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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