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Last name Bettle
First name Samuel
Display name Samuel Bettle
Birth date 1774
Death date 1861
Birth place phila
Gender m
Affiliations Society of Friends, Philadelphia Friends meeting
Bio notes The Bettle family were prominent 19th century Quaker merchants in Philadelphia. Samuel Bettle, Sr., was Clerk of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting for 14 years, including at the time of the Separation in 1827. Helped to found Haverford School (now College).His son, Samuel Bettle, Jr., was also a Quaker minister.

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New York Yearly Meeting Committee on Indian Concerns Scrapbook

Life of Thomas Eddy