| Organization name | Newport Friends meeting |
| Date founded | 1676 |
| Org type | Local meeting |
| Bio notes | Since its foundation, the religion-tolerant colony of Rhode Island was home to a sizeable Quaker population. Nicholas Easton, its onetime governor and fellow Quaker, bequeathed his house to the Newport Friends in 1676. They constructed a new meetinghouse in 1699, and expanded in 1705 and 1729 to accommodate the women’s meeting. Newport’s Quaker population dwindled after the Revolutionary War. |
| See also | New England Yearly Meeting |
| Citations | http://www.newporthistory.org/properties/great-friends-meeting-house/ http://www.newenglandtravelplanner.com/go/ri/newport/sights/quaker_mtnghse.html |
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