Quakers in Massachusetts

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Surname/tag: Quakers

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This is a space created to supply information and links about meetings, burial grounds, and resources, in order to organize the data for Quakers in Massachusetts.

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Meetings

Meeting	County	Town	Started	Laid Down	Category	Information
Acoaxet	Bristol	Westport	1699	unknown	Category
Amesbury	Essex	Amesbury	1701	1971	none	Info
Bolton	Worchester	Bolton	1799	1972	none	Info
Boston	Middlesex	Boston	1883	merged 1944	none	Info
Dartmouth	Bristol	South Dartmouth	1699	active	Category	Info
East Hoosack	Berkshire	Adams	1783	1847	Category	Info
Lawrence-Andover	Essex	Methuen	1899	active	none	Info
Lynn	Essex	Lynn	1672	1986	none	Info
Nantucket	Nantucket	Nantucket	1708	1866	Category	Info
New Bedford	Bristol	New Bedford	1792	active	Category	Info
Pembroke	Plymouth	Pembroke	1702	1876	Category	Info
Salem	Essex	Salem	1672	active	none	Info
Sandwich	Barnstable	Sandwich	1672	1863	Category	[Info
Swansea	Bristol	Somerset	1732	active	none	Info
Worcester	Worcester	Worcester	1783	merged 1979	Category	Info

• See Dartmouth above for:

• Allen's Neck
• Apponegansett
• Smith Mills
• Smith Neck

Burial Grounds

Name	County	Category	Cemetery Link
Allens Neck, Bald Hill	Bristol	Category	FAG
Apponegansett	Bristol	Category	FAG
Assonet	Bristol	Category	FAG
Barnstable	Barnstable	None	FAG
Central	Bristol	Category	FAG
Dartmouth	Bristol	Category	FAG
East Blackstone	Worcester	None	FAG
East Sandwich	Barnstable	Category	FAG
Leicester, Spider Gates	Barnstable	Category	FAG
Mansfield, Morton Chapel	Bristol	None	FAG
Mendon	Worcester	None	FAG
Nantucket	Nantucket	None	FAG
New Light	Essex	Category	FAG
New Bedford	Bristol	Category	FAG
Pembroke	Plymouth	Category	FAG
Quaker Cemetery, Salem	Essex	Category	FAG
Sawyer Hill	Essex	Category	FAG
Spring Hill	Barnstable	Category	FAG
Somerset	Essex	Category	FAG
South Yarmouth	Barnstable	Category	FAG
Taunton	Bristol	None	FAG
Uxbridge	Worcester	Category	FAG
West Falmouth	Barnstable	Category	FAG
West Newbury	Barnstable	None	FAG

Research Material

• http://www.southcoasttoday.com/special/20171120/200-year-old-book-found-in-pennsylvania-sheds-light-on-dartmouth-burial-ground

• bmd_1699-1880_p_302-401_signed.pdf Dartmouth

• Quakers and Baptists in Colonial Massachusetts, by Carla Gardina Pestana, Cambridge University Press, Mar 18, 2004

• Historical sketch for the two hundredth anniversary of Friends Meeting, Westport, Massachusetts. Also being the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of Westport (Acoaxet) Monthly Meeting, 1766-1916. By Khalil A. Totah and Edward L. Macomber. Available at: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100507516

• https://www.fgcquaker.org/connect/quaker-finder/quaker/states/MA?page=1