An Inventory of the Haviland Family Papers, 1754-1931
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Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081-1399 U.S.A.
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Encoded Archival Description
Encoded Archival Description (EAD) Version 2002
collection
Papers, 1754-1931
Haviland Family
Biographical History for: Papers, 1754-1931
BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTE James S. Haviland, a birthright Quaker, was born in 1849, the son of William F. and Sarah Ann (Carpenter) Haviland of Purchase Monthly Meeting (N.Y.). In 1874 the married Elizabeth Griffen, daughter of Henry. They had two daughters, Martha G. and Louise E.; the latter married J. Barnard Walton in 1910.
SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THE RECORDS The collection contains correspondence, financial, and legal papers, and miscellaneous manuscripts of the families of James S. and Elizabeth (Griffen) Haviland. Includes materials of the related Griffen, Field, and Parry families, especially the correspondence of Seneca Ely and Priscilla Stubbs Parry of Lancaster County, Pa, 1826-67, and of his sister, Rachel Parry Brosius.
Quakers -- New York
Haviland, James S., 1849-1939
Eastburn, Rachel, 1808-1876
Parry, Seneca E. (Seneca Ely), 1813-1848
Walton, Priscilla S. (Priscilla Stubbs), 1815-1897
Walton, Louise H. (Louise Haviland), 1875-1951
series
Ser. 1. Bowne Daniel of Flushing, 1772
Indenture 1772 2mo 27
Ser. 2. Carpenter, Charles and Phebe Jane (Cromwell), 1813-1846
The Carpenters were the grandparents of James Haviland.
Papers 1813-1846
Ser. 3. Cromwell family, 1784-1813
Papers 1784-1813
Ser. 4. Field Family, 1763-1823
Papers 1763-1823
Ser. 5. Griffen family, 1754-1789
Correspondence and papers 1754-1789
Ser. 6. Griffen family, 1841
Newspaper account of fire on the Erie 1841 8mo
Ser. 7. Haviland family, 1791-1931, n.d.
Paper and correspondence 1791-1931, n.d.
Includes letter from Szechwan Yearly Meeting to New York Yearly Meeting.
Minutes of the Young Friends Association of Purchase, New York 1892 11mo 4-1894 4mo 20
Transferred to RG2 Friends Associations on 9-22-1982
Louise E. Haviland, Scrapbook of Verse 1904
Louise E. Haviland, Account Book 1910
Ser. 8. Haydock family, 1785
Deed1785 6mo 26
Ser. 9. Stoutenburgh family, 1785
Deed1785 10mo 10
Ser. 10. Sutton family, 1783
Letter from James Sutton to Benjamin Field, 1783 1mo 29
Ser. 11. Reference material kept by the Haviland family, 1822, n.d.
2 letters concerning the Separation 1822 11mo 15, n.d.
Ser. 12. Parry family, 1815-1917, n.d.
Biographical and genealogicaln.d.
Elizabeth Ely Parry 1815
Ely Parry1858
Rachel Parry Broius 1852-1855, n.d.
Seneca Parry 1826-1896, n.d.
Priscilla Stubbs Parry 1833-1867, n.d.
Ruthanna Parry 1852-1856
Miscellaneous correspondence 1822-1917, n.d.
Rachel Stubbs, Book of Verse 1849
Ser. 13. Miscellaneous, 1896, n.d.
Log book1896
Sketch book n.d.