Delaware Quaker Records: Early Members of Wilmington Meeting (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Herbert Standing

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0366708392 ISBN 13: 9780366708390

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Delaware Quaker Records: Early Members of Wilmington Meeting offers a compact, reference‑style look at the people who shaped Wilmington’s Quaker community.

This edition compiles biographical notes, certificates, and family connections drawn from early Meeting records, providing a clear picture of who joined, moved, and sometimes left the Society of Friends.

The book focuses on individual profiles and lineage, showing how records were kept, shared, and transferred across meetings. It highlights certificates, marriages, apprenticeships, and disputes, presenting a tangible sense of daily life within the Quaker network in the Delaware Valley.

• Profiles of early members and their movements between meetings
• Transcripts and references to certificates, disownments, and marriages
• Genealogical detail linking families across generations
• Context for how Quaker committees and meetings managed records

Ideal for readers of local history, genealogy, and Quaker studies who want a concrete, hands‑on glimpse of Wilmington’s early religious community.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0366708392
• ISBN 13: 9780366708390
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 782