HOCKESSIN

Last revised: 2014/07/19

Website: https://archives.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/repositories/9/resources/5519

Former Meeting Names:

CENTRE (HICKSITE) UNTIL 1955/01/02

State or Province: DELAWARE

County: NEW CASTLE

Physical location: HOCKESSIN 19707, 1501 OLD WILMINGTON RD.

Latitude: 39.79257° N. Longitude: 075.69077° W.

Date granted: 1807/11/18

Date of first meeting: 1808/02/01

Current Status: ACTIVE

Before and After: CENTRE W. 1690 ON THE BRANDYWINE, CHRISTIANA HUNDRED, PM 1707-1876, MILL CREEK INDULGED 1730/06/06 => HOCKESSIN PM 1786 FROM KENNETT (NEWARK) MM.

Branches:

[HICKSITE] 1827/09/03 1955 MERGER

Latest yearly meeting: PHILADELPHIA Y.M.

Where records are kept: SWARTHMORE COLLEGE mf

Records known extant: SWARTHMORE: MIN 1808-1968, 1970-1974, WOMEN MIN 1808-1893, BIRTHS-ABSTRACT 1740-1887, BURIALS 1790-1934, DEATHS 1790-1947, MARRIAGES-ABSTRACT 1808-1888, MEMB 1740-1919, REMOVALS 1808-1938, BIRTHS 1740-1958, MARRIAGES 1808-1960

Affiliations:

WESTERN Q.M.

Local-related histories: NORMA JACOB, EDITOR, QUAKER ROOTS, THE STORY OF WESTERN QUARTERLY MEETING OF PHILADELPHIA YEARLY MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (1980), pp. 16-17, 26-29. FRIENDS IN WILMINGTON 1738-1938, AVAILABLE ON-LINE AT www.quakerrecords.com

Comments: MILL CREEK FBG, PLEASANT HILL, NEW CASTLE CTY., AVAILABLE ON-LINE AT http://www.midatlanticarchives.com/db_de_new_castle_co/mill_creek_mm_cem/pg001.htm

Subordinates:

HOCKESSIN PM 1786-1814

CENTRE PM 1707BEF-1876

GREENVILLE/WILMINGTON (NEW CASTLE CTY.)

CENTRE W. 1980S, PM 1989-1995

311 CENTRE MEETING RD. 19807

GREENVILLE/WILMINGTON (NEW CASTLE CTY.)