
Benjamin Allen hath Given in a Paper Condemning his |
||
Allowing of fidling and dancing in his House at the time |
|||
of Husking, which this Meeting Accepts |
|||
F. Allen’s Case Continued |
The friends Appointed to treat with Francis Allen Report |
||
that they have not had an opportunity to Speak with him, therefore |
|||
they are Still Continued in the Same Service and to Make |
|||
Report to the next Monthly Meeting; |
|||
adjourns |
This Meeting Adjourns to the 26 day of this Instant; |
||
mett |
This Meeting being met According to Adjournment the 26 day of the |
||
3d Month 1766, the Representatives being Called Caleb Russell, |
|||
Samuel Smith, Philip Tripp and Daniel Wood present; |
|||
The Committee Appointed to fix the Boundaries between this |
|||
and the Monthly Meeting Requested to be sett off at Coakset, Make |
|||
Report that they have agreed Upon the Boundaries and other |
|||
things relating to Coakset being set off as a Monthly Meeting |
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which Report is as follows (viz) |
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Boundries of Acoakset of month ly meeting |
According to the Appointment of last Monthly Meeting, we |
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have Described a line for the boundaries between the Monthly |
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Meetings of Ponaganset and Coakset as follows, Beginning at the |
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South Eastermost Corner of Benjamin Wing’s Homstead farm, from |
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thence to Coakset River as the line of Said Benja Land goes, |
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Thence Southerly by Said River to the Sea, Again from Said |
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Corner first Mentioned thence Northerly in the line between |
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Said Villages until it comes to the Country Road, Thence on |
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a Straight line to the nearest part of the Westermost Branch |
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of Noquechuck River, thence by said branch of Said River |
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Till it comes to Freetown line – – |
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Concerning the books |
We have likewise Concluded for Coakset friends to have About |
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one third part of the Books belonging to the Monthly Meeting, |
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and likewise that they be supplied with A Transcript of the |
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Book of Discipline at the Cost of the Whole, And also that |
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the Monthly Meetings debts be paid in the same proportion |
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friends that are now under Relief are to be Supported when |
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they are, and Coakse friends, to Quit their Claim of the Meeting |
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House Land, in Ponaganset; dated the 26th of the 3rd mo. 1766. |
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Joseph Tucker |
⎧ Philip Tripp |
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Humphry Smith |
⎨ Daniel Wood |
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⎩ Samuel Smith |
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Joseph Roach accepted |
Joseph Roach jun hath Produced a Removal Certificate from |
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the Monthly Meeting of Nantucket to this Meeting which hath |
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been Read and Accepted |
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The Queries have Been Read and Answer’d in this Meeting |
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Representatives to Quar Meet= =ing |
Caleb Russell, William Anthony jun, Samuel Smith, Thomas |
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Hicks jun are Appointed to attend the Quarterly Meeting and |
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Compile the Answers to the Queries and draw an Epistle to the |
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Same, and bring them to the Adjournment of this Meeting. |
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Wm Smith’s disorderly marriage |
The overseers Inform that William Smith the 2d has gone |
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Contrary to Good order in Marrying out of the Unity of friends, |
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for which he hath been Labour’d with by the Overseers, and |
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declines to Make Satisfaction, therefore John Potter |
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and William Barker are Appointed to Labour furder |
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with him, and Make Report to the next Monthly Meeting. |
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Complaint against Lemuel Smith |
The overseers also Inform that Lemuel Smith hath |
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fallen into the Sin of fornication, and hath been La= |
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=bour’d with by them and he Neglects to Condemn his out= |
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=goings, therefore Paul Russell and Luke Hart are |
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appointed to Labour furder with him, and Make Report |
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to the next Monthly Meeting; |
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adjourn |
This Meeting adjorns to the first Sixth day of next month |
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mett |
This Meeting being met According to Adjournment |
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the 4th day of the 4th Month 1766, the Representatives |
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being Called, Caleb Russell, Samuel Smith and Philip |
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[?][Queries] [?][answer’d] Epistle sent |
Tripp present |
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The friends Appointed to Compile the Answers to the Queries |
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and draw an Epistle to the Quarterly Meeting have fulfilled their |
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Appointment and the Epistle has been Signed in this Meeting |
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and sent up by the Representatives to the Quarterly Meeting |
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with the Answers to the Queries |
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This Meeting hath signed and sent a Letter to the Monthly |
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Meeting of Oblong, Signifying that this Meeting hath Re= |
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=ceived their letter Concerning Daniel Tripp, which is as |
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Letter from Oblong concerning Daniel Tripp |
From our Monthly Meeting held at Oblong the 20th of the 2nd Mo. |
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1766, To the Monthly Meeting of Friends at Dartmouth, |
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Dear Friends, we herby Acquaint you, that whereas Daniel |
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Tripp Resides sometime Amongst us, and was for some years |
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a Member of our Society, But by Marrying out from Among= |
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us, Contrary to the Advice of Friends, for which he was dealt |
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with, but Proving Refractory, after some time he was |
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Testified Aagainst, Soon after which he was Testified Against^ |
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Set up a Seperate Meeting, which he kept for a Conside= |
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=rable time, to the Great Dissatisfaction of Friends, And Since |
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he has Moved to your parts we Understand he frequents |
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friends Meetings, and Publickly Appears as a Minister |
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Amongst you, therefore we send you the Above lines to |
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let you know the Circumstance he Stood in at the time |
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when he Removed from these parts. |
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Signed in and on behalf of our Sd Meeting by |
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Zebulon Ferriss Clerk |
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D. Briggs E.Maxfield & Wm Hart Ju answers |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 21 of the 4th |
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Month 1766, Ponaganset Meeting Called John Potter and W,m |
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Anthony ju,r present, for Coakset |
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Peleg Huddlestone and Joseph Tripp present, |
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David Briggs and Rebecca Howland, and Edmond Maxfield |
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and Rachel Russell, and William Hart ju: and Esther Slade |
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Appeared for their Answers, which was that each Couple Might |
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Proceed to take Each other in Marrage [sic] in some Convenient time |
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between this and the next Monthly Meeting Advising with the |
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Overseers for that Purpose. And John Potter and Jonathan Hussey |
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are Appointed to see David Briggs and Rebecca Howlands Marriage |
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Consumated in Good order, and make Report to the next Monthly |
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Meeting. And Paul Russell and William Mosher are Appoin= |
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=ted to see Edmond Maxfield and Rachel Russell’s Marriage |
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Consumated in Good order and Make Report to the next Month |
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=ly Meeting; And Joseph Smith and Barnabas Mosher are |
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Appointed for the Same ^Service with William Hart ju: and Esther |
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Slade and ^to make Report to the next Monthly Meeting |
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William Wilcox’s Paper of Denial hath been Read According |
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to the Appointment of last Monthly Meeting, and is |
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as follows; – – |
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Whereas William Wilcox Son of W,m Wilcox Deceased and |
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Wilcox disowned |
Dorithy his Wife, having been under the Care of this Meeting, |
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yet through unwatchfulness and disregarding the Testimony |
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of Truth, has So far deviated from our Holy Profession as to |
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fall into Several Reproachful things, and disorders, Parti= |
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=cularly in Inlisting and Going into the Milatary [military] Service, |
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and Marrying out of the order of Friends, likewise in Selling |
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Such Beef as was not Merchantable to the Defrauding of |
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the Buyer, and also in Neglecting to attend our Religious |
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Meetings of Publick Worship, and Friends having Repeated their |
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Labour of Love and advice and toward him in order to disco=(ver |
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to him the Evil of his ways, but their Labour not obtaining |
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it’s desired Effect to the Satisfaction of this Meeting, |
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Therefore for the Clearing of the precious Truth and Friends |
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from the Reproach thereof, this Meeting Gives this forth as a |
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Publick Testimony against him, Disowning him the Said Will,m |
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Wilcox from being one of our Community, and from u[n]der the Care |
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of this Meeting, Yet desiring his Return from the way of Error |
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and that by the door of true Repentance he may find Mercy. |
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Given forth at our Monthly Meeting of friends held in |
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Dartmouth on the 17th day of the 3.d mo: 1766, And Signed |
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In and on behalf of S.d Meeting by – – Job Russell Clerk |
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O. Allens case referd |
Whereas Obediah Allen hath been in the Practice of Gaming |
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and hath been dealt with, and declines to make friends Satis= |
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=faction, therefore friends Canst find freedom to Accept of his |
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Condemning his falling into the Sin of Fornication, therefore |
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the matter is Refer’d to the next Monthly Meeting under the |
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Same Care as heretofore |
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M. Smith; Certifi: |
Meriah Smith hath Produced a Removal Certificate from the |
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Monthly Meeting of Sandwich to this Meeting which hath |
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been Red [sic] and Accepted. |
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R. Russell Receivd |
The women friends Inform that they have minuted Rebecca |
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Russell wife Daughter of Joseph Russell under their Care |
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which this Meeting Concur’s with |
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J. Russell & family Recd |
The Com,tee appointed to treat with Joseph Russell his wife and |
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Family on their Request to Come under friends care, Make a |
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Satisfactory Report, therefore this Meeting Accepts them un= |
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=der friends Care |
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The friends Appointed to Review the Monthly Meetings Minutes |
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to see what part must go on Record, make Report that |
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Minutes recorded by S.S. |
they have fulfilled their Appointment and left S.d minutes |
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with Samuel Smith to be Recorded – – |
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overseers of mee[t]ing Allens Neck |
The friends Appointed overseers in the Meeting held in |
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Allen’s Neck, Report that they attended the Meeting |
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and saw nothing but that it was Carried on decently and |
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in Good order – – |
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Report from Qtr meeting |
The^friends appointed to attend the Quarterly Meeting Report that |
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they all attended Sd meeting, and have Produced an Epistle |
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from the Same which hath been Read and well accepted |
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Coakset meeting set off |
And the Quarterly Meeting hath Granted our Request to |
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have a monthly Meeting of men and women Friends Sett |
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off at Coaksett |
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according to the Boundaries prefixt, and |
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this meeting Concludes for Coakset friends to hold their Monthly |
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Meeting the Seventh day before the third Second day in |
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Each month; |
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W.m Smith denied |
The friends Appointed to Treat with W.m Smith ye 2d[?] Make |
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Report that he Gave them no Satisfaction, therefore |
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friends finding themselves Clear in Labouring with him |
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do deny the S.d W.m Smith from under friends Care –– |
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Lamu Smith case refer’d |
The friends Appointed to Labour with Lemuel Smith Report |
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that both have not had an Oppertunity with, him, but the friend |
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that had an Oppertunity Reports that he Gave him Good |
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Satisfaction, And he hath Sent a Paper to this Meeting Con= |
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=demning his offence which is Refer’d under the Care of the |
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Afore Said Committee – – |
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S. Wilcox his Trans= =gresion |
Whereas Stephen Wilcox having Appeared in this Meeting |
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in a very Passionate Manner, Casting heavy Reflections on |
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us, Saying that he believed we Should have fewer Testimones |
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Amongst us, And that it was Pitty we Shou[l]d have any |
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Except it be Some to Reprimand us for our Wickedness, and |
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Stamping on the floor in a Passionate Manner, to the Great |
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Grief and Sorrow of the Sincere in heart, Therefore this |
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Meeting doth Appoint Tho,s Hicks, Peleg Smith, Joseph Gifford |
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Barzillia Tucker to Labour with him and Make Report there= |
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=of to the next Monthly Meeting; – They are likewise to |
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Inform him that we desire him to desist from Appearing in Publick – – |
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adjourn |
This Meeting Adjorurns to the 7th day of next Month |
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mett |
This Meeting being met according to Adjournment ye 7th day of the |
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5th mo. 1766, the Representatives being Called, John Potter and |
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Peleg Huddlestone present |
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Paul Mosher |
Wher[e]as Paul Mosher hath Married out of the Unity of friends |
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and hath been dealt with Agreeable to Good order, and he de= |
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=clines to Condemn his offence therefore this Meeting finding them= |
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=Selves Clear in Labouring with him, do deny the S.d Paul |
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Mosher from under the Care of this Meeting |
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Case of F. Allen refer’d |
The Case of Francis Allen is Refer’d to the next Monthly Meeting |
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under the Same Care as heretofore – – |
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Proposal for Inlarging the little Meeting House is Refer’d to the |
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next Monthly Meeting; |
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5 mo: 1766 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 19th day of the |
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5th month 1766, Ponaganset Meeting Called Joseph Smith and |
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Tho,s Hicks ju.r present, for Coakset Joshua Davil [Davol] |
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and Israel Wood present, |
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E. Wing Ju proposal of marriage |
Edward Wing ju: of Sandwich and Edith Tucker declared their |
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Intentions of Marriage, and were desired to wait till next |
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Monthly Meeting for their Answer, |
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Tho Smith Ju proposal of marriage |
And Tho,s Smith ju: and Rebecca Howland likewise declared |
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their Intentions of Marriage & were desired to wait till the |
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next Monthly Meeting for their Answer, and Luke Hart and |
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Wm Mosher are Appointed to Inquire into S.d Smith’s Clearness |
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Respecting Marriage and Conversation and to Make Report |
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to the next Monthly Meeting; – – |
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Report of D. Briggs marriage |
John Potter and Jonathan Hussey Report, that they attended |
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the Marriage of David Briggs and Rebecca Howland |
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and that it was Accomplish’d in Good order – – |
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Report of E. Maxfield marriage |
Paul Russell and W,m Mosher Report that they attended |
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the Marriage of Edmond Maxfield and Rachel Russell |
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which (they say) was Accomplished in Good order – – |
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Report of Wm Hart Ju marriage |
Joseph Smith and Barnabas Mosher, likewise Report |
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that they attended the Marriage of W.m Hart ju: and |
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Esther Slade and that it was Accomplished in Good order |
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Meeting concluds to deny O. Allen |
Whereas Obediah Allen Some time past fell into the |
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Sin of Fornication, and also Since hath been in the Practice |
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of Gaming, for which he hath been dealt with by this |
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Meeting and declines to Condem[n] his offences to friends |
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Satisfaction, therefore this Meeting being Clear in Labour= |
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=ing with him, do Conclude to deny him from under the Care |
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of this Meeting, and do Appoint Samuel Smith to draw |
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a Paper of denial Against the S,d Obediah Allen, and bring |
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it to the next Monthly Meeting. – – |
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S. Wilcox Referd |
The friends Appointed to Labour with Stephen Wilcox for |
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his Misconduct at the last Monthly Meeting, Report |
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that he did not Condem his S,d offence in full therefore |
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the matter is Refer’d till next monthly Meeting under |
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the same Care as heretofore and they to make Report to |
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the next Monthly Meeting – – |
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F. Allen Paper |
Francis Allen hath Given in a paper to this Meeting Con= |
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demning his Giving way to too much Liberty in Allowing |
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of fidling and dancing at the time of his Husking, which |
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this Meeting Accepts – – |
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Case of little meeting house dropt to Receive accompts of poor |
This Meeting Concludes to drop the Proposal for Enlarging |
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the little Meeting House for the present – – |
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This Meeting doth Appoint Jonathan Hussey and David Smith |
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to Receive in Accounts for doing for the poor of this Meeting |
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and also Endeavour to Inform themselves into the Validity |
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of Sd Accounts, and also Sd friends, to Join with Philip Tripp |
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to Divide the Books that belongs to this Meeting; – – |
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To Collect [Ac?]count of [Pu?]blick Friend deceased |
This Meeting doth Appoint Samuel Smith and W.m Anthony |
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ju: to Collect the Birth, place of abode, time of publick |
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Ministry and death of Elizabeth Gidley, and bring the |
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account to the next Monthly Meeting – – |
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Order to pay Tim Russell |
This Meeting hath Collected £9-7s-6d old tener [tenor] and the Treasure[r] |
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hath paid Timothy Russell five Dollars for Keeping the |
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Meeting House half a year – – |
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To Settle with Treasurer |
And Jonathan Hussey and W.m Sanford are Appointed to Adjust |
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accompts [accounts] with the Treasurer and make Report to the next |
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Monthly Meeting |
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Wm Anthony Jr. to Rece Subscrip tions |
This Meeting doth appoint W,m Anthony jur to Receive the |
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Subscriptions that are Subscribed to defray the Charges of this |
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Meeting and also to pay out the money as this Meeting Shall |
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order |
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6 mo: 1766 |
At a Monthly Meeting Met the 16th of the 6th Month 1766 |
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The Representatives are Abraham Tucker & John Potter present; |
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Whereas the yearly Meeting is now in being, therefore this Mee= |
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=ting doth adjourn to the 23d Instant |
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This Meeting being met According to adjournment the 23d |
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of the 6th month 1766 The Representatives being Called both present |
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Edw Wing Certificat |
Edward Wing hath Produced a Certificate from the monthly |
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Meeting of Sandwich, Certifying his Clearness Respecting |
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Marriage and Conversation which hath been Read & Accepted |
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answer |
Edward Wing ju: and Edith Tucker Appeared for their Answer |
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which was that they might Proceed to take Each other in |
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Marriage in Some Convenient time between this and the |
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next Monthly Meeting Advising with the Overseers for that |
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purpose, And Abraham Tucker and Joseph Gifford are Appoin= |
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=ted to see their Marriage Consumated in Good order and make |
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Report to the next Monthly Meeting; – – |
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Tho Smith Ju Answer |
Thomas Smith ju: and Rebecca Howland Appear’d for their |
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Answer, which was that they might Proceed to take Each other |
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In Marriage in Some Convenient time between this and the next |
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Monthly Meeting, Advising with the overseers for that purpose |
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and Luke Hart and William Mosher are Appointed to See |
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their Marriage Consumated in Good order and make Report |
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to the next Monthly Meeting; – – |
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Wm Ricket =sons proposal of marriag |
William Ricketson and Elisabeth Smith declared their |
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Intentions of taking Each other in Marriage, and were desired |
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to wait till the next Monthly Meeting for their Answer, and |
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Caleb Russell and Job Russell are appointed to make Inquiry |
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Into W,m Ric[k]etson’s Clearness Respecting Marriage and |
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Conversation and make Report to the next Monthly Meeting |
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This Meeting hath Signed a paper of Denial Against |
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O. Allen disownd |
Obediah Allen for the Sin of Fornication & Gaming, and |
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the Clerk of this Meeting is appointed to read it at the Close |
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of a first day Meeting for worship between this and the next |
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Monthly Meeting and make Report to Said Meeting. |
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S. Wilcox’ paper |
Stephen Wilcox hath Given in a Paper to this Meeting |
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Condem[n]ing his Reflecting Speeches, which was Expressed |
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in our Monthly Meeting two Months ago, which this Mee= |
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=ting doth accept, and Said Wilcox’s former References are |
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Still Continued under the Same Regulation as heretofore |
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This Meeting hath signed a Paper of Denial against Su= |
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=sanna Brightman for the Sin of fornication and the Clerk |
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is Appointed to Read Said paper at the Close of a first day |
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Meeting for Worship between this and the next Monthly |
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Meeting, and make Report to Said Meeting. – – |
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John } Griffith Visit |
Our Esteemed friend John Griffith hath Visited this Meeting |
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with a Certificate from Chelmsford [Essex Co England] Monthly |
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Meeting in Essex dated the 25th of the 2d month 1765 and also from the |
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Quarterly Meeting held at Coggoshall in Essex the 12.th of the 3.d mo: 1765 |
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and also from the Yearly Meeting of Ministers & Elders held in |
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London by Adjorunments from the 25.th of the 5.th Month to the |
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3.d of the 6.th month 1765 which was Read to Good Satisfaction3 |
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T. Ross } Visit |
Our Esteemed friend Tho.s Ross hath Visited this Meeting, and pro= |
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=duced a Certificate from the Monthly Meeting held in Write-Town [Wrightstown] |
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in Bucks Country Pen[n]sylvania, bearing date the 6th day of the 5th |
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month 1766 which hath been Read to Good Satisfaction4 |
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Queries Answerd |
The Queries have been Read & Answer’d in this Meeting and |
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Peleg Smith & Humphry Smith are Appointed to draw an Epistle |
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to the Quarterly Meeting & bring it to the Adjornment |
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adjourn |
This Meeting Adjorns to the first Sixth day in next month |
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mett |
The Meeting being Met according to Adjournment the 4th day |
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of the 7th mo: 1766 the Representatives being Called both present |
