Crosswicks Friends Meeting was originally known as Chesterfield meeting. The original Chesterfield Monthly meeting was founded in 1684. At the time the Great Separation, the meetinghouse was retained by the Hicksite faction. In 1958, the Crosswicks preparative meting was merged into the meeting and the name of the meeting was officially changed to Crosswicks Friends … Read moreCrosswicks Friends Meeting
The Burlington Friends Worship Group meets at the Burlington Friends Conference Center on High street. The meetinghouse was the original home of the Burlington Monthly Meeting, but was closed when that meeting was laid down in 1991. Work to restore the meetinghouse began in 1994 and in 2008, the meetinghouse was again open. 340 High … Read moreBurlington Friends Worship Group
A meeting for worship was first established at Barnegat in 1767 by Little Egg Harbor Monthly Meeting, followed by a preparative meeting in 1804. It seems that there was not a Hicksite portion to this meeting as it was continued as an Orthodox meeting in Burlington Quarter after the Great Separation. Though sources differ on … Read moreBarnegat Friends Meeting
Arney’s Mount Friends Meeting was first set up as a seasonal meeting for worship in 1743 by Burlington Monthly at the request of Friends from Mount Holly. Attendance was strong and by 1776 a preparative meeting was established. The first meetinghouse was of logs and after a second fire in 1809 nearly destroyed, the present … Read moreArney’s Mount Friends Meeting