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Organization name Westchester Friends meeting
Other names West Chester Friends meeting
Date founded 1716
Org type Local meeting
Bio notes A preparative meeting at Westchester -- now part of the Bronx -- was established in 1716 for Quakers at Rye and Mamaroneck. Friends had worshipped there as early as 1684. Westchester Monthly Meeting, the predecessor of Purchase, was set off in 1725.
Data notes New York
See also New York Yearly meeting of Friends
Citations New York City Church Archives catalogue, complied by John Cox Jr. (1940)

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