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accompts Receiv’d |
The friends Appointed to Receive accompts [accounts] and Approbate them= |
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Report that they have Received them and allowed to the |
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£ S d |
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amount of – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
16 – 6 – 4 |
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Coakset Meeting paying one third part of S.d Sum – – – – |
5 8 – 9 |
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Remains for this Meeting to pay – – Lawful mony – – – – |
10 17 7 |
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Elis: Gidley to go on Record |
The Committee appointed to Collect the Birth & C. of Elisabeth |
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Gidley have Answer’d their Appointment, and the Account |
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thereof is order’d to be put on Record – – |
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[Repre]sentatives Quart meeting |
Humphry Smith, Abraham Tucker, Caleb Russell are Ap= |
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=pointed to attend the Quarterly Meeting. This Meeting |
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hath Signed an Epistle to the Quarterly Meeting and Sent |
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it up by the Representatives |
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7 mo: 1766 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 21 of the |
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7th month 1766, The Representatives are Samuel Smith and |
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Barzillia Tucker present; |
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The friends appointed to Enquire into the Clearness of W.m Ricetson [Ricketson] |
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make Report that they have made proper Inquiry, and don’t |
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find anything to hinder him from Proceeding in Marr[i]age |
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Wm Ricket answer |
William Rictson [Ricketson] and Elisabeth Smith appear’d for their An= |
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=swer, which was that they might Proceed to take Each |
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other in Marriage in Some Convenient time between this |
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and the next monthly meeting, A[d]vising with the Overseers for |
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that purpose, and Caleb Russell & Benj,a Howland ju: are |
|||
and make Report to the next Monthly Meeting – – |
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Report of Ed Wing’s marriage |
Abraham Tucker Reports that he attended the Marri[a]ge |
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of Edward Wing ju: and Edith Tucker which was Accomplish’d |
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in Good order –– |
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Luke Hart & W.m Mosher Reports that they attended the |
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Report of Tho Smith’s Marriage |
Marriage of Thos Smith ju: and Rebecca Howland which was |
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Accomplish’d in Good order – – |
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O. Allen disowned |
Obediah Allen’s Paper of Denial hath been Read Accor= |
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=ding to the Appointment of last Monthly Meeting – – |
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And is as follows (viz) – – |
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Whereas Obediah Allen, Son of our friends Prince and |
|||
Deborah Allen, having been under the Care of this Meet= |
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=ing, yet he has So far Gone astray from our Profession as to |
|||
fall into the Reproachful Sin of Fornication, and also |
|||
been found in the Practice of Gaming, And friends having |
|||
Repeated their Labour of Love with him in order for his |
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Recovery, but our Labour of Love not obtaining the de= |
|||
=Sired Effect to the Satisfaction of this Meeting, Therefore |
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we being desirous that the Truth of our Holy Profession may |
|||
be preserved from the Reproach of ^Such Enormities, do Give |
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this forth as a Publick Testimony against him, disowning |
|||
him the Said Obediah Allen from being one of our Society |
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and from being in Membership With us, yet we desire if |
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it be Consistant with Divine Pleasure, that he May yet |
|||
find a place of Repentence (and by an Unfeigned acknow= |
|||
=ledgement of the Error of his way) Return to th the way |
|||
of Truth |
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Given forth and Signed in and on behalf of our Monthly |
|||
Meeting held in Dartmouth by Adjournment on the 23d |
|||
day of the 6th month 1766 by – – – Job Russell Clerk |
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Susanna Brightman’s Paper of Denial hath been read according |
|||
to the appointment of last Monthly Meeting, and is as follow’s |
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S. Bright ⎫ man’s ⎬ denial ⎭ |
Whereas Susanna Brightman Daughter of Joshua and Hannah |
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Shearman having had her Education among friends and under the Care |
|||
of this Meeting, but through unwatchfulness & disregarding the |
|||
Testimony of Truth hath fallen into the Reproachful Sin of |
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Fornication, as appears by her having a Child Soon after Marriage |
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and this Meeting having Labour’d with her in Love in order for her |
|||
Recovery, but She proving obstinate, and Regardless of the ten= |
|||
=der Council to her Given, Therefore for the Clearing of the precious |
|||
Truth that we Profess, from Such Enormities, this Meeting is |
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Concerned to Give this forth as a Publick Testimony against her |
|||
disowning her the Sd Susanna Brightman from being a Member |
|||
of our Society, and from under the Care of this Meeting, desiring |
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if it be Consistant with Divine pleasure, that She may yet be Convin= |
|||
=ced of the Error of her ways, and by a Sincere Repentance, find fa= |
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=vour with the Lord – – |
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Given forth at our Monthly Meeting of Friends held in Dart= |
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=mouth by adjournment on the 23.d day of the 6.th month 1766 |
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Signed In, by order & in behalf of S.d Meeting by Job Russell Clerk |
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Apphia Mott Clerk |
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S. Wilcox ⎫ not to ⎬ preach ⎭ |
This Meeting hath Come to a Conclusion that Stephen Wilcox ought |
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to desist from Appearing in Publick untill his affairs be better |
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Settled in Regard to his debts, and the Sd Stephen Wilcox’s Case is |
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Refer’d under the Same Regulation as heretofore to the next |
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Monthly Meeting |
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The friends Appointed to attend the Quarterly Meeting |
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Report that they all attended Agreeable to Appointment |
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and have Produced an Epistle from the same which hath |
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been Read to Good Satisfaction |
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⎧ Epistles ⎨ ⎩ |
Received Epistles one from London Printed & one written one |
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also one Epistle from Philidelphia, and one from Flushing |
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Also we have Received an Epistle from our Yearly Meeting |
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of Rhode-Island held the 12th of the 6th month 1766 All which |
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have been read in this Meeting to Good Satisfaction, and as |
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they Contain a great deal of wholesome advice and Good Ex= |
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=hortation, they are Earnestly Recommended to friends Notice |
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and Observation, |
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Settled With Treasurer |
The friends Appointed two months ago to adjust Accounts with |
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the Treasurer Report that they have Settled accounts and |
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there Remains in the Stock – – ₤2 – S8 – d1 |
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Old tenner – |
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Coakset Monthly Meeting has paid their Proportion of the |
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Monthly Meeting Debts which is – – ₤5 – S8 – d9 |
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Lawful Money |
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Care of books to T. Russell |
twenty four Books belongs to this Meeting, and Timothy Rus= |
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=sell is appointed to have the Care of Said Books to lend them |
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out and take them in once a month. |
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This Meeting hath signed a Removal Certificate of |
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Deborah Slade (wife to Joseph Slade) and her Children |
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to the Monthly Meeting of Swanzey – – – – – |
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8 mo: 1766 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 18 |
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of the 8th month 1766 The Representatives are William |
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Mosher and Benjamin Smith ju: present |
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Report of Wm. Ricket sons marriage |
The friends Appointed to See Wm Ricketson and Elizabeth |
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Smith’s Marriage Consumated Report that they attended |
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the Marriage which was Consumated in Good order |
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Certificate for Abigail States |
This Meeting hath Signed a Removal Certificate for |
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Abigail States (wife of Peter States) to the Monthly |
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Meeting of South Kings-town[Perryville, South Kingstown], – – |
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Case of S. Wilcox Refer’d |
The Case of Stephen Wilcox is Refer’d under the Care of |
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Thomas Hicks 2d and he to make report Inform Said |
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Wilcox that his Meeting Requests that he Inform friends |
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at the next Monthly Meeting what Progress he hath made in |
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Regard to paying his debts – – |
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Overseers appointed |
Luke Hart, Paul Russell, William Anthony ju: Benja Howland 2d, |
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Samuel Smith and Daniel Cornel [Cornell] are Chosen overseers |
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Zephaniah Anthony & Wife’s paper |
Zephaniah Anthony and his wife have Given in a Paper to this |
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Meeting, Signifying their Sorrow for their falling into the Sin |
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of Fornication, which is Refer’d unto the next Monthly Meeting |
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under the Care of Peleg Smith & Benjamin Smith ju: and they to |
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make Report to next Monthly Meeting; |
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Fox’s Journal |
This Meeting Hath received one of George Fox’s Journals and |
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7s/6d Sterling overplus Money, which is Lodged with the Treasurer |
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9th mo: 1766 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 15th day of the |
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9th month 1766, |
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William Anthony ju: and to[?] Samuel Smith are the Representatives |
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both presentatives |
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To draw Epistle |
This Meeting doth Appoint Humphry Smith and Samuel Smith |
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to draw an Epistle to the Quarterly Meeting and bring it to the |
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Adjournment of this Meeting; |
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This Meeting Adjourns to the first Sixth day in next Month |
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This Meeting being Met According to Appointment adjornment the 3rd |
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of the 10th month 1766. The Representatives being Called both presents; |
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S. Wilcox Case refer’d |
The Case of Stephen Wilcox is Refer’d under the Care of Daniel |
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Russell and Thomas Hix 2d – – |
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Z. Anthony Case refer’d |
Peleg Smith and Benja Smith ju: Report that they have Treated |
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with Zephaniah Anthony in Regard to his Paper that he Gave in |
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last Monthly Meeting, in which they think him to be Sincere, |
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Repre sentatives |
Joseph Tucker, Humphry Smith, Caleb Russell are Appointed to |
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attend the Quarterly Meeting, and present the Epistle (which was |
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Signed in this Meeting) with the Answers to the Queries, and Make |
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Report to the next Monthly Meetings; – – |
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to pay [?] [Coak [?] [set]6-2-6 |
This Meeting orders the Treasurer to pay Coakset Monthly |
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Meeting half a Crown Sterling, it being one third part of |
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the overplus Money for George Fox’s Journals |
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10 mo: 1766 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 20th of the |
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10th month 1766, The Representatives are Samuel Smith |
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and Benja Howland the 2d Presents |
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Case of Z. Anthony refer’d |
The Case of Zephaniah Anthony is Refer’d under the Care of |
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his Brother Wm Anthony unto the next Monthly Meeting |
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Elihu Bow en requests a Certificate |
Elihu Bowen Requests a Removal Certificate for himself |
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and Family to the Monthly Meeting of Swanzey. Therefore |
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Luke Hart & Paul Russell are appointed to Make proper |
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Enquiry into his Circumstances, and draw one for them if |
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they think proper & bring it to the next Monthly Meeting |
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Report from Quarterly meeting |
The friends Appointed to attend the Quarterly Meeting Report |
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that they all attended Agreeable to Appointment, and |
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have produced an Epistle from the Same, which hath been Read |
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in this Meeting to Good Satisfaction |
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R. Soule |
Rachel Soule hath been Represented under Necessituous |
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Circumstances, and Liable to become one of this Meetings |
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poor, Therefore Humphry Smith & Jonathan Hussey are Ap= |
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=pointed to make Inquiry into her Circumstances & Estate and |
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make Report to the next Monthly Meeting; |
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Jonan Gifford desires a Certificate |
Jonathan Gifford desires a Certificate to the Monthly Mee= |
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=ting of Nantucket, Certifying his Clearness Respecting |
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Marriage & Conversation, Therefore Jonathan Hussey and |
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David Smith are Appointed to make Inquiry into his aforeSd |
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Circumstances, and draw a Certificate for him if they think |
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proper, and bring it to the next Monthly Meeting; |
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Overseers for yearly meeting |
This Meeting doth Appoint John Potter, Daniel Russell |
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Timothy Russell Samuel Smith, Thos Hicks 2d Prince Allen |
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James Tucker overseers at the yearly Meeting to Endeavour to |
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prevent any Indecency that May happen at that time, and |
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Make Report of their Service to the next Monthly Meeting |
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11th mo: 1766 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 17th of the 11th |
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Month 1766, The Representatives are Daniel Cornel and Thomas |
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Timothy Howland proposal of marri age |
Timothy Howland and Lucey Allen Declared their Intentions of |
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taking each other in Marriage, and were desired to wait till |
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the next Monthly Meeting for their Answer, and Daniel Cornel |
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and Thomas Hicks 2d are appointed to Make Inquiry into the young |
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Man’s Clearness Respecting Marriage & Conversation, and make Report |
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to the next Monthly Meeting, |
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Z. Anthony Case refer’d |
The Case of Zephaniah Anthony is Refer’d under the Same Care as |
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heretofore – – |
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Certificate for Elihu Bowen |
This Meeting hath Signed a Removal Certificate for Elihu Bowen |
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and his family to the Monthly Meeting of Swanzey; |
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Case of R. Soule refer’d |
The Case of Rachel Soule is Refered under the Same Regulation |
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as heretofore |
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Certificate for Jonat. Gifford |
This Meeting Hath Signed a Certificate for Jonathan Gifford to the |
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Monthly Meeting of Nantucket, Respecting his Clearness in Regard |
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to Marriage & his Conversation – – |
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Tim Russell acompt |
This Meeting allows of Timothy Russell’s account for Clearing the |
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Burying yard & Repairing the fence & Bars, which is ₤4 13S |
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old tener |
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David Smith hath paid Coakset Monthly Meeting 2 / 6d Sterling agreeable |
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to Appointment |
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J. Sisson desires a Certifi cate |
John Sisson Requests a Removal Certificate for himself and Children |
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to the Monthly Meeting of Oblong, therefore Paul Russell & Luke |
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Hart are Appointed to draw one for him if they shall think Proper |
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after due Inquiry into his Circumstances, and make Returns to the |
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next Monthly Meeting; |
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Report of Overseers of Yearly meeting |
The friends Appointed Overseers at the yearly Meeting, Report |
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that they attended Agreeable to Appointment & discover’d |
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nothing but what was in a degree orderly, and they think that |
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friends Care in that Respect answers a Good Purpose – – |
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Meetings granted in Allen’s Neck |
This Meeting Grants the friends Living in Allen’s Neck the |
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Liberty to hold a Meeting down there at Some friends House |
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for four Months to Come on first days, Excepting the first day |
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preceding the Monthly Meeting in Each Month, and Daniel |
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Cornel [Cornell] and Prince Allen are Appointed to have the oversight |
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of the Meeting, and to Make Report to this Meeting at the |
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Expiration of the four Months |
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12 Mo: 1766 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 15th |
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of the 12th month 1766, the Representatives are Paul Russell |
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and David Smith Present; |
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Howland answer |
Timothy Howland and Lucey Allen Appeared for their Answer |
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which was, that they Might proceed to take Each other in |
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Marriage in Some Convenient time between this and the next |
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Monthly Meeting, Avising with the overseers for that Purpose |
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and Daniel Cornel and Thomas Hicksn are Appointed to See |
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their Marriage Consumated in Good order and Make |
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Report to the next Monthly Meeting; |
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This Meeting hath Collected ₤11 – 7s – 6d old tener, and the |
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Tim Russell paid |
Treasurer has paid Timothy Russell the Above Sd Sum |
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Humphry Smith and Jonathan Hussey Report that they have |
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Rachel Sowle Case |
Inspected into the Circumstances of Rachel Soule and they |
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find due to her by Bond and Note ₤12 – 16s – 9d Lawful money |
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John Sisson Certificates refer’d |
The friends Appointed to draw a Certificate for John Sisson and |
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his Children have drawn one for them, but things not ap= |
|||
=pearing Quite Clear, the Signing of it is Refer’d to the next |
|||
Monthly Meeting |
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John Williams Certificate Accepted |
John Williams and his wife have Produced a Removal |
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Certificate from the Monthly Meeting of Sandwich, which this |
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Meeting accepts; |
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Stephen Smith hath given a paper which is accepted |
Stephen Smith hath Produced and Given in a Paper to this |
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Meeting, Condeming his Marrying out of the Unity of friends |
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which this Meeting Accepts; |
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Representatives |
Caleb Russell, Joseph Russ Smith, William Barker are Ap= |
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=pointed to attend the Quarterly Meeting and Make Report |
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to the Next Monthly Meeting; |
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overseers of Poor accompt |
The overseers of the poor hath Brought an Account for doing |
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for the poor to the Amount of ₤3 – 6s – 6d old Tener, which |
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this Meeting allows, |
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Case of Zep Anthony refer’d |
The Case of Zephaniah Anthony is Refer’d |
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Compaint against James Allen |
The Overseers Inform that James Allen hath fallen |
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into the Sin of Fornication, for which they have Labour’d |
|||
with him, and he declines to Make Satisfaction, therefore |
|||
this Meeting doth Appoint Caleb Russell & Job Russell |
|||
to Labour with him & make Report to the next Monthly Meeting |
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The Queries have been Read in this Meeting and Answer’d |
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This Meeting hath signed an Epistle to the Quarterly Mee= |
|||
=ting, and Sent it up with the Answers to the Queries |
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by the Representatives. |
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first mo: 1767 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 19th of |
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the first Month 1767, the Representatives are Samuel |
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Daniel Cornel and Thos Hicks 2d Report that they attended |
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Tim Howland’s marriage |
the Marriage of Timothy Howland & Lucey Allen, which |
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was Consumated in Good order, |
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John Sisson’s Case |
The Signing of John Sisson’s Certificate is Refer’d to next Monthly |
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Meeting; |
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James Allen Case |
The friends Appointed to Labour with James Allen |
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Report that he declines to Condem his offence to friends |
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Satisfaction, therefore this Meeting doth Appoint Joseph |
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Gifford and Job Russell to draw a paper of denial Against |
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Said Allen and also Inform him of the Conclusion of this |
|||
Meeting and Labour with him as they shall find free= |
|||
=dom, and Make Report to the next Monthly Meeting |
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Report from Quarterly meeting |
The friends Appointed to attend the Quarterly Meeting, |
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Report that neither of them attended by Reason of the |
|||
Severity of the weather; but we Received an Epistle an |
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from the Quarterly Meeting which hath been Read and |
|||
well accepted, |
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S. Dennis Request |
Shadrach Dennis Requests to be taken under friends |
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Care, therefore this Meeting doth Appoint Abraham |
|||
Tucker and Peleg Smith to Inquire into the young mans |
|||
Life and Conversation, and also take an opportunity of |
|||
Solid Conference with him and Make Report to the next |
|||
Monthly Meeting; |
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E. Russell Recev’d |
The women friends Inform that they have Minuted Elisabeth |
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Russell wife of Isaac Russell under friends Care, which this |
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Meeting Concurs with; |
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Zeph. Anthony & Wife paper accepted |
Zephaniah Anthony and his wife have Given in a Paper to this |
||
Meeting Signifying their Sorrow for their falling into the |
|||
Sin of fornication, which hath lain on file for Some Months |
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and now friends being fully Satisfied, do Accept of Sd Paper |
|||
Provided they Cause it to be read at the Close of a first |
|||
day Meeting for Worship, between this and the next Month= |
|||
=ly Meeting they being present, and also Return Said Paper |
|||
to the next Monthly Meetings – |
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Testimony of E. Gidley |
This Meeting hath Given forth a Testimony Concerning |
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Our Well Esteemed friend Elizabeth Gidley deceased |
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which was Signed in this Meeting by a Number of friends |
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2d month 1767 |
At a Monthly Meeting of friends held in Dartmouth |
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the 16th of the 2d month 1767 The Representatives are Paul |
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James Allen denied |
This Meeting hath Signed a Paper of denial against James |
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Allen Son of Francis Allen for Fornication, and the Clerk |
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is order’d to read Sd Paper at the Close of a first days Mee= |
|||
=ting for worship, between this and the next Monthly Meeting |
|||
and Make Report to the next Monthly Meeting; |
|||
Shadrich Dennis Case |
The friends Appointed to Inquire into the Conversation of |
||
Shadrach Dennis, and to Confer with him on his Request |
|||
to Come under friends Care not being able to Make a Satisfac= |
|||
=tory Report, therefore they are Still Continued in the Same |
|||
Service, and to Make Report to the next Monthly Meeting |
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Certificate for John Sisson |
This Meeting hath Signed a Removal Certificate for John |
||
Sisson to the Monthly Meeting of Oblong; – – |
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Z. Anthony paper read |
Zephaniah Anthony’s and his wife’s Paper hath been read |
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According to the Appointment of last Monthly Meeting |
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Z. & W. Anthony’s Confession |
And is as followeth; (viz) |
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To the Monthly Meeting of friends held in Dartmouth |
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Esteemed friends, –– |
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These are to Inform that we were Educated and |
|||
Married Amongst friends, But we Acknowledge that we |
|||
have fallen into the Sin of Fornication, as Appears evident |
|||
by the Birth of our Child, the which Sin we do Condemn and |
|||
are Sorrowful for, But we hope the Almighty will forgive |
|||
us, and we desire friends would so far pass it by as to Suffer |
|||
us Still to Remain under your Care |
|||
Given under our Hands the 18th of the 8th |
|||
Month 1766 – – |
Zephaniah Anthony |
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Waite Anthony |
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Leml Smith paper accep =ted |
Whereas Lemuel Sisson Smith hath Given in a Paper |
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to this Meeting Some Months ago, and not accepted by |
|||
Reason of his Absence, Therefore this Meeting being |
|||
Satisfied do accept of Sd Paper, Provided that he Cause |
|||
it to be Read at the Close of a first day Meeting for |
|||
worship between this and the next Monthly Meeting |
|||
he being present, and Return Sd Paper to the Clerk – |
|||
Miniuts to be revised |
This Meeting doth Appoint Peleg Smith, Humphry Smith, |
||
Samuel Smith, William Anthony jur & Job Russell to |
|||
Peruse the Monthly Meetings Minutes, to See what part |
|||
they Shall think Proper to be put on Record and make |
|||
Report to the next Monthly Meeting |
|||
Paper Accept. |
Edith Wing hath Given in a Paper to this Meeting Condeming |
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her falling into the Sin of fornication, which this Meeting doth |
|||
Accept with the Provisal that She Cause Sd Paper to be read |
|||
at the Close of a first day Meeting for worship She being |
|||
present, and Make Report to the next Monthly Meeting |
|||
and Return the Paper to the Clerk – – |
|||
To Settle with Treasurer |
William Sanford & Jonathan Hussey are Appointed to ad= |
||
=just Accounts with the Treasurer & Report to the next Monthly Meeting |
|||
Overseers |
This Meeting doth Appoint John Potter, Prince Allen & |
||
Joseph Gifford overseers of the Poor for one year – – |
|||
A. Hathaway Certificate |
This Meeting hath Signed a Removal Certificate for |
||
