Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-05-07

urs with, and establishes the meetings Of
Worship, 10 the manner heretofore held Il
here, and to hold their Preparatiye Meet
ngs as usual, till next quarter, and the
friends there are desired to consider the
proposal Of joining again, with the Pre-
oarative of Woodbury., and to report their
sentiments at next meeting"
In the answer to the second annual query
1t this meeting, are the following words
One meeting settled at Upper Greenwich
Gloucester County,
Ata quarterly meeting held at Salem
the sixteenth Of Eleventh month, 1772, the |
matter referred from last meeting respect
ing Upper Greenwich Preparative Meeting
being resumed, and the sense of Friends
there being given in writing, was read. On
of the circumstances of that
meeting, it is agreed, again to refer it, the
meetings there to be held as heretofore,
till next meeting.
CAT quarterly meeting held at Haddon-
field the twenty-sixth Of Third month,
1773, the consideration of the settlement of
the Preparative Meeting at Upper Green
witch being now resumed, and the report OF
the committee appointed to consider it, and
also the report from that meeting being
read, after time of solid deliberation, it
is concluded to be established, and that a
committee should be appointed to attend to
their Preparative Meetings as ways may
open, to inspect into the meetings and
afford them such assistance and advice as in
the wisdom of truth may appear neces-
sary, and report their service to some future
meeting" Six Friends were appointed to
the work, all of whom met here at time
fixed upon, and a part Of them at other
times during the year, and feeling no
further service Incumbent upon them they
requested to be released, with which the
meeting united ''twenty-ffth of Third
month, l7T4
From the foregoing extracts, we learn
that the request was first made on the
thirteenth of Twelfth month, 1856, to hold
a meeting for worship on every First-day
during the Winter, and part of the Spring
at Solomon Lippincott's, and the request
was granted. 1.-THE meetings to begin the
next First-day, (" the nineteenth.
At the close OF this period, the request
was for six months and regularly after
wards for like term, till the time ar
rived, at which Friends here desired to hold
a mid-week meeting for worship, which
was granted in Fourth month, 1853 After
which their request included both days,
till Tenth month, 1865, when their re-
quest was to continue the meetings for a
year, which was united with. At the
expiration of which, Friends here desired
that the meeting might be regularly estab-
lished.
The monthly meeting took the subject
under its consideration, appointed COM
mittee to confer with Friends here at a
Fifth-day meeting.
The committees report was such as to
cause the monthly meeting to approve the
proposition, to establish the meetings for
worship on First and Birthdays, and it
forwarded the information to the next
quarterly meeting for its concurrence, but,
as there "pere objections in the minds of
some Friends" here, as indicated in the
quarterly meetings. record, it was deemed
wise to appoint committee of seven
Friends from that meeting to meet a COM
mittee of the monthly meeting at Upper
Greenwich, to investigate the subject.
The committee reported to the following
quarterly meeting, but no conclusion was
reached, and the subject was referred to
the next meeting, at which Friends here
were allowed to hold meetings for worship
semi-weekly as heretofore, and also to hold
a Preparatiye Meeting, all for one year.
The only additional privilege the Friends
here gained, was the holding of Prepare
tive Meeting for limited time. The
above action was taken at quarterly meet
ing held the twenty fifth of Ninth month,
1867.
During the succeeding three years, it
annually authorized the holding of such
meetings, year longer.
In Ninth month, III, the request was
renewed, to have the meeting established.
The subject was placed under the care of
large committee, ito report in Ninth Mo-,
1772, " at which that part Of the report
relating to the settling Of the meetings for
worship, the meeting concurred with, and
established the meetings for 7Oorship, and that
part in relation to the Preparative Meeting,
was referred to the next meeting, and it
was finally established the twenty-sixth of
Third month, 1773, sixteen years and three
months after the first INDUCED meeting for
worship was held at Solomon Lippincott's
dwelling house.
During this protracted period, the meet
ings Of which it was a small subordinate
branch extended much fatherly care and
oversight for its best welfare, and no doubt
its members were often encouraged in
faithfulness and works of righteousness,
and were the better equipped for maintain
ing and building up a meeting than if it
had been established at once.
Another very encouraging feature now,
is the fact shown by the records, that more
persons have been admitted into member
ship here on application during the last
decade, than were thus admitted into the
society within the entire territory of Had
donield Monthly Meeting during the whole
period of this meetings. probationary stage
one and quarter centuries ago. This is
doubtless owing to the effectual gospel
labors for our present ministry.
S. Lippincott's house was located about
one hundred yards north of the freight
station at tWolfert's" on the Salem branch
of the West jersey and Sea Shore Railroad,
not far from where Christian Wolferth's
house occupied by his son John now stands.
From the best information have ever been
able to obtain, the old meeting house stood
short distance from it to the northwest
between it and the "Solomon's grave yard,
located there.
In 1850 bIick wall was erected around
the latter, at which date, on one occasion,
quite number of old men being present,
the question arose as to where the old
meeting house stood, and as l remember
the general opinion of them, was as above
indicated. 1t was about S. ZOE w. II
miles distant from the present meeting
house at Mickleton. The exact date Of its
erection will probably never be known, but
1853, is as near it as | have been able to
ascertain.
have found no record of any land con-
veyed to Friends by Solomon Lippincott
upon which this first Friends Meeting
House was erected
The only real estate purchased by the
Society Of Friends there, is a lot containing
four acres, three rods, and twenty perehes
conveyed by Solomon Lippincott to David
Brown, Samuel Paul, Samuel Mickle,
Samuel Tonkin, William Lippincott and
William White, Second month, Fifth,
1895.
The Consideration was sixteen pounds
and fifteen shillings gold and silver money, y
David Brown, and the five other Friends
above named, executed Declaration of
Trust to the Society Of Friends for this
'Solomon's grave yard lot the fifth day Of
the Third month, in the year Of our Lord
one Thousand seven hundred and ninety-
five, sealed and delivered in the presence
of William Wood, Benjamin Heritage, Jr.,
1.-THE compiler's grandfather, and Samuel
Beckett.
About this time the building of larger