New Jersey Former Meetings Archives - Quaker Meeting History

Bordentown Meeting

June 3, 2022June 3, 2022 by admin

On Farnsworth street in Bordentown, a two-story brick former Friends meeting has gained new life as the home of the Bordentown Historical Society. An indulged meeting was established here in 1739 by Chesterfield Monthly meeting. In 1775, a preparative meeting was set up, only to be discontinued in 1778. a second preparative meeting was then … Read moreBordentown Meeting

Trenton Preparative Meeting (Orthodox)

June 3, 2022June 3, 2022 by admin

The Trenton Preparative (Orthodox) meeting was established at the time of the great Separation. For the first 20 years of its existence, the meeting met in the homes of the members until 1858 where their new meeting house on Mercer Street was completed. The original Orthodox preparative meeting was discontinued in 1835 and its members … Read moreTrenton Preparative Meeting (Orthodox)