Abigail Hathaway to the Monthly Meeting of Sandwich |
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3d month 1767 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 16th of |
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the 3d Month 1767, the Representatives are Daniel Cornel |
|||
and Samuel Smith Present, |
|||
Tho Akin’s proposal of marriage |
Thomas Akin and Rebecca Russell Declar’d their Inten= |
||
=tions of Marriage and were desired to wait until the next |
|||
Monthly Meeting for their Answer, and Thomas Hicks jur and |
|||
Samuel Smith are Appointed to Inquire into the young man’s |
|||
Clearness Respecting Marriage and Conversation and Make |
|||
Report to the next Monthly Meeting – – |
|||
James Allen’s Paper of denial hath been Read Accor= |
|||
=ding to the Appointment of last Monthly Meeting – – |
|||
and is as followeth – – |
|||
James Allen disowned |
Whereas James Allen Son of Francis Allen & Rebecca |
||
his Wife deceased, having been Under the Care of this Meeting |
|||
yet he has So far Gone astray from our Profession as to fall into |
|||
the Reproachful Sin of Fornication and Friends having Repeated |
|||
their Labour of Love with him in order for his Recovery, but our |
|||
Labour of Love, not obtaining the desired Effect to the Satis= |
|||
=faction of this Meeting, Therefore we being desirous that the |
|||
Truth of our Holy Profession May be Preferred from the Reproach |
|||
of Such Enormities do Give this forth a Pubclick Testimony |
|||
against him, disowning the Sd James from being one of our |
|||
Society, and from being under our Care, Yet Sincerely desiring |
|||
if it be Consistent with Divine Pleasure that he May yet |
|||
find a place of Repentance, & by an Unfeigned Repentance |
|||
acknowledgement of the Error of his way Return to the |
|||
way of Truth – – |
|||
Given forth and Signed in and on behalf of our Monthly |
|||
1767 By |
|||
Job Russell Clerk |
|||
Shadrich Dennis Case |
The friends Appointed to Inquire into the life & Conversation of |
||
Shadrac Dennis, and also to take an Opportunity of Conference |
|||
on his Request to Come under friends Care not being able to make |
|||
a Satisfactory Report, therefore the Case is Refer’d under |
|||
their Care until the next Monthly Meeting and then to Make |
|||
Report, |
|||
Lemuel Smith’s Paper hath been Read According to the App= |
|||
=ointment of last Monthly Meeting, and is as follows |
|||
Lemvuel Smith’s Confession |
To the Monthly Meeting of Friends to be held in Dartmouth |
||
on the 21 of ye 4th month 1766 – – |
|||
Loving Friends, whereas I through the Insinuation of the Evil |
|||
one, I have fallen into the Sin of Fornication, for which Evil |
|||
Action I Can Truly Say I am Sincerely Sorry for, and pray that |
|||
God may forgive me and all my others Sins, and that you would |
|||
pass it by So as to let me Remain under you Care for I have a |
|||
Great Value for Friends, So no more at present but I Remain |
|||
your well Wishing Friend |
|||
Lemuel Smith |
|||
Miniutes to be recorded |
The Committee Appointed to peruse the Monthly Meetings |
||
Minutes Report that they have perused Sd Minutes and left |
|||
them with Samuel Smith to Record – – |
|||
Edith Wing’s paper hath been Read According to the Appoin= |
|||
=tment of last Monthly Meeting and is as follows— |
|||
E. Wing’s Confession |
To the Monthly Meeting of friends to be holden at Dartmouth |
||
the 16th day of the 2 Month 1767 – – |
|||
Well Esteemed friends, these May Inform altho’ I have had my |
|||
Education among friends, yet through unwatchfulness I have |
|||
fallen into the Sin of Fornication, which is S Known by my |
|||
having a Child So Soon after Marriage which Sin I Condemn |
|||
and am very Sorry for and pray God to forgive me and friends pass |
|||
it by So far as to let me Remain under their Care |
|||
Settled with Treasurer |
The friends Appointed to Adjust accompts |
} Edith Wing |
|
with the Treasurer, Report that there is |
|||
Remaining in the Treasury 7s – 7d old Tener – – |
|||
Ann Gifford [?] to Sandwich |
Anna Gifford Informs this Meeting that She hath a Con= |
||
=cern on her Mind to Visit Sandwich Quarterly Meeting, which |
|||
this Meeting Concurs with – – |
|||
Antipas Hathway |
Antipas Hathway hath Sent an Accompt for Mending |
||
our Meeting House windows to the Amount of ₤0 –1s –6 ½ d Lawful |
|||
Money which this Meeting orders the Treasurer to pay, and |
|||
also to pay the overseers of the poor ₤3–6s–6d old Tener |
|||
This Meeting hath Collected ₤7–18s–3d old tener |
|||
Complaint against Thos Wilcox |
The Overseers Inform This Meeting that Thomas Wilcox hath |
||
Married out of the unity of friends, for which they have Labour’d |
|||
with him and he declines to Make friends Satisfaction therefore |
|||
Job Case and Daniel Russell are Appointed to Labour further |
|||
with him and Make Report to the next Monthly Meeting |
|||
Complaint against Holder Slocum |
The Overseers Inform that Holder Slocum hath been in the prac= |
||
=tice of Gaming for which they have Laboured with him and he |
|||
declines to Make friends Satisfaction therefore Abraham |
|||
Tucker & Joseph Tucker are Appointed to Labour with Sd Slocum |
|||
and Make Report to the next Monthly Meeting – |
|||
Answers to Queries & Epistle Sent |
The Queries have have been read and Answer’d in this Meeting |
||
and this Meeting hath Signed an Epistle to the Quarterly Meeting |
|||
which is Sent up to the Quarterly Meeting by the Representatives |
|||
with the Answers to the Queries – – |
|||
Representa= =tives |
Humphry Smith, Samuel Smith and William Mosher are |
||
Appointed to attend the Quarterly Meeting and they to make |
|||
Report to the next Monthly Meeting |
|||
|
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4th mo: 1767 |
At a Monthly Meeting held at Dartmouth the 20th of the |
||
4th month 1767 – – |
|||
The Representatives are Thomas Hicks 2d and Samuel Smith present – |
|||
The friends Appointed to Inquire into Thomas Akin’s Clearness |
|||
Report that upon Inquiry they find nothing to hinder his |
|||
proceeding in Marriage – – |
|||
Tho Akin’s answer |
Thomas Akin and Rebecca Russell Appeared for their Answer |
||
which was that they Might proceed to take Each other in |
|||
Marriage in Some Convenient time between this and the |
|||
next Monthly Meeting Advising with the overseers for that |
|||
purpose, and Humphry Smith and Thomas Hicks are appointed |
|||
to See their Marriage Consumated in Good order and make |
|||
Report to the next Monthly Meeting – – |
|||
Tim Russell proposal of marriage |
Timothy Russell and Hanna Briggs declar’d their Inten= |
||
tion of Marriage and were desired to wait till the next |
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Monthly Meeting for their Answer and Humphry Smith and |
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Jonathan Hussey are Appointed to Inspect into Timothy’s Clear= |
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=ness Respecting Marriage and Conversation and also they |
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are Appointed to See that the widow’s Estate be Settled So that [her] |
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Children be not Ronged by her Marriage and make Report |
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to the next Monthly Meeting – – |
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The friends Appointed to Inquire into the Conversation of Shadriac |
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S. Dennis Accepted |
Dennis Make a Satisfactory Report therefore this meeting |
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minutes him under friends Care – – |
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The overseers for the poor Report |
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The Treasurer Reports that he has paid the overseers of the |
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poor According to the Appointment of last Monthly Meeting |
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The friends Appointed to treat with Thomas Wilcox not Making |
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a Satisfactory Report they are still Continued in the Same |
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Service and to make Report to the next Monthly Meeting, |
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Holder Slocum’s case |
The friends Appointed to Treat with Holder Slocum Report that they |
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have not discharged themselves in that Respect, therefore they |
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are Still Continued in the Same Service and to make Report |
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to the next Monthly Meeting; – – |
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Reprent. for Qrt. Meeting |
The Representatives to the Quarterly Meeting Report that |
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they all attended Except Wm Mosher, and he sent an Excuse which |
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was Accepted, and they produced an Epistle from the same which |
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hath been Read and well Accepted |
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[Report] of Meetings in Allen’s Neck |
The friends Appointed overseers of the Meeting held in Allen’s |
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Neck Report that they have attended According to Appoint= |
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=ment and Saw nothing but that it was Carried on in Good order |
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5th mo: 1767 |
At a Monthly Meeting held at Dartmouth the 18th of the 5th |
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month 1767 the Representatives are Caleb Russell & Daniel Russell |
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both present; |
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Humphry Smith & Jonathan Hussey Make Report that they have made |
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Inquiry into Timothy Russell’s Clearness Respecting Marriage and Con= |
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=versation, and do not find anything to hinder his proceeding in Mar= |
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=riage, and they also Report that the widow’s Estate is Settled |
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Acgreeable to Good order |
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Tim Russell Answer |
Timothy Russell and Hannah Briggs Appeared for their Answer |
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which was that they might proceed to take Each other in Marriage |
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in Some Convenient time between this and the next Monthly |
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Meeting, Advising with the oversers for that purpose, and Humphry |
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Smith and Jonathan Hussey are Appointed to See their Marriage |
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Consumated in Good order and Make Report to the next Monthly |
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Meeting – – |
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Report of Tho Akin’s Marriage |
The friends Appointed to See Thomas Atkin’s and Rebecca Russell’s |
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Marriage Consumated Make Report that they attended the |
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Thomas Wilcox Case |
The friends Appointed to treat with Thomas Wilcox Report that |
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they have not had a Convenient Opportunity to discharge themselves |
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therefore they are Still Continued in the Same Service until Opportunity |
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affords and then to make Report |
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P. Sisson denied |
The women friends Inform that they have denied Phebe Sisson |
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Daughter of Joseph Barker for Marrying out of the Unity |
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of friends which this Meeting Concurs with – – |
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Phebe Allen’s paper accepted |
Phebe Allen hath Given in a Paper to this Meeting Condemning |
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her falling into the Sin of Fornication which this Meeting |
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Accepts Provided She Cause said paper to be Read publickly |
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at the Close of a first day meeting for worship between this & |
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the next Monthly Meeting She being present and Make |
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Return of Sd paper to Sd Meeting |
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Holder Slocum’s Case |
The friends Appointed to treat with Holder Slocum Report |
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that he declines to Condemn his offence to Satisfaction therefore |
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his Case is Refer’d under the Same Care as heretofore and they |
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to Make Report to the next Monthly Meeting |
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B. Taber Requested a Certificate |
Benjamin Taber Requests a Certificate to the Monthly Meeting |
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of Nantucket, Certifying his Clearness Respecting Marriage & |
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Conversation therefore Joseph Gifford and Joseph Russell are |
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Appointed to Make proper Inquiry and to draw one for him |
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if they think proper and bring it to the next Monthly Meeting |
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R. Russell’s affair |
Whereas Rose Russell hath Removed out of the verge of Coak= |
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=set Monthly Meeting where this Meeting Apprehends She |
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belongs, and makes Application for assistance, therefore |
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Joseph Tucker & Humphry Smith are Appointed to Inform |
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Coakset Meeting that this Meeting desires them to take Care |
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of her and Sd Comtee to make Report to the next Monthly |
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Meetings |
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6th mo: 1767 |
At a Monthly Meeting met the 15th of the 6th mo: 1767 |
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The Representatives are Daniel Russell and John Williams present; – – |
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The yearly Meeting being now in being, for which Reason |
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This Meeting Adjourns to the 22d Instant, |
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At a Monthly Meeting Met and held by Adjournment |
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the 22d of the 6th mo: 1767 |
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The Representatives being Called and both presen |
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Timothy Russell Marriage |
Humphry Smith and Jonathan Hussey Report that they attended |
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the Marriage of Timothy Russell and Hannah Briggs which was |
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Consumated in Good Order – – |
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Phebe Allen’s Paper hath been read According to the Appoint= |
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=ment of last Monthly Meeting and is as follows – – |
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P. Allen’s Confession |
To the Monthly Meeting of friends to be held in Dartmouth the |
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20th day of the 4th month 1767 – – |
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dear Friends |
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I through unwatchfulness have fallen into the Sin of Fornica= |
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=tion which Appears by my having a Child So Soon after Mar= |
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=riage, for which I am heartily Sorry and do Condemn, hoping |
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that God will forgive me and friends pass it by so far as to let |
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me Remain under their Care. Phebe Allen – – |
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H. Slocum Case |
The Case of Holder Slocum is Refer’d under the Same Care as heretofore |
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B. Taber Certificate |
This Meeting hath Signed a Certificate for Benja Taber to the Monthly |
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Meeting of Nantucket Certifying his Clearness Respecting Marriage |
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and Conversation – – |
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Rose Rus= =sell Case |
The friends Appointed to Treat with Coakset Monthly Meeting on |
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behalf of Rose Russell Report that they have not had an opportunity |
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Conveniently to discharge themselves, therefore they are still |
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Continued in the Same Service and to make Report to the next |
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Monthly Meeting; |
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A. Hathway is paid |
The Treasurer has paid Antipas Hathaway 11 / 8d old tener |
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Queries Answer’d |
The Queries have been Read and Answer’d in this Meeting, |
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Represen tatives |
Peleg Smith, Humphry Smith, Joseph Tucker, Samuel Smith |
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Caleb Russell are appointed to attend the Quarterly Meeting |
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and to present the Answers to the Queries with the Epistle to the |
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Same, which hath been Signed in this Meetings – – |
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This Meeting Collected ₤8 – 7s – 3d old Tenner – – |
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Tim. Russell is paid |
The Treasurer has paid Timothy Russell five dollars for |
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keeping the Meeting House half a year |
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7th mo: 1767 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 20th of the 7th |
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month 1767, Called Joseph Smith & Jonathan Hussey present |
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Clerk for this day |
William Anthony jur Chosen Clerk for this day, – – |
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Hol. Slocum Case |
The Case of Holder Slocum is Refer’d to the next Monthly Mee= |
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=ting under the Same Case as heretofore, and he is desired to attend |
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Meetings more diligently for the future; – – |
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To Treat with Coak= =set Meeting |
The friends Appointed to Treat with Coakset Monthly Meeting |
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Report that they have not discharged their Trust by reason of one |
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of Sd friends being unwell therefore ‘tis Refer’d Still under [their care] |
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Report from Quar: meeting |
the friends Appointed to attend the Quarterly Meeting Report |
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that they all attended but Humphry Smith and he Sent an |
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Excuse which was Accepted – – |
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Received |
This Meeting Received an Epistle from the yearly Meeting of |
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London which was read in this Meeting, and the Good and |
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wholsome advice therein Recommended to friends Observation |
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also Received an Epistle of the yearly meeting of Rhod Island |
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also one from the Quarterly Meeting which were read in this |
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Meeting and Kindly accepted; |
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8th mov: 1767 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 17th of the |
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8th Month 1767 |
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The Representatives are Caleb Russell & Samuel Smith |
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both present, – – |
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R. Wilbor Received |
The women friends Inform that they have minuted Rachel |
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Wilbor [Wilbur] under their Care which this meeting Concurs with, |
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Holder Slocum paper accepted |
Holder Slocum hath Given in a Paper to this Meeting |
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Condemning his being in the Practice of Gaming, which this |
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Meeting Accepts Provided the Cause Sd paper to be read |
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Publickly at the Close of a first day meeting for worship be= |
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=tween this and the next monthly meeting he being present |
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and Return Sd Paper to the next monthly Meeting – – |
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Rose Russell case |
The Comittee Appointed to Treat with Coakset Monthly Mee= |
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=ting on the Account of Rose Russell Report that they [have] |
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discharged their Trust in that Case, and Coakset Meeting hath |
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promised to Give this Meeting an Answer as soon as they |
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Can Conveniently |
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Eunice Kirby accpt. |
The women friends Inform that they have accepted: of Eunice |
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Kirby’s Acknowledgement for Marrying out of the Unity of friends |
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which this Meeting Concurs with |
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9th mo: 1767 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 21 of ye 9th month |
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1767 The Representatives are Wm Sanford and Daniel Cornel[Cornell] present |
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David Anthony proposal of marriage |
David Anthony and Judith Hicks declared their Intentions of |
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Marriage and were desired to wait till the next Monthly Mee= |
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=ting for their Answer, and George Smith and Benja Howland |
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are Appointed to Inquire into the young Man’s Clearness Respect= |
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=ing Marriage & Conversation and Make Report to the next Month= |
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=ly Meeting Holder Slocum’s Paper hath been read According to |
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the Appointment of last Monthly Meeting, and here follows |
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H. Slocum’s Paper |
To the Monthly Meeting of Friends next to be held in Dartmo |
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on the 20th of the 7th mo: 1767 – – |
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Esteemed friends, Whereas I through unwatchfulness and by |
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Keeping Unnecessary Company have fallen into the bad Prac= |
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=tice of Gaming, which I am heartily Sorry for and do Condemn |
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hoping God will forgive me, and I desire friends would pass |
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it by So far as to let me Remain under their Care, hoping |
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I shall walk More Agreeable for the time to come |
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Holder Slocum |
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Answer from Coakset Concerning Rose Russ [ell]not accepted |
Whereas this Meeting hath Received an Answer from Coakset |
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Monthly Meeting Respecting Rose Russell, which this Meeting |
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Apprehends is too Short and not to Satisfaction, therefore Joseph |
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Gifford William Anthony ju: & Samuel Smith are Appointed to |
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Make Sufficient Inquiry to know whether Said Rose Russell |
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properly belongs to Coakset Meeting or not, and if upon Inquiry |
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they her think her to belong to Coakset, to Inform them that this |
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Meeting desires them to Appoint a Committee to Confer with them |
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on the Case and Make a final Settlement between the two Meetings |
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and if they Cannot Agree to a Settlement, then for the two Comttees |
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to Chuse friends to Settle the Case belonging to Some other Monthly Meeting |
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Overseers appointed |
This Meeting doth Appoint Daniel Cornel[Cornell], Luke Hart, |
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Paul Russell, Benja Howland 2d William Anthony ju: Samuel |
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Smith Overseers for the year Ensuing – – |
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Conclude to repair the meeting house |
This Meeting hath Come to a Conclusion to Repair our Meeting |
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House, therefore George Smith, Daniel Russell, & Timothy |
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Russell are Appointed to Consider what they shall think Ne= |
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=cessary to be done and also to Imploy Some body to do Said |
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business and Make Report to the next Monthly Meeting |
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Answers to Queries and Epistle sent by Represen= =tatives |
The Queries have been read & Answer’d in this Meeting |
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and we have Signed an Epistle and Sent it up to the Quar= |
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=terly Meeting by the Representatives who are as follows |
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Peleg Smith Abraham Tucker, Nicholas Howland, Benja |
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Howland 2d who are Appointed to attend the Quarterly Meeting |
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and present the Epistle with the Answers to the Queries and to |
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Make Report to the next Monthly Meeting |
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10th mo: 1767 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 19th of the |
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10th Month 1767 The Representatives are David Smith |
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and Jonathan Hussey present – – |
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The friends Appointed to Inspect into the Clearness of David |
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Anthony’s Report that they have Made Inquiry and find nothing |
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to hinder his Proceeding in Marriage – – |
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David Anthony answer |
David Anthony and Judith Hicks Appear’d for their Answer |
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which was that they Might proceed to take Each other in Mar= |
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=riage in Some Convenient time between this and the next |
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Monthly Meeting Advising with the overseers for that purpose |
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and George Smith and Benja Howland are Appointed to |
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See their Marriage Consumated in Good Order, and Make |
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Report to the next Monthly Meeting |
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Shadach Dennis proposal to marriage |
Shadrac Dennis and Abial Hussey declared their Inten= |
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=tions of Marriage and were desired to wait till the next |
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Monthly Meeting for their Answer and Wm Sanford and David |
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Smith are Appointed to Inquire into the young man’s Clearness |
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Respecting Marriage & Conversation and Make Report to the |
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next Monthly Meeting |
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Repairing Meeting House |
The Comittee Appointed to Repair our Meeting House Report |
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that they are on their way to accomplish Sd business therefore |
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they are desired to do it as soon as may be and make Report to |
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the next Monthly Meeting; – – |
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Report from Quarly Meeting |
The friends Appointed to attend the Quarterly Meeting Report |
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that they all attended Agreeable to Appointment and have |
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Produced an Epistle from the Same which hath been read and |
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Kindly Accepted – – |
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B. Chase desires a Certificate |
Benja Chase Requests a Certificate to the Monthly Meeting of |
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Swanzey Certifying his Clearness Respecting Marriage & Conversa= |
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=tion therefore Paul Russell Russell and Luke Hart are Ap= |
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=pointed to make proper Inquiry and draw a Certificate for him |
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if they think Proper and Make Report to the next Monthly |
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Meeting |
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Rotche’s Certif. |
Whereas Joseph Rotch hath Resided Among us for a Considera= |
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=ble time & Agreeable to Good order hath Produced a few lines |
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by way of Certificate from the Monthly Meeting of Nantucket |
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Signifying his being a friend in Unity Among them which this |
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Meeting Accepts:5 – – |
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Overseers for yearly Meeting |
Daniel Russell, Timothy Russell, Jonathan Hussey, Thomas |
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Hicks Jur David Smith are Appointed to have the Oversight of |
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the Galleries and other Seats to Endeavour to prevent any |
|||
Indecency that may happen at our yearly Meeting, and to |
|||
Make Report to the next Monthly Meetings; – – |
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Complaint against Henry Russell |
Henry Russell hath Married out of the Unity of friends and |
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hath been Labour’d with by the Overseers, and he declines |
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Hussey and Barzillai Tucker are Appointed to Treat far= |
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ther with him and Make Report to the next Monthly Meeting |
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11th mo: 1767 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 16th 11th Mon: 1767 |
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The Representatives are William Sanford and Jonathan Hussey |
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both present – – |
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The friends Appointed to Inquire into Shadrac Dennises Clearness |
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Report that they have Made Inquiry and find nothing to hinder |
|||
his proceeding in Marriage – |
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Sha: Dennis answer |
Shadric Dennis and Abial Hussey Appeared for their |
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Answer which was that they Might proceed to take each |
|||
other in Marriage in Some Convenient time between this |
|||
and the next Monthly Meeting Advising with the overseers |
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for that purpose, and William Sanford and David Smith are |
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appointed to See their Marriage Consumated in Good order & |
|||
Make Report to the Next Monthly Meeting |
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Report of David Anthony’s Marriage |
The friends Appointed to See David Anthony and Judith Hicks |
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Marriage Consumated in Good order Report that they attended |
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the Marriage, which was Accomplished in Good order – – |
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Bill for repairing meeting house |
The friends Appointed to Repair our Meeting House Report that they |
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have Repared Sd House Agreeable to Appointment, and have |
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brought in their Bill which is two pounds Lawful Money |
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Certifiate for B. Chase |
This Meeting hath Signed a Certificate for Benja Chase to the |
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Monthly Meeting of Swanzey, Certifying his Clearness Respec= |
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=ting Marriage and Conversation; |
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Wm Hunt & T.Thorn= brough’s Visit |
Our friends William Hunt and Thos Thornbrough have Visited |
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this Meeting with their Certificates from the Monthly Meeting |
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held at New-garden in Rowan Country North Carolina dated |
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the 25th 4th month 1767 which have been Read to Good Satisfac= |
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=tion and their Visit Kindly accepted6 |
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Henry Russell’s case |
The friends Appointed to Treat with Henry Russell for Mar= |
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=rying out of the Unity of friends Report that they Labour’d with |
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him, and he Neglects to Make friends Satisfaction for his offence |
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Therefore this Meeting being Tender of him do Refer the Matter under |
|||
the Care of Peleg Smith & he to Treat with him as he shall find |
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freedom and Report to the next Monthly Meeting |
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Report of Overseers of Yearly Meeting |
The Committee Appointed to have the oversight of the people that |
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they behave orderly at our yearly Meeting Report that they all |
|||
was tolerable orderly – – |
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Meeting in Allen’s Neck Granted |
The friends living in Allen’s Neck Request Liberty to hold a Meeting |
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there four Months from now on first days Excepting the day preceding |
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the Monthly Meeting in Each Month which this Meeting Grants |
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and do Appoint Daniel Cornel[Cornell]and Philip Allen and Prince Allen |
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to have the oversight of the Same and they to Make Report to |
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the Monthly Meeting at the Expiration of Sd 4 Months – – |
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This Meeting Adjorns to the 23d Instant at the 11th hour in ye fore noon |
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Certificates to be [?] ted for our Esteemed Visiting Friends |
This Meeting being Mett according to Adjournment this 23rd of 11th mo: 1767 |
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The Representatives being Called Jonathan Hussey present |
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Whereas William Hunt and Thos Hornbrough from Newgarden in North |
|||
Carolina, and Aaron Veal from the Nine partners, have Visited Sever’l |
|||
Meetings in these parts and being About to Return Home, This Meeting |
|||
finds freedom to Give Each of them a Certificate, therefore Abraham Tucker, |
|||
Jonathan Hussey and David Smith are Appointed to draw them and bring them |
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adjourn |
to the Adjournment of this Meeting, |
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mett |
This Meeting Adjourns to the 25th Instant after the Meeting of Worship |
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This Meeting being Mett by Adjournment the 25th of the 11th month 1767 |
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the Representatives being Called Jonathan Hussey present |
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Complaint against Hum. Smith& Hol. Slocum |
The Overseers Inform this Meeting that Humphry Smith (son of Humphry) |
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and Holder Slocum have been Concerned in Horse Racing, and that |
|||
said Slocum has lately been in the practice of Gaming, for which |
|||
the Overseers have Labour’d with them but they decline to make friends |
|||
Satisfaction therefore Jonathan Hussey Thomas Hicks 2d Barzillai Tuc= |
|||
=ker and David Smith are appointed to Treat with them and also to advise them to |
|||
be More frequent in attending Meetings. |
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Certificates for Visiting friends |
This Meeting hath Signed Three Certificates, One for Wm Hunt, one |
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for Thomas Thornbrough and one for Aaron Veal, (The overseers Inform that |
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Complaint against D. Russell |
Daniel Russell hath Suffered too much Liberty in his tavern, which tend to bring |
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reproach on Truth, there |
|||
fore Joseph Tucker & Abraham Tucker are appointed to Labour with him, & |
|||
make Report next Monthly Meeting |
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12 mo: 1767 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth ye 21 of the 12 Month 1767 |
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|
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The Representatives are William Anthony jur and Samuel Smith |
|||
both present, |
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Shadrch Dennis Marriage |
William Sanford and David Smith Report that they attended the |
||
Marriage of Shadrach Dennis and Abial Hussey According to |
|||
Appointment which was Consumated in Good order – – |
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Case |
Peleg Smith Reports that he Spoke with Henry Russell Concerning his |
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disorderly Marriage, and he desires friends to wait a while Longer |
|||
with him, therefore his Case is Refer’d to the next Monthly Meeting |
|||
under the Care of Thomas Hicks 2d |
|||
The Case of Hum. Smith Son of Hum. and Holder Slocum |
The friends Appointed to Treat with Humphry Smith (son of Humphry) |
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and Holder Slocum, Report that they have Laboured with them |
|||
and that Humphry Smith desires friends friends to wait a while longer |
|||
with him therefore his Case is Refer’d to the next Monthly Meeting, they also |
|||
Report that Holder Slocum declines to make friends Satisfaction and doth |
|||
not desire friends to wait any Longer on him, therefore this Meeting |
|||
doth Conclude to deny him and do Appoint Daniel Cornel[Cornell], Samel |
|||
Smith and Wm Anthony jur to draw a Paper of Denial Against |
|||
him and to Inform him of the Conclusion of this Meeting and bring Sd |
|||
Paper to the next Monthly Meeting – – |
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advise of friends is that Dan. Russell to forbear Selling Spirituous Liquors |
The Friends Appointed to Labour with Daniel Russell for |
||
allowing too Much Liberty in his Tavern Report that they have |
|||
discharged themselves in that Respect, and it is the Sense and |
|||
Judgment of this Meeting that he throw up Selling Spirituous Liquor – – |
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This Meeting hath Collected ₤8 – 10S – 8D old Tener – – |
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adjourn |
This Meeting Adjourns to the 28th day of this Instant at the 11th Hour |
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in the fore noon |
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mett |
This Meeting being met by Adjournment this 28th of ye 12th month |
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1767, The Representatives being Called Wm Anthony jur |
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and Samuel Smith present |
|||
This Meeting Adjourns to Tomorrow after the Meeting of worship |
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This Meeting being Met by Adjournment the 29th of the 12th month 1767 |
|||
The Representatives being Called Wm Anthony jur and Samuel Smith |
|||
Both present – – |
|||
The Queries have been read and Answer’d in this Meeting, and the |
|||
Answers with the Epistle to be sent up by Representa tives |
Answers order’d to be Sent up to the Quarterly Meeting by the Repre= |
||
=sentatives with the Epistle which hath been read And Signed in this |
|||
Meeting, Caleb Russell, Benja Howland the 2d & Nicolas Howland |
|||
are Appointed to attend the Quarterly Meeting and make Report |
|||
to the next Monthly Meeting – – |
|||
This Meeting hath Collected ₤9 – 17s – 6d old Tennor – – |
|||
This Meeting Adjourns to the first fourth day in next Month after |
|||
the Meeting of worship – – |
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This Meeting being Met by Adjournment the 6th of the first month 1768 |
|||
The Representatives being Called both present, |
|||
The Overseers of the poor hath brought an Accompt to this Meeting |
|||
pay for Ste. Wilcox |
for doing for Stephen Wilcox which is ₤3 – 10s – 0d Old Tener which this |
||
David Briggs; which he Saith he hath paid Accordingly – – |
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Jon Williams and wife desires a Certificate |
John Williams and his wife Requests a Removal Certificate |
||
to the Monthly Meeting of Sandwich, therefore Joseph Tucker and |
|||
Paul Russell are Appointed to make proper Inquiry and Join with |
|||
the womens Committee Appointed for the Same purpose and draw a |
|||
Certificate for them if they think proper and bring it to the next |
|||
Monthly Meeting |
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Geo. Smith’s paper accepted |
George Smith ju: hath Given in a Paper to this Meeting Signifying |
||
his falling into the Sin of Fornication and Condemning the Evil [?][there] |
|||
of which this Meeting Accepts, Provided he Cause Sd paper to be |
|||
Read at the Close of a first day Meeting for worship between this |
|||
and the next Monthly Meeting he being present and Make Return |
|||
of Said paper to the next Monthly Meeting |
|||
first mo: 1768 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 18th of the first |
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|
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Month 1768 The Representatives are Thos Hicks 2d and Barzillai |
|||
Tucker present – – |
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Henry Russell Case |
Thos Hicks 2d Reports that he hath Spoke with Henry Russell and that |
||
he desired longer time to Endeavour to Make friends Satisfaction |
|||
therefore his Case is Refer’d under the Same Care as heretofore – – |
|||
Case of Hum. Smith |
The Case Concerning Humphry Smith Son of Humphry is Refer’d under the |
||
Care of Samuel Smith, and he to Make Report as Soon as oppertunity |
|||
will Afford – – |
|||
Hold. Slocum |
This Meeting hath Signed a paper of Denial Against Holder Slocum |
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and Wm Anthony jur is Appointed to Read Sd Paper at the End of a |
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first day Meeting for worship between this and the next Monthly Mee= |
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=ting, and Return Sd Paper to Sd Meeting – – |
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J. Craw’s paper accepted |
John Craw hath Given in a Paper to this Meeting Condemning his |
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Marrying out of the Unity of friends which this Meeting Accepts, |
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Report from Quarterly Meeting |
The friends Appointed to attend the Quarterly Meeting Report that |
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they all attended According to appointment and have Produced an |
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Epistle from the Same which hath been Read & Kindly Accepted, |
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John Williams Case |
The friends Appointed to draft a Certificate for John Williams [?] |
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Report that all things are not Quite Clear therefore the Same friends |
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are Continued for the Same Service and to Make Report to the next Month= |
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=ly Meeting – – |
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George Smith jur his Paper hath been Read According to order of |
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last Monthly Meeting & Return’d to this Meeting, which is as follows |
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To the Monthly Meeting of Dartmouth |
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G. Smith ju: Confession |
Whereas I George Smith jur having been Educated Among friends but |
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through unwatchfulness So far Gave way to the Enemy as to fall into the |
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Sin of Fornication which Appears by my wife having a Child So Soon |
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After Marriage, Now these are to Testefy to all whom it may |
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Concern, that I am heartily Sorry for the Above said Evil, and do |
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Condemn the Same, with all other My outgoings, hoping God will |
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forgive me my offences and Receive me into favour, and I desire |
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friends So far to pass them by as to let me Remain under their Care |
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Given forth this 10th day of ye 11th month 1767 by your friend |
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George Smith jur |
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Step. Wilcox Case |
The friends Appointed Some time past to have the Care of Stephen Wilcox’s |
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Affairs Respecting his discharging his debts, Make Report that he has |
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not discharged them all yet, and this Meeting thinks proper to discharge |
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Daniel Russell he being one of the Comtee, and to Appoint Joseph Gifford |
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and Paul Russell to join the afore Sd Committee to have the whole over= |
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=sight of Stephen Willcox’s aforementioned Circumstances |
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2d mo: 1768 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 15th of the 2d month |
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1768. The Representatives are Wm Anthony jur and Samuel Smith |
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both present , – – |
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Daniel Ricketson proposal of marriage |
Daniel Ricketson and Rebecca Russell declared their In= |
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=tentions of Marriage and were desired to wait till the next Monthly |
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Meeting for their Answer, and Daniel Cornel[Cornell] and Thos Hicks 2d |
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are Appointed to Inquire into the Young Man’s Clearness Respecting |
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Marriage and Conversation and Make Report to the next Monthly Meeting |
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H. Russell disown’d |
Whereas Henry Russell hath Married out of the Unity of friends, and |
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friends having discharged themselves in Labouring with him, and |
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he disregarding their Labour, therefore for the Clearing of Truth this |
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Meeting do deny the Said Henry Russell from being under the Care |
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of this Meeting |
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William Anthony jur Reports that he hath Read Holder Slocum’s |
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Paper of denial according to the Appointment of last Monthly |
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Meeting and has Returned the same to this Meeting, which is a follows |
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H. Slocum’s denial |
Whereas Holder Slocum the Son of Holder Slocum deceased |
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and Rebecca his wife, having been under the Care of this Meeting |
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Yet through unwatchfulness and disregarding the Testimony of |
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Truth, has So far Deviated from our Religious Profession as to |
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be found in the practice of Gaming, and in Supporting of |
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Horseracing, and also in the Neglect of that Indispensable |
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duty of attending Religious Meetings of Divine worship, And friends |
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having Repeatedly Labour’d with him in Love in order to Shew unto |
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him his Errors and Reclaim him from his outgoings, But he Continu= |
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=ing Obstinate, and not adhering to our tender advice and Council, |
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Therefore for the preservation of the precious Truth and Friends from the |
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Reproach thereof this Meeting is Concerned to Give this forth as a Testi= |
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=mony Against him, Hereby Publicly disowning him the Sd Holder |
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Slocum from being one of our Religious Community and from under the |
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Care of this Meeting, Yet Sincerely desiring (if it be Consistant with |
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Divine pleasure) that he may yet Return from the Evil of his ways, |
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and by Sincere Repentance Return to the way of Truth & Salvation. |
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Given forth & Signed in and on behalf of our Monthly Meeting held |
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in Dartmouth the 18th day of the first month A.D. 1768 by |
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Job Russell Clerk |
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John Williams Case |
The friends Appointed to draft a Certificate for John Williams & his wife |
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Report that his affairs are not all settled to Satisfaction, therefore the Case |
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is Refer’d under the Care of the Sd Committee, and they to make Report |
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to the next Monthly Meeting – – |
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Chusing Visitors refer’d |
This Meeting hath Made Trial for a Choice of Visitors, and finding the work |
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of Great Importance, but no friend finding the weight of that Service laid |
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on them at present, therefore the Chusing them is Refer’d to the next Monthly |
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Meeting; |
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Comtee to Review Miniuet |
Humphry Smith, Benja Howland the 2d Samuel Smith, Caleb Russell |
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and Job Russell are Appointed to Review the Monthly Meeting’s Minutes |
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to see what part they Shall think proper to go on Record, and Make Report |
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to the next Monthly Meeting |
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Overseers of poor |
John Potter, Joseph Gifford and Prince Allen are Appointed Overseers |
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of the poor for the year Ensuing – – |
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Rose Rus sell case |
Joseph Tucker & Humphry Smith are Added to the former Committee |
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Appointed to Confer with Coakset Meeting Respecting Rose Russell |
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Thomas Rusell[sic] paper |
Thos Willcox hath Given in a Paper to this Meeting, Condemning his |
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disorder in Marrying out of the order of friends, which is Refer’d to next |
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Monthly Meeting under the Care of Job Case and Jonathan Hussey |
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and they to Make Report to the next Monthly Meeting – – |
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Daniel Russell case |
This Meeting being Informed that Daniel Russell hath Proceeded |
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Contrary to the Advice and Judgment of this Meeting in Selling of |
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Spiritous Liquor, and this Meeting Reconsidering a former Minute |
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Respecting Said Russell and do think it is Rather too Extensive in |
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that part which debars him from Selling Spiritous Liquor by the |
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Large Quantity therefore do Reverse that part of Sd Minute |
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Nevertheless this Meeting Continuing of the Same Judgment in Re= |
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=spect to his Selling Liquor by the small Quantity and do Appoint |
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Prince Allen and Thomas Hicks 2d to Labour with him and |
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make Report to the next Monthly Meeting |
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1768 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 21 |
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of the 3d Month 1768 – The Representatives are Thos |
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Hicks and Barzillai Tucker both present; – – |
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The Friends Appointed to Enquire into Daniel Ricketson’s |
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Clearness Respecting Marriage and Conversation Report |
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Daniel Recketson answer |
that they find nothing to hinder their Proceeding in Marriage |
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Daniel Ricketson and Rebecca Russell Appeared for their |
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Answer which was that they Might Proceed to take Each |
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other in Marriage in Some Convenient time between this |
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and the next Monthly Meeting and Joseph Gifford and Job |
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Russell are Appointed to See their Marriage Consumated in |
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Good order and Make Report to the next Monthly Meeting |
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Benj Wing’s proposal of marriage |
Benjamin Wing of Sandwich and Peace Gifford declar’d their |
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Intention of Marriage and were desired to wait till the |
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next Monthly Meeting for their Answer, The Sd Wing |
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having Produced a Certificate Certifying his Clearness Respecting |
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Marriage & Conversation which is Accepted and also hath Pro= |
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=duced his Parents Consent – – |
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Chusing Visitors omitted |
Chusing of Visitors was Refer’d to this Meeting, and no friend |
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finding the weight of that Service, laid upon them at [present?][present] |
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Therefore this Meeting thinks fit to Omitt any furder Trial |
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in that Matter – – |
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Miniutes perused |
The friends Appointed to Peruse the Monthly Meetings Minutes |
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Report that they have discharged their Trust in that Respect. |
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Case of Coakset friends Respecting Rose Rus= =sell |
The Committee Appointed to Confer with Coakset Monthly Meeting |
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Respecting Rose Russell Report that they have had Several Confe= |
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=rences on that Account, but Could not Come to an Accomidation |
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without Submitting the Case to Friends of another Monthly Meeting |
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and have Made Choice of Edward Upton, Philip Chase and |
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William Buffinton whose Judgment is as followeth – – |
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The Coakset Judgment about Rose Russell |
Coakset the 16th of the 3d Month 1768, |
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To the two Committees of the Monthly Meetings of Dartmouth |
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We the Subscribers by your Appointment, have heard your |
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Allegations and Consider’d them weightily, and upon the whole |
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our Judgment is that Ponaganset Meeting be at ye two thirds of |
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the Charge that may Acrue by Rose Russell for the future |
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and Coakset the one third part for the future |
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Edward Upton |
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Philip Chase |
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William Buffinton |
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Thomas Wilcox |
The Friends Appointed to Treat with Thomas Wilcox Report |
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that he desires one Month Longer to Endeavour to Make friends |
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Satisfaction, Therefore the Case is Refer’d under the Same Care |
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as heretofore and they to Make Report to the Next Monthly Meeting |
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Report of meetings in Allen’s Neck |
The Friends Appointed to oversee the Meeting in Allensneck |
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Report that they have attended the Meetings According to |
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appointment which was orderly and to Satisfaction – – |
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The Queries have been Read & Answer’d in this Meeting, and an |
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Epistle Signed and Sent to the Quarterly Meeting by the Representa= |
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tives who are Caleb Russell, Nicholas Howland and William |
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Barker who are to present the Same and to Make Report to |
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the next Monthly Meeting – – |
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The Case of Daniel Russell |
The Friends Appointed to Labour with Daniel Russell |
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Report that they have Labour’d with him and he declines |
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to Retract his Proceedings in Selling of Spirituous Liquor |
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And this Meeting having been Informed from time to time |
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of the undue Liberty that Daniel Russell Suffers in |
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his Tavern, which Tends to bring a Reproach on Truth |
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and Friends, his House not being in a fit Place to keep |
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a Tavern in because of the Great Report of Town‘s people |
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Therefore do Appoint, John Potter, Prince Allen and |
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Thomas Hicks 2d, to Labour with him for the Above |
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Sd disorder and to desist from Keeping Tavern and Make |
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Report to the next Monthly Meeting |
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This Meeting hath Collected ₤9 – 9s – 9d Old Tenor, |
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Case of John Williams Refer’d |
John Williams and Wife’s Certificate not drafted by the |
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Same Reason as heretofore which is Refer’d to the next |
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Monthly Meeting |
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4th mo: 1768 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the |
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18th of the 4th Month 1768, The Representatives are David |
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Smith and Jonathan Hussey both Present – – |
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Benj Wings answer |
Benja Wing & Peace Gifford appeared for their Answer |
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which was that they Might Proceed to take each other in |
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Marriage in Some Convenient time between this & the |
|||
next Monthly Meeting advising with the overseers for |
|||
that Purpose, and Joseph Tucker and Joseph Mosher are |
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Appointed to See their Marriage Consumated in Good order |
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and Make Report to the next Monthly Meeting – – |
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David Allen’s proposal of marriage |
David Allen and Hannah Ricketson declared their Inten= |
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=tion of Marriage and were desired to wait until next Month= |
|||
=ly Meeting for their Answer, and Caleb Russell & Job Russell |
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are Appointed to Inspect into the young Man’s Clearness Re= |
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=specting Marriage & Conversation and Make Report to the |
|||
next Monthly Meeting |
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Daniel Ricketson’s marriage |
Joseph Gifford and Job Russell Report that they attended the |
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Marriage of Daniel Ricketson and Rebecca Russell which was |
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Consumated in Good order – – |
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ThosWilcox paper |
Thomas Wilcox hath Given in a Paper to this Meeting Condem= |
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=ning his falling into the Sin of Fornication which is Refer’d to |
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Report from Quarterly Meeting |
the next Monthly Meeting under the Same Care as heretofore |
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The friends Appointed to attend the Quarterly Meeting Report that |
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they two of them attended According to Appointment & the other |
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Sent a reasonable Excuse which was Exce Accepted, and they have |
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Produced an Epistle from Sd Meeting which hath been read and |
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Kindly accepted – – |
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[?] of friends Dan. Russell |
The appointed^Appointed to Labour with Daniel Russell Report that he |
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declines to Make friends Satisfaction, Therefore Joseph Tucker |
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Caleb Russell and Daniel Cornell are Appointed to let him know |
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the Mind of this Meeting that is if he do not make friends Satis= |
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=faction he may Expect to be denied, and they to make Report to |
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the next Monthly Monthly Meeting |
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Treasurer paid Tim. Russell |
The Treasurer hath paid Timothy Russell the whole of his demand, |
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on this Meeting, and also Daniel Russell’s demand, which |
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is ₤2 – 2[S?] Lawful Money – – |
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J. Williams & wife Certificate |
This Meeting hath Signed a Certificate for John Williams & his |
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wife to Sandwich Monthly Meeting; |
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5th mo: 1768 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 16th of the |
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5th Month 1768, The Representatives are Thomas Hicks & Barzilai |
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Tucker both Present; – – |
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Caleb Russell & Job Russell Report that they have made Suffi= |
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=cient Inquiry into David Allen’s Clearness in Respect to Marriage |
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and Conversation & do not find anything to hinder his Proceeding |
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in Marriage – – |
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David Allen’s proposal of marri= =age |
David Allen & Hannah Ricketson appeared for their Answer |
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which was that they Might Proceed to take each other in |
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Marriage in Some Convenient time between this & the next |
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Monthly Meeting, advising with the overseers for that purpose |
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and Caleb Russell and Job Russell are Appointed to See |
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their Marriage Consumated in Good order and Make Report |
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to the next Monthly Meeting |
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Benj Wing’s Marriage |
Marriage of Benja Wing and Peace Gifford which was Consum= |
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=ated in Good order – – |
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Case of Tho Wilcox refer’d |
The Case of Thos Wilcox is Refered under the Same Care as hereto[heretofore?] |
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and they to Make Report to the next Monthly Meeting, |
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The case of Daniel Russell refer’d |
The friends Appointed to Enform Daniel Russell of the Sense of |
||
this Meeting Report that they have discharged their Trust in |
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that Respect, and that he declines to desist from keeping of Tavern |
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until his year is up that he has taken out Licenses to sell Liquor |
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and also Daniel Russell hath Given in a Paper to this Meeting |
|||
which is nowise to Satisfaction, Therefore his Case is Refer’d at the |
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Request of his Brother, John Russell, and he to Inform him how his |
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Paper was received, and also to Labour with him as he shold find |
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freedom and Make Report to the next Monthly Meeting, |
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F. Rotch his Certi= =ficate Red |
Francis Rotch, Son of Joseph Rotch hath Removed into the verge |
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of this Meeting, and hath Produced a Removal Certificate from |
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the Monthly Meeting of Nantucket which hath been read & Accepted |
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whereas the Committee Appointed to Give a List of those friends |
|||
living at the Eastward Side of Quishnet River report that |
|||
R. Sowl’s affair |
they have Given in Rachel Sowle to Sandwich Monthly Mee= |
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=ting which they decline to accept, therefore this Meeting |
|||
doth Appoint Humphry Smith, Job Russell William Mosher & |
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Prince Allen to join with Sd Comtee to Confer with Sandwich |
|||
Monthly Meeting on that account, and also to make a final |
|||
Settlement about the Sd Rachel Sowle in behalf of this Mee= |
|||
=ting & they to make report to the next monthly Meeting |
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6 mo: 1768 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 20th |
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of the 6th Month 1768. The Representatives are Caleb |
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Russell & David Smith both present |
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Barnabas Kirby & Allen’s proposal of marriage |
Barnabas Kirby & Elizabeth Allen declared their Intentions |
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of taking each other in Marriage & were desired to wait till ye |
|||
next Monthly Meeting for their Answer and Philip Allen |
|||
and Nicolas Howland are Appointed to Inspect into the young |
|||
Man’s Clearness Respecting Marriage & Conversation & Make |
|||
Report to the next Monthly Meeting |
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David Allen’s Marriage |
Caleb Russell & Job Russell Report that they attended the |
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Marriage of David Allen & Hannah Ricketson & that it was |
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Consumated in Good order – – |
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Case respecting Thos Wilcox |
The friends Appointed to have the Care of Thos Wilcox Respecting |
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Receiving his paper that he Gave into this Meeting some months |
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past Report that he declines to attend Meetings for Religious |
|||
Worship therefore this Meeting Cannot find freedom to Accept |
|||
his paper, and do Appoint Abraham Tucker to Join the former |
|||
Committee to Labour farther with him for his Several disorders |
|||
and draw a paper of denial against him if he Gives them no |
|||
Satisfaction, and bring it to next Monthly Meeting |
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D. Russell accepted |
Daniel Russell hath Given in a paper to this Meeting Condemning |
||
his former disorder in Indulging too Much Liberty in his Tavern |
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which this Meeting accepts, and it is the desire of this Meeting |
|||
that he would desist from keeping a Tavern after the year is Expired |
|||
that he has Engaged for, and it is Recommended that the overseers |
|||
have a particular Inspection over him in his Conduct Respecting |
|||
his Tavern. |
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Case with Sandwich respecting Rachel Sowle |
The Committee Appointed to Treat with Sandwich Monthly |
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Meeting Respecting Rachel Sowle Report that they have |
|||
had a Conference with Said Meeting and that they have Appointd |
|||
a Comtee to Confer with them, therefore they are Continued in |
|||
in the Same Service and to Make Report to the next Monthly Meeting – – |
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Visits of Travel ling friends |
Our Esteemed friends Thomas Carleton, Aaron Lancaster7 and |
||
Joshua Shearman hath Visited this Meeting with their |
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Respective Certificates, The first from Chester County in the |
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Province of Pensylvania bearing date the 12th of the 5th mo: 1768 |
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The Second (viz Aaron Lancaster) from the Purchase in the |
|||
County of westchester in the Province of New York whose Cer= |
|||
=tificate bears date the 5th month 1768 The first third from |
|||
the Nine Partners in dutches County in Sd Province of New- |
|||
-york bearing date the 19th of the 5th Month 1768 – all of |
|||
which were read in this Meeting and their Visits well accepted |
|||
The Queries have been read and Answer’d in this Meeting |
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adjourn |
This Meeting Adjourns to our next youth’s Meeting after |
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the Meeting of worship – – |
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mett |
This Meting being met according to Adjournment the |
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first of the 7th month 1768 The Representatives being Called |
|||
both Present; – – |
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meeting |
Joseph Tucker, Caleb Russell, William Anthony and |
||
Humphry Smith are Appointed to Attend the Quarterly |
|||
Epistle & answers to Queries sent up |
Meeting and Present the Epistle with the Answers to the |
||
Queries which have been read & signed in this Meeting |
|||
and they to make Report to the next Monthly Meeting |
|||
To Settle with Treasurer |
William Sanford and Jonathan Hussey are Appointed to |
||
adjust Accounts with the Treasurer and Make Report to the |
|||
next Monthly Meeting – – |
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Order to pay Jos Tucker |
This Meeting orders the Treasurer to pay Joseph Tucker |
||
one dollar that this Meeting borrowed some time past which he has |
|||
done Accordingly; – – |
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case of Hump Smith son of Hump. |
Whereas Humphry Smith Son of Humphry Smith hath been |
||
under dealing sometime past under the Care of Samuel |
|||
Smith, who now Informs this Meeting that the Sd Humphry |
|||
Neglects to Make friends Satisfaction Therefore This Meeting |
|||
doth Appoint Abraham Tucker & Joseph Tucker to Labour |
|||
farther with him as they may find freedom and make Report |
|||
to the next Monthly Meeting |
|||
This Meeting hath Collected ₤6 – 6s – 9d old Tener |
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7th mo: 1768 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 18th of |
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|
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the 7th Month 1768, The Representatives are Samuel Smith |
|||
and Thomas Hicks 2d both Present. |
|||
The friends Appointed to Inspect into the Clearness of Barnabas |
|||
Kirby Report that they have made Sufficient Enquiry and find |
|||
nothing to hinder his Proceeding in Marriage – – |
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[Barn]Kirby answer |
Barnabas Kirby & Elizabeth Allen Appear’d for their Answer |
||
which was that they Might Proceed to take each other in |
|||
Marriage in Some Convenient time between this and the |
|||
next Monthly Meeting Advising with the overseers for that |
|||
Purpose, And Nicholas Howland & Philip Allen are Appointed |
|||
to See their Marriage Consumated in Good order and make |
|||
Report to the next Monthly Meeting |
|||
Wm Tripp proposal of marriage |
William Tripp & Elizabeth Maxfield declared their Intentions |
||
of Marriage & were desired to wait till the next Monthly Mee= |
|||
=ting forthar Answer – – |
|||
Case of Thomas Wilcox |
The Committee Appointed to Labour with Thomas Wilcox Report |
||
they have not had a Convenient Oppertunity to Treat with |
|||
him, therefore they are Continued in the Same Service and to |
|||
Make Report to the next Monthly Meeting, |
|||
the Comtee to Treat with Sandwich meeting |
The Comtee Appointed to Treat with Sandwich Monthly Meeting |
||
Report that they have met with Sandwich Meeting’s Committee |
|||
and Could not Settle the Affair, and have Refered the Matter |
|||
Till next fall, therefore they are Still Continued in the Same |
|||
Service and to Make Report when they have Settled the Affair, |
|||
The Committee Com Appointed to Adjust Accounts with the Treasurer |
|||
Treasury not Settled |
Report they have not done it therefore they are Still Continued |
||
in Sd Service and to make Report to the next Monthly Meeting |
|||
Weston Briggs Certi: |
Weston Briggs and his wife have Returned into these |
||
parts Again and have Produced a Removal Certificate |
|||
from the Monthly Meeting of Sandwich which hath been |
|||
Read and Accepted – – |
|||
James Davis Certifi: |
James Davis hath Produced a Removal Certificate |
||
from the Monthly Meeting of Sandwich which hath been |
|||
Read and Accepted |
|||
Report from Quarterly Meeting |
The friends Appointed to attend the Quarterly Meeting |
||
Report that they all attended According to Appointment |
|||
and have brought an Epistle from the same but it is not |
|||
Come to hand therefore they are desired to take Care and |
|||
bring it to the next Monthly Meeting |
|||
Humphry Smith 3rd paper |
Humphry Smith the 3d hath Given in a Paper to his Mee= |
||
=ting Condeming his Runing Horses and Keeping Loose |
|||
Company which is Refered to the next Monthly Meeting |
|||
and he is desired to attend at that time – – |
|||
David Anthony & wife’s paper |
David Anthony and his wife have Given in a paper |
||
to this Meeting Condemning their falling into the Sin |
|||
of Fornication which is Refered to the next Monthly |
|||
Meeting and Joseph Gifford and Barzillia Tucker are |
|||
appointed to take an oppertunity of discourse with |
|||
him and Make Report to the Next Monthly Meeting |
|||
T. Almy Request |
Thomas Almy Requests to Come under friends Care |
||
and Daniel Cornel[Cornell] & Prince Allen are Appointed to Inquire |
|||
into the young Man’s Conversation & take an oppertunity |
|||
of Sollid Conference and Endeavour to understand if his |
|||
Motive be from the bottom of True Conviction and they |
|||
to Make Report to the next Monthly Meeting |
|||
Wm Brown request of Certi: |
William Brown Informs this Meeting that he is About to Remove |
||
to Nantucket and desires a Removal Certificate, Therefore Caleb |
|||
Russell & Job Russell are Appointed to draw one for him if they |
|||
think proper after they have made Sufficient Inquiry into |
|||
his Life & Conversation And bring it to next Monthly Meeting |
|||
This Meeting hath Collected ₤9 – 13s – 7d old Tener |
|||
Treasurer paid Tim. Russell |
The Treasurer has paid Timothy Russell five Dollars for Keeping |
||
the Meeting House half a year |
|||
|
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8th mo: 1768 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 15th 8 mo: 1768 |
||
The Representatives are David Smith and Samuel Smith present |
|||
William Tripp hath Produced a Certificate from Coakset Monthly |
|||
Meeting Certifying his Clearness in Respect to Marriage and |
|||
Conversation which hath been read and accepted |
|||
Wm Tripp answer |
William Tripp & Elizabeth Maxfield Appeared for their Answer |
||
which was that they might Proceed to take each other in |
|||
Marriage in Some Convenient time between this and the |
|||
next Monthly Meeting advising with the overseers for that |
|||
Purpose, and Luke Hart & Wm Mosher are Appointed to see |
|||
their Marriage Consumated in Good order and Make Report |
|||
to the next Monthly Meeting |
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Barnab Kirby’s answer marriage |
The friends Appointed to See Barnabas Kirby’s & Elizabeth |
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Allen’s Marriage Consumated Report that they attended |
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According to Appointment which was Consumated in Good order |
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Tho Wilcox case |
The Committee Appointed to Confer with Thos Wilcox Report that |
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they have had a Conference with him and they desire to have the |
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Matter defered one Month Longer, which is accordingly under |
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their Care who are to make Report to next Monthly Meeting |
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Settled with Treasurer |
The friends Appointed to Adjust accounts with the Treasurer |
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Report that they Settled Accounts with him and there Remain |
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₤2 – 2s – 8d old Tener in the Treasury |
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Epistles receiv’d |
The Epistle from the last Quarterly Meeting now Came to hand |
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and hath been read and Kindly accepted |
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Likewise the London Printed Epistle and one from |
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Philadelphia, and as they Contain a Great deal of Counsel |
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and Good Advice the Contexts are Earnestly Recommended |
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to friends Notice and Observation – – |
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David Anthony’s Case |
The friends Appointed to Confer with David Anthony An |
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make Report that he Gave them Satisfaction but we not |
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having any account from the women the matter is Refered |
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to the next Monthly Meeting – – |
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Thos Almy |
The friends Appointed to Confer with Thomas Almy make a |
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Satisfactory Report and the matter is Still Continued under |
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Their Care who are to Make Report to the next Monthly Meeting |
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removed |
This Meeting hath Signed a Removal Certificate for William |
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Brown to the Monthly Meeting of Nantucket |
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Humph Smith 3d case |
This Meeting doth Refer the Case of Humphry Smith the 3d |
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under the Care of Abraham Tucker & Joseph Tucker and they |
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to make Report to the next Monthly Meeting |
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P. Russell & D. Cornel dismist |
This meeting Excuses Paul Russell from having having the Care of |
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Stephen Wilcox’s affair, and also Excuses Paul Russell and |
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Daniel Cornel[Cornell] from being overseers. |
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Stephen Wilcox’s affair |
Prince Allen, Benja Howland 2d Samuel Smith and Barzillai |
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Tucker are added to the former Comittee to have the Care of |
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Stephen Wilcox’s affair in Regard to his paying his debts |
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and they to make Report to the next monthly meeting |
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9th mo 1768 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 19 of |
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the 9th month 1768, The Representatives are Benja Howland |
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2d and Thomas Hicks 2d both present – – |
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Caleb Macumber’s proposal of marriage |
Caleb Macumber & Rachel Wilbour declared their Intentions |
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of Marriage and were desired to wait Till next Monthly |
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Meeting for their Answer |
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Luke Hart & William Mosher Report that they attended |
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Wm Tripp marriage |
the Marriage of William Tripp & Elizabeth Maxfield which |
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was Consumated in Good order |
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ThosWilcox paper accepted |
The friends Appointed to Treat with Thos Wilcox Report that |
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they think best to accept of his Paper therefore this Meeting |
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accepts it accordingly with the Provisal that he Cause Sd paper |
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to be read at the Close of a first day meeting of worship between |
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this and the next Monthly Meeting he being present and |
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Return Sd Paper to the next monthly meeting |
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David Anthony & wife’s paper |
This Meeting Likewise accepts of David Anthony & his wife’s |
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paper provided they Cause it to be read at the Close of a first |
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day Meeting for worship they being present and return Sd |
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paper to the next Monthly Meeting |
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T. Almy accepted |
The friends Appointed to Confer with Thomas Almy on his Request |
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to Come under friends Care, Make a Satisfactory Report, Therefore |
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This Meeting doth accept him a Member under friends Care |
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Case of Humph. Smith 3 |
The friends Appointed to have the Care of Humphry Smith ye 3d |
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Report that they think it not best to Receive his paper and that |
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he desires friends to Defer the Matter one Month longer, Therefore |
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his Case is Refered C under the Same Care as heretofore and they to |
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Make Report to next Monthly Meeting; – – |
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Ste. Wilcox affair |
The friends Appointed to have the Care of Stephen Wilcox’s affair in |
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Regard to his discharging his debts Report that they are not ready for |
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Monthly Meeting under their Care who are then to make Report |
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Paul Russell intends a visit |
Paul Russell Informs this Meeting that he hath it on his |
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Mind to visit Some Meetings in the Circuit of the Quarterly |
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Meeting of Sandwich which this Meeting Approves of – – |
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P Russel & Daniel Cornel approvd ministers |
This Meeting hath Recommended Paul Russell and Danil Cornel[Cornell] |
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as Ministers in Unity to the Quarterly Meeting of Ministers |
|||
and Elders at Rhode-Island – – |
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Overseers chosen |
Luke Hart, Benja Howland 2d William Anthony ju: and |
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Samuel Smith are Appointed overseers for the year Ensuing |
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Rotches Certificate |
Joseph Rotch hath Produced a Removal Certificate from the |
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Monthly Meeting of Nantucket which hath been read and accepted – – |
|||
Answers to Queries sent up |
The Queries have been Read in this Meeting and Answer’d |
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and the Answers Sent up to the Quarterly Meeting by the Repre= |
|||
Represent atives Epistle Sent |
=sentatives who are Paul Russell, Caleb Russel Nicolas Howland |
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and Jonathan Hussey. This Meeting hath Signed an Epistle to |
|||
the Quarterly Meeting and Sent it up by the Representatives, |
|||
Nicolas Howland hath brought an Account to this Meeting |
|||
Covering Fox’s Journal &c |
for Covering Fox’s Journal and Mending the Bellow’s to |
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to the Amount of four Shilling Lawful Money which this |
|||
Meeting Approves, and the Treasurer has paid it by order of |
|||
the Meeting |
|||
This Meeting hath Collected ₤6 – 0s – 9d old Tener |
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10th mo 1768 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 17th of |
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the 10th Month 1768 The Representatives are David Smith |
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and Benjamin Howland [2d] both present – – |
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Caleb Macumber Clearness |
Caleb Macumber hath produced a Certificate from the |
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Monthly Meeting of Coakset Certifying his Clearness Respect= |
|||
=ing Marriage & Conversation – – |
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C. Mac umber’s answer |
Caleb Macumber and Rachel Wilborr Appeared for their Answer |
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which was that they Might Proceed to take Each other in |
|||
Marriage in Some Convenient time between this & the next Month= |
|||
=ly Meeting and Philip Allen and Daniel Cornel[Cornell] are Appointed |
|||
to See their Marriage Consumated in Good order and Make Report |
|||
to the Next Monthly Meeting – – |
|||
Thomas Wilcox’s Paper hath not been read According to the Appoint |
|||
Ment of last Monthly Meeting by Reason of a Mistake, therefore |
|||
he is desired to Cause Sd paper to be read between this & the next Mont= |
|||
=hly Meeting and Return Said Paper to Sd Meeting |
|||
David Anthony and his wife’s paper hath been read and Return’d |
|||
to this Meeting According to the Appointment of last Monthly Meeting |
|||
And is as followeth |
|||
David & Judith Anthony’s Confession |
To the Monthly Meeting of Dartmouth |
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These Comes with Sorrow to Inform that through weakness and the |
|||
Insinuation of the Adversary, we have fallen into the Reproachful |
|||
Sin of Fornication, as Appears by our having a Child So Soon after |
|||
Marriage for which we are heartily and Sincerely Sorry and do Con= |
|||
=demn the Same hoping forgiveness from Almighty God and desire |
|||
to take the Reproach thereof upon ourselves, and [?][Clear] friends |
|||
and the Truth from the same and desire friends so far to pass |
|||
it by as to let us Remain under their Care |
|||
Given forth this 13th of the 7th month 1768 by your friends |
|||
David Anthony |
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Judith Anthony |
|||
Case of H. Smith 3 |
The Committee Appointed to have the Care of Humphry Smith ye 3d |
||
Report that they have not had an oppertunity with him and that |
|||
he desires that friends would wait on him one month[longer] therefore |
|||
the Matter is Refered under the Same Care as heretofore and they |
|||
to Make Report to the Next Monthly Meeting – – |
|||
S. Wilcox case |
The friends Appointed to Assist Stephen Wilcox Report that the Mat= |
||
=ter Remains not Settled therefore the Case is Refered under the Same |
|||
Care and they to Make Report to the next Monthly Meeting |
|||
Report from Quar terly Meeting |
The friends Appointed to attend the Quarterly Meeting Report that |
||
they all attended According to Appointment and have produced an |
|||
Epistle from the Same which hath been read & Kindly Accepted |
|||
Susanna Howland Received |
The Women friends Inform that they have Minuted Susanna |
||
Howland under friends Care, which this Meeting Concurs with |
|||
overseers of yearly meeting |
Joseph Gifford, William Anthony ju: Berzillai Tucker, Prince |
||
Allen, Timothy Russell, Samuel Smith, Jonathan Hussey & |
|||
John Potter are Appointed to have the oversight of the Gallery |
|||
and other Seats at our yearly Meeting to Endeavour to prevent |
|||
any Indecency that may be liable to happen at that time |
|||
and they to Make Report of their Service at the next Monthly Meeting, |
|||
|
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11 mo: } 1768 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 21 |
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of the 11th mo: 1768, The Representatives are Benja Howland |
|||
the 2d and Samuel Smith both present |
|||
Caleb Macumber marriage |
Daniel Cornel and Philip Allen Report that they |
||
attended the Marriage of Caleb Macumber and Rachel |
|||
Wilborr [Wilbur] which was Consumated in Good order |
|||
Thomas Wilcox’s paper hath been read According to the |
|||
Dartmouth 18th day 11th [4th?]mo: 1768 |
|||
Wilcox’s Confession |
To the Monthly Meeting of friends – – |
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Whereas Through unwatchfulness have I falled |
|||
Into the Sin of Fornication as Manifestly hath Appeared by |
|||
my wife having a Child Soon after Marriage, for which |
|||
Evil I am Sorry for, hoping for the future to be more Carful, & |
|||
I beg that God will forgive me for the Above Sd Evil and all |
|||
my misconduct, and friends would pass it by, and I Remain |
|||
under their Care, from your friend – Thomas Wilcox |
|||
Hum. Smith^ 3d case |
Whereas Humphry Smith the 3d Some time past hath been in the |
||
Practice of Horse racing and hath been Laboured with for |
|||
the Same and Neglects to Condemn the Above Sd practice to |
|||
friends Satisfaction and Since hath Kept a Great deal of loose |
|||
Company, and hath fallen into a Bodily Strife with Samel |
|||
Macumber ju: Therefore this Meeting doth Appoint Benja |
|||
Howland the 2d and William Anthony ju: to Labour with him for |
|||
the aforeSd offences as they Shall find freedom and draw a paper |
|||
of denial if he do not Give them Satisfaction, and to Inform him of |
|||
their Appointment from this Meeting and Make Report to ye |
|||
next Monthly Meeting – – |
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The friends Appointed to Assist Stephen Wilcox Report as follows |
|||
Wilcox’s } affair |
Agreeable to Appointment we have made Inspection into |
||
the affairs of Stephen Wilcox in Regard to his debts (which the |
|||
Meeting hath long held in Suspense) and we think he is very Much |
|||
Involved in debt, & in low Circumstances, and Neglects the |
|||
payment of his Just debts as Appears to us by the Complaints |
|||
of his Creditors, Some of whom appear to be long Kept out of their |
|||
Just dues, and he not in a way to discharge them to the Honour |
|||
and Credit of Friends, and the Pro[fession ?]we bear, wherefore we |
|||
having Seriously and weightily Considered the Same it is our |
|||
united Sense and Judgment that he ought to pay & Satisfy his |
|||
Said Creditors or Imediately deliver up his Estate to [them?] |
|||
Notifying them Respectively to Come and take it in proportion |
|||
to their Several dues, which Method we have Repeatedly advised |
|||
him to Proceed in, and which he now promises Imediately to |
|||
Comply with – – Given forth this 21 of the 11th mo: 1768 by |
|||
your friends |
Benja Howland |
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Samuel Smith |
|||
Thomas Hicks |
|||
Barzillai Tucker |
|||
Said Stephen Wilcox fulfils his Promise and make Report to |
|||
the Monthly Meeting as soon as the Matter Can be Accomplished |
|||
Report of overseers of yearly Meeting |
The Comittee Appointed to have the oversight of ^the yearly Mee= |
||
=ting Several of them Report that they attended the Service to |
|||
Satisfaction and that People behaved tolerable orderly, but |
|||
Several of the Committee hath Neglected to Make Report |
|||
therefore Samuel Smith is Appointed to Call on them for |
|||
the reasons of their Neglect & make Report next Monthly Meeting |
|||
Meetings in Allen’s Neck Granted |
The friends living in Allen’s Neck Request the Liberty |
||
to hold a Meeting down there on each first in the four |
|||
following Months which this Meeting Grants, and do |
|||
Appoint Philip Allen & Daniel Cornel to See the |
|||
Meeting Carried on agreable to Truth and Make Report |
|||
to the Monthly Meeting at the Expiration of Said Time |
|||
Meetings in Smith’s Neck granted |
And the Friends living in Smith’s Neck Request the |
||
Liberty to hold a Meeting among them on two first days |
|||
in Each Month for the winter Season, which this Meeting |
|||
Grants, and they are to hold it on Every other first |
|||
day as Comes in Course for the winter Season and Benja |
|||
Howland 2d and Samuel Smith are appointed to See |
|||
that the Sd Meeting be held According to Truth and |
|||
they to Make Report to the Monthly Meeting at |
|||
the Expiration of the Afore Sd time – – |
|||
E. Baker Certifi: |
Whereas Our Esteemed friend Ephraim Baker |
||
hath Visited our Meeting and desired our Certificate |
|||
Therefore, Joseph Tucker and Barzillai Tuker [Tucker] |
|||
are appointed to draw one for him and bring it to |
|||
the next Monthly Meeting – – |
|||
H. Slocum’s Certfi: |
Whereas Humphry Slocum now Resides at Rhode Island |
||
and desires a few lines to Recommend him to the Monthly |
|||
Meeting there, Therefore Joseph Tucker & Barzillai Tucker are |
|||
Appointed to draw a Certificate for him and bring it to the |
|||
next Monthly Meeting – – |
|||
Rotch’s Certfi: |
Whereas Joseph Rotch desires a Certificate to the Monthly |
||
Meeting of Rhode Island Certifying his Clearness in Respect |
|||
to Marriage and Conversation, therefore Caleb Russell and |
|||
Job Russell are Appointed to draw one for him if they |
|||
think proper after they have made Sufficient Enquiry |
|||
in his afore Sd Clearness, and bring it to next Monthly Meeting |
|||
Transcri^bed for [?] |
This Meeting Appoints Samuel Smith to Join with Coakset |
||
friends to Transcribe the the Book of Discipline as reasonably |
|||
as they can & make Report when it is Accomplished |
|||
|
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12: mo: } 1768 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 19th |
||
of the 12th month 1768, The Representatives are David Smith |
|||
and Barzillai Tucker both present |
|||
Peleg Slocum’s proposal [of] marriage |
Peleg Slocum Ju: and Susanna Howland declared their |
||
Intention of Marriage and were desired to wait Till next |
|||
Monthly Meeting for their Answer and Nicolas Howland & |
|||
Prince Allen are Appointed to Enquire into Peleg Slocum’s |
|||
Clearness Respecting Marriage & Conversation and Make Report |
|||
to the next Monthly Meeting – – |
|||
Barnabas Wing’s proposal of marriage |
And Barnabas Wing and Jane Merihew declared their Inten= |
||
=tion of Marriage and were desired to wait till the next Month= |
|||
=ly Meeting for their Answer – – |
|||
Humphry Smith 3 Case |
The Friends Appointed to Labour with Humphry^ Smith ye 3 Report that |
||
they have Laboured with him, and that he desires friends to wait |
|||
on him one month longer which is Granted, and they Still Con= |
|||
=tinued in the Same Service and to Make Report to the next |
|||
Monthly Meeting – – |
|||
Overseer yearly meeting Report |
Whereas three friends were deficient last Monthly Meeting in |
||
Making Report of their Service in the oversight of the yearly |
|||
Meeting now make Report that they all attended the Service to |
|||
pretty Good Satisfaction, and they have assigned the Reasons |
|||
of their Neglect to the Satisfaction of this Meeting |
|||
B: Certifi: |
This Meeting hath Signed a Certificate directed to the Monthly |
||
Meeting of friends held at the Nine partners in the Province of |
|||
Newyork for our friend Ephraim Baker – – |
|||
H. S: Certifi: |
And this Meeting hath also Signed a Certificate for our friend |
||
Humphry Smi Slocum to the Monthly Meeting of Rhod Island |
|||
Certifying his being under the Care of this meeting, and his Conversation |
|||
in a Good degree orderly – – |
|||
R: Certi: |
And this Meeting hath also Signed a Certificate for Joseph Roch |
||
to the Monthly Meeting of Rhod Island Certifying his Clearness |
|||
in Respect to Marriage & Conversation – – |
|||
Queries & Epistle |
The Queries have been Read and Answer’d in this Meeting – – |
||
This Meeting hath Signed an Epistle to the Quarterly Meeting |
|||
The Friends Appointed to attend the Quarterly Meeting are |
|||
Represen= tatives |
William Anthony ju:, William Mosher, Samuel Smith, |
||
and Benjamin Howland the [2?]d and they to present the Epistle |
|||
with the Answers to the Queries and to Make Report to the next |
|||
Monthly Meeting; |
|||
This Meeting hath Collected ₤10 – 16S – 8d old Tener – – |
|||
Tim Russel |
and the Treasurer has paid Timothy Russell five Dollars |
||
paid |
for Keeping the Meeting House half a year According to order |
||
|
|||
1: mo: } 1769 |
At a Monthly Meeting hold in Dartmouth the 16th |
||
of the first month 1769 The Representatives are Caleb Russell |
|||
and Jonathan Hussey both Present |
|||
Bar Wing Certificat |
Barnabas Wing hath Produced a Certificate from the |
||
Monthly Meeting of Sandwich, Certifying his Clearness in |
|||
Respect to Marriage and Conversation which hath been Read |
|||
and Accepted – – |
|||
Peleg Slocum^ju & Barna Wing’s answer |
Peleg Slocum ju: and Susanna Howland, and Barnabas |
||
Wing and Jane Merihew Appeared for their Answers which |
|||
was that Each Couple Might Proceed to take each other in |
|||
Marriage in Some Convenient time between this and the |
|||
next Monthly Meeting Advising with the overseers for that |
|||
purpose and Joseph Gifford & Job Russell are Appointed to |
|||
see Peleg Slocum’s and Susanna Howlands Marriage Con= |
|||
=sumated in Good order and make Report to the next Monthly |
|||
Meeting, And Joseph Smith and William Mosher are appointed |
|||
for the Same Service with Barnabas Wing & Jane Merihew |
|||
and to Make Report to the next Monthly Meeting |
|||
Batho: Taber and Thos Almy proposal of marriage |
Bartholomew Taber and Mercy Bowdish and Thomas |
||
Almy and Deborah Allen Declared their Intentions of |
|||
Marriage and were desired to wait Till next Monthly |
|||
Meeting for their Answers And Daniel Cornel & Prince |
|||
Allen are Appointed to wait till Make Enquiry into |
|||
Thomas Almy’s Clearness Respecting Marriage & Conver= |
|||
=sation and Make Report to the next Monthly Meeting |
|||
H. Smith’s paper |
Humphry Smith the 3d hath Given in a Paper to this |
||
Meeting Condemning his offences in horse Racing, Gaming |
|||
And in having a Bodily Strife with Samuel Macu^mber |
|||
with all the Rest of his Misconduct which is Continued |
|||
under the Care of William Anthony jur until the next |
|||
Monthly Meeting – – |
|||
Report [from]Quar [M]eeting |
The Friends Appointed to attend the Quarterly Meeting |
||
Report that they all attended According to Appointment |
|||
and have Produced an Epistle from the same which hath |
|||
been read & well accepted – – |
|||
[to]be Printed |
Proposals for Printing two Sorts of Primers and a Book |
||
of Samuel Fuller’s works has been Sent down from the |
|||
Quarterly Meeting8. Therefore this Meeting doth Appoint |
|||
Caleb Russell, Jonathan Hussey Wm Anthony jur Samuel |
|||
Smith, Prince Allen Daniel Cornel, Thos Hicks, William |
|||
Mosher, Peleg Gifford and Benja Russell the 4th to Collect |
|||
Subscriptions for the afore Said Books and Make Report |
|||
to the next Monthly Meeting – – |
|||
Certificate for Thos Wilcox- [prop]osed |
The overseers Inform this Meeting that Thomas Willcox hath Re= |
||
=moved out of the verge of this Meeting without a Certificate |
|||
therefore Humphry Smith Samuel Smith and William Anthony |
|||
jur are Appointed to draw a Certificate for him and bring bring |
|||
it to the next Monthly Meeting |
|||
the Committee Appointed Some time past to Settle the Affair Respec |
|||
Rachel Sowle’s affair |
=ting Rachell Sowle with Sandwich Monthly Meeting Report |
||
that they have had two Conferences with Sd Meetings Com’ttee |
|||
and that they Could not not settle that affair therefore the |
|||
Matter is Refered to next Monthly Meeting |
|||
|
|||
2d mo: } 1769 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 20th |
||
of the 2d month 1769, The Representatives are Samuel |
|||
Smith and William Anthony jur Both Present, – – |
|||
Bart Taber Certificat |
Bartholomew Taber hath Produced a Certificate from the |
||
Monthly Meeting of Sandwich, Certifying his Clearness in |
|||
Respect to Marriage and that he is under the Care of that |
|||
Meeting and also Signifying his Parent’s Consent – – |
|||
Tho Almy Clearness |
The friends Appointed to Inquire into the Clearness of Thomas |
||
Almy Respecting Marriage and Conversation Report that |
|||
they have Made Inquiry and do not find anything to |
|||
hinder his Proceeding in Marriage – – |
|||
Bart Taber and Thos Almy answer |
Bartholomew Taber and Mercy Bowdish and Thomas Almy |
||
and Deborah Allen Appeared for their Answers which was |
|||
that Each Couple Might Proceed to take Each other in |
|||
Marriage in Some Convenient time between this and the |
|||
next Monthly Meeting Advising with the overseers for that |
|||
Purpose and Thomas Hicks and Prince Allen are Appointed |
|||
to See Thomas Almy and Deborah Allen’s Marriage Consu= |
|||
=mated in Good order and make Report to the next Monthly Meeting |
|||
and Caleb Russell and Joseph Gifford are Appointed to See |
|||
Bartholomew Taber and Mercy Bowdish’s Marriage Consumat[ed] |
|||
in Good order & Make Report to the next Monthly Meeting |
|||
Peleg Slo =cum’s marriage |
The friends Appointed to See Peleg Slocum’s and Lucy Howland |
||
Marriage Consumated Report that they attended the Marriage |
|||
and that it was Accomplished in Good order – – |
|||
and also the friends Appointed on the Same Account with |
|||
Barnabas Wing and Jane Merihew Make the like Report |
|||
that their Marriage was Consumated in Good order – – |
|||
The friends Appointed to Collect Subscriptions for the |
|||
on Printg Books |
Printing the Primers and Books Report that they ^are in the |
||
Progress of their Service but have not Accomplished it yet |
|||
Therefore they are Still Continued in the Same Service and |
|||
to make Report to the next Monthly Meeting – – |
|||
The Matter Concerning Humphry Smith the 3d is Refer’d to the |
|||
next Monthly Meeting – – |
|||
T. Wilcox’s Certificate |
This Meeting hath Signed a Certificate for Thomas Wilcox |
||
to the Monthly Meeting of Coakset – – |
|||
The Matter Concerning Rachel Sowle is Refered to the |
|||
next Monthly Meeting – – |
|||
Minutes to be review’d |
Humphry Smith, Samuel Smith, Benja Howland Job |
||
Russell are Appointed to Review the Monthly Meeting’s |
|||
Minutes to See what part they may think proper to be |
|||
put on Record and Make Report to the next Monthly Meeting |
|||
|
|||
[3d] mo: } 1769 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 20th of |
||
3d month 1769 – The Representatives are Caleb Russell |
|||
and Samuel Smith both Present – – |
|||
James Davis proposal [of] marriag |
James Davis & Patience Russell declared their Intentions of |
||
Marriage, and were desired to wait Till next Monthly Meeting |
|||
for their Answer, and William Sanford & David Smith are Appointed |
|||
to Enquire into the young Man’s Clearness Respecting Mareriage |
|||
and Conversation & Make Report to ye next Monthly Meeting |
|||
Thos Almy & [Bart]. Taber marriage |
The friends Appointed to See Thos Almy & Deborah Allen’s Marriage |
||
Consumated in Good order Report that they both attended the Marriage |
|||
which was Consumated in good order, and likewise the friends |
|||
Appointed on the Same Account for Bartholomew Taber & Mercy |
|||
Bowdish make the Like Report that their Marriage was |
|||
Consumated in Good order – |
|||
The friends Appointed to Collect Subscriptions for Fox’s Primers |
|||
tions |
and Fuller’s Books Report as followeth they have taken them in as |
||
followeth (viz) |
Small |
Fox’s |
Fuller’s |
||
---|---|---|---|---|
Primers |
Primers |
Books |
||
Caleb Russell |
23 |
24 |
21 |
|
Prince Allen |
22 |
16 |
16 |
|
Peleg Gifford |
12 |
5 |
3 |
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Willm Mosher |
60 |
24 |
26 |
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Daniel Cornell |
10 |
5 |
5 |
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Benja Russell 4th |
41 |
20 |
8 |
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Thomas Hicks |
11 |
3 |
2 |
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Samuel Smith |
31 |
[13?] |
6 |
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Wm Anthony jur |
15 |
10 |
00 |
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Jonathan Hussey |
6 |
6 |
00 |
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Whole of Each Sort Subscribed for – –} |
231 |
126 |
87 |
Hum Smith 3 case |
The Matter Concerning Humphry Smith ye 3d is Refer’d to the |
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under the Care of Joseph Gifford, Wm Sanford & Barzillai Tucker |
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and they are desired to Visit the young man and make Report |
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to the adjournment of this Meeting – – |
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Dinah Ric= =ketson’s paper Received |
The women friends Inform that Dinah Ricketson hath Given in a |
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Paper to their Meeting Some Months past Condemning her falling |
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into the Sin of Fornication, which they have Concluded to Accept |
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Provided She Cause Sd paper to be Read Publickly at the Close |
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of a first day Meeting for worship She being present, and |
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Return Said paper to the Next Monthly Meeting which this |
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Meeting Concurs with – – |
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The affair of Rachel Sowle |
Whereas Rachel Sowle was Set off to Sandwich Monthly |
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Meeting Some time past, and the Sd Meeting Refusing to Accept |
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her, and this Meeting having Appointed a Committee to hear |
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the Reasons of their Refusal and also to Settle the Matter |
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Concerning her, and they have Some Months past Made Report that |
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they have had Several Conferences with Sandwich Monthly Meeting |
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and Could not Settle the matter in Controversey, their Reasons as we |
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Apprehend not being Sufficient therefore this Meeting doth Appoint |
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a Committee to Settle ^the matter the best way that they may think |
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proper in behalf of this Meeting whose Names are Humphry |
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Smith, Prince Allen, Thos Hicks, Joseph Gifford, James Tucker |
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or Either two of them and they to Make Report to this Meeting |
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when they have Made full Trial for a Settlement – – |
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of poor accompts |
The overseers of the Poor have brought an Accompt for doing |
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for the poor to the amount of ₤6 – 11S – 10d old Tener, and the |
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Treasurer has paid the Same by the order of this Meeting – – |
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This Meeting hath Collected ₤8 – 4 – 2d old Tener – – |
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adjourns |
This Meeting adjourns to the 29th Instant – – |
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mett |
This Meeting being mett According to Adjournment ye 29th of |
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the 3d Month 1769 – The Representatives being Called |
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both Present – – |
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Miniuts Review’d |
The Committee Appointed to Review the Meeting’s Minutes |
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Report they have Reviewed Sd Minutes and Left them with |
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Samuel Smith to be Recorded – – |
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[Que]ries [E]pistle |
The Queries have been Read and Answered in this Meeting and |
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This Meeting hath Signed an Epistle to the Quarterly Meeting and |
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[Rep]resen= [ta]tives |
Jonathan Hussey, Thos Hicks and Wm Barker are Appointed to |
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attend the Quarterly Meeting, and to Present the Epistle with |
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the Answers to the Queries & Make Report to the next Monthly |
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Meeting – – |
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[H.] Smith 3 [pa]per [ac]cepted |
The friends Appointed to have the Care of Humphry Smith ye 3d |
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Report that he Gave them Tolerable Good Satisfaction therefore |
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This Meeting Concludes to Accept his paper that he Gave in to this |
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Meeting Some Months past if he will Cause it to be Read at the |
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Close of a first day Meeting of worship he being present between |
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This and the next Monthly Meeting and Return Said paper |
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to next Monthly Meeting – – |
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[Ch]using [El]ders referd |
Chusing of Elders is Refered to the next Monthly Meeting |
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Prince Allen, Joseph Gifford, Barzillai Tucker, Thos Hicks 2d |
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and Caleb Russell are appointed overseers of the Poor – – |
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[Re]port of [M]eeting in Allen Neck |
The friends Appointed to have the Care of the Meetings held in Allen’s |
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Neck and in Smith’s Neck Report that they attended the |
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Meetings Respectively, which were held to Good Satisfaction |
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4th mo: } 1769 |
At a Monthly meeting held in Dartmouth the |
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17:th 4th Month 1769 – The Representatives are |
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David Smith & Barzillai Tucker both Present – – |
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The friends Appointed to Enquire into the Clearness of |
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James Davis Clearness |
James Davis in Respect to Marriage & Conversation Report |
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that they have Made Inquiry & do not find anything to hinder |
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his Proceeding in Marriage – – |
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James Davis answer |
James Davis & Patience Russell Appeared for their Answer |
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which was that they Might Proceed to take each other in |
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Marriage in Some Convenient time between this & the next |
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Monthly Meeting advising with the overseers for that Purpose |
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and Wm Sanford and Joseph Gifford are Appointed to See their |
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Marriage Consumated in Good order, and Make Report to the |
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next Monthly Meeting – – |
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Dinah Ric =ketson paper Read |
Dinah Ricketson’s Paper hath been Read & Returned to this |
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Meeting According to the Direction of Last Monthly Meeting |
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Report of the Judgment about R. Sowle |
The friends Appointed to Settle the Controversey between this and |
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Sandwich Monthly Meeting Concerning Rachel Sowle, Report |
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that they have Settled the Matter by Referring it to Indifferent |
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friends, and their Judgment is that the Said Rachel Sowle |
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belongs to this Meeting – – |
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Dinah Ricketson’s paper Above mentioned is as followeth |
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Dinah Ricketson’s Confession |
To the Monthly Meeting of friends to be held the 21 of the |
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11th Month 1768 – – |
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Esteemed friends, Whereas I through unwatchfulness |
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have fallen into the ^Reproachful Sin of Fornication which plainly |
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appears by my having a Child So Soon after Marriage & gone |
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Contrary to the Good order of friends all which I am Sorry |
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for, hoping God will forgive me, and I desire friends would |
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pass it by, So far as to Let me Remain under their Care |
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Dinah Ricketson |
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Rachel Sowle affair |
Jonathan Hussey & David Smith are Appointed to Make |
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Inquiry to find what Estate belongs to the above Sd Rachel |
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Sowle and also to Settle accounts with her Creditors, and to |
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Make Report to the next Monthly Meeting – – |
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Report from Quar meeting |
The friends Appointed to attend the Quarterly Meeting Report |
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that they all attended According to Appointment, and have |
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Produced an Epistle from the Same which hath been Read |
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and well Accepted – – |
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Humphry Smith the 3d his paper hath been Read Agree= |
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=able to the Appointment of Last Monthly Meeting – |
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and is as follows – – |
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H. Smith’s Acknow= ledgement |
To the Monthly Meeting of Dartmouth |
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These Comes with Sorrow to Acknowledge my outgoings in Horse-Ra= |
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=cing, Gaming & falling into a bodily Strife with Samuel |
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Macumber ju: all which I do heartily & Sincerely Condemn with |
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all other my outgoings, and hoping forgiveness from the Lord, I |
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desire friends So far to pass them by as to let me Remain under |
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your Care, desiring that I may for the time to Come be preserved from |
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the like evil or any others, dated this 15th of ye first mo: 1769 |
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Humphry Smith the 3d |
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referd |
Chusing of Elders is Refered to the next Monthly Meeting |
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[J] Mosher [desire?] [Ce]rtificate |
Joseph Mosher Informs this Meeting that he is about to Remove |
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with his family to the Nine partners, and desires a Removal |
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Certificate, Therefore Luke Hart & Barzillai Tucker are |
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appointed to Make Inquiry into his Life & Conversation, and to |
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See that his outward affairs be Settled to Satisfaction, and draft |
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a Certificate for himself & family if they think Proper, and |
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bring it to the next Monthly Meeting |
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Complaint against Benj. Smith |
William Wilcox hath Exhibited a Complaint against Benja Smith for Refu= |
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sing to pay him an award brought in by Arbitrators Indifferently Chosen |
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between them, Therefore Abraham Tucker & Joseph Tucker are |
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appointed to Treat with the Said Benjamin Smith for his Neglect |
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and to Make Report to the next Monthly Meeting |
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5 mo: } 1769 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 15: 5th month |
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1769 – The Representatives are David Smith & Barzillai |
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Tucker both Present – – |
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James Davis marriage not accom plished |
The friends appointed to See James Davis and Patience |
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Russell’s Marriage Consumated Report that their Sd Mar- |
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-riage is not accomplished by Reason the young woman |
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has been Sick, therefore they are Still Continued in Sd |
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Service and to Make Report to the next Monthly Meeting |
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Rach Sowle Case |
The friends Appointed to Inquire into Rachel Sowle’s affairs |
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and to Settle accounts with her Creditors Report that they |
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have made Some Progress therein & desire one month longer |
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to Accomplish Sd business which is Granted them & they to make |
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Report next Monthly Meeting |
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This Meeting hath Signed a Removal Certificate for |
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Certifi } for J. Mosher |
Joseph Mosher & his family to the Monthly Meeting at the |
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Nine- partners in Douches [Dutchess] County in the Province of Newyork |
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The friends Appointed to Treat with Benjamin Smith for Ne- |
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-glecting to fulfil an award brought in by between him and |
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Benj Smith’s Case |
William Wilcox Report that the Sd. Benjamin Informed the[m] |
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that the arbitrators were not Chosen between them according |
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to Rule, & therefore ye Case was not brought to the Meeting according to |
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the Rule of Discipline, therefore this meeting doth add Joseph Giffor[d] |
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to the former Committee on that Case, and they Treat with the Sd. |
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Benja Smith & to make Inquiry into Every particular Circumstance Relat[ing?] |
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to the Controversey & to Labour as they find freedom to Settle the Sd. Controv[ersey] |
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and to make Report to ye next Monthly Meeting – – |
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refered |
Chusing of Elders is Refered to the next Monthly Meeting |
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Obediah Allen request |
Obediah Allen hath Given in a Paper to this Meeting |
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Condemning his former Outgoings, for which he was denied, |
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and desiring to be Received Again under friends Care, which |
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is Refered to Next Monthly Meeting under the Care of |
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Thomas Hicks & Barzillai Tucker, and they to Make Report |
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to the next Monthly Meeting |
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6th Month 1769 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 19th |
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of the 6th month 1769, ^The Representatives are Caleb Russell & Jonathan Hussey |
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both present – – |
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James Davis marriage |
William Sanford & Joseph Gifford Report that they |
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attended the Marriage of James Davis & Patience Russell |
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which was Consumated in Good order – – |
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Rachel Sowle’s Estate |
The friends Appointed to Settle Accompts with Rachel Sowle[‘s] |
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Creditors, & to See what Money Remains due to her Report |
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that there Remains due to the Sd, Rachell £6 – 5s – 10d ½ Lawful |
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Money – – |
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Benj Smith affare Settled |
The Committee Appointed to Treat with Benjamin Smith for |
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on account of a Complaint Exhibited against him by |
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William Wilcox Report, that the Matter is Settled to |
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Satisfaction Between the Said Benja Smith & Wm Wilcox |
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Removal Certificates for E. Tripp R. Macumbr & M. Taber |
This meeting hath Signed Three Removal Certificates |
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one for Elizabeth Tripp & one for Rachal Macumber both |
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to the Monthly Meeting of Coakset, and one for |
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Mercy Taber to Sandwich Monthly Meeting – – |
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The Visits of Foreign Friends |
Our Esteemed friend Rachel Wilson hath Visited us |
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with her Certificate from the Monthly Meeting at |
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Kendal in Westmorland in old England bearing date |
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the 24th of the 6th month 1768, With a Concurrance from the |
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Quarterly Meeting held at Kendal for Westmorland the |
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8th of the 7th month 1768, Which were Read in this Mee- |
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=ting to Good Satisfaction - in Company with whom Came |
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our Esteemed friend Sarah Hopkins with her Certificate |
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from the Monthly Meeting held at Haddonfield in the |
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County of Gloucester the 8th of the first month 1769 |
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and her Visit Kindly accepted, And likewise our Esteemd |
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friend John Pemberton hath Visited This Meeting with |
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his Certificate from the Monthly Meeting held in Phi- |
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-ladelphia by Adjournment from the 26th 5 mo to the 30th |
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of the Same 1769, which hath been Read & well accepted9 |
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This meeting hath Signed a Removal Certificate for |
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Certificate for T. Wilcox |
Thomas Wilcox to the Monthly Meeting of Coakset |
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This Meeting hath Collected 19s – 2d Lawful money |
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adjourn |
This Meeting Adjourns to the Last fourth day of this Month |
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mett |
This Meeting being Mett by Adjournment the 28th of the |
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6th mo: 1769, The Representatives being Called, Caleb |
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Russell Present, but Jonathan Hussey not Present by |
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Reason he is gone to Nantucket yearly Meeting |
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Chusing Elders Refered |
The Matter Concerning Chusing Elders is Refered to the |
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Next Monthly Meeting – – |
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Obediah Allen Case referd |
The Matter Concerning Obediah Allen is Refered to next |
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Monthly Meeting under the Same Care as heretofore and they |
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then to make Report – – |
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E. Potter accepted |
The women friends have brought a Paper to this Meeting |
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from Elisabeth Potter, Condemning her disorerly Marriage |
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which they have Accepted, & this Meeting Concurs therewith |
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Representatives |
Joseph Tucker, Caleb Russell, & William Barker are |
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appointed to attend the Quarterly Meeting and Present |
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the Epistle to the Same which this Meeting hath Signed |
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and make Report to the next Monthly Meeting |
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Time of Publick fr’ds decease to be Collected |
Humphry Smith & Samuel Smith are appointed to Collec[t] |
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an Account of ^the Several Publick friends decease that have |
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Lately been Removed, and Put them in order Agreeable |
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to the Book of Discipline, and bring them to this Meeting |
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as Soon as they Conveniently Can |
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[7]th mo: 1769 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 17th |
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of the 7th month 1769, The Representatives are Samuel |
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Smith and Benja, Howland 2 both Present |
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Obedi Allen paper accep |
Obediah Allen hath Given in a Paper to this Meeting |
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Some time past, and now this Meeting Concludes to Accept of |
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it, Provided he Cause Sd paper to be Read Publickly at the |
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Close of a first day Meeting for worship he being present [and ?] |
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Return Sd paper to the next Monthly Meeting – – |
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Quar meeting |
The friends Appointed to attend the Quarterly Meeting Report |
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that they all attended According to Appointment and have |
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their Epistle returnd back |
Produced an Epistle from the Same which hath been Read |
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in which it Appears there is a Mistake, therefore this Meeting |
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Concludes to Return Sd Epistle to the Quarterly meeting again – – |
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Treasurer paid Tim Russel |
The Treasurer Reports that he hath paid Timothy Russell |
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five Dollars for keeping the Meeting house half a year |
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Epistles Rece =ved |
This Meeting hath Received the London Epistle for the year |
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1768, as likewise a Transcript of our Last yearly Meetings |
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Respecting Tenth Query |
Epistle and likewise a Transcript of the Judgment of the |
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yearly Meeting Committee Respecting the tenth Query – – |
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Peace Shear- -man paper accepted |
Peace Shearman hath Given in a paper to this Meeting which |
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Came from the womens Meeting and they Inform this Meeting |
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that they have Concluded to accept of the same which this this |
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Concurs with Provided She Cause it to be Read Publickly at the |
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Close of a first day Meeting of worship & She be present, and Re- |
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turn Sd paper to next monthly meeting – – |
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[Chu]sing Elders [re]ferd |
The Matter Concerning Chusing of Elders is Refered to |
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the next Monthly Meeting |
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8th mo: 1769 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 21 of the |
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8th month 1769 – The Representatives are Caleb Russell and |
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Jonathan Hussey both present – – |
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Abraham Smith proposal of marriage |
Abraham Smith & Suruiah Ricketson declared their Inten- |
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tions of Marriage and were desired to wait till next monthly |
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Meeting for their Answer and Caleb Russell & Joseph Gifford |
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are Appointed Enquire into the young man’s Clearness |
|||
Respecting marriage and Conversation and make Report |
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to the next monthly meeting – – |
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O. Allen’s Confession |
Obediah Allen’s paper hath been Read According to the |
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appointment of Last Monthly Meeting and is as follows – – |
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To the Monthly Meeting of Dartmouth – – |
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Loving friends |
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Whereas I through weakness and the Insinuation of the Adver- |
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-Sary have twice fallen into the Sin of Fornication, and |
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Likewise in Gaming, for which Evils I Can Truly Say I am |
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Sorry for, and do Sincerely Condemn the Same with all other |
|||
my outgoings, hoping forgiveness from Almighty God, I |
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desire friends to Receive me Again under their Care, and |
|||
would hereby take the Reproach of my outgoings on myself |
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and Clear friends and the Truth from the Same |
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By your friend Obadiah Allen |
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P. Shearman’s } Confession |
Peace Shearman’s paper hath been Read & Returned to |
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this meeting According to the Appointment of Last Monthly |
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meeting, and is as followeth – – |
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Dartmouth the 12th of the 1 month 1769 |
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To the Monthly Meeting of friends to be holden in |
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Dartmouth the 16th Instant – – |
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Dear friends, These may Inform that Notwithstanding |
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I had my Education Amongst Friends. I have by Giving |
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way to the Temtation of the Adversary, been Guilty of |
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the Sin of Fornication, as Appears by my having a |
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Child So Soon after Marriage, which Sin I do hereby |
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Condemn, with all other my offences and am heartily |
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Sorry for, hoping that God in his Abundant Mercy |
|||
will forgive me, and I do desire that friends will So far |
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pass by my offences as to Suffer me Still to Remain |
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under Their Care – –Peace Shearman – – |
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Remo: Certifi: for E. W. & J. W |
This Meeting hath Signed two Removel Certificates |
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to the Monthly Meeting of Sandwich one for Edith Wing |
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wife of Edward wing ju: the other for Jane Wing wife |
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of Barnabas wing – – |
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J. Russel an Elder |
This Meeting doth Appoint Job Russell an Elder in |
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addition to our former Elders – – |
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Letter from Smithfield respecting Saml How= =land |
Smithfield Monthly Meeting hath writ to this Meeting |
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Informing us that Samuel Howland Ju: hath omitted |
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to Deliver his Removal Certificate till to them till |
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three years after the date, and also they discover a |
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Shortness in the Certificate Respecting the Settlement |
|||
of his owtward Affares, Therefore Wm Anthony Jur |
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and Samuel Smith are Appointed to write the Said |
|||
Howland in behalf of this Meeting as they Shall think |
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Proper, and also to Enquire into his Affairs Above men- |
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tioned, and to make Report as Soon as they Conveniently |
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Can to this Meeting – – |
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Danl Cornel desires a Certificate |
Daniel Cornel Desires a Certificate to the Monthly |
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Meeting of Coackset Concerning his Clearness in |
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Respect to Marriage & Conversation. Therefore This Meeting doth |
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appoint Nicolas Howland and Philip Allen to Enquire |
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into the Above Mentioned Respects and draft a Certifi; |
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next Monthly Meeting – – |
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Wm Sanford Ju paper |
William Sanford ju: hath Given in a paper to this Meeting |
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Condemning his disorder in Marrying out of the unity of |
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friends, which is Refer’d to the next Monthly Meeting; |
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9th mo: 1769 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 18th of the |
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9th mo: 1769, The Representatives are Samuel Smith and |
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Barzillai Tucker both present – – |
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Caleb Russell & Joseph Gifford Report that they have |
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made Inquiry into the Clearness of Abraham Smith in |
|||
Respect to Marriage & Conversation and find nothing to |
|||
hinder his Proceeding in Marriage – – |
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Abraham Smith answer |
Abraham Smith & Surviah [Zeruiah] Ricketson Appeared for their |
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Answer which was that thy might Proceed to take Each |
|||
other in Marriage in Some Convenient time between now |
|||
and next Monthly Meeting Advising with the overseers |
|||
for that Purpose, and Caleb Russell & John Potter are Ap: |
|||
pointed to See their Marriage Consumated in Good order, and |
|||
make Report to the next Monthly Meeting – – |
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John Tucker proposal of marriage |
John Tucker & Rhoda Wing declared their Intentions of |
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Marriage, & were desired to wait till next monthly Mee: |
|||
ting for their Answer, and Luke Hart & Wm Mosher are |
|||
Appointed to Inquire into John Tucker’s Clearness in Re- |
|||
spect to Marriage & Conversation and Make Report to the |
|||
next Monthly Meeting |
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Certificate for Dan: Cornel |
This Meeting hath Signed a Certificate for Daniel Cornel |
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to Coakset Monthly Meeting Certifying his Clearness in |
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Respect to Marriage & Conversation – – |
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Case of Wm Sanford Ju referd |
The Case of Wm Sanford jur is Refered to next monthly |
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Meeting under the Care of Jonathan Hussey & David Smith |
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& they to make Report to the next Monthly Meeting – – |
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Rhoda Wings Certificate |
Rhoda Wing hath Produced a Removal Certificate from |
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the monthly Meeting of Coakset which hath been read |
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in this Meeting and Accepted – – |
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Chusing Overseers refered |
It hath been moved at this Meeting for a new Choice |
||
of Overseers, and the matter Labouring Somewhat hard |
|||
the matter is Refered to next monthly meeting, and |
|||
the Same friends that were in that Service are Continued |
|||
in the Same Service one month Longer – – |
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Smithfield about S. Howl’d |
This Meeting hath Signed a few Lines to Smithfield Monthly |
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Meeting in Answer to their Request Respecting a |
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deficiency in Samuel Howland ju:r Certificate |
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Phebe Sisson paper accepted |
The women friends Inform that they have accepted of |
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Phebe Sisson’s paper, which this meeting Concurs with |
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This meeting hath Collected £12 - 5s - 6d old tener |
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adjourn |
This Meeting Adjourns to the first Sixth day in next month |
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mett |
This Meeting being mett by adjournment the 6th day of |
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the 10th month 1769 – –The Representatives |
|||
being Called, both Present – – |
|||
Answers to Queries |
The Queries have been read & Answer’d in this Meeting |
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and the Answers are order’d to be Sent up to the Quarterly |
|||
Meeting by the Representatives with the Epistle to the |
|||
Same which hath been Signed in this meeting |
|||
Representa =tives |
Joseph Tucker, Nicholas Howland & Wm Sanford are |
||
Appointed to attend the Quarly Meeting and Present the |
|||
Said Epistle & Answers as aforesaid, and Make Return |
|||
to the next Monthly Meeting |
|||
J Russel Recomendd an Elder |
This meeting hath Signed a few Lines to the Quarterly |
||
Meeting of Ministers & Elders, Signifying our Appointing |
|||
of Job Russell an Elder |
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1847–10 mo 5th Examined by S. R. Gifford |
{ It appears that Job Russell } |
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was Clark at this time |
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10th mo: 1769 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 16th of |
||
the 10th month 1769, The Representatives are Jonathan |
|||
Hussey & Wm Anthony jur both Present – – |
|||
The friends Appointed to Enquire into John Tucker’s Clearness |
|||
Respecting Marriage & Conversation Report that they have |
|||
Made Inquiry & find nothing to hinder his Proceeding in Marriage |
|||
John Tucker answer |
John Tucker & Rhoda Wing Appeared for their Answer which |
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was that they Might Proceed to take Each other in Marriage |
|||
in Some Convenient time between this & the next Monthly |
|||
Meeting, Advising with the overseers for that Purpose, and |
|||
Luke Hart & William Mosher are Appointed to See their Mar- |
|||
-riage Consumated in Good order, and Make Report to the |
|||
next Monthly Meeting |
|||
Wm Taber pro posal of marri age |
William Taber (Son of Joseph Taber) and Martha Hart declared |
||
their Intentions of Marriage, and were desired to wait until |
|||
the next Monthly Meeting for their Answer – – |
|||
Caleb Russell and John Potter Report that they attended the |
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marriage |
Marriage of Abraham Smith & Zeruiah [Surviah] Howland Ricketson |
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which was Consumated in Good order – – |
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Wm Sanford Ju Case referd |
Jonathan Hussey & David Smith Report that they have had |
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no oppertunity to Treat with Wm Sanford jur, therefore |
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that Case is Refer’d to next monthly Meeting under the Care |
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of the Same friend & they then make Report – – |
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Chusing Over= seers referd |
A New Choice of overseers is Refered to next Monthly Mee- |
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ting, and the former overseers Still Continued one month Longer |
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The friends Appointed to attend the Quarterly Meeting |
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Report from Quart meeting |
Report that they all Attended According to Appointment |
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& have Produced an Epistle from the Same which hath been Read |
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and well Accepted – – |
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Epistles from the meeting s of Suffering |
This meeting hath Received two Printed Epistles, one |
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from the meeting of Sufferings in London dated in the 3d |
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Month 1769, the other from the Meeting of Sufferings |
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in Philadelphia dated in the 9th month 1769 |
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Certificate for Elisa: Gifford |
This meeting hath Signed a Removal Certificate to the |
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Monthly Meeting of Coakset for our friend Elisabeth Gifford |
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Overseers of yearly meeting |
This Meeting doth Appoint Joseph Gifford, John Potter, Wm |
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Barker, Caleb Russell, Barzillai Tucker, Prince Allen, & |
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James Tucker to have the oversight of the Lofts and other |
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Seats at our yearly meeting to Prevent any disoreder |
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at that time, and to Make Report to the next Monthly Meeting |
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11th mo: 1769 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the |
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20th of the 11th month 1769 The Representatives are |
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Caleb Russell & Jonathan Hussey both Present |
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Wm Taber Certificate |
William Taber (Son of Joseph Taber) hath Produced a Certi- |
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-ficate from the monthly meeting of Sandwich, Certifying |
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his being under the Care of friends there, and Clear from |
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Any Entanglement Respecting Marriage, and he hath |
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also Produced the Consent of his Parents to Proceed in Marriage |
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Peter Bar= =neds Certificate |
Peter Barnard hath Produced a Certificate from the Monthly |
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Meeting of Nantucket , Certifying his being under the Care |
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of that Meeting, and Clear from Any Entanglement in |
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Respect to Marriage, and he hath also Produced his |
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Parent’s Consent that he may Proceed in Marriage with |
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Rebecca Hussey – – |
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Peter Bar= =ned proposal of marriage |
Peter Barnard with Rebeccca Hussey, and John Wood |
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with Dinah Hussey, and Increase Smith with Elisabeth |
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Barker Declared their Intentions of Marriage, and |
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Meeting for their Answer, and William Anthony jur and |
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Samuel Smith a[re] appointed to Inquire into the Sd Increase |
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Smith’s Clearness Respecting Res Marriage and Conversation |
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and to Make Report to the Next Monthly Meeting |
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John Tucker marriage |
Luke Hart & Wm Mosher Report that they attended the Mar- |
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riage of John Tucker & Rhoda Wing, and that it was Consu- |
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mated in Good order – – |
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Wm Sanford Jur case referd |
Jonathan Hussey & David Smith Report that they have not |
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yet had an opportunity to Speak with Wm Sanford jur by |
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Reason of his being Absent, therefore the matter is Refered |
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under their Care as heretofore, and they to make Report |
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to the next monthly meeting – – |
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Certifi for M. Hamond |
This Meeting hath Signed a Removal Certificate to the |
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Monthly Meeting at Oblong for our friend Mary Hammond |
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This Meeting doth Adjorn to the 29th day of this Instant |
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At a Monthly Meeting met by Adjornment in Dartmouth |
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the 29th 11mo 1769—the Representatives being Called |
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Caleb Russell Present the other not Present: William |
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Wm Tabers proposal of marriage |
Taber Son of Joseph Taber and Martha Hart appeared |
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for their Answer, which was that they mought Proseed |
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to take Each other in Marriage in Some Convenient |
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Time between this and the next Monthly Meeting Advising |
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with the Overseers that we Shall appoint for that Purpose |
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William Mosher and Barzillaj Tucker are appointed to |
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See their Marriage Consomated in Good order and make |
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Report to the next monthly meeting |
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Chsing overseers referd |
A New Choice of Overseers is Refered to the next Monthly |
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Meeting |
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Report of Overseers of yearly meeting |
The Friends appointed to have the oversight of the Lofts |
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and other Seats at the yearly meeting Report that they |
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Mostly attended the Said meeting and Saw nothing but |
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what was Tolerable orderly – – |
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Meetings Granted in Allens Neck |
The Friends Living in Allen’s Neck Request Liberty to |
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hold a Meeting for worship in Said neck as heretofore |
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which is Granted them Agreeable to their Request, and |
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Philip Allen & Daniel Cornel[Cornell] are appointed to have the |
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oversight of the Same to See that it be Kept in Good |
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order, & to make Report to the monthly Meeting in |
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the fourth Month Next – – |
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granted in Smiths Neck |
The friends Living in Smith’s Neck do also Request Liberty |
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to hold a Meeting of worship in their neck on Each first |
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day of the week for the three Ensuing winter Months, Which |
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is Granted them, and William Anthony & Samuel Smith |
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are Appointed to See that the Same be Kept orderly, and |
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to Make Report to the Monthly Meeting in the fourth Month next |
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12 mo: 1769 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 18th |
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of the 12th month 1769; The Representatives are Jonathan |
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Hussey and William Anthony ju: both Present – – |
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John Wood Certificate |
John Wood hath Produced a Certificate from Coakset |
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Monthly Meeting, Certifying his Clearness Respecting |
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Marriage & that he hath the Consent of his near Relations |
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to Proceed in Marriage – – |
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Increase Smiths Clearness |
Wm Anthony Jur & Samuel Smith Report that they |
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have made Inquiry into Increase Smith’s Clearness, and |
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find nothing to hinder his Proceeding in Marriage – – |
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Peter Barned John Wood and Increase Smith proposals of marriage |
Peter Barnard & Rebecca Hussey, and John Wood & Dinah |
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Hussey, and Increase Smith and Elisabeth Barker, all |
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Appeared for their Answers, Which Was that Each Couple |
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Might Proceed to take Each other in Marriage in Some |
|||
Convenient time between this and the Next Monthly Meeting |
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Advising with the overseers for that purpose, and Abraham |
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Tucker & David Smith are Appointed to See that the Marriages |
|||
of the two first Mentioned Couples are Consumated in Good order |
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and Make Report to the next Monthly Meeting – – |
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and Wm Anthony ju: & Samuel Smith are Appointed to See that |
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the Marriage of Increase Smith & Elisabeth Barker be Consumated |
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in Good order and Make Report to the next Monthly Meeting |
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Jonathan Hussey & David Smith Report that they have not |
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Case of Wm Sanford jur referd |
had an opportunity to Treat with Wm Sanford jur Therefore the |
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Matter is Refered under their Care, and they to make Report to the |
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Monthly Meeting as Soon as they Conveniently Can – – |
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Wm Taber marriage |
Wm Mosher & Barzillai Tucker Report that they attended the |
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Marriage of Wm Taber & Martha Hart, and that it was Consu= |
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-mated in Good order – – |
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Chusing overseers refered |
A new Choice of overseers is Refer’d to next Monthly Meeting |
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This meeting hath Collected £7–15s–2d old Tener – – |
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Treasurer paid Tim Russell |
The Treasurer hath paid Timothy Russell five Dollars for keep- |
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-ing the meeting House half a year by the direction of this Meeting |
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adjourn |
This Meeting adjourns to the 27th Instant – – |
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At a Monthly Meeting hld by Adjournment the 27th of |
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the 12th month 1769 The Representatives being Called both |
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Answers to Queries & Epistles Sent up Representatives |
present; The Queries have been read and Answered |
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This meeting hath Signed an Epistle to the Quarterly Mee- |
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ting, And Caleb Russell & William Mosher are Appointed |
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to attend the Quarterly Meeting & Present the Epistle with |
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the P. Answers, and to make Report to ye next Monthly Meeting |
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To Collect money for Books |
Jonathan Hussey, Wm Anthony jur & Samuel Smith are Ap- |
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pointed to Collect the Money for the Books, and to Send it to |
|||
John Dockry as Soon as May be, According to the Request of the |
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Last Quarterly Meeting; |
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first mo: 1770 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 15th of |
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the first Month 1770, The Representatives are Jonathan Hussey |
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and Wm Barker both Present – – |
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Benj Howland 2nd proposal of marriage |
Benja Howland 2d and Silvester Smith Declared Their |
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Intentions of Marriage at this Meeting, and were desired |
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to wait till next Monthly Meeting for their Answer, and |
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John Potter & Thomas Hicks are appointed to Enquire into the |
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Said Benja Howland; Clearness in Respect to Marriage & |
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Conversation, and make Report to next Monthly Meeting |
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Abraham Tucker & David Smith Report that they Attended |
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Peter Barnad marriage John Wood & Increase Smith’s marriage |
the Marriages of Peter Barnard & Rebecca Hussey, and John |
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Wood & Dinah Hussey which were Consumated in Good order |
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and Wm Anthony jur & Samuel Smith Make the Like Report |
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Respecting the Marriage of Increase Smith & Elisabeth Barker |
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M. Cornell’s Certificate |
Mary Cornell wife of Daniel Cornell has Produced a Removal |
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Certificate from the Monthly Meeting of Coakset which hath |
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been Read and Accepted – – |
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C. Brigg accepted |
The women friends Inform that they have accepted of Catherine |
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Briggs’s Paper Condemning her Marrying out of unity of friends |
|||
which This Meeting Concurs with – – |
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Chusing Over seers Refer’d |
A New Choice of overseers is Refer’d to the next Monthly Meeting |
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and the following friends are Chosen as a Committee for that |
|||
Service for one Month, /viz/ Daniel Cornell, Jonathan Hussey |
|||
Wm Barker, & Nicolas Howland, and they to Make Report |
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to the next Monthly Meeting; – – |
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Report from Quar meeting |
Caleb Russell and Wm Mosher Report that they attended the |
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Marriage Quarterly Meeting Agreeable to Appointment, and they |
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have Produced an Epistle from the Same, which hath been |
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read & Kindly Accepted – – |
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sury |
The friends Appointed have Adjusted Accompts with the |
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Treasurer, and there Remains in the Stock £10-6-2 d old Tener |
|||
money Sent to pay for Books |
and they also Report that they have fulfilled their Appoint- |
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ment in Regard to the Books, and that they have Sent all the |
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money in the Stock to pay for Sd Books |
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Complaint against S. Wilcox |
William Smith hath Exhibited a Complaint against Stephen |
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Wilcox for Neglecting to pay him his due, which the overseers |
|||
hath brought to this Meeting with a Scandulous Report Re- |
|||
-Specting the Sd Wilcox’s deceiving of Benja Gifford of Falmouth |
|||
by taking Money of him to Convey to William Smith & Converted |
|||
it to his own use, and also that he Neglects to attend Meetings |
|||
both for Worship & discipline, for all which offences the overseers |
|||
have Labour’d with him, and this Meeting doth Appoint Abraham |
|||
Tucker, Joseph Gifford & Barzillai Tuker[Tucker] to Labour further with |
|||
the Sd Wilcox in order to Convince him of the Above Sd offences & |
|||
to make Report to the next Monthly Meeting |
|||
David Shepherd request a Certificate |
David Shepherd desires a Certificate to the Monthly Meeting of |
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Rhod-Island of his Clearness in Respect to Marriage & Conversation |
|||
Therefore Caleb Russell & Job Russell are Appointed to Make Inquiry |
|||
& draw one for him if they think Proper, and bring it to the next |
|||
Monthly Meeting – – |
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Complaint against Elihu Mosher |
One of the overseers with another friend have Exhibited a |
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Complaint against Elihu Mosher for Marrying out of the unity of |
|||
friends, for which they Labour’d with him, and he declines to make |
|||
Satisfaction, Therefore Joseph Gifford and Barzillai Tucker are ap- |
|||
-pointed to Labour farther with him, and to Make Report to |
|||
the next Monthly Meeting; |
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2 mo: 1770 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 19th |
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of the 2d Month 1770, The Representatives are Caleb |
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Russell & Jonathan Hussey both Present – – |
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The friends Appointed to Enquire into Benja Howlands |
|||
Friends app appointed reprt Benja Howland 2d case not Clear |
Clearness Report that they don’t find him Quite Clear |
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and they also Report that the widows Estate is not Settled |
|||
According to Good order, Therefore John Potter & Thos Hicks |
|||
are Still Continued in the Same Service, And they are |
|||
also Appointed with Jonathan Hussey & Benja Slocum to |
|||
See that the widows Estate be Settled According |
|||
to Good order, and to make Report to the next Monthly Meeting |
|||
Choosing overseers refer’d friends appointed to assist them continued |
a New Choice of overseers is Refer’d to the next Monthly Meeting |
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The friends Appointed as overseers Last month Report that they |
|||
have been in a Progress to discharge their Trust, and have |
|||
Continued in the Same Service one month Longer, and to |
|||
make Report to the next Monthly Meeting – – |
|||
The meeting conclude to deny Step Wilcox |
The friends appointed to Labour with Stephen Wilcox Report |
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that they have discharged their Trust in that Respect, and |
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that he Gave them Some Encouriagement to Appear at this |
|||
Meeting, which he hath failed of, and hath not Sent any |
|||
Excuse for his offence, and their Report not being Satisfactory |
|||
and this Meeting being Clear of any further Labour with |
|||
him, have Concluded to deny the Said Stephen Wilcox, and |
|||
do Appoint Joseph Gifford, Daniel Cornell & Samuel Smith |
|||
to draft a paper of Denial Against him, Agreeable to |
|||
his offences, and to bring it to next Monthly Meeting, and they |
|||
to Inform Said Stephen of the Conclusion of this Meeting – – |
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Certification for David Shepherd |
This Meeting hath Signed a Certificate for David Shepherd |
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to the Monthly Meeting of Rhode-Island Certifying his Clear- |
|||
in Respect to Marriage & Conversation – – |
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minutes to be reviewed |
Abraham Tucker, Joseph Tucker, Samuel Smith, Job Russell |
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and Barzillai Tucker are Appointed to Review the Meeting |
|||
Minutes, to See what part they think Proper to go on Record |
|||
and to make Report to the next Monthly Meeting – – |
|||
E. Mosher paper |
Elihu Mosher hath Given in a paper to this Meeting Con- |
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demning his disorderly Marriage, which is Refer’d under |
|||
the Care of the friends Appointed Last Monthly Meeting to |
|||
Labour with him – – |
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E. Gifford paper |
Elihu Gifford hath Given in a paper to this Meeting |
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Condemning his disorderly Marriage, which is Refer’d |
|||
under the Care of William Barker |
|||
Wm Anthony Jur [pa]per accepted |
William Anthony jur hath Given in a Paper to this Mee- |
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-ting Condemning his falt Against John Russell, which |
|||
this Meeting hath Concluded to Accept, Provided he Cause it |
|||
to be Read at the Close of a first day Meeting of worship he being |
|||
Present, and Make Report to the next Monthly Meeting, and |
|||
then to Return Said Paper – – |
|||
This meeting adjourns to the 28th Instant |
|||
At a Monthly Meeting mett According to adjornment the |
|||
28th of the 2d month 1770, The Representatives being Called |
|||
both Present – – |
|||
Hepzabah Shearman disowned |
The women friends Inform that they have denied Hephzi- |
||
bah Shearman for Marrying out of the unity of friends |
|||
which this Meeting Concurs with – – |
|||
and Wife gave in a paper |
James Davis and his wife have Given in a paper to this |
||
this Meeting, Signifying their Sorrow for their falling into |
|||
the Sin of Fornication which is Refer’d under the Care of |
|||
Paul Russell and Daniel Cornell, and they are desired to |
|||
Treat with them Respecting the above Sd offence, and to make |
|||
Report to the next Monthly Meeting |
|||
|
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3d mo: 1770 |
At a monthly meeting held in Dartmouth the 19th 3rd mo |
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1770 The Representetives are Thomas Hicks 2nd & Samuel Smith |
|||
Both Present The Friends appointed to inspect into Benjni- |
|||
Benj Howland 2nd Clearness |
Howland the 2nd Clearness Respecting marriage & Conversation Repoart |
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that they have made inquiery and dont find any thing |
|||
Benj Howland2 proposal of marriage |
Material to hinder his proceeding in marage Benjm Howland 2nd |
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& Selvester Smith appeared for their answer which was that |
|||
they might Proceed to Take Each other in marrage in Some |
|||
Convenant Time between this & the next monthly meeting |
|||
advising with the overseors for that purpose and Thomas |
|||
Hicks & Samuel Smith are appointed to See their marrage |
|||
Consomated in good order & make Report to the next monthly meeting |
|||
Caleb Russell Jur proposal of marriage |
Caleb Russell Jur & Content Gifford declared thire intention |
||
marrage at this meeting and was Desired to wate untill the |
|||
next monthly meeting for Their answer & William Barker & |
|||
Berzillar Tucker are appointed to Enquire into the yonug mans |
|||
Clearness Respecting marrage & Conversation and make Report to |
|||
Friends added to overseers continued |
to the next monthly meeting, The Friends appointed as overseers |
||
at the Last monthly meeting Report that they have in a good |
|||
Degree Discharged their Trust Reposed in them and they are still |
|||
Continued in the Same Cervise one month Longer and to make |
|||
Report to the Next monthly meeting and Wilm Mosher & |
|||
Samuel Smith are aded to the [?]afore Sd Committe of oversee[rs] |
|||
Paper of denial of Stphen Wilcox Signed |
The Friends appointed to Draw a paper of denial against Stephe[n] |
||
Wilcooks[Wilcox] and to inform him of the Conclusion of Last monthly |
|||
Meeting Report that they have Discharged their Trust in the respect |
|||
And that the Sd Stephen gave them Some incoragement of |
|||
Trying to make Friends Satisfaction at this meeting which |
|||
He hath failed off therefore the Clark hath Signed Sd paper by |
|||
order of this meeting and he is appointed to Read Sd paper at |
|||
the Close of a first day meeting for Worship between this & the |
|||
Next monthly meeting & he then to make Report |
|||
Minutes Reviewed |
The Committee appointed to purruse the monthly meetings minutes |
||
Report that they have done it and have Left them with Saml |
|||
Certificate |
Smith to be Reccorded, This meeting hath Signed a Removel |
||
Certificate for Peace Wing wife of Benjn Wing to the monthly |
|||
Rebecca Cornal Received |
meeting of Sandwich, The women Friends inform that they have |
||
Minuted [Cornell] under Friends their Care which this meeting |
|||
Wm Anthony jr paper read |
Conkirs[Concurs] with, Wilm Anthony Junior hath Reported to this meeting |
||
that his paper hath been Read and returned to the meeting |
|||
According to the apointment of Last monthly meeting Which S[?] |
|||
Jame Davis Case referd |
The Friends apointed to treat with James Davis and his wife |
||
Report that they have not had an opertunity to discharge their |
|||
Trust therefore they are Still Continued in the Same Servis & to make |
|||
Report to the Next monthly meeting, |
|||
report of meetings in Allen & Smiths Neck |
The Friends apointed to have the Care of the meeting granted to be |
||
held in Allins[Allens] neck and in Smiths neck Report that they have |
|||
Attended Sd meetings which hath been keept to good Satisfaction |
|||
T. Briggs Request |
Thomas Briggs Requests be taken under Friends Care therefore Seth |
||
Shearman & Wm Sanford are appointed to inquire into his Life & |
|||
Conversation and make Report to next monthly meeting – – |
|||
The Queries hath been Read and answered in this meeting – – |
|||
Certificate Ann Gifford |
This meeting hath Signed a Certificate for our Friend Anna Gifford |
||
to the Quarterly meeting of Sandwich Certifing that her Testimony |
|||
& Conversation is accepted among us |
|||
Certificate for Paul Rusel |
This meeting hath Signed a Certificate for Paul Russell to the [care] |
||
of Sandwich Quarterly meeting Certifiing that his Conversation & |
|||
Testemony is in unity among us – – |
|||
Epistle signd |
This meeting hath Signed an Epistle to the Quarterly meeting |
||
Representatives |
to be held next at Rhodisland and Abraham Tucker Joseph |
||
Tucker Samul Smith Wim Mosher Thomas Hicks 2d are apointed |
|||
to attend the Quarterly meeting and to Present the Epistle with |
|||
the answers to the Queries and they to make Report to the next |
|||
Complaint against J. Russell |
Monthly meeting: The overseers hath Exhibitted a Complint |
||
against John Russel [Russell] for Reporting from time to time that |
|||
Wim Anthony Junir was a false man & a Deceiver and he |
|||
Refuses to Condemn it according to the Judgment of the |
|||
Arbitrators therefore this meeting appoints John Potter Prince |
|||
Allin[Allen] and Joseph Gifford to inspect into the Cause of Sd Russels [Russells] |
|||
Refusing to Comply to Condemn his fault as aforesaid and to |
|||
Labour with him as they may find ocation and to make report |
|||
T. Hick App: Treasurer who is dismiss |
to the Next monthly meeting Thomas, Hicks 2d is appointed |
||
Treasurer for this meeting in Stead of David Smith which the |
|||
Request This meeting doth appoint Joseph Gifford & Barzer |
|||
Wilcox to have a copy of deial |
Tucker to Serve Stephen Wilcks [Wilcox] with a Coppy of his Denial |
||
And make Report to the next monthly meeting Samuel Smith & |
|||
Treasurers accompt to be compared |
Benjam Slocom [Slocum] are appointed to Compair the Treasurers accounts |
||
With the Records & make Report to the next monthly |
|||
Meeting this meeting hath Colected – – £10 S8 3 old tener |
|||
|
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4th mo: 1770 |
At a monthly meeting held in Dartmouth the 16th |
||
of the 4th month 1770, The Representatives are William |
|||
Barker & Barzillai Tucker both Present; – – |
|||
Wm Barker & Barzillai Tucker Report that they have |
|||
Answered Their Appointment in Regard to Caleb Russell ju |
|||
and find nothing to hinder his Proceeding in Marriage – – |
|||
Caleb Rus= =sell Ju Proposal of marriage |
Caleb Russell jur & Content Gifford appear’d for their Answer |
||
which was that they minght Proceed to take each other in |
|||
Marriage in Some Convenient time between this & the next |
|||
Monthly Meeting, Advising with the overseers for that purpose |
|||
and Wm Barker & Barzillai Tucker are Appointed to See the |
|||
Same Consumated in Good order & make Report to the next |
|||
Monthly Meeting |
|||
Benj How= =land 2 marriage |
The Friends Appointed to See the Marriage of Benja Howland the 2d |
||
and Silvester Smith Consumated in good order Report that they |
|||
attended their Said Marriage, and that it was Consumated in Good order |
|||
overseers continued |
The Friends appointed as overseers Report that have discharged |
||
Their Trust in Some degree, therefore they are Still Continued |
|||
one month Longer in the Same Service, and to make Report to |
|||
the next Monthly Meeting ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ |
|||
Stephen Wilcox’s paper of Denial hath been Read According |
|||
to the Appointment of Last Monthly Meeting, and is as followeth |
|||
Testimo =ny Against S. Wilcox |
Whereas Stephen Wilcox of Dartmouth in the County of Bristol |
||
in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, Having |
|||
been Educated under the Care of friends, and has long made |
|||
Profession with us, and in times past bore a Publick Testimony |
|||
which was Acceptable Among us, Yet Nevertheless with Sorrow we |
|||
find that thro’ the Prevailence of the Adversary, and disregarding |
|||
the divine Principal of Life in his own heart, he has So deviated |
|||
from the way of Truth, and the Profession he has made as to |
|||
fall into Several Reproachful Evils & disorders, particularly |
|||
in that he being Intrusted by a Friend of Falmouth to Carry Some |
|||
money to William Smith and Converted the Same to his own use |
|||
whereby he betrayed his Trust, and very Much deceived the S,d |
|||
friend, for the want of which money the Said Wm Smith hath |
|||
Said Stephen is found in the Neglect of that Indispensable duty |
|||
of attending Religious Meetings of Divine Worship and discipline |
|||
And friends having in Great love & tenderness toward him Re- |
|||
-peatedly Visited him & Labour’d with him in order to discover to |
|||
him the Evil of his ways, and Reclaim him from his outgoings |
|||
But our Labour of Love not obtaining the desired Effect to |
|||
the Satisfaction of this Meeting, Therefore for the Clearing of [Truth erased] |
|||
the precious Truth and friends from the Reproach of Such Evils and |
|||
defective Members this Meeting is Concerned to Give this forth as |
|||
a Testimony Against him, and do hereby Publickly disown the |
|||
Said Stephen Wilcox from being a member of our Society, and |
|||
from under the Care of this meeting, Sincerely desiring (if |
|||
it be Consistant with Divine pleasure) that he may yet Return |
|||
from the Evil of his ways, and by an unfeigned Repentance |
|||
and Reformation, be Restored to the way of Truth & Salvation. |
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Given forth by our Monthly Meeting of friends held in Dartm.o |
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the 19th of the 3,d month 1770, |
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And Signed in & by order of Said Meeting by Job Russell Clerk |
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order to give S Wilcox Coppy of denial |
The friends Appointed to Serve Stephen Wilcox with a Coppy of the forego- |
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-ing denial, Report that they Gave him only Coppies of the minutes |
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of his denial therefore they are Still Requested to Serve him with |
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a Coppy of the Above denial, and to make Report to the next |
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Monthly Meeting ~ ~ ~ |
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The Freinds Appointed to Enquire into Thomas Briggs’s Life and |
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Tho Brig request Continued |
Conversation on his Request to Come under friends Care, and to |
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Treat with him in that Respect, one of the Said friends Report |
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that but one of them has had an oppertunity to Speak with him |
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Therefore they are Still Continued in the Same Service, and to make |
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Report to the next Monthly Meeting ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ |
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Report from Quarterly meeting |
The friends Appointed to attend the Quarterly Meeting Report |
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that they all attended According to Appointment, and have Producd |
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an Epistle from the Same which hath been read and Kindly accepted |
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John Russell case continud |
The Committee Appointed to Treat with John Russell for his |
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fault Cognised in the Last Monthly Meeting Report that they |
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desire one month longer to discharge their Trust in that Respect |
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Therefore they are Continued in the Same Service and to make |
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Report next monthly meeting – – |
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To compare Treasurers accompts referd |
The Committee Appointed to Compare the Treasurers Accompts |
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with the Records Report that they have not had an oppertunity |
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to fulfill that Service, Therefore they are Still Continued in Sd |
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Book of disci- -pline Transcrib,d for Coak- -set — meeting |
Samuel Smith Reports that he hath Joined with a friend |
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of Coakset monthly meeting, and they have Transcribed the |
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Book of Discipline According to the Appointment of this |
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Meeting Some months past, for which he Charges this meeting |
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£7 – 1 – 6 old Tenner which is allowed, and he is Tolerated |
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to draw the money out of the Treasury if there be Enough in its |
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Stock, and he to make Report next monthly meeting – – |
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J Potter & S. Sherman accompt |
John Potter and Seth Shearman hath brought an Accompt to this |
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meeting for one Trenching Shoval which Cost – – £2 5 0 |
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which this meeting allows |
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E. Mosher’s Paper accepted |
Elihu Mosher hath Given in a paper to this Meeting Some months |
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past, Condemning his Marrying out of the unity of friends, and |
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now a Report hath been made to Tolerable Good Satisfaction |
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Therefore his Said paper is accepted – – |
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Rebecca Ricketson denial |
This Meeting hath Signed a paper of Denial Against Rebecca Rickeston [Ricketson] |
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for falling into the Sin of Fornication, and the Clerk of this Meeting |
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is ordered to read the Same at the Close of a first day meeting for |
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worship between this and the next monthly meeting, and then to make |
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Report thereof – – |
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S. Almy denied |
The women friends Enform that they have denied Sarah Almy for |
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Marrying out of the unity of friends which this meeting Concurs with |
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B. Russel’s paper |
Barnabas Russell hath Given in a paper to this Meeting Condemning |
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his disorder in taking the oath in Common form, which this meeting accepts |
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James Davis [&] wife [p]aper [a]cceptd |
James Davis and his wife have Given in a Paper to this Meeting |
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Condemning their falling into the Sin of Fornication, which this Meeting |
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Concludes to accept Provided they Cause the Same to be Read at the |
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Close of a first day meeting for worship they being Present, and Return |
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Said paper to the next Monthly meeting, and make Report of its being read |
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[Jos] Rotch [jur] requ est a certificate |
Joseph Rotch Ju,r Informs that he Intends to go to London and desires |
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a Certificate, therefore Caleb Russell & Samuel Smith are Appointed to |
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Enquire into his Conversation and in his Clearness Respecting Marriage |
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and to draft a Certificate for him if they find things Clear and to |
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bring it to the next monthly meeting – – |
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Barnabas Request a Certificate |
Barnabas Russell likewise Informs that he Intends a Voiage [voyage] to |
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London and desires a Certificate, and Joseph Gifford & Samuel |
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Smith are to make the like Enquiry Concerning him, and to draft a |
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Certificate for him if they find him Clear & to bring it to the next |
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Monthly Meeting – – |
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against Hum Smith son of Humphry |
The overseers have Exhibited a Complaint Against Humphry |
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Smith the Son of Humphry for falling into the Sin of Fornication |
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and in frequently drinking of Spirituous Liquor to Excess, and in |
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frequently using of bad Language, for all of which Evils they have |
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Labour’d with him and he declines to Condemn his offences to |
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their Satisfaction, Therefore this Meeting do Appoint John Potter & |
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Thomas Hicks to Labour with him as they may find freedom, and |
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to draft a paper of denial against Him if he do not Give them |
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Satisfaction, & Inform him of their Appointment, and make Report |
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to the next monthly Meeting – – – – – |
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5th mo: 1770 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 21 of the |
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5th month 1770, The Representatives are Samuel Smith and |
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Barzillai Tucker both Present – – |
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Wm Barker and Barzillai Tucker Report that they attend,d |
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Caleb Russell Ju marriage |
the Marriage of Caleb Russell Ju,r and Content Gifford, and |
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that it was Consumated in Tolerable Good order – – |
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oversers Continued |
The friends Appointed as overseers Report that they have been |
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in a Labour to discharge the Trust Reposed in them, therefore |
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gave S Wilcox coppy of denial |
they are Continued in that Service one month Longer as heretofore |
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The friends Appointed to Serve Stephen Wilcox with a Coppy of |
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his denial, Report that they have fulfilled their Appointment |
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Case of Tho Briggs |
The friends Appointed to Treat with Thos Briggs Respecting his |
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Request to Come under friends Care Report that things are not |
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Clear, and the Said friends desire to be Excused from that Service |
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which is Granted, and do Appoint Joseph Tucker, John Potter & |
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Job Russell in the Room of the afores,d friends that were Excused |
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and they to make Report next monthly meeting – – |
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F Elisabeth Kirby disownd |
This meeting hath Signed a paper of Denial Against Elisabeth |
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Kirby daughter of Robert Kirby, for falling into the Sin of |
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Fornication, and the Clerk of this meeting is ordered to read S,d |
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paper at the Close of a first day meeting of worship between |
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This & the next Monthly Meeting and then to make Report – – |
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C. Macum ber - & wife’s Certifi: |
Caleb Macumber & his wife have Removed within the Compass |
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of this meeting, and Each of them have Produced a Removal |
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Certificate which have been read and Accepted – – |
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Certificates for Jos Rocth Jur and Barnabas Russell |
This Meeting have Signed Certificates for Joseph Roch [Rotch] jur |
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and Barnabas Russell to friends in London – – |
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Accounts Settled with the former Treasurr |
Benja Slocum and Samuel Smith Report that they have |
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Compared the former Treasurers Accounts with the Records of |
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This meeting as far as Seems Needful, and find no Error – – |
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Recd money for Tra[n]sc Book |
Samuel Smith Reports that he hath Received the mon[e]y out |
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of the Treasury for Transcribing the Book of Discipline According |
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to the order of Last monthly Meeting – – |
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R. Ricket= [=]son’s denial |
Rebecca Ricketsons Paper of Denial hath been Read |
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According to the Appointment of Last Monthly Meeting |
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which paper is as follows – – |
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Whereas Rebecca Ricketson Daughter of John Ricketson and |
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Phebe his wife, being under friends Care having (Through the Pre- |
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-vailence of the Adversary, and the depravity of her own Nature) |
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fallen into the Reproachful Sin of Fornication, as Appears by her |
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being deliver,d of a bastard Child, and friends having Suffi- |
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-ciently Labour,d with her for her Recovery, and to Restore her |
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to the way of Truth, but friends Labour not Proving Effectuel |
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She Appearing obstinate, & no appearance of hearty Sorrow, there- |
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-fore for the Clearing of the Truth and friends from the Reproach |
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thereof, This meeting Gives this forth as a Publick Testimony Against |
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her, hereby disowning her the Said Rebecca Ricketson from being |
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one of our Society, and from under the Care of this Meeting, until |
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by unfeigned Repentance She Shall Return to the way of Truth |
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Given forth at our Monthly Meeting of friends held in Dartmouth |
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on the 16 day of the 4th month 1770 – – |
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Signed in & on behalf of S.d meeting by |
{ Job Russell Clerk |
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Hephzibah Hussey Clerk |
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James Davis paper not read |
James Davis hath failed of making the Report of Reading his paper |
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and his wife’s According to the Provisal of Last Monthly Meeting |
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Therefore Caleb Russell is Appointed to Treat with with him for his |
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Neglect, and to make Report to the next Monthly Meeting – – |
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The Committee Appointed on Account of John Russell Report as |
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follows, which is Accepted in this Meeting, and is as followeth |
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Report on John Russell case |
Agreeable to the Minute from our monthly meeting we have |
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heard John Russell’s Reasons why he Refused to Comply with the |
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Judgment of the Arbitrators, which Reasons we think not Suf= |
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=ficient to Excuse him, Therefore it is our Judgment that John |
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Russell Publickly Condemns what the Arbitrators found him |
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Guilty of, Agreeable to their Judgment |
Joseph Gifford |
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John Potter |
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Prince Allen |
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John Russell’s paper not accepted |
And the Said John Russell hath Given in a paper to this Meeting which |
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this Meeting thinks is too Short, and do not accept of it, Therefore |
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Peleg Gifford and Jedidiah Allen are Appointed to Labour with |
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the Said Russell to Condemn his fault Agreeable to the Judgment |
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of the afore S,d Committee, and to return him his paper and let him |
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Know the mind of this Meeting, and to make Report to next |
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monthly meeting – – |
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Hum: Smith son of Hum case continud |
The Committee Appointed to Labour with Humphry Smith Son of |
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Humphry Smith Report that they have not had an oppertunity |
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to discharge themselves in that Respect, Therefore they are Still |
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Continued in that Service, until next monthly meeting and then to |
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Make Report – – – – – |
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6 mo:} 1770 |
At a Monthly Meeting held in Dartmouth the 18th |
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of the 6th month 1770 – – The Representatives are Caleb |
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Russell and Jonathan Hussey both Present ~ ~ ~ ~ |
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report of overseers |
The Friends Appointed as overseers Report that they have been |
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in a Progress to discharge the Trust Reposed in them. |
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Jonathan Hussey, Daniel Cornell, Samuel Smith, W,m Barker |
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W.m Mosher are Appointed overseers for the year Ensuing ~ ~ |
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T. Briggs declines his Request |
The^friends Appointed to Treat with Thomas Briggs on his Request to Come |
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under friends Care, Report that he declines his Request at |
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Present, things not being Clear – – |
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Elisabeth Kirby’s Paper of denial hath been read According to |
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the Appointment of Last Monthly Meeting, and is as follows – – |
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E. Kirby’s Denial |
Whereas Elisabeth Kirby Daughter of Robert Kirby and |
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Abigail his wife having had her Education among friends under |
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the care of this Meeting, yet thro’ the Infirmety Insinuation of the |
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adversary, and the depravity of her own Nature hath So far |
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gone astray from her Education and the Profession we bear, as |
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to fall into the Reproachfull Sin of Fornication, as Appears by |
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her having a Bastard Child. And friends having Sufficiently |
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Labour’d with her in Love for her Recovery, but our Labour |
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of love not obtaining the desired Effect to the Satisfaction of |
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this Meeting. Therefore for the clearing of Truth and friends |
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from the Reproach of Such Enormities This meeting Gives this |
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this forth as a Testimony against her, hereby Publickly disown- |
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-ing the Said Elisabeth Kirby from being one of our Society |
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and from under the care of this Meeting, desiring if it be |
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agreeable to Divine pleasure that She may yet come to a |
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Sense of her outgoings and by unfeigned Repentance Return |
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to the way of Truth – – |
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Given forth and Signed in & on behalf of our Monthly Meeting |
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held in Dartmouth on the 21 of the 5th Month 1770 by |
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Job Russell Clerk |
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Hephzibah Hussey Clerk |
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James Davis paper Read |
James Davis and his wife’s paper hath been read according to |
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the direction of the Monthly Meeting held two months ago, |
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which paper is as follows – – |
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To the Monthly Meeting of friends in Dartmouth |
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Beloved friends – – |
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J & P Davis’s Paper |
whereas we thro’ unwatchfulness have fallen into the |
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Reproachful Sin of Fornication as Appears by our having |
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a child So Soon after Marriage, for which we are heartily |
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Sorry & do condemn the Same, and hoping forgiveness from |
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almighty God we desire friends So far to pass it by as to let |
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us Remain under your care, from your friends James Davis |
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Patience Davis |
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dated this 16th: 4 mo: 1770 – – |
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James Davis Neglect |
And Caleb Russell Reports that he hath Treated with the S.d |
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Davis for Neglecting to read Said paper by the time first limitted |
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for which he hath Render’d a Sufficient Excuse ~ |
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Hum Smith Son of Hump denied |
The friends Appointed to Labour with Humphry Smith Son of |
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Humphry Smith Report that he gave them no real Satisfaction |
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therefore according to Appointment they have drafted a paper |
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of denial against him which hath been read & Signed and |
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the Clerk is Appointed to Read Said paper Publickly as usual |
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and make Report to next monthly meeting and William |
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Anthony is Appointed to Serve him with a coppy of his denial |
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